CN117793614A - An information processing method, device, computer storage medium and communication equipment - Google Patents

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

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

Technical field

The present invention relates to the field of wireless communication technology, and in particular to an information processing method, device, computer storage medium and communication equipment.

Background technique

Currently, the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) supports the positioning of a single positioning object (terminal) and the measurement of the relative position information of the positioning object relative to the positioning measurement base station. However, when multiple positioning objects appear in a certain area of the network, the positioning process needs to be performed on the multiple positioning objects separately, and providing associated location information between multiple positioning objects is not supported.

Contents of the invention

In order to solve the existing technical problems, embodiments of the present invention provide an information processing method, device, computer storage medium and communication equipment.

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

In a first aspect, embodiments of the present invention provide an information processing method, including:

The first network function receives first information sent by the second network function, where the first information includes first location information obtained by the access network device and/or the terminal positioning the multiple terminals;

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

In the above solution, the method further includes: the first network function receiving a first message sent by the location service requester, where the first message is used to request positioning of the multiple terminals.

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

In the above solution, the method further includes: the first network function determining positioning information of the plurality of terminals based on the first location information.

In the above solution, the method further includes: the first network function sending a second message to the second network function, where the second message is used to request acquisition of the first location information.

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

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

In a second aspect, embodiments of the present invention provide an information processing method, including:

The second network function receives the third information sent by the access network device, and determines the first information based on the third information; the first information includes the first information obtained by positioning multiple terminals by the access network device and/or the terminal. - location information;

The second network function sends the first information to the first network function; the first information is used by the first network function to determine the positioning information of the multiple terminals, and the positioning information of the multiple terminals is at least This includes absolute position information corresponding to each terminal among the plurality of terminals and/or relative position information between terminals.

In the above solution, the method further includes: the second network function receiving a second message sent by the first network function, where the second message is used to request acquisition of the first location information.

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

In the above solution, the method further includes: the second network function sending a third message to the access network device, where the third message is used to request acquisition of the first location information.

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

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

In a third aspect, embodiments of the present invention provide an information processing method, including:

The access network device sends third information to the second network function, the third information is used by the second network function to determine the first information; the first information includes the access network device and/or terminal pair The first location information obtained by positioning a terminal; the first location information is used to determine the positioning information of the multiple terminals, and the positioning information of the multiple terminals at least includes the location information corresponding to each terminal in the multiple terminals. Absolute position information and/or relative position information between terminals.

In the above solution, the method further includes: the access network device receiving a third message sent by the second network function, where the third message is used to request acquisition of the first location information.

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

In the above scheme, the method also includes: the access network device sends a fourth message to the first terminal, and the fourth message is used to request positioning with the first terminal; and/or the access network device sends a fifth message to the first terminal, and the fifth message is used to request the first terminal to position with the second terminal; wherein the first terminal is any one of the multiple terminals, and the second terminal is any one or more of the multiple terminals except the first terminal.

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

In the above solution, the method further includes: the access network device receiving the first positioning data and/or the second positioning data sent by the first terminal; wherein the first positioning data is the access network device. The data obtained by positioning the device and the first terminal, the second positioning data is the data obtained by positioning the first terminal and the second terminal; based on the first positioning data and/or the third and two positioning data to determine the first position information.

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

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

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides an information processing device, which is applied to a first network function; the device includes a first communication unit, which is used to receive first information sent by a second network function, where the first information includes first location information obtained by positioning multiple terminals by an access network device and/or a terminal;

The first communication unit is also configured to send second information to the location service requester. The second information includes positioning information of the multiple terminals. The positioning information of the multiple terminals includes at least the multiple terminals. Absolute position information corresponding to each terminal and/or relative position information between 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 solution, the first message includes at least one of the following: identification information, positioning accuracy requirements and positioning service type of each terminal in the plurality of terminals.

In the above solution, the device also includes a first processing unit, which is used to determine the positioning information of the multiple terminals based on the first location information.

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

In the above solution, the second message includes at least identification information and/or positioning accuracy requirements of each terminal among the multiple terminals.

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

In a fifth aspect, embodiments of the present invention provide an information processing device used in the second network function; the device includes a second communication unit and a second processing unit; wherein,

The second communication unit is used to receive the first information sent by the access network device;

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 also used to send the first information to the first network function; the first information is used by the first network function to determine the positioning information of the multiple terminals. The positioning information at least includes absolute position information corresponding to each terminal among the plurality of terminals and/or relative position information between terminals.

