CN117793614A

CN117793614A - Information processing method, information processing device, computer storage medium and communication equipment

Info

Publication number: CN117793614A
Application number: CN202211191171.8A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 秦鹏太
Original assignee: China Mobile Communications Group Co Ltd; China Mobile Communications Ltd Research Institute
Current assignee: China Mobile Communications Group Co Ltd; China Mobile Communications Ltd Research Institute
Priority date: 2022-09-28
Filing date: 2022-09-28
Publication date: 2024-03-29

Abstract

The embodiment of the invention discloses an information processing method, an information processing device, a computer storage medium and communication equipment, wherein the method comprises the following steps: the method comprises the steps that a first network function receives first information sent by a second network function, wherein the first information comprises first position information obtained by positioning a plurality of terminals by access network equipment and/or terminals; the first network function sends second information to a position service request party, wherein the second information comprises positioning information of a plurality of terminals, and the positioning information of the plurality of terminals at least comprises absolute position information corresponding to each terminal in the plurality of terminals and/or relative position information among the terminals; the positioning information is determined based on the first information.

Description

Information processing method, information processing device, computer storage medium and communication equipment

Technical Field

The present invention relates to the field of wireless communications technologies, and in particular, to an information processing method, an information processing apparatus, a computer storage medium, and a communication device.

Background

Currently, the third generation partnership project (3GPP,3rd Generation Partnership Project) supports the positioning of a single positioning object (terminal), as well as the measurement of the relative position information of the positioning object with respect to a positioning measurement base station. However, when a plurality of positioning objects appear in a certain area of the network, a positioning process is performed on the plurality of positioning objects, respectively, and providing associated position information between the plurality of positioning objects is not supported.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to solve the existing technical problems, the embodiment of the invention provides an information processing method, an information processing device, a computer storage medium and communication equipment.

In order to achieve the above object, the technical solution of the embodiment of the present invention is as follows:

in a first aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides an information processing method, including:

the method comprises the steps that a first network function receives first information sent by a second network function, wherein the first information comprises first position information obtained by positioning a plurality of terminals by access network equipment and/or terminals;

the first network function sends second information to a position service request party, wherein the second information comprises positioning information of a plurality of terminals, and the positioning information of the plurality of terminals at least comprises absolute position information corresponding to each terminal in the plurality of terminals and/or relative position information among the terminals; the positioning information is determined based on the first information.

In the above scheme, the method further comprises: the first network function receives a first message sent by the location service requester, where the first message is used for requesting positioning of the plurality of terminals.

In the above solution, the first message includes at least one of the following: identification information, positioning accuracy requirements and positioning service types of each of the plurality of terminals.

In the above scheme, the method further comprises: the first network function determines positioning information of the plurality of terminals based on the first location information.

In the above scheme, the method further comprises: the first network function sends a second message to the second network function, the second message being used to request acquisition of the first location information.

In the above scheme, the second message at least includes identification information and/or positioning accuracy requirements of each terminal in the plurality of terminals.

In the above scheme, the absolute position information includes three-dimensional data of an absolute position; the relative position information includes three-dimensional data of the relative position and/or the relative distance.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides an information processing method, including:

the second network function receives third information sent by the access network equipment, and determines first information based on the third information; the first information comprises first position information obtained by positioning a plurality of terminals by access network equipment and/or terminals;

the second network function sends the first information to a first network function; the first information is used for determining positioning information of the plurality of terminals by the first network function, and the positioning information of the plurality of terminals at least comprises absolute position information corresponding to each terminal in the plurality of terminals and/or relative position information among the terminals.

In the above scheme, the method further comprises: the second network function receives a second message sent by the first network function, where the second message is used to request to acquire the first location information.

In the above scheme, the method further comprises: the second network function sends a third message to the access network device, where the third message is used to request to acquire the first location information.

In the above solution, the third message includes at least one of the following: the method comprises the steps of identifying information, positioning accuracy requirements, positioning modes and positioning execution time requirements of each terminal in the plurality of terminals.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides an information processing method, including:

the access network equipment sends third information to the second network function, wherein the third information is used for determining the first information by the second network function; the first information comprises first position information obtained by the access network equipment and/or the terminal positioning a plurality of terminals; the first position information is used for determining positioning information of the plurality of terminals, and the positioning information of the plurality of terminals at least comprises absolute position information corresponding to each terminal in the plurality of terminals and/or relative position information among the terminals.

In the above scheme, the method further comprises: and the access network equipment receives a third message sent by the second network function, wherein the third message is used for requesting to acquire the first position information.

In the above scheme, the method further comprises: the access network equipment sends a fourth message to the first terminal, wherein the fourth message is used for requesting to locate with the first terminal; and/or the access network equipment sends a fifth message to the first terminal, wherein the fifth message is used for requesting the first terminal and the second terminal to locate; the first terminal is any one of the plurality of terminals, and the second terminal is any one or more terminals except the first terminal.

In the above solution, the fifth message includes identification information of the second terminal.

