CN117223321A - Information transmitting method, information receiving method, terminal, network device and storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

The disclosure relates to the technical field of communication, in particular to an information sending and receiving method, a terminal, a network device and a storage medium, wherein the information sending method comprises the following steps: recording slice related information; and sending the slice related information to network equipment. According to the method and the device, the terminal can record the slice related information and then send the slice related information to the network equipment. According to the method, the network equipment can relatively comprehensively determine the application condition of the slice to the terminal according to the slice related information, so that the slice is reasonably deployed, the method is suitable for providing services for the service of the terminal, and good communication effect of the service is ensured.

Description

Information transmitting method, information receiving method, terminal, network device and storage medium

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to the field of communication technologies, and in particular, to an information transmission method, an information reception method, a terminal, a network device, a communication device, and a storage medium.

Background

By introducing network slice (network slice) technology, the network (e.g. core network, access network) can be allowed to be divided into a plurality of slices (slices), and different services can be transmitted in different slices, so that no interference between different services is realized. There are some technical problems in the current slicing technology.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the disclosure provides an information sending and receiving method, a terminal, a network device and a storage medium, so as to solve the technical problems in the related art.

According to a first aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided an information transmission method, which is performed by a terminal, the method including: recording slice related information; and sending the slice related information to network equipment.

According to a second aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided an information receiving method, the method including: and receiving the slice related information sent by the terminal.

According to a third aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a terminal, including: one or more processors; the terminal is used for executing the information sending method.

According to a fourth aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a network device, comprising: one or more processors; the network device is used for executing the information receiving method.

According to a fifth aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a communication device, comprising: one or more processors; the processor is configured to invoke an instruction to cause the communication device to execute the above information sending method and/or the above information receiving method.

According to a sixth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, a communication system is provided, including a terminal configured to implement the above information transmission method, and a network device configured to implement the above information reception method.

According to a seventh aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, a storage medium storing instructions that, when executed on a communication device, cause the communication device to perform the above-described information transmission method, and/or the above-described information reception method is provided.

According to the embodiment of the disclosure, the terminal can record the slice related information and further send the slice related information to the network equipment. According to the method, the network equipment can relatively comprehensively determine the application condition of the slice to the terminal according to the slice related information, so that the slice is reasonably deployed, the method is suitable for providing services for the service of the terminal, and good communication effect of the service is ensured.

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In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present disclosure, the drawings required for the description of the embodiments will be briefly introduced below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present disclosure, and other drawings may be obtained according to these drawings without inventive effort to a person of ordinary skill in the art.

Fig. 1 is a schematic architecture diagram of a communication system shown in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 2 is an interactive schematic diagram illustrating an information transmission method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 3 is a schematic flow chart diagram illustrating an information receiving method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 4 is a schematic flow chart diagram illustrating an information receiving method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 5 is a schematic block diagram of a terminal shown in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 6 is a schematic block diagram of a network equipment apparatus shown according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a chip according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

Detailed Description

The embodiment of the disclosure provides an information sending and receiving method, a terminal, a network device and a storage medium.

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes an information transmission method, performed by a terminal, the method including: recording slice related information; and sending the slice related information to network equipment.

In the above embodiment, the terminal may record the slice related information, and then send the slice related information to the network device. According to the method, the network equipment can relatively comprehensively determine the application condition of the slice to the terminal according to the slice related information, so that the slice is reasonably deployed, the method is suitable for providing services for the service of the terminal, and good communication effect of the service is ensured.

With reference to some embodiments of the first aspect. In some embodiments, the slice-related information is included in a report.

With reference to some embodiments of the first aspect. In some embodiments, the recording slice-related information includes: the slice-related information is recorded in a reporting variable.

With reference to some embodiments of the first aspect. In some embodiments, the recording the slice-related information in the reporting variable includes: and determining that the terminal meets a first condition or the terminal receives first indication information sent by network equipment, and recording the slice related information in a report variable.

With reference to some embodiments of the first aspect. In some embodiments, the first condition includes at least one of: the terminal is successfully accessed into the cell; the terminal fails to access the cell.

With reference to some embodiments of the first aspect. In some embodiments, the first indication information includes at least one of: slice indication information, which is used for indicating the terminal to record the measurement result of slice association indicated by the slice indication information; and recording configuration of the slice related information.

With reference to some embodiments of the first aspect. In some embodiments, the recording configuration of slice-related information includes at least one of: recording area information related to the slice; slice-related records trigger configuration.

With reference to some embodiments of the first aspect. In some embodiments, the slice-related record trigger configuration comprises at least one of: recording trigger event information related to slicing; slice-related records trigger time information.

With reference to some embodiments of the first aspect. In some embodiments, the slice-related information includes at least one of: slicing information; slice-related measurements.

With reference to some embodiments of the first aspect. In some embodiments, the information of the slice includes at least one of: slice identification information; slice association information.

With reference to some embodiments of the first aspect. In some embodiments, the slice association information includes at least one of: slicing the associated region information; aging information associated with the slice; equivalent slice information for slice association.

With reference to some embodiments of the first aspect. In some embodiments, the method further comprises: and sending an availability indication of the slice related information to the network device.

With reference to some embodiments of the first aspect. In some embodiments, the slice comprises at least one of: a single slice; grouping slices; all sections.

With reference to some embodiments of the first aspect. In some embodiments, the sending the slice-related information to a network device includes: and receiving the request information sent by the network equipment, and sending the slice related information to the network equipment.

With reference to some embodiments of the first aspect. In some embodiments, the request information is for instructing the terminal to send at least one of the following to a network device: reporting of measurement results associated with a single slice; reporting of measurement results associated with slice grouping; reporting of measurement results associated with all slices.

With reference to some embodiments of the first aspect. In some embodiments, the type of slice comprises at least one of: slicing the terminal requirement; slicing used by a terminal; slicing supported by the terminal resident cell; the terminal camps on a slice not supported by the cell.

With reference to some embodiments of the first aspect. In some embodiments, the method further comprises: transmitting capability information to the network device, wherein the capability information is used for indicating at least one of the following: whether the terminal supports recording the slice related information; and whether the terminal supports reporting the slice related information or not.

In a second aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure provide an information receiving method, the method including: and receiving the slice related information sent by the terminal.

With reference to some embodiments of the second aspect. In some embodiments, the slice-related information is included in a report.

With reference to some embodiments of the second aspect. In some embodiments, the slice-related information is recorded in a reporting variable of the terminal.

With reference to some embodiments of the second aspect. In some embodiments, the method further comprises: and sending first indication information to the terminal, wherein the first indication information is used for indicating the terminal to record the slice related information in a report variable.

With reference to some embodiments of the second aspect. In some embodiments, the first indication information includes at least one of: slice indication information, which is used for indicating the terminal to record the measurement result of slice association indicated by the slice indication information; and recording configuration of the slice related information.

With reference to some embodiments of the second aspect. In some embodiments, the recording configuration of slice-related information includes at least one of: recording area information related to the slice; slice-related records trigger configuration.

With reference to some embodiments of the second aspect. In some embodiments, the slice-related record trigger configuration comprises at least one of: recording trigger event information related to slicing; slice-related records trigger time information.

With reference to some embodiments of the second aspect. In some embodiments, the slice-related information includes at least one of: slicing information; slice-related measurements.

With reference to some embodiments of the second aspect. In some embodiments, the information of the slice includes at least one of: slice identification information; slice association information.

With reference to some embodiments of the second aspect. In some embodiments, the slice association information includes at least one of: slicing the associated region information; aging information associated with the slice; equivalent slice information for slice association.

With reference to some embodiments of the second aspect. In some embodiments, the method further comprises: and receiving an availability indication of the slice related information sent by the terminal.

With reference to some embodiments of the second aspect. In some embodiments, the slice comprises at least one of: a single slice; grouping slices; all sections.

With reference to some embodiments of the second aspect. In some embodiments, the method further comprises: and sending request information to a terminal, wherein the request information is used for indicating the terminal to send the slice related information to network equipment.

With reference to some embodiments of the second aspect. In some embodiments, the request information is for instructing the terminal to send at least one of the following to a network device: reporting of measurement results associated with a single slice; reporting of measurement results associated with slice grouping; reporting of measurement results associated with all slices.

With reference to some embodiments of the second aspect. In some embodiments, the type of slice comprises at least one of: slicing the terminal requirement; slicing used by a terminal; slicing supported by the terminal resident cell; the terminal camps on a slice not supported by the cell.

With reference to some embodiments of the second aspect. In some embodiments, the method further comprises: receiving capability information sent by the terminal, wherein the capability information is used for indicating at least one of the following: whether the terminal supports recording the slice related information; and whether the terminal supports reporting the slice related information or not.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a terminal, including: one or more processors; the terminal is configured to execute the information sending method according to the first aspect and the optional embodiments of the first aspect.

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a network device, including: one or more processors; the network device is configured to perform the information receiving method according to the second aspect and optional embodiments of the second aspect.

In a fifth aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a communication device, including: one or more processors; one or more memories for storing instructions; wherein the processor is configured to invoke the instructions to cause the communication device to perform the xx method as described in the first and second aspects, and optional embodiments of the first and second aspects.

In a sixth aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a communication system, including: a terminal and a network device; wherein the terminal is configured to perform the method as described in the first and second aspects, the first and second optional embodiments, and the network device is configured to perform the method as described in the first and second aspects, the first and second optional embodiments.

In a seventh aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a storage medium storing instructions that, when executed on a communications device, cause the communications device to perform a method as described in the first and second aspects, and optional embodiments of the first and second aspects.

In an eighth aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a program product which, when executed by a communication device, causes the communication device to perform a method as described in the first and second aspects, and optional embodiments of the first and second aspects.

In a ninth aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure propose a computer programme which, when run on a computer, causes the computer to carry out the method as described in the first and second aspects, optional embodiments of the first and second aspects.

It will be appreciated that the above-described terminals, network devices, communication systems, storage media, program products, computer programs are all adapted to perform the methods set forth in the embodiments of the present disclosure. Therefore, the advantages achieved by the method can be referred to as the advantages of the corresponding method, and will not be described herein.

The embodiment of the disclosure provides an information sending and receiving method, a terminal, a network device and a storage medium. In some embodiments, terms such as an information transmitting method, an information receiving method, an information processing method, a communication method, and the like may be replaced with each other, terms such as a terminal, a network device, an information processing apparatus, a communication apparatus, and the like may be replaced with each other, and terms such as an information processing system, a communication system, and the like may be replaced with each other.

The embodiments of the present disclosure are not intended to be exhaustive, but rather are exemplary of some embodiments and are not intended to limit the scope of the disclosure. In the case of no contradiction, each step in a certain embodiment may be implemented as an independent embodiment, and the steps may be arbitrarily combined, for example, a scheme in which part of the steps are removed in a certain embodiment may also be implemented as an independent embodiment, the order of the steps in a certain embodiment may be arbitrarily exchanged, and further, alternative embodiments in a certain embodiment may be arbitrarily combined; in addition, various embodiments may be combined arbitrarily, for example, some or all steps of different embodiments may be combined arbitrarily, and one embodiment may be combined arbitrarily with alternative embodiments of other embodiments.

