WO2022089477A1

WO2022089477A1 - Auxiliary information obtaining method and configuration method, terminal, and network device

Info

Publication number: WO2022089477A1
Application number: PCT/CN2021/126684
Authority: WO
Inventors: 王文; 杨晓东; 康艳超; 郑倩
Original assignee: 维沃移动通信有限公司
Priority date: 2020-10-30
Filing date: 2021-10-27
Publication date: 2022-05-05
Also published as: CN114449543A

Abstract

The present application provides an auxiliary information obtaining method and configuration method, a terminal, and a network device. The method comprises: obtaining routing rule auxiliary information, the routing rule auxiliary information being used for the terminal to execute path switching or path selection.

Description

Auxiliary information acquisition method, configuration method, terminal and network device

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 202011194025.1 filed in China on October 30, 2020, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.

technical field

The present invention relates to the field of communication technologies, and in particular, to a method for obtaining auxiliary information, a configuration method, a terminal and a network device.

Background technique

Some communication systems support sidelink (SL) communication, and can further support non-Third Generation Partnership Projects (3GPP) short-range communication, wherein the non-3GPP short-range communication can be a wireless local area network ( Wireless Local Area Network, WLAN) communication, Wireless Fidelity (Wireless Fidelity, Wi-Fi) communication, Bluetooth communication, etc. However, at present, the terminal uses a default path for communication according to default rules, for example, using fixed SL communication or using fixed non-3GPP short-distance communication for the same service data. As a result, the communication performance of the terminal is relatively poor.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The embodiments of the present application provide a method for obtaining auxiliary information, a configuration method, a terminal, and a network device, which can solve the problem of poor communication performance of the terminal.

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a method for obtaining auxiliary information, which is executed by a terminal, including:

Obtain routing rule auxiliary information, where the routing rule auxiliary information is used by the terminal to perform path switching or path selection.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a method for configuring auxiliary information, which is executed by a network device, including:

A terminal is configured with routing rule auxiliary information, where the routing rule auxiliary information is used for the terminal to perform path switching or path selection.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a device for obtaining auxiliary information, including:

an obtaining unit, configured to obtain auxiliary routing rule information, where the auxiliary routing rule information is used for the terminal to perform path switching or path selection.

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an auxiliary information configuration device, including:

A configuration unit, configured to configure routing rule auxiliary information for the terminal, where the routing rule auxiliary information is used for the terminal to perform path switching or path selection.

In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a terminal, including: a memory, a processor, and a program or instruction stored in the memory and executable on the processor, the program or instruction being executed by the processor When executed, the steps in the method for obtaining auxiliary information provided by the embodiment of the present application are implemented.

In a sixth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a network device, where the network device is a target network device, including: a memory, a processor, and a program or instruction stored on the memory and executable on the processor, When the program or instruction is executed by the processor, the steps in the auxiliary information configuration method provided by the embodiment of the present application are implemented.

In a seventh aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a readable storage medium, wherein a program or an instruction is stored on the readable storage medium, and when the program or instruction is executed by a processor, the The steps in the method for acquiring auxiliary information, or, when the program or instruction is executed by the processor, implement the steps in the method for configuring auxiliary information provided by the embodiments of the present application.

In an eighth aspect, a program product is provided, the program product is stored in a non-transitory storage medium, and the program product is executed by at least one processor to implement the steps in the method for obtaining auxiliary information provided by the embodiments of the present application , or the program product is executed by at least one processor to implement the steps in the auxiliary information configuration method provided by the embodiments of the present application.

In a ninth aspect, a chip is provided, the chip includes a processor and a communication interface, the communication interface is coupled to the processor, and the processor is configured to run a program or an instruction to implement the auxiliary information provided by the embodiments of the present application The steps in the configuration method or the auxiliary information configuration method provided by the embodiment of the present application.

In the embodiment of the present application, the auxiliary routing rule information is obtained, and the auxiliary routing rule information is used for the terminal to perform path switching or path selection. In this way, path switching or path selection can be performed according to the routing rule auxiliary information, thereby improving the communication performance of the terminal.

Description of drawings

FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of a wireless communication system to which an embodiment of the present application can be applied;

2 shows a block diagram of a schematic diagram of a protocol stack architecture provided by an embodiment of the present application;

3 is a flowchart of a method for obtaining auxiliary information provided by an embodiment of the present application;

4 is a schematic diagram of a method for obtaining auxiliary information provided by an embodiment of the present application;

5 is a schematic diagram of a method for configuring auxiliary information provided by an embodiment of the present application;

6 is a structural diagram of a device for obtaining auxiliary information provided by an embodiment of the present application;

7 is a structural diagram of a device for configuring auxiliary information provided by an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 8 is a structural diagram of a terminal provided by an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 9 is a structural diagram of a network device provided by an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed ways

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present application. Obviously, the described embodiments are part of the embodiments of the present application, not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in this application, all other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art fall within the protection scope of this application.

The terms "first", "second" and the like in the description and claims of the present application are used to distinguish similar objects, and are not used to describe a specific order or sequence. It is to be understood that the data so used are interchangeable under appropriate circumstances so that the embodiments of the present application can be practiced in sequences other than those illustrated or described herein, and "first", "second" distinguishes Usually it is a class, and the number of objects is not limited. For example, the first object may be one or multiple. In addition, "and/or" in the description and claims indicates at least one of the connected objects, and the character "/" generally indicates that the associated objects are in an "or" relationship.

It is worth noting that the technologies described in the embodiments of this application are not limited to Long Term Evolution (LTE)/LTE-Advanced (LTE-Advanced, LTE-A) systems, and can also be used in other wireless communication systems, such as code Division Multiple Access (Code Division Multiple Access, CDMA), Time Division Multiple Access (Time Division Multiple Access, TDMA), Frequency Division Multiple Access (Frequency Division Multiple Access, FDMA), Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access, OFDMA), Single-carrier Frequency-Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA) and other systems. The terms "system" and "network" in the embodiments of the present application are often used interchangeably, and the described technology can be used not only for the above-mentioned systems and radio technologies, but also for other systems and radio technologies. The following description describes a New Radio (NR) system for example purposes, and uses NR terminology in most of the description below, but these techniques can also be applied to applications other than NR system applications, such as 6th Generation (6th Generation) , 6G) communication system.

FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of a wireless communication system to which the embodiments of the present application can be applied. The wireless communication system includes a terminal 11 and a network device 12 . The terminal 11 may also be called a terminal device or a user terminal (User Equipment, UE), and the terminal 11 may be a mobile phone, a tablet computer (Tablet Personal Computer), a laptop computer (Laptop Computer) or a notebook computer, a personal digital computer Assistant (Personal Digital Assistant, PDA), PDA, Netbook, Ultra-mobile Personal Computer (UMPC), Mobile Internet Device (Mobile Internet Device, MID) or Vehicle-mounted Equipment (VUE), Pedestrian Terminal (PUE) , RedCap UE and other terminal-side devices, where RedCap UE) can include: wearable devices, industrial sensors, video monitoring devices, etc., and wearable devices include: bracelets, headphones, glasses, etc. It should be noted that, the embodiment of the present application does not limit the specific type of the terminal 11 .

The network device 12 may be a base station or a core network, where the base station may be referred to as a Node B, an evolved Node B, an access point, a Base Transceiver Station (BTS), a radio base station, a radio transceiver, a basic service set (Basic Service Set, BSS), Extended Service Set (Extended Service Set, ESS), Node B, Evolved Node B (eNB), Home Node B, Home Evolved Node B, WLAN Access Point, WiFi Node, Transmission and Reception Point (Transmitting Receiving Point, TRP) or some other suitable term in the field, as long as the same technical effect is achieved, the base station is not limited to specific technical vocabulary, it should be noted that in the embodiment of this application, only NR is used The base station in the system is taken as an example, but the specific type of the base station is not limited.

In addition, the embodiments of the present application can be applied to scenarios that support broadcast/multicast features, such as: public safety and mission critical, V2X applications, transparent IPv4/ IPv6 multicast delivery (transparent IPv4/IPv6 multicast delivery), IPTV, wireless software delivery (software delivery over wireless), group communications and IoT applications (group communications and IoT applications) and other scenarios that support broadcast/multicast features. Of course, this embodiment of the present application is not limited, for example, other unicast scenarios may also be used.

In this embodiment of the present application, the SL communication may include several transmission forms of broadcast (broadcast), groupcast (groupcast), and unicast (unicast). Among them, unicast, as the name implies, is one-to-one transmission. Multicast is a one-to-many transmission. Broadcasting is also a one-to-many transmission, but broadcasting does not have the concept that terminals belong to the same group. In addition, the resource allocation mode of the SL communication may include a network device scheduling mode, and may also include a terminal autonomous mode.

In the embodiment of the present application, the terminal supports the aggregation of SL communication and non-3GPP short-range communication, and the non-3GPP short-range communication is WLAN communication as an example. In the way of aggregation of SL communication and WLAN communication, part of the data flow in the SL communication architecture can be offloaded to WLAN for transmission, and unified management and control are performed. In the architecture of SL and WLAN aggregation, the following three bearer types can be included:

SL bearer: refers to the bearer that is completely transmitted through the SL interface and resources, and the bearer can be either a user data bearer or a signaling bearer;

WLAN split bearer: refers to a bearer that is simultaneously transmitted through the SL interface and resources and the WLAN interface and resources. The bearer can be either a user data bearer or a signaling bearer;

Switched WLAN bearer: It refers to the bearer that is completely transmitted through the WLAN interface and resources. The bearer can be either a user data bearer or a signaling bearer; but in general, it is mainly used for user data bearer.

As shown in Figure 2, Figure 2 takes the data of the user plane (UP) as an example to give a schematic diagram of the protocol stack architecture of SL and WLAN aggregation. In the protocol stack architecture, the service data of the sending terminal and the receiving terminal are adapted The protocol (Service Data Adaptation Protocol, SDAP) corresponds to the SL bearer, the WLAN fork bearer and the handover WLAN bearer, wherein the data of the SL bearer and the WLAN fork bearer of the sending terminal can be sent to the SL bearer and the WLAN fork bearer corresponding to the receiving terminal. , and the data of the switching WLAN bearer of the sending terminal may be sent to the switching WLAN bearer corresponding to the receiving terminal.

The method for obtaining auxiliary information, the configuration method, the terminal, and the network device provided by the embodiments of the present application will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings through specific embodiments and application scenarios thereof.

Please refer to FIG. 3. FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a method for obtaining auxiliary information provided by an embodiment of the present application. The method is executed by a terminal, as shown in FIG. 3, and includes the following steps:

Step 301: Obtain routing rule auxiliary information, where the routing rule auxiliary information is used by the terminal to perform path switching or path selection.

The above-mentioned obtaining of the auxiliary information of the routing rule is to obtain pre-configured auxiliary information of the routing rule, or to receive the dynamic configuration of the network device, etc., which are not specifically limited. For example, the above-mentioned routing rule auxiliary information may be configured to the terminal based on the policy configuration process of the Policy Control Function (PCF).

The above path may be a communication method, such as: SL communication, non-3GPP short-distance communication. The above path switching may be switching from the currently used path to other paths, for example, the terminal is using SL communication, and switches to the aggregated communication of SL communication and non-3GPP short-distance communication according to the above-mentioned routing rule auxiliary information. The above-mentioned path selection may be a path selection among multiple paths, for example: SL communication, non-3GPP short-range communication, aggregation communication of SL communication and non-3GPP short-range communication, and selecting one communication.

In addition, the above path switching may be switching to a service type or a path corresponding to an application according to a service type or application, and the above path selection may be to select a service type or a path corresponding to the application according to the service type or application, thereby improving terminal communication performance.

In this embodiment of the present application, the above steps can be used to obtain the above routing rule auxiliary information, so that path switching or path selection can be performed according to the routing rule auxiliary information, thereby improving terminal communication performance.