In the above scheme, the method further comprises: the access network equipment receives first positioning data and/or second positioning data sent by the first terminal; the first positioning data are data obtained by positioning the access network equipment and the first terminal, and the second positioning data are data obtained by positioning the first terminal and the second terminal; the first location information is determined based on the first location data and/or second location data.

In the above scheme, the second positioning data at least includes relative position information between the first terminal and the second terminal.

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides an information processing apparatus, which is applied to a first network function; the device comprises a first communication unit, a second communication unit and a first network function, wherein the first communication unit is used for receiving first information sent by the second network function, and the first information comprises first position information obtained by positioning a plurality of terminals by access network equipment and/or terminals;

the first communication unit is further configured to send second information to a location service requester, where the second information includes positioning information of the plurality of terminals, and the positioning information of the plurality of terminals includes at least absolute location information corresponding to each terminal and/or relative location information between each terminal in the plurality of terminals; the positioning information is determined based on the first information.

In the above solution, the first communication unit is further configured to receive a first message sent by the location service requester, where the first message is used to request positioning of the plurality of terminals.

In the above scheme, the device further comprises a first processing unit, configured to determine positioning information of the plurality of terminals based on the first location information.

In the above solution, the first communication unit is further configured to send a second message to the second network function, where the second message is used to request to obtain the first location information.

In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides an information processing apparatus, which is applied to a second network function; the device comprises a second communication unit and a second processing unit; wherein,

the second communication unit is used for receiving the first information sent by the access network equipment;

the second processing unit is configured to determine first information based on the third information, where the first information includes first location information obtained by positioning a plurality of terminals by an access network device and/or a terminal;

The second communication unit is further configured to send the first information to a first network function; the first information is used for determining positioning information of the plurality of terminals by the first network function, and the positioning information of the plurality of terminals at least comprises absolute position information corresponding to each terminal in the plurality of terminals and/or relative position information among the terminals.

In the above solution, the second communication unit is further configured to receive a second message sent by the first network function, where the second message is used to request to obtain the first location information.

In the above solution, the second communication unit is further configured to send a third message to the access network device, where the third message is used to request to obtain the first location information.

In a sixth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides an information processing apparatus, which is applied to an access network device; the device comprises a third communication unit, a first communication unit and a second communication unit, wherein the third communication unit is used for sending third information to a second network function, and the third information is used for determining the first information by the second network function; the first information comprises first position information obtained by the access network equipment and/or the terminal positioning a plurality of terminals; the first position information is used for determining positioning information of the plurality of terminals, and the positioning information of the plurality of terminals at least comprises absolute position information corresponding to each terminal in the plurality of terminals and/or relative position information among the terminals.

In the above solution, the third communication unit is further configured to receive a third message sent by the second network function, where the third message is used to request to obtain the first location information.

In the above scheme, the third communication unit is further configured to send a fourth message to the first terminal, where the fourth message is used to request positioning with the first terminal; and/or the third communication unit is further configured to send a fifth message to the first terminal, where the fifth message is used to request the first terminal to locate with the second terminal; the first terminal is any one of the plurality of terminals, and the second terminal is any one or more terminals except the first terminal.

In the above scheme, the third communication unit is further configured to receive the first positioning data and/or the second positioning data sent by the first terminal; the first positioning data are data obtained by positioning the access network equipment and the first terminal, and the second positioning data are data obtained by positioning the first terminal and the second terminal; the apparatus further comprises a third processing unit for determining the first location information based on the first location data and/or the second location data.

In a seventh aspect, embodiments of the present invention provide a computer readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer program which when executed by a processor performs the steps of the method of the first, second or third aspects described above.

In an eighth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a communication device comprising a memory, a processor and a computer program stored on the memory and executable on the processor, the processor implementing the steps of the method of the first, second or third aspects described above when the program is executed.

The embodiment of the invention provides an information processing method, an information processing device, a computer storage medium and communication equipment, wherein a first network function supports acquisition of position information of a plurality of terminals from a plurality of data sources, can be positioning information from access network equipment or positioning information reported from a terminal side, and can provide position services for a plurality of positioning objects simultaneously by fusing the position information of the plurality of terminals, so that user fusion positioning and ranging based on a mobile communication network are realized, and in addition, fusion positioning of the position information associated with the plurality of terminals is supported, positioning data can be reported in a form of relative position information, and the information security is improved.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a network architecture for providing location services (LCS, location Services) by a fifth generation core network (5GC,5G Core Network);

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of information processing according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a second flow chart of an information processing method according to an embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a third embodiment of an information processing method according to the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic flow chart of an embodiment of an information processing scheme applied to a New air interface (NR) system;

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing the structure of an information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram showing a second configuration of an information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of a third embodiment of an information processing apparatus;

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

Detailed Description

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a network architecture for providing LCS by 5 GC. Wherein the location management function (LMF, location Management Function) can support at least one of the following capabilities: calculating a Local Location (Local Location) of a terminal (UE, user Equipment); initiating a positioning procedure based on the timed local time (Schedule Location Time); a plurality of LCS quality of service (QoS, quality of Service) or accuracy (accuracies) location calculations, wherein the most stringent accuracy location is preferentially calculated; storing terminal positioning information; etc.

