CN116567613A

CN116567613A - Data transmission and configuration method and device, terminal and network side equipment

Info

Publication number: CN116567613A
Application number: CN202210101820.4A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 谢振华
Original assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Current assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-01-27
Filing date: 2022-01-27
Publication date: 2023-08-08
Also published as: WO2023143414A1

Abstract

The application discloses a data transmission and configuration method, a device, a terminal and network side equipment, which belong to the technical field of communication, and the data transmission method of the embodiment of the application comprises the following steps: the first terminal receives a first quality of service rule, the first quality of service rule comprising: a quality of service rule associated with the second terminal; based on the first service quality rule, a data transmission channel of a corresponding first terminal is used for transmitting a data message of the second terminal to a network side; the second terminal communicates with the network side through the first terminal.

Description

Data transmission and configuration method and device, terminal and network side equipment

Technical Field

The application belongs to the technical field of communication, and particularly relates to a data transmission and configuration method, a device, a terminal and network side equipment.

Background

In the communication system, the equipment behind the gateway can perform data transmission with the communication network through the gateway. If the equipment behind the gateway needs to configure different service quality for different data flows and service flows, the gateway can negotiate with a communication network, and the data message of the equipment behind the gateway can be forwarded by using the corresponding service quality according to the requirement. However, for the scenario that a terminal or a device communicates with a network side through other devices, it is currently impossible to configure quality of service for the terminal.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application provides a data transmission and configuration method, a device, a terminal and network side equipment, which can solve the problem that service quality cannot be configured for the terminal at present in a scene that the terminal communicates with the network side through other equipment.

In a first aspect, a data transmission method is provided, applied to a terminal, and the method includes:

the first terminal receives a first quality of service rule, the first quality of service rule comprising: a quality of service rule associated with the second terminal;

and the first terminal uses a data transmission channel of the corresponding first terminal to send the data message of the second terminal to a network side based on the first service quality rule.

In a second aspect, a configuration method is provided, applied to a first network function, the method comprising:

the first network function sends first information;

wherein the first information includes at least one of: a first quality of service rule, a second quality of service rule; the first quality of service rule includes: a quality of service rule associated with the second terminal; the second quality of service rule includes: a quality of service rule associated with a data transmission channel of the first terminal; the second terminal is associated with the first terminal.

In a third aspect, a configuration method is provided, applied to a third network function, and the method includes:

the third network function sends the service quality parameter to the first network function;

wherein the quality of service parameter comprises at least one of: the method comprises the steps of providing information related to a second terminal, a set of message filtering rules and a set of message filtering rules containing the information related to the second terminal.

In a fourth aspect, a data transmission device is provided, which is applied to a terminal, and includes:

a first receiving module, configured to receive a first quality of service rule, where the first quality of service rule includes: a quality of service rule associated with the second terminal;

and the first sending module is used for sending the data message of the second terminal to the network side by using the data transmission channel of the corresponding first terminal based on the first service quality rule.

In a fifth aspect, a configuration apparatus is provided, applied to a first network function, the method comprising:

the second sending module is used for sending the first information;

In a sixth aspect, a configuration apparatus is provided, applied to a third network function, the method comprising:

a third sending module, configured to send a quality of service parameter to the first network function;

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

An eighth aspect provides a terminal, the terminal being a first terminal, including a processor and a communication interface, the communication interface being configured to receive a first quality of service rule, the first quality of service rule including: a quality of service rule associated with the second terminal; and based on the first service quality rule, sending the data message of the second terminal to a network side by using a data transmission channel of the corresponding first terminal.

In a ninth aspect, a network side device is provided, 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, or the steps of the method as described in the third aspect.

In a tenth aspect, a network side device is provided, including a processor and a communication interface, where, for example, when the network side device is a first network function, the communication interface is configured to send first information; the first information includes at least one of: a first quality of service rule, a second quality of service rule; the first quality of service rule includes: a quality of service rule associated with the second terminal; the second quality of service rule includes: a quality of service rule associated with a data transmission channel of a first terminal. Or when the network side equipment is a third network function, the communication interface is used for sending the service quality parameter to the first network function; the quality of service parameter includes at least one of: the method comprises the steps of providing information related to a second terminal, a set of message filtering rules and a set of message filtering rules containing the information related to the second terminal. The second terminal communicates with a network side through the first terminal.

In an eleventh aspect, there is provided a communication system comprising: a terminal and a network side device, where the terminal is configured to perform the steps of the data transmission method according to the first aspect; the network side device may be configured to perform the steps of the configuration method as described in the second aspect, or the steps of the configuration method as described in the third aspect.

In a twelfth 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 as described in the first aspect, or performs the steps of the method as described in the second aspect, or performs the steps of the method as described in the third aspect.

