CN116419167A

CN116419167A - Multicast service processing method, terminal equipment and network equipment

Info

Publication number: CN116419167A
Application number: CN202210008653.9A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 谢振华; 张艳霞
Original assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Current assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-01-05
Filing date: 2022-01-05
Publication date: 2023-07-11

Abstract

The application discloses a method for processing multicast service, terminal equipment and network equipment, which belong to the field of communication, and the method comprises the following steps: the method comprises the steps that first network equipment receives first broadcast multicast information, wherein the first broadcast multicast information corresponds to a first broadcast multicast service or session provided by a first network; indicating second broadcast-multicast information or target mapping information to the sender; wherein the second broadcast-multicast information corresponds to a second broadcast-multicast service or session provided by a second network, and the target mapping information indicates a relationship between the first broadcast-multicast information and the second broadcast-multicast information.

Description

Multicast service processing method, terminal equipment and network equipment

Technical Field

The embodiment of the invention relates to the field of communication, in particular to a method for processing multicast service, terminal equipment and network equipment.

Background

A Host network (Host network) is a standalone network deployed in a temporary area for some predetermined purpose, such as a concert, sports game, etc. The hosted network has limitations in deployment time and deployment place, such as deploying the hosted network at a stadium, may allow User Equipment (UE) other than the hosted network to access to obtain services, but provided that the hosted network and the home network of the UE need to sign up for an agreement. The Host network may have overlapping coverage with the public network or may be supplementary coverage. The managed Network may be a Public land mobile Network (Public Land Mobile Network, PLMN) or a Non-Public Network (NPN).

The UE joins multicast (Multimedia Broadcast, MB) traffic at the home network but cannot continue to obtain the corresponding multicast traffic upon entering the managed network, and vice versa.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application provides a processing method, terminal equipment and network equipment for multicast service, which can solve the problem that when UE enters a managed network from a home network or returns to the home network from the managed network, corresponding multicast service cannot be obtained continuously.

In a first aspect, a method for processing multicast service is provided, where the method includes: the method comprises the steps that first network equipment receives first broadcast multicast information, wherein the first broadcast multicast information corresponds to a first broadcast multicast service or session provided by a first network; indicating second broadcast-multicast information or target mapping information to the sender; wherein the second broadcast-multicast information corresponds to a second broadcast-multicast service or session provided by a second network, and the target mapping information indicates a relationship between the first broadcast-multicast information and the second broadcast-multicast information.

In a second aspect, a method for processing multicast service is provided, where the method includes: the terminal participates in a first broadcast multicast service or session in a first network, wherein the first broadcast multicast service or session corresponds to first broadcast multicast information; and participating in a second broadcast multicast service or session in a second network according to the first broadcast multicast information, wherein the second broadcast multicast service or session corresponds to the second broadcast multicast information.

In a third aspect, there is provided an apparatus for processing multicast service, the apparatus comprising: the first receiving module is used for receiving first broadcast multicast information, and the first broadcast multicast information corresponds to a first broadcast multicast service or session provided by a first network; an indication module for indicating the second broadcast multicast information or the target mapping information to the sender; wherein the second broadcast-multicast information corresponds to a second broadcast-multicast service or session provided by a second network, and the target mapping information indicates a relationship between the first broadcast-multicast information and the second broadcast-multicast information.

In a fourth aspect, there is provided an apparatus for processing multicast service, the apparatus comprising: a first execution module, configured to participate in a first broadcast multicast service or session in a first network, where the first broadcast multicast service or session corresponds to first broadcast multicast information; and the second execution module is used for participating in a second broadcast multicast service or session in a second network according to the first broadcast multicast information, wherein the second broadcast multicast service or session corresponds to the second broadcast multicast information.

In a fifth aspect, there is provided a terminal comprising a processor and a memory storing a program or instructions executable on the processor, which when executed by the processor, implement the steps of the method as described in the second aspect.

In a sixth aspect, a terminal is provided, including a processor and a communication interface, where the processor is configured to participate in a first broadcast multicast service or session in a first network; and according to the first broadcast multicast information, the terminal participates in a second broadcast multicast service or session in a second network.

In a seventh aspect, there is provided a network device comprising a processor and a memory storing a program or instructions executable on the processor, which when executed by the processor, implement the steps of the method as described in the first aspect.

In an eighth aspect, a network device is provided that includes a processor and a communication interface, where the communication interface is configured to receive first broadcast multicast information, and the processor is configured to indicate second broadcast multicast information or target mapping information to a sender.

In a ninth aspect, a system for processing multicast traffic is provided, comprising: a terminal operable to perform the steps of the method of processing a multicast service as described in the second aspect, and a network device operable to perform the steps of the method of processing a multicast service as described in the first aspect.