The LMF may enable interaction with other network elements through a gateway mobile location center (GMLC, gateway Mobile Location Center). Wherein the GMLC may receive a location service subscription from a location services requester (LCS Client), which may be an internal or external network element of the core network; the GMLC may also connect to a network open function (NEF, network Exposure Function) that provides location services to 5GC external third party application functions (AF, application Function) based on the NEF.

In the related art, a terminal accesses a radio access network (RAN, radio Access Network) through a Uu interface, and can report a positioning measurement signal in a radio resource control (RRC, radio Resource Control) INACTIVE (INACTIVE) state, and the RAN supports receiving the positioning measurement signal reported by the terminal in RRC INACTIVE. The access and mobility management function (AMF, access and Mobility Management Function) is responsible for access authentication, mobility management, signaling interaction between functional network elements, etc. of the terminal, and may also support preserving location information of the terminal. The LMF in the related art supports only positioning of a single terminal object and only measurement of relative position information of a terminal with respect to a positioning measurement base station.

The invention will be described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific examples.

The embodiment of the invention provides an information processing method. Fig. 2 is a flow chart of an information processing method according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 2, the method includes:

step 101, a first network function receives first information sent by a second network function, wherein the first information comprises first position information obtained by positioning a plurality of terminals by access network equipment and/or terminals;

102, the first network function sends second information to a location service requester, wherein the second information comprises positioning information of the plurality of terminals, and the positioning information of the plurality of terminals at least comprises absolute location information corresponding to each terminal in the plurality of terminals and/or relative location information between the terminals; the positioning information is determined based on the first information.

Alternatively, the first network function may be the LMF of fig. 1, or a network function in which the LMF is combined with the GMLC, or other network functions capable of at least implementing the LMF function. The second network function may be an AMF, and the access network device may be a RAN device shown in fig. 1, and specifically may be any node of a base station, a wireless access point, a transmission receiving point, a transmission point, and other access nodes in the RAN.

In this embodiment, the first information includes location information of a plurality of terminals acquired by a plurality of data sources, for example, may be positioning information obtained by ranging from an access network device, or may be sensing information of the access network device, that is, positioning information obtained by a sensing function, or may also be location information, ranging information, or sensing information reported by a terminal side. Alternatively, the first location information may be location information of the plurality of terminals at the same time.

The plurality of terminals may be terminals within the same range, or terminal groups having the same characteristics, for example. It can be appreciated that in this embodiment, the first network function supports receiving the positioning information of the terminal group/group, and reporting the positioning information to the location service requester in the concept of group/group.

In step 102, the first network function sends second information determined based on the first information to the location service requester, where the second information includes, optionally, location information of a plurality of terminals at a same time, where the location information may include absolute location information of each of the plurality of terminals, and/or relative location information between at least some of the plurality of terminals. Wherein the absolute position information is the position information of the terminal under a reference coordinate system, and the relative position information is the position information of the terminal relative to the other terminal.

In this embodiment, the first network function supports acquiring location information of a plurality of terminals from a plurality of data sources, which may be location information from an access network device or location information reported from a terminal side, and by fusing the location information of a plurality of terminals, location services can be provided for a plurality of location objects at the same time, so that user fusion location and ranging based on a mobile communication network are realized.

In an embodiment, the absolute position information may include three-dimensional data of an absolute position; the relative position information may include three-dimensional data of the relative position and/or the relative distance. For example, the three-dimensional data of the absolute position may be three-dimensional coordinate data, or longitude, latitude and altitude information, the three-dimensional data of the relative position may be relative coordinate information of the two associated terminals in the same three-dimensional coordinate system, and the relative distance may be a distance of the two associated terminals in the same coordinate system.

As an alternative embodiment, the method may further include: the first network function receives a first message sent by the location service requester, where the first message is used for requesting positioning of the plurality of terminals. The first message may be, for example, a converged positioning request initiated by the LCS Client shown in fig. 1, or a converged positioning request initiated by an external network element of the core network or a third party AF through the NEF shown in fig. 1, for requesting to provide location services for a plurality of positioning objects at the same time.

Optionally, the first message includes at least one of the following: identification information, positioning accuracy requirements and positioning service types of each of the plurality of terminals. Wherein the location service type may be used to indicate providing absolute location information and/or relative location information of the terminal.

In an alternative embodiment of the present invention, the method may further include: the first network function determines positioning information of the plurality of terminals based on the first location information. In this embodiment, the first network function may select a processing algorithm to perform fusion positioning processing on the first location information from multiple data sources, so as to obtain one or more of an absolute location, a relative location, and a relative distance of each terminal in the target terminal group. Alternatively, the first location information may be location information of a plurality of terminals at the same time, or the first network device obtains location information of the plurality of terminals at the same time based on the first location information.

In an alternative embodiment of the present invention, the method may further include: the first network function sends a second message to the second network function, the second message being used to request acquisition of the first location information. For example, after receiving the converged positioning request sent by the LCS Client, the LMF may initiate a request for acquiring converged positioning information (i.e., the first location information) to the AMF.