In a thirteenth aspect, there is provided a chip comprising a processor and a communication interface, the communication interface and the processor being coupled, the processor being adapted to run a program or instructions, to carry out the steps of the method according to the first aspect, or to carry out the steps of the method according to the second aspect, or to carry out the steps of the method according to the third aspect.

In a fourteenth aspect, there is provided a computer program/program product stored in a storage medium, the computer program/program product being executable by at least one processor to perform the steps of the method as described in the first aspect, or to perform the steps of the method as described in the second aspect, or to perform the steps of the method as described in the third aspect.

In an embodiment of the present application, the first terminal may receive a first quality of service rule, where the first quality of service rule includes: a quality of service rule associated with the second terminal; and based on the first quality of service rule, sending the data message of the second terminal to a network side by using a data transmission channel of the corresponding first terminal. Therefore, for the scene that the terminal communicates with the network side through other equipment, the service quality can be configured for the terminal, and further, for example, the configuration of the data service quality of the equipment after the gateway can be realized.

Drawings

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

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a scenario adapted by an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 3 is a flowchart of a data transmission method provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 4 is a flow chart of a configuration method provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 5 is a flow chart of another configuration method provided by an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a data transmission device according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a configuration device according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of another configuration device according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 11 is a schematic structural diagram of a network side device according to an embodiment of the present application.

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 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 (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 NR terminology is used in much of the description below, but these The technique can also be applied to applications other than NR system applications, such as generation 6 (6 ^th Generation, 6G) communication system.

Personal networking (Personal IoT Network, PIN):

the PIN is a group of at least one PIN Element (PIN), wherein the at least one PIN Element is a terminal (UE). The PIN elements are in communication with each other. The two PIN elements may communicate via a direct connection between them, or may communicate indirectly via a communication network.

A PIN element may be a 3GPP device (e.g., UE) or a non-3 GPP device. Non-3 GPP devices refer to devices that do not use 3 GPP-defined credentials, do not support 3 GPP-defined NAS protocols, or do not support 3GPP access technologies (e.g., 3G/4G/5G air interface technologies) but only non-3 GPP access technologies (e.g., wiFi, fixed network, bluetooth, etc. access technologies).

One or more PIN elements (PIN Element With Gateway Capability, PEGC) with gateway capability may be present in a PIN. The PIN elements in the PIN may communicate directly with each other or through PEGC. The PIN element in the PIN and other devices or application servers outside the PIN may communicate through PEGC. The devices of the PEGC may be different types of devices, for example, the PEGC may be a gateway in a smart home scenario, or may be a mobile phone serving as a gateway of a wearable device in a wearable device scenario.

It should be noted that, the network side in the present application may also be referred to as a network side device.

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. 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-side 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 scenario applicable to the embodiment of the present application may include, but is not limited to, a scenario in which a terminal communicates with a network side through other devices, for example, a scenario in which a device behind a gateway communicates with the network side through the gateway.

As shown in fig. 2, a scenario applicable to the embodiment of the present application is, for example: UE1 (e.g., non-3GPP device) and UE2 (e.g., device denoted as non-3 GPP) communicate with a 5G system (5 GS) through a personal internet of things gateway PEGC. The personal internet of things gateway PEGC may be a gateway in an intelligent home scene, a mobile phone in a wearable device scene, or the like. If the gateway device (e.g. UE1/UE 2) needs to configure different service quality (Quality of Service, qoS) for different data flows and service flows, it needs to make PEGC negotiate with the 5GS network and forward the data of the gateway device using the corresponding QoS as required.

The data transmission, configuration method, device, terminal and network side device provided in the embodiments of the present application are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings through some embodiments and application scenarios thereof.

Referring to fig. 3, fig. 3 is a flowchart of a data transmission method provided in an embodiment of the present application, where the method is performed by a terminal, and as shown in fig. 3, the method includes the following steps:

Step 31: the first terminal receives a first quality of service rule.

In this embodiment, the first quality of service rule includes: the second terminal-related quality of service rule is specifically a second terminal-related quality of service rule for uplink data transmission. The second terminal is associated with the first terminal, and communicates with the network side, which may be understood as a network side device such as a UPF, through the first terminal.

In some embodiments, the first terminal may receive a first quality of service rule from the network side, where the first quality of service rule is sent by a functional entity (network function) on the network side, where the functional entity is, for example, an AMF, an SMF, or the like.

In some embodiments, the first terminal is a gateway, for example, may be a PEGC in a personal internet of things PIN scene, or the like, but of course, may also be other types of gateways, and the PEGC may be a terminal or other devices with corresponding functions, and the second terminal is a device behind the gateway. Optionally, in the personal internet of things PIN scenario, the second terminal may be a PIN device.