As an optional implementation manner, the routing rule auxiliary information is a mapping relationship, and the mapping relationship is a mapping relationship between a communication object and a communication mode, and the method further includes:

According to the mapping relationship, determine the target communication mode of the data of the target communication object;

Wherein, the mapping relationship includes at least one mapping relationship between the communication method and the communication object:

SL communication;

Non-3GPP short-range communication;

SL communication and non-3GPP short-range communication;

Aggregated communication of SL communication and non-3GPP short-range communication;

Interoperable communication between SL communication and non-3GPP short-range communication.

The above-mentioned SL communication may be transmitted only by using SL communication, and the above-mentioned non-3GPP short-range communication may be transmitted only by using non-3GPP short-range communication, for example, using at least one of WLAN, WIFI, and Bluetooth for transmission.

The above-mentioned SL communication and non-3GPP short-distance communication may be: the same piece of service data will be transmitted in both SL communication and non-3GPP short-distance communication.

The above-mentioned aggregated communication of SL communication and non-3GPP short-distance communication may be: a part of the data flow in the SL architecture should be offloaded to non-3GPP short-distance communication for transmission, and unified management and control, that is, which parts of data are communicated through SL , which data goes over non-3GPP short distances. And in this communication mode, SL communication and non-3GPP short-distance communication can transmit data at the same time.

The interoperable communication between the above-mentioned SL communication and the non-3GPP short-range communication may be: use SL communication at one time, and use non-3GPP short-range communication at another time, and this communication method is the same as the above-mentioned SL communication and non-3GPP short-range communication. Similar to aggregated communication, the network needs to control the transmission of SL communication and non-3GPP short-range communication data streams. That is, when interoperable communication between SL communication and non-3GPP short-range communication is selected, the network needs to control when to use SL communication and when to use non-3GPP communication. short-range communication.

The above-mentioned mapping relationship includes the communication objects passed by each of the above-mentioned communication modes, for example, the service type, application, network or access point corresponding to each communication mode. Specifically, it may be the mapping relationship between the communication mode and the service type identifier, the application identifier, the network name (Network Name), and the access point name (Access Point Name, APN).

The above-mentioned target communication object may be a communication object that currently needs to perform data transmission. Specifically, the target communication object may include the following item:

Target service type, target application ID, target network, target access point.

In this embodiment, the target communication mode of the data of the target communication object is determined according to the above-mentioned mapping relationship, so that the data of any communication object can be processed by the communication mode corresponding to the communication object, thereby improving the communication performance of the terminal.

As an optional implementation manner, the routing rule auxiliary information is a first enhanced user terminal routing selection policy (UE routing selection policy, URSP) rule, and the component extension of the routing descriptor of the first enhanced URSP rule includes: A path selection component, the path selection component includes a target communication mode, wherein the target communication mode includes at least one of SL communication and non-3GPP short-range communication.

The above-mentioned target communication mode includes at least one of SL communication and non-3GPP short-range communication, and the target communication mode may include the following one:

SL communication;

Non-3GPP short-range communication;

SL communication and non-3GPP short-range communication;

For example: when the terminal sends service data and the target communication mode of the service type/application identification mapping is non-3GPP short-distance communication, the terminal selects the non-3GPP short-distance communication mode, and the service data will be routed to non-3GPP short-distance communication In terms of the method, other communication methods such as indicating the SL are also the same, and will not be described one by one here.

The above-mentioned route selection component is a component obtained by extending the route selection descriptor component of the first enhanced URSP rule defined by the protocol in the embodiment of the present application. For example: as shown in Table 1 below:

Table 1:

It should be noted that, except for the path selection component in the above table, the relevant content of other components can be found in the definitions in the protocol, and will not be described in detail here. In addition, the route selection component in this embodiment of the present application may also be referred to as a route selection component.

In this embodiment, the target communication mode can be indicated by the above-mentioned path selection component, so as to perform path switching or path selection of the target communication mode, so as to improve the communication performance of the terminal.

Optionally, the above method further includes:

When the path selection component includes a target communication mode, and the service data of the terminal matches the service descriptor in the URSP rule, the service data is routed to the target communication mode for transmission.

The service descriptor in the above-mentioned URSP rule is used to represent the communication object corresponding to the above-mentioned URSP, for example, the service type, application identifier, network, and access point applicable to the above-mentioned URSP rule. For example: when the terminal sends service data, after applying the above URSP rule, when the data matches the service descriptor in the URSP rule, and the path selection component in the selected routing descriptor indicates that it is a non-3GPP short-distance communication mode , the non-3GPP short-distance communication mode is selected, and the service data will be routed to the non-3GPP short-distance communication mode.

In this embodiment, when the service data of the terminal matches the service descriptor in the URSP rule, the service data can be routed to the target communication mode for transmission, thereby improving the communication performance of the terminal.

As an optional implementation manner, the routing rule auxiliary information is a second enhanced URSP rule, and a Non-Seamless Offload indication (Non-Seamless Offload indication) component extension of the second enhanced URSP rule includes a target communication method, wherein , the target communication mode includes at least one of secondary link SL communication and non-3GPP short-range communication.

The expansion of the above-mentioned non-seamless offloading indication component to include the target communication method may be that the above-mentioned target communication method is added to the non-seamless offloading instructing component. The target communication mode can be indicated by the above-mentioned non-seamless offloading instructing component, so as to perform path switching or path selection of the target communication mode, so as to improve the communication performance of the terminal.

Optionally, the above method further includes:

In the case that the non-seamless offload indication component extension includes the target communication mode, and the service data of the terminal matches the service descriptor in the URSP rule, the service data is offloaded to the target communication mode for transmission.

The above-mentioned transfer of the service data to the target communication mode may be that the service data of the terminal matches the service descriptor in the URSP rule, and when the above-mentioned rule is applied, the service data is shunted to the above-mentioned target communication. way. For example: when the terminal sends service data, after the service data matches the service descriptor in the URSP rule, and the extended non-seamless offloading indication component in the selected routing descriptor indicates SL communication and non-3GPP short-term traffic For the aggregated communication mode of distance communication, the aggregated communication of SL communication and non-3GPP short-distance communication is selected, and the service data will be routed to the aggregated communication mode of SL communication and non-3GPP short-distance communication.