In a tenth aspect, there is provided a readable storage medium having stored thereon a program or instructions which when executed by a processor, performs the steps of the method according to the first aspect or performs the steps of the method according to the second aspect.

In an eleventh aspect, there is provided a chip comprising a processor and a communication interface coupled to the processor, the processor being for running a program or instructions to implement the method according to the first aspect or to implement the method according to the second aspect.

In a twelfth aspect, there is provided a computer program/program product stored in a storage medium, the computer program/program product being executed by at least one processor to implement the steps of the method of processing multicast traffic as described in the first aspect, or to implement the steps of the method as described in the second aspect.

In the embodiment of the application, first broadcast multicast information is received through first network equipment, and the first broadcast multicast information corresponds to a first broadcast multicast service or session provided by a first network; indicating second broadcast-multicast information or target mapping information to the sender; the second broadcast multicast information corresponds to a second broadcast multicast service or session provided by a second network, and the target mapping information indicates a relationship between the first broadcast multicast information and the second broadcast multicast information, so that the problem that when the UE enters the managed network from the home network or returns to the home network from the managed network, the UE cannot continuously obtain the corresponding multicast service can be solved.

Drawings

Fig. 1 shows a schematic diagram of a wireless communication system to which embodiments of the present application are applicable;

fig. 2 is a schematic flow chart of a method of processing multicast traffic according to one embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a schematic flow chart of a method of processing multicast traffic according to one embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a schematic flow chart of a method of processing multicast traffic according to one embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a processing apparatus for multicast service according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a processing apparatus for multicast service according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a schematic structural view of a communication device according to another embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a network device according to another embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 9 is a schematic structural view of a terminal device according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

Technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is apparent that the described embodiments are some embodiments of the present application, but not all embodiments. All other embodiments obtained by a person of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments in the present application are within the scope of the protection of the present application.

The terms first, second and the like in the description and in the claims, are used for distinguishing between similar objects 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 sequences other than those illustrated or otherwise described herein, and that the terms "first" and "second" are generally intended to be used in a generic sense and not to limit the number of objects, for example, the first object may be one or more. Furthermore, in the description and claims, "and/or" means at least one of the connected objects, and the character "/" generally means a relationship in which the associated object is an "or" before and after.

It is noted that the techniques described in the embodiments of the present application are not limited to long term evolution (Long Term Evolution, LTE)/LTE evolution (LTE-Advanced, LTE-a) systems, but may also be used in other wireless communication systems, such as code division multiple access (Code Division Multiple Access, CDMA), time division multiple access (Time Division Multiple Access, TDMA), frequency division multiple access (Frequency Division Multiple Access, FDMA), orthogonal frequency division multiple access (ofdm) Address (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access, OFDMA), single-carrier frequency division multiple access (Single-carrier Frequency-Division Multiple Access, SC-FDMA), and other systems. The terms "system" and "network" in embodiments of the present application are often used interchangeably, and the techniques described may be used for both the above-mentioned systems and radio technologies, as well as other systems and radio technologies. The following description describes a New air interface (NR) system for purposes of example and uses NR terminology in much of the description that follows, but these techniques are also applicable 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 device 12, and a core network device 13. The terminal 11 may be a mobile phone, a tablet (Tablet Personal Computer), a Laptop (Laptop Computer) or a terminal-side Device called a notebook, a personal digital assistant (Personal Digital Assistant, PDA), a palm top, a netbook, an ultra-mobile personal Computer (ultra-mobile personal Computer, UMPC), a mobile internet appliance (Mobile Internet Device, MID), an augmented reality (augmented reality, AR)/Virtual Reality (VR) Device, a robot, a Wearable Device (weather Device), a vehicle-mounted Device (VUE), a pedestrian terminal (PUE), a smart home (home Device with a wireless communication function, such as a refrigerator, a television, a washing machine, or a furniture), a game machine, a personal Computer (personal Computer, PC), a teller machine, or a self-service machine, and the Wearable Device includes: intelligent wrist-watch, intelligent bracelet, intelligent earphone, intelligent glasses, intelligent ornament (intelligent bracelet, intelligent ring, intelligent necklace, intelligent anklet, intelligent foot chain etc.), intelligent wrist strap, intelligent clothing etc.. Note that, the specific type of the terminal 11 is not limited in the embodiment of the present application. The network device 12 may comprise an access network device or a core network device, wherein the access network device 12 may also be referred to as a radio access network device, a radio access network (Radio Access Network, RAN), a radio access network function or a radio access network element. Access network device 12 may include a base station, a WLAN access point, a WiFi node, or the like, which may be referred to as a node B, an evolved node B (eNB), an access point, a base transceiver station (Base Transceiver Station, BTS), a radio base station, a radio transceiver, a basic service set (Basic Service Set, BSS), an extended service set (Extended Service Set, ESS), a home node B, a home evolved node B, a transmission and reception point (Transmitting Receiving Point, TRP), or some other suitable terminology in the art, and the base station is not limited to a particular technical vocabulary so long as the same technical effect is achieved, and it should be noted that in the embodiments of the present application, only a base station in an NR system is described as an example, and the specific type of the base station is not limited. The core network device may include, but is not limited to, at least one of: core network nodes, core network functions, mobility management entities (Mobility Management Entity, MME), access mobility management functions (Access and Mobility Management Function, AMF), session management functions (Session Management Function, SMF), user plane functions (User Plane Function, UPF), policy control functions (Policy Control Function, PCF), policy and charging rules function units (Policy and Charging Rules Function, PCRF), edge application service discovery functions (Edge Application Server Discovery Function, EASDF), unified data management (Unified Data Management, UDM), unified data repository (Unified Data Repository, UDR), home subscriber server (Home Subscriber Server, HSS), centralized network configuration (Centralized network configuration, CNC), network storage functions (Network Repository Function, NRF), network opening functions (Network Exposure Function, NEF), local NEF (or L-NEF), binding support functions (Binding Support Function, BSF), application functions (Application Function, AF), and the like. In the embodiment of the present application, only the core network device in the NR system is described as an example, and the specific type of the core network device is not limited.

