WO2022095850A1

WO2022095850A1 - Method and apparatus for establishing policy association, and terminal and network-side device

Info

Publication number: WO2022095850A1
Application number: PCT/CN2021/128192
Authority: WO
Inventors: 王文; 谢振华
Original assignee: 维沃移动通信有限公司
Priority date: 2020-11-06
Filing date: 2021-11-02
Publication date: 2022-05-12
Also published as: CN114449657A

Abstract

Disclosed are a method and apparatus for establishing a policy association, and a terminal and a network-side device, which belong to the technical field of communications. The method for establishing a policy association comprises: a first network-side device sending a first request message to a second network-side device, wherein the first request message is used for indicating that the first network-side device requests the establishment of a policy association of a remote terminal with the second network-side device, the first request message comprises identifier information of the remote terminal, the first network-side device is a core network device that serves a relay terminal, and the second network-side device is a core network device that serves the remote terminal; and the first network-side device receiving a response message sent by the second network-side device, wherein the response message is used for indicating that the second network-side device determines, according to the identifier information, to establish the policy association of the remote terminal with the first network-side device.

Description

Method and device for establishing policy association, terminal and network side device

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 202011232469.X filed in China on Nov. 06, 2020, the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference.

technical field

The present application belongs to the field of communication technologies, and in particular relates to a method and device for establishing policy association, a terminal and a network side device.

Background technique

For layer 3 relay communication, in the scenario where there is no non-3GPP interworking function (N3IWF), the remote terminal (remote UE) does not have a control plane with its own core network, resulting in the inability to pass the control plane. Obtain the policy parameters of the remote terminal.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The embodiments of the present application provide a method and apparatus for establishing a policy association, a terminal, and a network-side device, which can solve the problem in the prior art that a remote terminal cannot obtain policy parameters through a control plane in a scenario without N3IWF.

A first aspect provides a method for establishing a policy association, including: a first network-side device sending a first request message to a second network-side device, where the first request message is used to instruct the first network device requesting to establish a policy association of a remote terminal with a second network device; the first request message includes identification information of the remote terminal; the first network side device is a core network device serving the relay terminal; The second network side device is a core network device serving the remote terminal; the first network side device receives a response message sent by the second network side device, wherein the response message is used to indicate the The second network-side device determines to establish a policy association of the remote terminal with the first network-side device according to the identification information

In a second aspect, a method for establishing a policy association is provided, including: a second network-side device receiving a first request message sent by a first network-side device; wherein the first request message is used to indicate the first network The device requests to establish a policy association of the remote terminal with the second network device; the first request message carries the identification information of the remote terminal; the first network side device is a core network device serving the relay terminal; The second network-side device is a core network device serving the remote terminal; the second network-side device sends a response message to the first network-side device, where the response message is used to indicate the The second network-side device determines, according to the identification information, to establish a policy association of the remote terminal with the first network-side device.

In a third aspect, a method for updating or configuring policy parameters is provided, including: the relay terminal receives a configuration update command sent by a first network side device, wherein the configuration update command carries policy parameters of the remote terminal; The relay terminal sends the policy parameter to the remote terminal as the policy parameter of the remote terminal.

In a fourth aspect, a method for updating policy parameters is provided, including: a remote terminal receiving a policy parameter sent by a relay terminal, wherein the policy parameter is used as the policy parameter of the remote terminal.

In a fifth aspect, an apparatus for establishing a policy association is provided, which is applied to a first network-side device, comprising: a first sending module configured to send a first request message to a second network-side device, wherein the first request The message is used to instruct the first network device to request the establishment of a policy association of the remote terminal with the second network device; the first request message includes the identification information of the remote terminal; the first network-side device is a service a core network device serving the relay terminal; the second network-side device is a core network device serving the remote terminal; a first receiving module is configured to receive a response message sent by the second network-side device, wherein , the response message is used to instruct the second network side device to determine, according to the identification information, to establish a policy association of the remote terminal with the first network side device.

In a sixth aspect, there is provided an apparatus for establishing a policy association, which is applied to a second network side device, comprising: a fifth receiving module, configured to receive a first request message sent by the first network side device; wherein the first The request message is used to instruct the first network device to request to establish a policy association of the remote terminal with the second network device; the first request message carries the identification information of the remote terminal; the first network side device is a core network device serving the relay terminal; the second network side device is a core network device serving the remote terminal; a fifth sending module is configured to send a response message to the first network side device, wherein , the response message is used to instruct the second network side device to determine, according to the identification information, to establish a policy association of the remote terminal with the first network side device.

In a seventh aspect, a device for updating or configuring policy parameters is provided, which is applied to a relay terminal, and includes: a seventh receiving module, configured to receive a configuration update command sent by a first network-side device, wherein the configuration update command carries the policy parameter of the remote terminal; the eighth sending module is configured to send the policy parameter to the remote terminal to be updated as the local policy parameter of the remote terminal.

In an eighth aspect, an apparatus for updating policy parameters is provided, applied to a remote terminal, comprising: an eighth receiving module, configured to receive a policy parameter sent by a relay terminal, wherein the policy parameter is used for updating as the Local policy parameters of the remote terminal.

In a ninth aspect, a network side device is provided, the network side device includes a processor, a memory, and a program or instruction stored on the memory and executable on the processor, the program or instruction being executed by the The processor implements the steps of the method as described in the first aspect or the second aspect when executed.

A tenth aspect provides a terminal, the terminal includes a processor, a memory, 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 of implementing a method as described in the third aspect or the fourth aspect.

In an eleventh aspect, a readable storage medium is provided, and a program or an instruction is stored on the readable storage medium, and when the program or instruction is executed by a processor, the steps of the method according to the first aspect are implemented, or the The steps of the method according to the second aspect, or the steps of implementing the method according to the third aspect, or the steps of implementing the method according to the fourth aspect.

A twelfth aspect provides a computer program product, the computer program product being stored in a non-volatile storage medium, the computer program product being executed by at least one processor to implement the method according to the first aspect steps, or steps for implementing the method as described in the second aspect, or steps for implementing the method as described in the third aspect, or steps for implementing the method as described in the fourth aspect.

