WO2022042095A1 - 下行传输的方法和通信装置 - Google Patents
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- the present application relates to the field of communication, and more particularly, to a method and a communication device for downlink transmission.
- downlink service packets may introduce scheduling delays on the access network element side. For example, if a downlink service packet arrives at an access network element within a scheduling window of the access network element, the downlink service packet can be scheduled at least until the latest downlink scheduling window arrives. If one of the scheduling windows is an uplink scheduling window instead of a downlink scheduling window, the scheduling waiting delay introduced by the network element side of the access network is at least greater than the length of one scheduling window.
- the downlink service packet can be scheduled at least until the next downlink scheduling window arrives.
- the scheduling waiting delay introduced on the NE side of the access network may cause the end-to-end delay of downlink service packets to be unguaranteed.
- the present application provides a method and a communication device for downlink transmission, which can reduce the scheduling delay on the network element side of the access network, and help ensure the end-to-end delay requirement of downlink service packets.
- a method for downlink transmission including: a session management network element obtains a first delay, where the first delay is the time when the expected downlink service packet arrives at the access network element and the The time length between the times when the downlink service packet is expected to arrive at the access network element, wherein the time when the expected downlink service packet arrives at the access network element is within the first scheduling window, which is different from the time when the downlink service packet is expected to arrive at the access network element.
- the next scheduling window adjacent to the first scheduling window is the downlink scheduling window; the session management network element sends time adjustment information related to the first delay to the first network element, and the first network element is a user
- the plane network element or the application network element where the time adjustment information is used to determine the first moment when the user plane network element sends the downlink service packet, or is used by the application server to determine the second moment when the downlink service packet is sent , wherein the third moment when the downlink service packet sent by the user plane network element at the first moment or the application server at the second moment arrives at the access network element is at the third moment within a scheduling window.
- the application server or the user plane network element can adjust the time of sending the downlink service packet according to the time adjustment information provided by the session management network element, so that the downlink service packet is sent at the adjusted sending time.
- the time when the downlink service packet arrives at the access network element may be within the first scheduling window of the access network element, the downlink service packet may be scheduled in the second downlink scheduling window, and the second downlink scheduling window The window is the next scheduling window adjacent to the first scheduling window.
- the application server or user plane network element will receive multiple downlink service packets for multiple access network network elements, and this method enables the application server or user plane network element to buffer the downlink services.
- this method enables the application server or user plane network element to buffer the downlink services.
- other downlink service packets can be preferentially processed, resources can be used reasonably, and the problem of processing conflicts between downlink service packets sent to different access network element nodes can be alleviated and avoided, and the downlink service packets can be processed more efficiently.
- the processing efficiency in the application server or the user plane network element is further beneficial to ensure the end-to-end delay requirement of the downlink service packet and other downlink service packets.
- acquiring, by the session management network element, the first delay includes: acquiring, by the session management network element, configuration information of radio resources of the access network element and the time when the downlink service packet is expected to arrive at the access network element; the session management network element is expected to arrive at the access network element according to the configuration information of the wireless resource and the downlink service packet. time, the first time delay is determined.
- the access network element may report the configuration information of the radio resource and Corresponding cell identifiers (idenfitier, ID), the session management network element can obtain the configuration information of the radio resources and the cell ID from the mobility management network element.
- the NG establishment process may be called an N2 establishment process, and the interface between the access network element and the mobility management network element is called the NG interface.
- the access network element when forwarding the registration request to the mobility management network element, may carry the cell ID and the configuration information of the radio resources, or carry the cell ID, the terminal equipment ID and the configuration information of the radio resources . Then, the session management network element may acquire the configuration information of the radio resource from the mobility management network element.
- the access network element may send the cell ID and the configuration information of the corresponding radio resources to the session management network element through the N2 message, or send the cell ID, the terminal device ID and the configuration information of the corresponding radio resources.
- the access network element may provide the configuration information of the radio resources corresponding to the cell to the network data analysis function (network data analytics function, NWDAF), and the session management network element may obtain the configuration information of the radio resources and the corresponding configuration information from the NWDAF.
- NWDAF network data analytics function
- the session management network element determines the The first delay includes: the session management network element determines the expected scheduling of the access network element according to the configuration information of the wireless resource and the time when the downlink service packet is expected to arrive at the access network element the second downlink scheduling window of the downlink service message; the session management network element determines the boundary of the third scheduling window according to the configuration information of the radio resource and the second downlink scheduling window, and the third scheduling window is the previous scheduling window of the second downlink scheduling window; the session management network element determines the first delay according to the boundary of the third scheduling window.
- the configuration information of the wireless resource includes the time slot start time, the time slot duration, the uplink and downlink time slot ratio, and the scheduling of the network element of the access network processing delay.
- obtaining, by the session management network element, the first delay includes: obtaining, by the session management network element, that the downlink service packet is expected to arrive at the access network the time of the network element; the time when the session management network element sends the downlink service packet to the access network element and is expected to arrive at the access network element; the session management network element sends the The network element receives the first delay.
- obtaining, by the session management network element, the time when the downlink service packet is expected to arrive at the access network element includes: the session management network element according to The transmission delay from the user plane network element to the access network element and the time when the downlink service packet is expected to arrive at the user plane network element, determine that the downlink service packet is expected to arrive at the access network the time of the network element; or, the session management network element obtains the quality of service (QoS) information of the downlink service from the policy control network element, and determines the expected downlink service message according to the QoS information The moment when the network element of the access network is reached.
- QoS quality of service
- the time adjustment information is the first delay or based on the The fourth time is determined by the first delay and the time when the downlink service packet is expected to arrive at the user plane network element.
- the time adjustment information includes one or more of the following: the the first delay, the time when the expected downlink service packet arrives at the user plane network element determined based on the first delay, and the expected downlink service packet determined based on the first delay The moment of arrival at the end device.
- the method further includes: the session management network element determines the third time according to the time adjustment information; The access network element sends the third time, where the third time is used by the access network element to schedule the downlink service message.
- the network element of the access network may perform semi-static scheduling of the downlink service packet according to the period of the downlink service packet and the time when the downlink service packet arrives at the network element of the access network, that is, the downlink service packet is once
- the same time-frequency resources that can be used repeatedly can be allocated periodically, and the control plane resources can also be saved while reducing the end-to-end transmission delay of the downlink service message.
- a second aspect provides a method for downlink transmission, characterized by comprising: a user plane network element receiving time adjustment information related to a first delay from a session management network element, where the first delay is a desired downlink service The length of time between the time when the message arrives at the access network element and the time when the downlink service message is expected to arrive at the access network element, where the expected downlink service message arrives at the access network The time of the network element is located in the first scheduling window, wherein the next scheduling window adjacent to the first scheduling window is the downlink scheduling window; the user plane network element determines the user plane according to the time adjustment information The first moment when the network element sends the downlink service packet, wherein the third moment when the downlink service packet sent at the first moment arrives at the access network element is within the first scheduling window .
- the user plane network element can adjust the time of sending the downlink service message according to the time adjustment information provided by the session management network element, so that when the downlink service message is sent at the adjusted sending time, the The moment when the downlink service packet arrives at the access network element may be located within the first scheduling window of the access network element, the downlink service packet may be scheduled in the second downlink scheduling window, and the second downlink scheduling window is the same as the second downlink scheduling window. The next scheduling window adjacent to the first scheduling window. In this way, it is beneficial to reduce the scheduling waiting delay for the network element of the access network to schedule the downlink service, and is further beneficial to ensure the end-to-end delay of the downlink service message.
- the user plane network element will receive packets of multiple downlink services for multiple access network elements, and this method enables the user plane network element to buffer the packets of the downlink services at the same time.
- This method can prioritize other downlink service packets, utilize resources reasonably, alleviate and avoid the processing conflict between downlink service packets sent to different access network element nodes, and improve the efficiency of downlink service packets in user plane network elements.
- the processing efficiency is further beneficial to ensure the end-to-end delay requirement of the downlink service packet and other downlink service packets.
- the time adjustment information is the first delay or is expected to arrive at the user plane network based on the first delay and the downlink service packet The fourth moment determined by the moment of the meta.
- a third aspect provides a method for downlink transmission, comprising: an application network element receiving time adjustment information related to a first delay from a session management network element, where the first delay is an expected downlink service packet arriving at the The length of time between the time of the access network element and the time when the downlink service packet is expected to arrive at the access network element, wherein the time when the expected downlink service packet arrives at the access network element Located in the first scheduling window, wherein the next scheduling window adjacent to the first scheduling window is the downlink scheduling window; the application network element determines the first time for the application server to send the downlink service message according to the time adjustment information. Two time points, wherein the third time point at which the downlink service packet sent at the second time point arrives at the access network element is within the first scheduling window.
- the application network element can adjust the time when the application server sends the downlink service message according to the time adjustment information provided by the session management network element, so that the downlink service message is sent at the adjusted sending time.
- the moment when the downlink service packet arrives at the access network element can be located in the first scheduling window of the access network element, the downlink service packet can be scheduled in the second downlink scheduling window, and the second downlink scheduling window is The next scheduling window adjacent to the first scheduling window.
- the application server will receive packets of multiple downlink services for multiple access network elements, and this method enables the application server to preferentially process the packets of the downlink services while buffering the packets.
- this method enables the application server to preferentially process the packets of the downlink services while buffering the packets.
- For other downlink service packets use resources reasonably, alleviate and avoid the problem of processing conflicts between downlink service packets sent to different access network element nodes, improve the processing efficiency of downlink service packets in the application server, and then help Ensure the end-to-end delay requirements of the downlink service packet and other downlink service packets.
- the time adjustment information includes one or more of the following: the first delay, an expected expected delay determined based on the first delay The time when the downlink service packet arrives at the user plane network element, and the expected time at which the downlink service packet arrives at the terminal device determined based on the first delay.
- a method for downlink transmission including: an access network element receives a time when a downlink service packet is expected to arrive at the access network element from a session management network element; The time when the downlink service packet is expected to arrive at the access network element, and a first delay is determined, and the first delay is the time when the access network element expects the downlink service packet to arrive at the access network.
- the length of time between the time when the downlink service packet is expected to arrive at the access network element, where the access network element expects the downlink service packet to arrive at the access network element The time is within the first scheduling window, where the next scheduling window adjacent to the first scheduling window is the downlink scheduling window; the access network element sends the first delay to the session management network element, The first delay is used by the session management network element to adjust the moment when the user plane network element and/or the application server sends the downlink service packet.
- the access network element can provide the determined first delay to the session management network element, and the session management network element adjusts the user plane network element and/or the application server according to the first delay
- the moment when the downlink service packet is sent, and then the user plane network element and/or the application server can send the downlink service packet at the adjusted moment, so that the moment when the downlink service packet arrives at the access network element can be located in the access network.
- the downlink service packet can be scheduled in the second downlink scheduling window, and the second downlink scheduling window is the next scheduling window adjacent to the first scheduling window. Therefore, it is beneficial to reduce the scheduling waiting delay for the network element of the access network to schedule the downlink service, and is further beneficial to ensure the end-to-end delay requirement of the downlink service message.
- the access network element determines the first delay according to the time when the downlink service packet is expected to arrive at the access network element, including: The access network element determines the first delay according to the time when the downlink service packet is expected to arrive at the access network element and the configuration information of the wireless resources of the access network element.
- the configuration information of the wireless resource includes a time slot start time, a time slot duration, an uplink and downlink time slot configuration, and the scheduling of the network element of the access network processing delay.
- the access network element predicts the time when the downlink service packet arrives at the access network element and the time of the access network element.
- the configuration information of radio resources, and determining the first delay includes: the access network element according to the configuration information of the radio resources and the time when the downlink service packet is expected to arrive at the access network element, determining a second downlink scheduling window in which the access network element is expected to schedule the downlink service; the access network element determines a third scheduling window according to the configuration information of the radio resource and the second downlink scheduling window The third scheduling window is the previous scheduling window of the second downlink scheduling window; the access network element determines the first delay according to the boundary of the third scheduling window.
- a method for downlink transmission comprising: an access network element receives a time when a downlink service packet is expected to arrive at the access network element from a session management network element; the time when the downlink service packet is expected to arrive at the access network element and the configuration information of the radio resources, and determine the time adjustment information; the access network element sends the time adjustment information to the session management network element, The time adjustment information is used by the session management network element to adjust the time at which the user plane network element and/or the application server sends the downlink service message.
- the access network element can determine the time adjustment information according to the time when the downlink service message is expected to arrive at the access network element and the configuration information of the radio resources, and can provide the time adjustment information to Session management network element.
- the session management network element can adjust the time when the user plane network element and/or the application server sends the downlink service message according to the time adjustment information, and then the user plane network element and/or the application server can send the downlink service message at the adjusted time.
- the downlink service packet can be scheduled in the second downlink scheduling window, and the second downlink scheduling window is the next scheduling window adjacent to the first scheduling window. Therefore, it is beneficial to reduce the scheduling waiting delay for the network element of the access network to schedule the downlink service, and is further beneficial to ensure the end-to-end delay requirement of the downlink service message.
- the access network element determines the time according to the time when the downlink service packet is expected to arrive at the access network element and the configuration information of radio resources
- the adjustment information includes: the access network element determines a first delay according to the time when the downlink service is expected to arrive at the access network element and the configuration information of the wireless resources, and the first delay is The time length between the time when the access network element expects the downlink service packet to arrive at the access network element and the time when the downlink service packet is expected to arrive at the access network element, wherein, The time when the access network element expects the downlink service packet to arrive at the access network element is within the first scheduling window, where the next scheduling window adjacent to the first scheduling window is the downlink scheduling window; The access network element determines the time adjustment information according to the first delay.