In the various embodiments of the disclosure, terms and/or descriptions of the various embodiments are consistent throughout the various embodiments and may be referenced to each other in the absence of any particular explanation or logic conflict, and features from different embodiments may be combined to form new embodiments in accordance with their inherent logic relationships.

The terminology used in the embodiments of the disclosure is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the disclosure.

In the presently disclosed embodiments, elements that are referred to in the singular, such as "a," "an," "the," "said," etc., may mean "one and only one," or "one or more," "at least one," etc., unless otherwise indicated.

For example, where an article (article) is used in translation, such as "a," "an," "the," etc., in english, a noun following the article may be understood as a singular expression or as a plural expression.

In the presently disclosed embodiments, "plurality" refers to two or more.

In some embodiments, terms such as "at least one of", "one or more of", "multiple of" and the like may be substituted for each other.

In some embodiments, "A, B at least one of", "a and/or B", "in one case a, in another case B", "in response to one case a", "in response to another case B", and the like, may include the following technical solutions according to circumstances: in some embodiments a (a is performed independently of B); b (B is performed independently of a) in some embodiments; in some embodiments, execution is selected from a and B (a and B are selectively executed); in some embodiments a and B (both a and B are performed). Similar to that described above when there are more branches such as A, B, C.

In some embodiments, the description modes such as "a or B" may include the following technical schemes according to circumstances: in some embodiments a (a is performed independently of B); b (B is performed independently of a) in some embodiments; in some embodiments execution is selected from a and B (a and B are selectively executed). Similar to that described above when there are more branches such as A, B, C.

The prefix words "first", "second", etc. in the embodiments of the present disclosure are only for distinguishing different description objects, and do not limit the location, order, priority, number, content, etc. of the description objects, and the statement of the description object refers to the claims or the description of the embodiment context, and should not constitute unnecessary limitations due to the use of the prefix words.

For example, if the description object is a "field", the ordinal words before the "field" in the "first field" and the "second field" do not limit the position or the order between the "fields", and the "first" and the "second" do not limit whether the "fields" modified by the "first" and the "second" are in the same message or not. For another example, describing an object as "level", ordinal words preceding "level" in "first level" and "second level" do not limit priority between "levels". As another example, the number of descriptive objects is not limited by ordinal words, and may be one or more, taking "first device" as an example, where the number of "devices" may be one or more. Furthermore, objects modified by different prefix words may be the same or different, e.g., the description object is "a device", then "a first device" and "a second device" may be the same device or different devices, and the types may be the same or different; for another example, the description object is "information", and the "first information" and the "second information" may be the same information or different information, and the contents thereof may be the same or different.

In some embodiments, "comprising a", "containing a", "for indicating a", "carrying a", may be interpreted as carrying a directly, or as indicating a indirectly.

In some embodiments, terms "responsive to … …", "responsive to determination … …", "in the case of … …", "at … …", "when … …", "if … …", "if … …", and the like may be interchanged.

In some embodiments, terms "greater than", "greater than or equal to", "not less than", "more than or equal to", "not less than", "above" and the like may be interchanged, and terms "less than", "less than or equal to", "not greater than", "less than or equal to", "not more than", "below", "lower than or equal to", "no higher than", "below" and the like may be interchanged.

In some embodiments, devices and the like may be interpreted as physical or virtual, the names of which are not limited to those described in the embodiments

The terms "apparatus," "device," "circuit," "network element," "node," "function," "unit," "component," "system," "network," "chip," "system-on-chip," "entity," "subject," and the like may be used interchangeably.

In some embodiments, a "network" may be interpreted as an apparatus (e.g., access network device, core network device, etc.) contained in a network.

In some embodiments, "access network device (access network device, AN device)", "radio access network device (radio access network device, RAN device)", "Base Station (BS)", "radio base station (radio base station)", "fixed station (fixed station)", "node (node)", "access point (access point)", "transmit point (transmission point, TP)", "Receive Point (RP)", "transmit receive point (transmit/receive point), the terms TRP)", "panel", "antenna array", "cell", "macrocell", "microcell", "femto cell", "pico cell", "sector", "cell group", "serving cell", "carrier", "component carrier (component carrier)", bandwidth part (BWP) and the like may be replaced with each other.

In some embodiments, "terminal," terminal device, "" user equipment, "" user terminal, "" mobile station, "" mobile terminal, MT) ", subscriber station (subscriber station), mobile unit (mobile unit), subscriber unit (subscriber unit), wireless unit (wireless unit), remote unit (remote unit), mobile device (mobile device), wireless device (wireless device), wireless communication device (wireless communication device), remote device (remote device), mobile subscriber station (mobile subscriber station), access terminal (access terminal), mobile terminal (mobile terminal), wireless terminal (wireless terminal), remote terminal (remote terminal), handheld device (handset), user agent (user agent), mobile client (mobile client), client (client), and the like may be substituted for each other.

In some embodiments, the access network device, core network device, or network device may be replaced with a terminal. For example, the embodiments of the present disclosure may also be applied to a configuration in which an access network device, a core network device, or communication between a network device and a terminal is replaced with communication between a plurality of terminals (for example, device-to-device (D2D), vehicle-to-device (V2X), or the like). In this case, the terminal may have all or part of the functions of the access network device. In addition, terms such as "uplink", "downlink", and the like may be replaced with terms corresponding to communication between terminals (e.g., "side)". For example, uplink channels, downlink channels, etc. may be replaced with side-uplink channels, uplink, downlink, etc. may be replaced with side-downlink channels.

In some embodiments, the terminal may be replaced with an access network device, a core network device, or a network device. In this case, the access network device, the core network device, or the network device may have all or part of the functions of the terminal.

In some embodiments, the acquisition of data, information, etc. may comply with laws and regulations of the country of locale.

In some embodiments, data, information, etc. may be obtained after user consent is obtained.

Furthermore, each element, each row, or each column in the tables of the embodiments of the present disclosure may be implemented as a separate embodiment, and any combination of elements, any rows, or any columns may also be implemented as a separate embodiment.

Fig. 1 is a schematic architecture diagram of a communication system shown in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.

As shown in fig. 1, the communication system 100 includes a terminal (terminal) 101 and a network device 102, wherein the network device includes at least one of: an access network device, a core network device (core network device).

In some embodiments, the terminal 101 includes at least one of a mobile phone (mobile phone), a wearable device, an internet of things device, a communication enabled car, a smart car, a tablet (Pad), a wireless transceiver enabled computer, a Virtual Reality (VR) terminal device, an augmented reality (augmented reality, AR) terminal device, a wireless terminal device in industrial control (industrial control), a wireless terminal device in unmanned (self-driving), a wireless terminal device in teleoperation (remote medical surgery), a wireless terminal device in smart grid (smart grid), a wireless terminal device in transportation security (transportation safety), a wireless terminal device in smart city (smart city), a wireless terminal device in smart home (smart home), for example, but is not limited thereto.

In some embodiments, the access network device is, for example, a node or device that accesses a terminal to a wireless network, and the access network device may include at least one of an evolved NodeB (eNB), a next generation evolved NodeB (next generation eNB, ng-eNB), a next generation NodeB (next generation NodeB, gNB), a NodeB (node B, NB), a Home NodeB (HNB), a home NodeB (home evolved nodeB, heNB), a wireless backhaul device, a radio network controller (radio network controller, RNC), a base station controller (base station controller, BSC), a base transceiver station (base transceiver station, BTS), a baseband unit (BBU), a mobile switching center, a base station in a 6G communication system, an Open base station (Open RAN), a Cloud base station (Cloud RAN), a base station in other communication systems, an access node in a Wi-Fi system, but is not limited thereto.

In some embodiments, the core network device may be a device, including one or more network elements, or may be a plurality of devices or a device group, including all or part of one or more network elements. The network element may be virtual or physical. The core network comprises, for example, at least one of an evolved packet core (Evolved Packet Core, EPC), a 5G core network (5G Core Network,5GCN), a next generation core (Next Generation Core, NGC).

In some embodiments, the technical solutions of the present disclosure may be applied to an Open RAN architecture, where an access network device or an interface in an access network device according to the embodiments of the present disclosure may become an internal interface of the Open RAN, and flow and information interaction between these internal interfaces may be implemented by using software or a program.

In some embodiments, the access network device may be composed of a Central Unit (CU) and a Distributed Unit (DU), where the CU may also be referred to as a control unit (control unit), and the structure of the CU-DU may be used to split the protocol layers of the access network device, where functions of part of the protocol layers are centrally controlled by the CU, and functions of the rest of all the protocol layers are distributed in the DU, and the DU is centrally controlled by the CU, but is not limited thereto.

It may be understood that, the communication system described in the embodiments of the present disclosure is for more clearly describing the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present disclosure, and is not limited to the technical solutions provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure, and those skilled in the art can know that, with the evolution of the system architecture and the appearance of new service scenarios, the technical solutions provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure are applicable to similar technical problems.

The embodiments of the present disclosure described below may be applied to the communication system 100 shown in fig. 1, or a part of the main body, but are not limited thereto. The respective bodies shown in fig. 1 are examples, and the communication system may include all or part of the bodies in fig. 1, or may include other bodies than fig. 1, and the number and form of the respective bodies may be arbitrary, and the respective bodies may be physical or virtual, and the connection relationship between the respective bodies is examples, and the respective bodies may not be connected or may be connected, and the connection may be arbitrary, direct connection or indirect connection, or wired connection or wireless connection.

The embodiments of the present disclosure may be applied to long term evolution (Long Term Evolution, LTE), LTE-Advanced (LTE-a), LTE-Beyond (LTE-B), upper 3G, IMT-Advanced, fourth generation mobile communication system (4th generation mobile communication system,4G)), fifth generation mobile communication system (5th generation mobile communication system,5G), 5G New air (New Radio, NR), future wireless access (Future Radio Access, FRA), new wireless access technology (New-Radio Access Technology, RAT), new wireless (New Radio, NR), new wireless access (New Radio access, NX), future generation wireless access (Future generation Radio access, FX), global System for Mobile communications (GSM (registered trademark)), CDMA2000, ultra mobile broadband (Ultra Mobile Broadband, UMB), IEEE 802.11 (registered trademark), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX (registered trademark)), IEEE 802.20, ultra WideBand (Ultra-wide bandwidth, UWB), bluetooth (Bluetooth) mobile communication network (Public Land Mobile Network, PLMN, device-D-Device, device-M, device-M, internet of things system, internet of things (internet of things), machine-2, device-M, device-M, internet of things (internet of things), system (internet of things), internet of things 2, device (internet of things), machine (internet of things), etc. In addition, a plurality of system combinations (e.g., LTE or a combination of LTE-a and 5G, etc.) may be applied.