A thirteenth aspect provides a chip, 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 network-side device program or instruction, as described in the first aspect The steps of the method described above, or the steps of realizing the method described in the second aspect, or the steps of realizing the method described in the third aspect, or the steps of realizing the method described in the fourth aspect.

In this embodiment of the present application, the core network device (the first network-side device) serving the relay terminal sends a policy for establishing the remote terminal to the core network device (the second network-side device) serving the remote terminal After receiving the associated request message, after receiving the response message sent by the second network side device, a policy association process of the remote terminal is established through the first network side device and the second network side. Based on the policy association process, the remote terminal The end terminal can obtain the corresponding policy parameters, thereby solving the problem that the remote terminal cannot obtain the policy parameters through the control plane in the scenario without N3IWF in the prior art.

Description of drawings

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

2 is a schematic diagram of a process of establishing a policy association of a terminal during a registration process of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present application;

3 is a schematic diagram of a policy parameter request process initiated by a UE according to an embodiment of the present application;

4 is a schematic diagram of an authentication process of a remote UE in a relay scenario according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart 1 of a method for establishing a measurement association according to an embodiment of the present application;

6 is a second flowchart of a method for establishing a measurement association according to an embodiment of the present application;

7 is a flowchart of a method for updating or configuring a policy parameter according to an embodiment of the present application;

8 is a flowchart of a method for updating policy parameters according to an embodiment of the present application;

Fig. 9 is the flow chart of the policy association establishment process that the relay AMF and the remote PCF of the embodiment of the present application establish the remote UE;

Fig. 10 is the flow chart of the policy configuration update process that the remote PCF of the embodiment of the present application triggers the remote UE of the non-direct link;

Fig. 11 is the policy parameter configuration update process on the non-direct link initiated by the remote UE according to the embodiment of the present application;

12 is a schematic structural diagram 1 of an apparatus for establishing policy association according to an embodiment of the present application;

13 is a second schematic structural diagram of an apparatus for establishing policy association according to an embodiment of the present application;

14 is a schematic structural diagram of an apparatus for updating or configuring policy parameters according to an embodiment of the present application;

15 is a schematic structural diagram of an apparatus for updating policy parameters according to an embodiment of the present application;

16 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device according to an embodiment of the present application;

17 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of a terminal implementing an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 18 is a schematic structural diagram of a network side device according to 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-side 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), wearable device (Wearable Device) or vehicle-mounted device (VUE), pedestrian terminal (PUE) and other terminal-side devices, 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 side device 12 may be a base station or a core network, wherein 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, Send 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 terms. The base station in the NR system is taken as an example, but the specific type of the base station is not limited.

The relevant terms of this application will be explained and introduced below;

1. Authorization and policy parameters of the remote terminal (Remote UE) and the relay terminal (relay UE)

If the Remote UE and/or the relay UE want to establish indirect link communication, it needs to configure authorization and policy parameters for performing discovery and indirect communication, where the authorization and policy parameters include:

1) The authorization policy used to authorize the remote UE or relay UE;

2) Used for discovery-related authorization and policy parameters in the discovery phase, such as: relay service code (relay service code);

3) Safety-related parameters in the discovery phase;

4) QoS parameters when the connection is established.

Second, the terminal policy configuration process:

As shown in Figure 2, during the registration process of the terminal, the Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF) and the Policy Control Function (PCF) establish the policy association establishment process of the terminal. The PCF retrieves the terminal's subscription data and other information to generate a terminal policy (UE policy), and sends the UE policy to the UE through the configuration update process; the UE policy includes authorization and policy parameters for the UE to perform relay communication.

It should be noted that if it is in a non-roaming scenario, there is no V-PCF in FIG. 2 .

In a non-relay scenario, the policy parameter request process initiated by the UE is shown in Figure 3. When the policy parameter validity time of the UE expires or is invalid, the UE triggers the policy parameter configuration process requested by the UE, and the network generates the policy parameter based on the UE's subscription data. The corresponding policy parameters are configured to the UE.

In addition, the authentication process of the remote UE in the relay scenario is shown in Figure 4, that is, when the remote UE establishes an indirect communication connection through the relay UE, the core network of the relay UE interacts with the core network of the remote UE, and the core network of the remote UE interacts with the core network of the remote UE through the core network of the remote UE. Authenticate and authorize the remote UE, and notify the relay UE core network of the authentication and authorization results, and the relay UE core network determines whether the remote UE establishes an indirect communication link through the relay UE based on the authentication and authorization results. .

In this process, the core network of the relay UE can obtain the user permanent identifier (Subscription Permanent Identifier, SUPI) of the remote UE, and retrieve the authorization parameters (subscription information) of the remote UE through the remote UE SUPI.

The following describes the method for establishing a policy association provided by the embodiments of the present application in detail through specific embodiments and application scenarios with reference to the accompanying drawings.

An embodiment of the present application provides a method for establishing a policy association. FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a method for establishing a measurement association according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown in FIG. 5 , the method includes:

Step S502, the first network side device sends a first request message to the second network side device, where the first request message is used to instruct the first network device to request to establish a policy association of the remote terminal with the second network device; the first request message The message includes identification information of the remote terminal; the first network-side device is a core network device serving the relay terminal; the second network-side device is a core network device serving the remote terminal;

Step S504, the first network side device receives a response message sent by the second network side device, where the response message is used to instruct the second network side device to determine, according to the identification information, to establish a policy association of the remote terminal with the first network side device.

Through steps S502 and S504 in this embodiment of the present application, the core network device (the first network-side device) serving the relay terminal sends a message to the core network device (the second network-side device) serving the remote terminal for After the request message for establishing the policy association of the remote terminal, after receiving the response message sent by the second network side device, the policy association process of the remote terminal is established through the first network side device and the second network side, based on In the policy association process, the remote terminal can obtain the corresponding policy parameters, thereby solving the problem that the remote terminal cannot obtain the policy parameters through the control plane in the scenario without N3IWF in the prior art.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present application, the first network-side device may be a relay AMF (relay AMF) or a relay PCF (relay PCF) in a specific application scenario, where the relay AMF or PCF serves the relay terminal AMF or PCF. The second network side device may be a remote PCF (remote PCF) in a specific application scenario, where the remote PCF is a PCF serving the remote terminal.