In an embodiment, the second message at least includes identification information and/or positioning accuracy requirements of each of the plurality of terminals. Optionally, the positioning accuracy requirement is determined according to the first message.

The embodiment of the invention also provides an information processing method. Fig. 3 is a second flowchart of an information processing method according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 3, where the method includes:

step 201, a second network function receives third information sent by access network equipment, and determines first information based on the third information; the first information comprises first position information obtained by positioning a plurality of terminals by access network equipment and/or terminals;

step 202, the second network function sends the first information to a first network function; the first information is used for determining positioning information of the plurality of terminals by the first network function, and the positioning information of the plurality of terminals at least comprises absolute position information corresponding to each terminal in the plurality of terminals and/or relative position information among the terminals.

In this embodiment, the third information may include first location information obtained by the access network device and/or the terminal locating the plurality of terminals, that is, the second network device sends the first location information summarized by the access network device to the first network device. Optionally, the absolute position information includes three-dimensional data of an absolute position; the relative position information includes three-dimensional data of the relative position and/or the relative distance.

In an embodiment, the method may further include: the second network function receives a second message sent by the first network function, where the second message is used to request to acquire the first location information. Optionally, the second message at least includes identification information and/or positioning accuracy requirements of each terminal in the plurality of terminals.

As an alternative embodiment, the method may further include: the second network function sends a third message to the access network device, where the third message is used to request to acquire the first location information. Optionally, the third message includes at least one of the following: the method comprises the steps of identifying information, positioning accuracy requirements, positioning modes and positioning execution time requirements of each terminal in the plurality of terminals.

For example, after receiving the acquisition request of the fused positioning information (i.e., the first location information) sent by the LMF, the AMF may determine a corresponding RAN device according to the terminal identification information and/or the positioning accuracy requirement thereof, and initiate the corresponding acquisition request of the fused positioning information to the corresponding RAN device, where specific positioning execution requirements, for example, the identification information of the terminal, the positioning accuracy requirement, the positioning mode (for example, positioning at the base station side or positioning at the terminal side, etc.), the positioning execution time related requirements, and so on need to be carried.

The embodiment of the invention also provides an information processing method. Fig. 4 is a flow chart III of an information processing method according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 4, the method includes:

step 301, an access network device sends third information to a second network function, wherein the third information is used for determining first information by the second network function; the first information comprises first position information obtained by the access network equipment and/or the terminal positioning a plurality of terminals; the first position information is used for determining positioning information of the plurality of terminals, and the positioning information of the plurality of terminals at least comprises absolute position information corresponding to each terminal in the plurality of terminals and/or relative position information among the terminals.

In this embodiment, the access network device sends the first location information acquired by the base station side and/or the terminal side to the second network device, so that the first network device obtains the first location information through the second network device, and thus performs fusion positioning to obtain positioning information of a plurality of terminals. Optionally, the absolute position information includes three-dimensional data of an absolute position; the relative position information includes three-dimensional data of the relative position and/or the relative distance.

In an embodiment, the method may further include: and the access network equipment receives a third message sent by the second network function, wherein the third message is used for requesting to acquire the first position information. Optionally, the third message includes at least one of the following: the method comprises the steps of identifying information, positioning accuracy requirements, positioning modes and positioning execution time requirements of each terminal in the plurality of terminals.

As an alternative embodiment, the method may further include: the access network equipment sends a fourth message to the first terminal, wherein the fourth message is used for requesting to locate with the first terminal; and/or the access network equipment sends a fifth message to the first terminal, wherein the fifth message is used for requesting the first terminal and the second terminal to locate; the first terminal is any one of the plurality of terminals, and the second terminal is any one or more terminals except the first terminal.

In this embodiment, the fourth message may be used to perform station-side positioning, that is, the access network device initiates a positioning request to the target terminal (i.e., the first terminal) to obtain positioning information of the target terminal, and, for example, the fourth message may notify the first terminal to perform a positioning operation at the same agreed time. The fifth message may be used to perform end-side positioning, that is, the access network device notifies the target terminal and another terminal to perform positioning/ranging operation, and receives the positioning/ranging result reported by the target terminal.

Optionally, the fifth message includes identification information of the second terminal.

Based on the foregoing embodiment, the method may further include: the access network equipment receives first positioning data and/or second positioning data sent by the first terminal; the first positioning data are data obtained by positioning the access network equipment and the first terminal, and the second positioning data are data obtained by positioning the first terminal and the second terminal; the first location information is determined based on the first location data and/or second location data.

The first positioning data may be a positioning measurement signal reported by the first terminal in a RRC INACTIVE state, or may be sensing data corresponding to the first terminal, which is obtained by the access network device based on a sensing function. The second positioning data may be positioning data fed back by a positioning module in the first terminal, or relative distance information obtained by the first terminal through a Side Link (SL) or a ranging request (ranging).

As an example, the second positioning data comprises at least relative position information between the first terminal and the second terminal.