The following describes in detail, with reference to the accompanying drawings, a method for processing a multicast service provided by the embodiments of the present application through some embodiments and application scenarios thereof.

As shown in fig. 2, one embodiment of the present invention provides a method 200 for processing multicast traffic, which may be performed by a network device, in other words, by software or hardware installed in the network device, the method comprising the steps of:

s202: the first network device receives first broadcast-multicast information.

Wherein the first broadcast-multicast information corresponds to a first broadcast-multicast service or session provided by the first network.

S204: the second broadcast-multicast information or the target mapping information is indicated to the sender.

In the case of indicating the second broadcast-multicast information to the sender, the first network device determines the second broadcast-multicast information according to the first broadcast-multicast information sent by the sender in the previous step, wherein an association relationship exists between the first broadcast-multicast information and the second broadcast-multicast information, and indicates the second broadcast-multicast information to the sender.

In case of indicating the target mapping information to the sender, the target mapping information indicates a relationship of the first broadcast-multicast information and the second broadcast-multicast information. After the first network device receives the first broadcast multicast information, the target mapping information is indicated to the sender, so that the sender can determine second broadcast multicast information corresponding to the first broadcast multicast information sent in the previous step according to the first broadcast multicast information and the target mapping information.

Thereby, the sender can determine the second broadcast-multicast information. Since the second broadcast-multicast information corresponds to a second broadcast-multicast service or session provided by the second network, the sender is able to determine the second broadcast-multicast service or session provided by the second network.

In one implementation, the first network may include a home network of the UE, the terminal participating in a first broadcast-multicast service or session at the first network, the first broadcast-multicast service or session corresponding to the first broadcast-multicast information, and the second network may include a hosted network. After the sender determines the second broadcast-multicast service or session provided by the second network, the UE may be enabled to participate in the second broadcast-multicast service or session provided by the second network.

Conversely, in one implementation, the second network may include a home network of the UE, the terminal participates in a second broadcast-multicast service or session at the second network, the second broadcast-multicast service or session corresponding to the second broadcast-multicast information, and the first network may include a hosted network. After the sender determines the second broadcast-multicast service or session provided by the second network, the UE may be enabled to participate in the second broadcast-multicast service or session provided by the second network. I.e. the UE is able to continue to participate in the broadcast multicast service or session provided by the home network in case of a handover from the managed network back to the home network.

In one implementation, the first broadcast-multicast information includes one of: broadcast multicast group identification, broadcast multicast address information, network identification, network information.

In one implementation, the second broadcast-multicast information includes one of: broadcast multicast group identification, broadcast multicast address information, network identification, network information.

In one implementation, the target mapping information includes the second broadcast-multicast information and the first broadcast-multicast information.

In one implementation, in a case that the sender is an access network node, the first network device may be a core network function, where the core network function includes: AMF, SMF, MB-at least one of SMF, PCF, etc. Optionally, in this step, the core network function indicates the second broadcast multicast information or the target mapping information to the access network node, and the access network node may further indicate the second broadcast multicast information or the target mapping information to the UE.