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

In the above solution, the second message includes at least identification information and/or positioning accuracy requirements of each terminal among the multiple terminals.

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 acquisition of the first location information.

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

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

In a sixth aspect, embodiments of the present invention provide an information processing device applied to access network equipment; the device includes a third communication unit for sending third information to the second network function, and the third information is used to The second network function determines first information; the first information includes first location information obtained by positioning multiple terminals by the access network device and/or terminal; the first location information is used to determine The positioning information of the plurality of terminals includes at least the absolute position information corresponding to each terminal in the plurality of terminals and/or the relative position information between the terminals.

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

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

In the above solution, the third communication unit is also used to send a fourth message to the first terminal, and the fourth message is used to request positioning with the first terminal; and/or the third communication unit , is also used to send a fifth message to the first terminal, the fifth message is used to request the first terminal and the second terminal to perform positioning; wherein the first terminal is any one of the plurality of terminals. Terminal, the second terminal is any one or more terminals among the plurality of terminals except the first terminal.

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

In the above solution, the third communication unit is also used to receive the first positioning data and/or the second positioning data sent by the first terminal; wherein the first positioning data is between the access network device and The data obtained by positioning the first terminal, the second positioning data is the data obtained by positioning the first terminal and the second terminal; the device also includes a third processing unit, configured to perform positioning based on The first positioning data and/or the second positioning data determine the first position information.

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

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

In a seventh aspect, embodiments of the present invention provide a computer-readable storage medium on which a computer program is stored. When the program is executed by a processor, the steps of the method described in the first aspect, the second aspect, or the third aspect are implemented.

In an eighth aspect, embodiments of the present invention provide a communication device, including a memory, a processor, and a computer program stored in the memory and executable on the processor. When the processor executes the program, the aforementioned first aspect is implemented. The steps of the method described in the second aspect or the third aspect.

Embodiments of the present invention provide an information processing method, device, computer storage medium and communication equipment. The first network function supports obtaining location information of multiple terminals from multiple data sources, which can be positioning information from access network equipment or It is the positioning information reported from the terminal side. By fusing the location information of multiple terminals, it can provide location services for multiple positioning objects at the same time, realizing user fusion positioning and ranging based on the mobile communication network. In addition, it also supports multi-terminal associated locations. The integrated positioning of information can report positioning data in the form of relative position information, which increases information security.

Description of the drawings

Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of the network architecture of the fifth generation core network (5GC, 5G Core Network) providing location services (LCS, LocationServices);

Figure 2 is a schematic flow chart 1 of an information processing method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 3 is a schematic flow chart 2 of the information processing method according to the embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 4 is a flowchart three of the information processing method according to the embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 5 is a schematic flowchart of an exemplary application of the information processing solution to a new radio (NR, New Radio) system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 6 is a schematic structural diagram of an information processing device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 7 is a schematic diagram 2 of the composition and structure of an information processing device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 8 is a schematic diagram 3 of the composition and structure of an information processing device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

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

Detailed ways

Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of the network architecture of 5GC providing LCS. Among them, the location management function (LMF, LocationManagement Function) can support at least one of the following capabilities: calculating the local location (Local Location) of the terminal (UE, User Equipment); initiating a positioning process based on scheduled local time (Schedule Location Time); Position calculation of multiple LCS quality of service (QoS) or accuracy (accuracy), among which the most stringent accuracy position is calculated first; terminal positioning information is saved; etc.

LMF can interact with other network elements through the Gateway Mobile Location Center (GMLC). Among them, the GMLC can receive location service subscriptions from a location service requester (LCS Client), which can be an internal or external network element of the core network; the GMLC can also be connected to a Network Exposure Function (NEF), Provide location services to 5GC external third-party application functions (AF, ApplicationFunction) based on NEF.

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

The present invention will be described in further detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments.

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

Step 101: A first network function receives first information sent by a second network function, where the first information includes first location information obtained by positioning a plurality of terminals by an access network device and/or a terminal;

Step 102: The first network function sends second information to the location service requester. The second information includes positioning information of the multiple terminals. The positioning information of the multiple terminals includes at least one of the multiple terminals. Absolute position information corresponding to each terminal and/or relative position information between terminals; the positioning information is determined based on the first information.