The information processing scheme of the embodiment of the invention is described below with reference to a specific application scenario.

Fig. 5 is a schematic flow chart of an information processing scheme applied to an NR system according to an embodiment of the present invention, where the present example is directed to fusion positioning of relative positions between multiple positioning objects (terminals) when multiple positioning objects occur in a certain area of a network (including a case of multiple base stations). In fig. 5, any two terminals among a plurality of terminals are exemplarily represented by UE1 and UE n. As shown in fig. 5, the process includes:

in step 401, the LCS Client initiates a converged positioning request (i.e., a first message) to the LMF, where the converged positioning request carries identification information, positioning accuracy requirements, positioning service types, and the like of a plurality of positioning objects (a plurality of terminals). Alternatively, the converged positioning request may be initiated by an external network element of the core network or a third party AF to the LMF through the NEF.

Step 402, the LMF receives the converged positioning request, and initiates a converged positioning information acquisition request (i.e. a second message) to the AMF, where the converged positioning information acquisition request carries identification information, positioning accuracy requirements, and the like of a plurality of terminals.

Step 403, the AMF receives the fused positioning information obtaining request, and initiates a positioning information obtaining request (i.e. a third message) to the corresponding NR access network device, where the positioning information obtaining request carries identification information, positioning accuracy requirements, positioning mode, positioning execution time requirements, and the like of a plurality of terminals.

Step 404, the NR access network device receives the positioning information acquisition request, and performs station side positioning and/or end side positioning. The station side positioning may include initiating a positioning request to a target terminal (for example, UE 1), where the base station and the terminal perform a positioning operation at the same agreed time, and the base station performs a positioning and/or sensing operation to obtain first positioning data of the terminal; the end side positioning may include that the base station informs the target terminal to perform end side positioning/ranging and carries terminal information for pairing ranging, and the target terminal performs positioning between terminals and reports a positioning result, for example, may be positioning information fed back by a positioning module of the terminal or relative distance information obtained by SL/ranging perceived by the terminal.

Step 405, the access network device sends fusion positioning information (i.e. third information) obtained by positioning the plurality of terminals at the base station side and/or the terminal side to the AMF.

Step 406, the AMF sends the fused positioning information (i.e. the first information) reported by the access network device to the LMF.

Step 407, the LMF receives multi-dimensional fusion positioning information including base station ranging/sensing and/or terminal ranging, and selects a processing algorithm to perform fusion positioning operation to obtain positioning information of a plurality of terminals, where the positioning information specifically includes one or more of three-dimensional absolute positions of the terminals, three-dimensional relative positions between the terminals, and relative distances.

And step 408, the LMF returns the positioning information of the multiple fused terminals to the LCS Client.

In this example, the LMF supports acquiring location information of a plurality of terminals at the same time from a plurality of data sources, where the acquiring of the location information may be positioning information of a base station, or may be sensing information of the base station, or location/ranging/sensing information reported by a terminal side, and the LMF may obtain a fused positioning result between the plurality of terminals based on the above information, and specifically includes an absolute location, a relative distance, and the like, so as to implement multi-terminal fused positioning and ranging based on a mobile communication network.

It should be noted that, the steps in the embodiments of the present invention are not necessarily processed according to the described step sequence, and the steps in the embodiments may be rearranged selectively according to the requirement, or steps in the embodiments may be deleted, or steps in the embodiments may be added, where the description of the steps in the embodiments of the present invention is only an optional sequence combination, and does not represent all the sequence combinations of the steps in the embodiments of the present invention, and the sequence of the steps in the embodiments should not be considered as limiting the present invention.

The embodiment of the invention also provides an information processing device which is applied to the first network function. Fig. 6 is a schematic diagram of the composition structure of an information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 6, an information processing apparatus 500 includes a first communication unit 501 configured to receive first information sent by a second network function, where the first information includes first location information obtained by an access network device and/or a terminal locating a plurality of terminals;

The first communication unit 501 is further configured to send second information to a location service requester, where the second information includes positioning information of the plurality of terminals, and the positioning information of the plurality of terminals includes at least absolute location information corresponding to each terminal and/or relative location information between each terminal in the plurality of terminals; the positioning information is determined based on the first information.

In an alternative embodiment of the present invention, the first communication unit 501 is further configured to receive a first message sent by the location service requester, where the first message is used to request positioning of the plurality of terminals.

In an alternative embodiment of the present invention, the first message includes at least one of the following: identification information, positioning accuracy requirements and positioning service types of each of the plurality of terminals.

In an alternative embodiment of the present invention, the apparatus 500 further comprises a first processing unit for determining positioning information of the plurality of terminals based on the first location information.

In an alternative embodiment of the present invention, the first communication unit 501 is further configured to send a second message to the second network function, where the second message is used to request to obtain the first location information.

In an optional embodiment of the present invention, the second message includes at least identification information and/or positioning accuracy requirements of each of the plurality of terminals.

