CN116528349A

CN116528349A - Method and device for acquiring subscription information

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Publication number: CN116528349A
Application number: CN202210082068.3A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 徐玲; 强鹂; 常俊仁; 徐艺珊
Original assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Current assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-01-24
Filing date: 2022-01-24
Publication date: 2023-08-01
Also published as: WO2023138304A1

Abstract

The embodiment of the application provides a method and a device for acquiring subscription information, wherein the method comprises the following steps: the method comprises the steps that terminal equipment obtains first information, wherein the first information is used for indicating at least one first public network supporting the terminal equipment to execute online subscription to obtain subscription information; and the terminal equipment accesses a target first public network according to the first information, and performs online signing through the target first public network to obtain signing information. By indicating the public network with the online signing function to the terminal equipment in advance, the public network accessed by the terminal equipment can be ensured to acquire the signing information of the independent public network, and the efficiency of accessing the independent public network by the terminal equipment is improved.

Description

Method and device for acquiring subscription information

Technical Field

The embodiment of the application relates to the field of communication, and more particularly, to a method and a device for acquiring subscription information.

Background

Currently, a communication technology is known in which a terminal device acquires subscription information of an independent non-public network from a configuration server through a public network and acquires services of the independent non-public network based on the subscription information (differential).

However, in this technology, since not all public networks have an online subscription (onboard) function, the terminal device may select a public network access that does not have an online subscription function, and thus the terminal device may not be able to acquire subscription information of an independent non-public network.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application provides a method and a device for acquiring subscription information, which are used for improving the efficiency of accessing terminal equipment into an independent non-public network.

In a first aspect, a method for acquiring subscription information is provided, including: the method comprises the steps that terminal equipment obtains first information, wherein the first information is used for indicating at least one first public network supporting the terminal equipment to execute online subscription to obtain subscription information; and the terminal equipment accesses a target first public network according to the first information, and performs online signing through the target first public network to obtain signing information. The first public network may be an equivalent local public land mobile network (EHPLMN) or a Visited Public Land Mobile Network (VPLMN).

According to the scheme of the embodiment of the application, the wireless communication method and the wireless communication device are provided, through indicating the public network with the online subscription function of the terminal equipment, the terminal equipment can be enabled to be free from blind selection in all public networks, the public network selected by the terminal equipment is ensured to have the online subscription function, subscription information is obtained, the independent non-public network is accessed, and the efficiency of accessing the independent non-public network by the terminal equipment is greatly improved.

In this application, online subscription (onboard) refers to that a Network device opens a data plane channel between a terminal device and a server configured with independent Non-Public Network (SNPN) subscription information (server), so that the terminal device may acquire the subscription information from the configuration server. It should be understood that all operations identical or similar to the above-described procedure may be considered as online subscriptions in the present application, which is not specifically limited. The network device is a device with network control functions, such as an access mobility management function (Access and Mobility management Function, AMF), a session management function (Session Management Function, SMF).

With reference to the first aspect, in certain implementation manners of the first aspect, the acquiring, by the terminal device, first information includes: the terminal device receives the first information broadcasted by the first public network.

With reference to the first aspect, in certain implementation manners of the first aspect, the acquiring, by the terminal device, first information includes: the terminal device receives the first information through a second public network, the second public network comprising a home public network of the terminal device.

With reference to the first aspect, in certain implementation manners of the first aspect, the acquiring, by the terminal device, first information includes: the terminal equipment acquires the first information from the configuration information.

Alternatively, the configuration information may be preset in the terminal device.

With reference to the first aspect, in certain implementation manners of the first aspect, when the first public network is plural, accessing, by the terminal device, the target first public network according to the first information includes: the terminal equipment acquires priority information, wherein the priority information is used for indicating priorities of a plurality of first public networks; and the terminal equipment accesses the target first public network according to the first information and the priority information.

With reference to the first aspect, in certain implementation manners of the first aspect, before the terminal device accesses the target first public network, the method further includes: the terminal equipment fails to acquire the subscription information through a third public network, the selection of the first public network is executed in an idle state, and the third public network does not support the terminal equipment to execute online subscription to acquire the subscription information. The third public network may be an equivalent local public land mobile network (EHPLMN) or a Visited Public Land Mobile Network (VPLMN).

In a second aspect, a method for acquiring subscription information is provided, including: the method comprises the steps that network equipment obtains first information, wherein the first information is used for indicating at least one first public network supporting the terminal equipment to execute online subscription to obtain subscription information, and the subscription information is used for enabling the terminal equipment to access an independent non-public network; the network device transmits first information.

With reference to the second aspect, in certain implementations of the second aspect, the sending the first information includes: and transmitting the first information in a broadcast mode, wherein the network equipment is the network equipment of the first public network.

With reference to the second aspect, in certain implementations of the second aspect, the sending the first information includes: the first information is sent through a second public network, the second public network comprising a home public network of the terminal device, the network device being a device of the second public network.

With reference to the second aspect, in certain implementations of the second aspect, when the first public network is plural, the method further includes: priority information is acquired and sent, wherein the priority information is used for indicating priorities of a plurality of first public networks.

In a third aspect, a terminal device is provided, comprising a processor, optionally further comprising a memory for controlling the transceiver to transceive signals, the memory for storing a computer program, the processor for calling and running the computer program from the memory, such that the terminal device performs the method of the first aspect or any of the possible implementations of the first aspect.

Optionally, the processor is one or more, and the memory is one or more.

