WO2022205244A1

WO2022205244A1 - Method and apparatus for establishing user plane connection

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Publication number: WO2022205244A1
Application number: PCT/CN2021/084778
Authority: WO
Inventors: 谭仕勇; 吴义壮; 倪慧; 李岩
Original assignee: 华为技术有限公司
Priority date: 2021-03-31
Filing date: 2021-03-31
Publication date: 2022-10-06

Abstract

Provided in the present application are a method and apparatus for establishing a user plane connection. The method comprises: an access function network element acquiring first type information, wherein the first type information is used for indicating that a user type of a first user equipment accessing a network by means of the access function network element is a first type; and the access function network element acquiring first control information corresponding to the first type, wherein the access function network element stores the first control information, and the first control information is used for indicating how to establish a user plane connection with the first user equipment. In this way, control information required for establishing an air interface connection can be pre-configured for a user equipment of a certain type, user equipments having different service requirements are divided into different types, and a connection is established for user equipments of the same type, thereby simplifying the process of establishing a user plane connection, improving the efficiency of a communication system establishing a user plane connection for a user equipment, and realizing the optimization of communication.

Description

Method and apparatus for establishing a user plane connection

technical field

The present application relates to the field of communications, and more particularly, to a method and apparatus for establishing a user plane connection.

Background technique

With the popularization of mobile broadband, users' demands for service experience on mobile networks are gradually increasing. Mobile broadband services represented by 4K/8K high-definition video, virtual reality (VR)/augmented reality (AR), real-time games, and online shopping malls have rapidly increased requirements for broadband, latency and security. In order to meet these business demands, the mobile communication industry has evolved from the fourth generation (4th generation, 4G) to the fifth generation (5th generation, 5G).

In addition, the 5G network bears the heavy responsibility of supporting the Internet of Things and the digital transformation of the industry. The society hopes that the 5G network can provide a unified connection capability for all walks of life and support the rapid digital transformation and business innovation of the industry. Traditional user business (to customer, 2C) has different needs, and vertical industry (to business, 2B) users' business needs are often relatively fixed. Based on this, communication optimization can be considered for business characteristics similar to vertical industries.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present application provides a method and apparatus for establishing a user plane connection, which can realize optimization of communication.

In a first aspect, a method for establishing a user plane connection is provided, and the method for establishing a user plane connection can be performed by an access function network element, or can also be performed by a chip provided in the access function network element or circuit execution, which is not limited in this application.

The method for establishing a user plane connection includes:

The access function network element acquires first type information, where the first type information is used to indicate that the user equipment type of the first user equipment is the first type, and the first user equipment is a user accessing the network through the access function network element equipment; the access function network element obtains the first control information corresponding to the first type, and the access function network element stores the first control information corresponding to the first type; the access function network element obtains the first control information corresponding to the first type; The control information establishes a user plane connection for the first user equipment.

Since user equipments of the same type of user equipment have the same or similar service requirements, the control information for establishing user plane connections of these user equipments can be multiplexed. Therefore, in the method for establishing user plane connections provided by the embodiments of the present application, the The access function network element stores the first control information required for establishing a user plane connection for the user equipment of the first type. Therefore, when multiple user equipments of the first type pass through the connection When the access function network element accesses the network, the access function network element can use its stored first control information to establish a user plane connection for each user equipment, without the need for each user equipment to obtain its establishment user from the core network. The control information required for the plane connection is simplified, the process of establishing the user plane connection is simplified, the efficiency of the communication system establishing the user plane connection for the user equipment is improved, and the optimization of the communication is realized.

With reference to the first aspect, in some implementations of the first aspect, the first control information includes at least one of the following information: service quality control information, security control information, mobility control information, service profile information or service information, where the quality of service control information is used to indicate the transmission control strategy of the wireless air interface service, the security control information is used to indicate the security strategy, and the mobility control information is used to indicate the movement of at least one user equipment corresponding to the first type Policy, the service information is used to indicate the service transmitted by at least one user equipment corresponding to the first type, and the service portrait information is used to indicate the rule of at least one user equipment corresponding to the first type accessing the service or performing service transmission.

In the method for establishing a user plane connection provided by the embodiment of the present application, the control information required for establishing a user plane connection includes one or more of the above information, which can enable the access function network elements to have the same user equipment A type of user equipment establishes a user plane connection that meets its service requirements, and does not need to wait until the user equipment triggers the service to obtain the above-mentioned information related to the service of the user equipment from the core network, which simplifies the connection establishment process and improves the communication system for users. The efficiency of the device establishing the user plane connection realizes the optimization of the communication.

With reference to the first aspect, in some implementations of the first aspect, the access function network element receives a first message from the user management function network element, where the first message includes first type information.

With reference to the first aspect, in some implementations of the first aspect, the first message further includes authentication success information, where the authentication success information is used to indicate that the first user equipment is authenticated, and the method further includes: the access The functional network element sends a second message to the user management functional network element, where the second message includes authentication information corresponding to the first user equipment, where the authentication information is used to instruct to initiate an authentication process.

The method for establishing a user plane connection provided by the embodiment of the present application can deliver the type information of the user equipment to the access function network element in the authentication process, and the type of the user equipment will be obtained only in the scenario where the authentication is passed. information, to ensure that connections are only established for legitimate users, and to improve the security of the scheme.

With reference to the first aspect, in some implementation manners of the first aspect, the obtaining, by the access function network element, the first control information corresponding to the first type includes: the access function network element obtaining, from at least one control information, the first control information corresponding to the first type. The first control information corresponding to the first type of information; or, the access function network element sends the first type of information to the user management function network element; the access function network element receives the information from the user management function network element. the first control information; or, the access function network element sends the first type information to the network management function network element; the access function network element receives the first control information from the network management function network element.

In the method for establishing a user plane connection provided by the embodiment of the present application, after receiving the first type of information, the access function network element can obtain the first control information corresponding to the first type in various ways, thereby improving the flexibility of the solution .

With reference to the first aspect, in some implementations of the first aspect, the method further includes: the access function network element is locally preconfigured with the at least one control information; or; the access function network element receives information from the user management the at least one control information of the function network element; or; the access function network element receives the at least one control information from the network management function network element.

In the method for establishing a user plane connection provided by this embodiment of the present application, when the access function network element acquires the first control information from at least one control information, the at least one acquired control information may be acquired in various ways , to improve the flexibility of the program.

With reference to the first aspect, in some implementations of the first aspect, the method further includes: the access function network element receiving a third message from the first user equipment, where the third message is used to request the establishment of a radio resource connection , and the third message includes the identifier of the first user equipment.

The method for establishing a user plane connection provided by the embodiment of the present application is applied to the process of establishing a user plane connection.

With reference to the first aspect, in some implementations of the first aspect, the access function network element establishing a user plane connection for the first user equipment according to the first control information includes: the access function network element is based on the first control information. The control information determines a data radio bearer with the first user equipment; the access function network element sends a radio resource configuration message to the first user equipment, where the radio resource configuration message includes configuration information of the data radio bearer.

In the method for establishing a user plane connection provided by the embodiment of the present application, the process of establishing a user plane connection between an access function network element and a user equipment includes establishing a radio bearer.

With reference to the first aspect, in some implementations of the first aspect, the method further includes: the access function network element receiving second type information from the user management function network element, where the second type information is used to indicate the The user equipment type of the first user equipment is of the second type; the access function network element obtains second control information based on the second type information; the access function network element updates and communicates with the first user equipment according to the second control information the connection between.

In the method for establishing a user plane connection provided by the embodiment of the present application, when the user type of the user equipment changes, the user plane connection can be updated based on the control information corresponding to the updated user equipment type, so as to improve the establishment of the user plane connection. accuracy.

With reference to the first aspect, in some implementations of the first aspect, the method further includes: the access function network element receiving third control information, where the third control information corresponds to the first type; the access function The network element updates the user plane connection with at least one user equipment corresponding to the first type, wherein the third control information is different from the first control information.

In the method for establishing a user plane connection provided by the embodiment of the present application, when the control information corresponding to the user type of the user equipment changes, the user plane connection can be updated based on the updated control information, thereby improving the accuracy of establishing the user plane connection. sex.

With reference to the first aspect, in some implementations of the first aspect, the method further includes: the access function network element receiving a fifth message from the second user equipment, where the fifth message is used to request the establishment of a radio resource connection, The access function network element establishes a user plane connection with the second user equipment according to the first control information, wherein the user type of the second user equipment is the first type.

In the method for establishing a user plane connection provided by the embodiment of the present application, when a second user equipment belonging to the first type accesses the network through the access function network element, the access function network element does not need to be acquired as the second user equipment. The control information required for establishing the user plane connection simplifies the process of establishing the connection, improves the efficiency of the communication system establishing the user plane connection for the user equipment, and realizes the optimization of the communication.

In a second aspect, a method for establishing a user plane connection is provided, and the method for establishing a user plane connection can be executed by a user management function network element, or can also be performed by a chip provided in the user management function network element or circuit execution, which is not limited in this application.

The method for establishing a user plane connection includes:

The user management function network element obtains information of the first user equipment, the information of the first user equipment includes at least first type information, and the first type information is used to indicate that the user equipment type of the first user equipment is the first type; the The user management function network element sends the first type information to the access function network element, where the first type information is used to obtain first control information corresponding to the first type, wherein the first control information is stored in the access function network element above, the first control information is used to establish a user plane connection for the first user equipment.

In the method for establishing a user plane connection provided by this embodiment of the present application, the user management function network element can deliver the acquired first type information to the access function network element, so that the access function network element can use the stored For the first control information related to the first type of information, since user equipments of the same type of user equipment have the same or similar service requirements, the control information for establishing user plane connections by these user equipments can be multiplexed. In the method for establishing a user plane connection, by storing the first control information required for establishing a user plane connection for a user equipment whose user equipment type is the first type on the access function network element, when the user equipment type is When multiple user equipments of the first type access the network through the access function network element, the access function network element can use the first control information stored in the access function network element to establish a user plane connection for each user equipment separately, without the need for each user equipment. Each user equipment obtains the control information required for establishing a user plane connection from the core network, which simplifies the process of establishing a user plane connection, improves the efficiency of the communication system for establishing a user plane connection for the user equipment, and realizes communication optimization.

With reference to the second aspect, in some implementations of the second aspect, the first control information includes at least one of the following information: service quality control information, security control information, mobility control information, service profile information or service information, where the quality of service control information is used to indicate the transmission control strategy of the wireless air interface service, the security control information is used to indicate the security strategy, and the mobility control information is used to indicate the movement of at least one user equipment corresponding to the first type Policy, the service information is used to indicate the service transmitted by at least one user equipment corresponding to the first type, and the service portrait information is used to indicate the rule of at least one user equipment corresponding to the first type accessing the service or performing service transmission.