Fig. 2 is an interactive schematic diagram illustrating an information transmission method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

As shown in fig. 2, the information transmission method includes:

in step S201, the network device sends first information to the terminal.

In some embodiments, the terminal receives the first information.

In some embodiments, the first information comprises request information.

In some embodiments, the request information is used to instruct the terminal to send slice-related information to the network device. For example, in response to receiving the first information, the terminal transmits slice-related information to the network device. It should be appreciated that the terminal may determine and record the slice-related information before sending the slice-related information to the network device.

In some embodiments, the request information is used to request at least one of the following slice-related information from the terminal: reporting of measurement results associated with a single slice; reporting of measurement results associated with slice grouping; reporting of measurement results associated with all slices. That is, the slice-related information requested by the network device may be information related to a single slice, information related to a packet of slices, or information related to all slices. That is, the network device may request information for all slices, and may request information for a particular slice. The terminal correspondingly acquires the information related to the single slice, the slice group or all slices according to the request information sent by the network equipment, and informs the network equipment of the information related to the single slice, the slice group or all slices. For example, the terminal device may perform measurement after receiving the request information sent by the network device, and send the measurement result to the network device through a report, and in addition, the terminal may notify the network device of slice information (for example, identification information, association timeliness information, association area information, association equivalent slice information, etc.) that may be obtained without performing measurement. It should be understood that the terminal may report the measurement result and slice information to the network device, or may report only slice information or measurement result to the network device, in short, the terminal device may report slice related information to the network device according to the request information sent by the network device,

The specific content of the slice-related information will be described in detail later.

In step S201, the terminal sends second information to the network device.

In some embodiments, the terminal may send the second information to the network device.

In some embodiments, in response to receiving the first information, the terminal transmits second information to the network device.

In some embodiments, the second information comprises slice-related information.

In some embodiments, the terminal may record the slice-related information, e.g., the terminal may record the slice-related information before transmitting the slice-related information.

In some embodiments, the slice-related information is contained in a report that is sent to the network device.

In some embodiments, the terminal records the slice-related information in a reporting variable.

In some embodiments, the slice-related information is recorded in a reporting variable when the terminal satisfies a first condition or the terminal receives first indication information sent by the network device.

In some embodiments, the first condition includes at least one of: the terminal is successfully accessed into the cell; the terminal fails to access the cell.

In some embodiments, the first indication information includes at least one of: slice indication information, which is used for indicating the terminal to record the measurement result of slice association indicated by the slice indication information; and recording configuration of the slice related information.

In some embodiments, the recording configuration of slice-related information includes at least one of: recording area information related to the slice; slice-related records trigger configuration.

In some embodiments, the slice-related record trigger configuration comprises at least one of: recording trigger event information related to slicing; slice-related records trigger time information.

In some embodiments, the slice-related information includes at least one of: slicing information; slice-related measurements.

In some embodiments, the information of the slice includes at least one of: slice identification information; slice association information.

In some embodiments, the slice association information includes at least one of: slicing the associated region information; aging information associated with the slice; equivalent slice information for slice association.

In some embodiments, the terminal may also send an indication of availability of the slice-related information to the network device.

In some embodiments, the slice comprises at least one of: a single slice; grouping slices; all sections.

In some embodiments, the type of slice comprises at least one of: slicing the terminal requirement; slicing used by a terminal; slicing supported by the terminal resident cell; the terminal camps on a slice not supported by the cell.

In some embodiments, the terminal may send capability information to the network device.

In some embodiments, the capability information is used to indicate at least one of: whether the terminal supports recording the slice related information; and whether the terminal supports reporting the slice related information or not.

The communication method according to the embodiments of the present disclosure may include at least one of steps S201 to 202. For example, step S201 may be implemented as a separate embodiment, step S202 may be implemented as a separate embodiment, and step s201+s202 may be implemented as a separate embodiment, but is not limited thereto.

In some embodiments, steps S201, S202 may be performed in exchange order or simultaneously.

In some embodiments, step S201 is optional, and one or more of these steps may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments.

In some embodiments, step S202 is optional, and one or more of these steps may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments.

In some embodiments, reference may be made to other alternative embodiments described before or after the description corresponding to fig. 2.

In some embodiments, based on network slicing technology, different services may be divided into different slices, for example, for strict machine type communication (critical Machine Type Communication, critical MTC), large number of machine type communication (massive Machine Type Communication, mctc), mobile bandwidth (MBB) three types of services may be divided into three slices, parameters such as charging policy, security policy, quality of service (Quality of Service, qoS) and the like of different slices may be different, and large-scale traffic congestion occurs in one slice, and normal operation of services in other slices may not be affected.

The slice into which the service of the terminal needs to be divided is determined by the network device, that is, the deployment of the slice is determined by the network device, in this case, the network device may not accurately determine the applicability of the slice to the terminal, which results in relatively poor applicability of the deployed network slice to the terminal.

In a first aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure provide an information transmission method. Fig. 3 is a schematic flow chart diagram illustrating a method of information transmission according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The information transmission method shown in the present embodiment may be performed by a terminal.

As shown in fig. 3, the information transmission method may include the steps of:

in step S301, slice-related information is recorded;

in step S302, slice-related information is transmitted to the network device.

It should be noted that the embodiment shown in fig. 3 may be implemented independently or in combination with at least one other embodiment in the disclosure, and specifically may be selected as needed, which is not limited by the disclosure.

In some embodiments, the terminal may record slice-related information. According to the embodiment of the disclosure, the terminal can record the slice related information and further send the slice related information to the network equipment. According to the method, the network equipment can relatively comprehensively determine the application condition of the slice to the terminal according to the slice related information, so that the slice is reasonably deployed, the method is suitable for providing services for the service of the terminal, and good communication effect of the service is ensured.

In some embodiments, slice-related information is included in the report.

In some embodiments, the terminal may perform a measurement operation, wherein the measurement operation includes at least one of: self-organizing network (Self-Organized Network, SON), minimization of drive tests (Minimization Drive Test, MDT). The terminal may then record the measurement results in the reporting variable, and subsequently may generate a report according to the measurement results in the reporting variable and send the report to the network device. The following embodiments mainly exemplify the technical solution of the present disclosure in the case that the measurement operation includes MDT, but in the embodiments involving MDT, MDT may be replaced with SON or with SON and MDT.

In some embodiments, the report may include slice-related information, i.e. the terminal may send the report carrying the slice-related information to the network device.

In some embodiments, recording slice-related information includes: slice related information is recorded in a reporting variable. I.e. the terminal records slice related information, it may be that the slice related information is recorded in a reporting variable.

In the embodiment of the disclosure, the slice related information is carried in the report and sent to the network equipment, so that a separate piece of information is not needed to send the slice related information, which is beneficial to improving communication efficiency.

It should be noted that in some embodiments, the presentation report and measurement results may be interchanged.

In some embodiments, the report may be included in a terminal information response (ueinfo response), including, for example, at least one of:

EUTRA (Evolved UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System, universal mobile telecommunications system) Terrestrial Radio Access, evolved UMTS terrestrial radio access network) idle state measurement results measresultidleutra, which may be, for example, measurement results recorded by a terminal in an LTE system in accordance with a configuration indication of a system information block (System Information Block, SIB) in an idle state or an inactive (inactive) state;

an NR (New Radio) idle state measurement result measresultidlesnr may be, for example, a measurement result recorded by a terminal in an idle state or an inactive state according to a configuration instruction of an SIB in an NR system;

log measurement report log measreport, e.g. based on logged minimization of drive test configuration recorded measurements;

connection establishment failure report connEstFailReport, e.g., measurement results recorded when connection establishment failed;

a random access report list ra-ReportList, such as random access information recorded when random access is successful;

A radio link failure Report rlf-Report, such as measurements recorded at radio line failure or handover failure;

mobility history report mobilityHistoryReport;

a handover success Report, successHO-Report, e.g., measurements recorded when the handover was successful;

a connection establishment failure report list connEstFailReportList, such as a list of reports recorded when connection establishment failed;

coarse location information coarseLocationInfo.

In some embodiments, the slice-related information includes at least one of: slicing information; slice-related measurements.

In some embodiments, the information of the slice includes at least one of: slice identification information; slice association information.

In some embodiments, the slice association information includes at least one of: slicing the associated region information; aging information associated with the slice; equivalent slice (also may be referred to as optional slice alternative slice) information for slice association.

In some embodiments, the slice identification information includes at least one of: single Network Slice selection assistance information (Single Network Slice Selection Assistance Information, S-nsai), network Slice Access layer packet (NSAG) identification.

In some embodiments, the type of slice includes at least one of: slice of end requirements (e.g., requested NSSAI); slicing used by a terminal; slice desired (e.g., desired to be used) by the terminal; slicing supported by a terminal resident cell; the terminal camps on a slice not supported by the cell.

For example, slice identification information such as S-NSSAI, NSAG, NSSAI may be used to indicate at least one of: a slice supported by a terminal, a slice not supported by a terminal, a slice that is desired by a terminal (e.g., desired to be used), a slice that is not desired by a terminal (e.g., not desired to be used), a slice that is used by a terminal, a slice supported by a terminal-camping cell, a slice not supported by a terminal-camping cell.

For example, the terminal camping cell comprises at least one of: a terminal accesses a successful cell; the terminal accesses the failed cell.

In some embodiments, the measurement results associated with the slice include measurement results obtained by the terminal performing a measurement operation on the cell.

In some embodiments, the measurements associated with the slice include measurements of the terminal performing a measurement operation on a cell associated with the slice (e.g., the slice indicated by the information of the slice). Wherein, in some embodiments, the slice-associated cells comprise at least one of: a cell supporting slicing and a cell not supporting slicing.

For example, the type of measurement result includes at least one of: reference signal received power (Reference Signal Receiving Powe, RSRP), received signal strength indication (Received Signal Strength Indication, RSSI).

In some embodiments, the information of the slice is used to indicate at least one of: terminal-required slice, cell-supported slice, cell-unsupported slice, terminal-required and cell-supported slice, terminal-required and cell-unsupported slice.

In some embodiments, the measurement includes at least one of: measuring results of measuring the current cell; measuring results of measuring cells supporting terminal requirement slicing; measuring results of measuring cells which do not support terminal requirement slicing; the method comprises the steps of measuring a first cell, wherein the first cell supports a slice supported by a corresponding frequency point of the first cell; and measuring a second cell, wherein the second cell does not support the slice supported by the corresponding frequency point of the second cell. For example, the frequency point may refer to an absolute radio channel number (Absolute Radio Frequency Channel Number, ARFCN).

In some embodiments, the slice-related information may include only the information of the slice, e.g., the information of the slice includes slice identification information, e.g., slice identification information for identifying the first slice required by the terminal, e.g., requested nsai, requested NSAG, etc., e.g., the terminal may send the information including the slice-related information to the network device in a registration request.