In one implementation, in a case where the sender is a UE, the first network device may be: an access network node. Optionally, in this step, the access network node may indicate the second broadcast multicast information or the target mapping information to the UE.

In one implementation, in a case where the sender is a UE, the first network device may be: core network functions. Optionally, in this step, the core network function may indicate the second broadcast multicast information or the target mapping information to the UE.

The method for processing the multicast service provided by the embodiment of the invention receives first broadcast multicast information through first network equipment, wherein the first broadcast multicast information corresponds to first broadcast multicast service or session provided by a first network; indicating second broadcast-multicast information or target mapping information to the sender; the second broadcast multicast information corresponds to a second broadcast multicast service or session provided by a second network, and the target mapping information indicates a relationship between the first broadcast multicast information and the second broadcast multicast information, so that after the UE switches networks, the UE can continue to obtain the corresponding multicast service in a new network.

The method for processing multicast service according to the embodiment of the present invention is described in detail above with reference to fig. 2. A method of processing multicast traffic according to another embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to fig. 3. It will be appreciated that the interaction of the terminal device with the network device described from the terminal device side is the same as or corresponds to the description of the network device side in the method shown in fig. 2, and the relevant description is omitted as appropriate to avoid repetition.

Fig. 3 is a schematic flow chart of an implementation of a method for processing a multicast service according to an embodiment of the present invention, which can be applied to a terminal device side. As shown in fig. 3, the method 300 includes:

s302: the terminal participates in a first broadcast-multicast service or session in a first network.

Wherein the first broadcast-multicast service or session corresponds to the first broadcast-multicast information. In one implementation, the first network may include a home network of the UE.

S304: the terminal participates in a second broadcast-multicast service or session in a second network based on the first broadcast-multicast information.

Optionally, the terminal may send the first broadcast multicast information to the first network device, and the first network device may determine the second broadcast multicast information according to the first broadcast multicast information, where an association relationship exists between the first broadcast multicast information and the second broadcast multicast information, and indicate the second broadcast multicast information to the terminal, where the second broadcast multicast service or session corresponds to the second broadcast multicast information. The description of step S202 in the embodiment of fig. 2 may be referred to, and will not be repeated here.

In one implementation, the second network may comprise a hosted network. After the UE determines the second broadcast-multicast service or session provided by the second network, the UE may be enabled to participate in the second broadcast-multicast service or session provided by the second network.

Fig. 4 is a schematic flow chart of an implementation of a method for processing a multicast service according to an embodiment of the present invention, which can be applied to a terminal device side. As shown in fig. 4, the method 400 includes:

s402: the terminal participates in a first broadcast-multicast service or session in a first network.

This step may be similar to step S302 in the embodiment of fig. 3, and will not be described here again.

S403: the terminal receives second broadcast-multicast information or target mapping information from the first network device.

The target mapping information includes at least one of:

the first broadcast-multicast information and the second broadcast-multicast information;

For indicating a mapping relationship between the first broadcast-multicast information and the second broadcast-multicast information.

S404: the terminal participates in a second broadcast-multicast service or session in a second network based on the first broadcast-multicast information.

In one implementation, the terminal may send the first broadcast multicast information to the first network device before this step, and the first network device may determine the second broadcast multicast information according to the first broadcast multicast information, where an association relationship exists between the first broadcast multicast information and the second broadcast multicast information, and indicate the first broadcast multicast information and the second broadcast multicast information to the terminal.

In one implementation, the terminal may send first broadcast-multicast information to the first network device, the first network device sends a mapping relation for indicating between the first broadcast-multicast information and the second broadcast-multicast information to the terminal, and the terminal may determine the second broadcast-multicast information based on the first broadcast-multicast information and the mapping relation. The terminal may participate in a second broadcast-multicast service or session in a second network based on the second broadcast-multicast information. In particular, the terminal may indicate the second broadcast-multicast information to a second network device to request second broadcast-multicast service or session-corresponding broadcast-multicast resource information.

In one implementation, the terminal may send the first broadcast-multicast information to the second network device, the second network device sends the first broadcast-multicast information to the first network device, the first network device sends a mapping relationship for indicating between the first broadcast-multicast information and the second broadcast-multicast information to the second network device, and the second network device may determine the second broadcast-multicast information from the first broadcast-multicast information and the mapping relationship. The terminal may participate in a second broadcast-multicast service or session in the second network based on the first broadcast-multicast information, i.e. the terminal may request the corresponding broadcast-multicast resource information of the second broadcast-multicast service or session from the first broadcast-multicast information indicated by the second network device.

This step may be similar to step S304 in the embodiment of fig. 3, and will not be described here again.