As an optional implementation manner, the routing rule auxiliary information is a third enhanced URSP rule, and the access type preference (Access Type Preference) component of the third enhanced URSP rule is extended to include a target communication method, wherein the The target communication method includes at least one of secondary link SL communication and non-3GPP short-range communication.

The above-mentioned extension of the access type preference to include the target communication method may be that the above-mentioned target communication method is added to the access type preference component. The target communication mode can be indicated by the access type preference component, so as to perform path switching or path selection of the target communication mode, so as to improve the communication performance of the terminal.

Optionally, the method further includes:

In the case that the access type preference component extension includes the target communication method, and the service data of the terminal matches the service descriptor in the URSP rule, the protocol data unit (Protocol Data Unit, PDU) established by the service data The preferred access type of the session is determined as the target communication method.

The above-mentioned determination of the preferred access type of the PDU session established by the service data as the target communication mode may be that when the service data of the terminal matches the service descriptor in the URSP rule, when the above rule is applied, the The preferred access type of the PDU session established by the service data is determined as the target communication mode, and the PDU session data is transmitted through the target communication mode. For example, when the terminal sends service data, when the service data matches the service descriptor in the URSP rule, and the extended access preference component in the selected routing descriptor indicates that it is a non-3GPP short-distance communication mode, select In the non-3GPP short-distance communication, the preferred access type of the PDU session established by the service data is determined as the target communication mode, and the PDU session is transmitted through the non-3GPP short-distance communication.

As an optional implementation manner, the above-mentioned mapping relationship is configured to the terminal as a terminal policy, and the terminal policy is configured to the terminal in a pre-configured manner or a PCF-based policy configuration process.

The above-mentioned PCF-based policy configuration process configured to the terminal may be that the above-mentioned mapping relationship is configured for the above-mentioned terminal during the general configuration update process of the terminal.

As an optional implementation manner, at least one of the first enhanced URSP rule, the second enhanced URSP rule, and the third enhanced URSP rule is configured to the terminal as a terminal policy, and the terminal policy passes the The terminal is configured in a pre-configured manner or a PCF-based policy configuration process.

The above-mentioned PCF-based policy configuration process can be configured to the terminal by configuring the above-mentioned first enhanced URSP rule, the second enhanced URSP rule and the third enhanced URSP rule for the terminal during the general configuration update process of the terminal. at least one.

Of course, in the embodiment of the present application, at least one of the mapping relationship, the first enhanced URSP rule, the second enhanced URSP rule, and the third enhanced URSP rule may also be a protocol agreement, to which the embodiment of the present application Not limited.

As an optional implementation manner, before the terminal acquires the routing rule auxiliary information, the method further includes:

The terminal sends capability information that supports SL and non-3GPP short-range communication aggregated communication to the network device, where the capability information is used by the network device to configure the routing rule for the terminal based on the capability information and the subscription information of the terminal Supplementary information.

For example, as shown in Figure 4, the terminal reports the capability information of supporting SL and non-3GPP short-range communication aggregated communication to the network device. After receiving the capability information, the network device configures the mapping relationship, the first enhanced URSP rule, the second Enhanced URSP rule or third enhanced URSP rule.

In this embodiment, since the above-mentioned capability information is reported, it is possible to prevent the network device from configuring the routing rule auxiliary information to the terminal that does not have the above-mentioned capability, so as to save resource overhead.

As an optional implementation manner, the routing rule auxiliary information further includes the effective time of the target communication mode, and the method further includes:

When the terminal determines a target communication method and the effective time of the target communication method is reached, the terminal performs switching of the target communication method.

Wherein, the above-mentioned valid time may be a specific time period, or the above-mentioned valid time may be the continuous transmission time of a certain service data, etc., which is not limited.

In this embodiment, when the effective time of the target communication mode is reached, the terminal executes the switching of the target communication mode, that is, the terminal switches to the target communication mode after the above-mentioned effective time is reached, thereby improving the performance of the target communication mode. Management effect of terminal path switching.

As an optional implementation manner, the routing rule auxiliary information further includes effective transmission data of the target communication mode, and the method further includes:

When the terminal determines a target communication mode and achieves effective data transmission of the target communication mode, the terminal performs switching of the target communication mode.

The above-mentioned effective transmission data to achieve the target communication mode may be that when the data transmitted by the communication mode currently used by the terminal reaches the effective transmission data, the terminal switches to the target communication mode for data transmission. For example: the above-mentioned target communication mode is the aggregated communication of SL communication and non-3GPP short-range communication. When the terminal uses SL communication, when the amount of data transmitted by SL communication reaches effective data transmission, it switches to SL communication and non-3GPP short-range communication. aggregated communications.

In this embodiment, in the case where the effective data transmission of the target communication mode can be achieved, the terminal performs the switching of the target communication mode, that is, the terminal switches to the target communication mode after the above-mentioned effective transmission data is achieved, so that the terminal can switch to the target communication mode. Improve the management effect of terminal path switching.

Please refer to FIG. 5. FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a method for configuring auxiliary information provided by an embodiment of the present application. The method is executed by a network device, as shown in FIG. 5, and includes the following steps:

Step 501 : Configure auxiliary routing rule information for a terminal, where the auxiliary routing rule information is used for the terminal to perform path switching or path selection.

Optionally, the routing rule auxiliary information is a mapping relationship, and the mapping relationship is a mapping relationship between a communication object and a communication mode, and the mapping relationship is used to determine the target communication mode of the data of the target communication object of the terminal;

SL communication;

Non-3GPP short-range communication;

SL communication and non-3GPP short-range communication;

Optionally, the routing rule auxiliary information is a first enhanced user terminal routing policy URSP rule, the component extension of the routing descriptor of the first enhanced URSP rule includes a path selection component, and the path selection component includes target communication. mode, wherein the target communication mode includes at least one of secondary link SL communication and non-3GPP short-range communication;

Or, the routing rule auxiliary information is a second enhanced URSP rule, and the non-seamless diversion indication component of the second enhanced URSP rule is extended to include a target communication mode, wherein the target communication mode includes secondary link SL communication and non-seamless traffic distribution. At least one of 3GPP short-range communications;

Or, the routing rule auxiliary information is a third enhanced URSP rule, and the access type preference component of the third enhanced URSP rule is extended to include a target communication mode, wherein the target communication mode includes secondary link SL communication and non-3GPP communication At least one of short-range communications.