In some embodiments, after receiving the report containing the slice-related information, the network device may determine the first slice desired by the terminal according to the slice-related information in the report. For example, the network may carry indication information in the registration request response for indicating the slice (e.g., allowed nsai) that the terminal is allowed to use, e.g., the slice that the terminal is allowed to use may include the first slice. In a further embodiment, the network device may provide services to the traffic of the terminal through the first slice, so as to meet the needs of the terminal.

It should be noted that, the network device may also select a slice other than the first slice according to a specific situation to provide services for services of the terminal, and is not limited to the slice determined according to the slice information.

In some embodiments, the slice-related information may include only the measurement results of the slice association, e.g., the measurement results of the slice association include the measurement results of the terminal making MDT on the cell supporting the first slice. After the network device receives the report containing the slice-related information, the network device may determine that the terminal performs the MDT measurement result on the cell supporting the first slice according to the slice-related information in the report, and since the slice-related information may only include the measurement result associated with the slice and does not include the information of the slice, the first slice may not need to be indicated, and may be a default, for example, the request information sent by the network device is used for requesting the measurement result associated with the first slice, then the terminal may report the slice-related information, and the slice-related information only includes the measurement result and does not include the measurement result, and when the network device receives the slice-related information, it may determine that the measurement result included in the slice-related information is the measurement result associated with the first slice.

In a further embodiment, for example, the network device determines that the signal quality of the cell #1 supporting the first slice is relatively good according to the measurement result, and may instruct the terminal to access the cell #1 and provide services for the service of the terminal through the first slice in the cell # 1; for example, the network device determines that the signal quality of the cell #1 supporting the first slice is relatively poor according to the measurement result, and may instruct the terminal to access the cell #2 supporting the first slice with relatively good signal quality, and provide services for the service of the terminal through the first slice in the cell # 2.

It should be noted that, the network device may instruct the cell to which the terminal accesses according to the specific situation, and is not limited to the cell determined according to the measurement result.

In some embodiments, the slice-related information may include only the measurements of the slice association, e.g., the measurements of the slice association include measurements of the MDT by the terminal on cells that do not support the first slice. After the network device receives the report containing the slice-related information, the network device may determine that the terminal performs the MDT measurement result on the cell that does not support the first slice according to the slice-related information in the report, and since the slice-related information may only include the measurement result associated with the slice and does not include the slice information, the first slice may not need to be indicated, and may be a default, for example, the request information sent by the network device is used to request the measurement result associated with the first slice, the terminal may report the slice-related information, and the slice-related information only includes the measurement result and does not include the measurement result, and when the network device receives the slice-related information, it may determine that the measurement result included in the slice-related information is the measurement result associated with the first slice.

In a further embodiment, for example, the network device determines that the signal quality of the cell #1 that does not support the first slice is relatively good according to the measurement result, then the cell #1 may be deployed to support the first slice, so that the terminal may access the cell #1 that has relatively good signal quality and supports the first cell, and ensure good communication quality of the terminal.

It should be noted that, the network device may also deploy slices according to specific situations, and is not limited to deploying slices according to measurement results.

In some embodiments, the slice-related information may include information of the slice and measurements associated with the slice. The information, e.g., the slice, includes slice identification information, including S-nsai, for identifying a first slice desired by the terminal, e.g., the measurement results associated with the slice include measurement results of MDT by the terminal on a cell supporting the first slice.

After the network device receives the report containing the slice related information, the network device may determine, according to the slice related information in the report, a first slice desired by the terminal, and determine, according to the slice related information, a measurement result of MDT performed by the terminal on a cell supporting the first slice.

In a further embodiment, for example, the network device determines, according to the slice related information in the report, a first slice expected by the terminal, and determines, according to the measurement result, that the signal quality of the cell #1 supporting the first slice is relatively good, then the terminal may be instructed to access the cell #1, and service the service of the terminal through the first slice in the cell # 1; for example, the network device determines, according to the slice related information in the report, a first slice expected by the terminal, and determines, according to the measurement result, that the signal quality of the cell #1 supporting the first slice is relatively poor, then it may instruct the terminal to access the cell #2 with relatively good signal quality and supporting the first slice, and provide services for the service of the terminal through the first slice in the cell # 2.

It should be noted that, the network device may also select a slice other than the first slice according to a specific situation to provide services for services of the terminal, and is not limited to the slice determined according to the slice information. The network device may also instruct the cell to which the terminal accesses according to the specific situation, but is not limited to the cell determined according to the measurement result.

In some embodiments, the slice-related information may include information of the slice and measurements associated with the slice. The information, e.g., the slice, includes slice identification information, including S-nsai, for identifying a first slice desired by the terminal, e.g., the measurement results associated with the slice include measurement results of MDT by the terminal on cells not supporting the first slice.

After the network device receives the report containing the slice-related information, the network device may determine, according to the slice-related information in the report, a first slice desired by the terminal, and determine, according to the slice-related information, a measurement result of MDT performed by the terminal on a cell that does not support the first slice.

In a further embodiment, for example, the network device determines, according to the slice related information in the report, a first slice expected by the terminal, and determines, according to the measurement result, that the signal quality of the cell #1 that does not support the first slice is relatively good, then the cell #1 may be deployed to support the first slice, so that the terminal may access the cell #1 that has relatively good signal quality and supports the first cell, and ensure good communication quality for the terminal.

It should be noted that, the network device may also deploy slices according to specific situations, and is not limited to deploying slices according to measurement results.

In some embodiments, recording slice-related information in the reporting variable includes: determining that the first condition is met or receiving first indication information sent by the network equipment, and recording slice related information in a report variable.

For example, before the terminal records the slice-related information in the report variable, it may be determined whether first indication information sent by the network device is received, for example, the first indication information is used to instruct the terminal to record the slice-related information, or instruct the terminal to record the slice-related information in the report variable. In case it is determined that the first indication information is received, the terminal may record slice-related information in a report variable.

For example, before the terminal records the slice-related information in the report variable, it may be determined whether the first condition is satisfied, and in the case where it is determined that the first condition is satisfied, the terminal may record the slice-related information in the report variable.

In some embodiments, the network device may send the first indication information to the terminal in a logged minimization of drive tests (logged MDT) configuration. In response to receiving the first indication information, the terminal may record the first indication information in the configuration variable, and further record a measurement associated with the slice based on the first indication information.

In some embodiments, the first condition comprises at least one of: the terminal is successfully accessed into the cell; the terminal fails to access the cell.

For example, the first condition includes that the cell access is successful, then the terminal may record the slice related information in a reporting variable when the cell access is successful. For example, the cell associated with the first slice is cell #1, and the terminal may record the first slice related information in the report variable when the terminal successfully accesses cell # 1.

For example, the first condition includes a cell access failure, then the terminal may record slice-related information in a reporting variable when accessing the cell fails. For example, the cell associated with the first slice is cell #1, and the terminal may record the first slice related information in the report variable when the terminal fails to access cell # 1.

In some embodiments, the first indication information includes at least one of:

slice indication information for indicating the terminal to record the measurement result of slice association indicated by the slice indication information;

record configuration of slice-related information.

For example, the first indication information may include slice indication information, the slice indication information may indicate one or more slices, and the terminal may record a measurement result of slice association indicated by the slice indication information. For example, the slice indication information indicates the first slice, the terminal may determine a cell associated with the first slice, for example, cell #1, and further the terminal may record a measurement result of cell #1, for example, record information such as RSRP, RSSI, etc. obtained by MDT of cell # 1. According to the method, the network equipment can instruct the terminal to record the measurement result related to the specific slice through the slice indication information, so that the controllability of the network equipment on the recording operation of the terminal is improved.

For example, the first indication information may include a recording configuration of slice-related information. In some embodiments, the recording configuration of slice-related information includes at least one of: recording area information related to the slice; slice-related records trigger configuration.

The terminal can determine an area in which a recording operation needs to be performed according to the slice-related recording area information, and further can record the slice-related information in a report variable in the area.

The terminal can determine the configuration for triggering the recording operation according to the recording triggering configuration related to the slice. In some embodiments, the slice-related record triggering configuration includes at least one of: recording trigger event information related to slicing; slice-related records trigger time information.

The terminal can determine the event triggering the recording operation according to the recording triggering event information related to the slice, and further can record the information related to the slice in the report variable when the event occurs.

The terminal may determine, according to the slice-related recording trigger time information, a time at which the recording operation is triggered, and at this time (for example, one or more moments, for example, one or more lengths of time), the slice-related information may be recorded in a report variable.

In some embodiments, the event triggering the record operation may be protocol-agreed upon, or may be indicated by the network device. When the event triggering the recording operation is indicated by the network device, the network device may indicate a plurality of events triggering the recording operation to the terminal, and further may activate at least one event triggering the recording operation in the plurality of events triggering the recording operation, where the terminal may record the slice related information in the report variable when the activated event occurs.

In some embodiments, the event triggering the recording operation includes at least one of:

the current cell does not support the slicing required by the terminal;

slicing required by a terminal is supported by a current cell;

the measurement result measured in the current cell is higher than a threshold value;

the measurement result measured in the current cell is lower than a threshold value;

the measurement result measured in the current cell is equal to the threshold value;

the current cell's support case changes for the slice (e.g., change from supported to unsupported or from unsupported to supported for one or more slices);

information change of terminal slice (e.g., slice of terminal demand, slice of terminal use, slice of terminal support, etc.);

Cell change (e.g., a terminal handover from a first cell to a second cell, e.g., a terminal reselection from the first cell to the second cell).

It should be noted that, in some embodiments, the slice in which the current cell does not support the terminal requirement may be a slice in which the terminal determines that the current cell does not support the terminal requirement; the slice for supporting the terminal requirement of the current cell may be a slice for determining the terminal requirement of the current cell; the measurement result measured in the current cell is higher than the threshold value, which may be that the terminal determines that the measurement result measured in the current cell is higher than the threshold value; the measurement result measured in the current cell is lower than the threshold value, which may be that the terminal determines that the measurement result measured in the current cell is lower than the threshold value; the measurement result measured in the current cell is equal to the threshold value, and the terminal may determine that the measurement result measured in the current cell is equal to the threshold value.

In some embodiments, the recording trigger time information may be multiplexing existing recording trigger time information, and the terminal may record slice-related information in the reporting variable at an existing time of triggering the recording operation (e.g., a time of triggering recording SON measurement, e.g., a time of triggering recording MDT measurement); in some embodiments, the recording trigger time information may be newly defined recording trigger time information for slice-related information, and the terminal may record the slice-related information in the report variable at the newly defined time of triggering the recording operation.

In some embodiments, the information sending method further includes: an indication of availability of the slice-related information is sent to the network device.

The terminal may send an indication of availability of the slice-related information to the network device. For example, the availability indication of the slice related information may multiplex existing availability indications, for example, availability indications of multiplexed measurement results, for example availability indications of measurement configurations; for example, the availability indication of the slice related information may be a newly defined availability indication, for example, the availability indication of the slice related information may include both the slice related information and the availability indication. The availability indication may be used to indicate whether a measurement associated with a slice is available when the slice-related information includes a measurement associated with the slice, and may indicate whether a measurement associated with each slice is available when the slice-related information includes a cell measurement associated with each of the plurality of slices.

