CN115396487A

CN115396487A - Server address processing method and device

Info

Publication number: CN115396487A
Application number: CN202110574201.2A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 吕华章; 柯小婉; 吴晓波
Original assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Current assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-05-25
Filing date: 2021-05-25
Publication date: 2022-11-25
Also published as: WO2022247703A1

Abstract

The application discloses a method and a device for processing a server address, which belong to the technical field of wireless communication, and the method for processing the server address comprises the following steps: a terminal receives first information, wherein the first information comprises: at least one of a server address and first assistance information indicating an application capable of receiving the server address; and if the first information comprises the first auxiliary information, the terminal determines a target application according to the first auxiliary information and provides the server address for the target application.

Description

Server address processing method and device

Technical Field

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

Background

In the 3GPP standard, it is currently defined that a 5G Core network (5G Core network,5 gc) can send an Edge Configuration Server (ECS) address to a User Equipment (User Equipment, UE, also called a terminal) through an extended Protocol Configuration Options (ePCO) in a Non-Access Stratum (NAS) message. Meanwhile, as defined in the current standard, the ECS address can be provided to the UE through an Application Function (AF).

After receiving the ECS address, the UE may send the ECS address to an application on the UE. However, currently the UE does not know to which application to send after receiving the ECS address. Not all applications can receive the ECS address because the application needs to perform a verification authentication process after receiving the ECS address, and if the application does not have the requirement for communication with the ECS, the application cannot communicate even if receiving the ECS address, which causes waste of resources.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application provides a server address processing method and device, and the problem that after receiving an ECS address, UE cannot determine an application capable of receiving the ECS address on the UE can be solved.

In a first aspect, a method for processing a server address is provided, where the method includes:

a terminal receives first information, wherein the first information comprises: at least one of a server address and first assistance information indicating an application capable of receiving the server address;

and if the first information comprises the first auxiliary information, the terminal determines a target application according to the first auxiliary information and provides the server address for the target application.

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

the terminal acquires second auxiliary information provided by the application, wherein the second auxiliary information is used for assisting the terminal to determine the application of the server address capable of being received on the terminal.

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

a first network side device sends a first request to a second network side device, wherein the first request is used for creating, updating or deleting first information, and the first information comprises: at least one of a server address and first assistance information indicating an application capable of receiving the server address.

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

the method comprises the following steps that a second network side device receives a first request sent by a first network side device, wherein the first request is used for creating, updating or deleting first information, and the first information comprises: at least one of a server address and first assistance information indicating an application capable of receiving the server address;

and the second network side equipment informs the changed first information of the terminal according to the first request.

In a fifth aspect, an apparatus for processing a server address is provided, including:

a receiving module, configured to receive first information, where the first information includes: at least one of a server address and first assistance information indicating an application capable of receiving the server address;

and the first providing module is used for determining a target application according to the first auxiliary information and providing the server address to the target application by the terminal if the first information comprises the first auxiliary information.

In a sixth aspect, an apparatus for processing a server address is provided, including:

the acquisition module is configured to acquire second auxiliary information provided by an application, where the second auxiliary information is used to assist the terminal in determining the application capable of receiving the server address on the terminal.

In a seventh aspect, an apparatus for processing a server address is provided, including:

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

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

a receiving module, configured to receive a first request sent by a first network-side device, where the first request is used to create, update, or delete first information, and the first information includes: at least one of a server address and first assistance information indicating an application capable of receiving the server address;

and the notification module is used for notifying the changed first information of the terminal according to the first request.

In a ninth aspect, there is provided a terminal comprising a processor, a memory and a program or instructions stored on the memory and executable on the processor, the program or instructions when executed by the processor implementing the steps of the method according to the first or second aspect.

In a tenth aspect, a terminal is provided, which includes a processor and a communication interface, where the communication interface is configured to receive first information, and the first information includes: at least one of a server address and first assistance information indicating an application capable of receiving the server address; the processor is configured to determine a target application according to the first auxiliary information if the first information includes the first auxiliary information, and provide the server address to the target application.

In an eleventh aspect, a terminal is provided and includes a processor and a communication interface, where the processor is configured to acquire second auxiliary information provided by an application, and the second auxiliary information is used to assist the terminal in determining an application of a server address that can be received at the terminal or assist a network-side device in determining a server address that can be received at the terminal.

In a thirteenth aspect, a network side device is provided, which comprises a processor, a memory and a program or instructions stored in the memory and executable on the processor, wherein the program or instructions, when executed by the processor, implement the steps of the method according to the third or fourth aspect.

In a fourteenth aspect, a network side device is provided, including a processor and a communication interface, where the communication interface is configured to send a first request to a second network side device, the first request is used to create, update, or delete first information, and the first information includes: at least one of a server address and first assistance information indicating an application capable of receiving the server address.

A fifteenth aspect provides a network side device, which includes a processor and a communication interface, where the communication interface receives a first request sent by a first network side device, where the first request is used to create, update, or delete first information, and the first information includes: at least one of a server address and first assistance information indicating an application capable of receiving the server address; and notifying the changed first information to the terminal according to the first request.

In a sixteenth aspect, there is provided a readable storage medium on which a program or instructions are stored, which program or instructions, when executed by a processor, implement the steps of the method according to the first, second, third or fourth aspect.

In a tenth aspect, a chip is provided, the chip comprising a processor and a communication interface, the communication interface being coupled to the processor, the processor being configured to execute a program or instructions to implement the method according to the first, second, third or fourth aspect.

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

In the embodiment of the application, the terminal can accurately determine the target application capable of receiving the server address according to the received first auxiliary information, and provide the received server address for the target application, so that the server address can be prevented from being provided for the application incapable of receiving the server address, and resource waste is avoided.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a wireless communication system to which embodiments of the present application are applicable;

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

fig. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a method for processing a server address executed by a terminal according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a method for processing a server address executed by a terminal according to another embodiment of the present application;

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

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

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

fig. 8 is a schematic diagram of a method for processing a server address in a first application scenario according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 9 is a schematic diagram of a method for processing a server address in a second application scenario according to an embodiment of the present application;

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

FIG. 11 is a block diagram of a server address processing apparatus according to another embodiment of the present application;

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

FIG. 13 is a block diagram illustrating a device for processing a server address according to another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating a structure of a device for processing a server address according to another embodiment of the present application;

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

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

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

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be described below clearly with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some, but not all, embodiments of the present application. All other embodiments that can be derived from the embodiments given herein by a person of ordinary skill in the art are intended to be within the scope of the present disclosure.