Step 32: and the first terminal uses a data transmission channel of the corresponding first terminal to send the data message of the second terminal to the network side based on the first service quality rule.

It is understood that the data message of the second terminal may also be referred to as a data stream of the second terminal. The step 32 may be: the first terminal forwards the data stream of the second terminal to the network side by using a data transmission channel of the corresponding first terminal based on the first service quality rule. The data message of the second terminal may be forwarded to the network side after the first terminal receives the data message.

In the data transmission of the embodiment of the present application, the first terminal may receive a first quality of service rule, where the first quality of service rule includes: a quality of service rule associated with the second terminal; and based on the first quality of service rule, transmitting the data message of the second terminal to the network side by using the corresponding data transmission channel of the first terminal. Therefore, for the scene that the terminal communicates with the network side through other equipment, the service quality can be configured for the terminal, and further, for example, the configuration of the data service quality of the equipment after the gateway can be realized.

In an embodiment of the present application, the first quality of service rule may include at least one of:

information related to the second terminal and a set of message filtering rules; the set of message filtering rules may include one or more message filtering rules, where the information related to the second terminal has a corresponding relationship with the one or more message filtering rules;

A set of message filtering rules including information related to the second terminal; wherein the set of message filtering rules may include one or more message filtering rules.

Alternatively, the information related to the second terminal may include a terminal identification or the like.

Optionally, the information related to the second terminal may include at least one of: control plane related information and user plane related information.

In some embodiments, the control plane related information includes: control plane identification information; for example, the network side allocates an identifier to the second terminal, or the first terminal allocates an identifier to the second terminal.

In some embodiments, the above user plane related information may include at least one of: IP address, IP address and port number, media access control (Medium Access Control, MAC) address, connection identity of the first terminal and the second terminal. The IP address may be allocated to the second terminal by the network side, or may be allocated to the second terminal by the first terminal. The connection identifier of the first terminal and the second terminal is, for example, information of identifying connection under the MAC layer, such as a connection identifier Link ID, a Transaction identifier Transaction ID, and the like.

Optionally, the above message filtering rule may include at least one of the following: destination address, destination port, protocol type, source address, source port. In addition, the above-mentioned message filtering rule may also be other types of message filtering information, such as a matching value or a matching range of a certain or certain fields in the message, which is not limited.

In some embodiments, since the first quality of service rule includes a quality of service rule related to the second terminal for uplink data transmission, a source address included in the packet filtering rule in the first quality of service rule may be an IP address of the first terminal or an IP address of the second terminal.

In some embodiments, in order to accurately implement uplink data transmission, the packet filtering rule in the first quality of service rule includes a target address to send the data packet of the second terminal based on the data transmission channel of the corresponding first terminal.

In this embodiment of the present application, the first quality of service rule may further include: data transmission channel related information. Wherein the information related to the data transmission channel is used for determining a corresponding data transmission channel, and may include at least one of the following: flow information, quality of service information, bearer information, etc.

In some embodiments, the flow information is, for example, a flow identifier.

In some embodiments, the quality of service QoS information is at least one of: 5QI, bandwidth, latency, etc.

In some embodiments, the bearer information is, for example, a data radio bearer (Data Radio Bearer, DRB) identification.

Optionally, the process of sending the data packet of the second terminal to the network side by using the data transmission channel of the corresponding first terminal based on the first quality of service rule may include at least one of the following:

1) The first terminal executes first matching based on the data message of the second terminal, matches information related to the second terminal of the second terminal, executes second matching based on the result of the first matching, matches corresponding message filtering rules, and sends the data message of the second terminal to the network side by using a data transmission channel of the corresponding first terminal based on the result of the second matching.

As can be appreciated, this 1) corresponding first quality of service rule comprises: information related to the second terminal and a set of message filtering rules; the set of message filtering rules includes one or more message filtering rules.

In some embodiments, taking the information related to the second terminal as an example of the terminal identifier, 1) specifically includes: the first terminal executes first matching based on the data message of the second terminal, matches the terminal identification of the second terminal, executes second matching based on the result of the first matching, matches the corresponding message filtering rule, and uses the data transmission channel of the corresponding first terminal to send the data message of the second terminal to the network side based on the result of the second matching.

In some embodiments, the manner of determining the data transmission channel of the corresponding first terminal in 1) above may be: if the data packet is matched to the corresponding terminal identifier based on the first match and the corresponding packet filtering rule based on the second match, the data packet of the second terminal can be sent to the network side by using the data transmission channel of the corresponding first terminal based on the information related to the data transmission channel in the first quality of service rule, or the data packet of the second terminal can be sent to the network side by using the data transmission channel of the corresponding first terminal based on the information of the preconfigured data transmission channel. If the matching fails based on the first matching and/or the second matching, based on the preconfigured data transmission channel information, the data transmission channel of the corresponding first terminal is used for sending the data message of the second terminal to the network side.