In one implementation, the first network device is located in the first network or the second network.

In one implementation, the first network device is: an access network node or a core network function, wherein the core network function comprises: AMF, SMF, MB-at least one of SMF, PCF, etc.

In the embodiment of the present application, the processing device for the multicast service provided in the embodiment of the present application is described by taking the processing method for the multicast service executed by the processing device for the multicast service as an example.

Fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of an apparatus for processing multicast traffic according to an embodiment of the present invention, and the apparatus 500 may correspond to a network device in other embodiments. As shown in fig. 5, the processing apparatus 500 for multicast service includes: a first receiving module 510 and an indicating module 520.

The first receiving module 510 is configured to receive first broadcast multicast information, where the first broadcast multicast information corresponds to a first broadcast multicast service or session provided by a first network. An indication module 520 for indicating the second broadcast-multicast information or the target mapping information to the sender; wherein the second broadcast-multicast information corresponds to a second broadcast-multicast service or session provided by a second network, and the target mapping information indicates a relationship between the first broadcast-multicast information and the second broadcast-multicast information.

In one implementation, in a case that the sender is a user equipment, the processing device is: an access network node or core network function; or in the case that the sender is an access network node, the processing device is a core network function, where the core network function includes: AMF, SMF, MB-at least one of SMF, PCF, etc.

The embodiment of the application solves the problem that the UE cannot continuously obtain the corresponding multicast service when entering the managed network from the home network or returning to the home network from the managed network.

The processing device for multicast service provided in the embodiment of the present application can implement each process implemented by the method embodiment of fig. 2, and achieve the same technical effects, so that repetition is avoided, and no further description is provided herein.

Fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a processing apparatus for multicast service according to an embodiment of the present invention, and the apparatus 600 may correspond to a terminal in other embodiments. As shown in fig. 6, the processing apparatus 600 for multicast service includes: a first execution module 610 and a second execution module 620.

The first execution module 610 is configured to participate in a first broadcast multicast service or session in a first network, where the first broadcast multicast service or session corresponds to first broadcast multicast information; a second execution module 620, configured to participate in a second broadcast multicast service or session in a second network according to the first broadcast multicast information, where the second broadcast multicast service or session corresponds to the second broadcast multicast information.

In one implementation, the apparatus 600 further includes: a second receiving module (not shown in the figure) configured to receive, before the second network participates in a second broadcast multicast service or session according to the first broadcast multicast information, second broadcast multicast information or target mapping information from the first network device, where the target mapping information includes at least one of: the first broadcast-multicast information and the second broadcast-multicast information; for indicating a mapping relationship between the first broadcast-multicast information and the second broadcast-multicast information.

In one implementation, the apparatus 600 further includes: a transmitting module (not shown in the figure) is configured to transmit the first broadcast-multicast information to the first network device before the second network participates in a second broadcast-multicast service or session according to the first broadcast-multicast information.

In one implementation, the second execution module 620 is further configured to: and indicating the first broadcast multicast information or the second broadcast multicast information to a second network device to request a second broadcast multicast service or corresponding broadcast multicast resource information of the session.

In one implementation, the processing device is: an access network node or a core network function, wherein the core network function comprises: AMF, SMF, MB-at least one of SMF, PCF, etc.

The method and the device can solve the problem that the UE cannot continuously obtain corresponding multicast service when entering the managed network from the home network or returning to the home network from the managed network.

The processing device for multicast service in the embodiment of the present application may be an electronic device, for example, an electronic device with an operating system, or may be a component in an electronic device, for example, an integrated circuit or a chip. The electronic device may be a terminal, or may be other devices than a terminal. By way of example, terminals may include, but are not limited to, the types of terminals 11 listed above, other devices may be servers, network attached storage (Network Attached Storage, NAS), etc., and embodiments of the application are not specifically limited.

The processing device 600 for multicast service provided in this embodiment of the present application can implement each process implemented by the embodiments of the method in fig. 3 to fig. 4, and achieve the same technical effects, and for avoiding repetition, a detailed description is omitted here.

Optionally, as shown in fig. 7, the embodiment of the present application further provides a communication device 700, including a processor 701 and a memory 702, where the memory 702 stores a program or an instruction that can be executed on the processor 701, for example, when the communication device 700 is a terminal, the program or the instruction implements each step of the above-mentioned multicast service processing method embodiment when executed by the processor 701, and the same technical effects can be achieved. When the communication device 700 is a network device, the program or the instruction implements the steps of the above-mentioned method embodiment for processing a multicast service when executed by the processor 701, and the same technical effects can be achieved, so that repetition is avoided, and no further description is given here.