In the method for establishing a user plane connection provided by the embodiment of the present application, the control information required for establishing a user plane connection includes various information, so that the access function network element can establish a user plane connection with the user equipment that meets its service requirements, There is no need to wait until the user equipment triggers the service and then obtain the control information related to the service of the user equipment from the core network, which simplifies the process of establishing a connection, improves the efficiency of the communication system for establishing a user plane connection for the user equipment, and realizes communication optimization.

With reference to the second aspect, in some implementations of the second aspect, the user management function network element sends a first message to the access function network element, where the first message includes the first type of information.

With reference to the second aspect, in some implementations of the second aspect, the first message further includes authentication success information, where the authentication success information is used to indicate that the authentication is completed, and the method further includes: the user management function network element receives information from The second message of the access function network element, where the second message includes authentication information corresponding to the first user equipment, where the authentication information is used to instruct to initiate an authentication process.

With reference to the second aspect, in some implementations of the second aspect, the method further includes: the user management function network element sending at least one control information to the access function network element, where the at least one control information includes the first control information; or, the user management function network element obtains the first control information corresponding to the first type of information; the user management function network element sends the first control information to the access function network element.

In the method for establishing a user plane connection provided by the embodiment of the present application, the user management function network element can send the first control information corresponding to the first type to the access function network element in different ways, thereby improving the flexibility of the solution.

With reference to the second aspect, in some implementations of the second aspect, the method further includes: the user management function network element receiving the first control information from the network management function network element; or, the user management function network element receiving the first control information At least one control information from a network management function network element, the at least one control information includes the first control information.

In the method for establishing a user plane connection provided by the embodiments of the present application, the user management function network element can obtain the first control information corresponding to the first type from the network management function network element in different ways, thereby improving the flexibility of the solution.

With reference to the second aspect, in some implementations of the second aspect, the method further includes: the user management function network element determines that the user equipment type of the first user equipment is a second type, and the second type is the same as the first type. The types are different; the user management function network element sends second type information to the access function network element, where the second type information is used to indicate that the first user equipment belongs to the second type.

With reference to the second aspect, in some implementations of the second aspect, the method further includes: the user management function network element receives third control information from the network management function network element, the third control information and the first type Correspondingly, at least one user equipment corresponding to the first type accesses the network through at least one access network element respectively; the user management function network element sends the third control information to the at least one access network element respectively, the The third control information is different from the first control information, and the at least one access network element includes the access function network element.

In a third aspect, a method for establishing a user plane connection is provided, and the method for establishing a user plane connection may be performed by a network management function network element, or may also be performed by a chip provided in the network management function network element or circuit execution, which is not limited in this application.

The method for establishing a user plane connection includes:

The network management function network element obtains first control information corresponding to the first type, where the first control information is used to establish a user plane connection for user equipment whose user equipment type is the first type; The functional network element sends the first control information corresponding to the first type.

In the method for establishing a user plane connection provided by the embodiment of the present application, the network management function network element can deliver the acquired first control information to the access function network element, so that the access function network element can store the first control information , since user equipments of the same type of user equipment have the same or similar service requirements, the control information for establishing user plane connections of these user equipments can be multiplexed. Therefore, in the method for establishing user plane connections provided by the embodiments of the present application, By storing the first control information required for establishing a user plane connection for user equipment of the first type of user equipment on the access function network element, when multiple user equipments of the first type of user equipment pass the When the access function network element accesses the network, the access function network element can use its stored first control information to establish a user plane connection for each user equipment separately, without the need to obtain its establishment from the core network for each user equipment. The control information required for the user plane connection simplifies the process of establishing the user plane connection, improves the efficiency of the communication system establishing the user plane connection for the user equipment, and realizes the optimization of the communication.

With reference to the third aspect, in some implementations of the third aspect, the first control information includes at least one of the following information: service quality control information, security control information, mobility control information, service profile information or service information, where the quality of service control information is used to indicate the transmission control strategy of the wireless air interface service, the security control information is used to indicate the security strategy, and the mobility control information is used to indicate the movement of at least one user equipment corresponding to the first type Policy, the service information is used to indicate the service transmitted by at least one user equipment corresponding to the first type, and the service portrait information is used to indicate the rule of at least one user equipment corresponding to the first type accessing the service or performing service transmission.

In the method for establishing a user plane connection provided by the embodiment of the present application, the control information required for establishing a user plane connection includes a variety of information, so that the access function network element can establish a user plane connection for the user equipment that meets its service requirements, There is no need to wait until the user equipment triggers the service and then dynamically obtain the control information related to the service of the user equipment, which simplifies the process of establishing a connection, improves the efficiency of the communication system for establishing a user plane connection for the user equipment, and realizes communication optimization.

With reference to the third aspect, in some implementations of the third aspect, sending the first control information by the network management function network element to the access function network element includes: the network management function network element directly sends the access function network element to the access function network element. element sends the first control information; or, the network management function network element sends the first control information to the access function network element through the user management function network element.

With reference to the third aspect, in some implementations of the third aspect, the network management function network element acquiring the first control information corresponding to the first type includes: the network management function network element acquiring at least one control information, the at least one control information including first control information; the network management function network element directly sending the first control information to the access function network element includes: the network management function network element directly sending the at least one control information to the access function network element; Or, the network management function network element receives first type information from the access function network element, where the first type information is used to indicate the first type; the network management function network element receives information from the at least the first type based on the first type information The first control information is obtained from a piece of control information; the network management function network element sends the first control information to the access function network element.

With reference to the third aspect, in some implementations of the third aspect, when the network management function network element sends the first control information to the access function network element through the user management function network element, the method further includes: the The network management function network element sends the at least one control information to the user management function network element; or the network management function network element sends the first control information to the user management function network element.

In the method for establishing a user plane connection provided by the embodiment of the present application, the network management function network element can send the first control information to the access function network element in different ways, thereby improving the flexibility of the solution.

With reference to the third aspect, in some implementations of the third aspect, the method further includes: the network management function network element determines that the first control information is updated to the third control information; the network management function network element determines that the first control information is updated to the third control information; Control information The access function network element and/or the user management function network element; the network management function network element sends the third control information to the access function network element and/or the user management function network element.

In a fourth aspect, an apparatus for establishing a user plane connection is provided, and the apparatus for establishing a user plane connection includes:

an obtaining unit, configured to obtain first type information, where the first type information is used to indicate that the user equipment type of the first user equipment is the first type, and the first user equipment is a user accessing the network through the access function network element equipment;

an obtaining unit, further configured to obtain the first control information corresponding to the first type of information, and the device stores the first control information;

The processing unit is configured to establish a user plane connection for the first user equipment according to the first control information.

With reference to the fourth aspect, in some implementations of the fourth aspect, the acquiring unit acquiring the first type of information includes:

The obtaining unit receives a first message from the user management function network element, where the first message includes the first type information.

With reference to the fourth aspect, in some implementations of the fourth aspect, the first control information includes at least one of the following information:

Service quality control information, security control information, mobility control information, business profile information or business information,

Wherein, the QoS control information is used to indicate the transmission control strategy of the wireless air interface service, the security control information is used to indicate the security strategy, and the mobility control information is used to indicate the mobility strategy of at least one user equipment corresponding to the first type, The service information is used to indicate a service transmitted by at least one user equipment corresponding to the first type, and the service portrait information is used to indicate a rule for at least one user equipment corresponding to the first type to access the service or perform service transmission.

With reference to the fourth aspect, in some implementations of the fourth aspect, the first message further includes authentication success information, where the authentication success information is used to indicate that the authentication is completed,

The device also includes:

A sending unit, configured to send a second message to the user management function network element, where the second message includes authentication information corresponding to the first user equipment, and the authentication information is used to instruct to initiate an authentication process.

With reference to the fourth aspect, in some implementations of the fourth aspect, the processing unit acquiring the first control information corresponding to the first type of information includes:

The processing unit acquires the first control information corresponding to the first type of information from at least one control information; or,

The device also includes:

a sending unit, configured to send the first type of information to the user management function network element;

The receiving unit is further configured to receive the first control information from the user management function network element;

or,

The device also includes:

The receiving unit is further configured to receive the first control information from the network management function network element.

With reference to the fourth aspect, in some implementations of the fourth aspect, the processing unit is further configured to determine that the at least one control information is preconfigured locally;

or;

The receiving unit is further configured to receive the at least one control information from the user management function network element;

or;

The receiving unit is further configured to receive the at least one control information from the network management function network element.

With reference to the fourth aspect, in some implementations of the fourth aspect, the receiving unit is further configured to receive a third message from the first user equipment, where the third message is used to request the establishment of a wireless resource connection, the third message including the identifier of the first user equipment.

With reference to the fourth aspect, in some implementations of the fourth aspect, the processing unit establishing a user plane connection for the first user equipment according to the first control information includes:

The processing unit determines based on the first control information as a data radio bearer between the first user equipment;

The device also includes:

A sending unit, configured to send a radio resource configuration message to the first user equipment, where the radio resource configuration message includes configuration information of the data radio bearer.

With reference to the fourth aspect, in some implementations of the fourth aspect, the receiving unit is further configured to receive second type information from the user management function network element, where the second type information is used to indicate the information of the first user equipment The user equipment type is the second type;

The processing unit obtains second control information based on the second type of information;

The processing unit updates the connection with the first user equipment according to the second control information.

With reference to the fourth aspect, in some implementations of the fourth aspect, the receiving unit is further configured to receive third control information, where the third control information corresponds to the first type;

The processing unit updates the user plane connection between at least one user equipment corresponding to the first type,

Wherein, the third control information is different from the first control information.

In conjunction with the fourth aspect, in some implementations of the fourth aspect, the apparatus further includes:

a receiving unit, configured to receive a fifth message from the second user equipment, where the fifth message is used to request the establishment of a wireless resource connection, the access function network element establishes a user plane connection with the second user equipment according to the first control information , wherein the user equipment type of the second user equipment is the first type.

In a fifth aspect, an apparatus for establishing a user plane connection is provided, and the apparatus for establishing a user plane connection includes:

an obtaining unit, configured to obtain information of the first user equipment, where the information of the first user equipment includes at least first type information, and the first type information is used to indicate that the user equipment type of the first user equipment is the first type;

a sending unit, configured to send the first type information to the access function network element, where the first type information is used to obtain the first control information corresponding to the first type,

Wherein, the first control information is stored on the access function network element, and the first control information is used to establish a user plane connection for the first user equipment.