Alternatively, the memory may be integrated with the processor or the memory may be separate from the processor.

Optionally, the terminal device further comprises a transceiver, which may be in particular a transmitter (transmitter) and a receiver (receiver).

In a fourth aspect, a network device is provided, comprising a processor, optionally further comprising a memory for controlling the transceiver to transceive signals, the memory for storing a computer program, the processor for calling and running the computer program from the memory, such that the network device performs the method of the second aspect or any one of the possible implementations of the second aspect.

Optionally, the processor is one or more, and the memory is one or more.

Optionally, the network device further comprises a transceiver, which may be in particular a transmitter (transmitter) and a receiver (receiver).

In a fifth aspect, there is provided a communication apparatus comprising: each module or unit for implementing the method of the first aspect or any one of the possible implementations of the first aspect or each module or unit for implementing the method of the second aspect or any one of the possible implementations of the second aspect.

In a sixth aspect, a communication system is provided, comprising: a terminal device configured to perform the method of the first aspect or any one of the possible implementation manners of the first aspect; and a network device for performing the method of the second aspect or any of the possible implementations of the second aspect.

In a seventh aspect, a computer readable storage medium is provided, the computer readable storage medium storing a computer program or code which, when run on a computer, causes the computer to perform the method of the first aspect or any one of the possible implementations of the first aspect, the method of the second aspect or any one of the possible implementations of the second aspect.

In an eighth aspect, a chip is provided, comprising at least one processor coupled to a memory for storing a computer program, the processor being configured to invoke and run the computer program from the memory, to cause a terminal device on which the chip system is installed to perform the method of the first aspect or any of the possible implementations of the first aspect, and to cause a network device on which the chip system is installed to perform the method of the second aspect or any of the possible implementations of the second aspect.

The chip may include an input circuit or interface for transmitting information or data, and an output circuit or interface for receiving information or data, among other things.

In a ninth aspect, there is provided a computer program product comprising: computer program code which, when run by a terminal device, causes the terminal device to perform the method of the first aspect or any of the possible implementations of the first aspect, and which, when run by a network device, causes the network device to perform the method of the second aspect or any of the possible implementations of the second aspect.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of an example of a communication system to which the present application is applied.

FIG. 2 is a schematic flow chart of a communication method provided in an embodiment of the present application

Fig. 3 is a schematic flow chart of another communication method provided in an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 4 is a schematic flow chart of another communication method provided in an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 5 is a schematic flow chart of yet another communication method provided in an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 6 is an adaptive block diagram of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 7 is an adaptive block diagram of a network device according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 8 is a schematic block diagram of a communication device provided in an embodiment of the present application.

FIG. 9 is a schematic block diagram of another communication device provided in an embodiment of the present application

Fig. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal device provided in an embodiment of the present application. .

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The technical solution of the embodiment of the application can be applied to various communication systems, for example: global system for mobile communications (Global System of Mobile communication, GSM), code division multiple access (Code Division Multiple Access, CDMA), wideband code division multiple access (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access, WCDMA) systems, general packet Radio service (General Packet Radio Service, GPRS), long term evolution (Long Term Evolution, LTE) systems, LTE frequency division duplex (Frequency Division Duplex, FDD) systems, LTE time division duplex (Time Division Duplex, TDD), universal mobile telecommunications system (Universal Mobile Telecommunication System, UMTS), worldwide interoperability for microwave access (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access, wiMAX) communication systems, fifth generation (5th Generation,5G) systems or New Radio (NR), etc.

The terminal device in the embodiments of the present application may refer to a user device, an access terminal, a subscriber unit, a subscriber station, a mobile station, a remote terminal, a mobile device, a user terminal, a wireless communication device, a user agent, or a user apparatus. The terminal device may also be a cellular telephone, a cordless telephone, a session initiation protocol (Session Initiation Protocol, SIP) phone, a wireless local loop (Wireless Local Loop, WLL) station, a personal digital assistant (Personal Digital Assistant, PDA), a handheld device with wireless communication capabilities, a computing device or other processing device connected to a wireless modem, a vehicle-mounted device, a wearable device, a terminal device in a 5G network or a terminal device in a future evolved public land mobile network (Public Land Mobile Network, PLMN), etc., as the embodiments of the application are not limited in this regard.

The network device in the embodiment of the present application may be a device for communicating with a terminal device, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present application.

The method provided by the embodiment of the present application will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

To facilitate an understanding of the embodiments of the present application, the following description is made:

In the various embodiments of the application, if there is no specific description or logical conflict, terms and/or descriptions between the various embodiments are consistent and may reference each other, and features of the various embodiments may be combined to form new embodiments according to their inherent logical relationships.

In the present application, "at least one" means one or more, and "a plurality" means two or more. "and/or", describes an association relationship of an association object, and indicates that there may be three relationships, for example, a and/or B, and may indicate: a alone, a and B together, and B alone, wherein a, B may be singular or plural. In the text description of the present application, the character "/" generally indicates that the front-rear association object is an or relationship. "at least one of" or the like means any combination of these items, including any combination of single item(s) or plural items(s). For example, at least one (one) of a, b, and c may represent: a, or b, or c, or a and b, or a and c, or b and c, or a, b and c. Wherein a, b and c can be single or multiple respectively.

In the embodiments of the present application, "first", "second" and various numerical numbers indicate distinction for convenience of description, and are not intended to limit the scope of the embodiments of the present application. For example, different indication information is distinguished, etc.