The terms first, second and the like in the description and in the claims of the present application are used for distinguishing between similar elements and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order. It is to be understood that the terms so used are interchangeable under appropriate circumstances such that the embodiments of the application are capable of operation in other sequences than those illustrated or otherwise described herein, and that the terms "first" and "second" are generally used herein in a generic sense to distinguish one element from another, and not necessarily from another element, such as a first element which may be one or more than one. In addition, "and/or" in the specification and the claims means at least one of connected objects, and a character "/" generally means that a preceding and succeeding related objects are in an "or" relationship.

It is noted that the techniques described in the embodiments of the present application are not limited to Long Term Evolution (LTE)/LTE Evolution (LTE-Advanced) systems, but may also be used in other wireless communication systems, such as Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), time Division Multiple Access (TDMA), frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA), orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA), single-carrier Frequency-Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA), and other systems. The terms "system" and "network" in the embodiments of the present application are often used interchangeablyAlternatively, the described techniques may be used for both the above-mentioned systems and radio technologies, as well as for other systems and radio technologies. The following description describes a New Radio (NR) system for purposes of example, and NR terminology is used in much of the description below, but the techniques may also be applied to applications other than NR system applications, such as generation 6 (6) ^th Generation, 6G) communication system.

Fig. 1 shows a block diagram of a wireless communication system to which embodiments of the present application are applicable. The wireless communication system includes a terminal 11 and a network-side device 12. Wherein, the terminal 11 may also be called as a terminal Device or a User Equipment (UE), the terminal 11 may be a Mobile phone, a Tablet Personal Computer (Tablet Personal Computer), a Laptop Computer (Laptop Computer) or a notebook Computer, a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), a palmtop Computer, a netbook, a super-Mobile Personal Computer (UMPC), a Mobile Internet Device (MID), a Wearable Device (Wearable Device) or a vehicle-mounted Device (VUE), a pedestrian terminal (PUE), and other terminal side devices, the Wearable Device includes: smart watches, bracelets, earphones, glasses, and the like. It should be noted that the embodiment of the present application does not limit the specific type of the terminal 11. The network-side device 12 may be a Base Station or a core network, where the Base Station may be referred to as a node B, an evolved node B, an access Point, a Base Transceiver Station (BTS), a radio Base Station, a radio Transceiver, a Basic Service Set (BSS), an Extended Service Set (ESS), a node B, an evolved node B (eNB), a home node B, a WLAN access Point, a WiFi node, a Transmit Receiving Point (TRP), or some other suitable terminology in the field, as long as the same technical effect is achieved, the Base Station is not limited to a specific technical vocabulary, and it should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present application, only the Base Station in the NR system is taken as an example, but a specific type of the Base Station is not limited.

The following describes in detail a method and an apparatus for processing a server address provided in the embodiments of the present application with reference to the drawings and some embodiments and application scenarios thereof.

Referring to fig. 2, fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of an edge computing architecture according to an embodiment of the present application. The edge computing architecture includes: the system comprises a UE, a 3GPP core network, an edge data network and an Edge Configuration Server (ECS), wherein the UE comprises at least one application, and the application comprises the following components: at least one of an Application Client (AC), an Edge Enabled Client (EEC), and an Application (APP), an Application on the UE may communicate with an Edge data network and an Edge configuration server through a 3GPP core network. Before communicating with the edge configuration server, the application on the UE needs to receive the address of the edge configuration server and provide the address to the application on the UE.

In order to solve the problem that the UE cannot determine the target application capable of receiving the server address after receiving the server address, please refer to fig. 3, an embodiment of the present application provides a method for processing the server address, including:

step 31: the terminal receives first information, wherein the first information comprises: at least one of a server address and first assistance information indicating an application capable of receiving the server address;

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

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

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

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

edge Enabler Server (EES) provider;

an Edge Configuration Server (ECS) provider;

an edge configuration server address provider;

an Edge Computing Service (ECS) provider;

an edge-enabled client (EEC) provider;

an Application Client (AC) provider;

application (APP) providers.

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

an EEC Identification (ID) or range of EEC IDs;

an AC ID or range of AC IDs;

APP ID or range of APP IDs.

In this embodiment of the application, optionally, the first Information includes server Address Configuration Information (for example, ECS Address Configuration Information), and the server Address is included in the server Address Configuration Information, or the server Address is not included in the server Address Configuration Information.

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

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

In the embodiment of the application, the network side provides the server address and also provides the application identification information and/or the application provider information for determining to receive the server address, and may determine the application capable of receiving the server address based on the application identification information or determine the application capable of receiving the server address according to the application provider.

In addition, the terminal in the embodiment of the present application needs to have the following capabilities: the method can receive, understand and analyze first information, wherein the first information comprises the following steps: the server address and/or the first auxiliary information, and can find out the target application meeting the requirement according to the application identification information and/or the application provider information provided by the network side, and provide the server address for the target application meeting the requirement.

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

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

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

In this embodiment, optionally, the application provider of the target APP and the application provider in the first information coincide and include at least one of the following:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

In this embodiment, after the terminal receives the first information, if the first information includes the first auxiliary information, the terminal may obtain second auxiliary information of each application from each application (the second auxiliary information is used to assist the terminal to determine an application capable of receiving the server address on the terminal), compare the second auxiliary information with the first auxiliary information, and use an application corresponding to the second auxiliary information matched with the first auxiliary information as a target application.

In addition, each application on the terminal can also actively provide second auxiliary information to the terminal, so that the terminal can compare the second auxiliary information of each application with the first auxiliary information, and take the application corresponding to the second auxiliary information matched with the first auxiliary information as a target application.

That is, optionally, the method of the embodiment of the present application further includes: the terminal acquires second auxiliary information provided by an application, wherein the second auxiliary information is used for assisting the terminal to determine the application capable of receiving the server address on the terminal; wherein before the terminal provides the server address to the target application, the method further comprises: and the terminal determines the target application according to the first auxiliary information and the second auxiliary information.

The terminal in the embodiment of the present application needs to have the following capabilities: and receiving, analyzing and understanding second auxiliary information provided by the application, wherein the second auxiliary information is used for assisting the terminal in determining the application capable of receiving the server address on the terminal.

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

and the terminal compares the first auxiliary information with second auxiliary information provided by each application, and takes the application corresponding to the second auxiliary information matched with the first auxiliary information as the target application.