The embodiment of the application also provides a network device, which comprises a processor and a communication interface, wherein the processor is used for indicating the second broadcast multicast information or the target mapping information to a sender, and the communication interface is used for receiving the first broadcast multicast information. The network device embodiment corresponds to the network device method embodiment, and each implementation process and implementation manner of the method embodiment can be applied to the network device embodiment and can achieve the same technical effect.

Specifically, the embodiment of the application also provides a network device. As shown in fig. 8, the network device 800 includes: an antenna 801, a radio frequency device 802, a baseband device 803, a processor 804, and a memory 805. The antenna 801 is connected to a radio frequency device 802. In the uplink direction, the radio frequency device 802 receives information via the antenna 801, and transmits the received information to the baseband device 803 for processing. In the downlink direction, the baseband device 803 processes information to be transmitted, and transmits the processed information to the radio frequency device 802, and the radio frequency device 802 processes the received information and transmits the processed information through the antenna 801.

The method performed by the network device in the above embodiment may be implemented in a baseband apparatus 803, where the baseband apparatus 803 includes a baseband processor.

The baseband device 803 may, for example, comprise at least one baseband board, on which a plurality of chips are disposed, as shown in fig. 8, where one chip, for example, a baseband processor, is connected to the memory 805 through a bus interface, so as to invoke a program in the memory 805 to perform the network device operation shown in the above method embodiment.

The network device may also include a network interface 806, such as a common public radio interface (common public radio interface, CPRI).

Specifically, the network device 800 of the embodiment of the present invention further includes: instructions or programs stored in the memory 805 and executable on the processor 804, the processor 804 invokes the instructions or programs in the memory 805 to perform the methods performed by the modules shown in fig. 5 and achieve the same technical effects, and are not described herein in detail to avoid repetition.

The embodiment of the application also provides a terminal, which comprises a processor and a communication interface, wherein the processor is used for participating in a first broadcast multicast service or session in a first network; and participating in a second broadcast multicast service or session in a second network according to the first broadcast multicast information. The terminal embodiment corresponds to the terminal-side method embodiment, and each implementation process and implementation manner of the method embodiment can be applied to the terminal embodiment, and the same technical effects can be achieved. Specifically, fig. 9 is a schematic hardware structure of a terminal for implementing an embodiment of the present application.

The terminal device 900 includes, but is not limited to: at least some of the components of the radio frequency unit 901, the network module 902, the audio output unit 903, the input unit 904, the sensor 905, the display unit 906, the user input unit 907, the interface unit 908, the memory 909, and the processor 910.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the terminal device 900 may further include a power source (e.g., a battery) for powering the various components, and the power source may be logically coupled to the processor 910 by a power management system to perform functions such as managing charging, discharging, and power consumption by the power management system. The terminal device structure shown in the drawings does not constitute a limitation of the terminal device, and the terminal device may include more or less components than those shown in the drawings, or may combine some components, or may be arranged in different components, which will not be described in detail herein.

It should be appreciated that in embodiments of the present application, the input unit 904 may include a graphics processor (Graphics Processing Unit, GPU) 9041 and a microphone 9042, with the graphics processor 9041 processing image data of still pictures or video obtained by an image capture device (e.g., a camera) in a video capture mode or an image capture mode. The display unit 906 may include a display panel 9061, and the display panel 9061 may be configured in the form of a liquid crystal display, an organic light emitting diode, or the like. The user input unit 907 includes a touch panel 9071 and other input devices 9072. Touch panel 9071, also referred to as a touch screen. The touch panel 9071 may include two parts, a touch detection device and a touch controller. Other input devices 9072 may include, but are not limited to, a physical keyboard, function keys (e.g., volume control keys, switch keys, etc.), a trackball, a mouse, a joystick, and so forth, which are not described in detail herein.

In this embodiment, after receiving downlink data from a network device, the radio frequency unit 901 may transmit the downlink data to the processor 910 for processing; in addition, the radio frequency unit 901 may send uplink data to the network device. Typically, the radio frequency unit 901 includes, but is not limited to, an antenna, an amplifier, a transceiver, a coupler, a low noise amplifier, a duplexer, and the like.

The memory 909 may be used to store software programs or instructions as well as various data. The memory 909 may mainly include a first storage area storing programs or instructions and a second storage area storing data, wherein the first storage area may store an operating system, application programs or instructions (such as a sound playing function, an image playing function, etc.) required for at least one function, and the like. Further, the memory 909 may include a volatile memory or a nonvolatile memory, or the memory 909 may include both volatile and nonvolatile memories. The nonvolatile Memory may be a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Programmable ROM (PROM), an Erasable PROM (EPROM), an Electrically Erasable EPROM (EEPROM), or a flash Memory. The volatile memory may be random access memory (Random Access Memory, RAM), static RAM (SRAM), dynamic RAM (DRAM), synchronous DRAM (SDRAM), double Data Rate SDRAM (ddr SDRAM), enhanced SDRAM (Enhanced SDRAM), synchronous DRAM (SLDRAM), and Direct RAM (DRRAM). Memory 909 in embodiments of the present application includes, but is not limited to, these and any other suitable types of memory.