In the embodiment of the present application, the protocol definition may be implemented by pre-storing corresponding codes, tables or other manners that may be used to indicate relevant information in devices (for example, terminal devices and network devices), and the specific implementation manner of the present application is not limited. The "protocol" referred to in the embodiments of the present application may refer to a standard protocol in the communication field, and may include, for example, an LTE protocol, an NR protocol, and related protocols applied in a future communication system, which is not limited in this application.

In the embodiments of the present application, the descriptions of "when … …" and "in the case of … …" and the like each refer to that a device (e.g., a terminal device or a network device) will perform corresponding processing under some objective condition, and are not limited in time, and do not require that the device (e.g., the terminal device or the network device) must have a judging action when implementing, nor mean that there is another limitation.

In the present embodiment, "for indicating" may include for direct indication and for indirect indication. When describing that certain indication information is used for indicating A, the indication information may be included to directly indicate A or indirectly indicate A, and does not represent that the indication information is necessarily carried with A.

The indication manner referred to in the embodiments of the present application should be understood to cover various methods that may enable the party to be indicated to learn the information to be indicated. The information to be indicated may be sent together as a whole, or may be divided into a plurality of sub-information to be sent separately, and the sending periods and/or sending timings of the sub-information may be the same or different, which is not limited to a specific sending method in the present application. Wherein the transmission period and/or the transmission timing of these sub-information may be predefined. For example, predefined according to a protocol, or configured by the transmitting end device by sending configuration information to the receiving end device.

In the present embodiment, "wireless communication" may be simply referred to as "communication". "communication" may also be described as "data transmission," information transmission, "" data processing, "etc., where" transmission "includes" receiving "and" sending. The present application is not particularly limited thereto.

In this application, online subscription (onboard) refers to that a Network device opens a data plane channel between a terminal device and a server configured with independent Non-Public Network (SNPN) subscription information (server), so that the terminal device may acquire the subscription information from the configuration server. It should be understood that all operations identical or similar to the above-described procedure may be considered as online subscriptions in the present application, which is not specifically limited.

In the embodiment of the present application, the network device a is a network device with a broadcast function, and illustratively, the network device a is an evolved node b (eNB or eNodeB) in the LTE system; the network device B is a device having a network control function, and illustratively, the network device B is an access mobility management unit (Access and Mobility management Function, AMF), a session management function (Session Management Function, SMF), and embodiments of the present application are not limited.

To facilitate an understanding of the present application, fig. 1 shows a schematic diagram of a communication system 100 suitable for use in embodiments of the present application. As shown in fig. 1, the terminal device 110 selects the network 120 to open a data plane channel with the provisioning server 130 (Provisioning Server, PVS), obtains subscription information from the PVS, uses the subscription information to access the independent non-public network 140, and the network 120 is called an online subscription network (Onboarding Network, ONN).

Alternatively, the network 120 may be a PLMN, the network 120 being referred to as an online subscription public land mobile network (Onboarding NetworkPublic Land Mobile Network, ON-PLMN).

Alternatively, the Network 120 may be an SNPN, and the Network 120 is referred to as an ON-line subscription independent Non-Public Network (ON-SNPN).

Fig. 2 is a schematic flowchart of a communication method 200 provided in an embodiment of the present application, and specific implementation steps include:

optionally, S210, the network device a sends first information to the terminal device, the first information indicating one or more available ON-PLMNs.

In one implementation, the first information includes an ON-PLMN list, wherein PLMNs in the list are randomly arranged.

In another implementation, the first information includes an ON-PLMN list, where PLMNs in the list are arranged according to a preset priority.

S220, the terminal equipment acquires the first information, and determines and accesses the target ON-PLMN according to the first information.

In one possible implementation, the terminal device selects according to the ON-PLMN list in the first information.

In another possible implementation, the terminal device itself stores the ON-PLMN list.

If the terminal equipment has been accessed to one PLMN and is in a connected state (connected), the terminal equipment returns to an idle state (idle), and the terminal equipment reselects and accesses to the ON-PLMN; if the terminal device has not been accessed to the PLMN or the terminal device has been accessed to a PLMN but is in an idle state, the terminal device directly selects and accesses the ON-PLMN.

Optionally, if the terminal device is in the connected state, the N1 NAS signaling connection may be released by initiating a deregistration procedure, and the terminal device enters the idle state.

Optionally, if the terminal device is in the connected state, the terminal device may enter the idle state by locally releasing the N1 NAS signaling connection.

In one implementation, the terminal device selects an ON-PLMN access in the first information according to the order of PLMN signal intensity.

In one implementation, the terminal device randomly selects an access from the ON-PLMNs in the first information.

In one implementation, priority information is pre-stored in the terminal device, and a high priority access is selected from the ON-PLMNs in the first information according to the priority information.

In another implementation, the terminal device receives the priority indication information, obtains the priority information according to the priority indication information, and selects a higher priority access from the ON-PLMN in the first information according to the priority information.

In S230, the terminal device sends the first request information to the network device B located in the target ON-PLMN, and if the first information includes the data network where the network device a is located, the network device a and the network device B may be the same network device.

The first request information is used for requesting the network equipment B to establish a data plane channel between the terminal equipment and the first equipment, and the first request information comprises session establishment request information. The first device stores subscription information therein.

Illustratively, the session between the terminal device and the first device is a protocol data unit (Protocol Data Unit, PDU) session, the first device may be a configuration server (Provisioning Server, PVS), and the first request information includes a data network name (Data Network Name, DNN) and single network slice selection assistance information (Single Network Slice Selection Assistance Information, S-nsai).