Optionally, the first network function may be the LMF in Figure 1, or a network function combining LMF and GMLC, or other network functions that can at least implement the LMF function. The second network function may be AMF, and the access network device may be the RAN device shown in Figure 1. Specifically, it may be a base station, a wireless access point, a transmission receiving point, a transmission point, and other access nodes in the RAN. any node.

In this embodiment, the first information includes location information of multiple terminals obtained from multiple data sources. For example, it may be positioning information obtained by the access network device through ranging, or it may be perception information of the access network device. , that is, the positioning information obtained through the sensing function, or it can also be the position information, ranging information or sensing information reported by the terminal side. Optionally, the first location information may be location information of the multiple terminals at the same time.

For example, the multiple terminals may be terminals within the same range, or a terminal group or terminal group having the same characteristics. It can be understood that in this embodiment, the first network function supports receiving positioning information of a terminal group/group, and supports reporting 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. Optionally, the second information includes positioning information of multiple terminals at the same time. The positioning information may include multiple terminals. The absolute position information of each terminal among the terminals, and/or the relative position information between at least some terminals among the plurality of terminals. The absolute position information is the position information of the terminal in a reference coordinate system, and the relative position information is the position information of the terminal relative to another terminal.

In this embodiment, the first network function supports obtaining the location information of multiple terminals from multiple data sources, which can be positioning information from access network equipment or positioning information reported from the terminal side. By fusing the location information of multiple terminals, location services can be provided for multiple positioning objects at the same time, thereby realizing user fusion positioning and ranging based on the mobile communication network. In addition, it also supports fusion positioning of multi-terminal associated location information, and can report positioning data in the form of relative location information, thereby increasing information security.

In one embodiment, the absolute position information may include three-dimensional data of absolute position; the relative position information may include three-dimensional data of relative position and/or relative distance. Exemplarily, the three-dimensional data of the absolute position may be three-dimensional coordinate data, or latitude, longitude and height information, and the three-dimensional data of the relative position may be the relative coordinate information of the two associated terminals in the same three-dimensional coordinate system. The relative distance can be the distance between the two associated terminals in the same coordinate system.

As an optional implementation manner, the method may further include: the first network function receiving a first message sent by the location service requester, where the first message is used to request to perform operations on the multiple terminals. position. For example, the first message may be a converged positioning request initiated by the LCS Client shown in Figure 1, or may be a converged positioning request initiated by an external network element of the core network or a third-party AF through NEF shown in Figure 1, using Provide location services to multiple location objects simultaneously upon request.

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

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

In an optional embodiment of the present invention, the method may further include: the first network function sending a second message to the second network function, the second message being used to request to obtain the first location information. For example, after receiving the fused positioning request sent by the LCS Client, the LMF may initiate an acquisition request for the fused positioning information (ie, the first location information) to the AMF.

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

An embodiment of the present invention also provides an information processing method. Figure 3 is a schematic flow chart 2 of an information processing method according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Figure 3, the method includes:

Step 201: The second network function receives the third information sent by the access network device, and determines the first information based on the third information; the first information includes the access network device and/or terminal positioning information for multiple terminals. The first position information obtained;

Step 202: The second network function sends the first information to the first network function; the first information is used by the first network function to determine the positioning information of the multiple terminals. The positioning information at least includes absolute position information corresponding to each terminal among the plurality of terminals and/or relative position information between terminals.

In this embodiment, the third information may include the first location information obtained by the access network device and/or the terminal positioning multiple terminals. That is to say, the second network device aggregates the access network devices. The first location information is sent to the first network device. Optionally, the absolute position information includes three-dimensional data of absolute position; the relative position information includes three-dimensional data of relative position and/or relative distance.

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

As an optional implementation manner, the method may further include: the second network function sending a third message to the access network device, where the third message is used to request acquisition of the first location information. Optionally, the third message includes at least one of the following: identification information, positioning accuracy requirements, positioning methods, and positioning execution time requirements of each terminal in the plurality of terminals.

Exemplarily, after receiving the acquisition request for the integrated positioning information (i.e., the first position information) sent by the LMF, the AMF can determine the corresponding RAN device based on the terminal identification information and/or positioning accuracy requirements, and send the request to the corresponding RAN device. Initiate a corresponding acquisition request for fused positioning information, which needs to carry specific positioning execution requirements, such as terminal identification information, positioning accuracy requirements, positioning methods (such as base station side positioning or terminal side positioning, etc.), positioning execution time-related requirements, etc. .