With reference to the fifth aspect, in some implementations of the fifth aspect, the sending unit sending the first type of information to the access function network element includes:

The sending unit sends a first message to the access function network element, where the first message includes the first type information.

With reference to the fifth aspect, in some implementations of the fifth aspect, the first control information includes at least one of the following information:

With reference to the fifth aspect, in some implementations of the fifth aspect, the first message further includes authentication success information, and the authentication success information is used to indicate that the authentication is completed,

The device also includes:

A receiving unit, configured to receive a second message from the access function network element, where the second message includes authentication information corresponding to the first user equipment, where the authentication information is used to instruct to initiate an authentication process.

With reference to the fifth aspect, in some implementations of the fifth aspect, the method sending unit is further configured to send at least one control information to the access function network element, where the at least one control information includes the first control information;

or,

The device also includes:

The processing unit is configured to obtain the first control information corresponding to the first type information; the sending unit sends the first control information to the access function network element.

With reference to the fifth aspect, in some implementations of the fifth aspect, the receiving unit is further configured to receive the first control information from the network management function network element;

or,

The receiving unit is further configured to receive at least one control information from the network management function network element, where the at least one control information includes the first control information.

With reference to the fifth aspect, in some implementations of the fifth aspect, the method processing unit is further configured to determine that the user equipment type of the first user equipment is a second type, and the second type is different from the first type;

The sending unit sends second type information to the access function network element, where the second type information is used to indicate that the first user equipment belongs to the second type.

With reference to the fifth aspect, in some implementations of the fifth aspect, the receiving unit is further configured to receive third control information from the network management function network element, where the third control information corresponds to the first type,

Wherein, at least one user equipment corresponding to the first type accesses the network through at least one access network element respectively;

The sending unit sends the third control information to the at least one access network element respectively, where the third control information is different from the first control information, and the at least one access network element includes the access function network element.

In a sixth aspect, an apparatus for establishing a user plane connection is provided, and the apparatus for establishing a user plane connection includes:

an obtaining unit, configured to obtain first control information corresponding to the first type, where the first control information is used to establish a user plane connection for user equipment whose user equipment type is the first type;

A sending unit, configured to send the first control information corresponding to the first type to the access function network element.

With reference to the sixth aspect, in some implementations of the sixth aspect, the first control information includes at least one of the following information:

With reference to the sixth aspect, in some implementations of the sixth aspect, the acquiring unit acquiring the first control information corresponding to the first type includes:

The acquiring unit acquires at least one control information, and the at least one control information includes the first control information;

The sending unit sending the first control information to the access function network element includes:

The sending unit directly sends the first control information to the access function network element;

or,

The sending unit sends the first control information to the access function network element through the user management function network element.

With reference to the sixth aspect, in some implementation manners of the sixth aspect, the sending unit directly sending the first control information to the access function network element includes:

The sending unit directly sends the at least one control information to the access function network element;

or,

The sending unit receives first type information from the access function network element, where the first type information is used to indicate the first type;

The device also includes:

a processing unit, configured to obtain the first control information from the at least one control information based on the first type information;

The sending unit sends the first control information to the access function network element.

With reference to the sixth aspect, in some implementations of the sixth aspect, when the sending unit sends the first control information to the access function network element through the user management function network element, the method further includes:

The sending unit sends the at least one control information to the user management function network element;

or,

The sending unit sends the first control information to the user management function network element.

With reference to the sixth aspect, in some implementations of the sixth aspect, the apparatus further includes:

a processing unit, configured to determine that the first control information is updated to the third control information;

The processing unit determines the access function network element and/or the user management function network element according to the third control information;

The sending unit sends the third control information to the access function network element and/or the user management function network element.

A seventh aspect provides an apparatus for establishing a user plane connection, the apparatus for establishing a user plane connection includes a processor for implementing the function of the access function network element in the method described in the first aspect above.

Optionally, the apparatus for establishing a user plane connection may further include a memory coupled to the processor, where the processor is configured to implement the function of the access function network element in the method described in the first aspect above.

In one possible implementation, the memory is used to store program instructions and data. The memory is coupled to the processor, and the processor can call and execute program instructions stored in the memory, so as to implement the function of the access function network element in the method described in the first aspect above.

Optionally, the apparatus for establishing a user plane connection may further include a communication interface, where the communication interface is used for the apparatus for establishing a user plane connection to communicate with other devices. The communication interface may be a transceiver, an input/output interface, a circuit, or the like.

In a possible design, the means for establishing a user plane connection includes: a processor and a communication interface,

The processor is configured to run a computer program, so that the apparatus for establishing a user plane connection implements any one of the methods described in the first aspect;

The processor communicates with the outside using the communication interface.

It will be appreciated that the external may be an object other than the processor, or an object other than the apparatus.

In another possible design, the device for establishing the user plane connection is a chip or a chip system. The communication interface may be an input/output interface, an interface circuit, an output circuit, an input circuit, a pin or a related circuit, etc. on the chip or the chip system. The processor may also be embodied as processing circuitry or logic circuitry.

In an eighth aspect, an apparatus for establishing a user plane connection is provided, the apparatus for establishing a user plane connection includes a processor for implementing the function of the user management function network element in the method described in the second aspect above.

Optionally, the apparatus for establishing a user plane connection may further include a memory coupled to the processor, where the processor is configured to implement the function of the user management function network element in the method described in the second aspect above.

In one possible implementation, the memory is used to store program instructions and data. The memory is coupled to the processor, and the processor can call and execute program instructions stored in the memory, so as to implement the function of the user management function network element in the method described in the second aspect above.

The processor communicates with the outside using the communication interface;

The processor is configured to run a computer program, so that the apparatus for establishing a user plane connection implements any one of the methods described in the second aspect above.

In a ninth aspect, an apparatus for establishing a user plane connection is provided, the apparatus for establishing a user plane connection includes a processor for implementing the function of the network management function network element in the method described in the third aspect above.

Optionally, the apparatus for establishing a user plane connection may further include a memory coupled to the processor, where the processor is configured to implement the function of the network management function network element in the method described in the third aspect above.

In one possible implementation, the memory is used to store program instructions and data. The memory is coupled to the processor, and the processor can call and execute program instructions stored in the memory, so as to implement the function of the network management function network element in the method described in the third aspect above.

The processor communicates with the outside using the communication interface;

The processor is configured to run a computer program, so that the apparatus for establishing a user plane connection implements any one of the methods described in the third aspect above.

In a tenth aspect, the present application provides a computer-readable storage medium, where instructions are stored in the computer-readable storage medium, when the computer-readable storage medium runs on a computer, the computer executes the methods of the above aspects.

In an eleventh aspect, the present application provides a computer program product comprising instructions which, when run on a computer, cause the computer to perform the methods of the above aspects.

A twelfth aspect provides a communication system, including the apparatus for establishing a user plane connection shown in the fourth aspect, the apparatus for establishing a user plane connection shown in the fifth aspect, and the user plane connection shown in the sixth aspect. A device used to establish a user plane connection.

In a thirteenth aspect, a chip device is provided, including a processing circuit configured to call and run a program from a memory, so that a communication device installed with the chip device executes any one of the first to third aspects above methods in possible implementations.

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FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a network architecture based on a service interface.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a network architecture provided by an embodiment of the present application.

FIG. 3 is a schematic flowchart of a method for establishing a user plane connection provided by an embodiment of the present application.

FIG. 4 is a schematic flowchart of another method for establishing a user plane connection provided by an embodiment of the present application.

FIG. 5 is a schematic flowchart of another method for establishing a user plane connection provided by an embodiment of the present application.

FIG. 6 is a schematic flowchart of another method for establishing a user plane connection provided by an embodiment of the present application.

FIG. 7 is a schematic flowchart of a method for updating a user plane connection provided by an embodiment of the present application.

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of an apparatus 800 for establishing a user plane connection provided by the present application.

FIG. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of an access function network element 900 suitable for this embodiment of the present application.

FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of an apparatus 1000 for establishing a user plane connection provided by the present application.

FIG. 11 is a schematic structural diagram of a user management function network element 1100 applicable to this embodiment of the present application.

FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram of another apparatus 1200 for establishing a user plane connection provided by the present application.

FIG. 13 is a schematic structural diagram of a network management function network element 1300 suitable for this embodiment of the present application.

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The technical solutions in the present application will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a network architecture based on a service interface. Each part involved in the network architecture shown in FIG. 1 will be described below.

1. User equipment (UE) 110: may include various handheld devices with wireless communication functions, vehicle-mounted devices, wearable devices, computing devices or other processing devices connected to wireless modems, as well as various forms of terminals, Mobile station (mobile station, MS), terminal (terminal) or soft terminal, etc. For example, water meters, electricity meters, sensors, etc.

Exemplarily, the user equipment in this embodiment of the present application may refer to an access terminal, a subscriber unit, a subscriber station, a mobile station, a mobile station, a relay station, a remote station, a remote terminal, a mobile device, a user terminal, or a terminal device. (terminal equipment), wireless communication equipment, user agent or user equipment. The user equipment may also be a cellular phone, a cordless phone, a session initiation protocol (SIP) phone, a wireless local loop (WLL) station, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a wireless communication Functional handheld devices, computing devices or other processing devices connected to wireless modems, in-vehicle devices, wearable devices, user equipment in a 5G network or a user in a future evolving public land mobile network (PLMN) equipment or user equipment in the future Internet of Vehicles, etc., which are not limited in this embodiment of the present application.

As an example and not a limitation, in the embodiments of this application, a wearable device may also be referred to as a wearable smart device, which is a general term for intelligently designing daily wearable devices and developing wearable devices using wearable technology, such as glasses, Gloves, watches, clothing and shoes, etc. A wearable device is a portable device that is worn directly on the body or integrated into the user's clothing or accessories. Wearable device is not only a hardware device, but also realizes powerful functions through software support, data interaction, and cloud interaction. In a broad sense, wearable smart devices include full-featured, large-scale, complete or partial functions without relying on smart phones, such as smart watches or smart glasses, and only focus on a certain type of application function, which needs to cooperate with other devices such as smart phones. Use, such as all kinds of smart bracelets, smart jewelry, etc. for physical sign monitoring.

In addition, in the embodiment of the present application, the user equipment may also be a user equipment in an Internet of Things (IoT) system. IoT is an important part of the future development of information technology, and its main technical feature is that items are passed through communication technology. Connect with the network, so as to realize the intelligent network of human-machine interconnection and interconnection of things. In the embodiments of the present application, the IOT technology can achieve massive connections, deep coverage, and terminal power saving through, for example, a narrow band (narrow band, NB) technology. In addition, in the embodiment of the present application, the user equipment may also include sensors such as smart printers, train detectors, and gas stations, and the main functions include collecting data (part of user equipment), receiving control information and downlink data of access network equipment, and Send electromagnetic waves to transmit uplink data to access network equipment.