Optionally, the first request information further includes third information, where the third information is used to indicate an online subscription (onboard) function.

And S240, the network equipment B establishes a session between the terminal equipment and the data network where the first equipment is located according to the received first request information, and determines whether the information of the first equipment needs to be provided.

Illustratively, the network device B does not provide the first device information if it detects that the first device information has been transmitted to the terminal device and the first device information is not updated.

Optionally, S250, the network device B sends second information to the terminal device after establishing the session, where the second information includes session acceptance information.

Optionally, the second information further comprises an address of the first device.

And S260, the terminal equipment sends second request information to the first equipment, wherein the second request information is used for requesting subscription information of SNPN to the first equipment.

In one possible implementation, the terminal device sends the second request information according to the second information.

In another possible implementation, the terminal device sends the second request information to the first device at a default timing.

And S270, the first equipment sends SNPN subscription information to the terminal equipment.

S280, the terminal equipment acquires SNPN subscription information and accesses the SNPN.

In this embodiment, by sending the ON-PLMN list to the terminal device in a directional manner, it is possible to ensure that the terminal device obtains the authorization information, improve the efficiency of accessing to the non-public network, and reduce the consumption of the base station.

Fig. 3 is a schematic flowchart of a communication method 300 provided in an embodiment of the present application, and specific implementation steps include:

optionally, S310, the network device a broadcasts out a first information, the first information indicating an available ON-PLMN.

S320, the terminal equipment receives the first information, and determines and accesses the target ON-PLMN according to the first information.

In one implementation, the terminal device randomly selects an ON-PLMN access in the first information.

In one implementation, priority information is pre-stored in the terminal device, and ON-PLMN access in one first information is selected according to the priority information from low to high according to the priority order.

In another implementation, the terminal device receives the priority indication information, obtains the priority information according to the priority indication information, and selects ON-PLMN access in one first information according to the priority from low to high according to the priority information.

And S330, the terminal equipment sends first request information to the network equipment B located in the target ON-PLMN, and if the broadcasted first information indicates that the data network where the network equipment A is located is available ON-PLMN, the network equipment A and the network equipment B can be the same network equipment.

The terminal device request to establish a session with the first device, which may be a configuration server, is illustratively a protocol data unit session, the first request information including a data network name and single network slice selection assistance information.

Optionally, the first request information further includes third information, where the third information is used to indicate an online subscription function.

And S340, the network equipment B establishes a session between the terminal equipment and the data network where the first equipment is located according to the received first request information, and determines whether the first equipment information needs to be provided.

Illustratively, the network device B does not provide the first device information if it detects that the first device information has been transmitted to the terminal device and the first device information has not been updated.

Optionally, S350, the network device B sends second information to the terminal device after the session is established, where the second information includes session receiving information.

And S360, the terminal equipment sends second request information to the first equipment according to the second information, wherein the second request information is used for requesting subscription information of SNPN to the first equipment.

And S370, the first equipment sends SNPN subscription information to the terminal equipment according to the second request information.

S380, the terminal equipment acquires SNPN subscription information and accesses the SNPN.

In this embodiment, by broadcasting ON-PLMN information, it may be ensured that the terminal device obtains the authorization information without affecting other network elements, so that the efficiency of accessing the non-public network is improved, and the core network may be updated flexibly.

Fig. 4 is a schematic flowchart of a communication method 400 provided in an embodiment of the present application, and specific implementation steps include:

optionally, S410, the network device a sends first information to the terminal device, the first information indicating one or more available ON-PLMNs.

S420, the terminal equipment determines and accesses an ON-PLMN.

And S430, the terminal equipment sends first request information to the network equipment B located in the target ON-PLMN, and if the first information comprises a data network where the network equipment A is located, the network equipment A and the network equipment B can be the same network equipment.

The first request information is used for requesting the network equipment B to establish a session between the terminal equipment and the data network where the first equipment is located, and the first request information comprises session establishment request information and first equipment address request information. The first device stores subscription information therein.

The session between the terminal device and the data network where the first device is located is illustratively a protocol data unit session, the first device may be a configuration server, and the first request information includes a data network name and single network slice selection assistance information.

S440, the network equipment B establishes a session between the terminal equipment and the data network where the first equipment is located according to the received first request information, and provides the first equipment information.

Providing first equipment information if the network equipment B obtains a first equipment address; if the network device B does not obtain the first device address, the first device information is not provided.

And S450, the network equipment B sends second information to the terminal equipment after establishing the session, wherein the second information comprises session acceptance information and first equipment address feedback information.

If the network equipment B obtains the first equipment address, the first equipment address feedback information comprises the first equipment address; if the network device B does not obtain the first device address, the terminal device may obtain the first device address in another manner, and the specific obtaining manner is not in the scope of the present application, which is not described in detail in the present application.

And S460, the terminal equipment sends second request information to the first equipment according to the second information, wherein the second request information is used for requesting subscription information of SNPN to the first equipment.

And S470, the first equipment sends SNPN subscription information to the terminal equipment according to the second request information.

S480, the terminal equipment acquires SNPN subscription information and accesses the SNPN.

Fig. 5 is a schematic flowchart of a communication method 500 provided in an embodiment of the present application, and specific implementation steps include:

optionally, S510, the network device a broadcasts out a first information indicating an available ON-PLMN.