An embodiment of the present invention also provides an information processing method. Figure 4 is a schematic flow chart 3 of an information processing method according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Figure 4, the method includes:

Step 301: The access network device sends third information to the second network function. The third information is used by the second network function to determine the first information; the first information includes the access network device and/or The first location information obtained by the terminal positioning multiple terminals; the first location information is used to determine the positioning information of the multiple terminals, and the positioning information of the multiple terminals includes at least each of the multiple terminals. Absolute position information corresponding to the terminal and/or relative position information between terminals.

In this embodiment, the access network device sends the first location information obtained 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, thereby performing fusion positioning to obtain the location information of multiple terminals. Optionally, the absolute location information includes three-dimensional data of the absolute location; the relative location information includes three-dimensional data of the relative location and/or relative distance.

In an embodiment, the method may further include: the access network device receiving a third message sent by the second network function, where the third message is used to request acquisition of the first location information. Optionally, the third message includes at least one of the following: identification information, positioning accuracy requirements, positioning methods, and positioning execution time requirements of each terminal in the plurality of terminals.

As an optional implementation manner, the method may further include: the access network device sending a fourth message to the first terminal, the fourth message being used to request positioning with the first terminal; and/ Or, the access network device sends a fifth message to the first terminal, the fifth message is used to request the first terminal and the second terminal to perform positioning; wherein the first terminal is the plurality of terminals. Any one terminal among the plurality of terminals, and the second terminal is any one or more terminals among the plurality of terminals except the first terminal.

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

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

Based on the foregoing embodiments, the method may further include: the access network device receiving the first positioning data and/or the second positioning data sent by the first terminal; wherein the first positioning data is the access network device. The data obtained by positioning the network access device and the first terminal, the second positioning data is the data obtained by positioning the first terminal and the second terminal; based on the first positioning data and/ or second positioning data to determine the first position information.

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

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

The information processing solution of the embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to specific application scenarios.

FIG5 is a schematic diagram of an exemplary process of applying the information processing solution of an embodiment of the present invention to the NR system. This example is for the fusion positioning of the relative positions between multiple positioning objects (terminals) when multiple positioning objects appear in a certain area of the network (including multiple base stations). In FIG5, UE1 and UEn are exemplary representations of any two terminals among the multiple terminals. As shown in FIG5, the process includes:

Step 401, the LCS Client initiates a fusion positioning request (i.e., the first message) to the LMF, and the fusion positioning request carries identification information of multiple positioning objects (multiple terminals), positioning accuracy requirements, positioning service types, etc. Optionally, the fusion positioning request can also be initiated by a core network external element or a third-party AF to the LMF through the NEF.

Step 402: The LMF receives the fused positioning request and initiates a fused positioning information acquisition request (ie, the second message) to the AMF, which carries identification information of multiple terminals, positioning accuracy requirements, etc.

Step 403: AMF receives the fused positioning information acquisition request and initiates a positioning information acquisition request (i.e., the third message) to the corresponding NR access network device, which carries the identification information of multiple terminals, positioning accuracy requirements, positioning methods, positioning execution time requirements, etc.

Step 404: The NR access network device receives the positioning information acquisition request and performs station-side positioning and/or terminal-side positioning. Wherein, the station-side positioning may include initiating a positioning request to the target terminal (such as UE1), the base station and the terminal perform positioning operations at the same agreed time, and the base station performs positioning and/or sensing operations to obtain the first positioning data of the terminal; so The end-side positioning may include the base station notifying the target terminal to perform end-side positioning/ranging and carrying terminal information for pairing and ranging. The target terminal performs positioning between terminals and reports the positioning results. For example, it may be a positioning module of the terminal. Feedback positioning information, or relative distance information obtained by SL/ranging perceived by the terminal.

Step 405: The access network device sends the fused positioning information (i.e., the third information) obtained by positioning multiple terminals on the base station side and/or the terminal side to the AMF.

Step 406: The AMF sends the integrated positioning information (ie, the first information) reported by the access network device to the LMF.

Step 407: LMF receives multi-dimensional fused positioning information including base station ranging/sensing and/or terminal ranging, selects a processing algorithm to perform fused positioning operations, and obtains positioning information of multiple terminals, specifically including the three-dimensional absolute positioning information of each terminal. One or more of position, three-dimensional relative position and relative distance between terminals.