2. (wireless) access network equipment (radio access network, (R)AN) 120: used to provide network access functions for authorized user equipment in a specific area, and can use different quality of service according to the level of user equipment, business needs, etc. transmission tunnel.

(R)AN can manage radio resources, provide access services for user equipment, and then complete the forwarding of control signals and user equipment data between user equipment and the core network. (R)AN can also be understood as a base station in a traditional network.

Exemplarily, the access network device in this embodiment of the present application may be any communication device having a wireless transceiver function for communicating with user equipment. The access network equipment includes but is not limited to: evolved Node B (evolved Node B, eNB), radio network controller (radio network controller, RNC), Node B (Node B, NB), base station controller (base station controller) , BSC), base transceiver station (base transceiver station, BTS), home base station (home evolved Node B, HeNB, or home Node B, HNB), baseband unit (baseBand unit, BBU), wireless fidelity (wireless fidelity, WIFI) ) in the system, such as access point (AP), wireless relay node, wireless backhaul node, transmission point (TP) or transmission and reception point (TRP), etc., and can also be 5G , such as, NR, gNB in the system, or, transmission point (TRP or TP), one or a group (including multiple antenna panels) antenna panels of the base station in the 5G system, or, it can also constitute a gNB or transmission point network nodes, such as baseband unit (BBU), or distributed unit (distributed unit, DU), etc.

In some deployments, a gNB may include a centralized unit (CU) and a DU. The gNB may also include an active antenna unit (AAU). The CU implements some functions of the gNB, and the DU implements some functions of the gNB. For example, the CU is responsible for processing non-real-time protocols and services, and implementing functions of radio resource control (RRC) and packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) layers. The DU is responsible for processing physical layer protocols and real-time services, and implementing the functions of the radio link control (RLC) layer, the media access control (MAC) layer and the physical (PHY) layer. AAU implements some physical layer processing functions, radio frequency processing and related functions of active antennas. Since the information of the RRC layer will eventually become the information of the PHY layer, or be transformed from the information of the PHY layer, therefore, in this architecture, the higher-layer signaling, such as the RRC layer signaling, can also be considered to be sent by the DU. , or, sent by DU+AAU. It can be understood that the access network device may be a device including one or more of a CU node, a DU node, and an AAU node. In addition, the CU can be divided into access network equipment in the access network (radio access network, RAN), and the CU can also be divided into the access network equipment in the core network (core network, CN), this application does not Do limit.

3. User plane network element 130: used for packet routing and forwarding, and quality of service (quality of service, QoS) processing of user plane data, and the like.

In a 5G communication system, the user plane network element may be a user plane function (UPF) network element. In the future communication system, the user plane network element may still be the UPF network element, or may have other names, which are not limited in this application.

4. Data network 140: a network for providing data transmission.

In a 5G communication system, the data network element may be a data network (DN) network element. In the future communication system, the data network element may still be a DN network element, or may have other names, which are not limited in this application.

5. Access management network element 150: mainly used for mobility management and access management.

In a 4G communication system, the access management network element may be a mobility management entity (mobility management entity, MME) function. In a 5G communication system, the access management network element may be an access and mobility management function (AMF) network element. In the future communication system, the access management network element may still be an AMF network element, or may have other names, which are not limited in this application.

6. Session management network element 160: mainly used for session management, Internet Protocol (IP) address allocation and management of terminal equipment, selection of endpoints that can manage user plane functions, policy control and charging function interfaces, and downlink data notification, etc.

In a 5G communication system, the session management network element may be a session management function (session management function, SMF) network element. In the future communication system, the session management network element may still be an SMF network element, or may have other names, which are not limited in this application.

7. Policy control network element 170: a unified policy framework for guiding network behavior, providing policy rule information and the like for control plane functional network elements (eg, AMF, SMF network elements, etc.).

In a 4G communication system, the policy control network element may be a policy and charging rules function (policy and charging rules function, PCRF) network element. In a 5G communication system, the policy control network element may be a policy control function (PCF) network element. In the future communication system, the policy control network element may still be the PCF network element, or may have other names, which are not limited in this application.

8. Network opening network element 180: mainly used to support the opening of capabilities and events.

In a 5G communication system, the network exposure may be a network exposure function (NEF) network element. In the future communication system, the network opening network element may still be the NEF network element, or may have other names, which are not limited in this application.

9. Network storage network element 190: used to maintain real-time information of all network function services in the network.

In a 5G communication system, the network storage network element may be a network repository function (NRF) network element. In the future communication system, the network storage network element may still be an NRF network element, or may have other names, which are not limited in this application.

10. Data management network element 1100: used for processing terminal equipment identification, access authentication, registration, and mobility management.

In a 5G communication system, the data management network element may be a unified data management (unified data management, UDM) network element. In the future communication system, the unified data management may still be a UDM network element, or may have other names, which are not limited in this application.

11. Application network element 1110: used to perform data routing affected by applications, access network elements with open functions, and interact with the policy framework to perform policy control, and the like.

In a 5G communication system, the application network element may be an application function (application function, AF) network element. In the future communication system, the application network element may still be the AF network element, or may have other names, which are not limited in this application.

12. Network slice selection network element 1120: used to select a network slice instance serving the user equipment.

In a 5G communication system, the network slice selection network element may be a network slice selection function (network slice selection function, NSSF) network element. In the future communication system, the network element of the network slice selection function may still be an NSSF network element, or may have other names, which are not limited in this application.

It can be understood that the above network elements or functions may be network elements in hardware devices, software functions running on dedicated hardware, or virtualized functions instantiated on a platform (eg, a cloud platform).

In the network architecture shown in FIG. 1 , the terminal device is connected to the AMF through the N1 interface, the RAN is connected to the AMF through the N2 interface, and the RAN is connected to the UPF through the N3 interface.

The UPFs are connected through the N9 interface, and the UPFs are interconnected with the data network (DN) through the N6 interface.

The SMF controls the UPF through the N4 interface.

NSSF accesses the service-oriented architecture through the Nnssf interface and provides corresponding services; similarly, NRF, PCF, UDM, and AF access the service-oriented architecture through their corresponding interfaces to provide corresponding services.

It should be noted that the names of each network element and the communication interface between the network elements involved in FIG. 1 are simply described by taking the current protocol as an example, but it is not limited that the embodiments of the present application can only be applied to Currently known communication systems. Therefore, the standard names that appear when describing the current protocol as an example are all functional descriptions. This application does not limit the specific names of network elements, interfaces or signaling, etc., but only represents the functions of network elements, interfaces or signaling. It can be correspondingly extended to other systems, such as future communication systems.

In addition, it should be noted that in some network architectures, network function network elements such as AMF network elements, SMF network elements, PCF network elements, BSF network elements, and UDM network elements are called network function network elements. , NF) network element; or, in other network architectures, a set of network elements such as AMF network elements, SMF network elements, PCF network elements, BSF network elements, and UDM network elements may be called control plane function network elements.

At present, based on the 5G communication system architecture described in Figure 1, mobile operators supporting 2B service communication need to deploy complex network nodes, and to solve the interoperation between various network elements, the deployment and maintenance costs are high. However, the business needs of 2B are often determined. For example, the business needs of certain machinery and equipment in a factory will not change.

When establishing a communication connection for a specific 2B user equipment, the 5G communication system architecture described in FIG. 1 can be simplified. For example, some specific 2B user equipments do not need to deploy the AMF network node shown in FIG. 1; for example, some specific 2B user equipments do not need to deploy the SMF shown in FIG. 1. network node.

In order to avoid deploying complex network nodes, the present application provides a method for establishing a user plane connection, which can divide user equipment into different types according to different service requirements, and establish a user plane for the user equipment based on the control information corresponding to the type of the user equipment. connect. The control information required for establishing a user plane connection may be configured in a pre-configured manner or a dynamic configuration manner.

The following first describes a network architecture that may be involved in the embodiments of the present application with reference to FIG. 2 .

Compared with the communication system architecture shown in FIG. 1 , the present application provides a simplified network architecture, as shown in FIG. 2 , which is a schematic diagram of a network architecture provided by an embodiment of the present application. Each part involved in the network architecture shown in FIG. 2 will be described separately below.

1. User equipment (private user equipment, PUE) 210 of the enterprise network (including PUE#1 and PUE#2 as shown in FIG. 2 ): UEs supporting access to the enterprise network may include various wireless communication functions The specific types of handheld devices, vehicle-mounted devices, wearable devices, computing devices, or other processing devices connected to the wireless modem may include the UE types shown in FIG. 1 , which will not be repeated here.

2. A private network access function (PNA) 220 (including PNA#1 and PNA#2 as shown in FIG. 2 ): a device that supports providing access to user equipment of an enterprise network, and supports Route traffic to the corporate network. Responsible for radio resource management, service quality management and security protection of the air interface.

The PNA can be understood as a network element that supports the functions of the control plane and the user plane of the existing (R)AN.

As a possible implementation, the PNA can be implemented by the (R)AN in the 5G network architecture. For example, the (R)AN in the 5G network architecture is improved, so that the (R)AN can realize the functions of the PNA in this application, and the (R)AN is shown in FIG. 1 and will not be repeated here;

As another possible implementation manner, the PNA can be implemented as an independently deployed network element without relying on the access network equipment in the 5G network architecture, and is used to support the network element related functions of the access function network element in the following embodiments. Yuan.

3. Private Network Management Function Network element (Private Network management Function, PNM) 230: used to manage and configure PNA and other functions.

As a possible implementation manner, the function of the PNM may be implemented by one or several network elements in the 5G network architecture; or, the function of the PNM may include one or several network elements in the above-mentioned 5G network architecture meta function. For example, improve the AMF or SMF in the 5G network architecture, so that the AMF or SMF can realize the functions of the PNM in this application;

As another possible implementation manner, the PNM may be an independently deployed network element rather than a network element obtained by improving a certain network element in the 5G network architecture, and is used to support the network management function network element in the following embodiments NEs of related functions.

4. User management function Network element 240: used for storing permanent identity information of user equipment in the enterprise network, performing authentication and authorization on the user equipment in the enterprise network, and providing security material between the PUE and the PNA. In the embodiment of the present application, the user management function network element is described by taking the authentication authorization and accounting (Authentication Authorization and Accounting, AAA) network element as an example.