S520, the terminal device receives the first information, determines and accesses an ON-PLMN according to the first information, where the ON-PLMN corresponds to the network device B, and the network device a and the network device B may be the same network device.

In one possible implementation, the terminal device is selected in dependence ON the ON-PLMN in the first information.

And S530, the terminal equipment sends first request information to the network equipment B located in the target ON-PLMN, and if the broadcasted first information indicates that the data network where the network equipment A is located is available ON-PLMN, the network equipment A and the network equipment B can be the same network equipment.

And S540, the network equipment B establishes a session between the terminal equipment and the data network where the first equipment is located according to the received first information, and provides the first equipment information.

And S550, after the network equipment B establishes the session, the network equipment B sends second information to the terminal equipment, wherein the second information comprises session acceptance information and first equipment address feedback information.

And S560, the terminal equipment sends second request information to the first equipment according to the second information, wherein the second request information is used for requesting subscription information of SNPN to the first equipment.

And S570, the first equipment sends SNPN subscription information to the terminal equipment according to the second request information.

S580, the terminal equipment acquires SNPN subscription information and accesses the SNPN.

It should be understood that, in the embodiment of the present application, the terminal device is a terminal device that is not accessed to the PLMN or fails to acquire the subscription information through the currently accessed PLMN, and if the terminal device can acquire the subscription information through the currently accessed PLMN, the terminal device does not need to reselect and directly accesses the SNPN through the subscription information, which is not described in detail in the embodiment of the present application.

The specific manifestation of the failure of the terminal equipment to acquire the subscription information in the currently accessed PLMN comprises the following steps: the session establishment between the terminal equipment and the first equipment fails, the session establishment between the terminal equipment and the first equipment is successful but the subscription information acquisition fails, and the session establishment request between the terminal equipment and the first equipment is refused by the network because the online subscription is not supported.

Fig. 6 shows a schematic block diagram of a communication apparatus 600 according to an embodiment of the present invention, where the communication apparatus 600 may correspond to (for example, may be configured in or be the terminal device described in the above method 200, 300, 400 or 500), and each module or unit in the communication apparatus 600 is used to perform each action or process performed by the terminal device in the above method 200, 300, 400 or 500, respectively, and here, detailed descriptions thereof are omitted for avoiding redundancy.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the apparatus 600 may be a terminal device, where the apparatus 600 may include: the device further comprises a memory communicatively coupled to the processor. In the alternative, the processor, memory, and transceiver may be communicatively coupled, the memory may be used to store instructions and the processor is used to execute the instructions stored by the memory to control the transceiver to transmit information or signals.

In this case, the transceiver unit in the apparatus 600 shown in fig. 6 may correspond to the transceiver, and the processing unit in the apparatus 600 shown in fig. 6 may correspond to the processor.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the apparatus 600 may be a chip (or, a chip system) installed in a terminal device, in which case the apparatus 600 may include: the device further comprises a memory, and the memory is in communication connection with the processor. In the alternative, the processor, memory, and transceiver may be communicatively coupled, the memory may be used to store instructions and the processor is used to execute the instructions stored by the memory to control the transceiver to transmit information or signals.

In this case, the transceiver unit in the apparatus 600 shown in fig. 6 may correspond to the input/output interface, and the processing unit in the apparatus 600 shown in fig. 6 may correspond to the processor.

Fig. 7 shows a schematic block diagram of a communication apparatus 700 according to an embodiment of the present invention, where the communication apparatus 700 may correspond to (for example, may be configured in or be the network device described in the foregoing method 200, 300, 400 or 500), and each module or unit in the communication apparatus 700 is used to perform each action or process performed by the network device in the foregoing method 200, 300, 400 or 500, respectively, and detailed descriptions thereof are omitted herein for avoiding redundancy.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the apparatus 700 may be a network device, in which case the apparatus 700 may include: the transceiver, optionally, the apparatus further comprises a memory and a processor, the memory being communicatively coupled to the processor. In the alternative, the processor, memory, and transceiver may be communicatively coupled, the memory may be used to store instructions and the processor is used to execute the instructions stored by the memory to control the transceiver to transmit information or signals.

In this case, the transceiver unit in the apparatus 700 shown in fig. 7 may correspond to the transceiver.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the apparatus 700 may be a chip (or, in other words, a chip system) installed in a terminal device, in which case the apparatus 700 may include: the device further comprises a memory and a processor, and the memory is in communication connection with the processor. In the alternative, the processor, memory, and transceiver may be communicatively coupled, the memory may be used to store instructions and the processor is used to execute the instructions stored by the memory to control the transceiver to transmit information or signals.

In this case, the transceiver unit in the apparatus 700 shown in fig. 7 may correspond to the input-output interface, and the processing unit in the apparatus 700 shown in fig. 7 may correspond to the processor.

According to the foregoing method, fig. 8 is a schematic diagram of a communication apparatus 10 provided in an embodiment of the present application, and as shown in fig. 8, the apparatus 10 may be a terminal device, or may be a chip or a circuit, for example, may be provided in the foregoing device.

The apparatus 10 may include a processor 11 (i.e., an example of a processing unit) and a memory 12. The memory 12 is configured to store instructions and the processor 11 is configured to execute the instructions stored in the memory 12 to cause the apparatus 20 to implement the steps of the terminal device in the corresponding method as in fig. 2-5.