- the access network element determines the time according to the time when the downlink service packet is expected to arrive at the access network element and the configuration information of radio resources Adjustment information, including: the access network element determines that the access network element is expected to schedule the downlink according to the time when the downlink service packet is expected to arrive at the access network element and the configuration information of radio resources The second downlink scheduling window of the service packet; the access network element determines the boundary of the third scheduling window according to the second downlink scheduling window, and the third scheduling window is the front of the second downlink scheduling window. a scheduling window; the access network element determines the time adjustment information according to the boundary of the third scheduling window.
- the configuration information of the wireless resource includes a time slot start time, a time slot duration, an uplink and downlink time slot ratio, and the scheduling of the network element of the access network processing delay.
- a method for downlink transmission comprising: a session management network element acquiring first information, where the first information includes configuration information of radio resources and a time when the downlink service packet is expected to arrive at the access network element; The session management network element sends the first information to the user plane network element, where the first information is used to determine the first moment at which the user plane network element sends the downlink service packet, wherein in the first The third time at which the downlink service packet sent at one time arrives at the access network element is within the first scheduling window of the access network element, wherein the next scheduling window adjacent to the first scheduling window is the downlink scheduling window.
- the user plane network element can determine the sending time of the downlink service packet according to the first information provided by the session management network element, so that the moment when the downlink service packet reaches the access network element can be Located in the first scheduling window of the network element of the access network, the downlink service message can be scheduled in the second downlink scheduling window, and the second downlink scheduling window is the next scheduling window adjacent to the first scheduling window. Therefore, it is beneficial to reduce the scheduling waiting delay for the network element of the access network to schedule the downlink service, and is further beneficial to ensure the end-to-end delay of the downlink service message.
- the configuration information of the wireless resource includes the time slot start time, the time slot duration, the uplink and downlink time slot ratio, and the scheduling of the network element of the access network processing delay.
- the method further includes: the session management network element receives second information from the user plane network element, where the second information is the first information time or the waiting delay of the downlink service packet at the user plane network element; the session management network element determines the third time according to the second information; the session management network element sends the The incoming network element sends the third time.
- a seventh aspect provides a method for downlink transmission, comprising: a user plane network element receiving first information from a session management network element, where the first information includes configuration information of radio resources and downlink service packets The time when the network element of the access network is expected to arrive; the user plane network element determines the first time to send the downlink service packet according to the first information, wherein the downlink service sent at the first time The third moment when the packet arrives at the access network element is within the first scheduling window of the access network element, wherein the next scheduling window adjacent to the first scheduling window is a downlink scheduling window.
- the user plane network element can determine the sending time of the downlink service packet according to the first information provided by the session management network element, so that the moment when the downlink service packet reaches the access network element can be Located in the first scheduling window of the network element of the access network, the downlink service message can be scheduled in the second downlink scheduling window, and the second downlink scheduling window is the next scheduling window adjacent to the first scheduling window. Therefore, it is beneficial to reduce the scheduling waiting delay for the network element of the access network to schedule the downlink service, and is further beneficial to ensure the end-to-end delay of the downlink service message.
- the configuration information of the wireless resource includes a time slot start time, a time slot duration, an uplink and downlink time slot ratio, and the scheduling of the network element of the access network. processing delay.
- the user plane network element determines the first moment of sending the downlink service packet according to the first information, including: the user plane network element Determine a first delay according to the first information, where the first delay is the time when the downlink service packet is expected to arrive at the network element of the access network and the time when the downlink service packet is expected to arrive at the access network The time length between the times of the network element; the user plane network element determines the first time according to the first delay.
- the method further includes: the user plane network element sends second information to the session management network element, where the second information is the first information The time or the latency of the downlink service at the user plane network element, and the second information is used to determine the third time.
- a communication apparatus comprising various modules or units for performing the method in any of the first to seventh aspects or any possible implementation manners of the first to seventh aspects.
- an apparatus including a processor.
- the processor is coupled to the memory and is operable to execute instructions in the memory, so that the apparatus performs the method of the first aspect to the seventh aspect or any one of the possible implementations of the first aspect to the seventh aspect.
- the apparatus further includes a memory.
- the apparatus further includes an interface circuit, and the processor is coupled to the interface circuit.
- a processor comprising: an input circuit, an output circuit and a processing circuit.
- the processing circuit is configured to receive a signal through the input circuit and transmit a signal through the output circuit, so that the processor executes the method of the first aspect to the seventh aspect or any one of the possible implementations of the first aspect to the seventh aspect .
- the above-mentioned processor may be a chip
- the input circuit may be an input pin
- the output circuit may be an output pin
- the processing circuit may be a transistor, a gate circuit, a flip-flop, and various logic circuits.
- the input signal received by the input circuit may be received and input by, for example, but not limited to, a receiver
- the signal output by the output circuit may be, for example, but not limited to, output to and transmitted by a transmitter
- the circuit can be the same circuit that acts as an input circuit and an output circuit at different times.
- the embodiments of the present application do not limit the specific implementation manners of the processor and various circuits.
- a processing apparatus including a processor and a memory.
- the processor is configured to read the instructions stored in the memory, and can receive signals through the receiver and transmit signals through the transmitter, so as to execute the first aspect to the seventh aspect or any one of the possible implementation manners of the first aspect to the seventh aspect method in .
- the processor is one or more, and the memory is one or more.
- the memory may be integrated with the processor, or the memory may be provided separately from the processor.
- the memory can be a non-transitory memory, such as a read only memory (ROM), which can be integrated with the processor on the same chip, or can be separately set in different On the chip, the embodiment of the present application does not limit the type of the memory and the setting manner of the memory and the processor.
- ROM read only memory
- the processing device in the eleventh aspect above may be a chip, and the processor may be implemented by hardware or software.
- the processor When implemented by hardware, the processor may be a logic circuit, an integrated circuit, etc.; when implemented by software
- the processor may be a general-purpose processor, which is implemented by reading software codes stored in a memory, and the memory may be integrated in the processor or located outside the processor and exist independently.
- a twelfth aspect provides a computer program product, the computer program product comprising: a computer program (also referred to as code, or instructions), when the computer program is executed, causes the computer to execute the above-mentioned first to seventh aspects Aspect or the method of any one of the possible implementations of the first to seventh aspects.
- a computer program also referred to as code, or instructions
- a computer-readable medium stores a computer program (also referred to as code, or instruction), when it is run on a computer, causing the computer to execute the above-mentioned first to sixth aspects.
- a computer program also referred to as code, or instruction
- FIG. 1 is an architectural diagram of a system that can be applied to the present application.
- Figure 2 is a 5G system architecture diagram.
- FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a centralized management architecture of a TSN network.
- FIG. 4 is an architecture diagram for realizing end-to-end deterministic transmission for users.
- FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of an access network element scheduling downlink service packets in the prior art.
- FIG. 6 is a schematic flowchart of a method for downlink transmission provided by the present application.
- FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of an access network element scheduling downlink service packets provided by the present application.
- FIG. 8 is a schematic flowchart of a method for downlink transmission provided by the present application.
- FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of scheduling downlink service packets by an application server and an access network element provided by the present application.
- FIG. 10 is a schematic flowchart of a method for downlink transmission provided by the present application.
- FIG. 11 is a schematic flowchart of a method for downlink transmission provided by the present application.
- FIG. 12 is a schematic flowchart of a method for downlink transmission provided by the present application.
- FIG. 13 is a schematic block diagram of a communication apparatus provided by the present application.
- FIG. 14 is a schematic block diagram of another communication apparatus provided by the present application.
- FIG. 15 is a schematic structural diagram of a network device provided by the present application.
- LTE long term evolution
- 5G fifth generation
- NR new radio
- FIG. 1 shows an architectural diagram of a system 100 that can be applied to the present application.
- the system 100 may include one or more of the following devices: a terminal device 101 , an access network element 102 , a user plane network element 103 , a data network 104 , and an access and mobility management network element 105 , a session management network element 106 , a policy control network element 107 , an application network element 108 , a unified data management network element 109 and a network opening network element 110 .
- Terminal equipment 101 may be user equipment (UE), user, access terminal, subscriber unit, subscriber station, mobile station, mobile station, remote station, remote terminal, mobile device, user terminal, terminal, wireless communication device , user agent or user device.
- UE user equipment
- it can be a mobile phone (mobile phone), a tablet computer (pad), a computer with a wireless transceiver function, a virtual reality (VR) terminal device, an augmented reality (AR) terminal device, an industrial control (industrial control) wireless terminals in ), wireless terminals in self-driving, wireless terminals in remote medical, wireless terminals in smart grid, wireless terminals in transportation safety , wireless terminals in smart cities, wireless terminals in smart homes, etc.
- the terminal device 110 may also be an apparatus or a circuit structure provided in the above-mentioned various devices, for example, a chip or a chip system.
- Access network element 102 capable of managing wireless resources, providing access services for terminal equipment, and then completing the forwarding of control signals and user data between the terminal equipment and the core network.
- the access network element 102 may be a transmission reception point (transmission reception point, TRP), an evolved base station (evolved NodeB, eNB or eNodeB) in the LTE system, or a home base station (for example, a home evolved NodeB, Or home Node B, HNB), base band unit (base band unit, BBU), it can also be a wireless controller in a cloud radio access network (cloud radio access network, CRAN) scenario, or the access network device can be a relay station , access points, vehicle-mounted devices, wearable devices, and access network devices in 5G networks or access network devices in the future evolved public land mobile network (PLMN) network, etc., which can be WLAN
- the access point (access point, AP) in the may be a gNB in a new radio system (new radio, NR) system, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present application.
- an access network device may include a centralized unit (centralized unit, CU) node, or a distributed unit (distributed unit, DU) node, or an access network device including a CU node and a DU node, or a control plane Access network equipment of the CU node (CU-CP node), the user plane CU node (CU-UP node) and the DU node.
- CU centralized unit
- DU distributed unit
- an access network device including a CU node and a DU node, or a control plane Access network equipment of the CU node (CU-CP node), the user plane CU node (CU-UP node) and the DU node.
- User plane network element 103 mainly responsible for processing user packets, such as forwarding and charging.
- Data network 104 an operator network that provides data transmission services for users, such as IP Multi-media Service (IMS), the Internet, and the like.
- the DN can include an application server (AS), which is a software framework that provides an application running environment and is used to provide applications with services such as security, data, transaction support, load balancing, and large-scale distributed system management.
- AS application server
- the terminal device obtains the application message by communicating with the AS. It should be noted that the above-mentioned AF is the control plane of the AS.
- Access and mobility management network element 105 mainly responsible for mobility management in the mobile network, such as user location update, user registration in the network, user handover, and the like.
- Session management network element 106 mainly responsible for session management in the mobile network, such as session establishment, modification, and release. Specific functions include assigning IP addresses to users and selecting user plane NEs that provide packet forwarding functions.
- Policy control network element 107 responsible for providing policies to access and mobility management network elements and session management network elements, such as quality of service (quality of service, QoS) policies, slice selection policies, and the like.
- quality of service quality of service, QoS
- slice selection policies and the like.
- Application network element 108 responsible for providing services to the 3GPP network, interacting with the policy control network element to perform policy control, and the like.
- Unified data management network element 109 used to store user data, such as subscription information and authentication/authorization information.
- Network opening network element 110 Provides a framework, authentication, and interface related to network capability opening, and transfers information between the 5G system network function and other network functions.
- devices or network elements may be devices with corresponding functions, and may be software/hardware modules (eg, chips) and the like inside the device. It should also be understood that any device or network element involved in this application may be implemented in the form of software or a combination of software and hardware.
- the system 100 shown in FIG. 1 may be the 5G system shown in FIG. 2 . It should be understood that the system 100 may also be a 4G system or other systems, which are not limited in this application.
- FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the 5G system architecture.
- the network elements with the same reference numerals in FIG. 1 are the names of the corresponding network elements in FIG. 1 in the current 5G system.
- the 5G system architecture may include one or more of the following network elements: UE 101, (radio) access network ((radio) access network, (R) AN) 102, user plane function (user plane function, UPF) 103, data network (DN) 104, access and mobility management function (AMF) 105, session management function (Session Management Function, SMF) 106, policy control function (policy control function, PCF) 107, application function (application function, AF) 108, unified data management (unified data management, UDM) 109 and network exposure function (network exposure function) 110.
- UE 101 radio access network
- R radio access network
- UPF user plane function
- DN data network
- AMF access and mobility management function
- SMF Session Management Function
- PCF policy control function
- each network element shown in FIG. 2 is only a name, and the name does not limit the function of the network element itself.
- the foregoing network elements may also have other names, which are not specifically limited in this embodiment of the present application.
- some or all of the above-mentioned network elements may use the terminology in 5G, or other names, etc., which will be uniformly described here, and will not be repeated below.
- the interface between network elements shown in FIG. 2 is only an example. In 5G networks and other future networks, the interface between network elements may not be the interface shown in the figure, and this application does not make any limited.
- a communication system to which the present application may be applied may include more or less network elements or devices.
- the device or network element in FIG. 2 may be hardware, software divided by functions, or a combination of the above two.
- the devices or network elements in FIG. 2 may communicate through other devices or network elements.