As a possible implementation manner, the AAA may be a certain network element in the current 5G network architecture. For example, improve the UDM in the 5G network architecture, so that the UDM can realize the functions of the user management function network element or AAA in this application;

As another possible implementation manner, the AAA may be an independently deployed network element instead of a network element obtained by improving the UDM in the 5G network architecture, and is used to support the user management function network element or AAA related network elements in the following embodiments functional network element.

It should be noted that the names of the network elements in the above Figure 2 are only examples, and do not constitute any limitation on the protection scope of this application. The functions of the above network elements can be implemented by the network elements in the current 5G architecture. The application is not limited, for example, it may be to improve the network elements of the current 5G network architecture, so that a certain network element can realize the corresponding function.

Among them, the interface between different nodes can be defined as follows:

The interface between the PUE and the PNA is P1: used to support the transmission of control plane messages and user plane data.

The interface between the PNA and the PNM is P3: used to manage PNA-related configuration information.

The interface between PNA and PNA is P2: used for information exchange between PNAs and supports the mobility of PUE.

The interface between PNA and AAA is P5: used to exchange authentication and authorization messages with PUE.

The interface between the PNM and the enterprise network is P4: this interface is optional. It can be used to support the enterprise to configure the type information of the user equipment and/or the control information corresponding to the type information to the PNM.

It should be noted that the above-mentioned definitions of the interfaces between the various nodes in FIG. 2 are only examples, and do not constitute any limitation on the protection scope of the present application.

For the convenience of description, in the following sections of this application, the private network access function network element is the PNA network element, the private network management function network element is the PNM network element, and the authentication authorization and accounting function network element is the AAA network element as an example for description.

Further, the PNA network element is abbreviated as PNA, the PNM network element is abbreviated as PNM, and the AAA network element is abbreviated as AAA. That is, PNA described later in this application can be replaced by a private network access function network element, PNM can be replaced by a private network management function network element, and AAA can be replaced by a private authentication authorization and accounting function network element.

For the convenience of description, this application takes the device as an example of a PNA entity, a PNM entity, and an AAA entity, and describes the method for establishing a user plane connection. For the device, it is a chip in the PNA entity, a chip in the PNM entity, and an AAA. For the implementation method of the chip in the entity, reference may be made to the specific description that the devices are the PNA entity, the PNM entity, and the AAA entity, and the description will not be repeated.

In order to facilitate understanding of the embodiments of the present application, the following points are described.

First, in this application, "to indicate" may be understood as "enable" or "trigger", "enable" may include direct enable and indirect enable, and "trigger" may include direct trigger and indirect trigger. When describing a certain information for enabling A, it may include that the information directly enables A or indirectly enables A, but it does not mean that the information must carry A.

Second, the first, second and various numerical numbers (for example, "#1", "#2", etc.) shown in this application are only for the convenience of description and are used for distinguishing objects and are not used to limit the present application. Scope of application examples. For example, distinguishing between different messages, etc. It is not intended to describe a particular order or sequence. It should be understood that the objects so described may be interchanged under appropriate circumstances so as to be able to describe solutions other than the embodiments of the present application.

Third, in this application, "preset" may include predefined definitions, eg, protocol definitions. Wherein, "predefinition" can be achieved by pre-saving corresponding codes, forms or other means that can be used to indicate relevant information in the equipment (for example, including user equipment or core network equipment). Do limit.

Fourth, the "storage" involved in the embodiments of this application may refer to being stored in one or more memories. The one or more memories may be set separately, or may be integrated in an encoder or a decoder, a processor, or a communication device. The one or more memories may also be partially provided separately and partially integrated in a decoder, a processor, or a communication device. The type of memory may be any form of storage medium, which is not limited in this application.

Fifth, the "protocols" involved in the embodiments of this application may refer to standard protocols in the communication field, such as 5G protocols, new radio (NR) protocols, and related protocols applied in future communication systems. The application is not limited.

The embodiments shown below do not specifically limit the specific structure of the execution body of the method provided by the embodiment of the present application, as long as the program that records the code of the method provided by the embodiment of the present application can be executed to provide the method according to the embodiment of the present application. For example, the execution subject of the method provided by the embodiment of the present application may be an access function network element, a user management function network element or a network management function network element, or an access function network element, a user management function network element A functional module in a functional network element or a network management functional network element that can call a program and execute the program.

Hereinafter, without loss of generality, the method for establishing a user plane connection provided by the embodiment of the present application is described in detail by taking the interaction between network elements as an example.

Based on the network architecture shown in FIG. 2 , FIG. 3 depicts a schematic flowchart of a method for establishing a user plane connection provided by an embodiment of the present application. The method for establishing a user plane connection includes at least some of the following steps.

S311, the access function network element acquires the first type of information.

As a possible implementation manner, acquiring the first type information by the access function network element includes: the access function network element receives a first message from the user management function network element, where the first message includes the first type information.

In this implementation manner, the user management function network element can obtain information of at least one user equipment according to the pre-configuration, and the at least one user equipment includes the first user equipment, that is, the user management function network element can obtain the information of the first user equipment according to the pre-configuration. information. The information of the first user equipment includes first type information, where the first type information is used to indicate that the user equipment type of the first user equipment is the first type, and the first user equipment accesses the network through the access function network element.

Among them, "pre-configuration" can be predefined by the operator or the manager, that is, the operator or the manager provides the information of the user equipment to the user management function network element, so that the user management function network element can use the user equipment in the subsequent connection establishment process. All or part of the information is provided to the access function network element.

Exemplarily, the information of the first user equipment may further optionally include identification (identify, ID) information of the first user equipment and/or authentication information of the first user equipment.

The identification information of the first user equipment used to identify the first user equipment may be the identification of the first user equipment, or the identification information of the first user equipment may also be other information that can be used to identify the first user equipment; similarly , the first type information is used to indicate the type of user equipment of the first user equipment, which may be a user equipment type (PUE type), or the first type information may also be other information that can be used to indicate the type of user equipment; the first user equipment The authentication information of the device is information required for authenticating whether the first user device is a legitimate device.

The method flow shown in FIG. 3 may also include:

S312, the user management function network element acquires information of the first user equipment.

As another possible implementation manner, the access function network element is locally preconfigured with the first type of information. For example, the access function network element may acquire the information of the first user equipment according to the pre-configuration, and the information of the first user equipment includes the first type information.

As another possible implementation manner, the access function network element may acquire the first type of information from other devices.

In the embodiments of the present application, the specific implementation manner for the access function network element to obtain the first type of information is not limited. In the following, the access function network element receives the first message from the user management function network element, and the first message includes the first message. One type of information is described as an example. That is, in this manner, the method flow shown in FIG. 3 further includes:

S310, the access function network element receives the first type information from the user management function network element.

For example, the access function network element receives the first message from the user management function network element, or the user management function network element sends the first message to the access function network element. The first message includes first type information.

Exemplarily, the access function network element may be the PNA shown in FIG. 2 , the user management function network element may be the AAA shown in FIG. 2 , and the first user equipment may be the PUE shown in FIG. 2 . It can be understood that the method for establishing a user plane connection provided by this embodiment of the present application can be applied to the network architecture shown in FIG. 2 .

It should be noted that the method for establishing a user plane connection provided by the above-mentioned embodiments of the present application can be applied to the network architecture shown in FIG. The method for establishing a user plane connection can also be applied to other network architectures, as long as the network architecture includes network elements capable of implementing the functions of the network elements involved in the embodiments of the present application.

The first type corresponds to at least one user equipment. For example, the first user equipment, the second user equipment...the Nth user equipment, a total of N user equipments all belong to the first type, and the first type corresponds to N user equipments.

Exemplarily, a user equipment may belong to one or more types at the same time.

As a possible implementation manner, the user equipment can be divided into different types (or categories) according to the service requirements of the user equipment.

For example, when the first user equipment, the second user equipment...the Nth user equipment, a total of N user equipments transmit the same service or perform the same service and have the same or similar control requirements for the service, the first user equipment, The second user equipment...the Nth user equipment is divided into the same user equipment type (such as the above-mentioned first type).

It should be understood that the division of user equipment types based on services and business control requirements is only an example, and does not constitute any limitation to the protection scope of this application, and the division of user equipment types based on other service requirements is also within the protection scope of this application. .

As another possible implementation manner, the user equipment may be divided into different user equipment types according to service characteristics of the user equipment.

For example, when the first user equipment, the second user equipment...the Nth user equipment, a total of N user equipment service packages have the same or similar size (or the service package size meets a preset condition), the first user equipment, The second user equipment...the Nth user equipment is classified into the same user equipment type.

It should be understood that the division of user equipment types based on the fact that user equipment belongs to VR equipment is only an example, and does not constitute any limitation to the protection scope of this application. The division of user equipment types based on other user equipment types is also within the protection scope of this application. within.

As another possible implementation manner, the user equipment may be divided into different user equipment types according to the category of the user equipment.

For example, when the first user equipment, the second user equipment...the Nth user equipment, a total of N user equipments all belong to VR devices, the first user equipment, the second user equipment...the Nth user equipment can be divided into the same A user device type.

It should be noted that the above division of user equipment types is only an example, and does not constitute any limitation to the protection scope of this application. There may also be other division methods to divide the user equipment into different user equipment types, which will not be described one by one here. .

As an example, service requirements for user equipment in vertical industries are usually relatively fixed, so the method for establishing a connection provided in this application can be applied to provide service communication connections for vertical industries. However, it should be noted that the method for establishing a connection provided in this application is not limited to be applied to vertical industries. In a non-vertical industry, there may also be some user equipments whose service requirements have similar and relatively fixed characteristics, and the method for establishing a connection provided in this application can also be applied to establishing a user plane connection for these user equipments.

As a possible implementation manner, the above-mentioned first message may be an authentication message. For example, the first message is an AAA protocol message.

If the first message is an authentication message, it can be understood that the user management function network element sends the above-mentioned first type information to the access function network element in the authentication process.

Exemplarily, the first message further includes authentication success information, where the authentication success information is used to indicate that the authentication of the first user equipment is completed.

Specifically, the first message includes authentication success information and first type information. The authentication success information is used to indicate that the authentication of the first user equipment is successful.

Exemplarily, the authentication success information may be EAP success (EAP success) information.

In this implementation manner, the access function network element may send a second message to the user management function network element, where the second message includes authentication information corresponding to the first user equipment, and the authentication information is used to instruct initiating an authentication of the first user equipment. Certification process.

As another possible implementation manner, the above-mentioned first message may be other interaction messages between the user management function network element and the access function network element.

For example, the first message is signaling between the newly added user management function network element and the access function network element for transmitting the first type of information;

Also, for example, the first message may multiplex a certain signaling between the user management function network element and the access function network element, and add a new information element (the first type of information) in the signaling.