In some embodiments, the network device may receive an indication of availability of slice-related information. For example, in the case where the network device determines that the slice-related information is available according to the availability indication, the request information may be sent to the terminal, so that the terminal sends report slice-related information to the network device. For example, in the case that the network device determines that the slice-related information is not available according to the availability indication, it may not be necessary to send the request information to the terminal, so as to avoid wasting communication resources.

In some embodiments, the slice comprises at least one of: a single slice; grouping slices; all sections.

For example, the slice-related information may be information related to a single slice, e.g. information related to a particular slice, which the network device may determine by receiving the slice-related information, e.g. an identification of the particular slice, an indication of availability of the particular slice-related information, a cell measurement related to the particular slice, etc.

For example, the slice-related information may include information related to a plurality of slices, which may be characterized by a slice group, or by other means, such as by a plurality of S-NSSAIs. The network device may determine the relevant information for the plurality of slices by receiving the slice-related information, e.g., an identification of the plurality of slices, an indication of availability of the plurality of slice-related information, a cell measurement associated with the plurality of slices, etc.

For example, the slice-related information may include information related to all slices, and the network device may determine the information related to all slices by receiving the slice-related information, e.g., an identification of all slices, an indication of availability of the information related to all slices, cell measurements related to all slices, etc.

In some embodiments, transmitting a report containing slice-related information to a network device includes: and receiving request information (such as report request) sent by the network equipment, and sending the slice related information to the network equipment.

The terminal may send the slice-related information to the network device after receiving the request information sent by the network device, and may not need to send the slice-related information to the network device before receiving the request information sent by the network device. The network device may send request information to the terminal when the slice related information needs to be acquired, so that the terminal sends report slice related information to the network device.

It should be noted that, in some embodiments, the terminal may also send the slice related information to the network device if the terminal does not receive the request information.

In some embodiments, the request information is used to instruct the terminal to send the sliced information to the network device. In some embodiments, the request information is used to instruct the terminal to send the measurement results of slice association to the network device. In some embodiments, the request information is used to instruct the terminal to send the information of the slice and the measurement result of the slice association to the network device.

In some embodiments, in the case where the request information is at least for requesting the terminal to send the slice-associated measurement result to the network device, the request information is for instructing the terminal to send at least one of the following to the network device: reporting of measurement results associated with a single slice; reporting of measurement results associated with slice grouping; reporting of measurement results associated with all slices.

For example, the request information is used to request a report of the measurement results associated with a single slice, e.g., a single slice is a particular slice. After receiving the request information, the terminal can determine whether the measurement result of the slice association is recorded, and when the measurement result of the slice association is recorded, the measurement result of the slice association can be sent to the network device as the slice association information.

For example, the request information is used to request a report of measurements associated with a plurality of slices, which may be characterized by a slice group, or by other means, such as by a plurality of S-nsais. After receiving the request information, the terminal may determine whether a measurement result associated with any one of the plurality of slices is recorded, and when the measurement result associated with any one of the plurality of slices is recorded, may send the recorded measurement result associated with any one of the plurality of slices to the network device as slice association information.

For example, request information is used to request reporting of measurement results associated with all slices. After receiving the request information, the terminal may send the recorded measurement results associated with all slices to the network device as slice association information.

The granularity of the measurement result related to the slice transmitted by the terminal to the network device may be the same or different from the granularity of the measurement result related to the slice requested by the network device. In some embodiments, the measurement of slice association sent by the terminal to the network device may include a measurement of slice association requested by the network device.

For example, the measurement results of the slice association requested by the network device include measurement results of the first slice association, and the terminal may send the measurement results of the first slice association to the network device.

For example, the measurement results of the slice association requested by the network device include measurement results of the first slice association, e.g., measurement results associated by S-NSSAI # 1. The terminal may send a plurality of slice-associated measurements, e.g., nsag#1-associated measurements, to the network device. The nsag#1 may contain S-nsai#1, that is, the measurement result associated with nsag#1 sent by the terminal to the network device contains the measurement result associated with S-nsai#1 requested by the network device.

In some embodiments, the information sending method further includes: transmitting capability information to the network device, wherein the capability information is used to indicate at least one of: whether the terminal supports recording slice related information; whether the terminal supports reporting of slice related information.

The terminal may send capability information to the network device, where the capability information may indicate whether the terminal supports recording slice related information, or may indicate whether the terminal supports reporting slice related information.

The network device can determine whether the terminal supports recording slice related information or not according to the capability information by receiving the capability information sent by the terminal, and can also determine whether the terminal supports reporting slice related information or not according to the capability information.

In a second aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure provide an information receiving method. Fig. 4 is a schematic flow chart diagram illustrating an information receiving method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The information transmission method shown in the present embodiment may be performed by a network device.

As shown in fig. 4, the information receiving method may include the steps of:

in step S401, slice-related information transmitted by the terminal is received.

It should be noted that the embodiment shown in fig. 4 may be implemented independently or in combination with at least one other embodiment in the disclosure, and specifically may be selected as needed, which is not limited by the disclosure.

According to the embodiment of the disclosure, the terminal can record the slice related information and further send the slice related information to the network equipment. According to the method, the network equipment can relatively comprehensively determine the application condition of the slice to the terminal according to the slice related information, so that the slice is reasonably deployed, the method is suitable for providing services for the service of the terminal, and good communication effect of the service is ensured.

In some embodiments, slice-related information is included in the report.

In some embodiments, the terminal may perform a measurement operation, wherein the measurement operation includes at least one of: self-organizing networks (SON), minimization of Drive Tests (MDT). The terminal may then record the measurement results in the reporting variable, and subsequently may generate a report according to the measurement results in the reporting variable and send the report to the network device. The following embodiments mainly exemplify the technical solution of the present disclosure in the case that the measurement operation includes MDT, but in the embodiments involving MDT, MDT may be replaced with SON or with SON and MDT.

In some embodiments, the report may include slice-related information, i.e. the terminal may send the report carrying the slice-related information to the network device.

In some embodiments, the slice-related information is recorded in a reporting variable of the terminal. I.e. the terminal records slice related information, it may be that the slice related information is recorded in a reporting variable.

In the embodiment of the disclosure, the slice related information is carried in the report and sent to the network equipment, so that a separate piece of information is not needed to send the slice related information, which is beneficial to improving communication efficiency.

In some embodiments, the report may be included in a terminal information response (ueinfo response), including, for example, at least one of:

the EUTRA idle state measurement result measresultidleutra may be, for example, a measurement result recorded by the terminal in an idle state or a non-active (inactive) state according to a configuration instruction of a System Information Block (SIB) in the LTE system;

an NR (New Radio) idle state measurement result measresultidlesnr may be, for example, a measurement result recorded by a terminal in an idle state or an inactive state according to a configuration instruction of an SIB in an NR system;

log measurement report log measreport, e.g. based on logged minimization of drive test configuration recorded measurements;

connection establishment failure report connEstFailReport, e.g., measurement results recorded when connection establishment failed;

A random access report list ra-ReportList, such as random access information recorded when random access is successful;

a radio link failure Report rlf-Report, such as measurements recorded at radio line failure or handover failure;

mobility history report mobilityHistoryReport;

a handover success Report, successHO-Report, e.g., measurements recorded when the handover was successful;

a connection establishment failure report list connEstFailReportList, such as a list of reports recorded when connection establishment failed;

coarse location information coarseLocationInfo.

In some embodiments, the slice-related information includes at least one of: slicing information; slice-related measurements.

In some embodiments, the information of the slice includes at least one of: slice identification information; slice association information.

In some embodiments, the slice association information includes at least one of: slicing the associated region information; aging information associated with the slice; equivalent slice (also may be referred to as optional slice alternative slice) information for slice association.

In some embodiments, the slice identification information includes at least one of: single network slice selection assistance information (S-nsai), network slice access layer packet (NSAG) identification.

In some embodiments, the type of slice includes at least one of: slice of end requirements (e.g., requested NSSAI); slicing used by a terminal; slice desired (e.g., desired to be used) by the terminal; slicing supported by a terminal resident cell; the terminal camps on a slice not supported by the cell.

For example, slice identification information such as S-NSSAI, NSAG, NSSAI may be used to indicate at least one of: a slice supported by a terminal, a slice not supported by a terminal, a slice that is desired by a terminal (e.g., desired to be used), a slice that is not desired by a terminal (e.g., not desired to be used), a slice that is used by a terminal, a slice supported by a terminal-camping cell, a slice not supported by a terminal-camping cell.

For example, the terminal camping cell comprises at least one of: a terminal accesses a successful cell; the terminal accesses the failed cell.

In some embodiments, the measurement results associated with the slice include measurement results obtained by the terminal performing a measurement operation on the cell.

In some embodiments, the measurements associated with the slice include measurements of the terminal performing a measurement operation on a cell associated with the slice (e.g., the slice indicated by the information of the slice). Wherein, in some embodiments, the slice-associated cells comprise at least one of: a cell supporting slicing and a cell not supporting slicing.

For example, the type of measurement result includes at least one of: reference Signal Received Power (RSRP), received Signal Strength Indication (RSSI).

In some embodiments, the information of the slice is used to indicate at least one of: terminal-required slice, cell-supported slice, cell-unsupported slice, terminal-required and cell-supported slice, terminal-required and cell-unsupported slice.

In some embodiments, the measurement includes at least one of: measuring results of measuring the current cell; measuring results of measuring cells supporting terminal requirement slicing; measuring results of measuring cells which do not support terminal requirement slicing; the method comprises the steps of measuring a first cell, wherein the first cell supports a slice supported by a corresponding frequency point of the first cell; and measuring a second cell, wherein the second cell does not support the slice supported by the corresponding frequency point of the second cell. For example, a frequency bin may refer to an absolute radio channel number (ARFCN).

In some embodiments, the slice-related information may include only the information of the slice, e.g., the information of the slice includes slice identification information, e.g., slice identification information for identifying the first slice required by the terminal, e.g., requested nsai, requested NSAG, etc., e.g., the terminal may send the information including the slice-related information to the network device in a registration request.

In some embodiments, after receiving the report containing the slice-related information, the network device may determine the first slice desired by the terminal according to the slice-related information in the report. For example, the network may carry indication information in the registration request response for indicating the slice (e.g., allowed nsai) that the terminal is allowed to use, e.g., the slice that the terminal is allowed to use may include the first slice. In a further embodiment, the network device may provide services to the traffic of the terminal through the first slice, so as to meet the needs of the terminal.

It should be noted that, the network device may also select a slice other than the first slice according to a specific situation to provide services for services of the terminal, and is not limited to the slice determined according to the slice information.

