WO2018035723A1 - 一种处理信息或消息的方法及网络设备 - Google Patents

一种处理信息或消息的方法及网络设备 Download PDF

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WO2018035723A1
WO2018035723A1 PCT/CN2016/096438 CN2016096438W WO2018035723A1 WO 2018035723 A1 WO2018035723 A1 WO 2018035723A1 CN 2016096438 W CN2016096438 W CN 2016096438W WO 2018035723 A1 WO2018035723 A1 WO 2018035723A1
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熊春山
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  • the present invention relates to the field of communications, and in particular, to a method and a network device for processing information or a message.
  • the communication network provides more and more services for users. Therefore, communication between the network side and the user equipment (English name: User Equipment, UE) is also more and more frequent.
  • the user equipment English name: User Equipment, UE
  • the network side in the communication network needs to send messages to the user equipment frequently.
  • the UE and the core network need to synchronize the context of the session, such as synchronization of bearer context information in the session.
  • the network side is required to send a session update message to the UE in time, and notify the UE of the modified session information.
  • the network side When the UE side is processing the information of the UE, if the UE is in the connected state, it can be directly sent. If the UE is in an idle state (for example, the Idle state), the network side usually initiates a paging procedure to the UE, so that the UE enters the connected state through the service request procedure to receive information and perform the content indicated by the information. For example, in the EPS session management, the network side sends a paging message to the idle state UE, so that the UE enters the connection state to perform the synchronization process of the session, and acquires the session update information.
  • the idle state for example, the Idle state
  • the network side sends a paging message to the idle state UE, so that the UE enters the connection state to perform the synchronization process of the session, and acquires the session update information.
  • the process of processing the information of the idle state UE from the network side can be known, in the scenario where there is no data transmission, or the modified information is used for the scenario in which the service that can transmit the existing channel information can be used in a short time, through the paging process.
  • the process of allowing the UE to enter the connection state causes additional signaling overhead, resulting in an increase in air interface signaling overhead.
  • the embodiment of the invention provides a method for processing information or a message and a network device, which reduces signaling overhead of paging UE and saves signaling overhead of air interface.
  • the present application provides a method for processing information, which is information of a UE in an idle state.
  • the method is applied to the first network device, and the method includes: the first network device receives the first information of the UE sent by the second network device; and the first network device determines, according to the information about the sending manner of the first information, the sending of the first information.
  • the transmission mode includes immediate transmission or delayed transmission or delayed timing transmission.
  • the UE is in an idle state, and when receiving the first information of the UE sent by the second network device, the first network device determines, according to the information about the sending manner of the first information, the sending manner of the first information. And determining whether the first information is sent to the UE immediately.
  • the determined transmission mode is delayed transmission or delayed timing transmission, there is no need to page the UE immediately, which reduces the signaling overhead of paging, thereby saving the signaling overhead of the air interface.
  • the first network device is a network device that performs a control plane function in a communication network.
  • the second network device is a network device that performs a policy function in the communication network.
  • the first information may be any type of information that the network side sends, or synchronizes, or notifies to the UE.
  • the first network device or the second network device may be separately set up or deployed in an existing network device as a functional unit.
  • the sending mode related information of the first information may include: sending mode indication information, where the sending mode indication information is used to indicate that the first information can be used when the UE is in an idle state; or, sending a policy, where the sending policy is used to determine the UE The way the first message can be used when in the idle state.
  • the sending mode indication information is one-to-one corresponding to the sending mode, and the sending manner of the first information may be directly and quickly determined according to the sending mode indication information.
  • the sending policy is a preset rule, and the sending manner of the first information may be determined according to the sending policy.
  • the sending policy may be statically preset by the operator of the communication device, or may be dynamically set by the network device according to the network state, or the sending policy may also be based on the static preset of the operator of the communication device, and the network device according to the network state. Dynamic activation.
  • determining the sending manner of the first information according to the information about the sending manner of the first information may include : determining that the first information is sent in the manner indicated by the transmission mode indication information.
  • the sending mode indication information may include sending the indication information immediately, or delaying the sending of the indication information, or delaying the transmission of the indication information.
  • the sending mode indication information when the sending mode indication information is the delayed timing sending indication information, the sending mode indication information includes a delayed timing sending identifier and a preset time point; or the sending mode indication information includes a delayed sending indication and a preset time or the sending indication information includes a preset Set the time.
  • determining the first information according to the sending manner information of the first information may include: determining, according to the sending policy, a sending manner of the first information.
  • the information about the sending manner of the first information may be forwarded by the second network device.
  • a network device is provided.
  • the method may further include: receiving, by the second network device, information about the sending manner of the first information.
  • the information about the sending manner of the first information may be included in the first information or in a single message, or may be separately sent.
  • the information about the sending manner of the first information may be pre-configured in the first network device. in. Upon receiving the first information, the first network device determines, according to the pre-configured transmission mode related information of the first information, the manner in which the first information is sent.
  • the method may further include: sending the first information to the UE according to the sending manner of the first information.
  • the process of sending the first information to the UE saves the signaling overhead of the air interface.
  • the UE in order to implement sending the first information to the UE in different sending modes, specifically, according to the sending manner of the first information, the UE is sent to the UE. Sending the first information, if the sending manner of the first information is delayed sending, sending the first information to the UE when the UE enters the connected state; or, if the sending manner of the first information is delayed sending, When the UE enters the connected state or reaches a preset time point of the first information, the first information is sent to the UE.
  • a solution for transmitting the first information to the UE when the UE enters the connected state is provided.
  • the UE sends a location update request it can determine that the UE enters the connected state.
  • the sending the first information to the UE includes: receiving a location update request that carries the UE information that is sent by the UE, and sending the first information to the UE according to the object information of the UE.
  • the sending the first information to the UE according to the object information of the UE may be implemented as: determining, according to the object information of the UE, the first Whether the object to which the information belongs is an active state or a newly created object; if it is determined that the object to which the first information belongs is an active state or is a newly created object, a second notification request is sent to the UE.
  • the object information of the UE includes the current attribute of each object of the UE. Since there are cases where the UE deletes some objects, the status of the objects is inactive. Finding the object information of the UE can determine the current state of the object to which the first information belongs. If the object information of the UE does not include the object to which the first information belongs, the object to which the first information belongs is a newly created object.
  • the first information is not sent to the UE, and the signaling overhead of the air interface is better saved.
  • the sending the first information may be specifically: sending a location update response message to the UE, where the location update response message includes the first information; or sending a context setup message including the first information to the access network device, so that the access network device
  • the radio resource control (Radio Resource Control, RRC) reconfiguration message including the first information is sent to the UE. Further, a location update response message is sent to the UE.
  • RRC Radio Resource Control
  • another implementation scheme for transmitting the first information to the UE when the UE enters the connected state is provided.
  • the UE sends a service request it can determine that the UE enters the connected state.
  • the first information is sent to the UE, which may be implemented as: receiving a service request that is sent by the UE and carrying the object information of the UE; and sending the first information to the UE according to the object information.
  • the UE sends a service request
  • the object to which the first information belongs is determined to be an activated state or a newly created object according to the object information of the UE
  • the first information is specifically sent to the UE.
  • sending a context setup message including the first information to the access network device so that the access network device sends an RRC reconfiguration message including the first information to the UE.
  • the UE sends a service request, and the UE may send a service request according to the indication of the user, or may send a service request after the UE receives the paging message.
  • the method may further include: if the first information is sent in a delayed manner or Delayed timing transmission, the first information is set to a waiting state, and the waiting state is used to indicate that the first information is to be sent.
  • the setting the first information to the waiting state may be implemented by setting the identifier to record the waiting state, or may be implemented to save the first information to the cache to record the waiting state, or may be implemented as the first state.
  • the information is saved and marked as waiting.
  • setting the first information to the waiting state may be implemented to set an object to which the first information belongs to a waiting state.
  • the method may further include: if the sending manner of the first information is delay sending or delay timing sending, and the first information is in a waiting state, when the UE enters the connected state, sending the first information to the UE; or, if the first information is When the sending mode is delayed timing transmission and the first information is in a waiting state, when the preset time point of the first information is reached, the first information is sent to the UE.
  • the receiving, by the first network device, the first information of the UE sent by the second network device may be implemented by: receiving, by the first network device, The first message sent by the second network device, where the first message carries information about the first information and the manner of sending the first information.
  • the method may further include: if the sending manner of the first information is delayed sending or delayed timing sending, setting the first message to a waiting state.
  • the method may further include: if the sending manner of the first information is delay sending or delay timing sending, and the first message is in a waiting state, processing the first message when the UE enters the connected state; or if the first information is sent To delay the timing transmission and the first message is in a waiting state, the first message is processed when the preset time point of the first message is reached.
  • the method in another possible implementation manner, in order to correspond to the setting waiting state to avoid erroneous processing, after the first information is sent to the UE, the method further Including: cancel the wait state of the first message.
  • the waiting state of canceling the first information is the unset identifier or setting the first information to the processed state. If the first message is set to wait The state is implemented by saving the first information to the cache to record the waiting state. Then, canceling the waiting state of the first information is to delete the first information in the cache after transmitting the first information to the UE. If the first information is set to the waiting state to save the first information and set the waiting state, then canceling the waiting state of the first information is to delete the first information and the waiting state in the cache after transmitting the first information to the UE. .
  • the method may further include: sending a sending indication of the first information to the second network device, where the sending indication of the first information is used to indicate that the first network device determines The status of the first message sent.
  • the sending status includes whether it has been sent or not.
  • the solution of the present application is applied in a session management process, so as to effectively reduce the paging UE in the session management process.
  • Signaling overhead which saves signaling overhead for air interfaces.
  • the first information may include information that is synchronized or updated to the UE in the session management process.
  • the information that is synchronized or updated to the UE in the session management process includes the information that the parameters of the session are modified, established, and deleted, and the update information to the UE after the bearer in the session is modified, established, and deleted.
  • the first information may be included in the first notification request, and the sending the first information to the UE may be implemented to send the first information to the UE.
  • the second notification request message of the message may be included in the first notification request, and the sending the first information to the UE may be implemented to send the first information to the UE.
  • the first notification request message may be a session modification request or a bearer modification request or a bearer deletion request or a creation
  • the second notification request message may be a session management request or a bearer setup request.
  • the first network device continuously receives the UE information sent by the second network device, when the previous UE information is not processed and new is received.
  • the information of the UE at this time, when the UE enters the connected state, multiple information of the same UE may be combined and sent, so that the UE can obtain the latest complete information.
  • the method further includes: receiving the second information sent by the second network device; if the first information and the second information belong to the same object, deleting the first information to be sent , only need to send the second information, the specific sending method is the sending method of the second information.
  • the first information and the second information are sent in the following manner: if both the first information and the second information transmission manner are delayed transmission, the sending manner is delayed transmission;
  • the transmission mode of the information and the second information includes delayed transmission and delayed timing transmission, and the transmission mode is delayed timing transmission; if both the first information and the second information transmission manner are delayed timing transmission, the transmission mode is delayed timing transmission, and Processed according to the point in time of the first arrival.
  • the merging means that if a plurality of pieces of information belong to the same object, the previous information is replaced with the latest information; if the plurality of pieces of information belong to different objects, the plurality of pieces of information are processed.
  • the method may further include: receiving, by the UE, The first message of the response message.
  • the method may further include: the first network device sends a completion indication message of the first information to the second network device, to notify the second network device that the first information is successfully sent to the UE. .
  • the method further includes: if the first information fails to be sent to the UE, sending a failure indication to the second network device.
  • the failure to send the first information to the UE may be defined according to actual requirements. Show For example, if the response message of the first information sent by the UE is not received within the preset duration after the first information is sent to the UE, it is determined that the first information is sent to the UE. For the length of the preset duration, it can be set according to actual needs.
  • the method after the first network device receives the first information sent by the second network device, the method also includes: notifying the user plane network device of the first information. In this way, information synchronization is realized on the control plane, the user plane, and the UE.
  • the second aspect of the present application provides another method for processing information, where the information is information of an idle state UE, and the method is applied to the first network device, and the method may include: receiving, by the second network device, the first information of the UE. And the sending mode indication information of the first information; if the sending mode indication information indicates that the first information is sent by using a delayed sending or a delayed timing sending manner, setting the first information to a waiting state, and the waiting state is used to indicate that the first information is to be sent.
  • the method for processing information provided by the present application the UE is in an idle state, and when the second network device sends the first information of the UE to the first network device, the information about the sending manner of the first information is provided, and if the sending mode indication information is used, The first information is sent in the delayed transmission or the delayed transmission mode.
  • the first network device sets the first information to the waiting state, and the paging process is not required to wake up the idle state UE to receive the first information, thereby reducing the signaling overhead of the air interface.
  • the method may further include: when the UE enters a connected state, and the first information is in a waiting state, sending the first information to the UE.
  • the method further includes: when the preset time point of the first information is reached and the first information is in a waiting state, to the UE Send the first message.
  • the process of sending the first information to the UE is the same as the first aspect and the various possible implementation manners of the first aspect, and details are not described herein.
  • a method of processing a message comprising For the information of the UE in the idle state, the method is applied to the first network device, and the method includes: the first network device receives the first message sent by the second network device, where the first message includes the first information of the UE; and the first network device Determining the processing manner of the first message is delay processing or delay timing processing, storing the first message or storing the second message generated according to the first message.
  • the method for processing a message provided by the present application, when the first network device receives the first message that includes the information of the idle state UE sent by the second network device, whether the first message is processed immediately.
  • the processing manner of the first message is delay processing or delay timing processing, there is no need to immediately wake up the idle state to process the first message, and the signaling overhead of the air interface is reduced.
  • the second message may be a message when the first information in any one of the foregoing aspects or any possible implementation manner is sent to the UE.
  • a solution for determining a processing manner of the first message is a delay processing or a delay timing processing, and specifically includes: determining, according to the processing mode indication information, that the processing manner of the first message is Delay processing or delay timing processing; or determining, according to the processing strategy, the processing manner of the first message is delay processing or delay timing processing.
  • the first message in order to save storage resources of the first network device, includes processing mode indication information, or a processing policy.
  • the processing mode indication information is used to indicate immediate processing or delayed processing or delayed timing processing.
  • the method before receiving the first message sent by the second network device, the method may further include: receiving a processing policy sent by the second network device The processing strategy is used to determine how the first message is processed.
  • the method may further include: if the processing manner of the first message is delay processing, processing when the UE enters the connected state The first message or the second message; or, if the processing manner of the first message is delayed timing processing, the UE enters the connected state or reaches When the preset time point of the first message is reached, the first message or the second message is processed.
  • the method may further include: if the processing manner of the first message is delay processing or delay timing processing, setting the first message to The waiting state or the second message is a waiting state, and the waiting state is used to indicate that the first message or the second message is to be processed.
  • the method may further include: if the processing of the first message The method is the delay processing or the delay timing processing, when the UE enters the connected state, the first message or the second message in the waiting state is processed; or, if the processing manner of the first message is the delayed timing processing, when the first information is reached, At the preset time point, the first message or the second message in the waiting state is processed.
  • the first message may be a session modification request, a bearer modification request, a bearer setup request, or a bearer deletion request in the session management process.
  • a message includes information that is synchronized or updated to the UE in the session management process.
  • the second message may be a session management request or a bearer setup request sent to the UE in the session management process, where the session management request or the bearer setup request includes information that is synchronized or updated to the UE in the session management process.
  • processing flow of the first message in the third aspect is similar to the sending process of the first information in the first aspect.
  • the operation of the first information in the first aspect can be directly applied to the third aspect as an operation on the first message. For the specific process, it will not be described here.
  • another method of processing information for use in a second network device.
  • the method includes: acquiring, by the second network device, information related to the sending manner of the first information of the UE, where the sending mode related information is used to determine a sending manner of the first information, where the sending manner includes immediately sending or delaying sending or delaying timing sending;
  • a network device sends the first information and the information about the manner in which the first information is sent.
  • the method for processing information provided by the present application when the second network device first acquires information about the manner in which the first information of the UE is sent, and then sends the first information to the first network device,
  • the transmission information related to the first information is also transmitted.
  • the first network device may determine the sending manner of the first information according to the information about the sending manner of the first information. When the determined sending mode is the delayed sending or the delayed sending, the paging process is not required to wake up the idle state to receive the first.
  • the information reduces the signaling overhead of the paging UE and saves the signaling overhead of the air interface.
  • the first network device is sent to the first network device.
  • the sending mode indication information is provided, and the information about the sending manner of the first information may include: sending mode indication information, where the sending mode indication information is used to indicate the sending manner of the first information.
  • the second network device in order to improve processing efficiency of the second network device, only needs to provide the first network device with a sending policy, the first information.
  • the sending mode related information may include: a sending policy, where the sending policy is used to determine a sending manner of the first information.
  • the information about the sending manner of the first information includes the sending mode indication information
  • the information about the sending manner of the first information is obtained, and the specific implementation is : determining, according to the sending policy, the sending manner indication information of the first information.
  • the solution of the present application is applied in a session management process, so as to effectively reduce signaling of the UE in the session management process. Overhead, saving signaling overhead for air interfaces.
  • the first information may include information that is synchronized or updated to the UE in the session management process.
  • the information that is synchronized or updated to the UE in the session management process includes the information that the parameters of the session are modified, established, and deleted, and the update information to the UE after the bearer in the session is modified, established, and deleted.
  • the method further includes: receiving, by the first network device, a sending indication of the first information, where The sending indication of the first information is used to indicate the sending status of the first information.
  • the method further includes: receiving a completion indication message of the first information that is sent by the first network device after receiving the response message of the first information sent by the UE.
  • the method further includes: receiving a transmission failure indication sent by the first network device after the failure to send the first information to the UE.
  • another method of processing information for use in a second network device.
  • the method may include: the second network device acquiring the sending mode indication information of the first information of the UE, where the sending mode indication information is used to indicate the sending manner of the first information, where the sending manner includes immediately sending or delaying sending or delaying timing sending;
  • the first network device sends the first information and the sending manner indication information of the first information.
  • the method of processing information provided by the fifth aspect of the present application is performed in combination with the method of processing information provided by the second aspect. Therefore, the specific implementation can refer to the second aspect, and the same beneficial effects can be achieved with the second aspect, and details are not described herein.
  • a sixth aspect of the present application provides a method for processing a message, the message including information of an idle state UE, the method being applied to a second network device.
  • the method includes: the second network device acquiring the processing mode related information of the first message, where the first message includes the first information of the idle state UE, and the processing mode related information is used to determine the processing manner of the first message; to the first network device Sending the first message and the processing information related to the first message.
  • the method for processing a message provided by the sixth aspect of the present application is performed in combination with the method for processing a message provided by the third aspect. Therefore, the specific implementation can refer to the third aspect, and the same beneficial effects can be achieved with the third aspect, and details are not described herein again.
  • the seventh aspect of the present application provides a first network device, where the device can implement the function of the first network device in the foregoing method, and the function of the device can be implemented by using a hardware.
  • the corresponding software implementation can also be performed by hardware.
  • the hardware or software includes one or more modules corresponding to the above functions.
  • the structure of the device includes a processor and a transceiver, and the processor is configured to support the device to perform the foregoing method.
  • the transceiver is used to support communication between the device and other network elements.
  • the device can also include a memory for coupling with the processor that retains the program instructions and data necessary for the device.
  • a computer storage medium for storing computer software instructions for use in the first network device, comprising a program designed to perform the above aspects.
  • a ninth aspect of the present application provides a second network device, where the device can implement the functions of the second network device in the foregoing method, and the function of the device can be implemented by using hardware or by executing corresponding software by hardware.
  • the hardware or software includes one or more modules corresponding to the above functions.
  • the structure of the device includes a processor and a transceiver configured to support the device to perform the above method.
  • the transceiver is used to support communication between the device and other network elements.
  • the device can also include a memory for coupling with the processor that retains the program instructions and data necessary for the device.
  • a computer storage medium for storing computer software instructions for use in the second network device, comprising a program designed to perform the above aspects.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication network according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of an EPS network according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a 5G network according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a first network device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a second network device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 6 is a schematic flowchart diagram of a method for processing information according to an embodiment of the present disclosure
  • FIG. 7 is a schematic flowchart diagram of another method for processing information according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 8 is a schematic flowchart diagram of still another method for processing information according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 9 is a schematic flowchart diagram of a method for processing a message according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 10 is a schematic flowchart diagram of another method for processing information according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 11 is a schematic flowchart diagram of still another method for processing information according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 12 is a schematic flowchart diagram of still another method for processing information according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 12 is a schematic flowchart of still another method for processing information according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 13 is a schematic flowchart diagram of another method for processing a message according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 14 is a schematic flowchart of still another method for processing a message according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 15 is a schematic structural diagram of another first network device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 16 is a schematic structural diagram of still another first network device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 17 is a schematic structural diagram of still another first network device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 18 is a schematic structural diagram of another first network device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 19 is a schematic structural diagram of another first network device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 20 is a schematic structural diagram of another first network device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 21 is a schematic structural diagram of another first network device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 22 is a schematic structural diagram of another second network device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 23 is a schematic structural diagram of still another second network device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • system and “network” are used interchangeably herein.
  • the term “and/or” in this context is merely an association describing the associated object, indicating that there may be three relationships, for example, A and / or B, which may indicate that A exists separately, and both A and B exist, respectively. B these three situations.
  • the character "/" in this article generally indicates that the contextual object is an "or" relationship.
  • the control plane network device in the communication network wakes up the UE by sending a paging message to the UE.
  • the connection state is entered to send information of the UE to the UE or to process a message including UE information. This process causes the UE to generate additional signaling overhead and wastes the signaling overhead of the air interface.
  • the basic principle of the present invention is: when receiving the information of the UE or the message including the information of the UE, first determining the manner of sending the information of the UE or the processing manner of the message including the UE information, and the sending manner includes immediately sending or delaying sending or delaying the timing.
  • Sending, processing includes immediate processing or delayed processing or delayed timing processing.
  • the information is sent to the UE according to the determined transmission mode, or the message is processed according to the determined processing manner.
  • the idle state UE does not need to be paged, the signaling overhead of the paging UE is reduced, and the signaling overhead of the air interface is saved.
  • the method for processing information or message provided by the embodiment of the present invention is applied to the communication network architecture shown in FIG. 1 or the evolved packet system (Evolved Packet System, EPS) network architecture shown in FIG. 2 .
  • EPS evolved Packet System
  • the communication network architecture shown in FIG. 1 includes a policy function network device 101, at least one control plane network device 102, and at least one UE 103.
  • the policy function network device 101 is connected to communicate with at least one control plane network device 102, and one control plane network device 102 serves a plurality of UEs 103.
  • FIG. 1 merely depicts the composition of the communication network architecture by way of example, and is not a specific definition of the number of policy function network devices 101, control plane network devices 102, and UEs 103 included in the communication network architecture.
  • the EPS network architecture shown in FIG. 2 includes a packet data gateway (Public Data Network GateWay, P-GW) and a mobile management entity (English name: Mobility Management Entity, MME).
  • P-GW obtains the policy from the Policy and Charging Rule Function (PCRF), and the P-GW communicates with the MME through the Serving Gateway (English name: Serving GateWay, S-GW).