Optionally, the target communication object includes one of the following:

Optionally, the mapping relationship is configured to the terminal as a terminal policy, and the terminal policy is configured to the terminal in a pre-configured manner or a policy configuration process based on a policy control function PCF.

Optionally, at least one of the first enhanced URSP rule, the second enhanced URSP rule, and the third enhanced URSP rule is configured to the terminal as a terminal policy, and the terminal policy is preconfigured or based on The policy configuration process of the PCF is configured to the terminal.

Optionally, before configuring the routing rule auxiliary information for the terminal, the method further includes:

Receive capability information that supports SL and non-3GPP short-range communication aggregated communication sent by the terminal, where the capability information is used by the network device to assist in configuring the routing rule for the terminal based on the capability information and the terminal's subscription information information.

Optionally, the routing rule auxiliary information further includes the effective time of the target communication mode.

Optionally, the routing rule auxiliary information further includes valid transmission data of the target communication mode.

It should be noted that this embodiment is an implementation of the network device corresponding to the embodiment shown in FIG. 3 , and reference may be made to the relevant description of the embodiment shown in FIG. 3 for the specific implementation. The embodiments are not repeated here. In this embodiment, the communication performance of the terminal can also be improved.

Please refer to FIG. 6. FIG. 6 is a structural diagram of an apparatus for obtaining auxiliary information provided by an embodiment of the present application. As shown in FIG. 6, the apparatus for obtaining auxiliary information 600 includes:

The obtaining unit 601 is configured to obtain routing rule auxiliary information, where the routing rule auxiliary information is used for the terminal to perform path switching or path selection.

Optionally, the routing rule auxiliary information is a mapping relationship, and the mapping relationship is a mapping relationship between a communication object and a communication mode, and the device further includes:

a determining unit, configured to determine the target communication mode of the data of the target communication object according to the mapping relationship;

SL communication;

Non-3GPP short-range communication;

SL communication and non-3GPP short-range communication;

Or, the routing rule auxiliary information is a second enhanced URSP rule, and the non-seamless diversion indication component of the second enhanced URSP rule is extended to include a target communication mode, wherein the target communication mode includes secondary link SL communication and non-seamless shunting. At least one of 3GPP short-range communications;

Alternatively, the routing rule auxiliary information is a third enhanced URSP rule, and the access type preference component of the third enhanced URSP rule is extended to include a target communication mode, wherein the target communication mode includes secondary link SL communication and non-3GPP communication At least one of short-range communications.

Optionally, the target communication object includes one of the following:

Optionally, the device further includes:

a first processing unit, configured to route the service data to the target communication mode when the path selection component includes a target communication mode and the service data of the terminal matches the service descriptor in the URSP rule transmission; or

a second processing unit, configured to offload the service data to the target when the non-seamless offload indication component extension includes the target communication mode, and the service data of the terminal matches the service descriptor in the URSP rule transmitted by means of communication; or

A third processing unit, configured to convert the protocol data unit established by the service data when the access type preference component extension includes the target communication mode, and the service data of the terminal matches the service descriptor in the URSP rule The preferred access type of the PDU session is determined as the target communication mode.

Optionally, before the terminal acquires the routing rule auxiliary information, the apparatus further includes:

A sending unit, configured to send capability information that supports SL and non-3GPP short-range communication aggregated communication to a network device, where the capability information is used by the network device to configure the terminal for the terminal based on the capability information and the subscription information of the terminal Routing rule auxiliary information.

Optionally, the routing rule auxiliary information further includes the effective time of the target communication mode, and the device further includes:

A first execution unit, configured to execute switching of the target communication mode when the terminal determines a target communication mode and the effective time of the target communication mode is reached.

Optionally, the routing rule auxiliary information further includes the effective transmission data of the target communication mode, and the device further includes:

The second execution unit is configured to, when the terminal determines a target communication mode and achieves effective data transmission of the target communication mode, the terminal executes the switching of the target communication mode.

The apparatus for obtaining auxiliary information provided in the embodiment of the present application can implement each process in the method embodiment of FIG. 3 , and in order to avoid repetition, details are not described here, and the communication performance of the terminal can be improved.

It should be noted that, the apparatus for obtaining auxiliary information in this embodiment of the present application may be a device, or may be a component, an integrated circuit, or a chip in a terminal.

Please refer to FIG. 7. FIG. 7 is a structural diagram of an auxiliary information configuration apparatus provided by an embodiment of the present application. As shown in FIG. 7, an auxiliary information configuration apparatus 700 includes:

A configuration unit 701 is configured to configure routing rule auxiliary information for a terminal, where the routing rule auxiliary information is used for the terminal to perform path switching or path selection.

SL communication;

Non-3GPP short-range communication;

SL communication and non-3GPP short-range communication;

Optionally, the target communication object includes one of the following:

Optionally, before configuring the routing rule auxiliary information for the terminal, the apparatus further includes:

A receiving unit, configured to receive capability information that supports SL and non-3GPP short-range communication aggregated communication sent by the terminal, where the capability information is used by the network to configure the terminal based on the capability information and the subscription information of the terminal. Auxiliary information about routing rules.

The auxiliary information configuration apparatus provided in the embodiment of the present application can implement each process in the method embodiment of FIG. 3 , which is not repeated here to avoid repetition, and can improve the communication performance of the terminal.

It should be noted that, the auxiliary information configuration apparatus in this embodiment of the present application may be an apparatus, or may be a component, an integrated circuit, or a chip in a network device.

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of a terminal implementing an embodiment of the present application.

The terminal 800 includes but is not limited to: a radio frequency unit 801, a network module 802, an audio output unit 803, an input unit 804, a sensor 805, a display unit 806, a user input unit 708, an interface unit 808, a memory 809, a processor 810 and other components .