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

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

the target application is a target EEC, the terminal compares the provider of the EEC in the second auxiliary information with the provider of the EEC, or an edge computing service provider, or an EES provider, or an edge configuration server address provider in the first information, and if the EEC is consistent with the provider of the EEC, the corresponding EEC is used as the target EEC;

the target application is a target application client AC, the terminal compares the provider of the AC in the second auxiliary information with the provider of the AC in the first information, or an edge computing service provider, or an EES provider, or an edge configuration server address provider, and if the provider of the AC in the second auxiliary information is consistent with the provider of the AC in the first auxiliary information, the corresponding AC is used as the target AC;

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

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

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

an EES provider;

an edge configuration server provider;

an edge configuration server address provider;

an edge computing service provider;

an EEC provider;

an AC provider;

and (4) an APP provider.

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

EEC identification ID or range of EEC IDs;

an AC ID or range of AC IDs;

APP ID or range of APP IDs.

In the foregoing embodiment, when the first information includes the first auxiliary information, the terminal may determine the target application according to the first auxiliary information, and if the first information does not include the first auxiliary information, optionally, the method in this embodiment further includes: the terminal provides the server address to all applications on the terminal.

For example, the following method may be adopted by the embodiments of the present application to provide the server address to the application:

the method comprises the following steps: when providing a server address, such as an ECS address, an application provider that provides an application on the UE that can receive the server address is provided, such as: EEC providers or AC providers or APP providers, such that the UE has the capability to send received server addresses only to applications provided by these particular providers, but not to applications of these application providers.

The method 2 comprises the following steps: when providing the server address, for example: when providing the ECS address, an application ID or a range of application IDs of applications that can receive the server address on the UE is provided, such as: a list of EEC IDs, or range of EEC IDs, is provided. Thus, after receiving the server address, the UE can send the server address only to the applications that meet the application ID or application ID range on the UE, and the remaining applications that do not meet the conditions cannot obtain the addresses.

The method 3 comprises the following steps: when providing the server address, for example, providing the ECS address, a provider of an edge-enabled server (EES) registered on the ECS is provided, so that, when providing the ECS address, the ECS also adds the EES provider registered on the ECS, and after receiving the server address, the UE can find an application on the UE that is consistent with the EES provider according to the EES provider, for example, a provider of an application is consistent with the provider of the EES, and provides the server address to the applications, and other non-conformations are not provided.

The method 4 comprises the following steps: if the ECS (edge configuration server or edge computing service) provider is given when the server address is provided, and the application on the UE tells the UE in advance which ECS address provided by the ECS provider can be received, the UE can send the server address to the corresponding application according to the ECS provider;

the method 5 comprises the following steps: if the first auxiliary information is not given when the server address is provided, the UE will send the server address to all applications on the UE.

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

Referring to fig. 4, an embodiment of the present application further provides a method for processing a server address, including:

step 41: the terminal acquires second auxiliary information provided by an application, wherein the second auxiliary information is used for assisting the terminal to determine the application of the server address capable of being received on the terminal or assisting the network side equipment to determine the server address capable of being received by the application on the terminal.

In the embodiment of the application, the application can actively provide the terminal with the auxiliary information so as to assist the terminal to determine the application of the server address which can be received by the terminal after receiving the server address, or assist the network side equipment to determine the server address which can be received by the application on the terminal, thereby avoiding resource waste.

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

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

an EES provider;

an edge configuration server provider;

an edge configuration server address provider;

an edge computing service provider;

an EEC provider;

an AC provider;

and (4) an APP provider.

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

EEC ID or range of EEC IDs;

an AC ID or range of AC IDs;

APP ID or range of APP IDs.

In this embodiment of the present application, optionally, after the terminal obtains the second auxiliary information provided by the application, the method further includes: and the terminal sends the second auxiliary information to network side equipment.

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

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

Referring to fig. 5, an embodiment of the present application further provides a method for processing a server address, including:

step 51: a first network side device sends a first request to a second network side device, wherein the first request is used for creating, updating or deleting first information, and the first information comprises: at least one of a server address and first assistance information indicating an application capable of receiving the server address.

In this embodiment, the first Network-side device may include an Application Function (AF) and/or a Network Exposure Function (NEF).

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

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

an EES provider;

an edge configuration server provider;

an edge configuration server address provider;

an edge computing service provider;

an EEC provider;

an AC provider;

and (4) an APP provider.

EEC ID or range of EEC IDs;

an AC ID or range of AC IDs;

APP ID or range of APP IDs.

In this embodiment of the application, optionally, the first Information includes server Address Configuration Information (e.g., ECS Address Configuration Information), and the server Address is included in the server Address Configuration Information, or the server Address is not included in the server Address Configuration Information.

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

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

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

Referring to fig. 6, an embodiment of the present application further provides a method for processing a server address, including:

step 61: the method comprises the following steps that a second network side device receives a first request sent by a first network side device, wherein the first request is used for creating, updating or deleting first information, and the first information comprises: at least one of a server address and first assistance information indicating an application capable of receiving the server address;

step 62: and the second network side equipment informs the changed first information of the terminal according to the first request.

In this embodiment, the second network side device may include: unified Data Management (UDM), SMF, and/or Unified Data storage (UDR).

In this embodiment of the application, the first information that notifies the terminal of the change includes: if the first request is used for creating first information, the second network side equipment sends the created first information to the terminal; if the first request is used for updating the first information, the second network side equipment sends the updated first information to the terminal; and if the first request is used for deleting the first information, the second network side equipment informs the terminal of deleting the first information.

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

an EES provider;

an edge configuration server provider;

an edge configuration server address provider;

an edge computing service provider;

an AC provider;

and (4) an APP provider.

EEC ID or range of EEC IDs;

an AC ID or range of AC IDs;

APP ID or range of APP IDs.

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

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

Referring to fig. 7, an embodiment of the present application further provides a method for processing a server address, including:

step 71: a second network side device receives second auxiliary information sent by a terminal, wherein the second auxiliary information is used for assisting the second network side device in determining a server address which can be received by an application on the terminal;

step 72: the second network side equipment determines a target server address which can be received by the application on the terminal according to the second auxiliary information;

step 73: and the second network side equipment sends the target server address to the terminal or the application on the terminal.

In the embodiment of the application, the terminal actively sends the second auxiliary information provided by the application to the network side equipment, and the network side equipment determines the target server address which can be received by the application on the terminal according to the second auxiliary information, so that the target server address which can be received by the application on the terminal can be sent to the terminal only, the server address which cannot be received by the application on the terminal is not sent, and resource waste is avoided.

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

application provider information;

the identification information is applied.

an EES provider;

an edge configuration server provider;

an edge configuration server address provider;

an edge computing service provider;

an EEC provider;

an AC provider;

and (4) an APP provider.

EEC ID or a range of EEC IDs;

an AC ID or range of AC IDs;

APP ID or range of APP IDs.