In an optional implementation manner of the embodiment of the present application, after the first network side device receives the response message sent by the second network side device, the method of the embodiment of the present application may further include:

Step S506, the first network side device receives the policy parameters and identification information of the remote terminal sent by the second network side device;

Step S508, the first network side device sends the policy parameter and identification information to the relay terminal through a configuration update command.

Through the above steps S506 and S508, after completing the process of establishing the policy association with the remote terminal of the second network side device, the first network side device may perform the configuration update process of the remote terminal triggered by the second network side device, Wherein, after the first network-side device sends the policy parameters and identification information to the relay terminal through the configuration update command, the relay terminal forwards the policy parameters to the remote terminal according to the identification information, thereby completing the triggering of the second network-side device The configuration update process of the remote terminal.

In another optional implementation manner of the embodiment of the present application, after the first network side device receives the response message sent by the second network side device, the method of the embodiment of the present application may further include:

Step S510, the first network side device receives a second request message sent by the relay terminal for requesting to configure policy parameters for the remote terminal, wherein the second request message carries the identifier of the remote terminal;

Step S512, the first network side device sends a third request message for requesting to configure policy parameters for the remote terminal to the second network side device, wherein the third request message carries the identifier of the remote terminal;

Step S514, the first network side device receives the policy parameter of the remote terminal sent by the second network side device;

Step S516, the first network-side device sends the policy parameter to the relay terminal through a configuration update command.

Through the above steps S510 to S516, after completing the process of establishing the policy association with the remote terminal of the second network side device, in the case that the remote terminal retrieves that the local policy parameters need to be updated or need to be reconfigured, the remote terminal Send a fourth request message for requesting configuration and updating of policy parameters to the relay terminal, wherein the fourth request message carries the identifier of the remote terminal; and then the first network side device receives the message sent by the relay terminal for requesting that the remote terminal be a remote terminal. The second request message for configuring the policy parameter of the end terminal, and the subsequent steps S512 to S516, that is to say, the configuration update process of the remote terminal can also be triggered by the remote terminal itself.

It can be seen that in this embodiment of the present application, after the process of establishing the policy association with the remote terminal of the second network side device is completed, the configuration update of the policy parameter of the remote terminal that triggers the second network side device or the remote terminal can be updated. process.

It should be noted that the policy parameters in the embodiments of the present application may also be referred to as policies, or policy and authorization parameters, and are used for rules or policies on which the terminal performs the discovery process, the communication establishment process, or the data forwarding.

The above-mentioned FIG. 5 explains the present application from the side of the first network side device. The following will explain the method for establishing the policy association of the present application from the second network side device. Flowchart 2, as shown in Figure 6, includes:

Step S602, the second network side device receives the first request message sent by the first network side device; wherein the first request message is used to instruct the first network device to request to establish a policy association of the remote terminal with the second network device; the first The request message carries the identification information of the remote terminal; the first network-side device is a core network device serving the relay terminal; the second network-side device is a core network device serving the remote terminal;

Step S604, the second network side device sends a response message to the first network side device, wherein the response message is used to instruct the second network side device to determine, according to the identification information, to establish a policy association of the remote terminal with the first network side device.

Through steps S602 and S604 in this embodiment of the present application, the core network device (the first network-side device) serving the relay terminal sends a message to the core network device (the second network-side device) serving the remote terminal for After the request message for establishing the policy association of the remote terminal is received, after receiving the response message sent by the second network side device, the policy association process of the remote terminal is established through the first network side device and the second network side device, Based on the policy association process, the remote terminal can acquire the corresponding policy parameters, thereby solving the problem that the remote terminal cannot acquire the policy parameters through the control plane in a scenario without N3IWF in the prior art.

In an optional implementation manner of the embodiment of the present application, after the second network side device sends a response message to the first network side device, the method steps of the embodiment of the present application may further include:

Step S606, the second network side device sends the policy parameters and identification information of the remote terminal to the first network side device; wherein the policy parameters and identification information of the remote terminal are used for the first network side device to execute the policy parameters of the remote device configuration update.

Through step S606 in this embodiment of the present application, after the policy association establishment process with the remote terminal of the second network-side device is completed, the first network-side device may perform a configuration update process of the remote terminal triggered by the second network-side device . This step S606 corresponds to the above-mentioned step S506.

Step S608, the second network side device receives a third request message sent by the first network side device for requesting to configure policy parameters for the remote terminal, wherein the third request message carries the identifier of the remote terminal;

Step S610, the second network side device retrieves or generates a policy parameter according to the identifier;

Step S612, the second network side device responds to the third request of the first network device, and sends the policy parameter of the remote terminal to the first network device.

The above steps S608 to S612 correspond to the above steps S510 to S516, that is, after the policy association establishment process with the remote terminal of the second network side device is completed, the local policy parameters retrieved by the remote terminal need to be updated Or when reconfiguration is required, the remote terminal sends a fourth request message for requesting configuration and updating of policy parameters to the relay terminal, wherein the fourth request message carries the identifier of the remote terminal; and then the first network side device Receive a second request message sent by the relay terminal for requesting to configure policy parameters for the remote terminal, and receive, by the second network side device, a third request message sent by the first network side device for requesting the configuration of policy parameters for the remote terminal. The request message and subsequent steps thus complete the configuration update process of the remote terminal's own trigger policy parameter.

The foregoing FIG. 5 and FIG. 6 both illustrate the present application from the network side device, and the present application will be explained from the terminal side in the following.