- TSN Time Sensitive Network
- the TSN network is based on Layer 2 transmission, including a TSN switching node (or also known as: TSN Bridge) and a TSN endpoint (end station or endpoint). Different from Layer 2 forwarding, TSN switching nodes do not forward packets according to media access control address (MAC) learning, but forward packets through forwarding rules configured or created on TSN switching nodes.
- the TSN stream is a one-way stream. For a TSN stream, the TSN endpoints are divided into a sender (Talker) and a receiver (Listener).
- the TSN standard defines the behavior of TSN switching nodes and TSN endpoints, as well as the scheduling method for forwarding data streams by TSN switching nodes, so as to achieve reliable delay transmission.
- the TSN switching node uses the destination MAC address of the message as the identifier of the data flow, and performs resource reservation and scheduling planning according to the delay requirement of the service flow, so as to ensure reliability and transmission delay according to the generated scheduling policy.
- the TSN standard defines a centralized management architecture for the TSN network.
- FIG. 3 shows a schematic diagram of the centralized management architecture of the TSN network.
- the architecture includes TSN endpoints (Talker/Listener), TSN switching nodes, and control plane network elements.
- the control plane network elements include centralized user configuration (CUC) and centralized network configuration (CNC) . in:
- the TSN endpoint is the sender or receiver of the data stream
- the TSN switching node reserves resources for the data flow according to the definition of the TSN network, and schedules and forwards the data packets;
- the CNC manages the topology of the user plane of the TSN network and the capability information of the TSN switching nodes (such as the transmission delay of the TSN switching node, the internal processing delay between the ports of the TSN switching node), and generates the data flow according to the flow creation request provided by the CUC. Forwarding paths and TSN endpoints and processing strategies on each TSN switching node (such as ports for sending and receiving packets, time gating parameters), and then delivering the processing strategies on the TSN switching nodes to the corresponding TSN switching nodes;
- CUC is used to collect flow creation requests from TSN endpoints. After matching the requests of Talker and Listener, it requests CNC to create a data flow and confirms the processing strategy generated by CNC.
- the 5G system (5G System, 5GS) defines the architecture shown in Figure 4 in order to achieve end-to-end deterministic transmission for users.
- the 5GS is simulated as a switching node (hereinafter referred to as 5GS switching node) in the TSN network, and realizes the node function of TSN switching, thereby realizing end-to-end deterministic transmission in the TSN network including 5GS.
- the AF adapts the information of the 5GS to the information of the TSN switching node, interacts with the CNC, and sends the information issued by the CNC to the 5GS through the 5GS.
- TSN Translator (Device) (the device side TSN converter in the following, (Device Side-TSN Translator, DS-TT)) and TSN Translator (UP) (the network side TSN converter in the following, (Network Side-TSN) Translator (NW-TT)) is a logical function of the 5GS user plane, which is used to implement the external features of the TSN switching node, such as topology discovery, implementation of CNC scheduling rules, and the like.
- DS-TT can be deployed together with the UE, or can be deployed independently.
- NW-TT can be deployed together with UPF or independently.
- the UPF can be replaced by NW-TT, and the UE can be replaced by DS-TT.
- downlink services may introduce scheduling on the access network element side time delay.
- FIG. 5 shows a schematic diagram of the network element of the access network scheduling downlink service packets in the prior art. For example, four time slots are shown in FIG. 5, each time slot including a scheduling window and a processing window. Each scheduling window can be used for uplink or downlink.
- the processing window is used by the access network element to process the downlink service packet. Only when the downlink service packet arrives before the start of the processing window can the downlink service packet be scheduled in the latest downlink scheduling window. However, downlink service packets may arrive at the network element of the access network at any time.
- the access network element can be the earliest in the next downlink at the earliest.
- the downlink service packet is scheduled within the scheduling window (ie, downlink scheduling window 2).
- the time t2 when a downlink service packet arrives at the access network element is within the processing window of the access network element, it can be scheduled within the nearest next downlink scheduling window (ie, downlink scheduling window 3) at the earliest.
- the downlink service message is a code that is a downlink service packet.
- the time t3 when a downlink service packet arrives at the access network element is within the downlink scheduling window 2 of the access network element, and the next scheduling window adjacent to the downlink scheduling window 2 is the uplink scheduling window 1, then at least The downlink service packet can be scheduled only when the latest downlink scheduling window (ie, the downlink scheduling window 3 ) arrives.
- the time t4 when a downlink service packet arrives at the access network element is within the uplink scheduling window 1 of the access network element, the access network element can be the earliest in the next nearest downlink scheduling window (that is, the downlink scheduling window 3)
- the downlink service message is scheduled within. Among them, the downlink service message received at time t2 in FIG.
- the scheduling delay introduced by the network element side of the access network may cause the end-to-end delay of the service to be unguaranteed.
- the present application provides a method for downlink transmission, which can reduce the scheduling delay on the network element side of the access network.
- the method provided in this application is described below by taking the naming of the corresponding network elements in the 5G network as an example.
- the duration of the processing window is equal to the scheduling processing delay of the RAN below.
- the processing window is used by the network element of the access network to process the downlink service packet. Only when the downlink service packet arrives before the start of the processing window can the downlink service packet be scheduled within the nearest downlink scheduling window. . Downlink service packets arriving within the processing window need to be scheduled in the next next downlink scheduling window, that is, at least one more time slot needs to be waited.
- the downlink service described in this application may be a periodic service, that is, a packet may send a service packet at a fixed interval, and the fixed interval is the transmission period of the downlink service packet.
- the size of the packets sent in the next cycle in an industrial scenario can also be fixed.
- the communication between the SMF and the AF may not be direct communication, but may be communicated through network elements such as PCF or NEF, which is not limited in this application.
- the communication between the SMF and the RAN may not be direct, but may be communicated through the AMF.
- the same term in different embodiments has the same meaning.
- the first time adjustment information is only described in the method 600 , and the meaning of the first time adjustment information hereinafter can refer to the description in the method 600 .
- FIG. 6 is a schematic flowchart of a method for downlink transmission provided by the present application. The method 600 shown in FIG. 6 will be described below.
- the SMF obtains the first delay.
- the first delay is the time length between the time when the downlink service packet is expected to arrive at the RAN and the time when the downlink service packet is expected to arrive at the RAN.
- the time when the downlink service message is expected to arrive at the RAN is located in the first scheduling window, and the next scheduling window adjacent to the first scheduling window is the downlink scheduling window; wherein, the "prediction" can be understood as “the original plan” ” rather than actually happening.
- t RANyt the time at which the RAN expects the downlink service message to arrive at the RAN is denoted as: t RANyt ; the time at which the downlink service message is expected to arrive at the RAN is denoted as: t RANya .
- the first delay t RANyt - t RANya .
- the first delay is 1 min.
- the first delay obtained by the SMF is determined by itself.
- the SMF can obtain the configuration information of the radio resources of the RAN and the time t RANya when the downlink service message is expected to arrive at the RAN, and according to the configuration information of the radio resources and the time t RANya at which the downlink service message is expected to arrive at the RAN, Determine the first delay.
- the configuration information of the radio resource may include at least one of a time slot start time, a time slot duration or the number of symbols in a time slot, a configuration of uplink and downlink time slots, and a scheduling processing delay of the RAN.
- the SMF can determine the boundary of the scheduling window, the boundary of the processing window, and whether a certain scheduling window is an uplink scheduling window or a downlink scheduling window in FIG. 5 according to the configuration information of the radio resources.
- the RAN may report the configuration information of the radio resources and the corresponding cell ID to the AMF during the NG setup (Setup) process, and the SMF may obtain the configuration information of the radio resources and the cell ID from the AMF.
- the NG establishment process may be referred to as the N2 establishment process, and the interface between the RAN and the AMF is called the NG interface.
- the RAN when forwarding the registration request to the AMF, the RAN may carry the cell ID and the configuration information of the radio resources, or carry the cell ID, the UE ID and the configuration information of the radio resources. Then, the SMF can obtain the configuration information of the radio resources from the AMF.
- the RAN may send the cell ID and the configuration information of the corresponding radio resources to the SMF through the N2 message, or send the cell ID, the UE ID and the configuration information of the corresponding radio resources.
- the RAN may provide the configuration information of the radio resources corresponding to the cell to the network data analysis function (NWDAF), and the SMF may obtain the configuration information of the radio resources and the corresponding cell ID from the NWDAF.
- NWDAF network data analysis function
- the SMF may determine the time t RANya at which the downlink service packet is expected to arrive at the RAN according to the transmission delay from the UPF to the RAN and the time at which the downlink service packet is expected to arrive at the UPF.
- the transmission delay from UPF to RAN is denoted as: TUPF-RAN; the time when the downlink service message is expected to arrive at the UPF is denoted as: t UPFya .
- T UPF is the buffering (or queuing) time of the downlink service message in the UPF.
- the T UPF may be determined by the SMF or the UPF according to the delay requirement or service priority in the QoS information, but this application does not limit it.
- the SMF may obtain the QoS information of the downlink service packet (or the downlink service) from the PCF, and determine the time when the downlink service packet is expected to arrive at the RAN according to the QoS information.
- the QoS information or PCC rules Policy of Charging and Control rule
- the QoS information or PCC rules Policy of Charging and Control rule
- the SMF receives the QoS information or PCC rules from the PCF, and obtains that the downlink service packets are expected to arrive at the UPF. and then determine the time when the downlink service packet is expected to arrive at the RAN according to the time at which the downlink service packet is expected to arrive at the UPF.
- the QoS information or the PCC rule may further include the period of the downlink service packets, and the size of the total amount of the service packets in the period.
- the SMF determines the first delay according to the configuration information of the radio resource and the time when the downlink service message is expected to arrive at the RAN, which may include: SMF according to the configuration information of the radio resource and the time when the downlink service message is expected to arrive at the RAN , determine the second downlink scheduling window in which the RAN is expected to schedule the downlink service message; the SMF determines the boundary of the third scheduling window according to the second downlink scheduling window, and the third scheduling window is the previous one of the second downlink scheduling window scheduling window; the SMF determines the first delay according to the boundary of the third scheduling window.
- the first delay may be the time length T2 between the upper boundary of the downlink scheduling window 1 (ie, the boundary that is closer to the downlink scheduling window 2 among the two boundaries of the downlink scheduling window 1 ) and t1 .
- the first time delay may be any value smaller than T2.
- the time when the downlink service packet is expected to arrive at the RAN can be understood as the upper boundary of the downlink scheduling window 1, or any time between t1 and the upper boundary of the downlink scheduling window 1 (including t1).
- the first delay may be the time length T3 between the lower boundary of the uplink scheduling window 1 (that is, the boundary closer to the downlink scheduling window 2 among the two boundaries of the uplink scheduling window 1 ) and t2 .
- the first delay may be the time length T4 between the upper boundary of the uplink scheduling window 2 (that is, the boundary that is closer to the downlink scheduling window 3 among the two boundaries of the uplink scheduling window 2 ) and t2 .
- the first delay may be any value greater than T3 and less than T4.
- the time when the downlink service packet is expected to arrive at the RAN can be understood as the upper boundary of the uplink scheduling window 1, or between the lower boundary of the uplink scheduling window 1 and the upper boundary of the uplink scheduling window 1 (including the uplink scheduling window 1 the lower boundary of ) at any time.
- the first delay may be the time length T5 between the lower boundary of the uplink scheduling window 1 and t3. Alternatively, the first delay may be the time length T6 between the upper boundary of the uplink scheduling window 1 and t3.
- the first delay may be any value greater than T5 and less than T6.
- the time when the downlink service packet is expected to arrive at the RAN can be understood as the upper boundary of the uplink scheduling window 1, or, between the lower boundary of the uplink scheduling window 1 and the upper boundary of the uplink scheduling window 1 (including the uplink scheduling window 1 the lower boundary of ) at any time.
- the first delay may be the time length T7 between the upper boundary of the uplink scheduling window 1 and t4. Alternatively, the first time delay may be any value smaller than T7.
- the time when the downlink service packet is expected to arrive at the RAN can be understood as the upper boundary of the uplink scheduling window 1, or any time between t4 and the upper boundary of the uplink scheduling window 1 (including t4).
- the first delay may also be a time range.
- the first delay may be [0, T2] in Example 1
- the first delay in Example 2 may be [T3, T4]
- the first delay in Example 3 may be [T5, T6]
- the first delay in Example 4 may be [0, T7].
- the SMF can obtain the first delay from the RAN. That is, the RAN may determine the first delay and send the first delay to the SMF.
- the SMF may acquire the time t RANya at which the downlink service packet is expected to arrive at the RAN, and then send the time t RANya at which the downlink service packet is expected to arrive at the RAN to the RAN .
- the RAN may determine the first delay according to the time t RANya at which the downlink service message is expected to arrive at the RAN, and then send the message to the SMF.
- the RAN may determine the first delay according to the time t RANya when the downlink service message is expected to arrive at the RAN and the configuration information of the radio resource. Specifically how to determine the first delay according to the time t RANya at which the downlink service message is expected to arrive at the RAN and the configuration information of the radio resources, you can refer to the above description of the time t RANya and The description that the configuration information of the radio resource determines the first delay will not be repeated here.
- the SMF obtains the time t RANya when the downlink service message is expected to arrive at the RAN.
- the SMF sends time adjustment information related to the first delay to the UPF (ie, an example of the first network element). Accordingly, the UPF receives this time adjustment information from the SMF.