In some embodiments, the slice-related information may include only the measurement results of the slice association, e.g., the measurement results of the slice association include the measurement results of the terminal making MDT on the cell supporting the first slice. After the network device receives the report containing the slice-related information, the network device may determine that the terminal performs the MDT measurement result on the cell supporting the first slice according to the slice-related information in the report, and since the slice-related information may only include the measurement result associated with the slice and does not include the information of the slice, the first slice may not need to be indicated, and may be a default, for example, the request information sent by the network device is used for requesting the measurement result associated with the first slice, then the terminal may report the slice-related information, and the slice-related information only includes the measurement result and does not include the measurement result, and when the network device receives the slice-related information, it may determine that the measurement result included in the slice-related information is the measurement result associated with the first slice.

In a further embodiment, for example, the network device determines that the signal quality of the cell #1 supporting the first slice is relatively good according to the measurement result, and may instruct the terminal to access the cell #1 and provide services for the service of the terminal through the first slice in the cell # 1; for example, the network device determines that the signal quality of the cell #1 supporting the first slice is relatively poor according to the measurement result, and may instruct the terminal to access the cell #2 supporting the first slice with relatively good signal quality, and provide services for the service of the terminal through the first slice in the cell # 2.

It should be noted that, the network device may instruct the cell to which the terminal accesses according to the specific situation, and is not limited to the cell determined according to the measurement result.

In some embodiments, the slice-related information may include only the measurements of the slice association, e.g., the measurements of the slice association include measurements of the MDT by the terminal on cells that do not support the first slice. After the network device receives the report containing the slice-related information, the network device may determine that the terminal performs the MDT measurement result on the cell that does not support the first slice according to the slice-related information in the report, and since the slice-related information may only include the measurement result associated with the slice and does not include the slice information, the first slice may not need to be indicated, and may be a default, for example, the request information sent by the network device is used to request the measurement result associated with the first slice, the terminal may report the slice-related information, and the slice-related information only includes the measurement result and does not include the measurement result, and when the network device receives the slice-related information, it may determine that the measurement result included in the slice-related information is the measurement result associated with the first slice.

In a further embodiment, for example, the network device determines that the signal quality of the cell #1 that does not support the first slice is relatively good according to the measurement result, then the cell #1 may be deployed to support the first slice, so that the terminal may access the cell #1 that has relatively good signal quality and supports the first cell, and ensure good communication quality of the terminal.

It should be noted that, the network device may also deploy slices according to specific situations, and is not limited to deploying slices according to measurement results.

In some embodiments, the slice-related information may include information of the slice and measurements associated with the slice. The information, e.g., the slice, includes slice identification information, including S-nsai, for identifying a first slice desired by the terminal, e.g., the measurement results associated with the slice include measurement results of MDT by the terminal on a cell supporting the first slice.

After the network device receives the report containing the slice related information, the network device may determine, according to the slice related information in the report, a first slice desired by the terminal, and determine, according to the slice related information, a measurement result of MDT performed by the terminal on a cell supporting the first slice.

In a further embodiment, for example, the network device determines, according to the slice related information in the report, a first slice expected by the terminal, and determines, according to the measurement result, that the signal quality of the cell #1 supporting the first slice is relatively good, then the terminal may be instructed to access the cell #1, and service the service of the terminal through the first slice in the cell # 1; for example, the network device determines, according to the slice related information in the report, a first slice expected by the terminal, and determines, according to the measurement result, that the signal quality of the cell #1 supporting the first slice is relatively poor, then it may instruct the terminal to access the cell #2 with relatively good signal quality and supporting the first slice, and provide services for the service of the terminal through the first slice in the cell # 2.

It should be noted that, the network device may also select a slice other than the first slice according to a specific situation to provide services for services of the terminal, and is not limited to the slice determined according to the slice information. The network device may also instruct the cell to which the terminal accesses according to the specific situation, but is not limited to the cell determined according to the measurement result.

In some embodiments, the slice-related information may include information of the slice and measurements associated with the slice. The information, e.g., the slice, includes slice identification information, including S-nsai, for identifying a first slice desired by the terminal, e.g., the measurement results associated with the slice include measurement results of MDT by the terminal on cells not supporting the first slice.

After the network device receives the report containing the slice-related information, the network device may determine, according to the slice-related information in the report, a first slice desired by the terminal, and determine, according to the slice-related information, a measurement result of MDT performed by the terminal on a cell that does not support the first slice.

In a further embodiment, for example, the network device determines, according to the slice related information in the report, a first slice expected by the terminal, and determines, according to the measurement result, that the signal quality of the cell #1 that does not support the first slice is relatively good, then the cell #1 may be deployed to support the first slice, so that the terminal may access the cell #1 that has relatively good signal quality and supports the first cell, and ensure good communication quality for the terminal.

It should be noted that, the network device may also deploy slices according to specific situations, and is not limited to deploying slices according to measurement results.

In some embodiments, the information receiving method further comprises: and sending first indication information to the terminal, wherein the first indication information is used for indicating the terminal to record the slice related information in the report variable.

For example, the network device may send first indication information to the terminal, instruct the terminal to record slice-related information through the first indication information, or instruct the terminal to record slice-related information in the report variable. Before the terminal records the slice-related information in the report variable, it may be determined whether the first indication information sent by the network device is received, and when it is determined that the first indication information is received, the terminal may record the slice-related information in the report variable.

In some embodiments, the network device may send the first indication information to the terminal in a logged minimization of drive tests (logged MDT) configuration. In response to receiving the first indication information, the terminal may record the first indication information in the configuration variable, and further record a measurement associated with the slice based on the first indication information.

In some embodiments, the first indication information includes at least one of:

slice indication information for indicating the terminal to record the measurement result of slice association indicated by the slice indication information;

record configuration of slice-related information.

For example, the first indication information may include slice indication information, the slice indication information may indicate one or more slices, and the terminal may record a measurement result of slice association indicated by the slice indication information. For example, the slice indication information indicates the first slice, the terminal may determine a cell associated with the first slice, for example, cell #1, and further the terminal may record a measurement result of cell #1, for example, record information such as RSRP, RSSI, etc. obtained by MDT of cell # 1. According to the method, the network equipment can instruct the terminal to record the measurement result related to the specific slice through the slice indication information, so that the controllability of the network equipment on the recording operation of the terminal is improved.

For example, the first indication information may include a recording configuration of slice-related information. In some embodiments, the recording configuration of slice-related information includes at least one of: recording area information related to the slice; slice-related records trigger configuration.

The terminal can determine an area in which a recording operation needs to be performed according to the slice-related recording area information, and further can record the slice-related information in a report variable in the area.

The terminal can determine the configuration for triggering the recording operation according to the recording triggering configuration related to the slice. In some embodiments, the slice-related record triggering configuration includes at least one of: recording trigger event information related to slicing; slice-related records trigger time information.

The terminal can determine the event triggering the recording operation according to the recording triggering event information related to the slice, and further can record the information related to the slice in the report variable when the event occurs.

The terminal may determine, according to the slice-related recording trigger time information, a time at which the recording operation is triggered, and at this time (for example, one or more moments, for example, one or more lengths of time), the slice-related information may be recorded in a report variable.

In some embodiments, the event triggering the record operation may be protocol-agreed upon, or may be indicated by the network device. When the event triggering the recording operation is indicated by the network device, the network device may indicate a plurality of events triggering the recording operation to the terminal, and further may activate at least one event triggering the recording operation in the plurality of events triggering the recording operation, where the terminal may record the slice related information in the report variable when the activated event occurs.

In some embodiments, the event triggering the recording operation includes at least one of:

the current cell does not support the slicing required by the terminal;

slicing required by a terminal is supported by a current cell;

the measurement result measured in the current cell is higher than a threshold value;

the measurement result measured in the current cell is lower than a threshold value;

the measurement result measured in the current cell is equal to the threshold value;

the current cell's support case changes for the slice (e.g., change from supported to unsupported or from unsupported to supported for one or more slices);

information change of terminal slice (e.g., slice of terminal demand, slice of terminal use, slice of terminal support, etc.);

cell change (e.g., a terminal handover from a first cell to a second cell, e.g., a terminal reselection from the first cell to the second cell).

It should be noted that, in some embodiments, the slice in which the current cell does not support the terminal requirement may be a slice in which the terminal determines that the current cell does not support the terminal requirement; the slice for supporting the terminal requirement of the current cell may be a slice for determining the terminal requirement of the current cell; the measurement result measured in the current cell is higher than the threshold value, which may be that the terminal determines that the measurement result measured in the current cell is higher than the threshold value; the measurement result measured in the current cell is lower than the threshold value, which may be that the terminal determines that the measurement result measured in the current cell is lower than the threshold value; the measurement result measured in the current cell is equal to the threshold value, and the terminal may determine that the measurement result measured in the current cell is equal to the threshold value.

In some embodiments, the recording trigger time information may be multiplexing existing recording trigger time information, and the terminal may record slice-related information in the reporting variable at an existing time of triggering the recording operation (e.g., a time of triggering recording SON measurement, e.g., a time of triggering recording MDT measurement); in some embodiments, the recording trigger time information may be newly defined recording trigger time information for slice-related information, and the terminal may record the slice-related information in the report variable at the newly defined time of triggering the recording operation.

In some embodiments, the information receiving method further comprises: and receiving an availability indication of the slice related information sent by the terminal.

The network device may receive an indication of availability of slice-related information sent by the terminal. For example, the availability indication of the slice related information may multiplex existing availability indications, for example, availability indications of multiplexed measurement results, for example availability indications of measurement configurations; for example, the availability indication of the slice related information may be a newly defined availability indication, for example, the availability indication of the slice related information may include both the slice related information and the availability indication. The availability indication may be used to indicate whether a measurement associated with a slice is available when the slice-related information includes a measurement associated with the slice, and may indicate whether a measurement associated with each slice is available when the slice-related information includes a cell measurement associated with each of the plurality of slices.

In some embodiments, the network device may receive an indication of availability of slice-related information. For example, in the case where the network device determines that the slice-related information is available according to the availability indication, the request information may be sent to the terminal, so that the terminal sends report slice-related information to the network device. For example, in the case that the network device determines that the slice-related information is not available according to the availability indication, it may not be necessary to send the request information to the terminal, so as to avoid wasting communication resources.

In some embodiments, the slice comprises at least one of: a single slice; grouping slices; all sections.

For example, the slice-related information may be information related to a single slice, e.g. information related to a particular slice, which the network device may determine by receiving the slice-related information, e.g. an identification of the particular slice, an indication of availability of the particular slice-related information, a cell measurement related to the particular slice, etc.

For example, the slice-related information may include information related to a plurality of slices, which may be characterized by a slice group, or by other means, such as by a plurality of S-NSSAIs. The network device may determine the relevant information for the plurality of slices by receiving the slice-related information, e.g., an identification of the plurality of slices, an indication of availability of the plurality of slice-related information, a cell measurement associated with the plurality of slices, etc.

For example, the slice-related information may include information related to all slices, and the network device may determine the information related to all slices by receiving the slice-related information, e.g., an identification of all slices, an indication of availability of the information related to all slices, cell measurements related to all slices, etc.

In some embodiments, the information receiving method further comprises: and sending request information to the terminal, wherein the request information is used for indicating the terminal to send the slice related information to the network equipment.