Those skilled in the art can understand that the terminal 800 may also include a power supply (such as a battery) for supplying power to various components, and the power supply may be logically connected to the processor 810 through a power management system, so as to manage charging, discharging, and power consumption through the power management system management and other functions. The structure of the electronic device shown in FIG. 8 does not constitute a limitation on the electronic device. The electronic device may include more or less components than the one shown, or combine some components, or arrange different components, which will not be repeated here. .

The processor 810 or the radio frequency unit 801 is configured to obtain routing rule auxiliary information, where the routing rule auxiliary information is used for the terminal to perform path switching or path selection.

Optionally, the routing rule auxiliary information is a mapping relationship, and the mapping relationship is a mapping relationship between a communication object and a communication mode, and the processor 810 is further configured to:

SL communication;

Non-3GPP short-range communication;

SL communication and non-3GPP short-range communication;

Optionally, the target communication object includes one of the following:

Optionally, the processor 810 is further configured to:

In the case that the path selection component includes a target communication mode, and the service data of the terminal matches the service descriptor in the URSP rule, route the service data to the target communication mode for transmission; or

In the case that the non-seamless offload indication component extension includes the target communication mode, and the service data of the terminal matches the service descriptor in the URSP rule, the service data is offloaded to the target communication mode for transmission; or

In the case that the access type preference component extension includes the target communication method, and the service data of the terminal matches the service descriptor in the URSP rule, the preferred access type of the protocol data unit PDU session established by the service data Determined as the target communication method.

Optionally, before the terminal acquires the routing rule auxiliary information, the radio frequency unit 801 is further configured to:

The terminal sends capability information supporting SL and non-3GPP short-range communication aggregated communication to the network device, where the capability information is used by the network device to configure the routing rule for the terminal based on the capability information and the subscription information of the terminal Supplementary information.

Optionally, the routing rule auxiliary information further includes the effective time of the target communication mode, and the processor 810 is further configured to:

Optionally, the routing rule auxiliary information also includes effective transmission data of the target communication mode, and the processor 810 is further configured to:

The above-mentioned terminal can improve the communication performance of the terminal.

Optionally, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a terminal, including a processor 810, a memory 809, a program or instruction stored in the memory 809 and executable on the processor 810, the program or instruction being executed by the processor 810 During execution, each process of the above-mentioned embodiment of the auxiliary information acquisition method is implemented, and the same technical effect can be achieved. In order to avoid repetition, details are not described here.

Referring to FIG. 9, FIG. 9 is a structural diagram of a network device provided by an embodiment of the present invention. The network device is a target network device. As shown in FIG. 9, the network device 900 includes: a processor 901, a transceiver 902, and a memory 903 and bus interface, where:

The transceiver 902 is configured to configure routing rule assistance information for the terminal, where the routing rule assistance information is used for the terminal to perform path switching or path selection.

SL communication;

Non-3GPP short-range communication;

SL communication and non-3GPP short-range communication;

Optionally, the target communication object includes one of the following:

Optionally, before configuring the routing rule auxiliary information for the terminal, the transceiver 902 is further configured to:

This embodiment can improve the communication performance of the terminal.

The transceiver 902 is used for receiving and transmitting data under the control of the processor 901, and the transceiver 902 includes at least two antenna ports.

In FIG. 9 , the bus architecture may include any number of interconnected buses and bridges, in particular one or more processors represented by processor 901 and various circuits of memory represented by memory 903 linked together. The bus architecture may also link together various other circuits, such as peripherals, voltage regulators, and power management circuits, which are well known in the art and, therefore, will not be described further herein. The bus interface provides the interface. Transceiver 902 may be a number of elements, including a transmitter and a receiver, that provide a means for communicating with various other devices over a transmission medium. For different user equipments, the user interface 904 may also be an interface capable of externally connecting the required equipment, and the connected equipment includes but is not limited to a keypad, a display, a speaker, a microphone, a joystick, and the like.

The processor 901 is responsible for managing the bus architecture and general processing, and the memory 903 may store data used by the processor 901 in performing operations.

Preferably, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a network device, including a processor 901, a memory 903, a program or an instruction stored in the memory 903 and executable on the processor 901, and the program or instruction is executed by the processor 901 During execution, each process of the above-mentioned embodiment of the auxiliary information configuration method is implemented, and the same technical effect can be achieved. In order to avoid repetition, details are not repeated here.

The embodiments of the present application further provide a readable storage medium, where programs or instructions are stored on the readable storage medium, and when the programs or instructions are executed by a processor, the steps in the method for obtaining auxiliary information provided by the embodiments of the present application are implemented. , or, when the program or instruction is executed by the processor, the steps in the auxiliary information configuration method provided by the embodiment of the present application are implemented.

The embodiments of the present application further provide a program product, the program product is stored in a non-volatile storage medium, and the program product is executed by at least one processor to implement the steps in the auxiliary information acquisition method provided by the embodiments of the present application. steps, or the program product is executed by at least one processor to implement the steps in the auxiliary information configuration method provided by the embodiments of the present application.

Wherein, the processor is the processor in the terminal or the network device described in the foregoing embodiment. The readable storage medium includes a computer-readable storage medium, such as a computer read-only memory (Read-Only Memory, ROM), a random access memory (Random Access Memory, RAM), a magnetic disk or an optical disk, and the like.

An embodiment of the present application further provides a chip, where the chip includes a processor and a communication interface, the communication interface is coupled to the processor, and the processor is used for running a program or an instruction to implement the above-mentioned method for obtaining auxiliary information or an auxiliary The various processes of the embodiments of the information configuration method can achieve the same technical effect, and are not repeated here in order to avoid repetition.

It should be understood that the chip mentioned in the embodiments of the present application may also be referred to as a system-on-chip, a system-on-chip, a system-on-a-chip, or a system-on-a-chip, or the like.