  • PCRF Policy and Charging Rule Function
  • the communication network architecture shown in Figure 1 can be the fifth generation mobile communication technology.
  • (English full name: 5th-Generation, 5G) Network architecture As shown in FIG. 3, a network architecture of a 5G network is illustrated.
  • the policy function (English name: Policy Function, PF) entity is the policy function network device
  • the control plane (English full name: Control Plane, CP) functional unit set is the control plane network device. .
  • the set of CP functional units may be at least one CP entity.
  • the set of CP functional units includes more than two CP entities, the functions of the first network device in the embodiment of the present invention are performed by two or more CP entities.
  • the CP functional unit set may include a mobile management (English name: Mobility Management, MM) function and a session management (English name: Session Management, SM) function.
  • MM Mobility Management
  • SM Session Management
  • the method for processing information or messages provided by the embodiments of the present invention can be applied to various communication network architectures. Therefore, the communication network architecture shown in FIG. 1 may also be an architecture of other communication networks. The type of the communication network architecture shown in FIG. 1 is not specifically limited in the embodiment of the present invention.
  • the UE 103 can be a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, a personal computer (English name: personal computer, PC), a super mobile personal computer (English name: Ultra-mobile Personal Computer, UMPC), a netbook, an individual.
  • Digital assistant English full name: Personal Digital Assistant, PDA
  • terminal equipment such as in-vehicle equipment.
  • the method for processing information or a message provided by the embodiment of the present invention is specifically applied to the first network device 40 or the second network device 50.
  • the first network device 40 may be the policy function network device 101 in the communication network architecture shown in FIG. 1, and the second network device 50 may be the control plane network device 102.
  • FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a first network device 40 related to various embodiments of the present invention.
  • the first network device 40 performs a control management function.
  • the first network device 40 can include a processor 401, a memory 402, a communication bus 403, and a transceiver 404.
  • the memory 402 is configured to store program code, so that the processor 401 executes the program generation
  • the code implements various functions of the first network device 40.
  • the memory 402 can be a volatile memory, such as a random access memory (RAM), or a non-volatile memory (English name: non-volatile memory), such as a read only memory. (English full name: read-only memory, ROM), flash memory (English full name: flash memory), hard disk (English full name: hard disk drive, HDD) or solid state drive (English full name: solid-state drive, SSD); or A combination of the above types of memories.
  • the processor 401 is a control center of the first network device 40, and may be a central processing unit (CPU), or a specific integrated circuit (ASIC), or One or more integrated circuits configured to implement embodiments of the present invention, such as one or more microprocessors (digital singnal processors, DSP), or one or more field programmable gate arrays (English full name) : Field Programmable Gate Array, FPGA).
  • the processor 401 can implement various functions of the first network device 40 by running or executing program code stored in the memory 402, as well as invoking data stored in the memory 402.
  • the communication bus 403 can be an industry standard architecture (English name: Industry Standard Architecture, ISA) bus, external device interconnection (English name: Peripheral Component, PCI) bus or extended industry standard architecture (English full name: Extended Industry Standard Architecture, EISA) bus, etc.
  • the bus 403 can be divided into an address bus, a data bus, a control bus, and the like. For ease of representation, only one thick line is shown in Figure 4, but it does not mean that there is only one bus or one type of bus.
  • the first network device 40 can communicate with other network devices through the transceiver 404.
  • the transceiver 404 can be a transceiver port, ie, a communication interface.
  • FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a second network device 50 related to various embodiments of the present invention.
  • the second network device 50 performs a policy function.
  • the second network device 50 can include a processor 501, a memory 502, a communication bus 503, and a transceiver 504.
  • the memory 502 is configured to store program code, so that the processor 501 executes the program code to implement various functions of the second network device 50.
  • Memory 502 can be a volatile memory, such as a RAM. Or a non-volatile memory such as a ROM, a flash memory, an HDD or an SSD; or a combination of the above types of memories.
  • the processor 501 is a control center of the second network device 50, which may be a CPU, an ASIC, or one or more integrated circuits configured to implement embodiments of the present invention, such as one or more DSPs, or , one or more FPGAs.
  • the processor 501 can implement various functions of the second network device 50 by running or executing program code stored in the memory 502, as well as invoking data stored in the memory 502.
  • the communication bus 503 can be an ISA bus, a PCI bus, or an EISA bus.
  • the bus 503 can be divided into an address bus, a data bus, a control bus, and the like. For ease of representation, only one thick line is shown in Figure 5, but it does not mean that there is only one bus or one type of bus.
  • the second network device 50 can communicate with other network devices through the transceiver 504.
  • the transceiver 504 can be a transceiver port.
  • Sending immediately means that when the UE receives the information, if the UE is in the connected state, the information is directly sent to the UE; or if the UE is in the idle state, the UE is paged and sent after the UE enters the connected state.
  • Delayed transmission means that when the UE receives the information, if the UE is in the connected state, it is directly sent; or if the UE is in the idle state, it waits for the UE to enter the connected state and then sends.
  • Delayed timing transmission means that when the UE receives the information, if the UE is in the connected state, it is directly sent; or if the UE is in the idle state, and the UE enters the connected state before the predetermined time point, the UE sends after the UE enters the connected state; Or, if the UE is in an idle state, and the UE does not enter the connected state after the predetermined time point, the UE is paged, and is sent after the UE enters the connected state.
  • Processing immediately means that when the UE receives the message including the information of the UE, if the UE is in The connected state is directly processed; or, if the UE is in an idle state, the UE is paged and processed after the UE enters the connected state.
  • the delay processing refers to directly processing the UE if it is in the connected state when receiving the message including the information of the UE; or waiting for the UE to enter the connected state after the UE is in the idle state.
  • Delayed timing processing refers to directly processing the UE if it is in the connected state when receiving the message including the information of the UE; or if the UE is in the idle state and the UE enters the connected state before the predetermined time point, the UE enters the connected state. Post-processing; or, if the UE is in an idle state, and the UE does not enter the connected state after the predetermined time point, the UE is paged and processed after the UE enters the connected state.
  • processing may include sending, converting or updating of a message or information.
  • an embodiment of the present invention provides a method for processing information, which is applied to the communication network architecture shown in FIG. 1 or the EPS network architecture shown in FIG. 2.
  • the method for processing information provided by the embodiment of the present invention is described by taking the interaction process between the first network device and the second network device as an example.
  • the method may include:
  • the second network device sends the first information of the UE to the first network device.
  • the first information of the UE may be any type of information, which is not specifically limited in this embodiment of the present invention.
  • the first information of the UE may be information that is synchronized or updated to the UE in the session management process, such as bearer context information, that is, when the network side initiates session information update or bearer information update, it is required to notify the UE of the update information. It is also possible to update the subscription information of the UE or the related UE information initiated by the home subscriber server (HSS) or the UE information initiated by other network side devices.
  • HSS home subscriber server
  • the type and format of the first information of the UE in the embodiment of the present invention are not specifically limited.
  • the information that is synchronized or updated to the UE in the session management process includes: after the parameter of the session is modified or is modified or established, the modified or established deleted session is synchronized to the UE.
  • the parameter information of the voice is such that the UE synchronizes to the latest session parameter; or, after the bearer in the session is modified or created or deleted, the attribute information of the bearer is modified or created or deleted to be synchronized with the UE.
  • the information that is synchronized or updated to the UE in the session management process includes: the modification of the quality of service (English name: Quality of Service, Qos) parameter or the maximum aggregate bit rate of the APN granularity (Access Point Network-Aggregated Maximum). Bit Rate, APN-AMBR) or the service flow template (English name: TrafficFlowTemplate, TFT) or the protocol configuration setting (PCO).
  • Qos Quality of Service
  • Qos Access Point Network-Aggregated Maximum
  • Bit Rate, APN-AMBR or the service flow template (English name: TrafficFlowTemplate, TFT) or the protocol configuration setting (PCO).
  • the parameter information may be the parameter content itself or the information value corresponding to the parameter content.
  • the corresponding relationship between the parameter content and the information value may be set according to actual requirements, which is not specifically limited in the embodiment of the present invention.
  • the bearer attribute information may include a quality of service (English name: Quality of Service, Qos) parameter.
  • Qos parameters may include the QoS Class Identifier (QCI), the Address Resolution Protocol (ARP), the Guaranteed Bit Rate (GBR), and the multi-band indication (English). Full name in English: multi-band-radio, MBR).
  • the S1 second network device when the S1 second network device sends the first information of the UE to the first network device, the information about the sending manner of the first information may also be sent to the first network device.
  • the first information and the transmission mode related information of the first information may be sent to the first network device by using the first message.
  • the information about the sending manner of the first information may include sending mode indication information or a sending policy.
  • the sending mode indication information is used to indicate the sending manner of the first information.
  • the sending policy is used to determine the manner in which the first information of the UE is sent.
  • the transmission method includes immediate transmission or delayed transmission or delayed timing transmission.
  • the sending policy may include different types of services corresponding to different sending manners; or different types of objects corresponding to different sending manners, such as ensuring the modification of the bit rate of the bearer or using the immediate sending manner, and the bit rate is not guaranteed.
  • Hosted Modifying or establishing the use delay transmission may also include activating the feature when the network side is in congestion, and the like.
  • the embodiment of the present invention does not limit the specific content of the sending policy, and may define the content of the sending policy according to actual requirements.
  • the sending policy may include, for a service that has a specific execution time, sending the related information of the service to the UE by using a delayed timing sending manner; the sending policy may further include: sending a time point of the related information of the service to the UE, or length of time. For example, the time point of the related information for transmitting the service to the UE is determined according to the specific execution time of the service.
  • the sending policy may correspond to different subscription information or different information attributes corresponding to different sending manners.
  • the transmission method can be determined according to the information of the UE or the subscription level of the UE.
  • the second network device sends the first information of the UE and the information about the sending manner of the first information to the first network device
  • the information about the sending manner of the first information and the first information may be included in a message.
  • the information may be sent in different messages, which is not specifically limited in this embodiment of the present invention.
  • the method further includes: sending, by the first network device, the information about the sending manner of the first information, and before the step S601, the method further includes: The second network device acquires information about the manner in which the first information of the UE is sent.
  • the obtaining, by the second network device, the sending policy may be implemented in multiple manners, including but not limited to:
  • Mode 1 Receive the pre-configured transmission policy of the operator.
  • the operator can configure the sending policy on the second network device.
  • Mode 2 Determine the sending policy according to the current status of the network.
  • the second network device can determine the sending policy according to the actual situation of the network.
  • the sending policy may include: when the network is busy, the information with the aging requirement lower than the first threshold adopts a delayed sending or a delayed timing sending, and the aging requirement is higher than The first threshold information is sent immediately; or, when the network is idle, all information is sent immediately.
  • Mode 3 Receive a transmission policy configured by the operator, and dynamically adjust the transmission policy according to the current status of the network.
  • the sending, by the second network device, the sending mode indication information of the first information includes: determining a sending manner of the first information according to the sending policy, and generating sending mode indication information of the first information.
  • the sending mode indication information may include sending the indication information immediately, or delaying the sending of the indication information, or delaying the sending of the indication information.
  • the representation of the transmission mode indication information may be set according to actual requirements, which is not specifically limited in the embodiment of the present invention.
  • different characters may be used to represent different sending manner indication information, and the sending manner may indicate whether the information is empty to represent different sending manners.
  • the flag position is 1, which means immediate transmission
  • the flag position is 2, which means delayed transmission
  • the flag position is 3, which means delayed timing transmission.
  • immediate transmission can be achieved by a synchronization indication, which can be implemented by an asynchronous indication.
  • the delay timing transmission may be determined by determining whether the second network device sends the time indication information on the basis of the asynchronous indication. For example, if the second network device sends the time indication information, the delay timing transmission mode is adopted. .
  • the synchronization indication and the asynchronous indication can be implemented by one bit, and are not limited.
  • the indication information may further include time information.
  • the time information may be a point in time at which the first information must be synchronized.
  • the transmission mode may be determined to be delayed timing transmission according to the flag bit 2 plus the time information.
  • the information about the sending manner of the first information may further include a preset time point of the first information of the UE.
  • the S601 may be specifically implemented by: the first network device sending, to the second network device, the first message that carries the first information of the UE.
  • the first message may further carry information about the manner in which the first information is sent.
  • the first network device receives the first information of the UE that is sent by the second network device.
  • the S602 further includes the first network device receiving the sending by the second network device. Information about the manner in which the first information of the UE is transmitted.
  • the S602 includes: the first network device receives the first message sent by the second network device, where the first message carries the first information of the UE.
  • the first message may further carry information about the manner in which the first information is sent.
  • the first network device determines, according to the information about the sending manner of the first information, the sending manner of the first information of the UE.
  • step S603 is performed when the UE is in an idle state.
  • the information about the sending manner of the first information may be sent by the second network device in S601.
  • the information about the sending manner of the first information includes the sending policy, it may also be stored in the first network device. This embodiment of the present invention does not specifically limit this.
  • the scheme of executing S603 is also different.
  • the S603 is specifically executed to: determine that the sending manner of the first information is the sending manner indicated by the sending manner indication information; or
  • S603 is specifically executed to: determine the sending manner of the first information according to the sending policy.
  • the UE is in an idle state, and when receiving the first information of the idle state UE sent by the second network device, the first network device determines the first information according to the information about the sending manner of the first information.
  • the sending mode determines whether the first information is sent to the UE immediately.
  • the paging idle UE is not required to receive the first information, which reduces the signaling overhead of the paging UE, and saves the signaling overhead of the air interface.
  • the foregoing S602 includes: the first network device receives the first message sent by the second network device, where the first message carries the first information and the sending mode related information of the first information.
  • the method further includes:
  • the sending manner of the first information is delayed sending or delayed timing sending, setting the first message to a waiting state;
  • the sending manner of the first information is immediate, the paging message is sent to the UE; when the UE enters the connected state, the first information is sent to the UE.
  • the foregoing method may further include:
  • the sending manner of the first information is delayed transmission or delayed timing transmission, and the first message is in a waiting state, when the UE enters the connected state, the first message is processed; or if the first information is sent in a delayed timing manner
  • the first message is a waiting state, and when the preset time point of the first message is reached, the first message is processed.
  • the processing of the first message may include: sending the first information to the UE, or encapsulating the first information in the first message into a second message and sending the second message to the UE, or performing the first information.
  • the processing and sending the processed second information to the UE are not limited.
  • the method may further include:
  • the first network device sends the first information to the UE according to the sending manner of the first information.
  • the first information may be included in the message, and the type of the message is not specifically limited in the embodiment of the present invention.
  • the network side modifies the session information of the UE
  • the first network device needs to send the modified session information to the UE
  • the first information is included in the session management request and sent.
  • the first information that can be included in the session management request is: context information corresponding to at least one communication link in the session established between the UE and the network.
  • context information corresponding to at least one communication link in the session established between the UE and the network.
  • updated QoS information For example, updated QoS information, service flow information, APN-AMBR, and the like.
  • the process for the first network device to send the first information to the UE according to the sending manner of the first information is different. Specifically, the following three cases may be included:
  • the first case the first information of the UE is sent in a delayed manner.
  • the first network device sends the first information to the UE according to the sending manner of the first information, which may be implemented as follows:
  • the first information is sent to the UE.
  • the second case the first information of the UE is sent in a delayed manner.
  • the first network device sends the first information to the UE according to the sending manner of the first information, which may be implemented as follows:
  • the first information is sent to the UE.
  • the first information is sent to the UE when the UE enters the connected state, which specifically includes:
  • the first information is sent to the UE when the UE enters the connected state.
  • the preset time point of the first information may include the following two implementation manners:
  • the first implementation manner and the first information transmission manner information include the first information The preset time point.
  • the timer is started, and when the timer expires, the preset time point of the first information is reached.
  • the preset time point of the first information may be implemented by means other than the foregoing two implementation manners, which is not specifically limited in this embodiment of the present invention.
  • the third case the first information of the UE is sent in the form of immediate transmission.
  • the first network device sends the first information to the UE according to the sending manner of the first information of the UE, which may be implemented as follows:
  • the paging message After determining the sending manner of the first information of the UE, the paging message is sent to the UE immediately, and when the UE enters the connected state, the first information is sent to the UE.
  • the first information is sent to the UE when the UE enters the connected state, and the following describes the process of sending the first information to the UE when the UE enters the connected state, which is applicable to the foregoing three situations. Any of the cases.
  • the following describes in detail the implementation process of sending the first information to the UE when the UE enters the connected state.
  • the object information of the UE includes an identifier of an object related to the UE and a current state (activated or inactivated) of the object.
  • the object to which the first information belongs refers to the body in which the first information is embodied, and the first information is attribute information of the object to which the first information belongs.
  • the object in the session management process, is a session, or the object is a bearer included in the session.
  • the first information is sent to the UE according to the object information, specifically:
  • determining, according to the object information, whether the object to which the first information belongs is an active state specifically:
  • the current state of the object to which the first information belongs is found in the object information, and it is determined whether it is an active state.
  • determining, according to the object information, whether the object to which the first information belongs is a newly created object specifically:
  • the object information if the object information does not include the object to which the first information belongs, the object to which the first information belongs is a newly created object, otherwise it is not a newly created object.
  • the process of sending the first information to the UE may be implemented in the following two manners:
  • Method A Send a location update response message to the UE, where the location update response message includes the first information.
  • the UE sends a location update complete message including the session management response to the first network device, where the location update completion message including the session management response is A response message as the first information.
  • the mode B sends a context setup message including the first information to the access network device, so that the access network device sends an RRC reconfiguration message including the first information to the UE.
  • the location update response message is further sent to the UE.
  • the access network device After receiving the context setup message including the first information, the access network device sends an RRC reconfiguration message including the first information to the UE. The UE then transmits a reconfiguration message including the first information response message to the access network device. The access network device then sends a context setup response message including the first information response message to the first network device.
  • the first information is sent to the UE is the mode A or the mode B, and may be determined according to actual requirements, which is not specifically limited in this embodiment of the present invention.
  • the first network device sends the first information to the UE
  • the information mode between the first network device and the UE is different from the information mode between the first network device and the second network device
  • the mapping relationship between the two information modes is performed by converting the first information and transmitting the first information. Any manner of notifying the first information to the UE is within the scope of protection of the present invention.
  • the method may further include:
  • the first network device sets the first information to a waiting state.
  • the waiting state is used to indicate that the first information is to be sent.
  • the first information is set to the waiting state, and the waiting state may be recorded by setting the identifier, or the first information may be saved in the cache to record the waiting state.
  • the first information is set to a waiting state by setting an object to which the first information belongs to a waiting state.
  • the first information may be set to the waiting state by setting the message in which the first information is located to the waiting state.
  • the S604 can be implemented as:
  • the sending manner of the first information is delayed transmission or delayed timing transmission, and the first information is in a waiting state, when the UE enters the connected state, the first information is sent to the UE. If the sending manner of the first information is delayed timing transmission and the first information is in a waiting state, when the preset time point of the first information is reached, the first information is sent to the UE.
  • the method may further include:
  • the first network device cancels a waiting state of the first information.
  • canceling the waiting state of the first information is deleting the set identifier or modifying the identifier to cancel the waiting state. If the first message is set to wait The state is implemented to save the first information to a specific cache. Then, canceling the waiting state of the first information is to delete the first information in the cache after sending the first information to the UE.
  • the method may further include:
  • the first network device receives the second information of the UE that is sent by the second network device.
  • S604b is the same as S602, and details are not described herein.
  • the method further includes:
  • the first network device determines, according to the information about the sending manner of the second information, the sending manner of the second information.
  • S604c is the same as S603, and details are not described herein.
  • the sending of the first information to the UE in S604 is specifically implemented as follows:
  • the first information to be sent is deleted, and only the second information is sent to the UE.
  • the specific transmission method is the transmission method of the second information.
  • the first information and the second information need to be sent to the UE.
  • the first information and the second information are sent in the following manner:
  • the transmission mode is delayed transmission; if the first information and the second information transmission manner include delayed transmission and delayed timing transmission, the transmission mode is delayed timing transmission; The first information and the second information transmission mode are both delayed timing transmissions, and the transmission mode is delayed timing transmission, and is transmitted according to the first arrival time point.
  • the sending the first information and the second information to the UE may be implemented by including the first information and the second information in a message and sending the message to the UE.
  • the processing is the same as the processing when the second information is received, and details are not described herein.
  • the method may further include:
  • the sending indication of the first information is used to indicate a sending manner of the first information determined by the first network device.
  • the sending indication of the first information may be sent to the second network device in the response message of the first information.
  • the method may further include S605 and S606.
  • the UE sends a response message of the first information to the first network device.
  • the response message of the first information is used to notify the first network device that the UE has received the first information.
  • the first network device receives a response message of the first information sent by the UE.
  • the method may further include S607 and S608:
  • the first network device sends a completion indication message of the first information to the second network device.
  • the second network device receives a completion indication message of the first information sent by the first network device.
  • the method may further include:
  • the first network device sends a failure indication to the second network device.
  • the second network device receives a failure indication sent by the first network device when the first information is sent to the UE.
  • the method may further include:
  • the first network device notifies the user plane network device of the first information.
  • the embodiment of the present invention provides another method for processing information, which is applied to the communication network architecture shown in FIG. 1 or the EPS network architecture shown in FIG. 2.
  • the method for processing information provided by the embodiment of the present invention is described by taking the interaction process between the first network device and the second network device as an example.
  • the method may include:
  • the second network device sends the first information of the UE and the sending manner indication information of the first information to the first network device.
  • the first network device receives the first information of the UE that is sent by the second network device, and the sending manner indication information of the first information.
  • the first network device sets the first information to a waiting state.
  • the waiting state is used to indicate that the first information is to be sent.
  • the method for processing information provided by the present application when the second network device sends the first information of the idle state UE to the first network device, and simultaneously provides the sending mode indication information of the first information, if the sending mode indication information indicates that the delayed sending or The first timing information is sent by the first network device, and the first network device does not need to immediately wake up the idle state UE to receive the first information, which reduces the signaling overhead of the UE, and saves the air interface. Signaling overhead.
  • the method may further include:
  • the first information is sent to the UE.
  • the first information is sent to the UE.
  • the first information is sent to the UE.
  • the process of transmitting the first information to the UE at the preset time point when the first information is reached has been described in detail in the foregoing embodiment, and details are not described herein.
  • the first information of the UE in the embodiment shown in FIG. 8 is the same as the first information of the UE in the embodiment shown in FIG. 6 or FIG. 7, and the other method of processing the information shown in FIG.
  • FIG. 6, FIG. 7, and FIG. 8 describe a process of processing the first information of the UE, where the first information is included in the message sent by the second network device to the first network device, and therefore, Embodiments of the invention may be processed for messages containing the first information, which are described in the following embodiments.
  • an embodiment of the present invention provides a method for processing a message, which is applied to the communication network architecture shown in FIG. 1 or the EPS system architecture shown in FIG. 2.
  • This embodiment describes a method for processing a message provided by an embodiment of the present invention by taking an interaction process between a first network device and a second network device as an example.
  • the method may include:
  • the second network device sends a first message to the first network device.