Step 408: The LMF returns the merged positioning information of multiple terminals to the LCS Client.

In this example, LMF supports obtaining the location information of multiple terminals at the same time from multiple data sources. The location information can be the positioning information of the base station, the perception information of the base station, or the location/ranging/perception information reported by the terminal side. Based on the above information, LMF can obtain the fused positioning results between multiple terminals, including absolute position, relative position, relative distance, etc., realizing multi-terminal fused positioning and ranging based on the mobile communication network.

It should be noted that the steps in the embodiments of the present invention are not necessarily processed in the order of the steps described. The steps can be selectively disrupted and rearranged according to the needs, or the steps in the embodiments can be deleted, or the embodiments can be added. The step descriptions in the embodiments of the present invention are only optional sequence combinations and do not represent all step sequence combinations in the embodiments of the present invention. The sequence of steps in the embodiments cannot be considered to limit the present invention.

The embodiment of the present invention further provides an information processing device, which is applied to the first network function. FIG6 is a schematic diagram of the composition structure of the information processing device according to the embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG6, the information processing device 500 includes a first communication unit 501, which is used to receive the first information sent by the second network function, wherein the first information includes the first location information obtained by the access network device and/or the terminal locating multiple terminals;

The first communication unit 501 is also configured to send second information to the location service requester. The second information includes positioning information of the multiple terminals. The positioning information of the multiple terminals includes at least the multiple terminals. Absolute position information corresponding to each terminal in the terminal and/or relative position information between terminals; the positioning information is determined based on the first information.

In an optional embodiment of the present invention, the first communication unit 501 is also configured to receive a first message sent by the location service requester, where the first message is used to request access to the multiple terminals. To position.

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

In an optional embodiment of the present invention, the apparatus 500 further includes a first processing unit configured to determine positioning information of the plurality of terminals based on the first location information.

In an optional embodiment of the present invention, the first communication unit 501 is also configured to send a second message to the second network function, where the second message is used to request acquisition of 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 terminal in the plurality of terminals.

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

In the embodiment of the present invention, the first communication unit 501 in the device 500 can be implemented through a communication module (including: basic communication suite, operating system, communication module, standardized interface and protocol, etc.) and a transceiver antenna in practical applications. ; The first processing unit in the device 500, in practical applications, can be composed of a central processing unit (CPU, Central Processing Unit), a digital signal processor (DSP, Digital Signal Processor), a micro control unit ( MCU, Microcontroller Unit) or programmable gate array (FPGA, Field-Programmable GateArray) implementation.

An embodiment of the present invention also provides an information processing device applied to the second network function. Figure 7 is a second structural diagram of an information processing device according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Figure 7, the information processing device 600 includes a second communication unit 601 and a second processing unit 602; wherein,

The second communication unit 601 is used to receive the 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 multiple terminals by access network equipment and/or terminals;

The second communication unit 601 is also used to send the first information to the first network function; the first information is used by the first network function to determine the positioning information of the multiple terminals. The positioning information of the terminals at least includes absolute position information corresponding to each terminal among the plurality of terminals and/or relative position information between terminals.

In an optional embodiment of the present invention, the second communication unit 601 is also configured to receive a second message sent by the first network function, where the second message is used to request acquisition of 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 terminal in the plurality of terminals.

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

In an optional embodiment of the present invention, the third message includes at least one of the following: identification information, positioning accuracy requirements, positioning methods, and positioning execution time requirements of each terminal in the plurality of terminals.

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

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

An embodiment of the present invention also provides an information processing device, which is applied to access network equipment. Figure 8 is a schematic diagram 3 of the composition of an information processing device according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Figure 8, the information processing device 700 includes a third communication unit 701 for sending third information to the second network function. The information is used by the second network function to determine the first information; the first information includes the first location information obtained by positioning multiple terminals by the access network device and/or terminal; the first location information Used to determine the positioning information of the plurality of terminals. The positioning information of the plurality of terminals includes at least the absolute position information corresponding to each terminal in the plurality of terminals and/or the relative position information between the terminals.

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

In an optional embodiment of the present invention, the third message includes at least one of the following: identification information, positioning accuracy requirements, positioning methods, and positioning execution time requirements of each terminal in the plurality of terminals.