In an alternative embodiment of the invention, the absolute position information comprises three-dimensional data of an absolute position; the relative position information includes three-dimensional data of the relative position and/or the relative distance.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the first communication unit 501 in the apparatus 500 may be implemented in practical application through a communication module (including a basic communication suite, an operating system, a communication module, a standardized interface, a protocol, etc.) and a transceiver antenna; the first processing unit in the device 500 may be implemented in practice by a central processing unit (CPU, central Processing Unit), a digital signal processor (DSP, digital Signal Processor), a micro control unit (MCU, microcontroller Unit) or a programmable gate array (FPGA, field-Programmable Gate Array) in the device 500.

The embodiment of the invention also provides an information processing device which is applied to the second network function. Fig. 7 is a schematic diagram of a second component structure of the information processing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention, and as shown in fig. 7, the information processing apparatus 600 includes a second communication unit 601 and a second processing unit 602; wherein,

The second communication unit 601 is configured to receive third information sent by the access network device;

the second processing unit 602 is configured to determine first information based on the third information, where the first information includes first location information obtained by positioning a plurality of terminals by an access network device and/or a terminal;

the second communication unit 601 is further configured to send the first information to a first network function; the first information is used for determining positioning information of the plurality of terminals by the first network function, and the positioning information of the plurality of terminals at least comprises absolute position information corresponding to each terminal in the plurality of terminals and/or relative position information among the terminals.

In an alternative embodiment of the present invention, the second communication unit 601 is further configured to receive a second message sent by the first network function, where the second message is used to request to obtain the first location information.

In an alternative embodiment of the present invention, the second communication unit 601 is further configured to send a third message to the access network device, where the third message is used to request to obtain the first location information.

In an alternative embodiment of the present invention, the third message includes at least one of the following: the method comprises the steps of identifying information, positioning accuracy requirements, positioning modes and positioning execution time requirements of each terminal in the plurality of terminals.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the second communication unit 601 in the device 600 may be implemented in practical application through a communication module (including a basic communication suite, an operating system, a communication module, a standardized interface, a standardized protocol, etc.), and a transceiver antenna combined with CPU, DSP, MCU or an FPGA. The second processing unit 602 in the device 600 may be implemented in practical applications by CPU, DSP, MCU or FPGA in the device 600.

The embodiment of the invention also provides an information processing device which is applied to the access network equipment. Fig. 8 is a schematic diagram of a third component structure of an information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, and as shown in fig. 8, the information processing apparatus 700 includes a third communication unit 701 configured to send third information to a second network function, where the third information is used for determining first information by the second network function; the first information comprises first position information obtained by the access network equipment and/or the terminal positioning a plurality of terminals; the first position information is used for determining positioning information of the plurality of terminals, and the positioning information of the plurality of terminals at least comprises absolute position information corresponding to each terminal in the plurality of terminals and/or relative position information among the terminals.

In an alternative embodiment of the present invention, the third communication unit 701 is further configured to receive a third message sent by the second network function, where the third message is used to request to obtain the first location information.

In an alternative embodiment of the present invention, the third communication unit 701 is further configured to send a fourth message to the first terminal, where the fourth message is used to request positioning with the first terminal; and/or the third communication unit 701 is further configured to send a fifth message to the first terminal, where the fifth message is used to request the first terminal to locate with the second terminal; the first terminal is any one of the plurality of terminals, and the second terminal is any one or more terminals except the first terminal.

In an alternative embodiment of the present invention, the fifth message includes identification information of the second terminal.

In an optional embodiment of the present invention, the third communication unit 701 is further configured to receive first positioning data and/or second positioning data sent by the first terminal; the first positioning data are data obtained by positioning the access network equipment and the first terminal, and the second positioning data are data obtained by positioning the first terminal and the second terminal; the apparatus 700 further comprises a third processing unit for determining the first location information based on the first location data and/or the second location data.

In an alternative embodiment of the invention, the second positioning data comprises at least relative position information between the first terminal and the second terminal.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the third communication unit 701 in the apparatus 700 may be implemented in practical application by a communication module (including a basic communication suite, an operating system, a communication module, a standardized interface, a protocol, etc.) and a transceiver antenna; the third processing unit in the device may be implemented in practical application by CPU, DSP, MCU or FPGA in the device 700.

It should be noted that: in the information processing apparatus provided in the above embodiment, only the division of the program modules is used for illustration, and in practical application, the processing allocation may be performed by different program modules according to needs, that is, the internal structure of the apparatus is divided into different program modules to complete all or part of the processing described above. In addition, the information processing apparatus and the information processing method embodiment provided in the foregoing embodiments belong to the same concept, and specific implementation processes thereof are detailed in the method embodiment and are not described herein again.

Fig. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device according to an embodiment of the present invention, where the communication device 800 may be a first network function, a second network function or an access network device in the foregoing embodiment. The communication device 800 shown in fig. 9 includes: at least one processor 801, memory 802, and at least one network interface 803. The various components in the communication device 800 are coupled together by a bus system 804. It is to be appreciated that the bus system 804 is employed to enable connected communications between these components. The bus system 804 includes a power bus, a control bus, and a status signal bus in addition to a data bus. But for clarity of illustration the various buses are labeled as bus system 804 in fig. 9.