An embodiment of the present application provides a method for updating or configuring a policy parameter. FIG. 7 is a flowchart of a method for updating or configuring a policy parameter according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown in FIG. 7 , the steps of the method include:

Step S702, the relay terminal receives a configuration update command sent by the first network side device, wherein the configuration update command carries policy parameters of the remote terminal;

Step S704, the relay terminal sends policy parameters to the remote terminal to update the policy parameters that are local to the remote terminal.

It should be noted that the above steps S702 and S704 are performed after the process of establishing the policy association with the remote terminal of the second network side device is completed. That is, after receiving the configuration update command sent by the first network side device, the relay terminal can send policy parameters to the remote terminal to update the policy parameters as local policy parameters of the remote terminal, so as to complete the update and configuration of policy parameters.

In an optional implementation manner of the embodiment of the present application, before the relay terminal receives the configuration update command sent by the first network-side device, the method of the embodiment of the present application may further include:

Step S706, the relay terminal sends a second request message for requesting to configure policy parameters for the remote terminal to the first network side device, where the second request message includes the identifier of the remote terminal.

For this step S706, in the actual process, after the remote terminal retrieves that the local policy parameters need to be updated, the remote terminal sends a fourth request message for requesting configuration and updating of policy parameters to the relay terminal, and then the relay terminal only Step S706 will be executed, that is, the process is a process implemented after the remote terminal itself triggers the policy parameter update.

The above-mentioned FIG. 7 explains the present application from the side of the relay terminal. The following will explain the method for updating the policy parameters of the present application from the remote terminal. 8, including:

Step S802, the remote terminal receives the policy parameter sent by the relay terminal, wherein the policy parameter is used for updating as the local policy parameter of the remote terminal.

Through the above step S802, for the remote terminal, in the process of updating the policy parameters, the relay terminal sends the policy parameters to be updated, which includes the updating process of the policy parameters triggered by the second network side device, and The update process of policy parameters triggered by the remote terminal itself.

In this embodiment of the present application, the method for the remote terminal to receive the policy parameter sent by the relay terminal involved in the above step S802 may further include:

Step S802-11, when the remote terminal retrieves that the local policy parameter needs to be updated or needs to be reconfigured, the remote terminal sends a fourth request message for requesting configuration and updating the policy parameter to the relay terminal, wherein the first 4. The request message carries the identifier of the remote terminal;

Step S802-12, the remote terminal receives the policy parameter sent by the relay device; wherein, the policy parameter is obtained by the relay terminal requesting the second network side device through the first network side device.

The above steps S802-11 and S802-12 are the process of triggering policy parameter update by the remote terminal itself.

The entire process of the present application will be illustrated below with reference to the specific implementation of the embodiments of the present application. In this specific implementation, the first network side device is a relay AMF (relay AMF) or a relay PCF (relay PCF), and the second The network side device is a remote PCF (remote PCF).

Embodiment 1

This specific embodiment provides a policy association establishment process for relay AMF/relay PCF and remote PCF to establish remote UE. As shown in Figure 9, the method steps of this establishment process include:

Step S902, the remote terminal discovers;

Step S904, the remote terminal sends an indirect link connection establishment request;

Step S906, the authentication and authorization process of the remote terminal;

Among them, the core network of the relay UE has completed the authentication and authorization of the remote UE through the core network of the remote UE, and the relay AMF/relay PCF obtains the SUPI of the remote UE.

Step S908, the remote terminal receives a non-direct link connection establishment acceptance;

Step S910, relay AMF/relay PCF sends a policy creation request about remote UE to remote PCF;

Step S912, the remote PCF sends a policy creation response to the relay AMF.

Embodiment 2

This specific embodiment is implemented based on the specific embodiment 1; in this specific embodiment, after the network side finds that the policy of the Remote UE has been updated, the remote PCF triggers the policy configuration update process of the remote UE of the non-direct link, and updates the The policy parameters of the relay UE are provided to the remote UE through the core network of the relay UE, as shown in Figure 10. The method steps of this process include:

Step S1002, the remote PCF triggers the configuration update process of the remote UE, and sends the policy parameters of the Remote UE to the relay AMF/Relay PCF;

Step S1004, after receiving the policy parameters of the remote UE, the Relay AMF/Relay PCF initiates a configuration update process of the UE, and during the configuration update process, the relay AMF/Relay PCF sends the remote UE policy parameters to the relay UE;

Step S1006, after receiving the policy parameters for the remote UE, the Relay UE sends the policy parameters of the remote UE to the remote UE;

Step S1008, the remote UE sends the configuration update completion signaling to the Relay UE;

Step S1010, the Relay UE sends a configuration update completion signaling to the Relay AMF/Relay PCF.

The specific embodiment 2 is an update process of the policy parameter triggered by the remote PCF, and the configuration and update of the Remote UE policy and parameter are realized through the method steps in this FIG. 10 .

Embodiment 3

This specific embodiment is implemented based on the specific embodiment 1; in this specific embodiment, the remote UE initiates the policy parameter configuration update process on the indirect link, and the remote UE requests the core network of the relay UE to retrieve the policy parameters of the remote UE, And provide it to the remote UE, as shown in Figure 11, the steps of the method include:

Step S1102, the remote UE establishes and completes a layer three relay link through the relay UE;

Step S1104, when the remote UE retrieves that its own policy parameters need to be updated, the remote UE sends a remote UE policy update request to the relay UE;

Among them, the request is sent to the relay UE through PC5-S signaling, and the request information contains the identifier of the remote UE, such as SUCI, SUPI, GUTI, etc. of the remote UE;

Step S1106, after receiving the remote UE policy update request, the relay UE triggers the policy configuration process, the relay UE sends a policy configuration request message to the relay AMF/relay PCF, and indicates that the request message is used to configure the policy parameters of the remote UE; wherein, the request The message contains the remote UE identifier.

Step S1108, the relay AMF/relay PCF sends a policy control update request to the remote PCF, which is used to request the remote PCF to configure the policy parameters of the remote UE, and the request message includes the remote UE identifier;

Step S1110, after receiving the policy control update request sent by the relay AMF/relay PCF, the remote PCF retrieves and determines the policy parameters of the remote UE, triggers the configuration update process of the remote UE, and sends the policy parameters of the remote UE to the remote UE;

The step S1110 is similar to the steps S1002 to S1010 in the above-mentioned FIG. 10 .