In an optional embodiment of the present invention, the third communication unit 701 is also used to send a fourth message to the first terminal, and the fourth message is used to request positioning with the first terminal; and/or the third communication unit 701 is also used to send a fifth message to the first terminal, and the fifth message is used to request the first terminal to position with the second terminal; wherein the first terminal is any one of the multiple terminals, and the second terminal is any one or more of the multiple terminals except the first terminal.

In an optional 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 also configured to receive the first positioning data and/or the second positioning data sent by the first terminal; wherein the first positioning data The data is the data obtained by positioning the access network equipment and the first terminal, and the second positioning data is the data obtained by positioning the first terminal and the second terminal; the device 700 A third processing unit is also included, configured to determine the first position information based on the first positioning data and/or the second positioning data.

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

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

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

It should be noted that when the information processing device provided in the above embodiment performs information processing, only the division of the above program modules is used as an example. In practical applications, the above processing can be allocated to different program modules as needed. That is, the internal structure of the device is divided into different program modules to complete all or part of the processing described above. In addition, the information processing device provided by the above embodiments and the information processing method embodiments belong to the same concept. Please refer to the method embodiments for the specific implementation process, which will not be described again here.

Figure 9 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device according to an embodiment of the present invention. The communication device 800 may be the first network function, the second network function or the access network device in the previous embodiment. The communication device 800 shown in FIG. 9 includes: at least one processor 801, a memory 802, and at least one network interface 803. The various components in communications device 800 are coupled together by bus system 804 . It can be understood that the bus system 804 is used to implement connection communication between these components. In addition to the data bus, the bus system 804 also includes a power bus, a control bus and a status signal bus. However, for the sake of clarity, the various buses are labeled bus system 804 in FIG. 9 .

It can be understood that the memory 802 can be a volatile memory or a non-volatile memory, and can also include both volatile and non-volatile memories. Among them, the non-volatile memory can be a read-only memory (ROM, Read Only Memory), a programmable read-only memory (PROM, Programmable Read-Only Memory), an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM, Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory). 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, Magnetic Surface Memory , optical disk, or CD-ROM (Compact Disc Read-Only Memory); the magnetic surface memory can be a magnetic disk memory or a magnetic tape memory. Volatile memory may be random access memory (RAM, Random Access Memory), which is used as an external cache. By way of illustration, but not limitation, many forms of RAM are available, such as Static Random Access Memory (SRAM), Synchronous Static Random Access Memory (SSRAM), Dynamic Random Access Memory Memory (DRAM, Dynamic Random Access Memory), synchronous dynamic random access memory (SDRAM, SynchronousDynamic Random Access Memory), double data rate synchronous dynamic random access memory (DDRSDRAM, 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 in the embodiments of the present invention is intended to include, but is not limited to, these and any other suitable types of memory.

The memory 802 in the embodiment 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 used to operate on the communication device 800, such as a program for implementing the method of the embodiment of the present invention.

The methods disclosed in the above embodiments of the present invention can 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. During the implementation process, each step of the above method can be completed by instructions in the form of hardware integrated logic circuits or software in the processor 801 . The above-mentioned processor 801 may be a general-purpose processor, a DSP, or other programmable logic devices, discrete gate or transistor logic devices, discrete hardware components, etc. The processor 801 can implement or execute each method, step and logical block diagram disclosed in the embodiment of the present invention. A general-purpose processor may be a microprocessor or any conventional processor, etc. The steps of the method disclosed in conjunction with the embodiments of the present invention can be directly implemented by a hardware decoding processor, or executed by a combination of hardware and software modules in the decoding processor. The software module may be located in a storage medium, and the storage medium is located in the memory 802. The processor 801 reads the information in the memory 802, and completes the steps of the foregoing method in combination with its hardware.

In an exemplary embodiment, the communication device 800 may be implemented by one or more application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), DSPs, programmable logic devices (PLDs), complex programmable logic devices (CPLDs), FPGAs, general purpose processors, controllers, microcontrollers (MCUs), microprocessors, or other electronic components to execute the aforementioned method.

In an exemplary embodiment, the embodiment of the present invention also provides a computer-readable storage medium, such as a memory 802 including a computer program. The above computer program can be executed by the processor 801 of the communication device 800 to complete the steps of the aforementioned method. . The computer-readable storage medium can be FRAM, ROM, PROM, EPROM, EEPROM, Flash Memory, magnetic surface memory, optical disk, or CD-ROM; it can also be various devices including one or any combination of the above memories, such as Mobile phones, computers, tablet devices, personal digital assistants, and more.