2) The first terminal executes third matching based on the data message of the second terminal, matches corresponding message filtering rules, and sends the data message of the second terminal to the network side by using the data transmission channel based on the result of the third matching.

As can be appreciated, this 2) corresponding first quality of service rule comprises: a set of message filtering rules including information related to the second terminal; the set of message filtering rules includes one or more message filtering rules. Because the message filtering rule contains information related to the second terminal, when the third matching is executed and the corresponding message filtering rule is matched, the information related to the second terminal contained in the message filtering rule is matched at the same time.

In some embodiments, the manner of determining the data transmission channel of the corresponding first terminal in 2) above may be: if the matching is successful based on the third matching, the data message of the second terminal can be sent to the network side by using the data transmission channel of the corresponding first terminal based on the information related to the data transmission channel in the first quality of service rule, or the data message of the second terminal can be sent to the network side by using the data transmission channel of the corresponding first terminal based on the preconfigured data transmission channel information. And if the matching is failed based on the third matching, based on the preconfigured data transmission channel information, sending the data message of the second terminal to the network side by using the corresponding data transmission channel of the first terminal.

Referring to fig. 4, fig. 4 is a flowchart of a configuration method provided in an embodiment of the present application, where the method is performed by a first network function, such as PCF or SMF. As shown in fig. 4, the method comprises the steps of:

step 41: the first network function sends first information.

In this embodiment, the first information may include at least one of: a first quality of service rule, a second quality of service rule. Wherein the first quality of service rule comprises: the second terminal-related quality of service rule is specifically a second terminal-related quality of service rule for uplink data transmission. The second quality of service rule includes: the service quality rule related to the data transmission channel of the first terminal is specifically a service quality rule related to the data transmission channel of the first terminal and used for downlink data transmission. The second terminal is associated with the first terminal, and communicates with the network side, which may be understood as a network side device such as a UPF, through the first terminal.

It can be understood that the data transmission channels of the first terminal are used for both uplink data transmission and downlink data transmission in this embodiment. In uplink data transmission, the corresponding service quality rule is used for matching the data sent by the second terminal and sending the data through the data transmission channel of the first terminal, so that the first service quality rule is the service quality rule related to the second terminal. In downlink data transmission, after the data to be sent to the second terminal reaches the first terminal, the data is forwarded to the second terminal by the first terminal, so the second service quality rule is a service quality rule related to a data transmission channel of the first terminal.

In some embodiments, the first network function may send the first quality of service rule to the first terminal, so that the first terminal sends the data packet of the second terminal to the network side using the data transmission channel of the corresponding first terminal based on the first quality of service rule. For example, when the first network function is a PCF, the PCF may send the first quality of service rule to the first terminal through the SMF, that is, the first quality of service rule is sent to the SMF first, and the SMF forwards the first quality of service rule to the first terminal; or when the first network function is an SMF, the SMF may send the first quality of service rule to the first terminal through the AMF, that is, the first quality of service rule is sent to the AMF first, and forwarded to the first terminal by the AMF.

In other embodiments, the first network function may send the second quality of service rule to the second network function, so that the second network function uses the data transmission channel of the corresponding first terminal to send the data packet to be sent to the second terminal to the first terminal based on the second quality of service rule. For example, the first network function is an SMF, the second network function is a UPF, and the SMF may send a second quality of service rule to the UPF, so that the UPF uses a data transmission channel of the corresponding first terminal to send a data packet to be sent to the second terminal to the first terminal based on the second quality of service rule.

Therefore, by means of the configuration scheme in the embodiment, for the scene that the terminal communicates with the network side through other devices, the service quality can be configured for the terminal, and further, for example, the configuration of the data service quality of the device after the gateway can be realized.

Optionally, the above first quality of service rule may include at least one of:

Optionally, the second quality of service rule may include at least one of:

In some embodiments, the above user plane related information may include at least one of: IP address, IP address and port number, MAC address, connection identification of the first terminal and the second terminal. The IP address may be allocated to the second terminal by the network side, or may be allocated to the second terminal by the first terminal. The connection identifier of the first terminal and the second terminal is, for example, information of identifying connection under the MAC layer, such as Link ID, transaction ID, etc.

Optionally, the above first quality of service rule may further include: information related to the data transmission channel; wherein the information related to the data transmission channel is used for determining a corresponding data transmission channel, and may include at least one of the following: flow information, quality of service information, bearer information, etc.

Optionally, the second quality of service rule may further include: information related to the data transmission channel; wherein the information related to the data transmission channel is used for determining a corresponding data transmission channel, and may include at least one of the following: stream information, quality of service information, etc.