The network device may send request information to the terminal when the slice related information needs to be acquired, so that the terminal sends report slice related information to the network device. The terminal may send the slice-related information to the network device after receiving the request information sent by the network device, and may not need to send the slice-related information to the network device before receiving the request information sent by the network device.

It should be noted that, in some embodiments, the terminal may also send the slice related information to the network device if the terminal does not receive the request information.

In some embodiments, the request information is used to instruct the terminal to send the sliced information to the network device. In some embodiments, the request information is used to instruct the terminal to send the measurement results of slice association to the network device. In some embodiments, the request information is used to instruct the terminal to send the information of the slice and the measurement result of the slice association to the network device.

In some embodiments, in the case where the request information is at least for requesting the terminal to send the slice-associated measurement result to the network device, the request information is for instructing the terminal to send at least one of the following to the network device: reporting of measurement results associated with a single slice; reporting of measurement results associated with slice grouping; reporting of measurement results associated with all slices.

For example, the request information is used to request a report of the measurement results associated with a single slice, e.g., a single slice is a particular slice. After receiving the request information, the terminal can determine whether the measurement result of the slice association is recorded, and when the measurement result of the slice association is recorded, the measurement result of the slice association can be sent to the network device as the slice association information.

For example, the measurement results of the slice association requested by the network device include measurement results of the first slice association, e.g., measurement results associated by S-NSSAI # 1. The terminal may send a plurality of slice-associated measurements, e.g., nsag#1-associated measurements, to the network device. The nsag#1 may contain S-nsai#1, that is, the measurement result associated with nsag#1 sent by the terminal to the network device contains the measurement result associated with S-nsai#1 requested by the network device.

In some embodiments, the information receiving method further comprises: receiving capability information sent by a terminal, wherein the capability information is used for indicating at least one of the following: whether the terminal supports recording slice related information; whether the terminal supports reporting of slice related information.

The terminal may send capability information to the network device, where the capability information may indicate whether the terminal supports recording slice related information, or may indicate whether the terminal supports reporting slice related information.

The network device can determine whether the terminal supports recording slice related information or not according to the capability information by receiving the capability information sent by the terminal, and can also determine whether the terminal supports reporting slice related information or not according to the capability information.

In some embodiments, the names of information and the like are not limited to the names described in the embodiments, and terms such as "information", "message", "signal", "signaling", "report", "configuration", "instruction", "command", "channel", "parameter", "field", "symbol", "codebook", "code word", "code point", "bit", "data", "program", "chip", and the like may be replaced with each other.

In some embodiments, terms such as "time of day," "point of time," "time location," and the like may be interchanged, and terms such as "duration," "period," "time window," "time," and the like may be interchanged.

In some embodiments, terms of "component carrier (component carrier, CC)", "cell", "frequency carrier (frequency carrier)", "carrier frequency (carrier frequency)", and the like may be interchanged.

In some embodiments, "acquire," "obtain," "receive," "transmit," "bi-directional transmit," "send and/or receive" may be used interchangeably and may be interpreted as receiving from other principals, acquiring from protocols, acquiring from higher layers, processing itself, autonomous implementation, etc.

In some embodiments, terms such as "send," "transmit," "report," "send," "transmit," "bi-directional," "send and/or receive," and the like may be used interchangeably.

The present disclosure also provides embodiments of a terminal and a network device, corresponding to the foregoing embodiments of the information transmission method and the information reception method.

The embodiment of the disclosure also provides a terminal, which comprises: one or more processors; the terminal is configured to execute the information sending method according to the first aspect and the optional embodiments of the first aspect.

Fig. 5 is a schematic block diagram of a terminal shown in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in fig. 5, the terminal includes a recording module 501 and a transmitting module 502.

In some embodiments, the recording module is configured to record slice-related information.

In some embodiments, the transmitting module is configured to transmit the slice-related information to a network device.

In some embodiments, the slice-related information is included in a report.

In some embodiments, the recording module is configured to record the slice-related information in a reporting variable.

In some embodiments, the recording module is configured to determine that the terminal satisfies a first condition or the terminal receives first indication information sent by the network device, and record the slice related information in a reporting variable.

In some embodiments, the first condition includes at least one of: the terminal is successfully accessed into the cell; the terminal fails to access the cell.

In some embodiments, the first indication information includes at least one of: slice indication information, which is used for indicating the terminal to record the measurement result of slice association indicated by the slice indication information; and recording configuration of the slice related information.

In some embodiments, the recording configuration of slice-related information includes at least one of: recording area information related to the slice; slice-related records trigger configuration.

In some embodiments, the slice-related record trigger configuration comprises at least one of: recording trigger event information related to slicing; slice-related records trigger time information.

In some embodiments, the slice-related information includes at least one of: slicing information; slice-related measurements.

In some embodiments, the information of the slice includes at least one of: slice identification information; slice association information.

In some embodiments, the slice association information includes at least one of: slicing the associated region information; aging information associated with the slice; equivalent slice information for slice association.

In some embodiments, the sending module is further configured to send an indication of availability of the slice-related information to the network device.

In some embodiments, the slice comprises at least one of: a single slice; grouping slices; all sections.

In some embodiments, the terminal further includes a receiving module, configured to receive the request information sent by the network device, where the sending module may send the slice related information to the network device after receiving the request information.

In some embodiments, the request information is for instructing the terminal to send at least one of the following to a network device: reporting of measurement results associated with a single slice; reporting of measurement results associated with slice grouping; reporting of measurement results associated with all slices.

In some embodiments, the type of slice comprises at least one of: slicing the terminal requirement; slicing used by a terminal; slicing supported by the terminal resident cell; the terminal camps on a slice not supported by the cell.

In some embodiments, the sending module is further configured to send capability information to the network device, where the capability information is configured to indicate at least one of: whether the terminal supports recording the slice related information; and whether the terminal supports reporting the slice related information or not.

It should be noted that, the modules included in the terminal are not limited to the modules described in the above embodiments, and may also include other modules, such as a storage module, a display module, and the like.

The embodiment of the disclosure also proposes a network device, including: one or more processors; the network device is configured to perform the information receiving method according to the second aspect and optional embodiments of the second aspect.

Fig. 6 is a schematic block diagram of a network equipment apparatus shown according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in fig. 6, the network device receives a module 601.

In some embodiments, the receiving module is configured to receive slice-related information sent by the terminal.

In some embodiments, the slice-related information is included in a report.

In some embodiments, the slice-related information is recorded in a reporting variable of the terminal.

In some embodiments, the network device further comprises: and the sending module is used for sending first indication information to the terminal, wherein the first indication information is used for indicating the terminal to record the slice related information in a report variable.

In some embodiments, the first indication information includes at least one of: slice indication information, which is used for indicating the terminal to record the measurement result of slice association indicated by the slice indication information; and recording configuration of the slice related information.

In some embodiments, the recording configuration of slice-related information includes at least one of: recording area information related to the slice; slice-related records trigger configuration.

In some embodiments, the slice-related record trigger configuration comprises at least one of: recording trigger event information related to slicing; slice-related records trigger time information.

In some embodiments, the slice-related information includes at least one of: slicing information; slice-related measurements.

In some embodiments, the information of the slice includes at least one of: slice identification information; slice association information.

In some embodiments, the slice association information includes at least one of: slicing the associated region information; aging information associated with the slice; equivalent slice information for slice association.

In some embodiments, the receiving module is further configured to receive an indication of availability of the slice-related information sent by the terminal.

In some embodiments, the slice comprises at least one of: a single slice; grouping slices; all sections.

In some embodiments, the network device further includes a sending module configured to send request information to a terminal, where the request information is used to instruct the terminal to send the slice related information to the network device.

In some embodiments, the request information is for instructing the terminal to send at least one of the following to a network device: reporting of measurement results associated with a single slice; reporting of measurement results associated with slice grouping; reporting of measurement results associated with all slices.

In some embodiments, the type of slice comprises at least one of: slicing the terminal requirement; slicing used by a terminal; slicing supported by the terminal resident cell; the terminal camps on a slice not supported by the cell.

In some embodiments, the receiving module is further configured to receive capability information sent by the terminal, where the capability information is used to indicate at least one of: whether the terminal supports recording the slice related information; and whether the terminal supports reporting the slice related information or not.

For the device embodiments, reference is made to the description of the method embodiments for the relevant points, since they essentially correspond to the method embodiments. The apparatus embodiments described above are merely illustrative, wherein the modules illustrated as separate components may or may not be physically separate, and the components shown as modules may or may not be physical, i.e., may be located in one place, or may be distributed over a plurality of network modules. Some or all of the modules may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of this embodiment. Those of ordinary skill in the art will understand and implement the present invention without undue burden.

Embodiments of the present disclosure also provide a communication device including: one or more processors; wherein the processor is configured to invoke instructions to cause the communication device to perform the information sending method according to the first aspect, the optional embodiments of the first aspect, and/or the information receiving method according to the second aspect, the optional embodiments of the second aspect.

Embodiments of the present disclosure also propose a communication system, including a terminal configured to implement the information sending method according to the optional embodiments of the first aspect and the first aspect, and a network device configured to implement the information receiving method according to the optional embodiments of the second aspect and the second aspect.

Embodiments of the present disclosure also propose a storage medium storing instructions that, when executed on a communication device, cause the communication device to perform the information transmission method of the first aspect, the optional embodiments of the first aspect, and/or the information reception method of the second aspect, the optional embodiments of the second aspect.

The embodiments of the present disclosure also provide an apparatus for implementing any of the above methods, for example, an apparatus is provided, where the apparatus includes a unit or a module for implementing each step performed by the terminal in any of the above methods. For another example, another apparatus is also proposed, which includes a unit or module configured to implement steps performed by a network device (e.g., an access network device, a core network function node, a core network device, etc.) in any of the above methods.

It should be understood that the division of each unit or module in the above apparatus is merely a division of a logic function, and may be fully or partially integrated into one physical entity or may be physically separated when actually implemented. Furthermore, units or modules in the apparatus may be implemented in the form of processor-invoked software: the device comprises, for example, a processor, the processor being connected to a memory, the memory having instructions stored therein, the processor invoking the instructions stored in the memory to perform any of the methods or to perform the functions of the units or modules of the device, wherein the processor is, for example, a general purpose processor, such as a central processing unit (Central Processing Unit, CPU) or microprocessor, and the memory is internal to the device or external to the device. Alternatively, the units or modules in the apparatus may be implemented in the form of hardware circuits, and part or all of the functions of the units or modules may be implemented by designing hardware circuits, which may be understood as one or more processors; for example, in one implementation, the hardware circuit is an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), and the functions of some or all of the units or modules are implemented by designing the logic relationships of elements in the circuit; for another example, in another implementation, the above hardware circuit may be implemented by a programmable logic device (programmable logic device, PLD), for example, a field programmable gate array (Field Programmable Gate Array, FPGA), which may include a large number of logic gates, and the connection relationship between the logic gates is configured by a configuration file, so as to implement the functions of some or all of the above units or modules. All units or modules of the above device may be realized in the form of invoking software by a processor, or in the form of hardware circuits, or in part in the form of invoking software by a processor, and in the rest in the form of hardware circuits.