- this time adjustment information is referred to as: the first time adjustment information. It should be understood that since the first time delay may be a moment or a time range, the first time adjustment information may be a moment or a time range.
- the first time adjustment information may be the first time delay.
- the first time adjustment information may be the fourth time determined based on the first delay and the time t UPFya when the downlink service packet is expected to arrive at the UPF.
- the fourth moment is the moment when the expected UPF sends the downlink service message.
- the fourth moment t UPFya + the first delay.
- the fourth time point t UPFya +the first delay time+T UPF , and the meaning of T UPF is referred to above.
- the SMF may add a specific value in the time range to t UPFya , or add t UPFya and T UPF to obtain the fourth time instant. SMF can also add this time range to t UPFya , or add t UPFya and T UPF to get a new time range, and the new time range can be used as the fourth moment, or the obtained new time range Any time can be used as the fourth time.
- the UPF determines the time (denoted as: the first time) for sending the downlink service message according to the first time adjustment information.
- the time at which the downlink service packet sent by the UPF at the first moment arrives at the RAN (denoted as the third moment) is located within the first scheduling window of the RAN, and the next scheduling window adjacent to the first scheduling window is the downlink Scheduling window. That is, the UPF will send the downlink service packet at the first moment, so that the downlink service packet can be scheduled in the fourth downlink scheduling window after reaching the RAN, and the fourth downlink scheduling window is adjacent to the first scheduling window the next scheduling window.
- the UPF may determine that the first time is the sum of the time t UPFya at which the UPF expects to send the downlink service message and the first delay.
- the UPF may determine that the first time is the fourth time, or the first time is the time obtained by subtracting the T UPF from the fourth time.
- the fourth time is a specific time.
- the fourth moment may be any value within a new time range obtained according to the above calculation method.
- FIG. 7 An example is given in conjunction with FIG. 7 .
- the time when the downlink service packet arrives at the RAN is t2
- the downlink service packet needs to be buffered at least two timeslots on the RAN side before it can be sent to the RAN.
- Scheduling that is, the downlink service packet can be scheduled in the downlink scheduling window 3 at the earliest. If the sending time of the downlink service message is adjusted to the first time, the time when the downlink service message arrives at the RAN will be within the first scheduling window of the RAN, which will reduce the time for the RAN to cache the downlink service message.
- the time t4 when the downlink service packet arrives at the RAN is located in the uplink scheduling window 1 of the RAN, and the uplink scheduling window 1 is the previous scheduling window adjacent to the downlink scheduling window 3.
- the time that the packet is buffered at the RAN can be reduced by t7-t5.
- the time when the downlink service packet arrives at the RAN is t3, and the downlink service packet needs to buffer at least one time slot on the RAN side before it can be scheduled. That is, the downlink service packet can be scheduled in the downlink scheduling window 3 at the earliest.
- the time when the downlink service message arrives at the RAN will be within the first scheduling window of the RAN, which will reduce the time for the RAN to cache the downlink service message. For example, if the first time is t7, the time t4 when the downlink service packet arrives at the RAN is located in the uplink scheduling window 1 of the RAN, and the uplink scheduling window 1 is the previous scheduling window adjacent to the downlink scheduling window 3. The time that the packet is buffered at the RAN can be reduced by t7-t6.
- the UPF can adjust the sending time of the downlink service message according to the time adjustment information provided by the SMF, so that when the UPF sends the downlink service message at the adjusted sending time, the downlink service The moment when the message arrives at the RAN can be within the first scheduling window of the RAN, the downlink service message can be scheduled in the second downlink scheduling window, and the second downlink scheduling window is the next scheduling window adjacent to the first scheduling window .
- the UPF will be connected to multiple RANs, and will receive multiple downlink service packets.
- This method enables the UPF to preferentially process other downlink service packets while buffering the downlink service packets.
- Reasonable use of resources alleviating and avoiding the processing conflict between downlink service packets sent to different RANs, improving the processing efficiency of downlink service packets in the UPF, and thus helping to ensure the downlink service packets and other downlink service packets. end-to-end latency requirements.
- the method may also include:
- the SMF determines a third time according to the first time adjustment information.
- the third moment is the moment when the downlink service packet arrives at the RAN.
- the third time is the same as the time t RANyt when the downlink service packet is expected to arrive at the RAN.
- the meanings of t RANya and T UPF-RAN may refer to the foregoing description.
- the third moment may be a moment or a time range.
- the SMF sends the third time to the RAN, where the third time is used by the RAN to schedule the downlink service message.
- the RAN may determine the time at which the downlink service message arrives at the RAN according to the third time. After determining the time at which the downlink service message arrives at the RAN, the RAN may schedule the downlink service message according to the time. For example, the RAN can perform semi-static scheduling on the downlink service packet according to the period of the downlink service packet and the time when the downlink service packet arrives at the RAN, that is, the one-time allocation of the downlink service packet can be periodically reused While reducing the end-to-end transmission delay of the downlink service message, it can also save control plane resources.
- FIG. 8 is an exemplary flowchart of another method for downlink transmission provided by the present application. The method 800 shown in FIG. 8 will be described below.
- the SMF obtains the first delay.
- the first delay is the time length between the time when the downlink service packet is expected to arrive at the RAN and the time when the downlink service packet is expected to arrive at the RAN, wherein the time when the expected downlink service packet arrives at the RAN is located in the first schedule.
- the next scheduling window adjacent to the first scheduling window is a downlink scheduling window.
- the "anticipation" can be understood as the "original plan", rather than the actual occurrence.
- t RANyt the time when the downlink service packet is expected to arrive at the RAN is denoted as: t RANyt ; the time at which the downlink service packet is expected to arrive at the RAN is denoted as: t RANya .
- the first delay t RANyt - t RANya .
- the first delay is 1 min.
- the first delay obtained by the SMF is determined by itself.
- the SMF can obtain the configuration information of the radio resources of the RAN and the time t RANya when the downlink service message is expected to arrive at the RAN, and according to the configuration information of the radio resources and the time t RANya at which the downlink service message is expected to arrive at the RAN, Determine the first delay.
- the configuration information of the radio resource may include the time slot start time, the time slot duration or the number of symbols of the time slot, etc., information that can calculate the time slot duration, the uplink and downlink time slot configuration, and the scheduling of the RAN. processing delay.
- the RAN may report the configuration information of the radio resources and the corresponding cell ID to the AMF during the NG setup (Setup) process, and the SMF may obtain the configuration information of the radio resources and the cell ID from the AMF.
- the NG establishment process may be referred to as the N2 establishment process, and the interface between the RAN and the AMF is called the NG interface.
- the RAN when forwarding the registration request to the AMF, the RAN may carry the cell ID and the configuration information of the radio resources, or carry the cell ID, the UE ID and the configuration information of the radio resources. Then, the SMF can obtain the configuration information of the radio resources from the AMF.
- the RAN may send the cell ID and the configuration information of the corresponding radio resources to the SMF through the N2 message, or send the cell ID, the UE ID and the configuration information of the corresponding radio resources.
- the RAN may provide the configuration information of the radio resources corresponding to the cell to the network data analysis function (NWDAF), and the SMF may obtain the configuration information of the radio resources and the corresponding cell ID from the NWDAF.
- NWDAF network data analysis function
- the SMF may determine the time t RANya at which the downlink service packet is expected to arrive at the RAN according to the transmission delay from the UPF to the RAN and the time at which the downlink service packet is expected to arrive at the UPF.
- T UPF-RAN the transmission delay from UPF to RAN
- t UPFya the time when the downlink service message is expected to arrive at the UPF
- T UPF is the buffering (or queuing) time of the downlink service message in the UPF.
- the T UPF may be determined by the SMF or the UPF according to the delay requirement or service priority in the QoS information, but this application does not limit it.
- the SMF may obtain the QoS information of the downlink service packet (or the downlink service) from the PCF, and determine the time when the downlink service packet is expected to arrive at the RAN according to the QoS information.
- the QoS information or PCC rules Policy of Charging and Control rules
- the SMF receives the QoS information or PCC rules from the PCF, and obtains the downlink service packets expected to arrive at the UPF. and then determine the time when the downlink service packet is expected to arrive at the RAN according to the time at which the downlink service packet is expected to arrive at the UPF.
- the QoS information or the PCC rule may further include the period of the downlink service packet and the size of the burst in the period.
- the SMF determines the first delay according to the configuration information of the radio resource and the time when the downlink service message is expected to arrive at the RAN, which may include: SMF according to the configuration information of the radio resource and the time when the downlink service message is expected to arrive at the RAN , determine the second downlink scheduling window in which the RAN is expected to schedule the downlink service message; the SMF determines the boundary of the third scheduling window according to the second downlink scheduling window, and the third scheduling window is the previous one of the second downlink scheduling window scheduling window; the SMF determines the first delay according to the boundary of the third scheduling window.
- the SMF determines the first delay according to the configuration information of the radio resource and the time when the downlink service message is expected to arrive at the RAN, which may include: SMF according to the configuration information of the radio resource and the time when the downlink service message is expected to arrive at the RAN, Determine the second downlink scheduling window in which the RAN is expected to schedule the downlink service message; the SMF determines the boundary of the fifth scheduling window according to the second downlink scheduling window, and the fifth scheduling window is the window in which the RAN is expected to schedule the downlink service message, and the first The fifth scheduling window is the previous downlink scheduling window of the second downlink scheduling window; SMF determines the sixth scheduling window according to the boundary of the fifth scheduling window, and the sixth scheduling window is the scheduling window where the downlink service packet is expected to arrive at the RAN ; AMF determines the first delay according to the boundary of the sixth scheduling window.
- the time at which the downlink service packet is expected to arrive at the RAN determined according to the method is earlier than or equal to the time at which the downlink service packet is expected to arrive at the RAN.
- the first delay may be the time length T3' between the lower boundary of the downlink scheduling window 1 (that is, the boundary farther from the downlink scheduling window 2 among the two boundaries of the downlink scheduling window 1) and t2.
- the first delay may be the time length T4' between the upper boundary of the downlink scheduling window 1 (that is, the boundary closer to the downlink scheduling window 2 among the two boundaries of the downlink scheduling window 1) and t2.
- the first delay may be any value greater than T4' and less than T3'.
- the time when the downlink service packet is expected to arrive at the RAN can be understood as the upper boundary of the downlink scheduling window 1, or between the lower boundary of the uplink scheduling window 1 and the upper boundary of the uplink scheduling window 1 (including the uplink scheduling window 1 the lower boundary of ) at any time.
- the first delay may be the time length T6' between the upper boundary of the downlink scheduling window 1 and t3.
- the first time delay may be any value greater than T6' and less than T5'.
- the time when the downlink service packet is expected to arrive at the RAN can be understood as the upper boundary of the uplink scheduling window 1, or between the lower boundary of the uplink scheduling window 1 and the upper boundary of the uplink scheduling window 1 (including the uplink scheduling window 1 the lower boundary of ) at any time.
- the first delay may also be a time range, such as [T4', T3'] in example 5, and [T6', T5'] in example 6.
- the SMF can obtain the first delay from the RAN. That is, the RAN may determine the first delay and send the first delay to the SMF.
- the SMF may acquire the time t RANya at which the downlink service packet is expected to arrive at the RAN, and then send the time t RANya at which the downlink service packet is expected to arrive at the RAN to the RAN .
- the RAN may determine the first delay according to the time t RANya at which the downlink service message is expected to arrive at the RAN, and then send the message to the SMF.
- the RAN may determine the first delay according to the time t RANya when the downlink service message is expected to arrive at the RAN and the configuration information of the radio resource. Specifically how to determine the first delay according to the time t RANya at which the downlink service message is expected to arrive at the RAN and the configuration information of the radio resources, you can refer to the above description of the time t RANya and The description that the configuration information of the radio resource determines the first delay will not be repeated here.
- the SMF obtains the time t RANya when the downlink service message is expected to arrive at the RAN.
- the SMF sends the time adjustment information related to the first delay to the AF (ie, another example of the first network element). Accordingly, the AF receives this time adjustment information from the SMF.
- this time adjustment information is referred to as: second time adjustment information.
- the second time adjustment information may include one or more of the following: a first delay, an expected moment at which the downlink service packet arrives at the UPF determined based on the first delay, and an expected time based on the first delay. The determined expected moment when the downlink service packet arrives at the UE.
- the SMF may indicate whether the first delay is an advance or a lag. For example, if the first delay is determined according to the boundary of the third scheduling window, the first delay is a lag; if the first delay is determined according to the boundary of the sixth scheduling window, the first delay The delay is the advance amount. If the first delay is the advance amount, the length of time that the sending time of the downlink service message determined by the AF is ahead of the expected sending time is the first delay; if the first delay is the delay amount, then the downlink determined by the AF The length of time that the sending time of the service packet is delayed from the expected sending time is the first delay.
- the SMF may provide an additional indication to the AF only when the first delay is a lag amount, and when there is no additional indication, the first delay is an advance amount.
- the SMF may also provide the AF with an advanced first time delay and a delayed first time delay for the AF to select.
- the SMF first determines the second time adjustment information or the above-mentioned items according to the first time delay. other than the first time delay among the items, and then send the determined information to the AF.
- the expected time at which the downlink service packet arrives at the UPF may be the sum or difference between the time at which the downlink service packet is expected to arrive at the UPF and the first delay.