In some embodiments, the flow information is, for example, a flow identifier.

In some embodiments, the quality of service information is at least one of: 5QI, bandwidth, latency, etc.

In some embodiments, the bearer information is, for example, a DRB identifier.

In this embodiment of the present application, in order to configure a quality of service rule for data transmission for the first terminal/second network function, the first network function may receive a quality of service parameter from the third network function, and generate at least one of the following based on the quality of service parameter: a first quality of service rule, a second quality of service rule. That is, the first network function generates a second terminal related quality of service rule, which is specifically a second terminal related quality of service rule for uplink data transmission, and/or generates a first terminal data transmission channel related quality of service rule, which is specifically a first terminal data transmission channel related quality of service rule for downlink data transmission, based on the received quality of service parameter.

In some embodiments, the third network function is, for example, NEF or AF, etc. For example, when the first network function is a PCF, the quality of service parameter may be received from the NEF or AF; alternatively, the quality of service parameter may be received from the NEF or the AF when the first network function is an SMF.

Optionally, the quality of service parameter may include at least one of:

Optionally, in order to facilitate configuring the first quality of service rule for the first terminal, the quality of service parameter may include: related information of the first terminal. The relevant information of the first terminal is e.g. an identification of the first terminal, an address, such as an IP address and/or a MAC address, protocol data unit (Protocol Data Unit, PDU) session information, etc.

Optionally, the quality of service parameter may include service information, where the service information may include at least one of the following: service identification, application identification, quality of service information (e.g., latency, bandwidth, jitter, etc.), etc. Thus, when the first network function generates the corresponding service quality rule based on the received service quality parameter, the information related to the data transmission channel in the service quality rule can be generated in a mapping manner according to the service information in the service quality parameter.

Alternatively, the first network function may receive the related information of the first terminal from the fourth network function, i.e. the related information of the first terminal related to the second terminal. The related information of the first terminal is, for example, an identification of the first terminal, an address, such as an IP address and/or a MAC address, PDU session information, etc.

In some embodiments, the fourth network function may be selected to be UDM or UDR. For example, the PCF may receive information about the first terminal related to the second terminal from the UDM or UDR.

Referring to fig. 5, fig. 5 is a flowchart of a configuration method provided in an embodiment of the present application, where the method is performed by a third network function, such as NEF or AF. As shown in fig. 5, the method comprises the steps of:

step 51: the third network function sends the quality of service parameter to the first network function.

In this embodiment, the quality of service parameter is used for the first network function to generate at least one of the following: a first quality of service rule, a second quality of service rule; that is, a second terminal related quality of service rule is generated, which is specifically a second terminal related quality of service rule for uplink data transmission, and/or a first terminal related quality of service rule is generated, which is specifically a first terminal related quality of service rule for downlink data transmission. The second terminal is associated with the first terminal, and communicates with the network side, which may be understood as a network side device such as a UPF, through the first terminal.

In some embodiments, when the third network function is a NEF, the NEF may send the quality of service parameter to the PCF or SMF; alternatively, when the third network function is an AF, the AF may send a quality of service parameter to the PCF or SMF.

Optionally, the quality of service parameter may include at least one of:

Optionally, the quality of service parameter may further include service information, where the service information may include at least one of the following: service identification, application identification, quality of service information (e.g., latency, bandwidth, jitter, etc.), etc. Thus, when the first network function generates the corresponding service quality rule based on the received service quality parameter, the information related to the data transmission channel in the service quality rule can be generated in a mapping manner according to the service information in the service quality parameter.

Alternatively, the third network function may receive information about the first terminal from the fourth network function, i.e. information about the first terminal related to the second terminal, before sending the quality of service parameter to the first network function. Further, after obtaining the relevant information of the first terminal, the relevant information of the first terminal may be included by the quality of service parameter and sent to the first network function. The related information of the first terminal is, for example, an identification of the first terminal, an address, such as an IP address and/or a MAC address, PDU session information, etc.

By means of the transmission of the quality of service parameter, the first network function can thereby be caused to generate a first quality of service rule and/or a second quality of service rule, so that the quality of service rule for the data transmission is configured for the first terminal/second network function.

According to the data transmission method provided by the embodiment of the application, the execution body can be a data transmission device. In the embodiment of the present application, a data transmission device executes a data transmission method as an example, and the data transmission device provided in the embodiment of the present application is described.

Referring to fig. 6, fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a data transmission device according to an embodiment of the present application, where the device is applied to a first terminal, and as shown in fig. 6, a data transmission device 60 includes:

A first receiving module 61, configured to receive a first quality of service rule, where the first quality of service rule includes: a second terminal-related quality of service rule, the second terminal-related quality of service rule being specifically a second terminal-related quality of service rule for uplink data transmission;

a first sending module 62, configured to send, based on the first quality of service rule, a data packet of the second terminal to a network side using a data transmission channel of the corresponding first terminal;

the second terminal communicates with the network side through the first terminal.