The specific embodiment 3 is an update process of the policy parameters triggered by the remote UE itself, that is, the policy parameters can be updated according to their own requirements.

It should be noted that, in the method for establishing policy association provided by the embodiments of the present application, the execution subject may be an apparatus for establishing policy association, and the method for updating or configuring policy parameters, and the execution subject may be an apparatus for updating or configuring policy parameters, or, A control module in the device for establishing policy association for executing a method for establishing policy association, and a control module for executing a method for updating or configuring policy parameters in the device for updating or configuring policy parameters.

An embodiment of the present application provides an apparatus for establishing a policy association, and the apparatus is applied to a first network side device. FIG. 12 is a schematic structural diagram 1 of an apparatus for establishing a policy association according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown in FIG. 12 , the apparatus include:

The first sending module 122 is configured to send a first request message to the second network side device, where the first request message is used to instruct the first network device to request to establish a policy association of the remote terminal with the second network device; the first request The message includes identification information of the remote terminal; the first network-side device is a core network device serving the relay terminal; the second network-side device is a core network device serving the remote terminal;

The first receiving module 124 is configured to receive a response message sent by the second network side device, wherein the response message is used to instruct the second network side device to determine, according to the identification information, to establish a policy association of the remote terminal with the first network side device.

With the apparatus of this embodiment of the present application, the apparatus for establishing policy association applied to the first network-side device sends a message for establishing the policy association of the remote terminal to the core network device (second network-side device) serving the remote terminal. After the request message, after receiving the response message sent by the second network side device, a policy association process of the remote terminal is established through the first network side device and the second network side. Based on the policy association process, the remote terminal Corresponding policy parameters can be acquired, thereby solving the problem in the prior art that the remote terminal cannot acquire policy parameters through the control plane in a scenario without N3IWF.

Optionally, the apparatus in this embodiment of the present application may further include: a second receiving module, configured to receive, after receiving the response message sent by the second network side device, the policy parameter and identifier of the remote terminal sent by the second network side device information; a second sending module, configured to send policy parameters and identification information to the relay terminal through a configuration update command.

Optionally, the apparatus in this embodiment of the present application may further include: a third receiving module, configured to receive, after receiving the response message sent by the second network side device, a message sent by the relay terminal for requesting to configure policy parameters for the remote terminal The second request message, wherein the second request message carries the identifier of the remote terminal; the third sending module is configured to send the third request message for requesting the configuration of policy parameters for the remote terminal to the second network side device, Wherein, the third request message carries the identifier of the remote terminal; the fourth receiving module is used to receive the policy parameter of the remote terminal sent by the second network side device; the fourth sending module is used to send a configuration update command to the relay The terminal sends policy parameters.

An embodiment of the present application provides an apparatus for establishing a policy association, and the apparatus is applied to a second network side device. FIG. 13 is a second schematic structural diagram of an apparatus for establishing a policy association according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown in FIG. 13 , the apparatus include:

The fifth receiving module 132 is configured to receive the first request message sent by the first network side device; wherein the first request message is used to instruct the first network device to request to establish a policy association of the remote terminal with the second network device; the first The request message carries the identification information of the remote terminal; the first network-side device is a core network device serving the relay terminal; the second network-side device is a core network device serving the remote terminal;

The fifth sending module 134 is configured to send a response message to the first network side device, wherein the response message is used to instruct the second network side device to determine, according to the identification information, to establish a policy association of the remote terminal with the first network side device.

With the apparatus implemented in this application and applied to the second network side device, after receiving the request message for establishing the policy association of the remote terminal sent by the core network device (the first network side device) serving the relay terminal, after receiving the request message for establishing the policy association of the remote terminal to the response message sent by the second network side device, so that the policy association process of the remote terminal is established through the first network side device and the second network side. Based on the policy association process, the remote terminal can obtain the corresponding policy parameters, thereby solving the problem in the prior art that the remote terminal cannot obtain the policy parameters through the control plane in the scenario without N3IWF.

Optionally, the apparatus of this embodiment of the present application may further include: a sixth sending module, configured to send the policy parameter and identification information of the remote terminal to the first network side device after sending the response message to the first network side device; Wherein, the policy parameters and identification information of the remote terminal are used for the first network-side device to perform configuration update of the policy parameters of the remote device.

Optionally, the apparatus in this embodiment of the present application may further include: a sixth receiving module, configured to receive a message sent by the first network side device for requesting to configure a policy for the remote terminal after sending a response message to the first network side device. The third request message for parameters, wherein the third request message carries the identifier of the remote terminal; the processing module is used for retrieving or generating policy parameters according to the identifier; the seventh sending module is used for responding to the third request of the first network device , and send the policy parameters of the remote terminal to the first network device.

This embodiment of the present application further provides an apparatus for updating or configuring policy parameters, which is applied to a relay terminal. FIG. 14 is a schematic structural diagram of the apparatus for updating or configuring policy parameters according to an embodiment of the present application, as shown in FIG. 14 , The device includes:

A seventh receiving module 142, configured to receive a configuration update command sent by the first network-side device, wherein the configuration update command carries policy parameters of the remote terminal;

The eighth sending module 144 is configured to send the policy parameter to the remote terminal to be updated as the local policy parameter of the remote terminal.

Optionally, the apparatus in this embodiment of the present application may further include: a ninth sending module, configured to send, to the first network-side device, a configuration update command sent by the first network-side device for requesting to configure the remote terminal before receiving the command. A second request message for policy parameters, wherein the second request message includes the identifier of the remote terminal.

An embodiment of the present application also provides an apparatus for updating policy parameters, which is applied to a remote terminal. FIG. 15 is a schematic structural diagram of an apparatus for updating policy parameters according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown in FIG. 15 , the apparatus includes:

The eighth receiving module 152 is configured to receive the policy parameter sent by the relay terminal, wherein the policy parameter is used to update the policy parameter as the local policy parameter of the remote terminal.