It should be understood that when the first message is an authentication message, it means that the authentication between the user management function network element and the access function network element can improve the security of the solution; or,

When the first message is not the above-mentioned authentication message, in order to ensure the security of the solution, an authentication process between the user management function network element and the access function network element may be performed.

Optionally, after acquiring the above-mentioned first type information, the access function network element may store the first type information locally. For example, the access function network element stores the first type of information in the context of the first user equipment.

Further, in this embodiment of the present application, the access function network element can acquire first control information corresponding to the first type of information, where the first control information is used to instruct the access function network element how to establish a user plane connection with the first user equipment , the method flow shown in Figure 3 also includes:

S320: The access function network element acquires first control information corresponding to the first type of information.

The first control information is applicable to user equipment whose user equipment type is the first type, that is, applicable to the first user equipment.

Exemplarily, after acquiring the first control information corresponding to the first type, the access function network element may determine, based on the first control information, to establish a user plane connection for the user equipment whose user equipment type is the first type.

The first control information includes at least one of the following information:

Service quality control information, security control information, mobility control information, business profile information or business information.

The QoS control information is used to indicate the transmission control strategy of the wireless air interface service, including information indicating characteristics such as delay, packet loss rate, rate, scheduling priority, and packet loss priority. Among them, the packet loss priority is used by the network to determine the packet loss sequence when discarding data packets;

It should be understood that the service quality control information may correspond to service information, that is, service quality control information indicating a service corresponding to the service information.

Security control information is used to indicate security policies.

In a possible implementation manner, the security policy is used to indicate whether encryption protection or integrity protection is enabled on the user plane and/or the signaling plane. For example, a security policy includes two types of information. One type of information includes whether encryption protection is required, preferred, or not needed; the other type of information includes integrity protection. (required), preferred, or not needed.

Exemplarily, the security policy includes a user plane security policy (for determining a user plane security protection method) and/or a signaling plane security policy. The security policy of the user plane is used to indicate whether to enable the encryption protection of the user plane and/or the integrity protection of the user plane. The security policy of the control plane is used to indicate whether to enable the encryption protection of the control plane and/or the integrity protection of the control plane.

For example, the user plane security policy includes two types of information. One type of information includes whether user plane encryption protection is required, preferred, or not needed; the other type of information includes user plane encryption protection. Integrity protection is required, preferred, or not needed.

Also for example, the user plane security policy includes two types of information, wherein one type of information includes whether user plane encryption protection must be enabled (required) or not (not needed); the other type of information includes whether user plane integrity protection must be enabled. (required) or not needed (not needed).

It should be understood that the security control information may correspond to service information, that is, security control information indicating a service corresponding to the service information. The security control information may also include security algorithm information, which is used to indicate the security algorithms supported and used by at least one user equipment corresponding to the user equipment type, including encryption algorithms and integrity protection algorithms. The security control information corresponds to the user equipment type, and indicates the security control information of the user equipment corresponding to the user equipment type.

The mobility control information is used to indicate a mobility policy of at least one user equipment corresponding to the first type.

Illustratively, a mobility policy may be identified by an access area. For example, the mobility control information may include area information that the user equipment can access or areas to which access is restricted.

The service profile information is used to indicate a rule for user equipment whose user equipment type is the first type to access services or perform service transmission. For example, the rules of accessing services: the time to start accessing the service, the time to end the access to the service, and so on.

It should be understood that the business portrait information may correspond to business information, that is, portrait information indicating a business corresponding to the business information.

The service information is used to indicate the information of the service transmitted by the user equipment whose user equipment type is the first type, and the service information can be used to assist in determining how to establish a connection or control the established connection.

The service information includes service filtering information and/or service characteristic information. Service filtering information includes information such as IP address, port number, protocol type, etc. for IP-type data connections; and for Ethernet-type data connections, including MAC address, Ethernet type, and IP type filtering information (Ether type packet encapsulation information). can be included when the payload is IP type); service characteristic information includes transmission characteristics (such as packet transmission interval), service opening characteristics (such as when the service is transmitted, etc.), packet size, and service characteristic information can be defined separately or as service quality control information a part of.

Exemplarily, the access function network element obtains the first control information corresponding to the first type of information in the following possible ways:

method one:

The access function network element acquires first control information corresponding to the first type of information from at least one control information. Wherein, the at least one control information includes the first control information.

For example, the access function network element locally stores at least one control information, and the at least one control information includes control information #1, control information #2, ... control information #N. It should be understood that the access function network element can obtain first control information corresponding to the first type of information from at least one piece of control information. For example, each control information in the N pieces of control information includes one type of information, and the access function The network element can compare the received first type information with N types of information, and obtain control information including the first type information. For example, if the type information included in the control information #1 is the first type information, then the first control The information is control information #1.

Exemplarily, in the first way, the access function network element obtains at least one control information, including the following possibilities:

Possibility 1. The access function network element is locally configured with the at least one control information.

Possibly two, the access function network element receives the at least one control information from the user management function network element.

Possibly three, the access function network element receives the at least one control information from the network management function network element.

Method two:

The access function network element receives the first control information from the user management function network element.

In the second mode, the access function network element sends the first type of information to the user management function network element, the user management function network element obtains the first control information corresponding to the first type of information, and sends the first control information to Access functional network elements.

Exemplarily, the sending of the first type of information by the access function network element to the user management function network element may be: the access function network element sends a first request message to the user management function network element, where the first request message includes the first type of information. information.

Exemplarily, the user management function network element sending the first control information to the access function network element may be: the user management function network element sends a first response message to the access function network element, where the first response message includes the first control information.

Optionally, the premise that the user management function network element can send the first control information to the access function network element in the second way is that the user management function network element obtains the first control information from the network management function network element.

The user management function network element obtains the first control information from the network management function network element, including the following two possibilities:

Possibility 1. The user management function network element obtains the first type of information, and before acquiring the first control information corresponding to the first type of information based on the first type information, the user management function network element obtains at least from the network management function network element. a control message. In this embodiment of the present application, the first control information corresponding to the first type may also be referred to as the first control information corresponding to the first type of information. The first type may be indicated by the first type information.

The at least one control information includes first control information corresponding to the first type of information.

Specifically, after the user management function network element receives and stores at least one piece of control information, the user management function network element may obtain the first control information corresponding to the first type of information according to the stored at least one control information and the received first type information information.

Specifically, acquiring the first control information corresponding to the first type of information includes:

The user management function network element determines that at least one control information includes first control information corresponding to the first type of information.

The user management function network element determines, according to the first type information, whether the locally stored at least one control information includes the first control information corresponding to the received first type information, that is, compares the first type information with the locally stored at least one control information The control information included in the information is compared with the corresponding type information respectively.

If the type information corresponding to a certain control information in the locally stored at least one control information is the first type information, the user management function network element acquires the first control information from the at least one control information.

For example, the user management function network element locally stores at least one control information, and the at least one control information includes control information #1, control information #2, ... control information #N. The N pieces of control information respectively include N pieces of type information, and the user management function network element compares the received first type information with the N pieces of information, and determines the control information including the first type information, for example, control information# The type information included in 1 is the first type information, the first control information is control information #1, and the first response message sent by the user management function network element to the access function network element includes the control information #1.

Possibly 2, after the user management function network element obtains the first type of information, the first control information corresponding to the first type of information is obtained from the network management function network element.

In the second possibility, the user management function network element sends the first type of information to the network management function network element, the network management function network element obtains the first control information corresponding to the first type of information, and sends the first control information to User management function network element.

Optionally, if the type information corresponding to a certain control information does not exist in at least one control information stored locally by the user management function network element is the first type information, the user management function network element sends the first type information to the network management function network element. information, the network management function network element obtains first control information corresponding to the first type of information, and sends the first control information to the user management function network element;

For example, the user management function network element locally stores at least one control information, and the at least one control information includes control information #1, control information #2, ... control information #N. The N pieces of control information respectively include N pieces of type information, and the user management function network element compares the received first type information with the N pieces of type information, and determines that there is no first control corresponding to the first type information in the N pieces of control information information. The user management function network element may acquire the first control information corresponding to the first type of information from the network management function network element.

Optionally, the at least one control information stored locally by the user management function network element is acquired from the network management function network element. Exemplarily, the sending of the first type of information by the user management function network element to the network management function network element may be: the user management function network element sends the fourth message to the network management function network element, or the network management function network element receives a message from the user. The fourth message of the management function network element. The fourth message is used to request to obtain first control information corresponding to the first type of information, and the fourth message includes the first type of information.

Exemplarily, the network management function network element sending the first control information to the user management function network element may be: in response to the fourth message, the network management function network element sends the first control information to the user management function network element, or in other words, the user The management function network element receives the first control information from the network management function network element.

In addition, it should be noted that the user management function network element may also include the first control information in the above-mentioned first message, and the access function network element can obtain the first control information after receiving the first message, without the need for Then request the first control information from the user management function network element. In other words, the access function network element does not need to send the first type of information to the user management function network element to request the first control information, that is, the first request message and the fourth control information. Messages and their response messages can be omitted. Optionally, in this implementation manner, the user management function network element may determine whether to include in the first message according to the state or flag of the locally stored control information (for example, indicating whether the control information is sent to the access function network element). first control information.

For example, when the user management function network element sends the first type of information to the access function network element through the above-mentioned first message during the authentication process, the first control information corresponding to the first type of information is simultaneously delivered. The access function network element may use the first control information to establish a user plane connection with the first user equipment.

Method three:

The access function network element receives the first control information from the network management function network element.

In the third mode, the access function network element sends the first type of information to the network management function network element, the network management function network element obtains the first control information corresponding to the first type of information, and sends the first control information to Access functional network elements.

Exemplarily, the sending of the first type of information by the access function network element to the network management function network element may be: the access function network element sends a second request message to the network management function network element, where the second request message includes the first type of information. information.

Exemplarily, the sending of the first control information by the network management function network element to the access function network element may be: the network management function network element sends a second response message to the access function network element, where the second response message includes the first control information. information.

For example, the network element of the network management function locally stores at least one piece of control information, and the at least one piece of control information includes control information #1, control information #2, ... control information #N. The N pieces of control information respectively include N pieces of type information, and the network management function network element compares the received first type information with the N pieces of information, and determines the control information including the first type information, for example, control information# The type information included in 1 is the first type information, the first control information is control information #1, and the second response message sent by the network management function network element to the access function network element includes the control information #1.