Optionally, the first quality of service rule includes at least one of:

information related to the second terminal and a set of message filtering rules;

a set of message filtering rules comprising information related to the second terminal.

Optionally, the message filtering rule includes at least one of the following:

destination address, destination port, protocol type, source address, source port.

Optionally, the first quality of service rule further includes: data transmission channel related information.

Optionally, the information related to the data transmission channel includes at least one of the following: flow information, quality of service information, bearer information.

Optionally, the information related to the second terminal includes at least one of: control plane related information and user plane related information.

Optionally, the control plane related information includes: control plane identification information;

the user plane related information comprises at least one of the following: IP address, IP address and port number, media access control MAC address, connection identification of the first terminal and the second terminal.

Optionally, the first sending module 62 is specifically configured to perform at least one of the following:

executing first matching based on the data message of the second terminal, matching information related to the second terminal of the second terminal, executing second matching based on the result of the first matching, matching corresponding message filtering rules, and transmitting the data message of the second terminal to a network side by using the data transmission channel based on the result of the second matching;

and executing third matching based on the data message of the second terminal, matching corresponding message filtering rules, and sending the data message of the second terminal to a network side by using the data transmission channel based on the result of the third matching.

The data transmission device 60 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, such as a gateway. 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 data transmission device 60 provided in this embodiment of the present application can implement each process implemented by the method embodiment of fig. 3, and achieve the same technical effects, and for avoiding repetition, a detailed description is omitted herein.

According to the configuration method provided by the embodiment of the application, the execution main body can be a configuration device. In the embodiment of the present application, a configuration device is described by taking a configuration device executing a configuration method as an example.

Referring to fig. 7, fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a configuration device according to an embodiment of the present application, where the device is applied to a first network function, such as PCF or SMF. As shown in fig. 7, the configuration device 70 includes:

a second transmitting module 71 for transmitting the first information;

wherein the first information includes at least one of: a first quality of service rule, a second quality of service rule; the first quality of service rule includes: a second terminal-related quality of service rule, the second terminal-related quality of service rule being specifically a second terminal-related quality of service rule for uplink data transmission; the second quality of service rule includes: the method comprises the steps that a service quality rule related to a data transmission channel of a first terminal is specifically used for uplink data transmission; the second terminal is associated with the first terminal, and the second terminal communicates with the network side through the first terminal.

Optionally, the second sending module 71 is specifically configured to perform at least one of the following:

transmitting the first quality of service rule to a first terminal;

and sending the second service quality rule to a second network function.

Optionally, the first quality of service rule includes at least one of: the method comprises the steps of a second terminal related information, a group of message filtering rules and a group of message filtering rules containing the second terminal related information;

the second quality of service rule includes at least one of: the method comprises the steps of providing information related to a second terminal, a set of message filtering rules and a set of message filtering rules containing the information related to the second terminal.

Optionally, the first quality of service rule further includes: information related to a data transmission channel, the information related to the data transmission channel including at least one of: stream information, quality of service information, bearer information;

the second quality of service rule further includes: information related to a data transmission channel, the information related to the data transmission channel including at least one of: stream information, quality of service information.

Optionally, the configuration device 70 further includes:

a second receiving module for receiving the quality of service parameter from the third network function;

a generating module, configured to generate at least one of the following based on the quality of service parameter: the first quality of service rule, the second quality of service rule.

Optionally, the quality of service parameter includes at least one of:

a set of message filtering rules including information about the second terminal.

Optionally, the quality of service parameter includes service information, and the service information includes at least one of the following:

service identification, application identification and service quality information.

Optionally, the quality of service parameter includes information about the first terminal, where the information about the first terminal is, for example, an identification of the first terminal, an address, and PDU session information, and the address is, for example, an IP address and/or a MAC address.

Optionally, the second receiving module is further configured to: information about the first terminal, such as an identity of the first terminal, an address, a PDU session information, etc., such as an IP address and/or a MAC address, is received from the fourth network function.

The configuration device 70 provided in this embodiment of the present application can implement each process implemented by the method embodiment of fig. 4, and achieve the same technical effects, and for avoiding repetition, a detailed description is omitted herein.