  • the first message includes the first information of the UE. Specifically, the first information may refer to the related description in the embodiment shown in FIG. 6.
  • the first message is a session modification request or a bearer modification request or a bearer setup request or a bearer delete request, where the bearer is context information used by the UE and the network side to transmit data, and may specifically include a bearer. Identification, TFT information, QoS parameters, etc.
  • the processing mode indication information or the processing policy of the first message may be sent to the first network device.
  • the processing mode indication information is used to indicate a processing manner of the first message.
  • the processing policy is similar to the foregoing sending policy, and is not described here.
  • the first message may carry the processing mode indication information and the first information of the UE.
  • the processing mode indication information may be used to indicate the first information of the UE.
  • the processing mode may also be used to indicate the processing manner of the first message, which is not limited herein.
  • the above processing manner may be immediate processing, delayed processing or delayed timing processing.
  • the immediate processing can be implemented by a synchronization indication
  • the delay processing or the delay timing processing can be implemented by an asynchronous indication.
  • the delay timing processing may be determined by determining whether the first message carries the time-related indication information. For example, if the first message carries the asynchronous indication and the time indication information, the processing manner of the first message is delay timing. If the first message carries the asynchronous indication and does not carry the time indication information, the processing manner of the first message is the delay processing; if the first message carries the synchronization indication, the processing manner of the first message is the immediate processing.
  • the synchronization indication and the asynchronous indication can be implemented by one bit, and are not limited.
  • processing mode indication can also be implemented by two bits, for example, 00 means immediate processing, 01 means delayed transmission, 10 means delayed timing transmission; and can also refer to the transmission mode indication information in the embodiment shown in FIG. The related description will not be described again.
  • the foregoing method further includes:
  • the second network device determines the first information of the UE and the processing manner of the first information, and sends the first message to the first network device.
  • the first message may carry the processing mode indication information and the first information of the UE, where the processing mode indication information is used to indicate the processing manner determined in step S900.
  • the second network device determines to update the parameter information of the change to the UE.
  • the method further sends the processing mode indication information or the processing policy to the first network device.
  • the method further includes: the second network device Obtain a processing manner indication information or a processing policy of the first message.
  • the second network device acquires the processing mode indication information or the processing policy and The information about the manner in which the second network device that is used in the S601 obtains the first information is similar, and is not described here.
  • the first network device receives the first message sent by the second network device.
  • step S903 is performed.
  • the first network device determines that the processing manner of the first message is delay processing or delay timing processing, and stores the first message or stores the second message generated according to the first message.
  • step S903 is performed when the UE is in an idle state.
  • the second message generated according to the first message is that after receiving the first message, the second message is parsed and parsed according to the role of the first message and the destination device.
  • the first message is a session modification request or a bearer modification request or a bearer setup request or a bearer setup request that includes information that is synchronized or updated to the UE
  • the first network device receives the session modification request or
  • the parsing and encapsulating generates a session management request or a bearer management related request (modification or establishment or deletion) sent to the UE, where the session management request or the bearer management related request includes synchronizing to the UE Or updated information
  • the session management request is a second message generated according to the first message.
  • determining that the processing manner of the first message is a delay processing or a delay timing processing may include:
  • Determining, according to the processing mode indication information, a processing manner of the first message is a delay processing or a delay timing processing; or determining, according to the processing policy, a processing manner of the first message is a delay processing or a delay timing processing.
  • the processing mode indication information may be sent by the second network device in S901.
  • the information about the sending manner of the first information includes the sending policy, it may also be stored in the first network device. This embodiment of the present invention does not specifically limit this.
  • S903 can be replaced with:
  • the first network device determines that the processing manner of the first message is immediate processing, and sends a paging message to the UE.
  • the first network determines that the processing manner of the first message is immediate processing.
  • the method for processing a message includes the first information of the idle state UE, and when the first network device receives the first message sent by the second network device, it is clear whether the first message is processed immediately.
  • the processing manner of the first message is the delay processing or the delay timing processing
  • the paging idle wake-up state is not required to process the first message
  • the signaling overhead of the paging UE is reduced, and the signaling overhead of the air interface is saved.
  • the method may further include: processing the first message or the second message according to a processing manner of the first message.
  • processing the first message or the second message may be implemented as follows:
  • the processing manner of the first message is the delay processing
  • the first message or the second message is processed when the UE enters the connected state; or, if the processing manner of the first message is the delayed timing processing, the UE enters the connected state or reaches The first message or the second message is processed at a preset time point of the first message.
  • the process of sending the first information to the UE when the UE enters the connected state is similar to that described in S604, and details are not described herein.
  • the process of processing the first message or the second message when the UE reaches the preset time point of the first message similar to the process of sending the first information to the UE at the preset time point of reaching the first information in S604, where No more details are given.
  • the method may further include:
  • the processing manner of the first message is delay processing or delay timing processing, the first message is set to be in a waiting state or the second message is in a waiting state.
  • the waiting state is used to indicate that the first message or the second message is to be processed.
  • the first message is set to wait state or the second consumer
  • the information is specific to the waiting state.
  • the first message or the second message is processed, which may be implemented as follows:
  • the processing mode of the first message is delay processing or delay timing processing
  • the first message or the second message in the waiting state is processed; or, if the processing manner of the first message is delayed timing processing, Then, when the preset time point of the first information is reached, the first message or the second message in the waiting state is processed.
  • the first network device is a CP
  • the second network device is a PF.
  • the method for processing information provided by the embodiment of the present invention is described by taking the interaction between the CP and the PF as an example.
  • the method may include:
  • the PF determines the information transmission manner of the updated session, and determines whether it is necessary to synchronize the update to the UE side immediately.
  • the PF may determine the manner in which the updated session information is sent according to the subscription information or the application function (English name: Application Function, AF) or the updated information attribute in the session.
  • the application function English name: Application Function, AF
  • the PF sends a session modification request including the sending mode indication information to the CP.
  • the indication information is used to indicate a manner of sending the updated session information determined by the PF.
  • the session modification request also includes updated session information.
  • the CP receives the session modification request.
  • the CP determines, according to the sending manner indication information in the session modification request, a manner of sending the updated session information.
  • the CP determines that the updated session information is transmitted in the immediate mode, the CP sends a paging message to the idle state UE, and then, when the UE enters the connected state, transmits a session management request including the updated session information to the UE.
  • the CP sets the updated session information to a waiting state.
  • S1006 The CP sends a response to the session modification request to the PF.
  • S1007 and CP initiate a session update process to the user plane (English name: User Plane, UP).
  • the CP initiates a session update process to the UP to synchronize the session update information to the user plane network device.
  • the CP sends a session management request to the UE according to the determined manner of sending the updated session information.
  • the session management request includes updated session information.
  • S1008 may include the following situations:
  • the CP triggers the session management process when the UE enters the connected state, and sends a session management request to the UE, and synchronizes the updated session information to the UE.
  • Case 2 The manner of sending the updated session information determined by the CP is delayed timing transmission, and the indication information included in the session modification request is a point in time.
  • the session management process is performed in the connection state establishment, and the session management request is sent to the UE;
  • the time point arrives, if the UE does not enter the connected state, the CP pages the UE, and The session management process is triggered to send a session management request to the UE.
  • the CP initiates the establishment of an access network (English name: Access Network, AN) context to the UP.
  • an access network English name: Access Network, AN
  • S1010 is performed after the CP confirms that the UE has received the session management request.
  • S1007 can be combined with S1009 and executed at S1009.
  • the CP may receive multiple session modification requests, and the processing method is the same as the specific implementation process of S604b, S604c and S604 when there are S604b and S604c, and is not performed here. Narration.
  • the session modification request may be merged for multiple times.
  • the process of the merge process has been performed in the embodiment shown in FIG. The detailed description is not described here.
  • the PF provides a sending policy to the CP, and the CP determines the sending manner of the updated session information according to the sending policy.
  • the method may include:
  • the PF sends a transmission policy for determining information of the UE to the CP.
  • the sending policy may include: the session information corresponding to the communication link of the guaranteed bit rate is sent immediately; the session information corresponding to the communication link of the non-guaranteed bit rate is delayed transmission; the session information of the roaming user is delayed transmission; the priority is high.
  • the session information corresponding to the communication link corresponding to the service is immediately sent.
  • S1103 The CP receives the session modification request.
  • S1104 If the UE is in an idle state, the CP determines a manner of sending the updated session information according to the session modification request and the sending policy.
  • the first network device is a home network control plane network device (English name: Home-Control Plane, H-CP) and access network control plane network device (English full name: Visited-Control Plane, V -CP), the second network device is PF.
  • H-CP Home-Control Plane
  • V -CP Visited-Control Plane
  • the method for processing information provided by the embodiment of the present invention is described by taking the interaction management of the H-CP, the V-CP, and the PF as an example.
  • the method may include:
  • S1202 The PF sends a session modification request including the sending mode indication information to the H-CP.
  • S1203 The H-CP sends a packet session modification request to the V-CP.
  • the V-CP receives the session modification request.
  • the V-CP determines, according to the sending manner indication information in the session modification request, the manner in which the updated session information is sent.
  • the scheme of the method shown in FIG. 12 is the same as the execution after S1004 in the method shown in FIG. 10, and details are not described herein. It is only the operation of the CP in Fig. 10, in the scheme shown in Fig. 12, by the V-CP.
  • the process of transmitting the CP to the PF in FIG. 10 is sent by the V-CP to the PF through the H-CP in the scheme shown in FIG.
  • S1201 to S1205 may be replaced with S1101 to S1104 in the scheme shown in FIG. It is only the operation of the CP in Fig. 11, in the scheme shown in Fig. 12, by the V-CP.
  • the process of the CP transmitting to the PF in FIG. 11 is sent by the V-CP to the PF through the H-CP in the scheme shown in FIG.
  • the first network device is an MME
  • the second network device is a P-GW.
  • the method for processing information provided by the embodiment of the present invention is described by taking the MME as an example to implement session management through the interaction between the S-GW and the P-GW.
  • the method can include:
  • the P-GW sends a session modification request including the updated session information to the S-GW.
  • the session modification request may further include the sending manner indication information or the sending policy of the updated session information.
  • the P-GW sends a session modification request including the updated session information to the S-GW, and the S-GW forwards the session modification request including the updated session information to the MME.
  • the P-GW may directly send the sending policy to the S-GW to forward to the MME, where the MME determines the updated session information when receiving the session modification request.
  • the way to send, in this case, the session modification request includes the sending policy.
  • the P-GW may determine the manner in which the updated session information is sent.
  • the session modification request includes the updated mode information of the session information.
  • the manner of transmitting the updated session information indicated by the P-GW is indicated.
  • the process of the P-GW determining the manner of sending the updated session information is similar to the process of the PF determining the mode of sending the updated session information in S1001, and details are not described herein.
  • S1202a and S-GW receive a session modification request.
  • S1203a and S-GW send a session modification request to the MME.
  • the S-GW After the S-GW receives the session modification request in S1202a, the S-GW needs to parse the encapsulation and send it to the MME.
  • the embodiment of the present invention does not limit the process of parsing the encapsulation.
  • the parsed post-encapsulation session modification request includes updated session information.
  • S1204a The MME receives the session modification request sent by the S-GW.
  • the MME determines a manner of sending the updated session information according to the session modification request.
  • S1206a is performed.
  • the MME determines in S1205a that the manner of transmitting the updated session information is immediate, the paging message is sent to the idle state UE, and then when the UE enters the connected state, the session management request including the updated session information is sent to the UE.
  • the MME sets the updated session information to a waiting state.
  • S1207a The MME sends a response to the session modification request to the S-GW.
  • the S1208a and the S-GW receive the response of the session modification request sent by the MME.
  • S1209a and S-GW send a response message of the session modification request to the P-GW.
  • S1210a The MME sends a session management request to the UE according to the determined manner of sending the updated session information.
  • the session modification request received multiple times may be merged.
  • the embodiment shown in FIG. 7 is already used. It is described in detail and will not be described here.
  • the sending policy may be replaced by the processing policy, or the sending mode indication information may be replaced with the processing mode indication information, and the foregoing three embodiments are described as a method for processing a message, specifically The embodiments are described.
  • the first network device is a CP
  • the second network device is a PF.
  • the method for processing a message provided by the embodiment of the present invention is described by taking the interaction between the CP and the PF as an example.
  • the method may include:
  • the PF sends a session modification request including updated session information to the CP.
  • the session modification request may further include a processing manner indication information or a processing policy of the session modification request.
  • the PF can be straight.
  • the processing policy is sent to the CP, and the CP determines the processing manner of the session modification request when receiving the session modification request.
  • the session modification request includes the processing policy.
  • the PF may determine the processing manner of the session modification request.
  • the session modification request includes processing mode indication information, and is used to indicate the session modification request determined by the PF. The way to deal with it.
  • the CP determines that the session modification request is processed in an immediate manner, the paging message is sent to the idle state UE, and then when the UE enters the connected state, the session modification request is processed or the session management request generated according to the session modification request is processed.
  • the CP stores a session modification request or stores a session management request generated according to the session modification request.
  • the session management request is generated according to the session modification request, and sends a request message of the updated session information included in the session modification request to the UE.
  • the CP sets the session modification request to the waiting state.
  • the CP initiates a session update process to the UP to synchronize the session update information to the user plane network device.
  • the CP processes the session modification request or the session management request according to the determined processing manner of the session modification request.
  • the processing session modification request includes generating a corresponding session management request and transmitting the request to the UE.
  • Processing the session management request includes sending a session management request to the UE.
  • S1307 may include the following situations:
  • Case 2 The session modification request determined by the CP is processed by a delay timing process, and the session modification request further includes a preset time point of the session modification request.
  • the session modification request or the session management request is processed when the UE enters the connected state; when the preset time point arrives, if the UE does not enter the connected state, the CP pages the UE, and when the UE enters the connected state Process session modification requests or session management requests.
  • the session modification request may be merged for multiple times.
  • the process of the merge process has been performed in the embodiment shown in FIG. The detailed description is not described here.
  • the MME performs the function of the CP
  • the PCRF performs the function of the PF
  • the MME performs the function of the PF
  • the method for processing a message provided by the embodiment of the present invention is described by taking the MME as an example to implement session management through the interaction between the S-GW and the P-GW.
  • the method may include:
  • the P-GW sends a session modification request including updated session information to the S-GW.
  • the session modification request may further include a processing manner indication information or a processing policy of the session modification request.
  • the P-GW sends a session modification request including the updated session information to the S-GW, and the S-GW forwards the session modification request including the updated session information to the MME.
  • the P-GW may directly send the processing policy to the S-GW to forward to the MME, where the MME determines the session modification request when receiving the session modification request.
  • the session modification request includes a processing policy.
  • the P-GW may determine a processing manner of the session modification request.
  • the session modification request includes processing mode indication information.
  • the process of determining the processing mode of the session modification request by the P-GW is similar to the process of the PF determining the manner of sending the updated session information in S1001, and details are not described herein.
  • the S-GW receives the session modification request.
  • the S-GW sends a session modification request to the MME.
  • the S-GW After the S-GW receives the session modification request in S1402, the S-GW needs to be parsed and sent to the MME.
  • the embodiment of the present invention does not limit the process of parsing the encapsulation.
  • the MME receives the S-GW session modification request.
  • the MME determines a processing manner of the session modification request according to the session modification request.
  • S1406 is performed.
  • the MME determines in S1405 that the processing method of the session modification request is immediate processing, the paging message is sent to the idle state UE, and then when the UE enters the connected state, the session modification request is processed or the session management request generated according to the session modification request is processed.
  • the MME stores a session modification request or stores a session management request generated according to the session modification request.
  • the session management request is generated according to the session modification request, and is used to send the request message of the updated session information included in the session modification request to the UE.
  • the MME sets the session modification request to a waiting state.
  • S1408 The MME sends a response to the session modification request to the S-GW.
  • the S-GW receives a response to the session modification request sent by the MME.
  • S1410 The S-GW sends a response message of the session modification request to the P-GW.
  • S1111 The MME processes the session modification request or the session management request according to the determined processing manner of the session modification request.
  • the processing session modification request includes generating a corresponding session management request and transmitting the request to the UE.
  • Processing the session management request includes sending a session management request to the UE.
  • the session modification request may be merged for multiple times.
  • the embodiment shown in FIG. 7 is already in the embodiment. It is described in detail and will not be described here.
  • each network element for example, the first network device, the second network device, etc., in order to implement the above functions, includes corresponding hardware structures and/or software modules for performing the respective functions.
  • the present invention can be implemented in a combination of hardware or hardware and computer software in combination with the elements and algorithm steps of the various examples described in the embodiments disclosed herein. Whether a function is implemented in hardware or computer software to drive hardware depends on the specific application and design constraints of the solution. A person skilled in the art can use different methods for implementing the described functions for each particular application, but such implementation should not be considered to be beyond the scope of the present invention.
  • the embodiment of the present invention may divide the function modules of the first network device, the second network device, and the like according to the foregoing method example.
  • each function module may be divided according to each function, or two or more functions may be integrated in the function.
  • a processing module In a processing module.
  • the above integrated modules can be implemented in the form of hardware or in the form of software functional modules. It should be noted that the division of the module in the embodiment of the present invention is schematic, and is only a logical function division, and the actual implementation may have another division manner.
  • FIG. 15 is a schematic diagram showing a possible structure of the first network device 150 involved in the foregoing embodiment, where the first network device 150 can be used to perform FIG. 6 or The action of the first network device in the embodiment shown in FIG. 7 or FIG. 8 or FIG. 9, or the action of the CP in the embodiment shown in FIG. 10 or FIG. 11 or FIG. 12 or FIG. 14, or the MME in the embodiment shown in FIG. Actions.
  • the first network device 150 includes: a receiving unit 1501, and a determining unit 1502.
  • the receiving unit 1501 is configured to receive first information of the UE sent by the second network device, where the UE is in an idle state.
  • the determining unit 1502 is configured to determine, according to the sending manner related information of the first information received by the receiving unit 1501, the sending manner of the first information, where the sending manner includes immediate sending or delayed sending or delayed timing sending.
  • the information about the sending manner of the first information may include: a sending mode indication information, where the sending mode indication information is used to indicate a sending manner of the first information received by the receiving unit 1501; or a sending policy, where the sending policy is used to determine the receiving manner The manner in which the first information received by the unit 1501 is transmitted.
  • the determining unit 1502 may be specifically configured to: determine that the sending mode of the first information received by the receiving unit 1501 is the sending mode indicated by the sending mode indication information.
  • the determining unit 1502 may be specifically configured to: according to the sending policy, determine a sending manner of the first information received by the receiving unit 1501.
  • the receiving unit 1501 is further configured to: before the determining unit 1502 determines the sending manner of the first information according to the sending manner related information of the first information, receive the sending manner related information of the first information sent by the second network device.
  • the first network device 150 may further include:
  • the sending unit 1503 is configured to send, according to the sending manner of the first information determined by the determining unit 1502, the first information received by the receiving unit 1501 to the UE.
  • the sending unit 1503 is specifically configured to:
  • the determining unit 1502 determines that the sending manner of the first information is delayed transmission, when the UE enters the connected state, the first information received by the receiving unit 1501 is sent to the UE; or, if the determining manner of the first information determined by the determining unit 1502 is When the timing is delayed, the first information received by the receiving unit 1501 is sent to the UE when the UE enters the connected state or reaches a preset time point of the first information.
  • the first network device 150 may further include:
  • the setting unit 1504 is configured to: if the sending manner of the first information determined by the determining unit 1502 is delayed sending or delayed timing sending, setting the first information received by the receiving unit 1501 to a waiting state, and the waiting state is used to indicate that the first information is to be sent. .
  • the sending unit 1503 is further configured to:
  • the determining unit 1502 determines that the sending manner of the first information is delayed transmission or delayed timing transmission, and the first information is in a waiting state, when the UE enters the connected state, the first information received by the receiving unit 1501 is sent to the UE; or, if The determining unit 1502 determines that the sending manner of the first information is delayed timing transmission and the first information is in a waiting state, and when the preset time point of the first information is reached, the first information received by the receiving unit 1501 is sent to the UE.
  • the receiving unit 1501 is specifically configured to: receive the first message sent by the second network device, where the first message carries the first information and the sending mode related information of the first information.
  • the setting unit 1504 is further configured to: if the sending manner of the first information is delayed sending or delayed timing sending, setting the first message received by the receiving unit 1501 to a waiting state.
  • the first information includes information that is synchronized or updated to the UE in the session management process.
  • the first network device 150 may include The receiving unit 1701 and the setting unit 1702 are included.
  • the receiving unit 1701 is configured to receive the first information of the UE that is sent by the second network device, and the sending manner indication information of the first information, where the UE is in an idle state.
  • the setting unit 1702 is configured to: if the sending mode indication information received by the receiving unit 1701 indicates that the first information is sent by using a delayed sending manner or a delayed timing transmitting manner, setting the first information received by the receiving unit 1701 to a waiting state, and the waiting state is used for indicating The first information is to be sent.
  • the first network device 150 may further include a sending unit 1703.
  • the sending unit 1703 is configured to send the first information received by the receiving unit 1701 to the UE when the UE enters the connected state and the first information is in the waiting state.
  • the sending unit 1703 is further configured to: when the preset time point of the first information is reached and the first information is in a waiting state, send the first information received by the receiving unit 1701 to the UE.
  • the first network device 150 may include: a receiving unit 1901, a determining unit 1902, and a saving unit 1903.
  • the receiving unit 1901 is configured to receive a first message sent by the second network device, where the first message includes the first information of the UE, and the UE is in an idle state.
  • the determining unit 1902 is configured to determine a processing manner of the first message received by the receiving unit 1901.
  • the saving unit 1903 is configured to: if the determining unit 1902 determines that the processing manner of the first message received by the receiving unit 1901 is delay processing or delay timing processing, storing the first message received by the receiving unit 1901 or storing the first message received according to the receiving unit 1901 The second message generated.
  • the determining unit 1902 is specifically configured to: determine, according to the processing mode indication information, a processing manner of the first message received by the receiving unit 1901 as a delay processing or a delay timing processing; or determine, according to the processing policy, the first received by the receiving unit 1901.
  • the message is handled by delay processing or delayed timing processing.
  • the first message received by the receiving unit 1901 includes a processing mode indication letter.
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  • the processing mode indication information is used to indicate immediate processing or delayed processing or delayed timing processing.
  • the first network device 150 may further include: a processing unit 1904.
  • the processing unit 1904 is specifically configured to: if the determining unit 1902 determines that the processing manner of the first message is the delay processing, when the UE enters the connected state, the first message or the second message stored by the saving unit 1903 is processed; or
  • the determining unit 1902 determines that the processing manner of the first message is the delay timing processing, the first message or the second message stored by the saving unit 1903 is processed when the UE enters the connected state or reaches the preset time point of the first message.
  • the first network device 150 may further include a setting unit 1905.
  • the setting unit 1905 may be specifically configured to: if the determining unit 1902 determines that the processing manner of the first message is the delay processing or the delay timing processing, the first message saved by the setting saving unit 1903 is a waiting state or the second message saved by the saving unit 1903 is waiting. The status, the waiting status is used to indicate that the first message or the second message saved by the saving unit 1903 is to be processed.