Processor 910 may include one or more processing units; optionally, the processor 910 integrates an application processor that primarily processes operations involving an operating system, user interface, application programs, etc., and a modem processor that primarily processes wireless communication signals, such as a baseband processor. It will be appreciated that the modem processor described above may not be integrated into the processor 910.

Wherein the processor 910 is configured to participate in a first broadcast multicast service or session in a first network, where the first broadcast multicast service or session corresponds to first broadcast multicast information; and participating in a second broadcast multicast service or session in a second network according to the first broadcast multicast information, wherein the second broadcast multicast service or session corresponds to the second broadcast multicast information.

In the embodiment of the present application, the terminal 900 may participate in a first broadcast multicast service or session in a first network, where the first broadcast multicast service or session corresponds to first broadcast multicast information; and the terminal participates in a second broadcast multicast service or session in a second network according to the first broadcast multicast information, wherein the second broadcast multicast service or session corresponds to the second broadcast multicast information. The method and the device can solve the problem that the UE cannot continuously obtain corresponding multicast service when entering the managed network from the home network or returning to the home network from the managed network.

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 foregoing embodiment of the method for processing a multicast service, and the same technical effects can be achieved, so that repetition is avoided, and no further description is given here.

Wherein the processor is a processor in the terminal described in the above embodiment. The readable storage medium includes computer readable storage medium such as computer readable memory ROM, random access memory RAM, magnetic or optical disk, etc.

The embodiment of the application further provides a chip, where the chip includes a processor and a communication interface, where the communication interface is coupled to the processor, and the processor is configured to run a program or an instruction, implement each process of the above-mentioned multicast service processing method embodiment, and achieve the same technical effect, so that repetition is avoided, and no further description is given here.

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

The embodiments of the present application further provide a computer program/program product, where the computer program/program product is stored in a storage medium, and the computer program/program product is executed by at least one processor to implement each process of the foregoing embodiments of the method for processing a multicast service, and the technical effects are the same, so that repetition is avoided, and details are not repeated herein.

The embodiment of the application also provides a system for processing the multicast service, which comprises: a terminal and a network device, the terminal being operable to perform the steps of the method of processing a multicast service as described above, the network device being operable to perform the steps of the method of processing a multicast service as described above.

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 phrase "comprising one … …" does not exclude the presence of other like elements in a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element. Furthermore, it should be noted that the scope of the methods and apparatus in the embodiments of the present application is not limited to performing the functions in the order shown or discussed, but may also include performing the functions in a substantially simultaneous manner or in an opposite order depending on the functions involved, e.g., the described methods may be performed in an order different from that described, and various steps may also be added, omitted, or combined. Additionally, features described with reference to certain examples may be combined in other examples.

From the above description of the embodiments, it will be clear to those skilled in the art that the above-described embodiment method may be implemented by means of software plus a necessary general hardware platform, but of course may also be implemented by means of hardware, but in many cases the former is a preferred embodiment. Based on such understanding, the technical solutions of the present application may be embodied essentially or in a part contributing to the prior art in the form of a computer software product stored in a storage medium (such as ROM/RAM, magnetic disk, optical disk), comprising several instructions for causing a terminal (which may be a mobile phone, a computer, a server, an air conditioner, or a network device, etc.) to perform the method described in the embodiments of the present application.

The embodiments of the present application have been described above with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the present application is not limited to the above-described embodiments, which are merely illustrative and not restrictive, and many forms may be made by those of ordinary skill in the art without departing from the spirit of the present application and the scope of the claims, which are also within the protection of the present application.

Claims

1. A method for processing multicast service, comprising:

the method comprises the steps that first network equipment receives first broadcast multicast information, wherein the first broadcast multicast information corresponds to a first broadcast multicast service or session provided by a first network;

indicating second broadcast-multicast information or target mapping information to the sender; wherein the second broadcast-multicast information corresponds to a second broadcast-multicast service or session provided by a second network, and the target mapping information indicates a relationship between the first broadcast-multicast information and the second broadcast-multicast information.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first broadcast-multicast information comprises one of:

broadcast multicast group identification, broadcast multicast address information, network identification, network information.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the second broadcast-multicast information comprises one of:

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the target mapping information comprises the second broadcast-multicast information and the first broadcast-multicast information.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein in the case where the sender is a user device, the first network device is: an access network node or core network function; or alternatively

And in the case that the sender is an access network node, the first network device is a core network function.