It is to be appreciated that memory 802 can be either volatile memory or nonvolatile memory, and can include both volatile and nonvolatile memory. Wherein the nonvolatile Memory may be Read Only Memory (ROM), programmable Read Only Memory (PROM, programmable Read-Only Memory), erasable programmable Read Only Memory (EPROM, erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory), electrically erasable programmable Read Only Memory (EEPROM, electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory), magnetic random access Memory (FRAM, ferromagnetic random access Memory), flash Memory (Flash Memory), magnetic surface Memory, optical disk, or compact disk Read Only Memory (CD-ROM, compact Disc Read-Only Memory); the magnetic surface memory may be a disk memory or a tape memory. The volatile memory may be random access memory (RAM, random Access Memory), which acts as external cache memory. By way of example, and not limitation, many forms of RAM are available, such as static random access memory (SRAM, static Random Access Memory), synchronous static random access memory (SSRAM, synchronous Static Random Access Memory), dynamic random access memory (DRAM, dynamic Random Access Memory), synchronous dynamic random access memory (SDRAM, synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory), double data rate synchronous dynamic random access memory (ddr SDRAM, double Data Rate Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory), enhanced synchronous dynamic random access memory (ESDRAM, enhanced Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory), synchronous link dynamic random access memory (SLDRAM, syncLink Dynamic Random Access Memory), direct memory bus random access memory (DRRAM, direct Rambus Random Access Memory). The memory 802 described by embodiments of the present invention is intended to comprise, without being limited to, these and any other suitable types of memory.

The memory 802 in embodiments of the present invention is used to store various types of data to support the operation of the communication device 800. Examples of such data include: any computer program for operating on the communication device 800, such as a program implementing the methods of embodiments of the present invention.

The method disclosed in the above embodiment of the present invention may be applied to the processor 801 or implemented by the processor 801. The processor 801 may be an integrated circuit chip with signal processing capabilities. In implementation, the steps of the above method may be performed by integrated logic circuitry in hardware in the processor 801 or by instructions in software. The processor 801 may be a general purpose processor, DSP, or other programmable logic device, discrete gate or transistor logic device, discrete hardware components, or the like. The processor 801 may implement or perform the methods, steps, and logic blocks disclosed in embodiments of the present invention. The general purpose processor may be a microprocessor or any conventional processor or the like. The steps of the method disclosed in the embodiment of the invention can be directly embodied in the hardware of the decoding processor or can be implemented by combining hardware and software modules in the decoding processor. The software modules may be located in a storage medium in a memory 802. The processor 801 reads information from the memory 802 and in combination with its hardware performs the steps of the method described above.

In an exemplary embodiment, the communication device 800 can be implemented by one or more application specific integrated circuits (ASIC, application Specific Integrated Circuit), DSP, programmable logic device (PLD, programmable Logic Device), complex programmable logic device (CPLD, complex Programmable Logic Device), FPGA, general purpose processor, controller, microcontroller (MCU, micro Controller Unit), microprocessor (Microprocessor), or other electronic element for performing the aforementioned methods.

In an exemplary embodiment, the present invention also provides a computer readable storage medium, such as a memory 802, comprising a computer program executable by the processor 801 of the communication device 800 to perform the steps of the aforementioned methods. The computer readable storage medium may be FRAM, ROM, PROM, EPROM, EEPROM, flash Memory, magnetic surface Memory, optical disk, or CD-ROM; but may be a variety of devices including one or any combination of the above-described memories, such as a mobile phone, computer, tablet device, personal digital assistant, or the like.

The methods disclosed in the several method embodiments provided in the present application may be arbitrarily combined without collision to obtain a new method embodiment.

The features disclosed in the several product embodiments provided in the present application may be combined arbitrarily without conflict to obtain new product embodiments.

The features disclosed in the several method or apparatus embodiments provided in the present application may be arbitrarily combined without conflict to obtain new method embodiments or apparatus embodiments.

In the several embodiments provided in this application, it should be understood that the disclosed apparatus and method may be implemented in other ways. The above described device embodiments are only illustrative, e.g. the division of the units is only one logical function division, and there may be other divisions in practice, such as: multiple units or components may be combined or may be integrated into another system, or some features may be omitted, or not performed. In addition, the various components shown or discussed may be coupled or directly coupled or communicatively coupled to each other via some interface, whether indirectly coupled or communicatively coupled to devices or units, whether electrically, mechanically, or otherwise.

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

In addition, each functional unit in each embodiment of the present invention may be integrated in one processing unit, or each unit may be separately used as one unit, or two or more units may be integrated in one unit; the integrated units may be implemented in hardware or in hardware plus software functional units.

Those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that: all or part of the steps for implementing the above method embodiments may be implemented by hardware associated with program instructions, where the foregoing program may be stored in a computer readable storage medium, and when executed, the program performs steps including the above method embodiments; and the aforementioned storage medium includes: a removable storage device, ROM, RAM, magnetic or optical disk, or other medium capable of storing program code.