  • the processing unit 1904 may be further configured to: if the determining unit 1902 determines that the processing manner of the first message is delay processing or delay timing processing, when the UE enters the connected state, processing the first saved by the saving unit 1903 in the waiting state The message or the second message; or, if the determining unit 1902 determines that the processing mode of the first message is the delay timing processing, when the preset time point of the first information is reached, processing the first message saved by the saving unit 1903 in the waiting state Or the second message.
  • FIG. 21 shows a possible structural diagram of the first network device 150 involved in the above embodiment.
  • the first network device 150 can include a processing module 2101 and a communication module 2102.
  • the processing module 2101 is configured to perform control management on the action of the first network device 150.
  • the processing module 2101 is configured to support the first network device 150 to perform S603, S604c, and S903 through the communication module 2102. S1004, S1104, S1205, S1405, and/or other processes for the techniques described herein.
  • the processing module 2101 is further configured to support the first network device 150 to perform S602, S604b, S606, S902, S1003, S1103, S1204, S1302, S1404 through the communication module 2102.
  • the communication module 2102 is configured to support communication of the first network device 150 with other network entities.
  • the first network device 150 may further include a storage module 2103 for storing program codes and data of the first network device 150.
  • the processing module 2101 may be the processor 401 in the physical structure of the first network device 40 shown in FIG. 4, and may be a processor or a controller, such as a CPU, a general-purpose processor, a DSP, an ASIC, an FPGA, or the like. Programmable logic device, transistor logic device, hardware component, or any combination thereof. It is possible to implement or carry out the various illustrative logical blocks, modules and circuits described in connection with the present disclosure.
  • the processor may also be a combination of computing functions, for example, including one or more microprocessor combinations, a combination of a DSP and a microprocessor, and the like.
  • the communication module 2102 may be the transceiver 404 in the physical structure of the first network device 150 shown in FIG. 4, or may be a transceiver circuit or a communication interface or the like.
  • the storage module 2103 may be a memory in a physical structure of the first network device 150 shown in FIG.
  • the processing module 2101 is a processor
  • the communication module 2102 is a transceiver
  • the storage module 2103 is a memory
  • the first network device 150 involved in FIG. 21 of the embodiment of the present invention may be the first network device 40 shown in FIG.
  • FIG. 22 is a schematic diagram showing a possible structure of the second network device 220 involved in the foregoing embodiment, where the second network device 220 can be used to perform FIG. 6 or The action of the second network device in the embodiment shown in FIG. 7 or FIG. 8 or FIG. 9, or the action of the PF in the embodiment shown in FIG. 10 or FIG. 11 or FIG. 12 or FIG. 14, or the P in the embodiment shown in FIG. -GW action.
  • the second network device 220 may include: an obtaining unit 2201, and a sending unit 2202.
  • the obtaining unit 2201 is configured to acquire sending mode related information of the first information of the UE, where the sending mode related information is used to determine a sending manner of the first information.
  • the sending unit 2202 is configured to send the first information and the acquisition order to the first network device.
  • the information about the sending manner of the first information includes: a sending mode indication information, where the sending mode indication information is used to indicate a sending manner of the first information, or a sending policy, where the sending policy is used to determine a sending manner of the first information.
  • the acquiring unit 2201 is specifically configured to: according to the sending policy, determine the sending mode indication information of the first information.
  • FIG. 23 shows a possible structural diagram of the second network device 220 involved in the above embodiment.
  • the second network device 220 can include a processing module 2301 and a communication module 2302.
  • the processing module 2301 is configured to perform control and management on the action of the second network device 220.
  • the processing module 2301 is configured to support the second network device 220 to obtain the sending policy or the sending mode indication information or the processing policy or the processing mode indication information, and specifically execute S1001. S1201, and/or other processes for the techniques described herein.
  • the processing module 2301 is further configured to support the second network device 220 to execute S601, S801, S901, S1002, S1101, S1102, and S1202 through the communication module 2302.
  • the communication module 2302 is configured to support communication of the second network device 220 with other network entities.
  • the second network device 220 may further include a storage module 2303 for storing program codes and data of the second network device 220.
  • the processing module 2301 may be the processor 501 in the physical structure of the second network device 50 shown in FIG. 5, and may be a processor or a controller, such as a CPU, a general-purpose processor, a DSP, an ASIC, an FPGA, or the like. Programmable logic device, transistor logic device, hardware component, or any combination thereof. It is possible to implement or carry out the various illustrative logical blocks, modules and circuits described in connection with the present disclosure.
  • the processor may also be a combination of computing functions, for example, including one or more microprocessor combinations, a combination of a DSP and a microprocessor, and the like.
  • the communication module 2302 may be a transceiver in a physical structure of the second network device 50 shown in FIG. 5, and may be a transceiver circuit or a communication interface or the like.
  • the storage module 2303 can be a memory in the physical structure of the second network device 50 shown in FIG.
  • the processing module 2301 is a processor
  • the communication module 2302 is a transceiver
  • the second network device 220 involved in FIG. 23 of the embodiment of the present invention may be the second network device 50 shown in FIG. 5.
  • the steps of a method or algorithm described in connection with the present disclosure may be implemented in a hardware, or may be implemented by a processor executing software instructions.
  • the software instructions may be composed of corresponding software modules, which may be stored in RAM, flash memory, ROM, Erasable Programmable ROM (EPROM), and electrically erasable programmable read only memory (Electrically EPROM).
  • EEPROM electrically erasable programmable read only memory
  • registers hard disk, removable hard disk, compact disk read only (CD-ROM) or any other form of storage medium known in the art.
  • An exemplary storage medium is coupled to the processor to enable the processor to read information from, and write information to, the storage medium.
  • the storage medium can also be an integral part of the processor.
  • the processor and the storage medium can be located in an ASIC. Additionally, the ASIC can be located in a core network interface device.
  • the processor and the storage medium may also exist as discrete components in the core network interface device.
  • the functions described herein can be implemented in hardware, software, firmware, or any combination thereof.
  • the functions may be stored in a computer readable medium or transmitted as one or more instructions or code on a computer readable medium.
  • Computer readable media includes both computer storage media and communication media including any medium that facilitates transfer of a computer program from one location to another.
  • a storage medium may be any available media that can be accessed by a general purpose or special purpose computer.
  • the disclosed system, apparatus, and method may be implemented in other manners.
  • the device embodiments described above are merely illustrative.
  • the division of the unit is only a logical function division.
  • there may be another division manner for example, multiple units or components may be combined or Can be integrated into another system, or some features can be ignored, or Not executed.
  • the mutual coupling or direct coupling or communication connection shown or discussed may be an indirect coupling or communication connection through some interface, device or unit, and may be electrical or otherwise.
  • the units described as separate components may or may not be physically separated, and the components displayed as units may or may not be physical units, that is, may be located in one place, or may be distributed to multiple network units. Some or all of the units may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of the embodiment.
  • each functional unit in each embodiment of the present invention may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may be physically included separately, or two or more units may be integrated into one unit.
  • the above integrated unit can be implemented in the form of hardware or in the form of hardware plus software functional units.
  • the above-described integrated unit implemented in the form of a software functional unit can be stored in a computer readable storage medium.
  • the software functional units described above are stored in a storage medium and include instructions for causing a computer device (which may be a personal computer, server, or network device, etc.) to perform portions of the steps of the methods described in various embodiments of the present invention.
  • the foregoing storage medium includes: a U disk, a mobile hard disk, a read-only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), a magnetic disk, or an optical disk, and the like, and the program code can be stored. Medium.

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本发明实施例提供一种处理信息或消息的方法及网络设备，涉及通信领域，实现了减少寻呼UE的信令开销，节约空口的信令开销。本发明实施例提供的方案包括：第一网络设备接收第二网络设备发送的UE的第一信息；第一网络设备根据第一信息的发送方式相关信息，确定第一信息的发送方式，发送方式包括立刻发送或者延迟发送或者延迟定时发送。本发明用于处理消息或信息。

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一种处理信息或消息的方法及网络设备 技术领域
本发明涉及通信领域，尤其涉及一种处理信息或消息的方法及网络设备。
背景技术
随着通信技术的飞速发展，通信网络为用户提供的业务也越来越丰富。因此，网络侧与用户设备(英文全称：User Equipment，UE)之间的通信也越来越频繁。
在很多情况下，通信网络中的网络侧需要频繁的向用户设备发送消息。例如，演进的分组系统(英文全称：Evolved Packet System，EPS)会话管理中，UE和核心网需要同步会话的上下文，如会话中的承载上下文信息的同步。在网络侧修改会话的信息的情况下，要求网络侧及时向UE发送会话更新消息，将修改后的会话信息通知到UE。
在网络侧在处理UE的信息时，若UE处于连接态，则可以直接发送。若UE处于空闲态(例如：Idle态)，网络侧通常向UE发起寻呼流程，使得UE通过业务请求流程进入连接态从而接收信息并执行信息指示的内容。例如，在EPS会话管理中，网络侧向空闲态UE发送寻呼消息，使得UE进入连接态以执行会话的同步过程，获取会话更新的信息。
但是，从上述网络侧处理空闲态UE的信息的过程可知，在没有数据传输的场景下或所述修改的信息针对在短时间能使用现有的通道信息传输的业务的场景，通过寻呼流程让UE进入连接态的过程，会导致额外的信令开销，造成空口信令开销增大。