The methods disclosed in several method embodiments provided in this application can be combined arbitrarily to obtain new method embodiments without conflict.

The features disclosed in several product embodiments provided in this application can be combined arbitrarily without conflict to obtain new product embodiments.

The features disclosed in several method or device embodiments provided in this application can be arbitrarily combined without conflict to obtain new method embodiments or device embodiments.

In the several embodiments provided in the present application, it should be understood that the disclosed devices and methods can be implemented in other ways. The device embodiments described above are only schematic. For example, the division of the units is only a logical function division. There may be other division methods in actual implementation, such as: multiple units or components can be combined, or can be integrated into another system, or some features can be ignored, or not executed. In addition, the coupling, direct coupling, or communication connection between the components shown or discussed can be through some interfaces, and the indirect coupling or communication connection of the devices or units can be electrical, mechanical or other forms.

The units described above as separate components may or may not be physically separated. The components shown as units may or may not be physical units, that is, they may be located in one place or distributed to multiple network units; Some or all of the units can be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of this embodiment.

In addition, all functional units in the embodiments of the present invention may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may be separately used as a unit, or two or more units may be integrated into one unit; the above-mentioned integrated units may be implemented in the form of hardware or in the form of hardware plus software functional units.

Those of ordinary skill in the art can understand that all or part of the steps to implement the above method embodiments can be completed by hardware related to program instructions. The aforementioned program can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium. When the program is executed, It includes the steps of the above method embodiment; and the aforementioned storage medium includes: various media that can store program codes, such as mobile storage devices, ROM, RAM, magnetic disks or optical disks.

Alternatively, if the above-mentioned integrated unit of the present invention is implemented in the form of a software function module and sold or used as an independent product, it can also be stored in a computer-readable storage medium. Based on this understanding, the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention can be embodied in the form of software products in essence or those that contribute to the existing technology. The computer software products are stored in a storage medium and include a number of instructions to A computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, an access network device, etc.) is caused to execute all or part of the methods described in various embodiments of the present invention. The aforementioned storage media include: mobile storage devices, ROM, RAM, magnetic disks or optical disks and other media that can store program codes.

The above are only specific embodiments of the present invention, but the protection scope of the present invention is not limited thereto. Any person familiar with the technical field can easily think of changes or substitutions within the technical scope disclosed by the present invention. should be covered by the protection scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention should be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Claims (26)