Further, the device 10 may also include an input port 13 (i.e., one example of a communication unit) and an output port 14 (i.e., another example of a communication unit). Further, the processor 11, memory 12, input port 13 and output port 14 may communicate with each other via internal connection paths to transfer control and/or data signals. The memory 12 is used for storing a computer program, and the processor 11 may be used for calling and running the computer program from the memory 12 to control the input port 13 to receive signals and the output port 14 to send signals, so as to complete the steps of the terminal device in the method. The memory 12 may be integrated in the processor 11 or may be provided separately from the processor 11.

Alternatively, if the communication device 10 is a communication apparatus, the input port 13 is a receiver and the output port 14 is a transmitter. Wherein the receiver and the transmitter may be the same or different physical entities. Which are the same physical entities, may be collectively referred to as transceivers.

Alternatively, if the communication device 10 is a chip or a circuit, the input port 13 is an input interface, and the output port 14 is an output interface.

As an implementation, the functions of the input port 13 and the output port 14 may be considered to be implemented by a transceiving circuit or a dedicated chip for transceiving. The processor 11 may be considered to be implemented by a dedicated processing chip, a processing circuit, a processor or a general-purpose chip.

As another implementation manner, a manner of using a general-purpose computer may be considered to implement the communication device provided in the embodiments of the present application. I.e. program code that implements the functions of the processor 11, the input port 13 and the output port 14 is stored in the memory 12, and the general purpose processor implements the functions of the processor 11, the input port 13 and the output port 14 by executing the code in the memory 12.

The modules or units in the communication apparatus 10 may be configured to perform the actions or processes performed by the terminal device in the above method, and detailed descriptions thereof are omitted herein for avoiding redundancy.

The concepts related to the technical solutions provided in the embodiments of the present application, explanation and detailed description of the concepts related to the device 10 and other steps are referred to in the foregoing methods or descriptions related to the other embodiments, and are not repeated herein.

According to the foregoing method, fig. 9 is a schematic diagram of a communication apparatus 11 provided in the embodiment of the present application, and as shown in fig. 9, the apparatus 20 may be a network device, or may be a chip or a circuit, for example, may be disposed on the chip or the circuit of the network device.

The apparatus 20 may include a processor 21 (i.e., an example of a processing unit) and a memory 22. The memory 22 is configured to store instructions and the processor 21 is configured to execute the instructions stored in the memory 22 to cause the apparatus 20 to implement steps performed by a network device in the method of fig. 2-5.

Further, the device 20 may also include an input port 23 (i.e., one example of a communication unit) and an output port 24 (i.e., another example of a communication unit). Further, the processor 21, memory 22, input port 23 and output port 24 may communicate with each other via internal connection paths to transfer control and/or data signals. The memory 22 is used for storing a computer program, and the processor 21 may be used for calling and running the computer program from the memory 22 to control the input port 23 to receive signals and the output port 24 to send signals, so as to complete the steps of the network device in the method. The memory 22 may be integrated in the processor 21 or may be provided separately from the processor 21.

Alternatively, if the communication device 20 is a communication apparatus, the input port 23 is a receiver, and the output port 24 is a transmitter. Wherein the receiver and the transmitter may be the same or different physical entities. Which are the same physical entities, may be collectively referred to as transceivers.

Alternatively, if the communication device 20 is a chip or a circuit, the input port 23 is an input interface, and the output port 24 is an output interface.

As an implementation, the functions of the input port 23 and the output port 24 may be considered to be implemented by a transceiving circuit or a dedicated chip for transceiving. The processor 21 may be considered to be implemented by a dedicated processing chip, a processing circuit, a processor, or a general-purpose chip.

As another implementation manner, a manner of using a general-purpose computer may be considered to implement the communication device provided in the embodiments of the present application. I.e. program code that implements the functions of the processor 21, the input port 23 and the output port 24 is stored in the memory 22, and the general purpose processor implements the functions of the processor 21, the input port 23 and the output port 24 by executing the code in the memory 22.

The modules or units in the communication apparatus 20 may be configured to perform the actions or processes performed by the network device in the above method, and detailed descriptions thereof are omitted herein for avoiding redundancy.

The concepts related to the technical solutions provided in the embodiments of the present application, explanation and detailed description of the concepts related to the device 20 and other steps are referred to in the foregoing methods or descriptions related to the other embodiments, and are not repeated herein.

Fig. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal device 30 provided in the present application. For convenience of explanation, fig. 10 shows only major components of the terminal device. As shown in fig. 10, the terminal device 30 includes a processor, a memory, a control circuit, an antenna, and input-output means.

The processor is mainly configured to process the communication protocol and the communication data, control the entire terminal device, execute a software program, and process the data of the software program, for example, to support the terminal device to execute the actions described in the above embodiment of the method for indicating the transmission precoding matrix. The memory is mainly used for storing software programs and data, for example, for storing the codebook described in the above embodiments. The control circuit is mainly used for converting baseband signals and radio frequency signals and processing the radio frequency signals. The control circuit together with the antenna, which may also be called a transceiver, is mainly used for receiving and transmitting radio frequency signals in the form of electromagnetic waves. Input and output devices, such as touch screens, display screens, keyboards, etc., are mainly used for receiving data input by a user and outputting data to the user.