发明内容
本发明实施例提供一种处理信息或消息的方法及网络设备，实现减少寻呼UE的信令开销，节约空口的信令开销。
为达到上述目的，本发明的实施例采用如下技术方案：
本申请的第一方面，本申请提供一种处理信息的方法，该信息为处于空闲态的UE的信息。该方法应用于第一网络设备，方法具体包括：第一网络设备接收第二网络设备发送的UE的第一信息；第一网络设备根据第一信息的发送方式相关信息，确定第一信息的发送方式，发送方式包括立刻发送或者延迟发送或者延迟定时发送。
本申请提供的处理信息的方法，UE处于空闲态，第一网络设备在接收到第二网络设备发送的UE的第一信息时，根据第一信息的发送方式相关信息确定第一信息的发送方式，确定是否立即向该UE发送第一信息。在确定的发送方式为延迟发送或者延迟定时发送时，则无需立即寻呼UE，减小了寻呼的信令开销，从而节约了空口的信令开销。
其中，第一网络设备为通信网路中的执行控制面功能的网络设备。第二网络设备是通信网络中执行策略功能的网络设备。第一信息可以为网络侧向UE发送、或同步、或通知的任意类型的信息。第一网络设备或者第二网络设备可以单独设立，也可以部署在已有的网络设备中，作为功能单元。
其中，第一信息的发送方式相关信息可以包括：发送方式指示信息，发送方式指示信息用于指示UE处于空闲态时第一信息可以使用的发送方式；或，发送策略，发送策略用于确定UE处于空闲态时第一信息可以使用的发送方式。
其中，发送方式指示信息是与发送方式一一对应的信息，根据发送方式指示信息可以直接快速的确定第一信息的发送方式。发送策略是预设的规则，根据发送策略可以具体判断确定第一信息的发送方式。
其中，发送策略可以由通信设备的运营商静态预设，或者也可以由网络设备根据网络状态动态设置，或者发送策略还可以在通信设备的运营商静态预设的基础上，网络设备根据网络状态动态激活。
结合第一方面，在另一种可能的实现方式中，当第一信息的发送方式相关信息为发送方式指示信息，根据第一信息的发送方式相关信息，确定第一信息的发送方式，可以包括：确定第一信息的发送方式为发送方式指示信息指示的发送方式。
其中，与发送方式的类型相对应，发送方式指示信息可以包括立刻发送指示信息，或者延迟发送指示信息，或者延迟定时发送指示信息。
进一步的，当发送方式指示信息为延迟定时发送指示信息时，发送方式指示信息包括延迟定时发送标识及预设时间点；或者发送方式指示信息包含延迟发送指示以及预设时间或者发送指示信息包含预设时间。
结合第一方面或上述任一种可能的实现方式，在另一种可能的实现方式中，当第一信息的发送方式相关信息为发送策略，根据第一信息的发送方式相关信息，确定第一信息的发送方式，可以包括：根据发送策略，确定第一信息的发送方式。
结合第一方面或上述任一种可能的实现方式，在另一种可能的实现方式中，为了节约第一网络设备的存储资源，第一信息的发送方式相关信息可以由第二网络设备向第一网络设备提供。相应的，在根据第一信息的发送方式相关信息，确定第一信息的发送方式之前，该方法还可以包括：接收第二网络设备发送的第一信息的发送方式相关信息。
其中，第一信息的发送方式相关信息可以与第一信息包含在一条消息中，也可以分别单独发送。
结合第一方面或上述任一种可能的实现方式，在另一种可能的实现方式中，为了节约网络设备间的信令开销，第一信息的发送方式相关信息可以预配置在第一网络设备中。在接收到第一信息时，第一网络设备根据预配置的第一信息的发送方式相关信息，确定第一信息的发送方式。
结合第一方面或上述任一种可能的实现方式，在另一种可能的 实现方式中，为了提高方案完整性，该方法还可以包括：根据第一信息的发送方式，向UE发送第一信息。使得向UE发送第一信息的过程，节约了空口的信令开销。
结合第一方面或上述任一种可能的实现方式，在另一种可能的实现方式中，为了实现在不同发送方式下向UE发送第一信息，具体将根据第一信息的发送方式，向UE发送第一信息，实现为：若第一信息的发送方式为延迟发送，则在UE进入连接态时，向UE发送第一信息；或者，若第一信息的发送方式为延迟定时发送，则在UE进入连接态或达到第一信息的预设时间点时，向UE发送第一信息。
结合第一方面或上述任一种可能的实现方式，在另一种可能的实现方式中，提供一种实现在UE进入连接态时，向UE发送第一信息的方案。UE在发送位置更新请求时，即可确定UE进入连接态。在UE进入连接态时，向UE发送第一信息具体包括：接收UE发送的携带UE的对象信息的位置更新请求；根据UE的对象信息，向UE发送第一信息。
结合第一方面或上述任一种可能的实现方式，在另一种可能的实现方式中，根据UE的对象信息，向UE发送第一信息具体可以实现为：根据UE的对象信息，确定第一信息所属的对象是否为激活状态或者是为新建的对象；若确定第一信息所属的对象为激活状态或者是为新建的对象，向UE发送第二通知请求。
其中，UE的对象信息中包括了UE的每个对象的当前属性，由于存在UE将某些对象删除的情况，这些对象的状态则为非激活状态。查找UE的对象信息即可确定第一信息所属的对象的当前状态。若UE的对象信息中不包括第一信息所属的对象，则第一信息所属的对象为新建的对象。
进一步的，若确定第一信息所属的对象为非激活状态且不是新建的对象，则不向UE发送第一信息，更好的节约了空口的信令开销。
结合第一方面或上述任一种可能的实现方式，在另一种可能的实现方式中，在UE通过发送位置更新请求进入连接态的场景下，为了兼容网络配置，在该场景下，向UE发送第一信息，具体可以实现为：向UE发送位置更新响应消息，位置更新响应消息包括第一信息；或者，向接入网设备发送包括第一信息的上下文建立消息，以使得接入网设备向UE发送包括第一信息的无线资源控制(英文全称：Radio Resource Control，RRC)重配消息。进一步，向UE发送位置更新响应消息。
结合第一方面或上述任一种可能的实现方式，在另一种可能的实现方式中，提供另一种实现在UE进入连接态时，向UE发送第一信息的方案。UE在发送业务请求时，即可确定UE进入连接态。在UE进入连接态时，向UE发送第一信息，具体可以实现为：接收UE发送的携带UE的对象信息的业务请求；根据对象信息，向UE发送第一信息。
具体的，在UE在发送业务请求时的场景下，若根据UE的对象信息确定第一信息所属的对象为激活状态或者新建的对象，在接收到业务请求时，向UE发送第一信息具体实现为：向接入网设备发送包括第一信息的上下文建立消息，以使得接入网设备向UE发送包括第一信息的RRC重配消息。
可选的，UE发送业务请求可以为UE根据用户的指示发送业务请求，也可以为UE接收到寻呼消息后发送业务请求。
结合第一方面或上述任一种可能的实现方式，在另一种可能的实现方式中，为了更准确的处理UE的信息，该方法还可以包括：若第一信息的发送方式为延迟发送或者延迟定时发送，则设置第一信息为等待状态，等待状态用于指示第一信息待发送。
其中，将第一信息设置为等待状态可以实现为通过设置标识符来记录等待状态，或者，也可以实现为将第一信息保存至缓存中来记录等待状态，或者，也可以实现为将第一信息保存并标记为等待状态。
可选的，将第一信息设置为等待状态可以实现为将第一信息所属的对象设置为等待状态。
结合第一方面或上述任一种可能的实现方式，在另一种可能的实现方式中，若在第一信息的发送方式为延迟发送或者延迟定时发送且将第一信息设置为等待状态，该方法还可以包括：若第一信息的发送方式为延迟发送或延迟定时发送，且第一信息为等待状态，则当UE进入连接态时，向UE发送第一信息；或者，若第一信息的发送方式为延迟定时发送且第一信息为等待状态，则当达到第一信息的预设时间点时，向UE发送第一信息。
结合第一方面或上述任一种可能的实现方式，在另一种可能的实现方式中，第一网络设备接收第二网络设备发送的UE的第一信息具体可以实现为：第一网络设备接收第二网络设备发送的第一消息，第一消息携带有第一信息和第一信息的发送方式相关信息。在此基础上，为了更准确的处理UE的信息，所述方法还可以包括：若第一信息的发送方式为延迟发送或延迟定时发送，则设置第一消息为等待状态。
结合第一方面或上述任一种可能的实现方式，在另一种可能的实现方式中，若在第一信息的发送方式为延迟发送或者延迟定时发送且将第一消息设置为等待状态，该方法还可以包括：若第一信息的发送方式为延迟发送或延迟定时发送，且第一消息为等待状态，则当UE进入连接态时，处理第一消息；或者，若第一信息的发送方式为延迟定时发送且第一消息为等待状态，则当达到第一消息的预设时间点时，处理第一消息。
结合第一方面或上述任一种可能的实现方式，在另一种可能的实现方式中，为了与设置等待状态相对应，以避免误处理，在向UE发送第一信息后，所述方法还包括：取消第一信息的等待状态。
其中，若将第一信息设置为等待状态实现为通过设置标识符来记录等待状态，那么，取消第一信息的等待状态则为取消设置的标识符或者设置第一信息为已处理状态。若将第一信息设置为等待状 态实现为将第一信息保存至缓存中来记录等待状态，那么，取消第一信息的等待状态则为在向UE发送第一信息后删除缓存中的第一信息。若将第一信息设置为等待状态实现为将第一信息保存并设置等待状态，那么，取消第一信息的等待状态则为在向UE发送第一信息后删除缓存中的第一信息和等待状态。
结合第一方面或上述任一种可能的实现方式，在另一种可能的实现方式中，为了保证方案的完整性，为了保证网络的互联互通，及第二网络设备获知UE的第一信息的当前处理情况，在接收第二网络设备发送的第一信息之后，该方法还可以包括：向第二网络设备发送第一信息的发送指示，第一信息的发送指示用于指示第一网络设备确定的第一信息的发送状态。
其中，发送状态包括已经发送或者未发送。
结合第一方面或上述任一种可能的实现方式中，在一种可能的实现方式中，将本申请的方案应用在会话管理流程中，以实现在会话管理流程中有效减小寻呼UE的信令开销，从而节约空口的信令开销。第一信息可以包括会话管理流程中向UE同步或更新的信息。
其中，会话管理流程中向UE同步或更新的信息包括会话的参数被修改、建立、删除后向UE的更新信息，或者，包括会话中的承载被修改、建立、删除后向UE的更新信息。
结合第一方面或上述任一种可能的实现方式中，在一种可能的实现方式中，第一信息可以包含在第一通知请求，向UE发送第一信息可以实现为向UE发送包括第一信息的第二通知请求消息。
结合第一方面或上述任一种可能的实现方式中，在一种可能的实现方式中，在会话管理流程中，第一通知请求消息可以为会话修改请求或者承载修改请求或者承载删除请求或者创建承载请求，第二通知请求消息可以为会话管理请求或者承载建立请求。
结合第一方面或上述任一种可能的实现方式，在另一种可能的实现方式中，在实际网络中，第一网络设备会不断的接收到第二网络设备发送的UE信息，当之前的UE信息没有处理又接收到新的 UE的信息，此时，当UE进入连接态，同一个UE的多个信息，可以合并后发送，使得UE获取最新的完整信息即可。具体的，在向UE发送第一信息之前，所述方法还包括：接收第二网络设备发送的第二信息；若第一信息与第二信息属于同一个对象，则删除待发送的第一信息，只需发送第二信息即可，具体发送方式为第二信息的发送方式。若第一信息与第二信息属于不同的对象，则第一信息和第二信息的发送方式为：若第一信息和第二信息发送方式都为延迟发送，则发送方式为延迟发送；若第一信息和第二信息的发送方式包含延迟发送和延迟定时发送，则发送方式为延迟定时发送；若第一信息和第二信息发送方式都为延迟定时发送，则发送方式为延迟定时发送，且根据最先到达的时间点处理。
其中，合并是指，若多个信息属于同一个对象，则用最新的信息替代之前的信息；若多个信息属于不同的对象，则将多个信息均进行处理。
结合第一方面或上述任一种可能的实现方式，在另一种可能的实现方式中，为了保证方案的完整性，在向UE发送第一信息之后，所述方法还可以包括：接收UE发送的第一信息的响应消息。
结合第一方面或上述任一种可能的实现方式，在另一种可能的实现方式中，为了保证网络的互联互通，及第二网络设备获知向UE发送的信息的当前处理情况，在接收到UE发送的第一信息的响应消息之后，所述方法还可以包括：第一网络设备向第二网络设备发送第一信息的完成指示消息，以通知第二网络设备已成功向UE发送第一信息。
结合第一方面或上述任一种可能的实现方式，在另一种可能的实现方式中，为了保证网络的互联互通，及第二网络设备获知向UE发送的信息的当前处理情况，在接收第二网络设备发送的第一信息之后，所述方法还包括：若向UE发送第一信息失败，向第二网络设备发送失败指示。
其中，向UE发送第一信息失败，可以根据实际需求定义。示 例性的，在向UE发送第一信息之后的预设时长内，未接收到UE发送的第一信息的响应消息，则确定向UE发送第一信息失败。对于预设时长的长短，可以根据实际需求设定。
结合第一方面或上述任一种可能的实现方式，在另一种可能的实现方式中，为了保证方案的完整性，在第一网络设备接收第二网络设备发送的第一信息之后，所述方法还包括：向用户面网络设备通知第一信息。这样一来，在控制面、用户面及UE三方实现了信息的同步。
本申请的第二方面，提供另一种处理信息的方法，该信息为空闲态UE的信息，该方法应用于第一网络设备，方法可以包括：接收第二网络设备发送的UE的第一信息以及第一信息的发送方式指示信息；若发送方式指示信息指示采用延迟发送或延迟定时发送方式发送第一信息，则设置第一信息为等待状态，等待状态用于指示第一信息待发送。
本申请提供的处理信息的方法，UE处于空闲态，第二网络设备向第一网络设备发送UE的第一信息时，同时提供了第一信息的发送方式指示信息，若发送方式指示信息指示采用延迟发送或延迟定时发送方式发送第一信息，第一网络设备将第一信息设置为等待状态，则无需发起寻呼流程唤醒空闲态UE接收第一信息，减小了空口的信令开销。
结合第二方面，在一种可能的实现方式中，所述方法还可以包括：当UE进入连接态且第一信息为等待状态时，向UE发送第一信息。
结合第二方面或上述任一种可能的实现方式，在一种可能的实现方式中，所述方法还包括：当达到第一信息的预设时间点且第一信息为等待状态时，向UE发送第一信息。
进一步的，对于向UE发送第一信息的过程，与第一方面及第一方面的各种可能的实现方式相同，此处不再进行赘述。
本申请的第三方面，提供一种处理消息的方法，该消息包括处 于空闲态的UE的信息，该方法应用于第一网络设备，方法具体包括：第一网络设备接收第二网络设备发送的第一消息，第一消息包含UE的第一信息；第一网络设备确定第一消息的处理方式为延迟处理或者延迟定时处理，存储第一消息或者存储根据第一消息生成的第二消息。
本申请提供的处理消息的方法，第一网络设备在接收到第二网络设备发送的包括空闲态UE的信息的第一消息时，明确是否立即处理第一消息。在确定第一消息的处理方式为延迟处理或者延迟定时处理时，则无需立即寻呼唤醒空闲态以处理第一消息，减小了空口的信令开销。
其中，第二消息可以为向UE发送上述任一方面或任一可能的实现方式中所述的第一信息时的消息。
结合第三方面，在一种可能的实现方式中，提供多种确定第一消息的处理方式为延迟处理或者延迟定时处理的方案，具体包括：根据处理方式指示信息确定第一消息的处理方式为延迟处理或者延迟定时处理；或者，根据处理策略确定第一消息的处理方式为延迟处理或者延迟定时处理。
结合第三方面或上述任一种可能的实现方式，在一种可能的实现方式中，为了节约第一网络设备的存储资源，第一消息包括处理方式指示信息，或者，处理策略。其中，处理方式指示信息用于指示立即处理或延迟处理或延迟定时处理。
结合第三方面或上述任一种可能的实现方式，在一种可能的实现方式中，在接收第二网络设备发送的第一消息之前，方法还可以包括：接收第二网络设备发送的处理策略，处理策略用于确定第一消息的处理方式。
结合第三方面或上述任一种可能的实现方式，在一种可能的实现方式中，所述方法还可以包括：若第一消息的处理方式为延迟处理，则在UE进入连接态时，处理第一消息或者第二消息；或者，若第一消息的处理方式为延迟定时处理，则在UE进入连接态或达 到第一消息的预设时间点时，处理第一消息或者第二消息。
结合第三方面或上述任一种可能的实现方式，在一种可能的实现方式中，所述方法还可以包括：若第一消息的处理方式为延迟处理或者延迟定时处理，设置第一消息为等待状态或者第二消息为等待状态，等待状态用于指示第一消息或者第二消息待处理。
结合第三方面或上述任一种可能的实现方式，在一种可能的实现方式中，在设置第一消息或者第二消息的等待状态后，所述方法还可以包括：若第一消息的处理方式为延迟处理或延迟定时处理，则当UE进入连接态时，处理处于等待状态的第一消息或者第二消息；或者，若第一消息的处理方式为延迟定时处理，则当达到第一信息的预设时间点时，处理处于等待状态的第一消息或者第二消息。
结合第三方面或上述任一种可能的实现方式，在一种可能的实现方式中，第一消息可以为会话管理流程中的会话修改请求、承载修改请求、承载建立请求或者承载删除请求，第一消息包括会话管理流程中向UE同步或更新的信息。第二消息可以为会话管理流程中向UE发送的会话管理请求或者承载建立请求，会话管理请求或者承载建立请求包括会话管理流程中向UE同步或更新的信息。
需要说明的是，第三方面中对于第一消息的处理流程，与第一方面中对于第一信息的发送流程相似。第一方面中对于第一信息的操作可以直接应用于第三方面中，作为对第一消息的操作。对于具体过程，此处不再进行赘述。
本申请的第四方面，提供另一种处理信息的方法，应用于第二网络设备。所述方法包括：第二网络设备获取UE的第一信息的发送方式相关信息，发送方式相关信息用于确定第一信息的发送方式，发送方式包括立刻发送或者延迟发送或者延迟定时发送；向第一网络设备发送第一信息以及第一信息的发送方式相关信息。
本申请提供的处理信息的方法，第二网络设备先获取UE的第一信息的发送方式相关信息，然后向第一网络设备发送第一信息时， 还发送了第一信息的发送方式相关信息。第一网络设备根据第一信息的发送方式相关信息，可以确定第一信息的发送方式，在确定的发送方式为延迟发送或者延迟定时发送时，则无需发起寻呼流程唤醒空闲态UE接收第一信息，减小了寻呼UE的信令开销，同时节约了空口的信令开销。
结合第四方面，在一种可能的实现方式中，为了提高第一网络设备的处理效率，并实现集中控制，由第二网络设备确定UE的第一信息的发送方式后，向第一网络设备提供发送方式指示信息，第一信息的发送方式相关信息可以包括：发送方式指示信息，发送方式指示信息用于指示第一信息的发送方式。
结合第四方面或上述任一可能的实现方式，在一种可能的实现方式中，为了提高第二网络设备的处理效率，第二网络设备只需向第一网络设备提供发送策略，第一信息的发送方式相关信息可以包括：发送策略，发送策略用于确定第一信息的发送方式。
结合第四方面或上述任一可能的实现方式，在一种可能的实现方式中，若第一信息的发送方式相关信息包括发送方式指示信息，获取第一信息的发送方式相关信息，具体实现为：根据发送策略，确定第一信息的发送方式指示信息。
结合第四方面或上述任一种可能的实现方式中，在一种可能的实现方式中，将本申请的方案应用在会话管理流程中，以实现在会话管理流程中有效减小UE的信令开销，节约空口的信令开销。第一信息可以包括会话管理流程中向UE同步或更新的信息。
其中，会话管理流程中向UE同步或更新的信息包括会话的参数被修改、建立、删除后向UE的更新信息，或者，包括会话中的承载被修改、建立、删除后向UE的更新信息。
结合第四方面或上述任一种可能的实现方式，在另一种可能的实现方式中，为了保证网络的互联互通，及第二网络设备获知UE的第一信息的当前处理情况，在向第一网络设备发送第一信息之后，所述方法还包括：接收第一网络设备发送的第一信息的发送指示， 第一信息的发送指示用于指示第一信息的发送状态。
结合第四方面或上述任一种可能的实现方式，在另一种可能的实现方式中，为了保证网络的互联互通，及第二网络设备获知UE的第一信息的当前处理情况，所述方法还包括：接收第一网络设备在接收到UE发送的第一信息的响应消息之后发送的第一信息的完成指示消息。
结合第四方面或上述任一种可能的实现方式，在另一种可能的实现方式中，为了保证网络的互联互通，及第二网络设备获知UE的第一信息的当前处理情况，所述方法还包括：接收第一网络设备在向UE发送第一信息失败后发送的发送失败指示。
本申请的第五方面，提供另一种处理信息的方法，应用于第二网络设备。所述方法可以包括：第二网络设备获取UE的第一信息的发送方式指示信息，发送方式指示信息用于指示第一信息的发送方式，发送方式包括立刻发送或者延迟发送或者延迟定时发送；向第一网络设备发送第一信息以及第一信息的发送方式指示信息。
本申请第五方面提供的处理信息的方法，与第二方面提供的处理信息的方法结合执行。因此，具体实现可参考第二方面，与第二方面可以达到相同的有益效果，此处不再进行赘述。
本申请的第六方面，提供一种处理消息的方法，该消息包括空闲态UE的信息，该方法应用于第二网络设备。所述方法包括：第二网络设备获取第一消息的处理方式相关信息，第一消息包括空闲态UE的第一信息，处理方式相关信息用于确定第一消息的处理方式；向第一网络设备发送第一消息以及第一消息的处理方式相关信息。
本申请第六方面提供的处理消息的方法，与第三方面提供的处理消息的方法结合执行。因此，具体实现可参考第三方面，与第三方面可以达到相同的有益效果，此处不再进行赘述。
本申请的第七方面，提供一种第一网络设备，该设备可以实现上述方法中第一网络设备的功能，所述设备的功能可以通过硬件实现， 也可以通过硬件执行相应的软件实现。所述硬件或软件包括一个或多个上述功能相应的模块。
结合第七方面，在一种可能的实现方式中，该设备的结构中包括处理器和收发器，该处理器被配置为支持该设备执行上述方法。该收发器用于支持该设备与其他网元之间的通信。该设备还可以包括存储器，该存储器用于与处理器耦合，其保存该设备必要的程序指令和数据。
本申请的第八方面，提供了一种计算机存储介质，用于储存为上述第一网络设备所用的计算机软件指令，其包含用于执行上述方面所设计的程序。
本申请的第九方面，提供一种第二网络设备，该设备可以实现上述方法中第二网络设备的功能，所述设备的功能可以通过硬件实现，也可以通过硬件执行相应的软件实现。所述硬件或软件包括一个或多个上述功能相应的模块。
结合第九方面，在一种可能的实现方式中，该设备的结构中包括处理器和收发器，该处理器被配置为支持该设备执行上述方法。该收发器用于支持该设备与其他网元之间的通信。该设备还可以包括存储器，该存储器用于与处理器耦合，其保存该设备必要的程序指令和数据。
本申请的第十方面，提供了一种计算机存储介质，用于储存为上述第二网络设备所用的计算机软件指令，其包含用于执行上述方面所设计的程序。
上述第七方面至第十方面中任一方面或可能的实现方式提供的方案，用于实现上述第一方面至第六方面提供的方法，因此可以与第一方面至第六方面达到相同的有益效果，此处不再进行赘述。
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另外，本文中术语“系统”和“网络”在本文中常被可互换使用。本文中术语“和/或”，仅仅是一种描述关联对象的关联关系，表示可以存在三种关系，例如，A和/或B，可以表示：单独存在A，同时存在A和B，单独存在B这三种情况。另外，本文中字符“/”，一般表示前后关联对象是一种“或”的关系。
当前，通信网络中的控制面网络设备在接收到UE的信息或者消息时，若UE处于空闲态，通过向UE发送寻呼消息，唤醒UE进 入连接态，以向UE发送UE的信息或者处理包括UE信息的消息。该过程导致UE产生额外的信令开销，也浪费了空口的信令开销。
本发明的基本原理是：接收到UE的信息或者包括UE的信息的消息时，先确定UE的信息的发送方式或者包括UE信息的消息的处理方式，发送方式包括立刻发送或延迟发送或延迟定时发送，处理方式包括立刻处理或延迟处理或者延迟定时处理。根据确定的发送方式向UE发送该信息，或者，根据确定的处理方式处理该消息。使得在接收到无需立刻发送的信息或立刻处理的消息时，无需寻呼空闲态UE，减少了寻呼UE的信令开销，节约了空口的信令开销。
本发明实施例提供的处理信息或消息的方法，应用于如图1所示的通信网络架构或者图2所示的演进的分组系统(英文全称：Evolved Packet System，EPS)网络架构中。
图1所示的该通信网络架构中包括策略功能网络设备101、至少一个控制面网络设备102及至少一个UE 103。
其中，在图1所示的通信网络架构中，策略功能网络设备101与至少一个控制面网络设备102连接进行通信，一个控制面网络设备102服务多个UE 103。
需要说明的是，通信网络架构包括的策略功能网络设备101、控制面网络设备102及UE 103的数量，可以根据实际需求部署，本发明实施例对此不进行具体限定。图1只是通过示例的形式描述通信网络架构的组成，并不是对通信网络架构中包括的策略功能网络设备101、控制面网络设备102及UE 103的数量的具体限定。
如图2所示的EPS网络架构中，包括分组数据网关(英文全称：Public Data Network GateWay，P-GW)，移动管理实体(英文全称：Mobility Management Entity，MME)。P-GW从策略和计费规则功能(英文全称：Policy and Charging Rule Function，PCRF)获取策略，P-GW通过服务网关(英文全称：Serving GateWay，S-GW)与MME进行通信。
可选的，图1所示的通信网络架构可以为第五代移动通信技术 (英文全称：5th-Generation，5G)网络的网络架构。如图3所示，示意一种5G网络的网络架构。在图3所示的5G网络的网络架构中，策略功能(英文全称：Policy Function，PF)实体为策略功能网络设备，控制面(英文全称：Control Plane，CP)功能单元集为控制面网络设备。
其中，CP功能单元集可以为至少一个CP实体。当CP功能单元集合包括两个以上CP实体时，由两个以上的CP实体交互完成本发明实施例中第一网络设备的功能。
例如，CP功能单元集可以包括移动管理(英文全称：Mobility Management，MM)功能和会话管理(英文全称：Session Management，SM)功能。
当然，本发明实施例提供的处理信息或消息的方法，可以应用于各种通信网络架构中。因此，图1所示的通信网络架构也可以为其他通信网络的架构，本发明实施例对于图1所示的通信网络架构的类型不进行具体限定。