Referring to fig. 8, fig. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a configuration device according to an embodiment of the present application, where the device is applied to a third network function, such as NEF or AF. As shown in fig. 8, the configuration device 80 includes:

a third sending module 81, configured to send a quality of service parameter to the first network function;

wherein the quality of service parameter comprises at least one of: the method comprises the steps of a second terminal related information, a group of message filtering rules and a group of message filtering rules containing the second terminal related information;

Optionally, the quality of service parameter further includes service information, where the service information includes at least one of the following:

Optionally, the third sending module 81 is further configured to: receiving, from a fourth network function, information related to a first terminal related to the second terminal; wherein the quality of service parameter comprises information about the first terminal. The related information of the first terminal is, for example, an identification of the first terminal, an address, such as an IP address and/or a MAC address, PDU session information, etc.

The configuration device 80 provided in this embodiment of the present application can implement each process implemented by the method embodiment of fig. 5, and achieve the same technical effects, and for avoiding repetition, a detailed description is omitted herein.

Optionally, as shown in fig. 9, the embodiment of the present application further provides a communication device 90, including a processor 91 and a memory 92, where the memory 92 stores a program or instructions that can be executed on the processor 91, for example, when the communication device 90 is a first terminal, the program or instructions implement the steps of the foregoing data transmission method embodiment when executed by the processor 91, and achieve the same technical effects. When the communication device 90 is a network side device, the program or the instruction, when executed by the processor 91, implements the steps of the above configuration method embodiment, 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 terminal, which is a first terminal, and comprises a processor and a communication interface, wherein the communication interface is used for receiving a first quality of service rule, and the first quality of service rule comprises: a quality of service rule associated with the second terminal; and based on the first service quality rule, sending the data message of the second terminal to a network side by using a data transmission channel of the corresponding first terminal. 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. 10 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of a terminal for implementing an embodiment of the present application.

The terminal 1000 includes, but is not limited to: at least some of the components of the radio frequency unit 1001, the network module 1002, the audio output unit 1003, the input unit 1004, the sensor 1005, the display unit 1006, the user input unit 1007, the interface unit 1008, the memory 1009, and the processor 1010, etc.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that terminal 1000 can also include a power source (e.g., a battery) for powering the various components, which can be logically connected to processor 1010 by a power management system so as to perform functions such as managing charge, discharge, and power consumption by the power management system. The terminal structure shown in fig. 10 does not constitute a limitation of the terminal, and the terminal may include more or less components than shown, or may combine some components, or may be arranged in different components, which will not be described in detail herein.

It should be understood that in the embodiment of the present application, the input unit 1004 may include a graphics processing unit (Graphics Processing Unit, GPU) 10041 and a microphone 10042, and the graphics processor 10041 processes image data of still pictures or videos obtained by an image capturing device (such as a camera) in a video capturing mode or an image capturing mode. The display unit 1006 may include a display panel 10061, and the display panel 10061 may be configured in the form of a liquid crystal display, an organic light emitting diode, or the like. The user input unit 1007 includes at least one of a touch panel 10071 and other input devices 10072. The touch panel 10071 is also referred to as a touch screen. The touch panel 10071 can include two portions, a touch detection device and a touch controller. Other input devices 10072 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 the network side device, the radio frequency unit 1001 may transmit the downlink data to the processor 1010 for processing; in addition, the radio frequency unit 1001 may send uplink data to the network side device. In general, the radio frequency unit 1001 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 1009 may be used to store software programs or instructions and various data. The memory 1009 may mainly include a first memory area storing programs or instructions and a second memory area storing data, wherein the first memory 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 1009 may include volatile memory or nonvolatile memory, or the memory 1009 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), 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 1009 in embodiments of the present application includes, but is not limited to, these and any other suitable types of memory.

The processor 1010 may include one or more processing units; optionally, the processor 1010 integrates an application processor that primarily processes operations involving an operating system, user interface, application programs, and the like, 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 1010.

The terminal 1000 is a first terminal, and the radio frequency unit 1001 is configured to receive a first quality of service rule, where the first quality of service rule includes: a quality of service rule associated with the second terminal; based on the first service quality rule, a data transmission channel of a corresponding first terminal is used for transmitting a data message of the second terminal to a network side; the second terminal communicates with the network side through terminal 1000.

The terminal 1000 provided in this embodiment of the present application can implement each process implemented by the method embodiment of fig. 3, and achieve the same technical effects, and for avoiding repetition, a detailed description is omitted herein.

The embodiment of the application also provides a network side device, which comprises a processor and a communication interface, wherein when the network side device is a first network function, for example, the communication interface is used for sending first information; the first information includes at least one of: a first quality of service rule, a second quality of service rule; the first quality of service rule includes: a quality of service rule associated with the second terminal; the second quality of service rule includes: a quality of service rule associated with a data transmission channel of a first terminal. Or when the network side equipment is a third network function, the communication interface is used for sending the service quality parameter to the first network function; the quality of service parameter includes at least one of: the method comprises the steps of providing information related to a second terminal, a set of message filtering rules and a set of message filtering rules containing the information related to the second terminal. The second terminal is associated with the first terminal, and the second terminal communicates with the network side through the first terminal. The network side device embodiment corresponds to the network side device method embodiment, and each implementation process and implementation manner of the method embodiment can be applied to the network side device embodiment, and the same technical effects can be achieved.