- the expected time when the downlink service packet arrives at the UPF may be the sum of the time at which the downlink service packet is expected to arrive at the UPF and the first delay; If the first delay is determined according to the boundary of the sixth scheduling window, the expected time when the downlink service packet arrives at the UPF may be the difference between the time when the downlink service packet is expected to arrive at the UPF and the first delay.
- the expected time when the downlink service packet arrives at the UE may be the sum or the difference between the time when the downlink service packet is expected to arrive at the UE and the first delay. For example, if the first delay is determined according to the boundary of the third scheduling window, the expected time at which the downlink service packet arrives at the UE may be the sum of the time at which the downlink service packet is expected to arrive at the UE and the first delay; If the first delay is determined according to the boundary of the sixth scheduling window, the expected time when the downlink service packet arrives at the UPF may be the difference between the time when the downlink service packet is expected to arrive at the UE and the first delay.
- the second time adjustment information may be a moment or a time range.
- the second time adjustment information may be a time range determined by the SMF according to the first time delay, or may be a time range determined by the SMF according to the first time delay, and then according to the time range The range determines a time within the time range as the second time adjustment information.
- the AF determines the second time at which the AS sends the downlink service message according to the second time adjustment information.
- the third time at which the downlink service packet sent at the second time arrives at the RAN is located within the first scheduling window of the RAN, wherein the next scheduling window adjacent to the first scheduling window is the downlink scheduling window. That is, the AS will send the downlink service packet at the second moment, so that the downlink service packet can be scheduled in the fourth downlink scheduling window after reaching the RAN, and the fourth downlink scheduling window is adjacent to the first scheduling window the next scheduling window.
- the AF may determine that the second time is the sum or difference between the time t ASya at which the AS expects to send the downlink service message and the first delay. Specifically, if the first delay is the advance amount, the second time is the difference between the time t ASya when the AS is expected to send the downlink service packet and the first delay; if the first delay is the lag, the second time is the sum of the time t ASya and the first delay at which the AS is expected to send the downlink service message.
- the AF can use the expected time t UPFya when the downlink service packet arrives at the UPF and the expected arrival time of the downlink service packet.
- the AF can use the expected time t UEya when the downlink service packet arrives at the UE and the expected time when the downlink service packet arrives at the UPF.
- the second time is determined by the difference between the time t UEqa .
- the second moment t ASys +t UEqa -t UEya , where t ASys is the moment when the AS is expected to send the downlink service message.
- the AF may first determine a specific time within the time range according to the time range, and then determine the second time according to the specific time. Alternatively, the AF may directly determine a time range according to the second time adjustment information, and the AF further determines a second moment located within the time range according to the time range.
- the AS sends the packet of the downlink service at the second moment.
- FIG. 9 An example is given in conjunction with FIG. 9 .
- the time when the message of the downlink service arrives at the RAN is t2
- the message of the downlink service needs to buffer at least two time slots on the RAN side before it can be sent to the RAN.
- Scheduling that is, the packets of the downlink service can be scheduled in the downlink scheduling window 3 at the earliest. If the sending time of the message of the downlink service is adjusted to the second time, the time when the message of the downlink service arrives at the RAN will be within the first scheduling window of the RAN, which will reduce the buffering of the message of the downlink service by the RAN. time.
- the second time is t11
- the time when the packet of the downlink service arrives at the RAN is located in the uplink scheduling window 1 of the RAN, and the uplink scheduling window 1 is the previous scheduling window adjacent to the downlink scheduling window 3, and the downlink service
- the time that the packets are buffered can be shortened from t11-t9.
- the second time is t8
- the time when the message of the downlink service arrives at the RAN is located in the downlink scheduling window 1 of the RAN, and the message of the downlink service can be scheduled in the downlink scheduling window 2 by buffering one time slot.
- the time during which the packets of the downlink service are buffered can be reduced by one time slot.
- the AS sends the packet of the downlink service at time t10
- the moment when the packet of the downlink service arrives at the RAN is t3
- the packet of the downlink service needs at least one time slot to be buffered on the RAN side before it can be scheduled. That is, the packet of the downlink service can be scheduled in the downlink scheduling window 3 at the earliest. If the sending time of the message of the downlink service is adjusted to the second time, the time when the message of the downlink service arrives at the RAN will be within the first scheduling window of the RAN, which will reduce the buffering of the message of the downlink service by the RAN. time.
- the second time is t11
- the time when the packet of the downlink service arrives at the RAN is located in the uplink scheduling window 1 of the RAN, and the uplink scheduling window 1 is the previous scheduling window adjacent to the downlink scheduling window 3, and the downlink service
- the time that the packets are buffered can be reduced by t11-t10.
- the second time is t8
- the time when the message of the downlink service arrives at the RAN is located in the downlink scheduling window 1 of the RAN, and the message of the downlink service can be scheduled in the downlink scheduling window 2 by buffering one time slot.
- the time during which the packets of the downlink service are buffered can be reduced by one time slot.
- the AF can adjust the time at which the AS sends the downlink service message according to the time adjustment information provided by the SMF, so that when the AS sends the downlink service message at the adjusted sending time, the downlink service
- the moment when the service packet arrives at the RAN can be located in the first scheduling window of the RAN, the downlink service packet can be scheduled in the second downlink scheduling window, and the second downlink scheduling window is the next scheduling window adjacent to the first scheduling window. window.
- it is beneficial to reduce the scheduling waiting delay for the network element of the access network to schedule the downlink service, and is further beneficial to ensure the end-to-end delay of the downlink service message.
- the AS will receive multiple downlink service packets for multiple RANs.
- This method enables the AS to preferentially process other downlink service packets while buffering the downlink service packets, and make reasonable use of the packets. resources, alleviate and avoid the problem of processing conflicts between downlink service packets sent to different RAN nodes, improve the processing efficiency of downlink service packets in the AS, and help ensure the downlink service packets and other downlink service packets. End-to-end latency requirements.
- the method 800 may further include:
- the SMF determines the third time according to the second time adjustment information.
- the third moment is the moment when the packet of the downlink service arrives at the RAN.
- the third moment t RANya - the second time adjustment information.
- the third time instant t RANya + the second time adjustment information.
- the third time t UPFya +T UPF-RAN second time adjustment information.
- the third time t UEya +T UE-RAN second time adjustment information.
- T UE-RAN is the transmission delay between the UE and the RAN. Since the second time adjustment information may be a time or a time range, the third time may also be a time range.
- the SMF sends the third time to the RAN, where the third time is used for the RAN to schedule the message of the downlink service.
- Step S807 is the same as S606.
- S606 Step S807 is the same as S606.
- the method 600 and the method 800 may be used separately, or may be used in combination.
- FIG. 10 is another downlink transmission method provided by the present application. The method 1000 is described below.
- the SMF sends to the RAN the time when the downlink service message is expected to arrive at the RAN.
- the time when the RAN receives the downlink service message from the SMF and is expected to arrive at the RAN corresponds to the time when the RAN receives the downlink service message from the SMF and is expected to arrive at the RAN.
- the SMF Before the SMF sends the downlink service packet to the RAN and is expected to arrive at the RAN, the SMF first needs to determine the time at which the downlink service packet is expected to arrive at the RAN. The description in step S601 in the method 600 will not be repeated here.
- the RAN determines the first time adjustment information according to the time when the downlink service message is expected to arrive at the RAN and the configuration information of the radio resources.
- the RAN may determine the first delay according to the time when the downlink service is expected to arrive at the RAN and the configuration information of radio resources, where the first delay is the time when the RAN expects the downlink service message to arrive at the RAN.
- the length of time between the time when the downlink service packet is expected to arrive at the RAN, where the time when the RAN expects the downlink service packet to arrive at the RAN is within the first scheduling window, which is adjacent to the first scheduling window
- the next scheduling window is the downlink scheduling window; then, the RAN determines the first time adjustment information according to the first delay.
- the manner in which the RAN determines the first delay is similar to the manner in which the SMF determines the first delay in step S601. For details, refer to S601, which will not be repeated here.
- the RAN determines the first time adjustment information according to the first time delay, and the first time adjustment information may be the first time delay.
- the first time adjustment information may be the fifth time determined based on the first delay and the time t RANya when the downlink service message is expected to arrive at the RAN, where the fifth time is the time when the expected UPF sends the downlink service message .
- the fifth moment t RANya + the first delay + T UPF-RAN .
- the first time adjustment information may be the fifth time determined based on the first delay and the time t UPFya when the downlink service packet is expected to arrive at the UPF, where the fifth time is the time when the expected UPF sends the downlink service packet .
- the fifth moment t UPFya + the first delay, at this time, the RAN needs to obtain t UPFya from the SMF. Specifically, in step S1001, the SMF sends t UPFya to the RAN.
- the RAN can determine the second downlink scheduling window in which the RAN is expected to schedule the downlink service message according to the time when the downlink service message is expected to arrive at the RAN and the configuration information of the radio resources; then, the RAN can schedule the downlink service message according to the second downlink scheduling window , determine the boundary of the third scheduling window, the third scheduling window is the previous scheduling window of the second downlink scheduling window; finally, the RAN determines the first time adjustment information according to the boundary of the third scheduling window.
- the second downlink scheduling window in which the RAN is expected to schedule the downlink service message and the second downlink scheduling window according to the second downlink scheduling window can be determined with reference to the time when the SMF is expected to arrive at the RAN according to the downlink service message and the configuration information of the radio resources in step S601. The description of the boundaries of the three scheduling windows will not be repeated here.
- the RAN may determine the first time adjustment information. For example, the RAN may first determine the first delay according to the boundary of the third scheduling window, and then determine the first time adjustment information according to the first delay. For this, reference may be made to the description in step S601 that the SMF determines the first delay according to the boundary of the third scheduling window. For another example, the RAN may directly determine the first time adjustment information according to the boundary of the third scheduling window. For example, referring to FIG.
- the RAN can determine the second time that the RAN is expected to schedule the downlink service message according to the configuration information of the radio resources and t1
- the downlink scheduling window is the downlink scheduling window 2 .
- the third scheduling window is the previous scheduling window of the second downlink scheduling window, that is, the downlink scheduling window 1 .
- the first time adjustment information may be the first time delay, or the first time adjustment information may be the sum of the time length T2 (that is, the first time delay) and t UPFya between the upper boundary of the downlink scheduling window 1 and t1, or,
- the first time adjustment information may be the sum of t RANya , the first delay and T UPF-RAN , and the meanings of t UPFya and T UPF may refer to the above description.
- the SMF can determine the second downlink scheduling window where the RAN is expected to schedule the downlink service message as the downlink scheduling window 3 according to the configuration information of the radio resources and t2 .
- the first time adjustment information may be the first delay, or the first time adjustment information may be the sum of [T3, T4] and t UPFya , or the first time adjustment information may be [T3, T4], t RANya and The sum of the three TUPF-RAN, T3 is the time length between the lower boundary of the uplink scheduling window 1 and t2, and T4 is the time length between the upper boundary of the uplink scheduling window 2 and t2.
- the first time adjustment information may be a moment or a time range.
- the first time adjustment information may be a time range determined by the RAN according to the first delay, or may be a time range determined by the RAN according to the first delay, and then determined according to the time range A time within the time range is used as the first time adjustment information.
- the RAN sends the first time adjustment information to the SMF.
- the SMF sends the first time adjustment information to the UPF, and the UPF determines the first time to send the downlink service message according to the first time adjustment information, and sends the downlink service message at the first time.
- Steps S1004 to S1006 are the same as steps S602 to S604. For details, reference may be made to the descriptions of S602 to S604, which will not be repeated here.
- the method may further include S1007 to S1008.
- S1007 to S1008 are the same as S605 to S606.
- S605 to S606, please refer to the description of S605 to S606, which will not be repeated here.
- the RAN can determine the time adjustment information according to the time when the downlink service message is expected to arrive at the RAN and the configuration information of the radio resources, and can provide the time adjustment information to the SMF.
- the SMF can adjust the time when the UPF sends the downlink service message according to the time adjustment information, and then the UPF can send the downlink service message at the adjusted time, so that the time when the downlink service message reaches the RAN can be located in the first scheduling window of the RAN
- the downlink service packet can be scheduled in the second downlink scheduling window, and the second downlink scheduling window is the next scheduling window adjacent to the first scheduling window. Therefore, it is beneficial to reduce the scheduling waiting delay for the network element of the access network to schedule the downlink service, and is further beneficial to ensure the end-to-end delay requirement of the downlink service message.
- FIG. 11 is another downlink transmission method provided by this application. The method 1100 is described below.
- the SMF sends to the RAN the time when the downlink service message is expected to arrive at the RAN.
- the time when the RAN receives the downlink service message from the SMF and is expected to arrive at the RAN corresponds to the time when the RAN receives the downlink service message from the SMF and is expected to arrive at the RAN.
- the RAN determines the second time adjustment information according to the time when the downlink service message is expected to arrive at the RAN and the configuration information of the radio resources.
- the RAN may determine the first delay according to the time when the downlink service message is expected to arrive at the RAN and the configuration information of the radio resources, and then determine the second time adjustment information according to the first delay.
- the first delay may be made to the description in step S801 above, which will not be repeated here.
- the RAN determines the second time adjustment information according to the first delay, and the second time adjustment information may be the first delay.
- the RAN may indicate to the SMF whether the first delay is an advance or a lag. For example, if the first delay is determined according to the boundary of the third scheduling window, the first delay is a lag; if the first delay is determined according to the boundary of the sixth scheduling window, the first delay The delay is the advance amount.