可选的，所述UE 103可以为手机、平板电脑、笔记本电脑、个人计算机(英文全称：personal computer，PC)、超级移动个人计算机(英文全称：Ultra-mobile Personal Computer，UMPC)、上网本、个人数字助理(英文全称：Personal Digital Assistant，PDA)、车载设备等终端设备。
本发明实施例提供的处理信息或消息的方法，具体应用于第一网络设备40或者第二网络设备50。其中，第一网络设备40可以为图1所示的通信网络架构中的策略功能网络设备101，第二网络设备50可以为控制面网络设备102。
具体的，图4示出的是与本发明各实施例相关的第一网络设备40的结构示意图。第一网络设备40执行控制管理功能。
如图4所示，第一网络设备40可以包括：处理器401、存储器402、通信总线403及收发器404。
存储器402，用于存储程序代码，以便处理器401执行程序代 码实现第一网络设备40的各种功能。存储器402可以是易失性存储器(volatile memory)，例如随机存取存储器(英文全称：random-access memory，RAM)；或者非易失性存储器(英文全称：non-volatile memory)，例如只读存储器(英文全称：read-only memory，ROM)，快闪存储器(英文全称：flash memory)，硬盘(英文全称：hard disk drive，HDD)或固态硬盘(英文全称：solid-state drive，SSD)；或者上述种类的存储器的组合。
处理器401是第一网络设备40的控制中心，可以是一个中央处理器(英文全称：central processing unit，CPU)，也可以是特定集成电路(英文全称：Application Specific Integrated Circuit，ASIC)，或者是被配置成实施本发明实施例的一个或多个集成电路，例如：一个或多个微处理器(英文全称：digital singnal processor，DSP)，或，一个或者多个现场可编程门阵列(英文全称：Field Programmable Gate Array，FPGA)。处理器401可以通过运行或执行存储在存储器402内的程序代码，以及调用存储在存储器402内的数据，实现第一网络设备40的各种功能。
其中，通信总线403可以是工业标准体系结构(英文全称：Industry Standard Architecture，ISA)总线、外部设备互连(英文全称：Peripheral Component，PCI)总线或扩展工业标准体系结构(英文全称：Extended Industry Standard Architecture，EISA)总线等。该总线403可以分为地址总线、数据总线、控制总线等。为便于表示，图4中仅用一条粗线表示，但并不表示仅有一根总线或一种类型的总线。
第一网络设备40可以通过收发器404与其他网络设备进行通信。收发器404可以为收发端口，即通信接口。
具体的，图5示出的是与本发明各实施例相关的第二网络设备50的结构示意图。第二网络设备50执行策略功能。
如图5所示，第二网络设备50可以包括：处理器501、存储器502、通信总线503及收发器504。
存储器502，用于存储程序代码，以便处理器501执行程序代码实现第二网络设备50的各种功能。存储器502可以是volatile memory，例如RAM。或者non-volatile memory，例如ROM，flash memory，HDD或SSD；或者上述种类的存储器的组合。
处理器501是第二网络设备50的控制中心，可以是一个CPU，也可以是ASIC，或者是被配置成实施本发明实施例的一个或多个集成电路，例如：一个或多个DSP，或，一个或者多个FPGA。处理器501可以通过运行或执行存储在存储器502内的程序代码，以及调用存储在存储器502内的数据，实现第二网络设备50的各种功能。
其中，通信总线503可以是ISA总线、PCI总线或EISA总线等。该总线503可以分为地址总线、数据总线、控制总线等。为便于表示，图5中仅用一条粗线表示，但并不表示仅有一根总线或一种类型的总线。
第二网络设备50可以通过收发器504与其他网络设备进行通信。收发器504可以为收发端口。
下面结合附图，对本发明的实施例进行具体阐述。
在阐述本发明实施例的具体方案之前，先解释与本发明实施例相关的发送方式的概念。
立刻发送，是指在接收到UE的信息时，若UE处于连接态则直接向UE发送该信息；或者，若UE处于空闲态，则寻呼UE，在UE进入连接态后发送。
延迟发送，是指在接收到UE的信息时，若UE处于连接态则直接发送；或者，若UE处于空闲态，则等待UE进入连接态后发送。
延迟定时发送，是指在接收到UE的信息时，若UE处于连接态则直接发送；或者，若UE处于空闲态，且在预定时间点之前UE进入连接态，在UE进入连接态后发送；或者，若UE处于空闲态，且在预定时间点之后UE未进入连接态，寻呼UE，在UE进入连接态后发送。
立刻处理，是指在接收到包括UE的信息的消息时，若UE处于 连接态则直接处理；或者，若UE处于空闲态，则寻呼UE，在UE进入连接态后处理。
延迟处理，是指在接收到包括UE的信息的消息时，若UE处于连接态则直接处理；或者，若UE处于空闲态，则等待UE进入连接态后处理。
延迟定时处理，是指在接收到包括UE的信息的消息时，若UE处于连接态则直接处理；或者，若UE处于空闲态，且在预定时间点之前UE进入连接态，在UE进入连接态后处理；或者，若UE处于空闲态，且在预定时间点之后UE未进入连接态，寻呼UE，在UE进入连接态后处理。
需要说明的是，上述提及的处理可以包括消息或信息的发送，转换或更新。
一方面，本发明实施例提供一种处理信息的方法，应用于图1所示的通信网络架构或图2所示的EPS网络架构中。本实施例以第一网络设备与第二网络设备的交互过程为例对本发明实施例提供的处理信息的方法进行描述。
如图6所示，该方法可以包括：
S601、第二网络设备向第一网络设备发送UE的第一信息。
需要说明的是，UE的第一信息，可以为任意类型的信息，本发明实施例对此不进行具体限定。
示例性的，UE的第一信息可以为会话管理流程中向UE同步或更新的信息，如承载上下文信息，即当网络侧发起会话信息更新或者承载信息更新时，要求通知UE该更新信息。也可以为归属签约用户服务器(英文全称：Home Subscriber Server，HSS)发起的UE的签约信息或相关UE信息更新或者其他网络侧设备发起的UE信息的更新。当然，本发明实施例对于UE的第一信息的类型及形式均不进行具体限定。
其中，会话管理流程中向UE同步或更新的信息包括:会话的参数被修改或建立或删除后向UE同步的修改后或建立的删除后的会 话的参数信息，使得UE同步为最新的会话参数；或者，会话中的承载被修改或建立或删除后，向UE同步的被修改或建立或删除承载的属性信息。
具体的，会话管理流程中向UE同步或更新的信息具体的包括：承载的服务质量(英文全称：Quality of Service，Qos)参数的修改或者APN粒度的最大聚合比特率(Access Point Network-Aggregated Maximum Bit Rate，APN-AMBR)或者承载的业务流模板(英文全称：TrafficFlowTemplate，TFT)信息或者通知协议配置设置(英文全称：Protocol Configuration Options，PCO)等。
参数信息可以为参数内容本身，也可以为参数内容对应的信息值。对于参数内容与信息值的对应关系，可以根据实际需求设定，本发明实施例对此不进行具体限定。
示例性的，承载属性信息可以包括服务质量(英文全称：Quality of Service，Qos)参数。Qos参数可以包括Qos等级标识(英文全称：QoS Class Identifier，QCI)、地址解析协议(英文全称：Address Resolution Protocol，ARP)、保证比特速率(英文全称：Guaranteed Bit Rate，GBR)和多频段指示(英文全称：multi-band-radio，MBR)。
可选的，在S601第二网络设备向第一网络设备发送UE的第一信息时，还可以向第一网络设备发送第一信息的发送方式相关信息。换句话说，第一信息和第一信息的发送方式相关信息可以通过第一消息发送给第一网络设备。
其中，第一信息的发送方式相关信息可以包括发送方式指示信息，或者，发送策略。
其中，发送方式指示信息用于指示第一信息的发送方式。发送策略用于确定UE的第一信息的发送方式。发送方式包括立刻发送或者延迟发送或者延迟定时发送。
可选的，发送策略可以包括不同类型的业务对应不同的发送方式；或者对不同类型对象的修改对应不同的发送方式，如保证比特率的承载的修改或者使用立即发送的方式，不保证比特率的承载的 修改或者建立使用延迟发送；进一步的，还可以包括在网络侧处于拥塞时激活该特性等等。本发明实施例对于发送策略的具体内容不进行限定，可以根据实际需求定义发送策略的内容。
可选的，发送策略可以包括对于有具体执行时刻的业务，采用延迟定时发送方式向UE发送该业务的相关信息；该发送策略还可以包括向UE发送该业务的相关信息的时间点，或者，时间长度。例如，根据业务的具体执行时刻确定向UE发送该业务的相关信息时间点。
示例性的，在会话管理流程中，发送策略可以为不同的签约信息或者不同的信息属性对应不同的发送方式。根据UE的信息或者UE的签约等级，即可确定发送方式。
需要说明的是，若第二网络设备向第一网络设备发送UE的第一信息以及第一信息的发送方式相关信息，第一信息和第一信息的发送方式相关信息可以包含在一条消息中发送，也可以分别携带在不同的消息中发送，本发明实施例对此不进行具体限定。
相应的，若在S601第二网络设备向第一网络设备发送UE的第一信息时，还向第一网络设备发送第一信息的发送方式相关信息，在S601之前，所述方法还包括：第二网络设备获取UE的第一信息的发送方式相关信息。
可选的，第二网络设备获取发送策略可以有多种实现方式，具体包括但不限于：
方式1、接收运营商预配置的发送策略。
其中，在方式1中，运营商可以在第二网络设备上配置发送策略。
方式2、根据网络当前状况确定发送策略。
在方式2中，第二网络设备可以根据网络实际情况确定发送策略。
示例性的，发送策略可以包括：网络繁忙时，时效要求低于第一门限的信息采用延迟发送或延迟定时发送的方式，时效要求高于 第一门限的信息采用立即发送的方式；或者，网络空闲时，所有信息均立即发送。
需要说明的是，上述示例只是对发送策略的举例描述，并不是对发送策略的具体内容的限定。
方式3、接收运营商配置的发送策略，同时根据网络当前状况动态调整发送策略。
进一步的，第二网络设备获取第一信息的发送方式指示信息包括：根据发送策略，确定第一信息的发送方式，生成第一信息的发送方式指示信息。
其中，发送方式指示信息可以包括立即发送指示信息、或者延迟发送指示信息，或者延迟定时发送指示信息。
需要说明的是，对于发送方式指示信息的表示形式，可以根据实际需求设定，本发明实施例对此不进行具体限定。
示例性的，可以通过不同的字符代表不同的发送方式指示信息，还可以通过发送方式指示信息是否为空来代表不同的发送方式。
例如：设定发送方式指示信息标志位：标志位置为1，代表立即发送，标志位置为2，代表延迟发送，标志位置为3，代表延迟定时发送。
再例如，立即发送可以通过同步指示(synchronization indication)来实现，延迟发送或延迟定时发送可以通过异步指示(asynchronization indication)来实现。其中，对于延迟定时发送可以在异步指示的基础上，进一步通过判断第二网络设备是否下发时间指示信息来确定，例如，第二网络设备下发该时间指示信息，则表明采用延迟定时发送方式。
显然地，同步指示和异步指示可以通过一个比特位来实现，不予限制。
进一步的，当发送方式为延迟定时发送方式时，所述指示信息还可以包括时间信息。该时间信息可以为第一信息的必须同步的时间点。
示例性的，可以根据标志位2加上时间信息确定发送方式为延迟定时发送。
进一步的，若第二网络设备根据发送策略，确定UE的第一信息的发送方式为延迟定时发送，第一信息的发送方式相关信息还可以包括UE的第一信息的预设时间点。
具体的，S601可以具体实现为：第一网络设备向第二网络设备发送携带有UE的第一信息的第一消息。可选的，第一消息还可以携带第一信息的发送方式相关信息。
S602、第一网络设备接收第二网络设备发送的UE的第一信息。
进一步的，若第二网络设备向第一网络设备发送UE的第一信息时，还发送了第一信息的发送方式相关信息，那么，S602中还包括第一网络设备接收第二网络设备发送的UE的第一信息的发送方式相关信息。
具体地，S602包括：第一网络设备接收第二网络设备发送的第一消息，第一消息携带有UE的第一信息。
进一步的，第一消息还可以携带第一信息的发送方式相关信息。
可选地，若UE处于空闲态，则执行S603。
S603、第一网络设备根据第一信息的发送方式相关信息，确定UE的第一信息的发送方式。
其中，步骤S603是在UE处于空闲态的情况下执行的。
其中，第一信息的发送方式相关信息可以由第二网络设备在S601中发送。
当第一信息的发送方式相关信息包括发送策略时，也可以存储在第一网络设备中。本发明实施例对此不进行具体限定。
具体的，根据第一信息的发送方式相关信息包括的内容不同，执行S603的方案也不同。
当第一信息的发送方式相关信息包括第一信息的发送方式指示信息时，S603具体执行为：确定第一信息的发送方式为发送方式指示信息指示的发送方式；或者，
当第一信息的发送方式相关信息包括发送策略时，S603具体执行为：根据发送策略，确定第一信息的发送方式。
需要说明的是，对于根据发送策略，确定第一信息的发送方式的具体过程，已经在S601中进行了描述，此处不再进行赘述。
本申请提供的处理信息的方法，UE处于空闲态，第一网络设备在接收到第二网络设备发送的空闲态UE的第一信息时，根据第一信息的发送方式相关信息确定第一信息的发送方式，明确是否立即向该UE发送第一信息。在确定的发送方式为延迟发送或者延迟定时发送时，则无需立即寻呼唤醒空闲态UE接收第一信息，减小了寻呼UE的信令开销，节约了空口的信令开销。
可选地，上述S602包括：第一网络设备接收第二网络设备发送的第一消息，第一消息携带有第一信息和第一信息的发送方式相关信息。
在S603之后，所述方法还包括：
若第一信息的发送方式为延迟发送或延迟定时发送，则设置第一消息为等待状态；或者，
若第一信息的发送方式为立即发送，则向UE发送寻呼消息；当UE进入连接态时，将第一信息发送给UE。
进一步地，在设置第一消息为等待状态之后，上述方法还可以包括：
若第一信息的发送方式为延迟发送或延迟定时发送，且第一消息为等待状态，则当UE进入连接态时，处理第一消息；或者，若第一信息的发送方式为延迟定时发送且第一消息为等待状态，则当达到第一消息的预设时间点时，处理第一消息。
例如，对第一消息进行处理可以包括：将第一信息发送给UE，或者，将第一消息中第一信息封装成第二消息并将第二消息发送给UE，或者，将第一信息进行加工并将加工后的第二信息发送给UE，不予限制。
可选的，如图7所示，在S603之后，所述方法还可以包括：
S604、第一网络设备根据第一信息的发送方式，向UE发送第一信息。
其中，第一网络设备向UE发送第一信息时，第一信息可以包含于消息中发送，本发明实施例对于该消息的类型不进行具体限定。
示例性的，在会话管理流程中，当网络侧修改了UE的会话信息时，第一网络设备需要向UE发送修改后的会话信息时，即将第一信息包含于会话管理请求中发送。
例如，会话管理请求中可以包括的第一信息为：UE和网络间建立的会话中的至少一个通信链路对应的上下文信息。例如，更新的QoS信息、业务流信息、APN-AMBR等。
具体的，在S604中，根据第一网络设备确定的第一信息的发送方式不同，第一网络设备根据第一信息的发送方式，向UE发送第一信息的过程不同。具体可以包括下述三种情况：
第一种情况：UE的第一信息的发送方式为延迟发送。
在第一种情况中，第一网络设备根据第一信息的发送方式，向UE发送第一信息，具体可以实现为：
在UE进入连接态时，向UE发送第一信息。
第二种情况：UE的第一信息的发送方式为延迟定时发送。
在第二种情况中，第一网络设备根据第一信息的发送方式，向UE发送第一信息，具体可以实现为：
在UE进入连接态或达到第一信息的预设时间点时，向UE发送第一信息。
其中，在上述第二种情况中，在UE进入连接态时向UE发送第一信息，具体包括：
在达到第一信息的预设时间点之前，若UE进入连接态，则在UE进入连接态时向UE发送第一信息。
进一步可选的，第一信息的预设时间点可以包括下述两种实现方式：
第一实现方式、第一信息的发送方式相关信息中包括第一信息 的预设时间点。
第二实现方式、从接收到第一信息起，启动定时器计时，定时器超时，则为达到第一信息的预设时间点。
当前，第一信息的预设时间点还可以通过上述两种实现方式之外的方式实现，本发明实施例对此不进行具体限定。
第三种情况：UE的第一信息的发送方式为立即发送。
在第三种情况中，第一网络设备根据UE的第一信息的发送方式，向UE发送第一信息，具体可以实现为：
在确定UE的第一信息的发送方式后，立即向UE发送寻呼消息，在UE进入连接态时，向UE发送第一信息。
进一步的，在上述三种情况中，均在UE进入连接态时，向UE发送第一信息，下面描述实现在UE进入连接态时，向UE发送第一信息的过程，适用于上述三种情况中的任一种情况。
具体的，判断UE进入连接态有多种方式，凡是可以用来判断UE进入连接态的方法，均可以应用于本发明实施例。本发明实施例对此不进行具体限定。
下面详细描述几种在UE进入连接态时，向UE发送第一信息的实现过程。
第一种实现过程：
接收UE发送的位置更新请求，位置更新请求携带UE的对象信息，根据对象信息，向UE发送第一信息。
其中，UE的对象信息包括与UE相关的对象的标识及该对象的当前状态(激活或者非激活)。第一信息所属的对象是指第一信息体现的主体，第一信息是第一信息所属的对象的属性信息。
示例性的，在会话管理流程中，对象为会话，或者对象为会话中包括的承载。
具体的，根据对象信息，向UE发送第一信息，具体包括：
根据对象信息，判断第一信息所属的对象是否为激活状态，或者是否为新建的对象；若第一信息所属的对象为激活状态，或者为 新建的对象，则向UE发送第一信息。
进一步的，根据对象信息，判断第一信息所属的对象是否为激活状态，具体包括：
查找对象信息中，第一信息所属的对象的当前状态，确定是否为激活状态。
进一步的，根据对象信息，判断第一信息所属的对象是否为新建的对象，具体包括：
查找对象信息中，若对象信息中不包括第一信息所属的对象，则第一信息所属的对象为新建的对象，否则不是新建的对象。
进一步的，在第一种实现过程中，向UE发送第一信息的过程，具体可以实现为下述两种方式：
方式A、向UE发送位置更新响应消息，位置更新响应消息包括第一信息。
在方式A中，第一网络设备向UE发送包括第一信息的位置更新响应消息后，UE向第一网络设备发送包括会话管理响应的位置更新完成消息，包括会话管理响应的位置更新完成消息即作为第一信息的响应消息。
方式B、向接入网设备发送包括第一信息的上下文建立消息，以使得接入网设备向UE发送包括第一信息的RRC重配消息。
进一步向UE发送位置更新响应消息。
在方式B中，接入网设备在接收到包括第一信息的上下文建立消息后，向UE发送包括第一信息的RRC重配消息。然后UE向接入网设备发送包括第一信息响应消息的重配消息。接入网设备再向第一网络设备发送包括第一信息响应消息的上下文建立响应消息。
需要说明的是，向UE发送第一信息是采用方式A还是方式B，可以根据实际需求确定，本发明实施例对此不进行具体限定。
第二种实现过程：
接收UE发送的业务请求，业务请求携带UE的对象信息；根据对象信息，向UE发送所述第一信息。
需要说明的是，对于根据对象信息，向UE发送所述第一信息已经在上述第一种实现过程中进行了详细说明，此处不再进行赘述。
需要说明的是，当第一网络设备向UE发送第一信息时，若第一网络设备与UE之间的信息模式，与第一网络设备与第二网络设备之间的信息模式不同，则根据两种信息模式的映射关系，将第一信息进行转换后发送。凡是将第一信息通知到UE的方式，都属于本发明的保护范围。
可选的，如图7所示，在S603之后，若第一信息的发送方式为延迟发送或者延迟定时发送，所述方法还可以包括：
S603a、第一网络设备将第一信息设置为等待状态。
其中，等待状态用于指示所述第一信息待发送。
其中，将第一信息设置为等待状态，可以实现为通过设置标识符来记录等待状态，或者，也可以实现为第一信息保存至缓存中来记录等待状态。
可选的，可以通过将第一信息所属的对象设置为等待状态，以实现将第一信息设置为等待状态。或者，也可以通过将第一信息所在的消息设置为等待状态，以实现将第一信息设置为等待状态。
进一步的，若所述方法包括S603a，那么，所述S604可以实现为：
若第一信息的发送方式为延迟发送或延迟定时发送，且第一信息为等待状态，则当UE进入连接态时，向UE发送第一信息。若第一信息的发送方式为延迟定时发送且第一信息为等待状态，则当达到第一信息的预设时间点时，向UE发送第一信息。
与S603a相对应，如图7所示，在S604中第一网络设备向UE发送第一信息后，所述方法还可以包括：
S604a、第一网络设备取消第一信息的等待状态。
其中，若将第一信息设置为等待状态实现为通过设置标识符来记录等待状态，那么，取消第一信息的等待状态则为删除设置的标识符或者将修改标识符来取消等待状态。若将第一信息设置为等待 状态实现为将第一信息保存至特定的缓存中，那么，取消第一信息的等待状态则为在向UE发送第一信息后删除缓存中的第一信息。
可选的，如图7所示，在S604中向UE发送第一信息之前，所述方法还可以包括：
S604b、第一网络设备接收第二网络设备发送的UE的第二信息。
需要说明的是，S604b与S602相同，此处不再进行赘述。
进一步的，如图7所示，在S604b之后，所述方法还包括：
S604c、第一网络设备根据第二信息的发送方式相关信息，确定第二信息的发送方式。
需要说明的是，S604c与S603相同，此处不再进行赘述。
进一步的，若本发明实施例提供的处理信息的方法包括S604b和S604c，S604中向UE发送第一信息则具体实现为：
若第一信息与第二信息属于同一个对象，删除待发送的第一信息，仅向UE发送第二信息。具体的发送方式则为第二信息的发送方式。
若第一信息与第二信息属于不同的对象，则需向UE发送第一信息和第二信息。第一信息和第二信息的发送方式为：
若第一信息和第二信息发送方式都为延迟发送，则发送方式为延迟发送；若第一信息和第二信息的发送方式包含延迟发送和延迟定时发送，则发送方式为延迟定时发送；若第一信息和第二信息发送方式都为延迟定时发送，则发送方式为延迟定时发送，且根据最先到达的时间点发送。
其中，向UE发送第一信息及第二信息可以实现为，将第一信息及第二信息包含在一条消息中向UE发送。
需要说明的是，在第一网络设备发送第一信息之前，若接收到UE的多个信息，均与上述接收到第二信息时的处理过程相同，此处不再进行赘述。
可选的，如图7所示，在S602之后，所述方法还可以包括：
S602a、第一网络设备向第二网络设备发送第一信息的发送指 示。
可选的，第一信息的发送指示用于指示第一网络设备确定的第一信息的发送方式。
可选的，第一信息的发送指示可以包含在第一信息的响应消息中向第二网络设备发送。
可选的，如图7所示，在S604中向UE发送第一信息之后，所述方法还可以包括S605和S606。
S605、UE向第一网络设备发送第一信息的响应消息。
其中，第一信息的响应消息用于向第一网络设备通知UE已接收到第一信息。
S606、第一网络设备接收UE发送的第一信息的响应消息。
可选的，如图7所示，在S606之后，所述方法还可以包括S607和S608：
S607、第一网络设备向第二网络设备发送第一信息的完成指示消息。
S608、第二网络设备接收第一网络设备发送的第一信息的完成指示消息。
可选的，如图7所示，在S604中向UE发送第一信息之后，所述方法还可以包括：
S609、若向UE发送第一信息失败，第一网络设备向第二网络设备发送失败指示。
S610、第二网络设备接收第一网络设备在向UE发送第一信息失败时发送的失败指示。
可选的，如图7所示，在S602之后，所述方法还可以包括：
S611、第一网络设备向用户面网络设备通知第一信息。
需要说明的是，S611只需要在S602之后执行即可，本发明实施例对于S611的具体执行先后不进行具体限定。
还需要说明的是，可以根据实际需求设定本发明实施例提供的处理信息的方法中各个步骤的执行先后顺序。图6和图7中只是示 意了一种本发明实施例提供的处理信息的方法中各个步骤的执行先后顺序，并不是具体限定。
另一方面，本发明实施例提供另一种处理信息的方法，应用于图1所示的通信网络架构或图2所示的EPS网络架构中。本实施例以第一网络设备与第二网络设备的交互过程为例对本发明实施例提供的处理信息的方法进行描述。
如图8所示，所述方法可以包括：
S801、第二网络设备向第一网络设备发送UE的第一信息以及第一信息的发送方式指示信息。
需要说明的是，对于第一信息的发送方式指示信息已经在前述实施例中进行了详细说明，此处不再进行赘述。
S802、第一网络设备接收第二网络设备发送的UE的第一信息以及第一信息的发送方式指示信息。
具体的，若UE处于空闲态，且发送方式指示信息指示采用延迟发送或延迟定时发送方式发送第一信息，则执行S803。
S803、第一网络设备设置第一信息为等待状态。
其中，等待状态用于指示第一信息待发送。
本申请提供的处理信息的方法，第二网络设备向第一网络设备发送空闲态UE的第一信息时，同时提供了第一信息的发送方式指示信息，若发送方式指示信息指示采用延迟发送或延迟定时发送方式发送第一信息，第一网络设备将第一信息设置为等待状态，则无需立即寻呼唤醒空闲态UE接收第一信息，减小了UE的信令开销，同时节约了空口的信令开销。
进一步的，在S803之后，所述方法还可以包括：
当UE进入连接态且第一信息为等待状态时，向UE发送第一信息。
当达到第一信息的预设时间点且第一信息为等待状态时，向UE发送第一信息。
需要说明的是，对于当UE进入连接态向UE发送第一信息的过 程，对于当达到第一信息的预设时间点向UE发送第一信息的过程，已经在前述实施例中进行了详细描述，此处不再进行赘述。
需要说明的是，图8所示的实施例中的UE的第一信息与图6或图7所示的实施例中的UE的第一信息相同，图8所示的处理信息的方法的其他未描述过程，可以参考图6或图7中描述的过程及步骤，此处不再一一赘述。