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

the determining, by the second network-side device, the target server address that can be received by the application on the terminal according to the second auxiliary information includes:

and the second network side equipment compares the second auxiliary information with the first auxiliary information, and takes the server address corresponding to the first auxiliary information matched with the second auxiliary information as the target server address.

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

the second network side device compares the provider of the APP in the second auxiliary information with the APP provider in the first information, or an edge computing service provider, or an EES provider, or an edge configuration server address provider, and if the provider of the APP in the second auxiliary information is consistent with the APP provider in the first information, the server address in the corresponding first information is taken as the target server address;

the second network side device compares the provider of the EEC in the second auxiliary information with the provider of the EEC in the first information, or an edge computing service provider, or an EES provider, or an edge configuration server address provider, and takes the corresponding server address in the first information as the target server address;

the second network side device compares the provider of the AC in the second auxiliary information with the provider of the AC in the first information, or an edge computing service provider, or an EES provider, or an edge configuration server address provider, and if the provider of the AC in the second auxiliary information is consistent with the provider of the AC in the first information, the server address in the corresponding first information is used as the target server address;

the second network side device compares the edge configuration server address provider or the edge configuration server provider that the APP, the EEC, or the AC in the second auxiliary information can receive with the edge configuration server provider, or the edge computing service provider, or the EES provider, or the edge configuration server address provider in the first information, and if the edge configuration server address provider or the EEC provider is consistent with the edge configuration server provider, the server address in the corresponding first information is used as the target server address.

The following describes, by way of example, a method for processing a server address according to an embodiment of the present application with reference to a specific application scenario.

The first embodiment of the invention:

referring to fig. 8, a method for processing a server address in the embodiment of the present application includes:

step 0: the NF (network function) subscribes to the UDM service, in this embodiment, the NF may be an SMF, and the SMF may be notified when subscription information in the UDM changes.

Step 1, the AF creates through the nenf _ ParameterProvision _ Create, or updates through the nenf _ ParameterProvision _ Update, or deletes the first information through the nenf _ ParameterProvision _ Delete, the first information including the ECS address and the first auxiliary information, the first auxiliary information including the application provider information and/or the application identification information.

The application provider information indicates at least one of:

an EES provider;

an edge configuration server provider;

an edge configuration server address provider;

an edge computing service provider;

an AC provider;

and (4) an APP provider.

The application identification information indicates at least one of:

EEC ID or a range of EEC IDs;

an AC ID or a range of AC IDs;

APP ID or range of APP IDs.

Optionally, the first information includes: ECS Address Configuration Information. The ECS Address Configuration Information includes an ECS Address and/or a Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) of the ECS Address.

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

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

And step 2, if the request of the AF is verified by the NEF, the NEF requests to Create, update or Delete the first information, wherein Nudm _ ParameterProvisionCreate is used for generating the first information, nudm _ ParameterProvisionUpdate is used for updating the first information, and Nudm _ ParameterProvisionDelete is used for deleting the first information.

And 3, step 3: the UDM can read the corresponding subscription information from the UDR through the nurr DM Query.

And 4, step 4: the UDM saves and/or updates the first information in the UDR.

The Nudr _ DM _ Create is used for creating first information, and the Nudr _ DM _ Update application updates the first information Nudr _ DM _ Delete for deleting the first information;

first, in the UDM, first information provided by the AF is stored in UE subscription data, and is stored according to the following method:

UE description: UE subscription data

Subscription data type (Subscription data type) = Session Management Subscription data

Field＝Edge Configuration Server Address Configuration Information

All Information provided by the AF, such as ECS Address Configuration Information, or application provider Information, is stored in this Field.

Next, in UDR, the AF information is saved to:

Data set＝Subscription Data

Data subset＝Session Management Subscription data

the Edge Configuration Server Address Configuration Information, the relevant application provider Information, and the like are stored therein.

Step 5-step 6: a response (response) to NEF and AF.

And 7: the UDM sends the updated first information, i.e. the first information provided by the AF, to the SMF.

The second embodiment of the invention:

referring to fig. 9, a method for processing a server address in the embodiment of the present application includes:

step 1: after receiving the notification of the UDM, the SMF sends the first information to the UE via the ePCO (extended protocol configuration option). The ePCO is sent to the UE through the NAS message.

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

The application provider information indicates at least one of:

an EES provider;

an edge configuration server provider;

an edge configuration server address provider;

an edge computing service provider;

an AC provider;

and (4) an APP provider.

The application identification information indicates at least one of:

EEC ID or a range of EEC IDs;

an AC ID or range of AC IDs;

APP ID or range of APP IDs.

Optionally, the first information includes: ECS Address Configuration Information. The ECS Address Configuration Information comprises ECS addresses and/or FQDNs of the ECS addresses.

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

And 2, step: the application on the UE (e.g. EEC, APP and/or AC, etc.) may send the UE (UE OS or UE module chip) the ECS address (second auxiliary information) that it can receive.

The second assistance information includes at least one of:

application provider information;

the application identification information.

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

an EES provider;

an edge configuration server provider;

an edge configuration server address provider;

an edge computing service provider;

an EEC provider;

an AC provider;

and (4) an APP provider.

EEC ID or a range of EEC IDs;

an AC ID or a range of AC IDs;

APP ID or range of APP IDs.

And 3, step 3: after receiving the first information from the 5GC, the UE performs the following operations:

in the first case: the UE provides the ECS address to a specific application on the UE based on the application provider information provided by the 5 GC. The method is that the UE forwards the ECS address to the corresponding EEC according to the application provider information provided by the 5GC, such as ECS provider, EEC provider, etc., and the provider of the EEC, etc. is exactly matched with the provider of the EEC, etc. sent by the 5 GC.

In another case: the UE provides the ECS address to a specific application on the UE based on the application identification information provided by the 5 GC. For example, the UE sends the ECS address to the EEC matching the EEC ID on the UE according to the EEC ID provided by the 5GC, etc.; the same applies to the range of EEC IDs.

And 4, step 4: after processing, the UE sends only the ECS address to the target application (e.g., a particular EEC).

The target application is compliant with at least one of the following conditions:

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

Optionally, the application provider of the target APP and the application provider in the first information may include at least one of the following:

the target application is a target application program APP, and the provider of the target APP is consistent with the APP provider in the first information, or an edge computing service provider, or an EES provider, or an edge configuration server address provider;

the target application is a target edge-enabled client EEC, and the provider of the target EEC is consistent with the EEC provider in the first information, or an edge computing service provider, or an EES provider, or an edge configuration server address provider;

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

the target application is a target APP, a target EEC, or a target AC, and an edge configuration server address provider or an edge configuration server provider that can be received by the target APP, the target EEC, or the target AC is consistent with the edge configuration server provider, or the edge computing service provider, or the EES provider, or the edge configuration server address provider in the first information.