- the RAN may provide an additional indication to the SMF only when the first delay is a lag, and when there is no additional indication, the first delay is an advance.
- the RAN may also provide the SMF with the advanced first delay and the delayed first delay at the same time for the SMF to select.
- the second time adjustment information may be a moment or a time range.
- the second time adjustment information may be a time range determined by the RAN according to the first delay, or may be a time range determined by the RAN according to the first delay, and then determined according to the time range A time within the time range is used as the second time adjustment information.
- the RAN sends the second time adjustment information to the SMF.
- the RAN may indicate to the SMF whether the second time adjustment information is an advance or a lag. For example, if the second time adjustment information is determined according to the boundary of the third scheduling window, the second time adjustment information is the lag; if the second time adjustment information is determined according to the boundary of the sixth scheduling window, then the The second time adjustment information is an advance amount.
- the RAN may provide an additional indication to the SMF only when the second time adjustment information is a lag amount, and when there is no additional indication, the second time adjustment information is an advance amount.
- the RAN may also provide the SMF with the advanced second time adjustment information and the delayed second time adjustment information at the same time for the SMF to select.
- the SMF sends the second time adjustment information to the AF, and the AF determines the second time at which the AS sends the downlink service message according to the second time adjustment information.
- the AF sends the second moment to the AS, and the AS may send the packet of the downlink service at the second moment.
- Steps S1104 to S1107 are the same as steps S802 to S805. For details, reference may be made to the description of steps S802 to S805 above, which will not be repeated here.
- the method may further include S1108 to S1109.
- S1108 to S1109 are the same as S806 to S807.
- S806 to S807 please refer to the description of S806 to S807 above, which will not be repeated here.
- the RAN can determine the time adjustment information according to the time when the downlink service message is expected to arrive at the RAN and the configuration information of the radio resources, and can provide the time adjustment information to the AF through the SMF.
- the AF can adjust the time at which the AS sends the downlink service packet according to the time adjustment information, and then the AS can send the downlink service packet at the adjusted time, so that the time when the downlink service packet arrives at the RAN can be located in the first scheduling window of the RAN.
- the downlink service packet can be scheduled in the second downlink scheduling window, and the second downlink scheduling window is the next scheduling window adjacent to the first scheduling window. Therefore, it is beneficial to reduce the scheduling waiting delay for the network element of the access network to schedule the downlink service, and is further beneficial to ensure the end-to-end delay requirement of the packets of the downlink service.
- FIG. 12 is another downlink transmission method provided by this application. The method 1200 is described below.
- the SMF acquires first information, where the first information includes configuration information of radio resources and a time when downlink services are expected to arrive at the RAN.
- step S601 For the specific content of the configuration information of the wireless resource, and how the SMF obtains the configuration information of the wireless resource, reference may be made to the description in step S601 above, which will not be repeated here.
- the SMF sends the first information to the UPF.
- the UPF determines the first time according to the first information.
- the time at which the downlink service packet sent by the UPF at the first moment arrives at the RAN (denoted as the third moment) is located within the first scheduling window of the RAN, and the next scheduling window adjacent to the first scheduling window is the downlink Scheduling window. That is, the UPF will send the downlink service packet at the first moment, so that the downlink service packet can be scheduled in the fourth downlink scheduling window after reaching the RAN, and the fourth downlink scheduling window is adjacent to the first scheduling window the next scheduling window.
- the UPF may determine the first time adjustment information according to the first information, and then determine the first time according to the first time adjustment information.
- the method for the UPF to determine the first time adjustment information according to the first information is the same as the method for the SMF to determine the first delay according to the configuration information of the radio resource and the time when the downlink service is expected to arrive at the RAN in S601, and the description of S601 can be referred to. , which will not be repeated here.
- the UPF may, according to the first time adjustment information, buffer after receiving the downlink message of the first service, and the buffering time period is the time length indicated by the first time adjustment information.
- the UPF sends the downlink service at the first moment.
- the UPF can determine the sending time of the downlink service packet according to the first information provided by the SMF, so that the moment when the downlink service packet arrives at the RAN can be located within the first scheduling window of the RAN.
- Downlink service packets can be scheduled in the second downlink scheduling window, and the second downlink scheduling window is the next scheduling window adjacent to the first scheduling window. Therefore, it is beneficial to reduce the scheduling waiting delay for the network element of the access network to schedule the downlink service, and is further beneficial to ensure the end-to-end delay of the downlink service message.
- the method may also include:
- the UPF sends the second information to the SMF. Accordingly, the SMF receives the second information from the UPF.
- the second information is the first moment or the waiting or buffering delay of the downlink service in the UPF.
- the SMF determines the third time according to the second information.
- the SMF sends the third moment to the RAN.
- the third moment is used for scheduling of downlink services by the RAN.
- the third moment may be the sum of the moment when the downlink service reaches the UPF, the second information, and the transmission delay from the UPF to the RAN.
- the second information is the first time
- the third time may be the sum of the first time and the transmission delay from the UPF to the RAN.
- Step S1207 is the same as step S606, and reference may be made to the description of S606, which will not be repeated here.
- steps S1206 to S1207 are also applicable, and no further description is made in this application.
- the moment of sending or scheduling the downlink service packet may refer to the initial sending moment of the downlink service packet. to send or schedule the downlink service packet.
- the size of the sequence numbers of the above-mentioned processes does not mean the sequence of execution, and the execution sequence of each process should be determined by its functions and inherent logic.
- the various numerical numbers or serial numbers involved in the above processes are only for the convenience of description, and should not constitute any limitation on the implementation process of the embodiments of the present application.
- FIG. 13 is a schematic block diagram of a communication apparatus provided by an embodiment of the present application.
- the communication apparatus 2000 may include a transceiver unit 2010 and a processing unit 2020 .
- the transceiver unit 2010 may be used to send information to or receive information from other devices. For example, time adjustment information (eg, first time adjustment information) is sent or received.
- the processing unit 1200 may be used to perform internal processing of the device, such as acquiring the first time delay.
- the communication apparatus 2000 corresponds to the session management network element (eg, SMF) in the above method.
- the communication apparatus 2000 may be a session management network element or a chip configured in the session management network element, and may include a unit for performing operations performed by the session management network element.
- the communication apparatus 2000 corresponds to the session management network element in the above method 600 or 800.
- the processing unit 2020 is configured to obtain a first delay, where the first delay is the time when the downlink service packet is expected to arrive at the access network element and the time when the downlink service packet is expected to arrive at the access network element The time length between the time instants, wherein the time when the expected downlink service packet arrives at the access network element is within the first scheduling window, and the next scheduling window adjacent to the first scheduling window is a downlink scheduling window;
- the transceiver unit 2010 is configured to send time adjustment information related to the first delay to a first network element, where the first network element is a user plane network element or an application network element, and the time adjustment information It is used to determine the first moment when the user plane network element sends the downlink service packet, or for the application server to determine the second moment when the downlink service packet is sent, wherein the user plane network element is in the second moment of sending the downlink service packet.
- a moment or a third moment when the downlink service packet sent by the application server at the second moment reaches the network element of the access network is within the first
- the processing unit 2020 is specifically configured to: acquire the configuration information of the radio resources of the access network element and the time when the downlink service packet is expected to arrive at the access network element; The configuration information and the time at which the downlink service packet is expected to arrive at the network element of the access network is used to determine the first delay.
- the processing unit 2020 is specifically configured to: determine that the access network element is expected to schedule the the second downlink scheduling window of the downlink service message; according to the configuration information of the radio resource and the second downlink scheduling window, determine the boundary of the third scheduling window, and the third scheduling window is the second downlink scheduling window The previous scheduling window of ; determine the first delay according to the boundary of the third scheduling window.
- the configuration information of the wireless resource includes a time slot start time, a time slot duration, an uplink and downlink time slot configuration, and a scheduling processing delay of the access network element.
- the processing unit 2020 is specifically configured to: acquire the time when the downlink service packet is expected to arrive at the access network element; the transceiver unit 2010 is further configured to: send the downlink service to the access network element The time when the message is expected to arrive at the access network element, and the first delay is received from the access network element.
- the processing unit 2020 is specifically configured to: according to the transmission delay from the user plane network element to the access network element and the time when the downlink service packet is expected to arrive at the user plane network element, determine the the time when the downlink service packet is expected to arrive at the access network element; or, obtain the QoS information of the downlink service from the policy control network element, and determine the expected time of the downlink service packet according to the QoS information The moment when the network element of the access network is reached.
- the time adjustment information is the first delay or is estimated based on the first delay and the downlink service packet.
- the fourth moment determined by the moment when the user plane network element is reached.
- the time adjustment information includes one or more of the following: the first delay, based on the first time The time at which the expected downlink service packet arrives at the user plane network element determined based on the first delay, and the time at which the expected downlink service packet arrives at the terminal device determined based on the first time delay.
- the processing unit 2020 is further configured to determine the third time according to the time adjustment information; the transceiver unit 2010 is further configured to send the third time to the access network element, the first time The third time is used by the access network element to schedule the downlink service message.
- the communication apparatus 2000 corresponds to the session management network element in the above method 1200.
- the processing unit 2020 is configured to acquire first information, where the first information includes configuration information of radio resources and the time when the downlink service packet is expected to arrive at the network element of the access network; the transceiver unit 2010 is configured to send the user plane network element to send the first information, where the first information is used to determine the first moment at which the user plane network element sends the downlink service packet, wherein the downlink service packet sent at the first moment The third moment of arrival at the access network element is within the first scheduling window of the access network element, wherein the next scheduling window adjacent to the first scheduling window is a downlink scheduling window.
- the configuration information of the wireless resource includes a time slot start time, a time slot duration, an uplink and downlink time slot configuration, and a scheduling processing delay of the access network element.
- the transceiver unit 2010 is further configured to receive second information from the user plane network element, where the second information is the first moment or the waiting time of the downlink service packet at the user plane network element time delay; the processing unit 2020 is further configured to, according to the second information, determine the third time point. The transceiver unit 2010 is further configured to send the third time point to the access network element.
- the communication apparatus 2000 may also correspond to the session management network element in the above methods 1000 and 1100.
- the communication apparatus 2000 reference may be made to the description of the session management network element in the above methods 1000 and 1100, which is not repeated here. Repeat.
- the communication apparatus 2000 corresponds to a user plane network element (eg, UPF) in the above method.
- the communication apparatus 2000 may be a user plane network element or a chip configured in the user plane network element, and may include a unit for performing operations performed by the user plane network element.
- the communication apparatus 2000 corresponds to the user plane network element in the above method 600 or 800 .
- the transceiver unit 2010 is configured to receive, from the session management network element, time adjustment information related to a first delay, where the first delay is the time when the expected downlink service packet arrives at the access network element and the The time length between the times when the downlink service packet is expected to arrive at the access network element, wherein the time when the expected downlink service packet arrives at the access network element is within the first scheduling window, where The next scheduling window adjacent to the first scheduling window is a downlink scheduling window; the processing unit 2020 is configured to, according to the time adjustment information, determine the first moment at which the communication device 2000 sends the downlink service message, wherein , the third time at which the downlink service packet sent at the first time arrives at the access network element is within the first scheduling window.
- the time adjustment information is the first delay or a fourth time determined based on the first delay and the time when the downlink service packet is expected to arrive at the communication device 2000 .
- the communication apparatus 2000 corresponds to the user plane network element in the above method 1200.
- the transceiver unit 2010 is configured to receive the first information from the session management network element, where the first information includes the configuration information of the radio resource and the time when the downlink service packet is expected to arrive at the access network element; the processing unit 2020 uses Then, according to the first information, determine the first moment at which the downlink service packet is sent, wherein the third moment when the downlink service packet sent at the first moment arrives at the access network element It is located in the first scheduling window of the network element of the access network, wherein the next scheduling window adjacent to the first scheduling window is the downlink scheduling window.
- the configuration information of the wireless resource includes the time slot start time, the time slot duration, the uplink and downlink time slot configuration, and the scheduling processing delay of the access network element;
- the processing unit 2020 is specifically configured to: determine a first delay according to the first information, where the first delay is the time when the downlink service packet is expected to arrive at the access network element The time length between the time when the downlink service message is expected to arrive at the network element of the access network; the first time is determined according to the first delay.
- the transceiver unit 2010 is further configured to: send second information to the session management network element, where the second information is the first time or when the downlink service is waiting for the communication device 2000 The second information is extended to determine the third time.
- the communication apparatus 2000 may also correspond to the user plane network elements in the foregoing methods 1000 and 1100.
- the communication apparatus 2000 reference may be made to the descriptions of the user plane network elements in the foregoing methods 1000 and 1100, which are not repeated here. Repeat.
- the communication apparatus 2000 corresponds to the application network element (eg, AF) in the above method.
- the communication apparatus 2000 may be an application network element or a chip configured in the application network element, which may include a unit for performing operations performed by the application network element.
- the communication apparatus 2000 corresponds to the application network element in the above method 800 .
- the transceiver unit 2010 is configured to receive, from the session management network element, time adjustment information related to a first delay, where the first delay is the time when the expected downlink service packet arrives at the access network element and the The time length between the times when the downlink service packet is expected to arrive at the access network element, wherein the time when the expected downlink service packet arrives at the access network element is within the first scheduling window, where The next scheduling window adjacent to the first scheduling window is a downlink scheduling window; the processing unit 2020 is configured to, according to the time adjustment information, determine the second moment at which the application server sends the downlink service packet, wherein, in the The third time when the downlink service packet sent at the second time arrives at the access network element is within the first scheduling window.