It should be noted that, herein, the terms "comprising", "comprising" or any other variation thereof are intended to encompass non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article or device comprising a series of elements includes not only those elements, It also includes other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such a process, method, article or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element qualified by the phrase "comprising a..." does not preclude the presence of additional identical elements in a process, method, article or apparatus that includes the element. Furthermore, it should be noted that the scope of the methods and apparatus in the embodiments of the present application is not limited to performing the functions in the order shown or discussed, but may also include performing the functions in a substantially simultaneous manner or in the reverse order depending on the functions involved. To perform functions, for example, the described methods may be performed in an order different from that described, and various steps may also be added, omitted, or combined. Additionally, features described with reference to some examples may be combined in other examples.

From the description of the above embodiments, those skilled in the art can clearly understand that the method of the above embodiment can be implemented by means of software plus a necessary general hardware platform, and of course can also be implemented by hardware, but in many cases the former is better implementation. Based on this understanding, the technical solution of the present application can be embodied in the form of a software product in essence or in a part that contributes to the prior art, and the computer software product is stored in a storage medium (such as ROM/RAM, magnetic disk, CD-ROM), including several instructions to make a terminal (which may be a mobile phone, a computer, a server, an air conditioner, or a network device, etc.) execute the methods described in the various embodiments of this application.

The embodiments of the present application have been described above in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, but the present application is not limited to the above-mentioned specific embodiments, which are merely illustrative rather than restrictive. Under the inspiration of this application, without departing from the scope of protection of the purpose of this application and the claims, many forms can be made, which all fall within the protection of this application.

Claims

A method for obtaining auxiliary information, executed by a terminal, comprising:

Obtain routing rule auxiliary information, where the routing rule auxiliary information is used by the terminal to perform path switching or path selection.
The method according to claim 1, wherein the routing rule auxiliary information is a mapping relationship, and the mapping relationship is a mapping relationship between a communication object and a communication method, and the method further comprises:

According to the mapping relationship, determine the target communication mode of the data of the target communication object;

Wherein, the mapping relationship includes at least one mapping relationship between the communication method and the communication object:

SL communication;

Non-3GPP short-range communication;

SL communication and non-3GPP short-range communication;

Aggregated communication of SL communication and non-3GPP short-range communication;

Interoperable communication between SL communication and non-3GPP short-range communication.
The method according to claim 1, wherein the routing rule auxiliary information is a first enhanced user terminal routing policy URSP rule, the component extension of the routing descriptor of the first enhanced URSP rule includes a path selection component, and the The path selection component includes a target communication method, wherein the target communication method includes at least one of secondary link SL communication and non-3GPP short-range communication;

Or, the routing rule auxiliary information is a second enhanced URSP rule, and the non-seamless diversion indication component of the second enhanced URSP rule is extended to include a target communication mode, wherein the target communication mode includes secondary link SL communication and non-seamless shunting. At least one of 3GPP short-range communications;

Alternatively, the routing rule auxiliary information is a third enhanced URSP rule, and the access type preference component of the third enhanced URSP rule is extended to include a target communication mode, wherein the target communication mode includes secondary link SL communication and non-3GPP communication At least one of short-range communications.
The method according to claim 2, wherein the target communication object comprises one of the following:

Target service type, target application ID, target network, target access point.
The method of claim 3, wherein the method further comprises:

In the case that the path selection component includes a target communication mode, and the service data of the terminal matches the service descriptor in the URSP rule, route the service data to the target communication mode for transmission; or

In the case that the non-seamless offload indication component extension includes the target communication mode, and the service data of the terminal matches the service descriptor in the URSP rule, the service data is offloaded to the target communication mode for transmission; or

In the case that the access type preference component extension includes the target communication method, and the service data of the terminal matches the service descriptor in the URSP rule, the preferred access type of the protocol data unit PDU session established by the service data Determined as the target communication method.
The method according to claim 2, wherein the mapping relationship is configured to the terminal as a terminal policy, and the terminal policy is configured to the terminal in a pre-configured manner or a policy configuration process based on a policy control function PCF.
The method according to claim 3, wherein at least one of the first enhanced URSP rule, the second enhanced URSP rule and the third enhanced URSP rule is configured to the terminal as a terminal policy, and the terminal The policy is configured to the terminal in a pre-configured manner or a PCF-based policy configuration process.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein before the terminal acquires the routing rule auxiliary information, the method further comprises:

The terminal sends capability information that supports SL and non-3GPP short-range communication aggregated communication to the network device, where the capability information is used by the network device to configure the routing rule for the terminal based on the capability information and the subscription information of the terminal Supplementary information.
The method according to claim 1, wherein the routing rule auxiliary information further includes the effective time of the target communication mode, and the method further includes:

When the terminal determines a target communication method and the effective time of the target communication method is reached, the terminal performs switching of the target communication method.
The method according to claim 1, wherein the routing rule auxiliary information further includes valid transmission data of the target communication mode, and the method further comprises:

When the terminal determines a target communication mode and achieves effective data transmission of the target communication mode, the terminal performs switching of the target communication mode.
A method for configuring auxiliary information, executed by a network device, comprising:

A terminal is configured with routing rule auxiliary information, where the routing rule auxiliary information is used for the terminal to perform path switching or path selection.
The method according to claim 11, wherein the routing rule auxiliary information is a mapping relationship, the mapping relationship is a mapping relationship between a communication object and a communication method, and the mapping relationship is used to determine the data of the target communication object of the terminal. target communication method;

Wherein, the mapping relationship includes at least one mapping relationship between the communication method and the communication object:

SL communication;

Non-3GPP short-range communication;

SL communication and non-3GPP short-range communication;

Aggregated communication of SL communication and non-3GPP short-range communication;

Interoperable communication between SL communication and non-3GPP short-range communication.
The method according to claim 11, wherein the routing rule auxiliary information is a first enhanced user terminal routing policy URSP rule, the component extension of the routing descriptor of the first enhanced URSP rule includes a path selection component, the The path selection component includes a target communication method, wherein the target communication method includes at least one of secondary link SL communication and non-3GPP short-range communication;

Or, the routing rule auxiliary information is a second enhanced URSP rule, and the non-seamless diversion indication component of the second enhanced URSP rule is extended to include a target communication mode, wherein the target communication mode includes secondary link SL communication and non-seamless shunting. At least one of 3GPP short-range communications;