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

In the server address processing method provided in the embodiment of the present application, the execution subject may be a server address processing device, or a control module in the server address processing device for executing the server address processing method. In the embodiment of the present application, a method for processing a server address executed by a virtual device is taken as an example, and a processing apparatus for a server address provided in the embodiment of the present application is described.

And 5: the UE OS or the UE module chip may send the ECS address (i.e., the second auxiliary information) that the application can receive, which is reported by the application, to the 5G core network, for example, the SMF. The sending method is to use the NAS message or ePCO in the NAS message. This step may occur after step 2, or after step 4.

Step 6 (not shown): the 5G core network (e.g., SMF) compares the ECS address situation (i.e., the second auxiliary information) that can be received by the application on the terminal reported by the terminal with the first auxiliary information in the first information sent by the AF, and takes the server address corresponding to the first auxiliary information that matches the second auxiliary information as the target server address, and the 5G core network (e.g., SMF) sends the target server address to the terminal or the application on the terminal.

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

the 5G core network (such as SMF) compares the provider of the APP in the second auxiliary information with the provider of the APP in the first information, or an edge computing service provider, or an EES provider, or an edge configuration server address provider, and if the provider of the APP in the second auxiliary information is consistent with the provider of the APP in the first information, the corresponding server address in the first information is used as the target server address;

the 5G core network (such as SMF) compares the provider of the EEC in the second auxiliary information with the provider of the EEC, or an edge computing service provider, or an EES provider, or an edge configuration server address provider in the first information, and takes the corresponding server address in the first information as the target server address;

comparing, by a 5G core network (e.g., SMF), the provider of the AC in the second auxiliary information with the provider of the AC in the first information, or an edge computing service provider, or an EES provider, or an edge configuration server address provider, and if the provider of the AC in the second auxiliary information is consistent with the provider of the AC in the first information, taking the corresponding server address in the first information as the target server address;

the 5G core network (e.g. SMF) compares the edge configuration server address provider or edge configuration server provider that the APP, EEC or AC in the second auxiliary information can receive with the edge configuration server provider, or edge computing service provider, or EES provider, or edge configuration server address provider in the first information, and if they are consistent, takes the corresponding server address in the first information as the target server address.

Referring to fig. 10, an embodiment of the present application further provides a device 100 for processing a server address, including:

a receiving module 101, configured to receive first information, where the first information includes: at least one of a server address and first assistance information indicating an application capable of receiving the server address;

a first providing module 102, configured to, if the first information includes the first auxiliary information, determine, by the terminal, a target application according to the first auxiliary information, and provide the server address to the target application.

According to the embodiment of the application, the target application capable of receiving the server address can be accurately determined according to the received first auxiliary information, and the received server address is provided for the target application, so that the server address can be prevented from being provided for the application incapable of receiving the server address, and resource waste is avoided.

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

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

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

In this embodiment, optionally, the processing device 90 for the server address further includes:

an obtaining module, configured to obtain second auxiliary information provided by an application, where the second auxiliary information is used to assist the terminal in determining an application capable of receiving the server address on the terminal;

and the determining module is used for determining the target application according to the first auxiliary information and the second auxiliary information.

Optionally, the determining module is configured to compare the first auxiliary information with second auxiliary information provided by each application, and use an application corresponding to the second auxiliary information that is matched with the first auxiliary information as the target application.

Optionally, comparing the first auxiliary information with second auxiliary information provided by each application, and taking an application corresponding to the second auxiliary information matched with the first auxiliary information as the target application includes at least one of the following:

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

an EES provider;

an edge configuration server provider;

an edge configuration server address provider;

an edge computing service provider;

an EEC provider;

an AC provider;

and (4) an APP provider.

EEC identification ID or range of EEC IDs;

an AC ID or range of AC IDs;

APP ID or range of APP IDs.

Optionally, the processing device 90 for the server address further includes:

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

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

The processing device of the server address in the embodiment of the present application may be a device, a device or an electronic device having an operating system, or may be a component, an integrated circuit, or a chip in the terminal. The device or the electronic equipment can be a mobile terminal or a non-mobile terminal. For example, the mobile terminal may include, but is not limited to, the type of the terminal 11 listed above, and the non-mobile terminal may be a server, a Network Attached Storage (NAS), a Personal Computer (PC), a television (television), a teller machine (teller machine), a self-service machine (kiosk), or the like, and the embodiments of the present application are not limited in particular.

The processing apparatus for a server address provided in this embodiment of the present application can implement each process implemented in the method embodiment of fig. 3, and achieve the same technical effect, and is not described here again to avoid repetition.

Referring to fig. 11, an embodiment of the present application further provides a device 110 for processing a server address, including:

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

In the embodiment of the application, the application can actively provide the auxiliary information so as to assist the processing device of the server address to determine the application of the server address which can be received after receiving the server address, thereby avoiding resource waste.

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

application provider information;

the identification information is applied.

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

an EES provider;

an edge configuration server provider;

an edge configuration server address provider;

an edge computing service provider;

an EEC provider;

an AC provider;

and (4) an APP provider.

EEC ID or a range of EEC IDs;

an AC ID or a range of AC IDs;

APP ID or range of APP IDs.

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

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

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

The processing device of the server address in the embodiment of the present application may be a device, a device or an electronic device having an operating system, or may be a component, an integrated circuit, or a chip in the terminal. The device or the electronic equipment can be a mobile terminal or a non-mobile terminal. For example, the mobile terminal may include, but is not limited to, the above-listed type of terminal 11, and the non-mobile terminal may be a server, a Network Attached Storage (NAS), a Personal Computer (PC), a Television (TV), a teller machine, a kiosk, or the like, and the embodiments of the present application are not limited in particular.

The processing apparatus for a server address provided in this embodiment of the present application can implement each process implemented in the method embodiment of fig. 4, and achieve the same technical effect, and is not described here again to avoid repetition.

Referring to fig. 12, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a device 120 for processing a server address, including:

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

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

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

application provider information;

the identification information is applied.

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

an EES provider;

an edge configuration server provider;

an edge configuration server address provider;

an edge computing service provider;

an EEC provider;

an AC provider;

and (4) an APP provider.

EEC ID or a range of EEC IDs;

an AC ID or range of AC IDs;

APP ID or range of APP IDs.