- the time adjustment information includes one or more of the following: the first delay, the expected downlink service packet determined based on the first delay to arrive at the user plane network element time, and the expected time when the downlink service packet arrives at the terminal device determined based on the first delay.
- the communication apparatus 2000 may also correspond to the application network element in the foregoing method 1100, and the specific operations performed by the communication apparatus 2000 may refer to the description of the application network element in the foregoing method 1100, which will not be repeated here.
- the communication apparatus 2000 corresponds to the access network element (eg, RAN) in the above method.
- the communication apparatus 2000 may be an access network element or a chip configured in the access network element, and may include a unit for performing operations performed by the access network element.
- the communication apparatus 2000 corresponds to the access network element in the above method 600 or 800.
- the transceiver unit 2010 is configured to estimate the time when the downlink service message received from the session management network element arrives at the communication device 2000; the processing unit 2020 is configured to estimate the time when the downlink service message arrives at the communication device 2000 according to the downlink service message.
- the first delay is the time when the communication device 2000 expects the downlink service packet to arrive at the communication device 2000 and the time when the downlink service packet is expected to arrive at the communication device 2000 The length of time between, wherein the time when the communication device 2000 expects the downlink service packet to arrive at the communication device 2000 is within the first scheduling window, and the next scheduling window adjacent to the first scheduling window is the downlink scheduling window; the transceiver unit 2010 is further configured to send the first delay to the session management network element, where the first delay is used for the session management network element to adjust the user plane network element and/or the application server to send The time of the downlink service message.
- the processing unit 2020 is specifically configured to: determine the first delay according to the time when the downlink service packet is expected to arrive at the communication device 2000 and the configuration information of the radio resources of the communication device 2000 .
- the configuration information of the wireless resource includes a time slot start time, a time slot duration, an uplink and downlink time slot configuration, and a scheduling processing delay of the communication device 2000 .
- the processing unit 2020 is specifically configured to: determine that the communication device 2000 is expected to schedule the downlink service according to the configuration information of the radio resource and the time when the downlink service packet is expected to arrive at the communication device 2000 the second downlink scheduling window; determine the boundary of the third scheduling window according to the configuration information of the radio resource and the second downlink scheduling window, and the third scheduling window is the previous scheduling of the second downlink scheduling window window; determining the first delay according to the boundary of the third scheduling window.
- the communication apparatus 2000 corresponds to the access network element in the above method 1000 or 1100.
- the transceiver unit 2010 is configured to receive the time when the downlink service packet is expected to arrive at the communication device 2000 from the session management network element; time and wireless resource configuration information, and determine time adjustment information; the transceiver unit 2010 is further configured to send the time adjustment information to the session management network element, where the time adjustment information is used for the session management network element adjustment The moment when the user plane network element and/or the application server send the downlink service packet.
- the processing unit 2020 is specifically configured to: determine a first delay according to the time when the downlink service is expected to arrive at the communication device 2000 and the configuration information of the wireless resource, and the first delay is the The time length between the time when the communication device 2000 expects the downlink service packet to arrive at the communication device 2000 and the time when the downlink service packet is expected to arrive at the communication device 2000, wherein the communication device 2000 expects the downlink service packet to arrive at the communication device 2000.
- the time when the service packet arrives at the communication device 2000 is within the first scheduling window, where the next scheduling window adjacent to the first scheduling window is a downlink scheduling window; the time is determined according to the first delay Adjust information.
- the processing unit 2020 is specifically configured to: determine that the communication apparatus 2000 is expected to schedule the downlink service packet according to the time when the downlink service packet is expected to arrive at the communication apparatus 2000 and the configuration information of radio resources the second downlink scheduling window; according to the second downlink scheduling window, determine the boundary of the third scheduling window, the third scheduling window is the previous scheduling window of the second downlink scheduling window; The boundary of the window determines the time adjustment information.
- the configuration information of the wireless resource includes a time slot start time, a time slot duration, an uplink and downlink time slot configuration, and a scheduling processing delay of the communication device 2000 .
- the communication apparatus 2000 may also correspond to the access network element in the foregoing method 1200, and the specific operations performed by the communication apparatus 2000 may refer to the description of the access network element in the foregoing method 1200, which will not be repeated here.
- the transceiver unit 2010 in the communication device 2000 may correspond to the communication device shown in FIG. 14 .
- the communication interface 3200 in 3000, the processing unit 2020 in the communication device 2000 may correspond to the processor 3100 in the communication device 3000 shown in FIG. 14 .
- the transceiver unit 2010 in the communication apparatus 2000 may also correspond to the transceiver 4200 in the network device 4000 shown in FIG. 15 , and the processing unit 2020 in the communication apparatus 2000 may further It may correspond to the processor 4100 in the network device 4000 shown in FIG. 15 .
- FIG. 14 shows a schematic block diagram of another communication apparatus 3000 provided by the present application.
- Any network element involved in the above method embodiments such as session management network element, application network element, user plane network element, access network network element, etc., can be implemented by the communication device shown in FIG. 14 .
- the communication apparatus 3000 may be an entity device, or a component of the entity device (eg, an integrated circuit, a chip, etc.), or a functional module in the entity device.
- the communication apparatus 3000 includes: one or more processors 3100 .
- the processor 3100 may store execution instructions for executing the methods of the embodiments of the present application.
- the processor 3100 may call the communication interface 3200 to implement the functions of receiving and sending.
- the communication interface 3200 may be a logical interface or a physical interface, which is not limited.
- the communication interface 3200 may be a transceiver circuit, an interface circuit, a transceiver, or a transceiver circuit for implementing receiving and transmitting functions, or the like.
- the sending function and the receiving function of the communication interface 3200 may be separated or integrated.
- the above-mentioned transceiver circuit or interface circuit can be used for code/data reading and writing, or the above-mentioned transceiver circuit or interface circuit can be used for signal transmission or transmission.
- the communication apparatus 3000 may further include a memory 3300 .
- This embodiment of the present application does not specifically limit the specific deployment location of the memory 3300 , and the memory 3300 may be integrated in the processor 3100 or independent of the processor 3100 .
- the communication device 3000 does not include a memory, the communication device 3000 only needs to have a processing function, and the memory can be deployed in other locations (eg, a cloud system).
- the processor 3100, the memory 3300 and the communication interface 3200 communicate with each other through an internal connection path to transmit control and/or data signals.
- the communication device 3000 may also include other devices, such as input devices, output devices, batteries, and the like.
- the memory 3300 may store execution instructions for executing the methods of the embodiments of the present application.
- the processor 3100 can execute the instructions stored in the memory 3300 in combination with other hardware (eg, the communication interface 3200) to complete the steps of the methods shown below.
- other hardware eg, the communication interface 3200
- the methods disclosed in the embodiments of the present application may be applied to the memory 3300 or implemented by the memory 3300 .
- the memory 3300 may be an integrated circuit chip with signal processing capability.
- each step of the method can be completed by an integrated logic circuit of hardware in a processor or instructions in the form of software.
- the above-mentioned processor may be a general-purpose processor, a digital signal processor (DSP), an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), an off-the-shelf programmable gate array (field programmable gate array, FPGA), or other possible solutions.
- DSP digital signal processor
- ASIC application specific integrated circuit
- FPGA field programmable gate array
- Programming logic devices discrete gate or transistor logic devices, discrete hardware components.
- the methods, steps, and logic block diagrams disclosed in the embodiments of this application can be implemented or executed.
- a general purpose processor may be a microprocessor or the processor may be any conventional processor or the like.
- the steps of the method disclosed in conjunction with the embodiments of the present application may be directly embodied as executed by a hardware decoding processor, or executed by a combination of hardware and software modules in the decoding processor.
- Software modules can be located in random access memory (RAM), flash memory, read-only memory (ROM), programmable read-only memory or electrically erasable programmable memory, registers, etc. in the storage medium.
- the storage medium is located in the memory, and the processor reads the instructions in the memory, and completes the steps of the above method in combination with its hardware.
- memory 3300 may be volatile memory or non-volatile memory, or may include both volatile and non-volatile memory.
- the non-volatile memory can be a read-only memory ROM, a programmable read-only memory (programmable ROM, PROM), an erasable programmable read-only memory (erasable PROM, EPROM), an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (electrically EPROM, EEPROM) or flash memory.
- Volatile memory may be random access memory RAM, which acts as an external cache.
- RAM random access memory
- DRAM dynamic random access memory
- SDRAM synchronous DRAM
- SDRAM double data rate synchronous dynamic random access memory
- ESDRAM enhanced synchronous dynamic random access memory
- SLDRAM synchronous link dynamic random access memory
- direct rambus RAM direct rambus RAM
- FIG. 15 is a schematic structural diagram of a network device provided by an embodiment of the present application, which may be, for example, a schematic structural diagram of a base station.
- the network device 4000 may be applied to the system as shown in FIG. 1 or FIG. 2 to perform the functions of the network element of the access network in the foregoing method embodiments.
- the network device 4000 may include one or more radio frequency units, such as a remote radio unit (RRU) 4100 and one or more baseband units (BBUs) (also referred to as distributed units) (DU))4200.
- RRU 4100 may be called a transceiver unit or a communication unit, which corresponds to the transceiver unit 2010 in FIG. 13 .
- the transceiver unit 4100 may also be referred to as a transceiver, a transceiver circuit, or a transceiver, etc., which may include at least one antenna 4101 and a radio frequency unit 4102 .
- the transceiver unit 4100 may include a receiving unit and a sending unit, the receiving unit may correspond to a receiver (or called a receiver, a receiving circuit), and the sending unit may correspond to a transmitter (or called a transmitter, a sending circuit).
- the RRU4100 part is mainly used for the transceiver of radio frequency signals and the conversion of radio frequency signals and baseband signals.
- the BBU 4200 part is mainly used for baseband processing, control of network equipment, etc.
- the RRU 4100 and the BBU 4200 may be physically set together, or may be physically separated, that is, a distributed base station.
- the BBU 4200 is the control center of the network equipment, and can also be called a processing unit, which can correspond to the processing unit 2020 in FIG. 13 and is mainly used to complete baseband processing functions, such as channel coding, multiplexing, modulation, spread spectrum, etc. .
- the BBU processing unit
- the BBU may be used to control the network device to perform the operation procedure of the access network device in the foregoing method embodiments.
- the BBU 4200 may be composed of one or more boards, and the multiple boards may jointly support a wireless access network (such as an LTE network) of a single access standard, or may respectively support a wireless access network of different access standards.
- Wireless access network (such as LTE network, 5G network or other network).
- the BBU 4200 also includes a memory 4201 and a processor 4202.
- the memory 4201 is used to store necessary instructions and data.
- the processor 4202 is configured to control the network device to perform necessary actions, for example, configured to control the network device to perform the operation flow of the access network device in the foregoing method embodiments.
- the memory 4201 and the processor 4202 may serve one or more single boards. That is to say, the memory and processor can be provided separately on each single board. It can also be that multiple boards share the same memory and processor. In addition, necessary circuits may also be provided on each single board.
- the network device 4000 shown in FIG. 15 can implement each process involving the access network device in the foregoing method embodiments.
- the operations or functions of each module in the network device 4000 are respectively to implement the corresponding processes in the foregoing method embodiments.
- the above-mentioned BBU 4200 may be used to perform the actions implemented by the access network equipment described in the foregoing method embodiments, and the RRU 4100 may be used to perform the access network equipment described in the foregoing method embodiments. received action.
- the RRU 4100 may be used to perform the access network equipment described in the foregoing method embodiments. received action.
- the present application also provides a computer program product, the computer program product includes: computer program code, when the computer program code is run on a computer, the computer is made to execute the session management network element and the application network element in any of the foregoing method embodiments. , a method on the side of the network element of the user plane or the network element of the access network.
- the present application further provides a computer-readable medium, where program codes are stored in the computer-readable medium, and when the program codes are run on a computer, the computer enables the computer to execute the session management network elements, application network elements, user The method on the face network element or the network element side of the access network.
- the present application also provides a system, which includes one or more of the foregoing session management network elements, application network elements, user plane network elements, and access network network elements.
- the system may further include the aforementioned terminal device.
- An embodiment of the present application further provides a processing apparatus, including a processor and an interface, where the processor is configured to execute the communication method in any of the foregoing method embodiments.
- the above processing device may be a chip.
- the processing device may be a field programmable gate array (FPGA), a general-purpose processor, a digital signal processor (DSP), an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) , off-the-shelf programmable gate array (field programmable gate array, FPGA) or other programmable logic devices, discrete gate or transistor logic devices, discrete hardware components, can also be system on chip (system on chip, SoC), can also be central processing It can be a central processor unit (CPU), a network processor (NP), a digital signal processing circuit (DSP), or a microcontroller (MCU) , it can also be a programmable logic device (PLD) or other integrated chips.
- FPGA field programmable gate array
- DSP digital signal processor
- ASIC application specific integrated circuit
- FPGA field programmable gate array
- FPGA field programmable gate array
- FPGA field programmable gate array
- FPGA field programmable gate array
- FPGA field programmable gate
- a general purpose processor may be a microprocessor or the processor may be any conventional processor or the like.
- the steps of the method disclosed in conjunction with the embodiments of the present application may be directly embodied as executed by a hardware decoding processor, or executed by a combination of hardware and software modules in the decoding processor.
- the software modules may be located in random access memory, flash memory, read-only memory, programmable read-only memory or electrically erasable programmable memory, registers and other storage media mature in the art.