Optionally, the eighth receiving module in this embodiment of the present application may include: a sending unit, configured to send a request for configuration and update to the relay terminal when the retrieved local policy parameter needs to be updated or needs to be reconfigured. a fourth request message for policy parameters, wherein the fourth request message carries the identifier of the remote terminal; the receiving unit is configured to receive the policy parameter sent by the relay device; wherein, the policy parameter is sent by the relay terminal through the first network side device Obtain by requesting from the second network side device.

The device for policy association and the device for updating or configuring the policy parameters in the embodiments of the present application may be devices, and may also be components, integrated circuits, or chips in a terminal. The device may be a mobile terminal or a non-mobile terminal. Exemplarily, the mobile terminal may include, but is not limited to, the types of terminals 11 listed above, and the non-mobile terminal may be a server, a network attached storage (NAS), a personal computer (personal computer, PC), a television ( television, TV), teller machine, or self-service machine, etc., which are not specifically limited in the embodiments of the present application.

The policy associating device and the device for updating or configuring the policy parameters in the embodiments of the present application may be devices having an operating system. The operating system may be an Android (Android) operating system, an ios operating system, or other possible operating systems, which are not specifically limited in the embodiments of the present application.

The policy associating apparatus and the policy parameter updating or configuring apparatus provided in the embodiments of the present application can implement each process implemented by the method embodiments in FIG. 5 to FIG. 8 , and achieve the same technical effect.

Optionally, as shown in FIG. 16, an embodiment of the present application further provides a communication device 1600, including a processor 1601, a memory 1602, a program or instruction stored in the memory 1602 and executable on the processor 1601, For example, when the communication device 1600 is a terminal, when the program or instruction is executed by the processor 1601, each process of the above-mentioned policy association method, or the policy parameter update or configuration method embodiment is implemented, and the same technical effect can be achieved. When the communication device 1600 is a network side device, when the program or instruction is executed by the processor 1601, each process of the above-mentioned policy association method, or the policy parameter update or configuration method embodiment is implemented, and the same technical effect can be achieved. In order to avoid Repeat, and will not repeat them here.

FIG. 17 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of a terminal implementing an embodiment of the present application.

The terminal 100 includes but is not limited to: a radio frequency unit 101, a network module 102, an audio output unit 103, an input unit 104, a sensor 105, a display unit 106, a user input unit 107, an interface unit 108, a memory 109, a processor 110 and other components .

Those skilled in the art can understand that the terminal 100 may also include a power source (such as a battery) for supplying power to various components, and the power source may be logically connected to the processor 110 through a power management system, so as to manage charging, discharging, and power consumption through the power management system management and other functions. The terminal structure shown in FIG. 17 does not constitute a limitation on the terminal, and the terminal may include more or less components than shown, or combine some components, or arrange different components, which will not be repeated here.

It should be understood that, in this embodiment of the present application, the input unit 104 may include a graphics processor (Graphics Processing Unit, GPU) 1041 and a microphone 1042. Such as camera) to obtain still pictures or video image data for processing. The display unit 106 may include a display panel 1061, which may be configured in the form of a liquid crystal display, an organic light emitting diode, or the like. The user input unit 107 includes a touch panel 1071 and other input devices 1072 . The touch panel 1071 is also called a touch screen. The touch panel 1071 may include two parts, a touch detection device and a touch controller. Other input devices 1072 may include, but are not limited to, physical keyboards, function keys (such as volume control keys, switch keys, etc.), trackballs, mice, and joysticks, which are not described herein again.

In the embodiment of the present application, the radio frequency unit 101 receives the downlink data from the network side device, and then processes it to the processor 110; in addition, sends the uplink data to the network side device. Generally, the radio frequency unit 101 includes, but is not limited to, an antenna, at least one amplifier, a transceiver, a coupler, a low noise amplifier, a duplexer, and the like.

Memory 109 may be used to store software programs or instructions as well as various data. The memory 109 may mainly include a storage program or instruction area and a storage data area, wherein the stored program or instruction area may store an operating system, an application program or instruction required for at least one function (such as a sound playback function, an image playback function, etc.) and the like. In addition, the memory 109 may include a high-speed random access memory, and may also include a non-volatile memory, wherein the non-volatile memory may be a read-only memory (Read-Only Memory, ROM), a programmable read-only memory (Programmable ROM) , PROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (Erasable PROM, EPROM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (Electrically EPROM, EEPROM) or flash memory. For example at least one magnetic disk storage device, flash memory device, or other non-volatile solid state storage device.

The processor 110 may include one or more processing units; optionally, the processor 110 may integrate an application processor and a modem processor, wherein the application processor mainly processes the operating system, user interface, application programs or instructions, etc., Modem processors mainly deal with wireless communications, such as baseband processors. It can be understood that, the above-mentioned modulation and demodulation processor may not be integrated into the processor 110 .

The radio frequency unit 101 is configured to send a first request message to the second network side device, wherein the first request message is used to instruct the first network device to request to establish a policy association of the remote terminal with the second network device ; The first request message includes the identification information of the remote terminal; the first network side device is a core network device serving the relay terminal; the second network side device is serving the remote terminal. Terminal core network equipment;

The radio frequency unit 101 is configured to receive a response message sent by the second network side device, where the response message is used to instruct the second network side device to determine, according to the identification information, to establish a relationship with the first network side device Policy association of the remote terminal.

Through the terminal of the present application, the core network device (the first network side device) serving the relay terminal sends the information used to establish the policy association of the remote terminal to the core network device (the second network side device) serving the remote terminal. After the request message, after receiving the response message sent by the second network side device, a policy association process of the remote terminal is established through the first network side device and the second network side. Based on the policy association process, the remote terminal Corresponding policy parameters can be acquired, thereby solving the problem that the remote terminal cannot acquire policy parameters through the control plane in the N3IWF scenario in the prior art.