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

The processing device for the server address provided in the embodiment of the present application can implement each process implemented in the method embodiment of fig. 5, and achieve the same technical effect, and is not described here again to avoid repetition.

Referring to fig. 13, an embodiment of the present application further provides a device 120 for processing a server address, including:

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

a notification module 132, configured to notify the changed first information to the terminal according to the first request.

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

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

application provider information;

the identification information is applied.

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

an EES provider;

an edge configuration server provider;

an edge configuration server address provider;

an edge computing service provider;

an AC provider;

and (4) an APP provider.

EEC ID or range of EEC IDs;

an AC ID or range of AC IDs;

APP ID or range of APP IDs.

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

The processing device for the server address provided in the embodiment of the present application can implement each process implemented in the method embodiment of fig. 6, and achieve the same technical effect, and is not described here again to avoid repetition.

Referring to fig. 14, an embodiment of the present application further provides a server address processing apparatus 140, including:

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

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

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

In the embodiment of the application, the second auxiliary information sent by the terminal is received, and the address of the target server which can be received by the application on the terminal is determined according to the second auxiliary information, so that the address of the target server which can be received by the application on the terminal can be sent to the terminal only, and the address of the server which cannot be received by the application on the terminal is not sent, so that resource waste is avoided.

application provider information;

the identification information is applied.

an EES provider;

an edge configuration server provider;

an edge configuration server address provider;

an edge computing service provider;

an EEC provider;

an AC provider;

and (4) an APP provider.

EEC ID or range of EEC IDs;

an AC ID or a range of AC IDs;

APP ID or range of APP IDs.

In this embodiment, optionally, the processing device 140 for the server address further includes:

a second receiving module, configured to receive a first request sent by a first network side device, where the first request is used to create, update, or delete first information, and the first information includes: at least one of a server address and first assistance information indicating an application capable of receiving the server address;

the determining module 142 is configured to compare the second auxiliary information with the first auxiliary information, and use a server address corresponding to the first auxiliary information matched with the second auxiliary information as the target server address.

Optionally, comparing the second auxiliary information with the first auxiliary information, and taking a server address corresponding to the first auxiliary information matched with the second auxiliary information as the target server address includes at least one of the following:

comparing the APP provider in the second auxiliary information with the APP provider, or edge computing service provider, or EES provider, or edge configuration server address provider in the first information, and if the APP provider in the second auxiliary information is consistent with the APP provider, taking the server address in the corresponding first information as the target server address;

comparing the EEC provider in the second auxiliary information with the EEC provider in the first information, or an edge computing service provider, or an EES provider, or an edge configuration server address provider, and taking the corresponding server address in the first information as the target server address;

comparing the provider of the AC in the second auxiliary information with the provider of the AC in the first information, or an edge computing service provider, or an EES provider, or an edge configuration server address provider, and if the providers are consistent, taking the corresponding server address in the first information as the target server address;

the second network side device compares the edge configuration server address provider or edge configuration server provider that the APP, EEC, or AC in the second auxiliary information can receive with the edge configuration server provider, or edge computing service provider, or EES provider, or edge configuration server address provider in the first information, and if the edge configuration server address provider, the second network side device takes the server address in the corresponding first information as the target server address.

As shown in fig. 15, the embodiment of the present application further provides a communication device 150, which includes a processor 151, a memory 152, and a program or an instruction stored on the memory 152 and executable on the processor 151, for example, when the communication device 150 is a terminal, the program or the instruction is executed by the processor 151 to implement the processes of the embodiment of the method for processing the server address executed by the terminal, and the same technical effect can be achieved. When the communication device 150 is a network-side device, the program or the instruction is executed by the processor 151 to implement the processes of the embodiment of the method for processing the server address executed by the first network-side device or the second network-side device, and can achieve the same technical effect, and in order to avoid repetition, the details are not repeated here.

An embodiment of the present application further provides a terminal, including a processor and a communication interface, where the communication interface is configured to receive first information, where the first information includes: at least one of a server address and first assistance information indicating an application capable of receiving the server address; the processor is used for determining a target application according to the first auxiliary information if the first information comprises the first auxiliary information, and providing the server address for the target application; or the processor is configured to acquire second auxiliary information provided by an application, where the second auxiliary information is used to assist the terminal in determining an application of a server address that can be received by the terminal or assist the network-side device in determining a server address that can be received by the application of the terminal. The terminal embodiment corresponds to the terminal-side method embodiment, and all implementation processes and implementation manners of the method embodiment can be applied to the terminal embodiment and can achieve the same technical effect. Specifically, fig. 16 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of a terminal implementing the embodiment of the present application.

The terminal 160 includes but is not limited to: radio frequency unit 161, network module 162, audio output unit 163, input unit 164, sensor 165, display unit 166, user input unit 167, interface unit 168, memory 169, and processor 1610, among other components.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the terminal 160 may further include a power supply (e.g., a battery) for supplying power to various components, which may be logically connected to the processor 1610 via a power management system, so as to manage charging, discharging, and power consumption management functions via the power management system. The terminal structure shown in fig. 16 does not constitute a limitation of the terminal, and the terminal may include more or less components than those shown, or may combine some components, or may be arranged differently, and thus, will not be described again.

It should be understood that, in the embodiment of the present application, the input Unit 164 may include a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) 1641 and a microphone 1642, and the Graphics Processing Unit 1641 processes image data of still pictures or videos obtained by an image capturing device (such as a camera) in a video capturing mode or an image capturing mode. The display unit 166 may include a display panel 1661, and the display panel 1661 may be configured in the form of a liquid crystal display, an organic light emitting diode, or the like. The user input unit 167 includes a touch panel 1671 and other input devices 1672. Touch panel 1671, also referred to as a touch screen. The touch panel 1671 may include two parts of a touch detection device and a touch controller. Other input devices 1672 may include, but are not limited to, a physical keyboard, function keys (e.g., volume control keys, switch keys, etc.), a trackball, a mouse, and a joystick, which are not described in further detail herein.

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

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

Processor 1610 may include one or more processing units; alternatively, processor 1610 may integrate an application processor, which handles primarily the operating system, user interface, and applications or instructions, and a modem processor, which handles primarily wireless communications, such as a baseband processor. It is to be appreciated that the modem processor described above may not be integrated into processor 1610.

The radio frequency unit 161 is configured to receive first information, where the first information includes: at least one of a server address and first assistance information indicating an application capable of receiving the server address;

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

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

application provider information;

the identification information is applied.