- the storage medium is located in the memory, and the processor reads the information in the memory, and completes the steps of the above method in combination with its hardware.
- the memory in this embodiment of the present application may be a volatile memory or a non-volatile memory, or may include both volatile and non-volatile memory.
- the non-volatile memory may be read-only memory (ROM), programmable read-only memory (PROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), electrically programmable Erase programmable read-only memory (electrically EPROM, EEPROM) or flash memory.
- Volatile memory may be random access memory (RAM), which acts as an external cache.
- RAM random access memory
- DRAM dynamic random access memory
- SDRAM synchronous DRAM
- SDRAM double data rate synchronous dynamic random access memory
- ESDRAM enhanced synchronous dynamic random access memory
- SLDRAM synchronous link dynamic random access memory
- direct rambus RAM direct rambus RAM
- the above-mentioned embodiments it may be implemented in whole or in part by software, hardware, firmware or any combination thereof.
- software it can be implemented in whole or in part in the form of a computer program product.
- the computer program product includes one or more computer instructions. When the computer instructions are loaded and executed on a computer, all or part of the processes or functions described in the embodiments of the present application are generated.
- the computer may be a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, computer network, or other programmable device.
- the computer instructions may be stored in or transmitted from one computer readable storage medium to another computer readable storage medium, for example, the computer instructions may be downloaded from a website site, computer, server or data center Transmission to another website site, computer, server, or data center by wire (eg, coaxial cable, optical fiber, digital subscriber line, DSL) or wireless (eg, infrared, wireless, microwave, etc.).
- the computer-readable storage medium can be any available medium that can be accessed by a computer or a data storage device such as a server, a data center, or the like that includes an integration of one or more available media.
- the available media may be magnetic media (eg, floppy disks, hard disks, magnetic tapes), optical media (eg, high-density digital video discs (DVDs)), or semiconductor media (eg, solid state discs, SSD)) etc.
- the network equipment in each of the above apparatus embodiments completely corresponds to the terminal equipment and the network equipment or terminal equipment in the method embodiments, and corresponding steps are performed by corresponding modules or units.
- a processing unit processor
- processor For functions of specific units, reference may be made to corresponding method embodiments.
- the number of processors may be one or more.
- a component may be, but is not limited to, a process running on a processor, a processor, an object, an executable, a thread of execution, a program, or a computer.
- an application running on a computing device and the computing device may be components.
- One or more components may reside within a process or thread of execution, and a component may be localized on one computer or distributed among 2 or more computers.
- these components can execute from various computer readable media having various data structures stored thereon.
- a component may, for example, pass a signal through a local system based on a signal having one or more data packets (such as data from two components interacting with another component between a local system, a distributed system, or a network, such as the Internet interacting with other systems through signals). or remote process to communicate.
- a signal having one or more data packets (such as data from two components interacting with another component between a local system, a distributed system, or a network, such as the Internet interacting with other systems through signals). or remote process to communicate.
- B corresponding to A indicates that B is associated with A, and B can be determined according to A.
- determining B according to A does not mean that B is only determined according to A, and B may also be determined according to A and/or other information.
- an item includes one or more of the following: A, B, and C
- the item can be any of the following: A; B, unless otherwise specified. ;C;A and B;A and C;B and C;A,B and C;A and A;A,A and A;A,A and B;A,A and C,A,B and B;A , C and C; B and B, B, B and B, B, B and C, C and C; C, C and C, and other combinations of A, B and C.
- a total of three elements of A, B and C are used as examples above to illustrate the optional items of the item.
- the terminal device and/or the network device may perform some or all of the steps in the embodiments of the present application, these steps or operations are only examples, and the embodiments of the present application may also perform other operations or various Variation of operations.
- various steps may be performed in different orders presented in the embodiments of the present application, and may not be required to perform all the operations in the embodiments of the present application.
- the disclosed system, apparatus and method may be implemented in other manners.
- the apparatus embodiments described above are only illustrative.
- the division of the units is only a logical function division. In actual implementation, there may be other division methods.
- multiple units or components may be combined or Can be integrated into another system, or some features can be ignored, or not implemented.
- the shown or discussed mutual coupling or direct coupling or communication connection may be through some interfaces, indirect coupling or communication connection of devices or units, and may be in electrical, mechanical or other forms.
- the units described as separate components may or may not be physically separated, and 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 in this embodiment.
- each functional unit in each embodiment of the present application may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may exist physically alone, or two or more units may be integrated into one unit.
- the functions, if implemented in the form of software functional units and sold or used as independent products, may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium.
- the technical solution of the present application can be embodied in the form of a software product in essence, or the part that contributes to the prior art or the part of the technical solution.
- the computer software product is stored in a storage medium, including Several instructions are used to cause a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) to execute all or part of the steps of the methods described in the various embodiments of the present application.
- the aforementioned storage medium includes: a U disk, a removable hard disk, a read-only memory ROM, a random access memory RAM, a magnetic disk or an optical disk and other media that can store program codes.
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- 一种下行传输的方法,其特征在于,包括:会话管理网元获取第一时延,所述第一时延为期望下行业务报文到达所述接入网网元的时刻与所述下行业务报文预计到达所述接入网网元的时刻之间的时间长度,其中,所述期望下行业务报文到达所述接入网网元的时刻位于第一调度窗口内,其中与所述第一调度窗口相邻的下一个调度窗口为下行调度窗口;所述会话管理网元向第一网元发送与所述第一时延相关的时间调整信息,所述第一网元为用户面网元或者应用网元,所述时间调整信息用于确定所述用户面网元发送所述下行业务报文第一时刻,或者用于应用服务器确定发送所述下行业务报文的第二时刻,其中,所述用户面网元在所述第一时刻或者所述应用服务器在所述第二时刻发送的所述下行业务报文到达所述接入网网元的第三时刻位于所述第一调度窗口内。
- 如权利要求1所述的方法,其特征在于,所述会话管理网元获取第一时延,包括:所述会话管理网元获取所述接入网网元的无线资源的配置信息和所述下行业务报文预计到达所述接入网网元的时刻;所述会话管理网元根据所述无线资源的配置信息和所述下行业务报文预计到达所述接入网网元的时刻,确定所述第一时延。
- 如权利要求2所述的方法,其特征在于,所述会话管理网元根据所述无线资源的配置信息和所述下行业务预计到达所述接入网网元的时刻,确定所述第一时延,包括:所述会话管理网元根据所述无线资源的配置信息和所述下行业务报文预计到达所述接入网网元的时刻,确定所述接入网网元预计调度所述下行业务报文的第二下行调度窗口;所述会话管理网元根据所述无线资源的配置信息和所述第二下行调度窗口,确定第三调度窗口的边界,所述第三调度窗口为所述第二下行调度窗口的前一个调度窗口;所述会话管理网元根据所述第三调度窗口的边界,确定所述第一时延。
- 如权利要求2或3所述的方法,其特征在于,所述无线资源的配置信息包括时隙起始时刻、时隙时长、上下行时隙配比和所述接入网网元的调度处理时延。
- 如权利要求1所述的方法,其特征在于,所述会话管理网元获取第一时延,包括:所述会话管理网元获取所述下行业务报文预计到达所述接入网网元的时刻;所述会话管理网元向所述接入网网元发送所述下行业务报文预计到达所述接入网网元的时刻;所述会话管理网元从所述接入网网元接收所述第一时延。
- 如权利要求2至5中任一项所述的方法,其特征在于,所述会话管理网元获取所述下行业务报文预计到达所述接入网网元的时刻,包括:所述会话管理网元根据所述用户面网元至所述接入网网元的传输时延以及所述下行业务报文预计到达所述用户面网元的时刻,确定所述下行业务报文预计到达所述接入网网元的时刻;或者,所述会话管理网元从策略控制网元获取所述下行业务的服务质量QoS信息,并根据所述QoS信息,确定所述下行业务报文预计到达所述接入网网元的时刻。
- 如权利要求1至6中任一项所述的方法,其特征在于,在所述第一网元为所述用户面网元的情况下,所述时间调整信息为所述第一时延或者基于所述第一时延和所述下行业务报文预计到达所述用户面网元的时刻确定的第四时刻。
- 如权利要求1至6中任一项所述的方法,其特征在于,在所述第一网元为所述应用网元的情况下,所述时间调整信息包括下述中的一项或多项:所述第一时延、基于所述第一时延确定的期望的所述下行业务报文到达所述用户面网元的时刻、基于所述第一时延确定的期望的所述下行业务报文到达终端设备的时刻。
- 如权利要求1至8中任一项所述的方法,其特征在于,所述方法还包括:所述会话管理网元根据所述时间调整信息,确定所述第三时刻;所述会话管理网元向所述接入网网元发送所述第三时刻,所述第三时刻用于所述接入网网元进行所述下行业务报文的调度。
- 一种下行传输的方法,其特征在于,包括:用户面网元从会话管理网元接收与第一时延相关的时间调整信息,所述第一时延为期望下行业务报文到达所述接入网网元的时刻与所述下行业务报文预计到达所述接入网网元的时刻之间的时间长度,其中,所述期望下行业务报文到达所述接入网网元的时刻位于第一调度窗口内,其中与所述第一调度窗口相邻的下一个调度窗口为下行调度窗口;所述用户面网元根据所述时间调整信息,确定所述用户面网元发送所述下行业务报文的第一时刻,其中,在所述第一时刻发送的所述下行业务报文到达所述接入网网元的第三时刻位于所述第一调度窗口内。
- 如权利要求10所述的方法,其特征在于,所述时间调整信息为所述第一时延或者基于所述第一时延和所述下行业务报文预计到达所述用户面网元的时刻确定的第四时刻。
- 一种下行传输的方法,其特征在于,包括:应用网元从会话管理网元接收与第一时延相关的时间调整信息,所述第一时延为期望下行业务报文到达所述接入网网元的时刻与所述下行业务报文预计到达所述接入网网元的时刻之间的时间长度,其中,所述期望下行业务报文到达所述接入网网元的时刻位于第一调度窗口内,其中与所述第一调度窗口相邻的下一个调度窗口为下行调度窗口;所述应用网元根据所述时间调整信息确定应用服务器发送所述下行业务报文的第二时刻,其中,在所述第二时刻发送的所述下行业务报文到达所述接入网网元的第三时刻位于所述第一调度窗口内。
- 如权利要求12所述的方法,其特征在于,所述时间调整信息包括下述中的一项或多项:所述第一时延、基于所述第一时延确定的期望的所述下行业务报文到达所述用户面网元的时刻、基于所述第一时延确定的期望的所述下行业务报文到达终端设备的时刻。
- 一种下行传输的方法,其特征在于,包括:接入网网元从会话管理网元接收下行业务报文预计到达所述接入网网元的时刻;所述接入网网元根据所述下行业务报文预计到达所述接入网网元的时刻,确定第一时延,所述第一时延为所述接入网网元期望下行业务报文到达所述接入网网元的时刻与所述下行业务报文预计到达所述接入网网元的时刻之间的时间长度,其中,所述接入网网元期望下行业务报文到达所述接入网网元的时刻位于第一调度窗口内,其中与所述第一调度窗 口相邻的下一个调度窗口为下行调度窗口;所述接入网网元向所述会话管理网元发送所述第一时延,所述第一时延用于所述会话管理网元调整用户面网元和/或应用服务器发送所述下行业务报文的时刻。
- 如权利要求14所述的方法,其特征在于,所述接入网网元根据所述下行业务报文预计到达所述接入网网元的时刻,确定第一时延,包括:所述接入网网元根据所述下行业务报文预计到达所述接入网网元的时刻和所述接入网网元的无线资源的配置信息,确定所述第一时延。
- 如权利要求15所述的方法,其特征在于,所述无线资源的配置信息包括时隙起始时刻、时隙时长、上下行时隙配比和所述接入网网元的调度处理时延。
- 如权利要求15或16所述的方法,其特征在于,所述接入网网元根据所述下行业务报文预计到达所述接入网网元的时刻和所述接入网网元的无线资源的配置信息,确定所述第一时延,包括:所述接入网网元根据所述无线资源的配置信息和所述下行业务报文预计到达所述接入网网元的时刻,确定所述接入网网元预计调度所述下行业务的第二下行调度窗口;所述接入网网元根据所述无线资源的配置信息和所述第二下行调度窗口,确定第三调度窗口的边界,所述第三调度窗口为所述第二下行调度窗口的前一个调度窗口;所述接入网网元根据所述第三调度窗口的边界,确定所述第一时延。
- 一种通信装置,其特征在于,所述装置用于执行如权利要求1至9中任一项、10至11中任一项、12至13中任一项、或者14至17中任一项所述的方法。
- 一种通信装置,其特征在于,包括:处理器,所述处理器与存储器耦合,所述存储器用于存储程序或指令,当所述程序或指令被所述处理器执行时,使得所述装置执行如权利要求1至9中任一项、10至11中任一项、12至13中任一项、或者14至17中任一项所述的方法。
- 一种可读存储介质,其上存储有计算机程序或指令,其特征在于,所述计算机程序或指令被执行时使得计算机执行如权利要求1至9中任一项、10至11中任一项、12至13中任一项、或者14至17中任一项所述的方法。
- 一种计算机程序产品,其特征在于,包括计算机程序指令,该计算机程序指令使得计算机执行如权利要求1至9中任一项、10至11中任一项、12至13中任一项、或者14至17中任一项所述的方法。
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