Alternatively, the above-described integrated units of the present invention may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium if implemented in the form of software functional modules and sold or used as separate products. Based on such understanding, the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention may be embodied essentially or in part in the form of a software product stored in a storage medium, including instructions for causing a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or an access network device, etc.) to perform all or part of the methods described in the embodiments of the present invention. And the aforementioned storage medium includes: a removable storage device, ROM, RAM, magnetic or optical disk, or other medium capable of storing program code.

The foregoing is merely illustrative of the present invention, and the present invention is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art will readily recognize that variations or substitutions are within the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Claims

1. An information processing method, characterized in that the method comprises:

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

the first network function receives a first message sent by the location service requester, where the first message is used for requesting positioning of the plurality of terminals.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the first message includes at least one of: identification information, positioning accuracy requirements and positioning service types of each of the plurality of terminals.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

the first network function determines positioning information of the plurality of terminals based on the first location information.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

the first network function sends a second message to the second network function, the second message being used to request acquisition of the first location information.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the second message includes at least identification information and/or positioning accuracy requirements of each of the plurality of terminals.

7. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the absolute position information comprises three-dimensional data of absolute positions; the relative position information includes three-dimensional data of the relative position and/or the relative distance.

8. An information processing method, characterized in that the method comprises:

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the method further comprises:

the second network function receives a second message sent by the first network function, where the second message is used to request to acquire the first location information.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the second message comprises at least identification information and/or positioning accuracy requirements of each of the plurality of terminals.

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

the second network function sends a third message to the access network device, where the third message is used to request to acquire the first location information.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the third message includes at least one of: the method comprises the steps of identifying information, positioning accuracy requirements, positioning modes and positioning execution time requirements of each terminal in the plurality of terminals.

13. The method according to any one of claims 8 to 12, wherein the absolute position information comprises three-dimensional data of absolute positions; the relative position information includes three-dimensional data of the relative position and/or the relative distance.

14. An information processing method, characterized in that the method comprises:

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the method further comprises:

And the access network equipment receives a third message sent by the second network function, wherein the third message is used for requesting to acquire the first position information.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the third message comprises at least one of: the method comprises the steps of identifying information, positioning accuracy requirements, positioning modes and positioning execution time requirements of each terminal in the plurality of terminals.

17. The method of claim 14, wherein the method further comprises:

the access network equipment sends a fourth message to the first terminal, wherein the fourth message is used for requesting to locate with the first terminal; and/or the number of the groups of groups,

the access network equipment sends a fifth message to the first terminal, wherein the fifth message is used for requesting the first terminal and the second terminal to locate;

the first terminal is any one of the plurality of terminals, and the second terminal is any one or more terminals except the first terminal.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the fifth message includes identification information of the second terminal.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein the method further comprises:

The access network equipment receives first positioning data and/or second positioning data sent by the first terminal; the first positioning data are data obtained by positioning the access network equipment and the first terminal, and the second positioning data are data obtained by positioning the first terminal and the second terminal;

the first location information is determined based on the first location data and/or second location data.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the second positioning data comprises at least relative position information between the first terminal and the second terminal.

21. The method according to any one of claims 14 to 20, wherein the absolute position information comprises three-dimensional data of absolute positions; the relative position information includes three-dimensional data of the relative position and/or the relative distance.

22. An information processing device is applied to a first network function, and is characterized in that the device comprises a first communication unit, a second communication unit and a first processing unit, wherein the first communication unit is used for receiving first information sent by a second network function, and the first information comprises first position information obtained by positioning a plurality of terminals by access network equipment and/or terminals;

23. An information processing apparatus applied to a second network function, characterized in that the apparatus includes a second communication unit and a second processing unit; wherein,

the second communication unit is configured to receive third information sent by the access network device;

the second processing unit is used for determining first information based on the third information; the first information comprises first position information obtained by positioning a plurality of terminals by access network equipment and/or terminals;

24. An information processing apparatus applied to an access network device, wherein the apparatus comprises a third communication unit, configured to send third information to a second network function, where the third information is used for determining first information by the second network function; the first information comprises first position information obtained by the access network equipment and/or the terminal positioning a plurality of terminals; the first position information is used for determining positioning information of the plurality of terminals, and the positioning information of the plurality of terminals at least comprises absolute position information corresponding to each terminal in the plurality of terminals and/or relative position information among the terminals.

25. A computer readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer program, characterized in that the program when executed by a processor realizes the steps of the method according to any of claims 1 to 7; alternatively, the program when executed by a processor performs the steps of the method of any of claims 8 to 13; alternatively, the program when executed by a processor implements the steps of the method of any of claims 14 to 21.

26. A communication device comprising a memory, a processor and a computer program stored on the memory and executable on the processor, characterized in that the processor implements the steps of the method of any of claims 1 to 7 when the program is executed; alternatively, the processor, when executing the program, implements the steps of the method of any one of claims 8 to 13; alternatively, the processor, when executing the program, implements the steps of the method of any one of claims 14 to 21.