In the disclosed embodiments, the processor is a circuit with signal processing capabilities, and in one implementation, the processor may be a circuit with instruction reading and running capabilities, such as a central processing unit (Central Processing Unit, CPU), microprocessor, graphics processor (graphics processing unit, GPU) (which may be understood as a microprocessor), or digital signal processor (digital signal processor, DSP), etc.; in another implementation, the processor may implement a function through a logical relationship of hardware circuits that are fixed or reconfigurable, e.g., a hardware circuit implemented as an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) or a programmable logic device (programmable logic device, PLD), such as an FPGA. In the reconfigurable hardware circuit, the processor loads the configuration document, and the process of implementing the configuration of the hardware circuit may be understood as a process of loading instructions by the processor to implement the functions of some or all of the above units or modules. Furthermore, hardware circuits designed for artificial intelligence may be used, which may be understood as ASICs, such as neural network processing units (Neural Network Processing Unit, NPU), tensor processing units (Tensor Processing Unit, TPU), deep learning processing units (Deep learning Processing Unit, DPU), etc.

Fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device 7100 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The communication device 7100 may be a network device (e.g., an access network device, a core network device, etc.), a terminal (e.g., a user device, etc.), a chip system, a processor, etc. that supports the network device to implement any of the above methods, or a chip, a chip system, a processor, etc. that supports the terminal to implement any of the above methods. The communication device 7100 may be used to implement the methods described in the above method embodiments, and may be referred to in particular in the description of the above method embodiments.

As shown in fig. 7, the communication device 7100 includes one or more processors 7101. The processor 7101 may be a general-purpose processor or a special-purpose processor, etc., and may be, for example, a baseband processor or a central processing unit. The baseband processor may be used to process communication protocols and communication data, and the central processor may be used to control communication devices (e.g., base stations, baseband chips, terminal devices, terminal device chips, DUs or CUs, etc.), execute programs, and process data for the programs. The processor 7101 is operable to invoke instructions to cause the communication device 7100 to perform any of the above methods.

In some embodiments, the communication device 7100 also includes one or more memories 7102 for storing instructions. Alternatively, all or part of the memory 7102 may be external to the communication device 7100.

In some embodiments, the communication device 7100 also includes one or more transceivers 7103. When the communication device 7100 includes one or more transceivers 7103, communication steps such as transmission and reception in the above method are performed by the transceivers 7103, and other steps are performed by the processor 7101.

In some embodiments, the transceiver may include a receiver and a transmitter, which may be separate or integrated. Alternatively, terms such as transceiver, transceiver unit, transceiver circuit, etc. may be replaced with each other, terms such as transmitter, transmitter circuit, etc. may be replaced with each other, and terms such as receiver, receiving unit, receiver, receiving circuit, etc. may be replaced with each other.

Optionally, the communication device 7100 further comprises one or more interface circuits 7104, the interface circuits 7104 being connected to the memory 7102, the interface circuits 7104 being operable to receive signals from the memory 7102 or other means, and being operable to transmit signals to the memory 7102 or other means. For example, the interface circuit 7104 may read an instruction stored in the memory 7102 and send the instruction to the processor 7101.

The communication device 7100 in the above embodiment description may be a network device or a terminal, but the scope of the communication device 7100 described in the present disclosure is not limited thereto, and the structure of the communication device 7100 may not be limited by fig. 7. The communication device may be a stand-alone device or may be part of a larger device. For example, the communication device may be: 1) A stand-alone integrated circuit IC, or chip, or a system-on-a-chip or subsystem; (2) A set of one or more ICs, optionally including storage means for storing data, programs; (3) an ASIC, such as a Modem (Modem); (4) modules that may be embedded within other devices; (5) A receiver, a terminal device, an intelligent terminal device, a cellular phone, a wireless device, a handset, a mobile unit, a vehicle-mounted device, a network device, a cloud device, an artificial intelligent device, and the like; (6) others, and so on.

Fig. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a chip 8200 according to an embodiment of the disclosure. For the case where the communication device 7100 may be a chip or a chip system, reference may be made to a schematic structural diagram of the chip 8200 illustrated in fig. 8, but is not limited thereto.

The chip 8200 includes one or more processors 8201, the processors 8201 being configured to invoke instructions to cause the chip 8200 to perform any of the methods described above.

In some embodiments, the chip 8200 further includes one or more interface circuits 8202, the interface circuits 8202 being coupled to the memory 8203, the interface circuits 8202 being operable to receive signals from the memory 8203 or other devices, the interface circuits 8202 being operable to provide signals to the memory

8203 or other means. For example, the interface circuit 8202 may read instructions stored in the memory 8203 and send the instructions to the processor 8201. Alternatively, the terms interface circuit, interface, transceiver pin, transceiver, etc. may be interchanged.

In some embodiments, chip 8200 further includes one or more memories 8203 for storing instructions. Alternatively, all or part of the memory 8203 may be external to the chip 8200.

The present disclosure also proposes a storage medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed on a communication device 7100, cause the communication device 7100 to perform any of the above methods. Optionally, the storage medium is an electronic storage medium. Alternatively, the storage medium described above is a computer-readable storage medium, but is not limited thereto, and it may be a storage medium readable by other devices. Alternatively, the above-described storage medium may be a non-transitory (non-transitory) storage medium, but is not limited thereto, and it may also be a transitory storage medium.

The present disclosure also proposes a program product which, when executed by a communication device 7100, causes the communication device 7100 to perform any of the above methods. Optionally, the above-described program product is a computer program product.

The present disclosure also proposes a computer program which, when run on a computer, causes the computer to perform any of the above methods.

Claims (38)

1. An information transmission method, characterized by being executed by a terminal, the method comprising:

recording slice related information;

and sending the slice related information to network equipment.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the slice-related information is included in a report.

3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the recording slice-related information comprises:

the slice-related information is recorded in a reporting variable.

4. A method according to claim 3, wherein recording slice-related information in a reporting variable comprises:

and determining that the terminal meets a first condition or the terminal receives first indication information sent by network equipment, and recording the slice related information in a report variable.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the first condition comprises at least one of:

The terminal is successfully accessed into the cell;

the terminal fails to access the cell.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the first indication information comprises at least one of:

slice indication information, which is used for indicating the terminal to record the measurement result of slice association indicated by the slice indication information;

and recording configuration of the slice related information.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the recording configuration of slice-related information comprises at least one of:

recording area information related to the slice;

slice-related records trigger configuration.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the slice-related record triggering configuration comprises at least one of:

recording trigger event information related to slicing;

slice-related records trigger time information.

9. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the slice-related information comprises at least one of:

slicing information;

slice-related measurements.

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

slice identification information;

Slice association information.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the slice association information comprises at least one of:

slicing the associated region information;

aging information associated with the slice;

equivalent slice information for slice association.

12. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 11, further comprising:

and sending an availability indication of the slice related information to the network device.

13. The method of any one of claims 1 to 12, wherein the slicing comprises at least one of:

a single slice;

grouping slices;

all sections.

14. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 13, wherein said transmitting the slice-related information to a network device comprises:

and receiving the request information sent by the network equipment, and sending the slice related information to the network equipment.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the request information is used to instruct the terminal to send at least one of:

reporting of measurement results associated with a single slice;

reporting of measurement results associated with slice grouping;

Reporting of measurement results associated with all slices.

16. The method of any one of claims 1 to 15, wherein the type of slice comprises at least one of:

slicing the terminal requirement;

slicing used by a terminal;

slicing supported by the terminal resident cell;

the terminal camps on a slice not supported by the cell.

17. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 16, further comprising:

transmitting capability information to the network device, wherein the capability information is used for indicating at least one of the following: whether the terminal supports recording the slice related information; and whether the terminal supports reporting the slice related information or not.

18. An information receiving method, the method comprising:

and receiving the slice related information sent by the terminal.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the slice-related information is included in a report.

20. A method according to claim 18 or 19, characterized in that the slice related information is recorded in a reporting variable of the terminal.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein the method further comprises:

And sending first indication information to the terminal, wherein the first indication information is used for indicating the terminal to record the slice related information in a report variable.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein the first indication information comprises at least one of:

slice indication information, which is used for indicating the terminal to record the measurement result of slice association indicated by the slice indication information;

and recording configuration of the slice related information.

23. The method of claim 22, wherein the recording configuration of slice-related information comprises at least one of:

recording area information related to the slice;

slice-related records trigger configuration.

24. The method of claim 23, wherein the slice-related record triggering configuration comprises at least one of:

recording trigger event information related to slicing;

slice-related records trigger time information.

25. The method according to any one of claims 18 to 24, wherein the slice-related information comprises at least one of:

slicing information;

slice-related measurements.

26. The method of claim 25, wherein the slice information comprises at least one of:

Slice identification information;

slice association information.

27. The method of claim 26, wherein the slice association information comprises at least one of:

slicing the associated region information;

aging information associated with the slice;

equivalent slice information for slice association.

28. The method according to any one of claims 18 to 27, further comprising:

and receiving an availability indication of the slice related information sent by the terminal.

29. The method of any one of claims 18 to 28, wherein the slicing comprises at least one of:

a single slice;

grouping slices;

all sections.

30. The method according to any one of claims 28 to 29, further comprising:

and sending request information to a terminal, wherein the request information is used for indicating the terminal to send the slice related information to network equipment.

31. The method of claim 30, wherein the request information is used to instruct the terminal to send at least one of:

reporting of measurement results associated with a single slice;

reporting of measurement results associated with slice grouping;

Reporting of measurement results associated with all slices.

32. The method of any one of claims 18 to 31, wherein the type of slice comprises at least one of:

slicing the terminal requirement;

slicing used by a terminal;

slicing supported by the terminal resident cell;

the terminal camps on a slice not supported by the cell.

33. The method according to any one of claims 18 to 32, further comprising:

receiving capability information sent by the terminal, wherein the capability information is used for indicating at least one of the following: whether the terminal supports recording the slice related information; and whether the terminal supports reporting the slice related information or not.

34. A terminal, comprising:

one or more processors;

wherein the terminal is configured to perform the information transmission method of any one of claims 1 to 17.

35. A network device, comprising:

one or more processors;

wherein the network device is configured to perform the information receiving method of any one of claims 18-33.

36. A communication device, comprising:

One or more processors;

wherein the processor is configured to invoke instructions to cause the communication device to perform the information transmission method of any of claims 1-17, and/or the information reception method of any of claims 18-33.

37. A communication system comprising a terminal configured to implement the information transmission method of any one of claims 1-17, a network device configured to implement the information reception method of any one of claims 18-33.

38. A storage medium storing instructions that, when executed on a communication device, cause the communication device to perform the information transmission method of any one of claims 1-17, and/or the information reception method of any one of claims 18-33.