6. A method for processing multicast service, comprising:

the terminal participates in a first broadcast multicast service or session in a first network, wherein the first broadcast multicast service or session corresponds to first broadcast multicast information;

and according to the first broadcast multicast information, the terminal participates in a second broadcast multicast service or session in a second network, wherein the second broadcast multicast service or session corresponds to the second broadcast multicast information.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the terminal, prior to participation in a second broadcast-multicast service or session by a second network in accordance with the first broadcast-multicast information, further comprises:

the terminal receives second broadcast-multicast information or target mapping information from the first network device, the target mapping information including at least one of:

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the terminal, prior to participation in a second broadcast-multicast service or session by a second network in accordance with the first broadcast-multicast information, further comprises:

The terminal transmits the first broadcast-multicast information to the first network device.

9. The method of claim 7 or 8, wherein the first network device is located in the first network or in the second network.

10. The method as recited in claim 7, further comprising:

the terminal indicates the first broadcast multicast information or the second broadcast multicast information to a second network device to request a second broadcast multicast service or broadcast multicast resource information corresponding to a session.

11. The method of claim 6, wherein the first broadcast-multicast information comprises one of:

12. The method of claim 6, wherein the second broadcast-multicast information comprises one of:

13. The method of claim 6, wherein the first network device is: access network nodes or core network functions.

14. An apparatus for processing multicast traffic, the apparatus comprising:

The first receiving module is used for receiving first broadcast multicast information, and the first broadcast multicast information corresponds to a first broadcast multicast service or session provided by a first network;

an indication module for indicating the second broadcast multicast information or the target mapping information to the sender; wherein the second broadcast-multicast information corresponds to a second broadcast-multicast service or session provided by a second network, and the target mapping information indicates a relationship between the first broadcast-multicast information and the second broadcast-multicast information.

15. The processing apparatus of claim 14, wherein the first broadcast-multicast information comprises one of:

16. The processing apparatus of claim 14, wherein the second broadcast-multicast information comprises one of:

17. The processing apparatus of claim 14, wherein the target mapping information comprises the second broadcast-multicast information and the first broadcast-multicast information.

18. The processing apparatus of claim 14, wherein in the case where the sender is a user equipment, the processing apparatus is: an access network node or core network function; or alternatively

And in the case that the sender is an access network node, the processing device is a core network function.

19. An apparatus for processing multicast traffic, the apparatus comprising:

a first execution module, configured to participate in a first broadcast multicast service or session in a first network, where the first broadcast multicast service or session corresponds to first broadcast multicast information;

and the second execution module is used for participating in a second broadcast multicast service or session in a second network according to the first broadcast multicast information, wherein the second broadcast multicast service or session corresponds to the second broadcast multicast information.

20. The processing apparatus of claim 19, further comprising:

a second receiving module, configured to receive, at the second network, second broadcast-multicast information or target mapping information from the first network device before the second network participates in a second broadcast-multicast service or session according to the first broadcast-multicast information, where the target mapping information includes at least one of:

21. The processing apparatus of claim 20, further comprising:

and the sending module is used for sending the first broadcast multicast information to the first network equipment before the second network participates in the second broadcast multicast service or session according to the first broadcast multicast information.

22. The processing apparatus of claim 20, wherein the first network device is located in the first network or the second network.

23. The processing apparatus of claim 20, wherein the second execution module is further to:

and indicating the first broadcast multicast information or the second broadcast multicast information to a second network device to request a second broadcast multicast service or corresponding broadcast multicast resource information of the session.

24. The processing apparatus of claim 19, wherein the first broadcast-multicast information comprises one of:

25. The processing apparatus of claim 19, wherein the second broadcast-multicast information comprises one of:

26. The processing apparatus of claim 19, wherein the processing apparatus is: access network nodes or core network functions.

27. A terminal comprising a processor and a memory storing a program or instructions executable on the processor, which when executed by the processor, implement the steps of the method of processing multicast traffic according to any one of claims 6 to 13.

28. A network device comprising a processor and a memory storing a program or instructions executable on the processor, which when executed by the processor, implement the steps of the method of processing multicast traffic according to any one of claims 1 to 5.

29. A readable storage medium, characterized in that the readable storage medium stores thereon a program or instructions, which when executed by a processor, implement the steps of the method of processing a multicast service according to any of claims 1 to 5 or the steps of the method of processing a multicast service according to claims 6 to 13.