1. An information processing method, characterized in that the method includes: The first network function receives the first information sent by the second network function, where the first information includes first location information obtained by positioning multiple terminals by the access network device and/or the terminal; The first network function sends second information to the location service requester, the second information includes positioning information of the plurality of terminals, and the positioning information of the plurality of terminals at least includes the corresponding information of each terminal in the plurality of terminals. The absolute position information and/or the relative position information between terminals; the positioning information is determined based on the first information. 2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that, the method further comprises: The first network function receives a first message sent by the location service requester, where the first message is used to request positioning of the multiple terminals. 3. The method according to claim 2 is characterized in that the first message includes at least one of the following: identification information, positioning accuracy requirements and positioning service type of each terminal in the multiple terminals. 4. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that, 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, characterized in that, the method further comprises: The first network function sends a second message to the second network function, where the second message is used to request acquisition of the first location information. 6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the second message includes at least identification information and/or positioning accuracy requirements of each terminal in the plurality of terminals. 7. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the absolute position information includes three-dimensional data of absolute position; and the relative position information includes three-dimensional data of relative position and/or relative distance. 8. An information processing method, characterized in that the method includes: The second network function receives the third information sent by the access network device, and determines the first information based on the third information; the first information includes the first information obtained by positioning multiple terminals by the access network device and/or the terminal. - location information; The second network function sends the first information to the first network function; the first information is used by the first network function to determine the positioning information of the multiple terminals, and the positioning information of the multiple terminals at least includes the absolute position information corresponding to each terminal in the multiple terminals and/or the relative position information between the terminals. 9. The method according to claim 8, characterized in that the method further comprises: The second network function receives a second message sent by the first network function, and the second message is used to request acquisition of the first location information. 10. The method according to claim 9, characterized in that the second message includes at least identification information and/or positioning accuracy requirements of each terminal in the plurality of terminals. 11. The method according to claim 9, characterized in that 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 acquisition of the first location information. 12. The method according to claim 11, wherein the third message includes at least one of the following: identification information, positioning accuracy requirements, positioning method and positioning execution time of each terminal in the plurality of terminals. Require. 13. The method according to any one of claims 8 to 12, wherein the absolute position information includes three-dimensional data of absolute position; and the relative position information includes three-dimensional data of relative position and/or relative distance. 14. An information processing method, characterized in that the method includes: The access network device sends third information to the second network function, the third information is used by the second network function to determine the first information; the first information includes the access network device and/or terminal pair The first location information obtained by positioning a terminal; the first location information is used to determine the positioning information of the multiple terminals, and the positioning information of the multiple terminals at least includes the location information corresponding to each terminal in the multiple terminals. Absolute position information and/or relative position information between terminals. 15. The method according to claim 14, characterized in that the method further comprises: The access network device receives a third message sent by the second network function, where the third message is used to request the first location information. 16. The method according to claim 15 is characterized in that the third message includes at least one of the following: identification information of each terminal in the multiple terminals, positioning accuracy requirements, positioning methods and positioning execution time requirements. 17. The method according to claim 14, characterized in that the method further comprises: The access network device sends a fourth message to the first terminal, where the fourth message is used to request positioning with the first terminal; and/or, The access network device sends a fifth message to the first terminal, where the fifth message is used to request the first terminal to perform positioning with the second terminal; Wherein, the first terminal is any terminal among the plurality of terminals, and the second terminal is any one or more terminals among the plurality of terminals except the first terminal. 18. The method according to claim 17, wherein the fifth message includes identification information of the second terminal. 19. The method according to claim 17, characterized in that the method further comprises: The access network device receives the first positioning data and/or the second positioning data sent by the first terminal; wherein the first positioning data is the location required by the access network device and the first terminal. The obtained data, the second positioning data is the data obtained by positioning the first terminal and the second terminal; The first position information is determined based on the first positioning data and/or the second positioning data. 20. The method of claim 19, wherein the second positioning data at least includes 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 includes three-dimensional data of absolute position; and the relative position information includes three-dimensional data of relative position and/or relative distance. 22. An information processing device, applied to a first network function, characterized in that the device comprises a first communication unit, configured to receive first information sent by a second network function, wherein the first information comprises first location information obtained by positioning a plurality of terminals by an access network device and/or a terminal; The first communication unit is also configured to send second information to the location service requester. The second information includes positioning information of the multiple terminals. The positioning information of the multiple terminals includes at least the multiple terminals. Absolute position information corresponding to each terminal and/or relative position information between terminals; the positioning information is determined based on the first information. 23. An information processing device, applied to the second network function, characterized in that the device includes a second communication unit and a second processing unit; wherein, The second communication unit is used to receive the third information sent by the access network device; The second processing unit is used to determine first information based on the third information; the first information includes first location information obtained by the access network device and/or the terminal positioning multiple terminals; The second communication unit is also used to send the first information to the first network function; the first information is used by the first network function to determine the positioning information of the multiple terminals. The positioning information at least includes absolute position information corresponding to each terminal among the plurality of terminals and/or relative position information between terminals. 24. An information processing device, applied to access network equipment, characterized in that the device includes a third communication unit for sending third information to the second network function, and the third information is used for the second network function. The second network function determines the first information; the first information includes the first location information obtained by positioning multiple terminals by the access network device and/or terminal; the first location information is used to determine the multiple terminals; The positioning information of the plurality of terminals includes at least the absolute position information corresponding to each terminal in the plurality of terminals and/or the relative position information between the terminals. 25. A computer-readable storage medium having a computer program stored thereon, characterized in that when the program is executed by a processor, the program implements the steps of the method described in any one of claims 1 to 7; or, when the program is executed by a processor, the program implements the steps of the method described in any one of claims 8 to 13; or, when the program is executed by a processor, the program implements the steps of the method described in any one of claims 14 to 21. 26. A communication device, comprising a memory, a processor and a computer program stored in the memory and executable on the processor, characterized in that when the processor executes the program, any one of claims 1 to 7 is implemented The steps of the method; or, when the processor executes the program, the steps of the method of any one of claims 8 to 13 are implemented; or, when the processor executes the program, the steps of any one of claims 14 to 21 are implemented. One step of the method.