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

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

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

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

the target application is a target APP, a target EEC or a target AC, and an edge configuration server address provider which can be received by the target APP, the target EEC or the target AC is consistent with an edge configuration server provider, an edge computing service provider, an EES provider or an edge configuration server address provider in the first information.

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

Optionally, the processor 1610 is further configured to obtain second auxiliary information provided by an application, where the second auxiliary information is used to assist the terminal in determining an application capable of receiving the server address on the terminal; and determining the target application according to the first auxiliary information and the second auxiliary information.

Optionally, determining the target application according to the first auxiliary information and the second auxiliary information includes: and comparing the first auxiliary information with second auxiliary information provided by each application, and taking the application corresponding to the second auxiliary information matched with the first auxiliary information as the target application.

Optionally, the comparing the first auxiliary information with second auxiliary information provided by each application, and taking an application corresponding to the second auxiliary information matched with the first auxiliary information as the target application includes at least one of the following:

the terminal compares the edge configuration server address provider which can be received by the APP, the EEC or the AC in the second auxiliary information with the edge configuration server provider, the edge computing service provider, the EES provider or the edge configuration server address provider in the first information, and if the edge configuration server address provider is consistent with the edge configuration server provider, the terminal takes the corresponding APP, the EEC or the AC as the target application.

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

application provider information;

the application identification information.

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

an EES provider;

an edge configuration server provider;

an edge configuration server address provider;

an edge computing service provider;

an EEC provider;

an AC provider;

and (4) an APP provider.

EEC identification ID or range of EEC IDs;

an AC ID or a range of AC IDs;

APP ID or range of APP IDs.

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

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

Alternatively, in another embodiment of the present application:

the processor 1610 is configured to obtain second auxiliary information provided by an application, where the second auxiliary information is used to assist the terminal to determine an application of a server address that can be received by the terminal or assist a network-side device to determine a server address that can be received by an application of the terminal.

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

application provider information;

the application identification information.

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

an EES provider;

an edge configuration server provider;

an edge configuration server address provider;

an edge computing service provider;

an EEC provider;

an AC provider;

and (4) an APP provider.

EEC ID or range of EEC IDs;

an AC ID or a range of AC IDs;

APP ID or range of APP IDs.

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

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

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

An embodiment of the present application further provides a network side device, including a processor and a communication interface, where the communication interface is configured to send a first request to a second network side device, where the first request is used to create, update, or delete first information, and the first information includes: at least one of a server address and first assistance information indicating an application capable of receiving the server address; or, the communication interface receives a first request sent by a first network side device, where the first request is used to create, update, or delete first information, and the first information includes: at least one of a server address and first assistance information indicating an application capable of receiving the server address; and notifying the changed first information to the terminal according to the first request. The embodiment of the network side device corresponds to the embodiment of the method of the network side device, and all implementation processes and implementation manners of the embodiment of the method can be applied to the embodiment of the network side device and can achieve the same technical effect.

Referring to fig. 17, an embodiment of the present application further provides a network side device 170, which includes a processor 171 and a communication interface 172, where:

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

or, the communication interface 172 receives a first request sent by a first network-side device, where the first request is used to create, update, or delete first information, and the first information includes: at least one of a server address and first assistance information indicating an application capable of receiving the server address; notifying the changed first information of the terminal according to the first request;

or, the communication interface 172 is configured to receive second auxiliary information sent by the terminal, where the second auxiliary information is used to assist the second network-side device in determining a server address that can be received by an application on the terminal; the processor 171 is configured to determine, according to the second auxiliary information, an address of a target server that can be received by an application on the terminal; the communication interface 172 is configured to send the destination server address to the terminal or an application on the terminal.

The embodiment of the network side device corresponds to the embodiment of the method of the network side device, and all implementation processes and implementation manners of the embodiment of the method can be applied to the embodiment of the network side device and can achieve the same technical effect.

The embodiment of the present application further provides a readable storage medium, where a program or an instruction is stored on the readable storage medium, and when the program or the instruction is executed by a processor, the program or the instruction implements each process of the embodiment of the server address processing method, and can achieve the same technical effect, and in order to avoid repetition, details are not repeated here.

Wherein, the processor is the processor in the terminal described in the above embodiment. The readable storage medium includes a computer readable storage medium, such as a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a magnetic disk or an optical disk, and so on.

The embodiment of the present application further provides a chip, where the chip includes a processor and a communication interface, the communication interface is coupled to the processor, and the processor is configured to run a program or an instruction to implement each process of the embodiment of the method for processing a server address, and can achieve the same technical effect, and in order to avoid repetition, the details are not repeated here.

It should be understood that the chips mentioned in the embodiments of the present application may also be referred to as a system-on-chip, a system-on-chip or a system-on-chip, etc.

It should be noted that, in this document, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrases "comprising a component of' 8230; \8230;" does not exclude the presence of another like element in a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element. Further, it should be noted that the scope of the methods and apparatus of the embodiments of the present application is not limited to performing the functions in the order illustrated or discussed, but may include performing the functions in a substantially simultaneous manner or in a reverse order based on the functions involved, e.g., the methods described may be performed in an order different than that described, and various steps may be added, omitted, or combined. In addition, features described with reference to certain examples may be combined in other examples.

Through the above description of the embodiments, those skilled in the art will clearly understand that the method of the above embodiments can be implemented by software plus a necessary general hardware platform, and certainly can also be implemented by hardware, but in many cases, the former is a better implementation manner. Based on such understanding, the technical solutions of the present application may be embodied in the form of a computer software product, which is stored in a storage medium (such as ROM/RAM, magnetic disk, optical disk) and includes instructions for enabling a terminal (such as a mobile phone, a computer, a server, an air conditioner, or a network device) to execute the method according to the embodiments of the present application.

While the present embodiments have been described with reference to the accompanying drawings, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the precise embodiments described above, which are meant to be illustrative and not restrictive, and that various changes may be made therein by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

Claims

1. A method for processing a server address, comprising:

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first assistance information comprises at least one of:

application provider information;

the identification information is applied.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the first information comprises server address configuration information, and wherein at least one of the following is included in the server address configuration information:

the server address;

at least one item of said application provider information;

at least one item of the application identification information.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the first information comprises server address configuration information, and wherein at least one of the following is not included in the server address configuration information:

the server address;

at least one item of the application provider information;

at least one item of the application identification information.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the target application is compliant with at least one of the following conditions:

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the application provider of the target APP being consistent with the application provider in the first information comprises at least one of:

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

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

the terminal acquires second auxiliary information provided by an application, wherein the second auxiliary information is used for assisting the terminal to determine the application capable of receiving the server address on the terminal;

wherein before the terminal provides the server address to the target application, the method further comprises:

and the terminal determines the target application according to the first auxiliary information and the second auxiliary information.