Specifically, an embodiment of the present application further provides a network side device. As shown in FIG. 18 , the network device 1800 includes: an antenna 181 , a radio frequency device 182 , and a baseband device 183 . The antenna 181 is connected to the radio frequency device 182 . In the uplink direction, the radio frequency device 182 receives information through the antenna 181, and sends the received information to the baseband device 183 for processing. In the downlink direction, the baseband device 183 processes the information to be sent and sends it to the radio frequency device 182 , and the radio frequency device 182 processes the received information and sends it out through the antenna 181 .

The above-mentioned frequency band processing apparatus may be located in the baseband apparatus 183 , and the method performed by the network side device in the above embodiments may be implemented in the baseband apparatus 183 , where the baseband apparatus 183 includes a processor 184 and a memory 185 .

The baseband device 183 may include, for example, at least one baseband board on which a plurality of chips are arranged, as shown in FIG. 18 , one of the chips is, for example, the processor 184 , which is connected to the memory 185 to call a program in the memory 185 to execute The network devices shown in the above method embodiments operate.

The baseband device 183 may further include a network interface 186 for exchanging information with the radio frequency device 182, and the interface is, for example, a common public radio interface (CPRI for short).

Specifically, the network-side device in the embodiment of the present invention further includes: an instruction or program stored in the memory 185 and executable on the processor 184 , and the processor 184 invokes the instruction or program in the memory 185 to execute the instructions or programs shown in FIG. 12 or 13 . The method executed by each module achieves the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, it is not repeated here.

The embodiments of the present application further provide a computer program product, the computer program product is stored in a non-volatile storage medium, and the computer program product is executed by at least one processor to implement the above-mentioned policy association method, or a method for determining policy parameters. Each process of the method embodiment is updated or configured, and the same technical effect can be achieved. To avoid repetition, details are not repeated here.

The embodiments of the present application further provide a readable storage medium, the readable storage medium may be non-transitory, and a program or an instruction is stored on the readable storage medium, and the program or instruction implements the above strategy when executed by a processor The association method, or each process of the policy parameter update or configuration method embodiments, and can achieve the same technical effect, in order to avoid repetition, it is not repeated here.

Wherein, the processor is the processor in the terminal 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 to run a network-side device program or instruction to implement the above policy association method , or each process of the policy parameter update or configuration method embodiments, and can achieve the same technical effect, and to avoid repetition, details are not described here.

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-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 establishing a policy association, comprising:

The first network-side device sends a first request message to the second network-side device, where the first request message is used to instruct the first network device to request the establishment of a policy association of the remote terminal with the second network device; the The first request message includes identification information of the remote terminal; the first network-side device is a core network device serving the relay terminal; the second network-side device is a core network device serving the remote terminal network equipment;

The first network-side device receives a response message sent by the second network-side device, where the response message is used to instruct the second network-side device to determine a relationship with the first network-side device according to the identification information A policy association of the remote terminal is established.
The method according to claim 1, wherein after the first network side device receives the response message sent by the second network side device, the method further comprises:

receiving, by the first network side device, the policy parameter and identification information of the remote terminal sent by the second network side device;

The first network-side device sends the policy parameter and the identification information to the relay terminal through a configuration update command.
The method according to claim 1, wherein after the first network side device receives the response message sent by the second network side device, the method further comprises:

receiving, by the first network-side device, a second request message sent by the relay terminal for requesting to configure policy parameters for the remote terminal, where the second request message carries the identifier of the remote terminal;

The first network side device sends a third request message for requesting to configure policy parameters for the remote terminal to the second network side device, wherein the third request message carries the information of the remote terminal. identification;

receiving, by the first network side device, the policy parameter of the remote terminal sent by the second network side device;

The first network-side device sends the policy parameter to the relay terminal through a configuration update command.
A method for establishing a policy association, comprising:

The second network side device receives the first request message sent by the first network side device; wherein the first request message is used to instruct the first network device to request to establish a policy association of the remote terminal with the second network device; The first request message carries the identification information of the remote terminal; the first network side device is a core network device serving the relay terminal; the second network side device is a device serving the remote terminal. core network equipment;

The second network-side device sends a response message to the first network-side device, where the response message is used to instruct the second network-side device to determine, according to the identification information, to establish a relationship with the first network-side device Policy association of the remote terminal.
The method according to claim 4, wherein after the second network side device sends a response message to the first network side device, the method further comprises:

The second network-side device sends the policy parameters and identification information of the remote terminal to the first network-side device; wherein, the policy parameters and identification information of the remote terminal are used for the first network-side device A configuration update of the policy parameters of the remote device is performed.
The method according to claim 4, wherein after the second network side device sends a response message to the first network side device, the method further comprises:

The second network side device receives a third request message sent by the first network side device for requesting to configure policy parameters for the remote terminal, wherein the third request message carries the remote terminal 's identification;

The second network-side device retrieves or generates a policy parameter according to the identifier;

The second network side device responds to the third request of the first network device, and sends the policy parameter of the remote terminal to the first network device.
A method for updating or configuring policy parameters, including:

The relay terminal receives a configuration update command sent by the first network-side device, wherein the configuration update command carries policy parameters of the remote terminal;

The relay terminal sends the policy parameter to the remote terminal as the policy parameter of the remote terminal.
The method according to claim 7, wherein before the relay terminal receives the configuration update command sent by the first network side device, the method further comprises:

The relay terminal sends, to the first network-side device, a second request message for requesting to configure policy parameters for the remote terminal, where the second request message includes the identifier of the remote terminal.
A method for updating policy parameters, including:

The remote terminal receives the policy parameter sent by the relay terminal, wherein the policy parameter is used as the policy parameter of the remote terminal.
The method according to claim 9, wherein the remote terminal receives the policy parameter sent by the relay terminal, comprising:

When the remote terminal retrieves that the local policy parameter needs to be updated or needs to be reconfigured, the remote terminal sends a fourth request message to the relay terminal for requesting to configure and update the policy parameter, wherein, The fourth request message carries the identifier of the remote terminal;