Exemplarily, in the second possibility, the third possibility, the second method, or the third method in the first manner, the at least one control information obtained by the access function network element and the user management function network element may be obtained from the network management function network element. , the method flow shown in FIG. 3 also includes:

S321, the network management function network element acquires first control information corresponding to the first type.

Exemplarily, acquiring the first control information corresponding to the first type by the network management function network element includes: acquiring, by the network management function network element, at least one piece of control information, where the at least one control information includes the first control information.

Exemplarily, the operator or the manager provides at least one control information to the network management function network element. For example, the enterprise configures at least one control information to the network management function network element through the P4 interface. It can be seen from the above description that the network management function network element can directly send the first control information to the access function network element, or the network management function network element can directly send the first control information. The first control information may be sent to the access function network element through the user management function network element.

Exemplarily, the network management function network element may directly send the first control information to the access function network element, which may be the network management function network element sending the first control information to the access function network element, or may be the network management function network element sending the first control information to the access function network element. The access function network element sends at least one piece of first control information, where the at least one piece of first control information includes the first control information.

Exemplarily, sending the first control information by the network management function network element to the access function network element through the user management function network element includes:

The network management function network element sends the first control information to the user management function network element;

Alternatively, the network management function network element sends at least one piece of first control information to the user management function network element, where the at least one first control information includes the first control information.

Further, in the embodiment of the present application, the access function network element can establish a user plane connection with the first user equipment based on the first control information, and the method flow shown in FIG. 3 further includes:

S330, the access function network element establishes a user plane connection with the first user equipment according to the first control information.

The access function network element establishes a user plane radio resource connection with the first user equipment according to the first control information obtained in S320.

As a possible implementation manner, establishing a radio resource connection on the user plane includes controlling (including establishing, modifying or deleting) a data radio bearer with the first user equipment according to the quality of service control information in the first control information;

Optionally, establishing the radio resource connection of the user plane further includes controlling (including establishing, modifying or deleting) the security protection of the user plane with the first user equipment according to the security control information in the first control information;

Optionally, the access function network element may also determine, according to the service profile information in the first control information, to initiate a user plane connection configuration process to the first user equipment at a specific time or before the specific time, and dynamically control (including establishing, modifying, and or delete) the user plane connection of the first user equipment.

After the access function network element obtains the first control information, it can store the first control information locally, and when receiving a user plane connection establishment request of a user equipment whose user type is the first type, the first control information can be used based on the first control information. A user plane connection is established for user equipment whose user equipment type is the first type.

Optionally, the access function network element receives a fifth message from the second user equipment, where the fifth message is used to request the establishment of a user plane connection, and the access function network element is the second user according to the first control information. The device establishes a user plane connection, wherein the user type of the second user equipment is the first type.

Based on the description of the above embodiments, the method for establishing a user plane connection provided by this application can divide user equipment into different types according to different service requirements, and establish a user plane for the same type of user equipment based on the control information corresponding to the type of user equipment. connection. Since user equipments of the same type of user equipment have the same or similar service requirements, the control information for establishing user plane connections of these user equipments can be multiplexed. Therefore, in the method for establishing user plane connections provided by the embodiments of this application , by storing the first control information required for establishing a user plane connection for the user equipment of the first type of user equipment on the access function network element, so when the user equipment of the first type of user equipment passes through the When the access function network element accesses the network, the access function network element can use the stored first control information to establish a user plane connection for each user equipment, without the need to obtain the information from the core network for each user equipment. The control information required for establishing the user plane connection simplifies the process of establishing the user plane connection, improves the efficiency of the communication system establishing the user plane connection for the user equipment, and realizes the optimization of the communication.

For ease of understanding, the method for establishing a user plane connection provided by the embodiments of the present application will be described in detail below with reference to FIG. 4 to FIG. 6 .

Exemplarily, the above-mentioned PNA may be the PNA shown in FIG. 2 , the AAA may be the AAA shown in FIG. 2 , the first PUE may be the PUE shown in FIG. 2 , and the PNM may be the one shown in FIG. 2 . PNM.

In the method flow shown in FIG. 4, the first user equipment takes the first PUE as an example, the access function network element takes the PNA as an example, the user management function network element takes the AAA as an example, the network management function network element takes the PNM as an example, The above-mentioned first message takes the authentication message as an example, the above-mentioned S320 in which the PNA obtains the first control information corresponding to the first type of information is the method described in the first mode as an example, and the method for establishing a user plane connection shown in FIG. 4 is used as an example. At least some of the following steps are included:

S411, AAA obtains first type information.

S411 may refer to the description of S312, which will not be repeated here.

S412, the PNA receives the RRC establishment request message from the first PUE.

The RRC setup request message includes the identifier of the first PUE.

S413, the PNA triggers the authentication process.

Specifically, the PNA triggers the authentication process according to the received RRC setup request message.

Exemplarily, the PNA may determine to trigger the authentication process of the first PUE according to the identifier of the first PUE in the RRC setup request message.

The authentication process may include the following S414, S415, S416, S417, S410 and S419.

S414, the PNA sends the first RRC message to the first PUE.

The first RRC message includes authentication request information.

Exemplarily, the authentication request information is extensible authentication protocol (extensible authentication protocol, EAP) request (request) information.

The above-mentioned EAP is only an example, and does not constitute any limitation on the protection scope of the present application. The embodiment of the present application does not limit the authentication process, and reference may be made to the description in the current related art.

S415, the first PUE sends a second RRC message to the PNA.

The second RRC message includes authentication information. Authentication information is also referred to as identification information for triggering authentication.

Exemplarily, the authentication information includes the identification information of the first PUE, such as a user permanent identifier (Subscription Permanent Identifier, SUPI), a user encryption identifier (Subscription Concealed Identifier, SUCI), an International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) , the user name of the first PUE, or the network access identifier (Network Access Identifier, NAI), etc.

Exemplarily, the second RRC message includes an EAP response (EAP response) message, and the EAP response message includes authentication information.

It should be understood that the above S414 and S415 are optional, that is, in this embodiment of the present application, the PNA requests the first PUE for identification information for triggering authentication as an example for description. The request of the PNA to obtain the authentication response information from the first PUE is only an example, and does not constitute any limitation on the protection scope of this application. For example, the first PUE may also actively report an identification information for triggering authentication to the PNA (for example, the RRC establishment request message in the above S412 includes an identification for authentication) without the PNA requesting the first PUE to report.

S416, the PNA sends the second message to the AAA, or the AAA receives the second message from the PNA.

The second message includes authentication information corresponding to the above-mentioned first PUE, where the authentication information is used to instruct the AAA to initiate an authentication process.

The authentication process includes performing authentication message interaction between the first PUE and the AAA, and the method process shown in FIG. 4 further includes:

S417, an authentication message is exchanged between the first PUE and the AAA.

Authentication messages are exchanged between the first PUE and the AAA to perform bidirectional authentication. Exemplarily, the authentication message may be an EAP message.

S410, the PNA receives the first message from the AAA, or the AAA sends the first message to the PNA.

The AAA determines that the user type to which the first PUE belongs is the first type according to the authentication information included in the second message.

Optionally, the first message includes first type information and authentication success information.

For S410, reference may be made to the description of S310, which will not be repeated here.

After the PNA receives the first message, it can obtain the first type of information. In this embodiment of the present application, the PNA may store the first type of information, and notify the first PUE that the authentication is successful. The method flow shown in FIG. 4 may also be include:

S418. Optionally, the PNA stores the first type of information.

Exemplarily, the PNA stores the first type of information in the context of the first PUE.

Through S416-S418, the PNA obtains the first type information, and S311 is implemented.

S419, the PNA sends a third RRC message to the first PUE.

The third RRC message includes authentication success information.

Exemplarily, if the authentication process is based on an EAP message, the authentication success information is EAP success (EAP success) information.

S420: The PNA acquires first control information corresponding to the first type of information.

The PNA acquires first control information corresponding to the first type of information from at least one control information. Wherein, the at least one control information includes the first control information.

S420 includes the following possibilities:

Possibly one, the PNA is locally configured with the at least one control information.

In possibility one, the method flow shown in FIG. 4 may also include:

S421, the PNA is configured with at least one piece of control information.

In a possible implementation manner, the PNA may acquire at least one piece of control information according to the pre-configuration, where the at least one piece of control information includes the above-mentioned first control information. The "pre-configuration" may be predefined by the protocol, that is, the protocol definition provides at least one control information to the PNA, so that the PNA can obtain the corresponding control information based on the obtained type information in the subsequent connection establishment process.

Possibly two, the PNA receives the at least one control information from the AAA.

In the second possibility, the method flow shown in FIG. 4 may further include:

S422, the PNA receives at least one control information from the AAA, or in other words, the AAA sends at least one control information to the PNA. It should be noted that, in the second possibility, S422 may be combined with S410, that is, the PNA receives the first message from the AAA, and the first message includes the first type information and the first control information.

Possibly three, the PNA receives the at least one control information from the PNM.

In the third possibility, the method flow shown in FIG. 4 may further include:

S423, the PNA receives at least one piece of control information from the PNM, or in other words, the PNM sends at least one piece of control information to the PNA.

Through S421, S422 or S423, the PNA stores the first control information corresponding to the first type, and through S420, the PNA obtains the first control information corresponding to the first type, and S320 is implemented.

Further, the PNA can establish a user plane connection with the first PUE based on the first control information, and the method flow shown in FIG. 4 further includes:

S430, the PNA establishes a user plane connection with the first PUE according to the first control information.

Exemplarily, S430 may include the following steps:

S431, the PNA sends an access stratum (access stratum, AS) security mode command to the first PUE.

The PNA establishes the security of the signaling plane according to the acquired security control information in the first control information. AS security mode commands include integrity algorithms and/or encryption algorithms.

Exemplarily, the AS security mode command includes a user plane key deduction instruction, which is used to indicate whether to deduce the encryption key and/or the integrity protection key of the user plane. Specifically, it is determined that the user plane security key derivation instruction may be the security control information indicating that the user plane encryption protection and integrity protection are not enabled (or not required), then the PNA does not need to generate the user plane encryption key and guaranteed protection. key, including the user plane security key derivation instruction in the command.

Specifically, the security control information includes the integrity algorithm and/or encryption algorithm supported by the first PUE. The PNA determines the integrity algorithm and/or the encryption algorithm used in the communication between the PNA and the first PUE according to the integrity algorithm and/or the encryption algorithm supported by the first PUE.

S432, the first PUE sends an AS security mode completion message to the PNA.

S431-S432 are optional, that is, the AS security mode message interaction is optional.

S433, the PNA sends an RRC configuration message to the first PUE.