需要说明的是，图6、图7和图8描述了对于UE的第一信息的处理过程，通常第一信息是包含在消息中由第二网络设备向第一网络设备发送的，因此，本发明实施例可以针对包含第一信息的消息来进行处理，下面的实施例进行相关描述。
另一方面，本发明实施例提供一种处理消息的方法，应用于图1所示的通信网络架构或者图2所示的EPS系统架构中。本实施例以第一网络设备与第二网络设备的交互过程为例对本发明实施例提供的处理消息的方法进行描述。
如图9所示，所述方法可以包括：
S901、第二网络设备向第一网络设备发送第一消息。
需要说明的是，本发明实施例对第一消息的类型不进行具体限定。其中，第一消息包括UE的第一信息；具体地，第一信息可以参见图6所示实施例中的相关描述。
可选的，在会话管理流程中，第一消息为会话修改请求或者承载修改请求或者承载建立请求或者承载删除请求，其中承载为UE和网络侧用于传输数据建立的上下文信息，具体可以包含承载标识、TFT信息、QoS参数等。可选的，在S901第二网络设备向第一网络设备发送第一消息时，还可以向第一网络设备发送第一消息的处理方式指示信息或者处理策略。
其中，处理方式指示信息用于指示第一消息的处理方式。处理策略与前述的发送策略相似，此处不再赘述。
具体地，第一消息可以携带有处理方式指示信息和UE的第一信息。其中，该处理方式指示信息可以用于指示UE的第一信息的 处理方式，也可以用于指示该第一消息的处理方式，此处不予限制。上述处理方式可以为立即处理，延迟处理或延迟定时处理。
其中，立即处理可以通过同步指示(synchronization indication)来实现，延迟处理或延迟定时处理可以通过异步指示(asynchronization indication)来实现。进一步地，延迟定时处理可以通过判断第一消息中是否携带有与时间相关的指示信息来确定，例如，若第一消息携带有异步指示和时间指示信息，则第一消息的处理方式为延迟定时处理；若第一消息携带有异步指示，不携带时间指示信息，则第一消息的处理方式为延迟处理；若第一消息携带有同步指示，则第一消息的处理方式为立即处理。
显然地，同步指示和异步指示可以通过一个比特位来实现，不予限制。
此外，上述处理方式指示也可以通过两个比特位来实现，例如，00表示立即处理，01表示延迟发送，10表示延迟定时发送；还可以参看图6所示实施例中的发送方式指示信息的相关描述，不再赘述。
可选地，在S901之前，上述方法还包括：
第二网络设备确定UE的第一信息以及第一信息的处理方式，发送第一消息给第一网络设备。
其中，第一消息可以携带有处理方式指示信息和UE的第一信息，该处理方式指示信息用于指示步骤S900中确定的处理方式。例如，当QoS发生改变，会话的参数发生改变，或者，会话被删除时，第二网络设备确定向UE更新发生改变的参数信息，具体可以参见图6所示实施例中的相关描述，不再赘述。
相应的，若在S901第二网络设备向第一网络设备发送第一消息时，还向第一网络设备发送处理方式指示信息或者处理策略，在S901之前，所述方法还包括：第二网络设备获取第一消息的处理方式指示信息或者处理策略。
其中，第二网络设备获取处理方式指示信息或者处理策略与 S601中描述的第二网络设备获取第一信息的发送方式相关信息相似，此处不再赘述。
S902、第一网络设备接收第二网络设备发送的第一消息。
可选地，若UE处于空闲态，则执行步骤S903。
S903、第一网络设备确定第一消息的处理方式为延迟处理或者延迟定时处理，存储第一消息或者存储根据第一消息生成的第二消息。
其中，步骤S903是在UE处于空闲态的情况下执行的。
其中，根据第一消息生成的第二消息，是指收到第一消息后，根据第一消息的作用及目的设备，解析封装生成第二消息。
示例性的，在会话管理流程中，第一消息为包括向UE同步或更新的信息的会话修改请求或者承载修改请求或者承载建立请求或者承载建立请求，第一网络设备接收到该会话修改请求或者承载修改请求或者承载建立请求或者承载建立请求时，进行解析封装生成向UE发送的会话管理请求或者承载管理相关请求(修改或建立或者删除)，该会话管理请求或承载管理相关请求包括向UE同步或更新的信息，该会话管理请求则为根据第一消息生成的第二消息。
具体的，在S903中，确定第一消息的处理方式为延迟处理或者延迟定时处理，可以包括：
根据处理方式指示信息确定第一消息的处理方式为延迟处理或者延迟定时处理；或者，根据处理策略确定第一消息的处理方式为延迟处理或者延迟定时处理。
需要说明的是，S903中根据处理方式指示信息确定第一消息的处理方式为延迟处理或者延迟定时处理，或者，根据处理策略确定第一消息的处理方式为延迟处理或者延迟定时处理的过程，与S603中确定第一信息的发送方式的过程相似，此处不再进行赘述。
其中，处理方式指示信息可以由第二网络设备在S901中发送。当第一信息的发送方式相关信息包括发送策略时，也可以存储在第一网络设备中。本发明实施例对此不进行具体限定。
可替换地，S903可以替换为：
第一网络设备确定第一消息的处理方式为立即处理，向UE发送寻呼消息。
例如，若第一消息携带的处理方式指示信息指示的处理方式为立即处理，则第一网络确定第一消息的处理方式为立即处理。
本申请提供的处理消息的方法，消息中包括空闲态UE的第一信息，第一网络设备在接收到第二网络设备发送的第一消息时，明确是否立即处理第一消息。在确定第一消息的处理方式为延迟处理或者延迟定时处理时，则无需立即寻呼唤醒空闲态以处理第一消息，减小了寻呼UE的信令开销，节约了空口的信令开销。
进一步的，在S903之后，所述方法还可以包括：根据第一消息的处理方式，处理第一消息或者第二消息。
具体的，根据第一消息的处理方式，处理第一消息或者第二消息，具体可以实现为：
若第一消息的处理方式为延迟处理，则在UE进入连接态时，处理第一消息或者第二消息；或者，若第一消息的处理方式为延迟定时处理，则在UE进入连接态或达到第一消息的预设时间点时，处理第一消息或者第二消息。
需要说明的是，对于在UE进入连接态时，处理第一消息或者第二消息，与S604中描述的当UE进入连接态向UE发送第一信息的过程相似，此处不再进行赘述。对于在UE达到第一消息的预设时间点时，处理第一消息或者第二消息的过程，与S604中当达到第一信息的预设时间点向UE发送第一信息的过程相似，此处不再进行赘述。
进一步的，在S903之后，所述方法还可以包括：
若第一消息的处理方式为延迟处理或者延迟定时处理，设置第一消息为等待状态或者第二消息为等待状态。
其中，等待状态用于指示第一消息或者第二消息待处理。
相应的，若在S903之后，设置第一消息为等待状态或者第二消 息为等待状态具体的，根据第一消息的处理方式，处理第一消息或者第二消息，具体可以实现为：
若第一消息的处理方式为延迟处理或延迟定时处理，则当UE进入连接态时，处理处于等待状态的第一消息或者第二消息；或者，若第一消息的处理方式为延迟定时处理，则当达到第一信息的预设时间点时，处理处于等待状态的第一消息或者第二消息。
需要说明的是，图9所示的处理消息的方法的其他未描述过程，可以参考图6或图7中描述的处理信息的方法过程及步骤，只需将对第一信息的操作替换为对第一消息的操作即可，此处不再一一赘述。
下面结合场景，描述本发明实施例提供的方法。
实施例一
在5G网络架构中，第一网络设备为CP，第二网络设备为PF。以CP与PF的交互实现会话管理为例，描述本发明实施例提供的处理信息的方法。
如图10所示，所述方法可以包括：
S1001、当UE和网络之间建立的会话发生更新时，PF判断更新的会话信息的发送方式。
其中，发送方式具体可以参见图6所示实施例中的相关描述。
具体的，在S1001中，PF判断更新的会话的信息发送方式，确定是否需要马上将更新同步到UE侧。
具体的，PF可以根据签约信息或者应用功能(英文全称：Application Function，AF)发送的请求或会话中更新的信息属性等确定更新的会话信息的发送方式。
S1002、PF向CP发送包括发送方式指示信息的会话修改请求。
其中，指示信息用于指示PF确定的更新的会话信息的发送方式。
会话修改请求中还包括更新的会话信息。
S1003、CP接收会话修改请求。
S1004、若UE处于空闲态，CP根据会话修改请求中的发送方式指示信息确定更新的会话信息的发送方式。
若在S1004中，CP确定更新的会话信息的发送方式为延迟发送或者延迟定时发送，则执行S1005。
若在S1004中，CP确定更新的会话信息的发送方式为立刻发送，则向空闲态UE发送寻呼消息，之后在UE进入连接态时，向UE发送包含更新的会话信息的会话管理请求。
S1005、CP将更新的会话信息设置为等待状态。
S1006、CP向PF发送会话修改请求的响应。
S1007、CP向用户面(英文全称：User Plane，UP)发起会话更新流程。
其中，CP向UP发起会话更新流程用于将会话更新的信息同步到用户面网络设备。
S1008、CP根据确定的更新的会话信息的发送方式，向UE发送会话管理请求。
其中，会话管理请求包括更新的会话信息。
具体的，S1008的具体实现可以包括下述几种情况：
情况1、CP确定的更新的会话信息的发送方式为延迟发送，则CP在UE进入连接态时，触发会话管理流程，向UE发送会话管理请求，同步更新的会话信息到UE。
情况2、CP确定的更新的会话信息的发送方式为延迟定时发送，会话修改请求中包括的指示信息为一个时间点。在时间点到达之前，如果UE进入连接态，则在连接态建立中执行会话管理流程，向UE发送会话管理请求；在时间点到达时，如果UE没有进入连接态，CP对UE寻呼，并触发会话管理流程，向UE发送会话管理请求。
需要说明的是，S1008的具体执行过程，已经在S604中进行了详细描述，此处不再进行赘述。
S1009、CP向UP发起建立接入网(英文全称：Access Network，AN)上下文。
S1010、CP向PF发送更新完成指示消息。
其中，S1010是在CP确认UE已接收到会话管理请求后执行。
需要说明的是，S1007可以和S1009合并在S1009执行。
进一步的，在本实施例所述的处理信息的方法中，CP可能收到多个会话修改请求，处理方法与S604b、S604c及存在S604b和S604c时S604的具体实现过程相同，此处不再进行赘述。
需要说明的是，图10所示的方案中，还可以包括图7所示的方案中的可选步骤，此处不再一一赘述。
例如，若在S1008之前，CP再接收到PF发送的另一个会话修改请求，则可以将多次接收的会话修改请求合并处理，对于合并处理的过程，已经在图7所示的实施例中进行了详细描述，此处不再进行赘述。
实施例二
与上述实施例一不同的是，在实施例二中，PF向CP提供发送策略，由CP根据发送策略确定更新的会话信息的发送方式。
具体的，如图11所示，所述方法可以包括：
S1101、PF向CP发送确定UE的信息的发送策略。
其中，发送策略可以包括：保证比特率的通信链路对应的会话信息为立刻发送；非保证比特率的通信链路对应的会话信息为延迟发送；漫游用户的会话信息为延迟发送；优先级高的业务对应的通信链路对应的会话信息为立刻发送等。
S1102、当UE和网络之间建立的会话发生更新时，PF向CP发送包括更新的会话信息的会话修改请求。
S1103、CP接收会话修改请求。
S1104、若UE处于空闲态，CP根据会话修改请求及发送策略，确定更新的会话信息的发送方式。
在S1104之后，图11所示的方法的方案与图10所示的方法中S1004之后的执行相同，此处不再进行赘述。
实施例三
在5G网络架构中的漫游场景，第一网络设备为归属网络控制面网络设备(英文全称：Home-Control Plane，H-CP)和访问网络控制面网络设备(英文全称：Visited-Control Plane，V-CP)，第二网络设备为PF。以H-CP、V-CP与PF的交互实现会话管理为例，描述本发明实施例提供的处理信息的方法。
具体的，如图12所示，所述方法可以包括：
S1201、当UE和网络之间建立的会话发生更新时，PF判断更新的会话的发送方式。
S1202、PF向H-CP发送包括发送方式指示信息的会话修改请求。
S1203、H-CP向V-CP发送包会话修改请求。
S1204、V-CP接收会话修改请求。
S1205、若UE处于空闲态，V-CP根据会话修改请求中的发送方式指示信息确定更新的会话信息的发送方式。
在S1205之后，图12所示的方法的方案与图10所示的方法中S1004之后的执行相同，此处不再进行赘述。只是图10中CP的操作，在图12所示的方案中，由V-CP。图10中CP向PF发送的过程，在图12所示的方案中，由V-CP通过H-CP向PF发送。
进一步的，图12所示的方案中，还可以将S1201至S1205替换为图11所示的方案中的S1101至S1104。只是图11中CP的操作，在图12所示的方案中，由V-CP。图11中CP向PF发送的过程，在图12所示的方案中，由V-CP通过H-CP向PF发送。
实施例四
在LTE网络架构中，第一网络设备为MME，第二网络设备为P-GW。以MME通过S-GW与P-GW的交互实现会话管理为例，描述本发明实施例提供的处理信息的方法。
如图12a所示，所述方法可以包括：
S1201a、P-GW向S-GW发送包括更新的会话信息的会话修改请求。
其中，会话修改请求还可以包括更新的会话信息的发送方式指示信息或者发送策略。
P-GW向S-GW发送包括更新的会话信息的会话修改请求，用于S-GW向MME转发包括更新的会话信息的会话修改请求。
可选的，当UE和网络之间建立的会话发生更新时，P-GW可以直接将发送策略发给S-GW向MME转发，用于MME在接收到会话修改请求时，确定更新的会话信息的发送方式，这种情况下，会话修改请求包括发送策略。
可选的，当UE和网络之间建立的会话发生更新时，P-GW可以判断更新的会话信息的发送方式，这种情况下，会话修改请求包括更新的会话信息的发送方式指示信息，用于指示P-GW确定的更新的会话信息的发送方式。
需要说明的是，P-GW判断更新的会话信息的发送方式的过程，与S1001中PF确定更新的会话信息的发送方式的过程相似，此处不再进行赘述。
S1202a、S-GW接收会话修改请求。
S1203a、S-GW向MME发送会话修改请求。
其中，S-GW在S1202a中接收到会话修改请求后，可选的，需要解析封装后向MME发送，本发明实施例对于解析封装的过程不进行限定。
解析封装后会话修改请求包括更新的会话信息。
S1204a、MME接收S-GW发送的会话修改请求。
S1205a、若UE处于空闲态，MME根据会话修改请求确定更新的会话信息的发送方式。
若在S1205a中，MME确定更新的会话信息的发送方式为延迟发送或者延迟定时发送，则执行S1206a。
若在S1205a中MME确定更新的会话信息的发送方式为立即发送，则向空闲态UE发送寻呼消息，之后在UE进入连接态时，向UE发送包含更新的会话信息的会话管理请求。
S1206a、MME将更新的会话信息设置为等待状态。
S1207a、MME向S-GW发送会话修改请求的响应。
S1208a、S-GW接收MME发送的会话修改请求的响应。
S1209a、S-GW向P-GW发送会话修改请求的响应消息。
S1210a、MME根据确定的更新的会话信息的发送方式，向UE发送会话管理请求。
需要说明的是，S1210a的具体实现过程，与S1008的实现过程相似，此处不再进行赘述。
需要说明的是，在S1210a之后，图12a所示的方法的方案与图10所示的方法中S1008之后的执行相同，此处不再进行赘述。
需要说明的是，图12a所示的方案中，还可以包括图7所示的方案中的可选步骤，此处不再一一赘述。
例如，若在S1210a之前，MME再接收到S-GW转发的另一个会话修改请求，则可以将多次接收的会话修改请求合并处理，对于合并处理的过程，已经在图7所示的实施例中进行了详细描述，此处不再进行赘述。
进一步的，上述四个实施例的方法中，可以将发送策略替换为处理策略，或者将发送方式指示信息替换为处理方式指示信息，则上述三个实施例描述为处理消息的方法，具体通过下述实施例进行描述。
实施例五
在5G网络架构中，第一网络设备为CP，第二网络设备为PF。以CP与PF的交互实现会话管理为例，描述本发明实施例提供的处理消息的方法。
如图13所示，所述方法可以包括：
S1301、PF向CP发送包括更新的会话信息的会话修改请求。
其中，会话修改请求还可以包括会话修改请求的处理方式指示信息或者处理策略。
可选的，当UE和网络之间建立的会话发生更新时，PF可以直 接将处理策略发给CP，用于CP在接收到会话修改请求时，确定会话修改请求的处理方式，这种情况下，会话修改请求包括处理策略。
可选的，当UE和网络之间建立的会话发生更新时，PF可以判断会话修改请求的处理方式，这种情况下，会话修改请求包括处理方式指示信息，用于指示PF确定的会话修改请求的处理方式。
需要说明的是，PF判断会话修改请求的处理方式的过程，与S1001中PF确定更新的会话信息的发送方式的过程相似，此处不再进行赘述。
S1302、CP接收会话修改请求。
在S1302之后，若UE处于空闲态且CP确定会话修改请求的处理方式为延迟处理或者延迟定时处理，则执行S1303。
若CP确定会话修改请求的处理方式为立即处理，则向空闲态UE发送寻呼消息，之后在UE进入连接态时，处理会话修改请求或者处理根据会话修改请求生成的会话管理请求。
S1303、CP存储会话修改请求或者存储根据会话修改请求生成的会话管理请求。
其中，会话管理请求是根据会话修改请求生成的，向UE发送会话修改请求中包括的更新的会话信息的请求消息。
S1304、CP将会话修改请求设置为等待状态。
S1305、CP向PF发送会话修改请求的响应。
S1306、CP向UP发起会话更新流程。
其中，CP向UP发起会话更新流程用于将会话更新的信息同步到用户面网络设备。
S1307、CP根据确定的会话修改请求的处理方式，处理会话修改请求或者会话管理请求。
其中，处理会话修改请求包括生成对应的会话管理请求并向UE发送。处理会话管理请求包括向UE发送会话管理请求。
具体的，S1307的具体实现可以包括下述几种情况：
情况1、CP确定的会话修改请求的处理方式为延迟处理，则CP 在UE进入连接态时，处理会话修改请求或者会话管理请求。
情况2、CP确定的会话修改请求的处理方式为延迟定时处理，会话修改请求中还包括会话修改请求的预设个时间点。在预设时间点到达之前，在UE进入连接态时处理会话修改请求或者会话管理请求；在预设时间点到达时，如果UE没有进入连接态，CP寻呼UE，并在UE进入连接态时处理会话修改请求或者会话管理请求。
需要说明的是，在S1307之后，图13所示的方法的方案与图10所示的方法中S1008之后的执行相同，此处不再进行赘述。
需要说明的是，图13所示的方案中，还可以包括图7所示的方案中的可选步骤，此处不再一一赘述。
例如，若在S1307之前，CP再接收到PF发送的另一个会话修改请求，则可以将多次接收的会话修改请求合并处理，对于合并处理的过程，已经在图7所示的实施例中进行了详细描述，此处不再进行赘述。
进一步的，上述图13所示的实施例的方法中，若应用在长期演进(英文全称：Long Term Evolution，LTE)场景中，MME执行CP的功能，PCRF执行PF的功能，PCRF与MME之间的交互通过P-GW与S-GW的转发实现，即可实现在LTE网络中实现处理消息的方法，具体过程描述如下。
实施例六
在LTE网络架构中，以MME通过S-GW与P-GW的交互实现会话管理为例，描述本发明实施例提供的处理消息的方法。
如图14所示，所述方法可以包括：
S1401、P-GW向S-GW发送包括更新的会话信息的会话修改请求。
其中，会话修改请求还可以包括会话修改请求的处理方式指示信息或者处理策略。
P-GW向S-GW发送包括更新的会话信息的会话修改请求，用于S-GW向MME转发包括更新的会话信息的会话修改请求。
可选的，当UE和网络之间建立的会话发生更新时，P-GW可以直接将处理策略发给S-GW向MME转发，用于MME在接收到会话修改请求时，确定会话修改请求的处理方式，这种情况下，会话修改请求包括处理策略。
可选的，当UE和网络之间建立的会话发生更新时，P-GW可以判断会话修改请求的处理方式，这种情况下，会话修改请求包括处理方式指示信息。
需要说明的是，P-GW判断会话修改请求的处理方式的过程，与S1001中PF确定更新的会话信息的发送方式的过程相似，此处不再进行赘述。
S1402、S-GW接收会话修改请求。
S1403、S-GW向MME发送会话修改请求。
其中，S-GW在S1402中接收到会话修改请求后，可选的，需要解析封装后向MME发送，本发明实施例对于解析封装的过程不进行限定。
S1404、MME接收S-GW会话修改请求。
S1405、若UE处于空闲态，MME根据会话修改请求确定会话修改请求的处理方式。
若在S1405中，MME确定会话修改请求的处理方式为延迟处理或者延迟定时处理，则执行S1406。
若在S1405中MME确定会话修改请求的处理方式为立即处理，则向空闲态UE发送寻呼消息，之后在UE进入连接态时，处理会话修改请求或者处理根据会话修改请求生成的会话管理请求。
S1406、MME存储会话修改请求或者存储根据会话修改请求生成的会话管理请求。
其中，会话管理请求是根据会话修改请求生成的，用于向UE发送会话修改请求中包括的更新的会话信息的请求消息。
S1407、MME将会话修改请求设置为等待状态。
S1408、MME向S-GW发送会话修改请求的响应。
S1409、S-GW接收MME发送的会话修改请求的响应。
S1410、S-GW向P-GW发送会话修改请求的响应消息。
S1411、MME根据确定的会话修改请求的处理方式，处理会话修改请求或者会话管理请求。
其中，处理会话修改请求包括生成对应的会话管理请求并向UE发送。处理会话管理请求包括向UE发送会话管理请求。
需要说明的是，S1411的具体实现过程，与S1307的实现过程相似，此处不再进行赘述。
需要说明的是，在S1411之后，图14所示的方法的方案与图10所示的方法中S1008之后的执行相同，此处不再进行赘述。
需要说明的是，图14所示的方案中，还可以包括图7所示的方案中的可选步骤，此处不再一一赘述。
例如，若在S1411之前，MME再接收到S-GW转发的另一个会话修改请求，则可以将多次接收的会话修改请求合并处理，对于合并处理的过程，已经在图7所示的实施例中进行了详细描述，此处不再进行赘述。
上述主要从各个网元之间交互的角度对本发明实施例提供的方案进行了介绍。可以理解的是，各个网元，例如第一网络设备、第二网络设备等为了实现上述功能，其包含了执行各个功能相应的硬件结构和/或软件模块。本领域技术人员应该很容易意识到，结合本文中所公开的实施例描述的各示例的单元及算法步骤，本发明能够以硬件或硬件和计算机软件的结合形式来实现。某个功能究竟以硬件还是计算机软件驱动硬件的方式来执行，取决于技术方案的特定应用和设计约束条件。专业技术人员可以对每个特定的应用来使用不同方法来实现所描述的功能，但是这种实现不应认为超出本发明的范围。
本发明实施例可以根据上述方法示例对第一网络设备、第二网络设备等进行功能模块的划分，例如，可以对应各个功能划分各个功能模块，也可以将两个或两个以上的功能集成在一个处理模块中。 上述集成的模块既可以采用硬件的形式实现，也可以采用软件功能模块的形式实现。需要说明的是，本发明实施例中对模块的划分是示意性的，仅仅为一种逻辑功能划分，实际实现时可以有另外的划分方式。
在采用对应各个功能划分各个功能模块的情况下，图15示出了上述实施例中所涉及的第一网络设备150的一种可能的结构示意图，第一网络设备150可以用于执行图6或图7或图8或图9所示实施例中第一网络设备的动作，或者图10或图11或图12或图14所示实施例中CP的动作，或者图14所示实施例中MME的动作。
在一种实现方式中，如图15所示，第一网络设备150包括：接收单元1501，确定单元1502。
接收单元1501，用于接收第二网络设备发送的UE的第一信息，UE处于空闲态。
确定单元1502，用于根据接收单元1501接收的第一信息的发送方式相关信息，确定第一信息的发送方式，其中，发送方式包括立刻发送或者延迟发送或者延迟定时发送。
可选的，第一信息的发送方式相关信息可以包括：发送方式指示信息，发送方式指示信息用于指示接收单元1501接收的第一信息的发送方式；或，发送策略，发送策略用于确定接收单元1501接收的第一信息的发送方式。
具体的，第一信息的发送方式相关信息包括发送方式指示信息时，确定单元1502具体可以用于：确定接收单元1501接收的第一信息的发送方式为发送方式指示信息指示的发送方式。
具体的，第一信息的发送方式相关信息包括发送策略时，确定单元1502具体可以用于：根据发送策略，确定接收单元1501接收的第一信息的发送方式。
进一步的，接收单元1501还可以用于：在确定单元1502根据第一信息的发送方式相关信息，确定第一信息的发送方式之前，接收第二网络设备发送的第一信息的发送方式相关信息。
进一步的，如图16所示，第一网络设备150还可以包括：
发送单元1503，用于根据确定单元1502确定的第一信息的发送方式，向UE发送接收单元1501接收的第一信息。
可选的，发送单元1503具体可以用于：
若确定单元1502确定第一信息的发送方式为延迟发送，则在UE进入连接态时，向UE发送接收单元1501接收的第一信息；或者，若确定单元1502确定的第一信息的发送方式为延迟定时发送，则在UE进入连接态或达到第一信息的预设时间点时，向UE发送接收单元1501接收的第一信息。
进一步的，如图16所示，所述第一网络设备150还可以包括：
设置单元1504，用于若确定单元1502确定的第一信息的发送方式为延迟发送或者延迟定时发送，则设置接收单元1501接收的第一信息为等待状态，等待状态用于指示第一信息待发送。
可选的，发送单元1503还可以用于：
若确定单元1502确定第一信息的发送方式为延迟发送或延迟定时发送，且第一信息为等待状态，则当UE进入连接态时，向UE发送接收单元1501接收的第一信息；或者，若确定单元1502确定第一信息的发送方式为延迟定时发送且第一信息为等待状态，则当达到第一信息的预设时间点时，向UE发送接收单元1501接收的第一信息。
可选的，接收单元1501具体可以用于：接收第二网络设备发送的第一消息，第一消息携带有第一信息和第一信息的发送方式相关信息。
设置单元1504还可以用于，若第一信息的发送方式为延迟发送或延迟定时发送，则设置接收单元1501接收的第一消息为等待状态。