Specifically, the embodiment of the application also provides network side equipment. As shown in fig. 11, the network side device 110 includes: a processor 111, a network interface 112, and a memory 113. The network interface 112 is, for example, a common public radio interface (common public radio interface, CPRI).

Specifically, the network side device 110 of the embodiment of the present invention further includes: instructions or programs stored in the memory 113 and capable of running on the processor 111, the processor 111 invokes the instructions or programs in the memory 113 to perform the methods performed by the modules shown in fig. 7 or fig. 8, and achieve the same technical effects, and are not repeated here.

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 the program or the instruction when executed by a processor implement each process of the foregoing data transmission method embodiment, or implement each process of the foregoing configuration method embodiment, and achieve the same technical effect, 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 foregoing data transmission method embodiment, or implement each process of the foregoing configuration 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 data transmission method embodiment, or implement each process of the foregoing configuration method embodiment, and achieve the same technical effects, so that repetition is avoided, and no further description is given here.

The embodiment of the application also provides a communication system, which comprises: a terminal and a network side device, the terminal comprising at least one of a first terminal and a second terminal, the network side device comprising at least one of a first network function, a second network function, a third network function and a fourth network function, the terminal being operable to perform the steps of the data transmission method as described in the first aspect; the network side device may be configured to perform the steps of the configuration method as described in the second aspect, or the steps of the configuration method as described in the third aspect.

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 data transmission method, comprising:

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first quality of service rule comprises at least one of:

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the message filtering rules comprise at least one of:

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the first quality of service rule further comprises: data transmission channel related information.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the data transmission channel related information comprises at least one of: flow information, quality of service information, bearer information.

6. The method of claim 2, wherein the second terminal related information comprises at least one of: control plane related information and user plane related information.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the control plane related information comprises: control plane identification information;

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the sending, based on the first quality of service rule, the data packet of the second terminal to the network side using the data transmission channel of the corresponding first terminal includes at least one of:

The first terminal executes first matching based on the data message of the second terminal, matches information related to the second terminal of the second terminal, executes second matching based on the result of the first matching, matches corresponding message filtering rules, and sends the data message of the second terminal to a network side by using the data transmission channel based on the result of the second matching;

and the first terminal executes third matching based on the data message of the second terminal, matches corresponding message filtering rules, and sends the data message of the second terminal to a network side by using the data transmission channel based on the result of the third matching.

9. A method of configuration, comprising:

the first network function sends first information;

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the transmitting the first information comprises at least one of:

The first network function sends the first quality of service rule to a first terminal;

the first network function sends the second quality of service rule to a second network function.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the first quality of service rule comprises at least one of: the method comprises the steps of a second terminal related information, a group of message filtering rules and a group of message filtering rules containing the second terminal related information;

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the first quality of service rule further comprises: information related to a data transmission channel, the information related to the data transmission channel including at least one of: stream information, quality of service information, bearer information;

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the second terminal related information comprises at least one of: control plane related information and user plane related information.

14. The method according to claim 9, wherein the method further comprises:

the first network function receiving a quality of service parameter from a third network function;

the first network function generates, based on the quality of service parameter, at least one of: the first quality of service rule, the second quality of service rule.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the quality of service parameter comprises at least one of:

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the quality of service parameters further comprise: and the related information of the first terminal.

17. The method according to claim 9, wherein the method further comprises:

the first network function receives information about the first terminal from a fourth network function.

18. The method of claim 14, wherein the quality of service parameter comprises traffic information comprising at least one of:

19. A method of configuration, comprising:

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the quality of service parameter further comprises traffic information, the traffic information comprising at least one of:

21. The method of claim 19, wherein before the third network function sends the quality of service parameter to the first network function, the method further comprises:

the third network function receives the related information of the first terminal related to the second terminal from a fourth network function; wherein the quality of service parameter comprises information about the first terminal.

22. A data transmission apparatus, comprising:

23. A configuration device, comprising:

the second sending module is used for sending the first information;

24. A configuration device, comprising:

25. A terminal comprising a processor and a memory storing a program or instructions executable on the processor, which when executed by the processor, performs the steps of the data transmission method according to any one of claims 1 to 8.

26. A network side 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 configuration method of any one of claims 9 to 18 or the steps of the configuration method of any one of claims 19 to 21.

27. 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 data transmission method according to any one of claims 1 to 8, or the steps of the configuration method according to any one of claims 9 to 18, or the steps of the configuration method according to any one of claims 19 to 21.