When the terminal device is started, the processor can read the software program in the storage unit, interpret and execute the instructions of the software program, and process the data of the software program. When data is required to be transmitted wirelessly, the processor carries out baseband processing on the data to be transmitted and then outputs a baseband signal to the radio frequency circuit, and the radio frequency circuit carries out radio frequency processing on the baseband signal and then transmits the radio frequency signal outwards in the form of electromagnetic waves through the antenna. When data is sent to the terminal equipment, the radio frequency circuit receives a radio frequency signal through the antenna, converts the radio frequency signal into a baseband signal, and outputs the baseband signal to the processor, and the processor converts the baseband signal into data and processes the data.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that fig. 9 shows only one memory and processor for ease of illustration. In an actual terminal device, there may be multiple processors and memories. The memory may also be referred to as a storage medium or storage device, etc., and embodiments of the present application are not limited in this regard.

As an alternative implementation manner, the processor may include a baseband processor, which is mainly used for processing the communication protocol and the communication data, and a central processor, which is mainly used for controlling the whole terminal device, executing a software program, and processing the data of the software program. The processor in fig. 9 integrates the functions of a baseband processor and a central processing unit, and those skilled in the art will appreciate that the baseband processor and the central processing unit may be separate processors, interconnected by bus technology, etc. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the terminal device may include multiple baseband processors to accommodate different network formats, and that the terminal device may include multiple central processors to enhance its processing capabilities, and that the various components of the terminal device may be connected by various buses. The baseband processor may also be expressed as a baseband processing circuit or a baseband processing chip. The central processing unit may also be expressed as a central processing circuit or a central processing chip. The function of processing the communication protocol and the communication data may be built in the processor, or may be stored in the storage unit in the form of a software program, which is executed by the processor to realize the baseband processing function.

Illustratively, in the embodiment of the present application, the antenna and the control circuit having the transceiving function may be regarded as the transceiving unit 201 of the terminal device 20, and the processor having the processing function may be regarded as the processing unit 302 of the terminal device 30. As shown in fig. 9, the terminal device 30 includes a transceiving unit 301 and a processing unit 302. The transceiver unit may also be referred to as a transceiver, transceiver device, etc. Alternatively, the device for implementing the receiving function in the transceiver unit 301 may be regarded as a receiving unit, and the device for implementing the transmitting function in the transceiver unit 301 may be regarded as a transmitting unit, i.e. the transceiver unit 301 includes a receiving unit and a transmitting unit. For example, the receiving unit may also be referred to as a receiver, a receiving circuit, etc., and the transmitting unit may be referred to as a transmitter, a transmitting circuit, etc.

The terminal device shown in fig. 9 may perform each action performed by the terminal device in the above-described methods 200, 300, 400, or 500, and detailed descriptions thereof are omitted herein for avoiding redundancy.

It should be appreciated that in embodiments of the present application, the processor may be a central processing unit (central processing unit, CPU), the processor may also be other general purpose processors, digital signal processors (digital signal processor, DSP), application specific integrated circuits (application specific integrated circuit, ASIC), off-the-shelf programmable gate arrays (field programmable gate array, FPGA) or other programmable logic devices, discrete gate or transistor logic devices, discrete hardware components, or the like. A general purpose processor may be a microprocessor or the processor may be any conventional processor or the like.

It should also be appreciated that the memory in embodiments of the present application may be either volatile memory or nonvolatile memory, or may include both volatile and nonvolatile memory. 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) which acts as an external cache. By way of example but not limitation, many forms of random access memory (random access memory, RAM) are available, such as Static RAM (SRAM), dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (SDRAM), double data rate synchronous dynamic random access memory (DDR SDRAM), enhanced Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (ESDRAM), synchronous Link DRAM (SLDRAM), and direct memory bus RAM (DR RAM).

Those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that the various illustrative elements and algorithm steps described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein may be implemented as electronic hardware, or combinations of computer software and electronic hardware. Whether such functionality is implemented as hardware or software depends upon the particular application and design constraints imposed on the solution. Skilled artisans may implement the described functionality in varying ways for each particular application, but such implementation decisions should not be interpreted as causing a departure from the scope of the present application.

It will be clear to those skilled in the art that, for convenience and brevity of description, specific working procedures of the above-described systems, apparatuses and units may refer to corresponding procedures in the foregoing method embodiments, and are not repeated herein.

In the several embodiments provided in this application, it should be understood that the disclosed systems, devices, and methods may be implemented in other manners. For example, the apparatus embodiments described above are merely illustrative, e.g., the division of the units is merely a logical function division, and there may be additional divisions when actually implemented, e.g., multiple units or components may be combined or integrated into another system, or some features may be omitted or not performed. Alternatively, the coupling or direct coupling or communication connection shown or discussed with each other may be an indirect coupling or communication connection via some interfaces, devices or units, which may be in electrical, mechanical or other form.

The units described as separate units may or may not be physically separate, and units shown as units may or may not be physical units, may be located in one place, or may be distributed on a plurality of network units. Some or all of the units may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of this embodiment.

In addition, each functional unit in each embodiment of the present application may be integrated in one processing unit, or each unit may exist alone physically, or two or more units may be integrated in one unit.

The functions, if implemented in the form of software functional units and sold or used as a stand-alone product, may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium. Based on such understanding, the technical solution of the present application may be embodied essentially or in a part contributing to the prior art or in a part of the technical solution, in the form of a software product stored in a storage medium, including several instructions for causing a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) to perform all or part of the steps of the methods described in the embodiments of the present application. And the aforementioned storage medium includes: a U-disk, a removable hard disk, a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a random access Memory (Random Access Memory, RAM), a magnetic disk, or an optical disk, or other various media capable of storing program codes.