可选的，第一信息包括会话管理流程中向UE同步或更新的信息。
在另一种实现方式中，如图17所示，第一网络设备150可以包 括：接收单元1701和设置单元1702。
接收单元1701，用于接收第二网络设备发送的UE的第一信息以及第一信息的发送方式指示信息，UE处于空闲态。
设置单元1702，用于若接收单元1701接收的发送方式指示信息指示采用延迟发送方式或延迟定时发送方式发送第一信息，则设置接收单元1701接收的第一信息为等待状态，等待状态用于指示第一信息待发送。
进一步的，如图18所示，所述第一网络设备150还可以包括发送单元1703。
发送单元1703用于，当UE进入连接态且第一信息为等待状态时，向UE发送接收单元1701接收的第一信息。
或者，发送单元1703还可以用于，当达到第一信息的预设时间点且第一信息为等待状态时，向UE发送接收单元1701接收的第一信息。
在另一种实现方式中，如图19所示，第一网络设备150可以包括：接收单元1901、确定单元1902和保存单元1903。
接收单元1901，用于接收第二网络设备发送的第一消息，第一消息包含UE的第一信息，UE处于空闲态。
确定单元1902，用于确定接收单元1901接收的第一消息的处理方式。
保存单元1903，用于若确定单元1902确定接收单元1901接收的第一消息的处理方式为延迟处理或者延迟定时处理，存储接收单元1901接收的第一消息或者存储根据接收单元1901接收的第一消息生成的第二消息。
进一步的，所述确定单元1902具体用于：根据处理方式指示信息确定接收单元1901接收的第一消息的处理方式为延迟处理或者延迟定时处理；或者，根据处理策略确定接收单元1901接收的第一消息的处理方式为延迟处理或者延迟定时处理。
可选的，接收单元1901接收的第一消息包括处理方式指示信 息，或者，处理策略。处理方式指示信息用于指示立即处理或延迟处理或延迟定时处理。
进一步的，如图20所示，所述第一网络设备150还可以包括：处理单元1904。
处理单元1904具体用于：若确定单元1902确定第一消息的处理方式为延迟处理，则在UE进入连接态时，处理保存单元1903存储的第一消息或者第二消息；或者，
若确定单元1902确定第一消息的处理方式为延迟定时处理，则在UE进入连接态或达到第一消息的预设时间点时，处理保存单元1903存储的第一消息或者所述第二消息。
进一步的，如图20所示，所述第一网络设备150还可以包括设置单元1905。
设置单元1905具体可以用于：若确定单元1902确定第一消息的处理方式为延迟处理或者延迟定时处理，设置保存单元1903保存的第一消息为等待状态或者保存单元1903保存的第二消息为等待状态，等待状态用于指示保存单元1903保存的第一消息或者第二消息待处理。
进一步的，处理单元1904或者可以用于：若确定单元1902确定第一消息的处理方式为延迟处理或延迟定时处理，则当UE进入连接态时，处理处于等待状态的保存单元1903保存的第一消息或者第二消息；或者，若确定单元1902确定第一消息的处理方式为延迟定时处理，则当达到第一信息的预设时间点时，处理处于等待状态的保存单元1903保存的第一消息或者第二消息。
在采用集成的单元的情况下，图21示出了上述实施例中所涉及的第一网络设备150的一种可能的结构示意图。第一网络设备150可以包括：处理模块2101和通信模块2102。处理模块2101用于对第一网络设备150的动作进行控制管理，例如，处理模块2101用于通过通信模块2102支持第一网络设备150执行S603、S604c、S903、 S1004、S1104、S1205、S1405，和/或用于本文所描述的技术的其它过程。处理模块2101还用于支持第一网络设备150通过通信模块2102执行S602、S604b、S606、S902、S1003、S1103、S1204、S1302、S1404。通信模块2102用于支持第一网络设备150与其他网络实体的通信。第一网络设备150还可以包括存储模块2103，用于存储第一网络设备150的程序代码和数据。
其中，处理模块2101可以为图4所示的第一网络设备40的实体结构中的处理器401，可以是处理器或控制器，例如可以是CPU，通用处理器，DSP，ASIC，FPGA或者其他可编程逻辑器件、晶体管逻辑器件、硬件部件或者其任意组合。其可以实现或执行结合本发明公开内容所描述的各种示例性的逻辑方框，模块和电路。所述处理器也可以是实现计算功能的组合，例如包含一个或多个微处理器组合，DSP和微处理器的组合等等。通信模块2102可以是图4所示的第一网络设备150的实体结构中的收发器404，或者可以是收发电路或通信接口等。存储模块2103可以是图4所示的第一网络设备150的实体结构中的存储器。
当处理模块2101为处理器，通信模块2102为收发器，存储模块2103为存储器时，本发明实施例图21所涉及的第一网络设备150可以为图4所示的第一网络设备40。
在采用对应各个功能划分各个功能模块的情况下，图22示出了上述实施例中所涉及的第二网络设备220的一种可能的结构示意图，第二网络设备220可以用于执行图6或图7或图8或图9所示实施例中第二网络设备的动作，或者图10或图11或图12或图14所示实施例中PF的动作，或者图14所示实施例中P-GW的动作。
如图22所示，第二网络设备220可以包括：获取单元2201，发送单元2202。
获取单元2201，用于获取UE的第一信息的发送方式相关信息，发送方式相关信息用于确定第一信息的发送方式。
发送单元2202，用于向第一网络设备发送第一信息以及获取单 元2201获取的第一信息的发送方式相关信息。
可选的，第一信息的发送方式相关信息包括：发送方式指示信息，发送方式指示信息用于指示第一信息的发送方式；或，发送策略，发送策略用于确定第一信息的发送方式。
进一步的，若第一信息的发送方式相关信息包括发送方式指示信息，获取单元2201具体用于：根据发送策略，确定第一信息的发送方式指示信息。
在采用集成的单元的情况下，图23示出了上述实施例中所涉及的第二网络设备220的一种可能的结构示意图。第二网络设备220可以包括：处理模块2301和通信模块2302。处理模块2301用于对第二网络设备220的动作进行控制管理，例如，处理模块2301用于支持第二网络设备220获取发送策略或发送方式指示信息或者处理策略或者处理方式指示信息，具体执行S1001、S1201，和/或用于本文所描述的技术的其它过程。处理模块2301还用于支持第二网络设备220通过通信模块2302执行S601、S801、S901、S1002、S1101、S1102、S1202。通信模块2302用于支持第二网络设备220与其他网络实体的通信。第二网络设备220还可以包括存储模块2303，用于存储第二网络设备220的程序代码和数据。
其中，处理模块2301可以为图5所示的第二网络设备50的实体结构中的处理器501，可以是处理器或控制器，例如可以是CPU，通用处理器，DSP，ASIC，FPGA或者其他可编程逻辑器件、晶体管逻辑器件、硬件部件或者其任意组合。其可以实现或执行结合本发明公开内容所描述的各种示例性的逻辑方框，模块和电路。所述处理器也可以是实现计算功能的组合，例如包含一个或多个微处理器组合，DSP和微处理器的组合等等。通信模块2302可以是图5所示的第二网络设备50的实体结构中收发器，可以是收发电路或通信接口等。存储模块2303可以是图5所示的第二网络设备50的实体结构中的存储器。
当处理模块2301为处理器，通信模块2302为收发器，存储模 块2303为存储器时，本发明实施例图23所涉及的第二网络设备220可以为图5所示的第二网络设备50。
结合本发明公开内容所描述的方法或者算法的步骤可以硬件的方式来实现，也可以是由处理器执行软件指令的方式来实现。软件指令可以由相应的软件模块组成，软件模块可以被存放于RAM、闪存、ROM、可擦除可编程只读存储器(Erasable Programmable ROM，EPROM)、电可擦可编程只读存储器(Electrically EPROM，EEPROM)、寄存器、硬盘、移动硬盘、只读光盘(CD-ROM)或者本领域熟知的任何其它形式的存储介质中。一种示例性的存储介质耦合至处理器，从而使处理器能够从该存储介质读取信息，且可向该存储介质写入信息。当然，存储介质也可以是处理器的组成部分。处理器和存储介质可以位于ASIC中。另外，该ASIC可以位于核心网接口设备中。当然，处理器和存储介质也可以作为分立组件存在于核心网接口设备中。
本领域技术人员应该可以意识到，在上述一个或多个示例中，本发明所描述的功能可以用硬件、软件、固件或它们的任意组合来实现。当使用软件实现时，可以将这些功能存储在计算机可读介质中或者作为计算机可读介质上的一个或多个指令或代码进行传输。计算机可读介质包括计算机存储介质和通信介质，其中通信介质包括便于从一个地方向另一个地方传送计算机程序的任何介质。存储介质可以是通用或专用计算机能够存取的任何可用介质。所属领域的技术人员可以清楚地了解到，为描述的方便和简洁，上述描述的系统，装置和单元的具体工作过程，可以参考前述方法实施例中的对应过程，在此不再赘述。
在本申请所提供的几个实施例中，应该理解到，所揭露的系统，装置和方法，可以通过其它的方式实现。例如，以上所描述的装置实施例仅仅是示意性的，例如，所述单元的划分，仅仅为一种逻辑功能划分，实际实现时可以有另外的划分方式，例如多个单元或组件可以结合或者可以集成到另一个系统，或一些特征可以忽略，或 不执行。另一点，所显示或讨论的相互之间的耦合或直接耦合或通信连接可以是通过一些接口，装置或单元的间接耦合或通信连接，可以是电性或其它的形式。
所述作为分离部件说明的单元可以是或者也可以不是物理上分开的，作为单元显示的部件可以是或者也可以不是物理单元，即可以位于一个地方，或者也可以分布到多个网络单元上。可以根据实际的需要选择其中的部分或者全部单元来实现本实施例方案的目的。
另外，在本发明各个实施例中的各功能单元可以集成在一个处理单元中，也可以是各个单元单独物理包括，也可以两个或两个以上单元集成在一个单元中。上述集成的单元既可以采用硬件的形式实现，也可以采用硬件加软件功能单元的形式实现。
上述以软件功能单元的形式实现的集成的单元，可以存储在一个计算机可读取存储介质中。上述软件功能单元存储在一个存储介质中，包括若干指令用以使得一台计算机设备(可以是个人计算机，服务器，或者网络设备等)执行本发明各个实施例所述方法的部分步骤。而前述的存储介质包括：U盘、移动硬盘、只读存储器(Read-Only Memory，简称ROM)、随机存取存储器(Random Access Memory，简称RAM)、磁碟或者光盘等各种可以存储程序代码的介质。
最后应说明的是：以上实施例仅用以说明本发明的技术方案，而非对其限制；尽管参照前述实施例对本发明进行了详细的说明，本领域的普通技术人员应当理解：其依然可以对前述各实施例所记载的技术方案进行修改，或者对其中部分技术特征进行等同替换；而这些修改或者替换，并不使相应技术方案的本质脱离本发明各实施例技术方案的精神和范围。

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  1. 一种处理信息的方法，其特征在于，所述方法应用于第一网络设备，包括：
    接收第二网络设备发送的用户设备UE的第一信息，所述UE处于空闲状态；
    根据所述第一信息的发送方式相关信息，确定所述第一信息的发送方式；其中，所述发送方式包括立刻发送或者延迟发送或者延迟定时发送。
  2. 根据权利要求1所述的方法，其特征在于，所述第一信息的发送方式相关信息包括：
    发送方式指示信息，所述发送方式指示信息用于指示所述第一信息的发送方式；或，
    发送策略，所述发送策略用于确定所述第一信息的发送方式。
  3. 根据权利要求2所述的方法，其特征在于，所述第一信息的发送方式相关信息包括所述发送方式指示信息，所述根据所述第一信息的发送方式相关信息，确定所述第一信息的发送方式，包括：
    确定所述第一信息的发送方式为所述发送方式指示信息指示的发送方式。
  4. 根据权利要求2所述的方法，其特征在于，所述第一信息的发送方式相关信息包括所述发送策略，所述根据所述第一信息的发送方式相关信息，确定所述第一信息的发送方式，包括：
    根据所述发送策略，确定所述第一信息的发送方式。
  5. 根据权利要求1-4任一项所述的方法，其特征在于，在所述根据所述第一信息的发送方式相关信息，确定所述第一信息的发送方式之前，所述方法还包括：
    接收所述第二网络设备发送的所述第一信息的发送方式相关信息。
  6. 根据权利要求1-5任一项所述的方法，其特征在于，所述方法还包括：
    根据所述第一信息的发送方式，向所述UE发送所述第一信息。
  7. 根据权利要求6所述的方法，其特征在于，所述根据所述第一信息的发送方式，向所述UE发送所述第一信息，包括：
    若所述第一信息的发送方式为延迟发送，则在所述UE进入连接态时，向所述UE发送所述第一信息；或者，
    若所述第一信息的发送方式为延迟定时发送，则在所述UE进入连接态或达到所述第一信息的预设时间点时，向所述UE发送所述第一信息。
  8. 根据权利要求1-7任一项所述的方法，其特征在于，所述方法还包括：
    若所述第一信息的发送方式为延迟发送或者延迟定时发送，则设置所述第一信息为等待状态，所述等待状态用于指示所述第一信息待发送。
  9. 根据权利要求8所述的方法，其特征在于，所述方法还包括：
    若所述第一信息的发送方式为延迟发送或延迟定时发送，且所述第一信息为等待状态，则当所述UE进入连接态时，向所述UE发送所述第一信息；或者，
    若所述第一信息的发送方式为延迟定时发送且所述第一信息为等待状态，则当达到所述第一信息的预设时间点时，向所述UE发送所述第一信息。
  10. 根据权利要求1-7任一项所述的方法，其特征在于，
    所述接收第二网络设备发送的所述UE的第一信息，包括：接收所述第二网络设备发送的第一消息，所述第一消息携带有所述第一信息和所述第一信息的发送方式相关信息；
    所述方法还包括：
    若所述第一信息的发送方式为延迟发送或延迟定时发送，则设置所述第一消息为等待状态。
  11. 一种处理信息的方法，其特征在于，所述方法应用于第一网络设备，包括：
    接收第二网络设备发送的用户设备UE的第一信息以及所述第一信息的发送方式指示信息，所述UE处于空闲态；
    若所述发送方式指示信息指示采用延迟发送或延迟定时发送方式发送所述第一信息，则设置所述第一信息为等待状态，所述等待状态用于指示所述第一信息待发送。
  12. 根据权利要求11所述的方法，其特征在于，所述方法还包括：
    当所述UE进入连接态且所述第一信息为等待状态时，向所述UE发送所述第一信息。
  13. 根据权利要求11或12所述的方法，其特征在于，所述方法还包括：
    当达到所述第一信息的预设时间点且所述第一信息为等待状态时，向所述UE发送所述第一信息。
  14. 一种处理消息的方法，其特征在于，所述方法应用于第一网络设备，包括：
    接收第二网络设备发送的第一消息，所述第一消息包含用户设备UE的第一信息，所述UE处于空闲态；
    确定所述第一消息的处理方式为延迟处理或者延迟定时处理，存储所述第一消息或者存储根据所述第一消息生成的第二消息。
  15. 根据权利要求14所述的方法，其特征在于，所述确定所述第一消息的处理方式为延迟处理或者延迟定时处理包括：
    根据处理方式指示信息确定所述第一消息的处理方式为延迟处理或者延迟定时处理；
    或者，
    根据处理策略确定所述第一消息的处理方式为延迟处理或者延迟定时处理。
  16. 根据权利要求14或15所述的方法，其特征在于，所述第一消息包括所述处理方式指示信息，或者，所述处理策略，
    其中，所述处理方式指示信息用于指示立即处理或延迟处理或延 迟定时处理。
  17. 根据权利要求14-16任一项所述的方法，其特征在于，所述方法还包括：
    若所述第一消息的处理方式为延迟处理，则在所述UE进入连接态时，处理所述第一消息或者所述第二消息；或者，
    若所述第一消息的处理方式为延迟定时处理，则在所述UE进入连接态或达到所述第一消息的预设时间点时，处理所述第一消息或者所述第二消息。
  18. 根据权利要求14-17任一项所述的方法，其特征在于，所述方法还包括：
    若所述第一消息的处理方式为延迟处理或者延迟定时处理，设置所述第一消息为等待状态或者所述第二消息为等待状态，所述等待状态用于指示所述第一消息或者所述第二消息待处理。
  19. 根据权利要求18所述的方法，其特征在于，所述方法还包括：
    若所述第一消息的处理方式为延迟处理或延迟定时处理，则当所述UE进入连接态时，处理处于等待状态的所述第一消息或者所述第二消息；或者，
    若所述第一消息的处理方式为延迟定时处理，则当达到所述第一信息的预设时间点时，处理处于等待状态的所述第一消息或者所述第二消息。
  20. 根据权利要求14-19任一项所述的方法，其特征在于，所述第一消息为会话修改请求，所述第二消息为会话管理请求。
  21. 一种处理信息的方法，其特征在于，应用于第二网络设备，包括：
    获取用户设备UE的第一信息的发送方式相关信息，所述发送方式相关信息用于确定所述第一信息的发送方式；
    向所述第一网络设备发送所述第一信息以及所述第一信息的发送方式相关信息。
  22. 根据权利要求21所述的方法，其特征在于，所述第一信息的发送方式相关信息包括：
    发送方式指示信息，所述发送方式指示信息用于指示所述第一信息的发送方式；或，
    发送策略，所述发送策略用于确定所述第一信息的发送方式。
  23. 根据权利要求22所述的方法，其特征在于，若所述第一信息的发送方式相关信息包括所述发送方式指示信息，则所述获取第一信息的发送方式相关信息包括：
    根据所述发送策略，确定所述第一信息的发送方式指示信息。
  24. 根据权利要求21-23任一项所述的方法，其特征在于，
    所述第一信息包括会话管理流程中向所述UE同步的信息。
  25. 一种第一网络设备，其特征在于，包括：
    接收单元，用于接收第二网络设备发送的用户设备UE的第一信息，所述UE处于空闲态；
    确定单元，用于根据所述接收单元接收的所述第一信息的发送方式相关信息，确定所述第一信息的发送方式，其中，所述发送方式包括立刻发送或者延迟发送或者延迟定时发送。
  26. 根据权利要求25所述的第一网络设备，其特征在于，所述第一信息的发送方式相关信息包括：
    发送方式指示信息，所述发送方式指示信息用于指示所述接收单元接收的所述第一信息的发送方式；或，
    发送策略，所述发送策略用于确定所述接收单元接收的所述第一信息的发送方式。
  27. 根据权利要求26所述的第一网络设备，其特征在于，所述第一信息的发送方式相关信息包括所述发送方式指示信息，所述确定单元具体用于：
    确定所述接收单元接收的所述第一信息的发送方式为所述发送方式指示信息指示的发送方式。
  28. 根据权利要求26所述的第一网络设备，其特征在于，所述 第一信息的发送方式相关信息包括所述发送策略，所述确定单元具体用于：
    根据所述发送策略，确定所述接收单元接收的所述第一信息的发送方式。
  29. 根据权利要求25-28任一项所述的第一网络设备，其特征在于，所述接收单元还用于：
    在所述确定单元根据所述第一信息的发送方式相关信息，确定所述第一信息的发送方式之前，接收所述第二网络设备发送的所述第一信息的发送方式相关信息。
  30. 根据权利要求25-29任一项所述的第一网络设备，其特征在于，所述第一网络设备还包括：
    发送单元，用于根据所述确定单元确定的所述第一信息的发送方式，向所述UE发送所述接收单元接收的所述第一信息。
  31. 根据权利要求30所述的第一网络设备，其特征在于，所述发送单元具体用于：
    若所述确定单元确定所述第一信息的发送方式为延迟发送，则在所述UE进入连接态时，向所述UE发送所述接收单元接收的所述第一信息；或者，
    若所述确定单元确定所述第一信息的发送方式为延迟定时发送，则在所述UE进入连接态或达到所述第一信息的预设时间点时，向所述UE发送所述接收单元接收的所述第一信息。
  32. 根据权利要求25-31任一项所述的第一网络设备，其特征在于，所述第一网络设备还包括：
    设置单元，用于若所述确定单元确定的所述第一信息的发送方式为延迟发送或者延迟定时发送，则设置所述接收单元接收的所述第一信息为等待状态，所述等待状态用于指示所述第一信息待发送。
  33. 根据权利要求32所述的第一网络设备，其特征在于，所述第一网络设备还包括发送单元，具体用于：
    若所述确定单元确定所述第一信息的发送方式为延迟发送或延 迟定时发送，且所述第一信息为等待状态，则当所述UE进入连接态时，向所述UE发送所述接收单元接收的所述第一信息；或者，
    若所述确定单元确定的所述第一信息的发送方式为延迟定时发送且所述第一信息为等待状态，则当达到所述第一信息的预设时间点时，向所述UE发送所述接收单元接收的所述第一信息。
  34. 根据权利要求25-31任一项所述的第一网络设备，其特征在于，
    所述接收单元具体用于：接收所述第二网络设备发送的第一消息，所述第一消息携带有所述第一信息和所述第一信息的发送方式相关信息；
    所述第一网络设备还包括设置单元，用于若所述第一信息的发送方式为延迟发送或延迟定时发送，则设置所述接收单元接收的所述第一消息为等待状态。
  35. 一种第一网络设备，其特征在于，包括：
    接收单元，用于接收第二网络设备发送的用户设备UE的第一信息以及所述第一信息的发送方式指示信息，所述UE处于空闲态；
    设置单元，用于若所述接收单元接收的所述发送方式指示信息指示采用延迟发送方式或延迟定时发送方式发送所述第一信息，则设置所述接收单元接收的所述第一信息为等待状态，所述等待状态用于指示所述第一信息待发送。
  36. 根据权利要求35所述的第一网络设备，其特征在于，所述第一网络设备还包括发送单元，具体用于：
    当所述UE进入连接态且所述第一信息为等待状态时，向所述UE发送所述接收单元接收的所述第一信息。
  37. 根据权利要求35或36所述的第一网络设备，其特征在于，所述第一网络设备还包括发送单元，具体用于：
    当达到所述第一信息的预设时间点且所述第一信息为等待状态时，向所述UE发送所述接收单元接收的所述第一信息。
  38. 一种第一网络设备，其特征在于，所述第一网络设备包括：
    接收单元，用于接收第二网络设备发送的第一消息，所述第一消息包含用户设备UE的第一信息，所述UE处于空闲态；
    确定单元，用于确定所述接收单元接收的所述第一消息的处理方式；
    保存单元，用于若所述确定单元确定所述接收单元接收的所述第一消息的处理方式为延迟处理或者延迟定时处理，存储所述接收单元接收的所述第一消息或者存储根据所述接收单元接收的所述第一消息生成的第二消息。
  39. 根据权利要求38所述的第一网络设备，其特征在于，所述确定单元具体用于：
    根据处理方式指示信息确定所述接收单元接收的所述第一消息的处理方式为延迟处理或者延迟定时处理；
    或者，
    根据处理策略确定所述接收单元接收的所述第一消息的处理方式为延迟处理或者延迟定时处理。
  40. 根据权利要求38或39所述的第一网络设备，其特征在于，所述接收单元接收的第一消息包括所述处理方式指示信息，或者，所述处理策略，
    其中，所述处理方式指示信息用于指示立即处理或延迟处理或延迟定时处理。
  41. 根据权利要求38-40任一项所述的第一网络设备，其特征在于，所述第一网络设备还包括处理单元，具体用于：
    若所述确定单元确定所述第一消息的处理方式为延迟处理，则在所述UE进入连接态时，处理所述保存单元存储的所述第一消息或者所述第二消息；或者，
    若所述确定单元确定所述第一消息的处理方式为延迟定时处理，则在所述UE进入连接态或达到所述第一消息的预设时间点时，处理所述保存单元存储的所述第一消息或者所述第二消息。
  42. 根据权利要求38-41任一项所述的第一网络设备，其特征在 于，所述第一网络设备还包括设置单元，具体用于：
    若所述确定单元确定所述第一消息的处理方式为延迟处理或者延迟定时处理，设置所述保存单元保存的所述第一消息为等待状态或者所述第二消息为等待状态，所述等待状态用于指示所述保存单元保存的所述第一消息或者所述第二消息待处理。
  43. 根据权利要求42所述的第一网络设备，其特征在于，所述第一网络设备还包括处理单元，具体用于：
    若所述确定单元确定所述第一消息的处理方式为延迟处理或延迟定时处理，则当所述UE进入连接态时，处理处于等待状态的所述保存单元保存的所述第一消息或者所述第二消息；或者，
    若所述确定单元确定所述第一消息的处理方式为延迟定时处理，则当达到所述第一信息的预设时间点时，处理处于等待状态的所述保存单元保存的所述第一消息或者所述第二消息。
  44. 根据权利要求28-43任一项所述的第一网络设备，其特征在于，所述第一消息为会话修改请求，所述第二消息为会话管理请求。
  45. 一种第二网络设备，其特征在于，包括：
    获取单元，用于获取用户设备UE的第一信息的发送方式相关信息，所述发送方式相关信息用于确定所述第一信息的发送方式；
    发送单元，用于向所述第一网络设备发送所述第一信息以及所述获取单元获取的所述第一信息的发送方式相关信息。
  46. 根据权利要求45所述的第二网络设备，其特征在于，所述第一信息的发送方式相关信息包括：
    发送方式指示信息，所述发送方式指示信息用于指示所述第一信息的发送方式；或，
    发送策略，所述发送策略用于确定所述第一信息的发送方式。
  47. 根据权利要46所述的第二网络设备，其特征在于，若所述第一信息的发送方式相关信息包括所述发送方式指示信息，所述获取单元具体用于：
    根据所述发送策略，确定所述第一信息的发送方式指示信息。
  48. 根据权利要求45-47任一项所述的第二网络设备，其特征在于，
    所述第一信息包括会话管理流程中向所述UE同步的信息。
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