Alternatively, the routing rule auxiliary information is a third enhanced URSP rule, and the access type preference component of the third enhanced URSP rule is extended to include a target communication mode, wherein the target communication mode includes secondary link SL communication and non-3GPP communication At least one of short-range communications.
The method according to claim 12, wherein the target communication object comprises one of the following:

Target service type, target application ID, target network, target access point.
The method according to claim 12, wherein the mapping relationship is configured to the terminal as a terminal policy, and the terminal policy is configured to the terminal in a pre-configured manner or a policy configuration process based on a policy control function PCF.
The method according to claim 13, wherein at least one of the first enhanced URSP rule, the second enhanced URSP rule and the third enhanced URSP rule is configured to the terminal as a terminal policy, and the terminal The policy is configured to the terminal in a pre-configured manner or a PCF-based policy configuration process.
The method according to any one of claims 11 to 16, wherein before configuring the routing rule assistance information for the terminal, the method further comprises:

Receive capability information that supports SL and non-3GPP short-range communication aggregated communication sent by the terminal, where the capability information is used by the network device to assist in configuring the routing rule for the terminal based on the capability information and the terminal's subscription information information.
The method of claim 11, wherein the routing rule auxiliary information further includes an effective time of the target communication method.
The method of claim 11, wherein the routing rule auxiliary information further includes valid transmission data of the target communication method.
A device for obtaining auxiliary information, comprising:

an obtaining unit, configured to obtain auxiliary routing rule information, where the auxiliary routing rule information is used for the terminal to perform path switching or path selection.
The device according to claim 20, wherein the routing rule auxiliary information is a mapping relationship, and the mapping relationship is a mapping relationship between a communication object and a communication method, and the device further comprises:

a determining module, configured to determine the target communication mode of the data of the target communication object according to the mapping relationship;

Wherein, the mapping relationship includes at least one mapping relationship between the communication method and the communication object:

SL communication;

Non-3GPP short-range communication;

SL communication and non-3GPP short-range communication;

Aggregated communication of SL communication and non-3GPP short-range communication;

Interoperable communication between SL communication and non-3GPP short-range communication.
The apparatus according to claim 20, wherein the routing rule auxiliary information is a first enhanced user terminal routing policy URSP rule, the component extension of the routing descriptor of the first enhanced URSP rule includes a path selection component, and the The path selection component includes a target communication method, wherein the target communication method includes at least one of secondary link SL communication and non-3GPP short-range communication;

Or, the routing rule auxiliary information is a second enhanced URSP rule, and the non-seamless diversion indication component of the second enhanced URSP rule is extended to include a target communication mode, wherein the target communication mode includes secondary link SL communication and non-seamless shunting. At least one of 3GPP short-range communications;

Alternatively, the routing rule auxiliary information is a third enhanced URSP rule, and the access type preference component of the third enhanced URSP rule is extended to include a target communication mode, wherein the target communication mode includes secondary link SL communication and non-3GPP communication At least one of short-range communications.
An auxiliary information configuration device, comprising:

A configuration unit, configured to configure routing rule auxiliary information for the terminal, where the routing rule auxiliary information is used for the terminal to perform path switching or path selection.
The device according to claim 23, wherein the routing rule auxiliary information is a mapping relationship, the mapping relationship is a mapping relationship between a communication object and a communication method, and the mapping relationship is used to determine the data of the target communication object of the terminal. target communication method;

Wherein, the mapping relationship includes at least one mapping relationship between the communication method and the communication object:

SL communication;

Non-3GPP short-range communication;

SL communication and non-3GPP short-range communication;

Aggregated communication of SL communication and non-3GPP short-range communication;

Interoperable communication between SL communication and non-3GPP short-range communication.
The apparatus according to claim 23, wherein the routing rule auxiliary information is a first enhanced user terminal routing policy URSP rule, the component extension of the routing descriptor of the first enhanced URSP rule includes a path selection component, and the The path selection component includes a target communication method, wherein the target communication method includes at least one of secondary link SL communication and non-3GPP short-range communication;

Or, the routing rule auxiliary information is a second enhanced URSP rule, and the non-seamless diversion indication component of the second enhanced URSP rule is extended to include a target communication mode, wherein the target communication mode includes secondary link SL communication and non-seamless shunting. At least one of 3GPP short-range communications;

Alternatively, the routing rule auxiliary information is a third enhanced URSP rule, and the access type preference component of the third enhanced URSP rule is extended to include a target communication mode, wherein the target communication mode includes secondary link SL communication and non-3GPP communication At least one of short-range communications.
A terminal, comprising: a memory, a processor, and a program or an instruction stored on the memory and executable on the processor, the program or instruction being executed by the processor to implement claims 1 to 10 The steps in any one of the auxiliary information acquisition methods.
A network device, the network device is a target network device, comprising: a memory, a processor, and a program or instruction stored on the memory and executable on the processor, the program or instruction being processed by the processor The steps in the auxiliary information configuration method according to any one of claims 11 to 19 are implemented when the processor is executed.
A readable storage medium, on which a program or an instruction is stored, and when the program or instruction is executed by a processor, the method for obtaining auxiliary information according to any one of claims 1 to 10 is implemented. or, when the program or instruction is executed by the processor, the steps in the auxiliary information configuration method according to any one of claims 11 to 19 are implemented.
A chip, comprising a processor and a communication interface, wherein the communication interface is coupled with the processor, and the processor is used for running a program or an instruction to implement the auxiliary information acquisition method according to any one of claims 1-10 , or the steps of implementing the auxiliary information configuration method according to any one of claims 11-19.
A program product, the program product is stored in a non-transitory storage medium, and the program product is executed by at least one processor to implement the auxiliary information acquisition method according to any one of claims 1-10. step, or a step of implementing the auxiliary information configuration method according to any one of claims 11-19.
A communication device configured to perform the steps of the auxiliary information acquisition method according to any one of claims 1-10, or, to perform the steps of the auxiliary information configuration method according to any one of claims 11-19 step.