The remote terminal receives the policy parameter sent by the relay device; wherein, the policy parameter is obtained by the relay terminal requesting the second network side device through the first network side device.
An apparatus for establishing policy association, applied to a first network side device, including:

a first sending module, configured to send a first request message to a second network-side device, wherein the first request message is used to instruct the first network device to request to establish a policy association of a remote terminal with the second network device; The first request message includes identification information of the remote terminal; the first network-side device is a core network device serving the relay terminal; the second network-side device is serving the remote terminal core network equipment;

a first receiving module, configured to receive a response message sent by the second network-side device, wherein the response message is used to instruct the second network-side device to determine a relationship with the first network-side device according to the identification information A policy association of the remote terminal is established.
The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the apparatus further comprises:

a second receiving module, configured to receive, after receiving the response message sent by the second network side device, the policy parameter and identification information of the remote terminal sent by the second network side device;

The second sending module is configured to send the policy parameter and the identification information to the relay terminal through a configuration update command.
The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the apparatus further comprises:

A third receiving module, configured to receive, after receiving the response message sent by the second network-side device, a second request message sent by the relay terminal for requesting to configure policy parameters for the remote terminal, wherein the The identifier of the remote terminal is carried in the second request message;

A third sending module, configured to send a third request message for requesting to configure policy parameters for the remote terminal to the second network-side device, wherein the third request message carries the information of the remote terminal. identification;

a fourth receiving module, configured to receive the policy parameter of the remote terminal sent by the second network side device;

The fourth sending module is configured to send the policy parameter to the relay terminal through a configuration update command.
An apparatus for establishing policy association, applied to a second network side device, including:

a fifth receiving module, configured to receive a first request message sent by a first network-side device; wherein the first request message is used to instruct the first network device to request to establish a policy association of a remote terminal with a second network device ; The first request message carries the identification information of the remote terminal; the first network side device is a core network device serving the relay terminal; the second network side device is serving the remote terminal. Terminal core network equipment;

a fifth sending module, configured to send a response message to the first network-side device, wherein the response message is used to instruct the second network-side device to determine to establish a relationship with the first network-side device according to the identification information Policy association of the remote terminal.
The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the apparatus further comprises:

a sixth sending module, configured to send the policy parameter and identification information of the remote terminal to the first network side device after sending a response message to the first network side device; wherein, the remote terminal's The policy parameters and the identification information are used by the first network-side device to perform configuration update of the policy parameters of the remote device.
The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the apparatus further comprises:

a sixth receiving module, configured to receive, after sending a response message to the first network side device, a third request message sent by the first network side device for requesting to configure policy parameters for the remote terminal, wherein , the third request message carries the identifier of the remote terminal;

a processing module for retrieving or generating policy parameters according to the identifier;

The seventh sending module is configured to respond to the third request of the first network device, and send the policy parameter of the remote terminal to the first network device.
A device for updating or configuring policy parameters, applied to a relay terminal, including:

A seventh receiving module, configured to receive a configuration update command sent by the first network-side device, wherein the configuration update command carries policy parameters of the remote terminal;

The eighth sending module is configured to send the policy parameter to the remote terminal to be updated as the local policy parameter of the remote terminal.
The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the apparatus further comprises:

A ninth sending module, configured to send a second request message for requesting to configure policy parameters for the remote terminal to the first network side device before receiving the configuration update command sent by the first network side device, wherein, The second request message includes the identifier of the remote terminal.
A device for updating policy parameters, applied to a remote terminal, including:

The eighth receiving module is configured to receive the policy parameter sent by the relay terminal, wherein the policy parameter is used for updating as the local policy parameter of the remote terminal.
The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the eighth receiving module comprises:

a sending unit, configured to send a fourth request message for requesting configuration and updating of policy parameters to the relay terminal when it is retrieved that the local policy parameters need to be updated or reconfigured, wherein the fourth request The message carries the identifier of the remote terminal;

A receiving unit, configured to receive the policy parameter sent by the relay device; wherein, the policy parameter is obtained by the relay terminal requesting the second network side device through the first network side device.
A network-side device, comprising a processor, a memory, and a program or instruction stored on the memory and running on the processor, the program or instruction being executed by the processor to achieve as claimed in the claims The steps of the method for establishing a policy association according to any one of 1 to 3, or the steps of the method for establishing a policy association according to any one of claims 4 to 6.
A terminal, comprising a processor, a memory, and a program or instruction stored on the memory and executable on the processor, the program or instruction being executed by the processor to achieve claim 7 or The steps of the method for updating or configuring the policy parameters described in 8, or the steps of the method for updating or configuring the policy parameters as claimed in claim 9 or 10.
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 method for establishing a policy association according to any one of claims 1 to 3 is implemented. step, or the step of the method for establishing a policy association as claimed in any one of claims 4 to 6, or the step of the updating or configuration method of the policy parameter as claimed in claim 7 or 8, or the step of the method as claimed in claim 9 or 10 The steps of the method for updating or configuring the policy parameters.
A computer program product, wherein the computer program product is stored in a non-volatile readable storage medium, the computer program product being executed by at least one processor to implement any one of claims 1 to 3 The steps of the establishment method of the policy association, or the steps of the establishment method of the policy association as claimed in any one of claims 4 to 6, or the steps of the update or configuration method of the policy parameters as claimed in claim 7 or 8, or the steps of the method for updating or configuring policy parameters as claimed in claim 9 or 10.
A chip, wherein 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 method according to any one of claims 1 to 3 The steps of the method for establishing policy association, or the steps of the method for establishing policy association as claimed in any one of claims 4 to 6, or the steps of the method for updating or configuring policy parameters as claimed in claim 7 or 8, or The steps of the method for updating or configuring policy parameters according to claim 9 or 10.
A network-side device, wherein the network-side device is configured to perform the steps of implementing the method for establishing a policy association according to any one of claims 1 to 3, or the steps of any one of claims 4 to 6 The steps of the method for establishing the policy association.
A terminal, wherein the terminal is configured to perform the steps of implementing the method for updating or configuring the policy parameter as claimed in claim 7 or 8, or the updating of the policy parameter as claimed in claim 9 or 10, or Steps to configure the method.