The foregoing is merely specific embodiments of the present application, but the scope of the present application is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art can easily think about changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the present application, and the changes and substitutions are intended to be covered by the scope of the present application. Therefore, the protection scope of the present application shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Claims

1. A method for acquiring subscription information, comprising:

the method comprises the steps that terminal equipment obtains first information, wherein the first information is used for indicating at least one first public network supporting the terminal equipment to execute online subscription to obtain subscription information;

and the terminal equipment accesses a target first public network according to the first information, and performs online signing through the target first public network to obtain signing information.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the terminal device obtaining the first information comprises:

the terminal device receives the first information broadcasted by the first public network.

3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the terminal device obtaining the first information comprises:

the terminal device receives the first information through a second public network, the second public network comprising a home public network of the terminal device.

4. A method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the terminal device obtaining the first information comprises:

the terminal equipment acquires the first information from the configuration information.

5. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, when the first public network is plural, the terminal device accessing a target first public network according to the first information, comprising:

the terminal equipment acquires priority information, wherein the priority information is used for indicating priorities of a plurality of first public networks;

and the terminal equipment accesses the target first public network according to the first information and the priority information.

6. The method according to any of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that before the terminal device accesses the target first public network, the method further comprises:

the terminal equipment fails to acquire the subscription information through a third public network, the selection of the first public network is executed in an idle state, and the third public network does not support the terminal equipment to execute online subscription to acquire the subscription information.

7. A method for acquiring subscription information, comprising:

the method comprises the steps that network equipment obtains first information, wherein the first information is used for indicating at least one first public network supporting the terminal equipment to execute online subscription to obtain subscription information, and the subscription information is used for enabling the terminal equipment to access an independent non-public network;

The network device transmits first information.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the transmitting the first information comprises:

and transmitting the first information in a broadcast mode, wherein the network equipment is the network equipment of the first public network.

9. The method according to claim 7 or 8, wherein the transmitting the first information comprises:

the first information is sent through a second public network, the second public network comprising a home public network of the terminal device, the network device being a device of the second public network.

10. The method of any of claims 7 to 9, when the first public network is a plurality, the method further comprising:

the network equipment acquires priority information, wherein the priority information is used for indicating priorities of a plurality of first public networks;

and the network equipment sends the priority information to the terminal equipment.

11. A terminal apparatus, comprising:

the terminal device comprises a receiving and transmitting unit, a first public network and a second public network, wherein the receiving and transmitting unit is used for acquiring first information, and the first information is used for indicating at least one first public network supporting the terminal device to execute online subscription to acquire subscription information;

The processing unit is used for accessing the target first public network according to the first information by the terminal device, and executing online subscription through the target first public network to acquire subscription information.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the terminal apparatus acquiring the first information comprises:

the transceiver unit receives the first information broadcast by the first public network.

13. The apparatus according to claim 11 or 12, wherein the terminal apparatus acquiring the first information includes:

the transceiving unit receives the first information through a second public network including a home public network of the terminal device.

14. The apparatus according to any one of claims 11 to 13, wherein the terminal apparatus acquiring the first information includes:

the receiving and transmitting unit acquires the first information from the configuration information.

15. The apparatus according to any one of claims 11 to 14, when the first public network is plural, the transceiving unit is further configured to receive priority information indicating priorities of the plural first public networks; and

The processing unit is further configured to access the target first public network according to the first information and the priority information.

16. The apparatus according to any of claims 11 to 15, wherein the processing unit is further configured to, prior to the terminal apparatus accessing the target first public network:

and when the terminal device fails to acquire the subscription information through the third public network, the selection of the first public network is executed in an idle state, and the third public network does not support the terminal device to execute online subscription to acquire the subscription information.

17. A network device, comprising a transceiver unit configured to:

acquiring first information, wherein the first information is used for indicating at least one first public network supporting the terminal device to execute online subscription to acquire subscription information;

and sending the first information.

18. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the transmitting the first information comprises:

the receiving and transmitting unit transmits the first information in a broadcast manner, and the network device is a network device of the first public network.

19. The apparatus according to claim 17 or 18, wherein the transmitting the first information comprises:

The transceiver unit transmits the first information through a second public network including a home public network of the terminal device, the network device being a device of the second public network.

20. The apparatus according to any of claims 17 to 19, when the first public network is a plurality, the transceiver unit is further configured to:

priority information is acquired and sent, wherein the priority information is used for indicating priorities of a plurality of first public networks.

21. A communication device, comprising: a processor and interface circuitry for receiving signals from or transmitting signals to the processor from or transmitting signals to other communication devices than the communication device, the processor being operable to implement the method of any one of claims 1 to 5 by logic circuitry or executing code instructions.

22. A communication device comprising a processor and interface circuitry for receiving signals from other communication devices than the communication device and transmitting signals from the processor to the processor or sending signals from the processor to other communication devices than the communication device, the processor being operable to implement the method of any one of claims 6 to 10 by logic circuitry or executing code instructions.

23. A chip, comprising: a processor for calling and running a computer program from a memory, causing a terminal device on which the chip is mounted to perform the method according to any one of claims 1 to 5 and/or causing a terminal device on which the chip is mounted to perform the method according to any one of claims 6 to 10.

24. A computer program, characterized in that it implements the method according to any one of claims 1 to 10 when executed by a communication device.

25. A computer-readable storage medium, comprising:

the computer readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer program which, when run, causes the computer to perform the method of any of claims 1 to 5; or cause the computer to perform the method of any one of claims 6 to 10.

26. A communication system comprising a communication device according to any of claims 11 to 20.