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

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the terminal compares the first assistance information with second assistance information provided by each application, and taking an application corresponding to the second assistance information matching the first assistance information as the target application comprises at least one of:

the target application is a target APP, the terminal compares the provider of the APP in the second auxiliary information with the provider of the APP in the first information, or an edge computing service provider, or an EES provider, or an edge configuration server address provider, and if the provider of the APP in the second auxiliary information is consistent with the provider of the APP in the first auxiliary information, the terminal takes the corresponding APP as the target APP;

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the second assistance information comprises at least one of:

application provider information;

the identification information is applied.

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

an EES provider;

an edge configuration server provider;

an edge configuration server address provider;

an edge computing service provider;

an EEC provider;

an AC provider;

and (4) an APP provider.

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

EEC identification ID or range of EEC IDs;

an AC ID or a range of AC IDs;

APP ID or range of APP IDs.

14. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

and if the first information does not contain the first auxiliary information, the terminal provides the server address to all applications on the terminal.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the server address is an edge configuration server address.

16. A method for processing a server address, comprising:

the terminal acquires second auxiliary information provided by an application, wherein the second auxiliary information is used for assisting the terminal to determine the application of the server address capable of being received on the terminal or assisting the network side equipment to determine the server address capable of being received by the application on the terminal.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the second assistance information comprises at least one of:

application provider information;

the application identification information.

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

an EES provider;

an edge configuration server provider;

an edge configuration server address provider;

an edge computing service provider;

an EEC provider;

an AC provider;

and (4) an APP provider.

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

EEC ID or a range of EEC IDs;

an AC ID or a range of AC IDs;

APP ID or range of APP IDs.

20. The method of claim 17, wherein the server address is an edge configuration server address.

21. The method of claim 16, wherein after acquiring the second auxiliary information provided by the application, the terminal further comprises:

and the terminal sends the second auxiliary information to network side equipment.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein the terminal sends the second assistance information to the network side device through a non-access stratum (NAS) message.

23. A method for processing a server address, comprising:

24. The method of claim 23, wherein the first assistance information comprises at least one of:

application provider information;

the identification information is applied.

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

an EES provider;

an edge configuration server provider;

an edge configuration server address provider;

an edge computing service provider;

an EEC provider;

an AC provider;

and (4) an APP provider.

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

EEC ID or range of EEC IDs;

an AC ID or range of AC IDs;

APP ID or range of APP IDs.

27. The method of claim 23, wherein the server address is an edge configuration server address.

28. A method for processing a server address, comprising:

29. The method of claim 28, wherein the first assistance information comprises at least one of:

application provider information;

the identification information is applied.

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

an EES provider;

an edge configuration server provider;

an edge configuration server address provider;

an edge computing service provider;

an AC provider;

and (4) an APP provider.

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

EEC ID or a range of EEC IDs;

an AC ID or a range of AC IDs;

APP ID or range of APP IDs.

32. The method of claim 28, wherein the server address is an edge configuration server address.

33. A method for processing a server address, comprising:

a second network side device receives second auxiliary information sent by a terminal, wherein the second auxiliary information is used for assisting the second network side device to determine a server address which can be received by an application on the terminal;

the second network side equipment determines a target server address which can be received by the application on the terminal according to the second auxiliary information;

and the second network side equipment sends the target server address to the terminal or the application on the terminal.

34. The method of claim 33, wherein the second assistance information comprises at least one of:

application provider information;

the application identification information.

35. The method according to claim 34, characterized in that the application provider information indicates at least one of the following:

an EES provider;

an edge configuration server provider;

an edge configuration server address provider;

an edge computing service provider;

an EEC provider;

an AC provider;

and (4) an APP provider.

36. The method according to claim 34, characterized in that said application identification information indicates at least one of the following:

EEC ID or range of EEC IDs;

an AC ID or range of AC IDs;

APP ID or range of APP IDs.

37. The method of claim 33, further comprising:

38. The method according to claim 37, wherein the second network-side device compares the second assistance information with the first assistance information, and the serving of the server address corresponding to the first assistance information matching the second assistance information as the target server address comprises at least one of:

the second network side device compares the provider of the APP in the second auxiliary information with the provider of the APP in the first information, or an edge computing service provider, or an EES provider, or an edge configuration server address provider, and if the provider of the APP in the second auxiliary information is consistent with the provider of the APP in the first information, the server address in the corresponding first information is used as the target server address;

the second network side device compares the provider of the AC in the second auxiliary information with the provider of the AC in the first information, or an edge computing service provider, or an EES provider, or an edge configuration server address provider, and if the provider of the AC in the second auxiliary information is consistent with the provider of the AC provider, the second network side device takes the server address in the corresponding first information as the target server address;

39. An apparatus for processing a server address, comprising:

and the first providing module is used for determining a target application according to the first auxiliary information and providing the server address for the target application if the first information comprises the first auxiliary information.

40. An apparatus for processing a server address, comprising:

the acquisition module is used for acquiring second auxiliary information provided by the application, and the second auxiliary information is used for assisting the terminal in determining the application capable of receiving the server address on the terminal.

41. An apparatus for processing a server address, comprising:

42. An apparatus for processing a server address, comprising:

43. An apparatus for processing a server address, comprising:

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

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

and the sending module is used for sending the target server address to the terminal or the application on the terminal.

44. A terminal comprising a processor, a memory and a program or instructions stored on the memory and executable on the processor, the program or instructions, when executed by the processor, implementing the steps of the method for processing a server address according to any one of claims 1 to 15, or the program or instructions, when executed by the processor, implementing the steps of the method for processing a server address according to any one of claims 16 to 22.

45. A network-side device, comprising a processor, a memory, and a program or instructions stored in the memory and executable on the processor, wherein the program or instructions, when executed by the processor, implement the steps of the method for processing the server address according to any one of claims 23 to 27, or wherein the program or instructions, when executed by the processor, implement the steps of the method for processing the server address according to any one of claims 28 to 32; alternatively, the program or instructions, when executed by the processor, implement the steps of the method of processing a server address of any of claims 33 to 38.

46. A readable storage medium, on which a program or instructions are stored, which, when executed by a processor, implement the method of processing a server address according to any one of claims 1 to 15, or the steps of the method of processing a server address according to any one of claims 16 to 22, or the steps of the method of processing a server address according to any one of claims 23 to 27, or the steps of the method of processing a server address according to any one of claims 28 to 32, or the steps of the method of processing a server address according to any one of claims 33 to 38.