Optionally, the PNA establishes a user plane radio resource connection with the first PUE according to the acquired first control information to generate configuration information of the data radio bearer. Establishing a radio resource connection on the user plane includes establishing a data radio bearer with the first PUE according to the quality of service control information in the first control information. Exemplarily, the PNA sends the configuration information of the data radio bearer to the first PUE.

Exemplarily, the RRC configuration message includes data radio configuration information, for example, including uplink service filtering information, priority information, or downlink service filtering information.

Further, the RRC configuration message may also include user plane security configuration information, such as a user plane integrity protection indication and/or an encryption protection indication.

Among them, the data wireless configuration information is used for the PUE to configure the user plane connection, the user plane security configuration information is used to instruct the PUE to activate the integrity protection or/and encryption protection of the user plane; the service filtering information is used to identify the data packets on the PUE; The information is used to indicate the matching order of the service filtering information.

Further, the PNA locally stores the correspondence between the downlink service filtering information and the data radio bearer (referred to as the downlink correspondence), and the correspondence between the uplink service filtering information and the data radio bearer (referred to as the uplink correspondence);

When the PNA receives the downlink data packet, the data packet is sent to the first PUE using the matched data radio bearer according to the corresponding relationship of the downlink;

When the PNA receives the uplink data packet from the first PUE, it verifies whether the received data packet is transmitted using the correct data radio bearer according to the uplink correspondence. If so, it continues to transmit the received uplink data packet. If not, then Drop received packets.

S434, the first PUE sends an RRC configuration complete message to the PNA.

Optionally, when the user type to which the first PUE belongs or the above-mentioned first control information is changed, the PNA may initiate a connection update process to the first PUE according to the corresponding information, so as to ensure that the first PUE uses the correct control information to establish a user plane connection.

Optionally, the PNA may also determine, according to the service profile information in the control information, to initiate an RRC configuration process to the PUE at a specific time, and dynamically establish a user plane connection for the PUE. For example, after the PNA obtains the control information, it is determined according to the service profile information in the control information to establish a user plane connection with the PUE before the service starts. Based on the service profile information, the PNA initiates an RRC configuration process within a preset time period to establish a user plane connection for the PUE, thereby ensuring that no additional signaling is required to trigger the PNA to establish a user plane connection for the PUE.

After the PNA acquires the first control information, it can store the first control information locally. When receiving a user plane connection establishment request from another PUE whose user type is the first type, it can be based on the first control information as the user equipment type. User plane connections are established for other PUEs of the first type.

Optionally, the PNA receives a fifth message from the second PUE, where the fifth message is used to request the establishment of a user plane connection, and the PNA establishes a user plane connection for the second PUE according to the first control information, wherein the second user equipment The user type of is the first type.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 4 , the PNA may obtain the first control information corresponding to the first type from the preconfigured or obtained at least one control information based on the first type to which the first PUE belongs, and according to the first control information Establish a user plane connection. Since user equipments of the same type of user equipment have the same or similar service requirements, the control information for establishing user plane connections of these user equipments can be multiplexed. Therefore, in the method for establishing user plane connections provided by the embodiments of the present application, the The access function network element stores the first control information required for establishing a user plane connection for the user equipment of the first type. Therefore, when multiple user equipments of the first type pass through the connection When the access function network element accesses the network, the access function network element can use its stored first control information to establish a user plane connection for each user equipment, without the need for each user equipment to obtain its establishment user from the core network. The control information required for the plane connection is simplified, the process of establishing the user plane connection is simplified, the efficiency of the communication system establishing the user plane connection for the user equipment is improved, and the optimization of the communication is realized.

Specifically, in the method flow shown in FIG. 5 , the first user equipment takes the first PUE as an example, the access function network element takes PNA as an example, the user management function network element takes AAA as an example, and the network management function network element takes PNM as an example. For example, the above-mentioned first message takes the authentication message as an example, the above-mentioned S320 in which the PNA obtains the first control information corresponding to the first type of information is the method described in the second method, for example, the method shown in FIG. 5 is used to establish a user plane The connection method includes at least some of the following steps:

S511, the AAA obtains the first type of information.

S511 can refer to the description of S311, which is not repeated here.

S512, the PNA receives the RRC establishment request message from the first PUE.

For S512, reference may be made to the description of S412, which will not be repeated here.

S513, the PNA triggers the authentication process.

S513 can refer to the description of S413, which is not repeated here.

The authentication process may specifically include the following S514, S515, S516, S517, S510, and S519.

S514, the PNA sends the first RRC message to the first PUE.

For S514, reference may be made to the description of S414, which will not be repeated here.

S515, the first PUE sends a second RRC message to the PNA.

For S515, reference may be made to the description of S415, which will not be repeated here.

S516, the PNA sends the second message to the AAA, or the AAA receives the second message from the PNA.

For S516, reference may be made to the description of S416, which will not be repeated here.

S517, an authentication message is exchanged between the first PUE and the AAA.

For S517, reference may be made to the description of S417, which will not be repeated here.

S510, the PNA receives the first message from the AAA, or the AAA sends the first message to the PNA.

S510 may refer to the description of S310, which will not be repeated here.

The method flow shown in FIG. 5 may also include:

S518. Optionally, the PNA stores the first type of information.

S518 can refer to the description of S418, which is not repeated here.

Through S516-S518, the PNA obtains the first type information, and S311 is implemented.

S519, the PNA sends a third RRC message to the first PUE.

For S519, reference may be made to the description of S419, which will not be repeated here.

S520: The PNA acquires first control information corresponding to the first type of information.

The PNA sends a first request message to the AAA, requesting the AAA to provide the above-mentioned first control information. The method flow shown in FIG. 5 may further include:

S521, the PNA sends the first request message to the AAA, or in other words, the AAA receives the first request message from the PNA.

The first request message includes first type information, instructing the AAA to provide first control information corresponding to the first type information.

S522, the PNA receives the first response message from the AAA, or in other words, the AAA sends the first response message to the PNA.

The first response message includes first control information.

Optionally, the premise that the AAA can send the first response message including the first control information to the PNA is that the AAA obtains the first control information from the PNM. The method flow shown in FIG. 5 may also include:

S523, the AAA receives the first control information from the PNM, or in other words, the PNM sends the first control information to the AAA.

Specifically, the AAA obtaining the first control information from the PNM includes the following two possibilities:

Possibility 1. Before the AAA obtains the first type information through the above-mentioned S521 and needs to obtain the first control information corresponding to the first type information based on the first type information, the AAA obtains at least one control information including at least one control information from the PNM. a control message.

In possibility one, the method flow shown in FIG. 5 may further include the following steps:

S524, the AAA receives at least one control information from the PNM, or in other words, the PNM sends at least one control information to the AAA.

Optionally, the AAA stores the at least one control information. The at least one control information includes at least one control information.

It should be noted that, in this embodiment of the present application, the S524 may be executed before the S510 is executed, or the S524 may be executed at other times, and the specific execution time is not limited, and the first type of information needs to be obtained according to the first type of information received in S521. The at least one control information may be acquired before the first control information corresponding to the type information.

Optionally, after the AAA receives at least one piece of control information, the AAA may acquire first control information corresponding to the first type of information according to the at least one piece of control information and the first type of information received in S521.

S525, the AAA obtains the first control information from at least one control information.

Specifically, the AAA determines, according to the first type information, that the at least one locally stored control information includes the first control information corresponding to the received first type information. That is, the first type of information is compared with the control information respectively corresponding to the control information included in the at least one locally stored control information.

Possibly 2, after acquiring the first type information through the above S521, the AAA acquires the first control information corresponding to the first type information from the PNM.

In the second possibility, the method flow shown in FIG. 5 may further include the following steps:

S526, the AAA sends the fourth message to the PNM, or in other words, the PNM receives the fourth message from the AAA.

The fourth message is used to request to obtain first control information corresponding to the first type of information, and the fourth message includes the first type of information.

S527, the PNM sends the first control information to the AAA, or in other words, the AAA receives the first control information from the PNM.

The PNM acquires first control information corresponding to the first type information according to the first type information in the fourth message, and sends the first control information to the AAA.

Exemplarily, before executing S527, the AAA determines that the type information corresponding to a certain control information does not exist in the at least one locally stored control information as the first type information. Optionally, at least one control information stored locally by the AAA is obtained from the PNM.

Through S520, the first control information corresponding to the first type is acquired and stored on the PNA, and S320 is implemented.

Optionally, the PNA can establish a user plane connection with the first PUE based on the first control information, and the method flow shown in FIG. 5 further includes:

S530, the PNA establishes a user plane connection with the first PUE according to the first control information.

Exemplarily, S530 may include the following steps:

S531, the PNA sends an AS security mode command to the first PUE.

For S531, reference may be made to the description of S431, which will not be repeated here.

S532, the first PUE sends an AS security mode completion message to the PNA.

S532 can refer to the description of S432, which is not repeated here.

S533, the PNA sends an RRC configuration message to the first PUE.

For S533, reference may be made to the description of S433, which will not be repeated here.

S534, the first PUE sends an RRC configuration complete message to the PNA.

For S534, reference may be made to the description of S434, which will not be repeated here.

Through S530, the PNA establishes a user plane connection for the first PUE, and S330 is implemented.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 5 , the PNA may obtain the first control information corresponding to the first type from the AAA based on the first type to which the first PUE belongs, and establish a user plane connection according to the first control information. Since user equipments of the same type of user equipment have the same or similar service requirements, the control information for establishing user plane connections of these user equipments can be multiplexed. Therefore, in the method for establishing user plane connections provided by the embodiments of the present application, the The access function network element stores the first control information required for establishing a user plane connection for the user equipment of the first type. Therefore, when multiple user equipments of the first type pass through the connection When the access function network element accesses the network, the access function network element can use its stored first control information to establish a user plane connection for each user equipment, without the need for each user equipment to obtain its establishment user from the core network. The control information required for the plane connection is simplified, the process of establishing the user plane connection is simplified, the efficiency of the communication system establishing the user plane connection for the user equipment is improved, and the optimization of the communication is realized.

Specifically, in the method flow shown in FIG. 6 , the first user equipment takes the first PUE as an example, the access function network element takes PNA as an example, the user management function network element takes AAA as an example, and the network management function network element takes PNM as an example. For example, the above-mentioned first message is taken as an example of an authentication message. In the above-mentioned S320, the PNA obtains the first control information corresponding to the first type of information in the manner described in the third method, and the method shown in FIG. 6 for establishing a user plane connection. The method includes at least some of the following steps:

S611, AAA obtains first type information.

S611 can refer to the description of S311, which is not repeated here.

S612, the PNA receives the RRC establishment request message from the first PUE.

For S612, reference may be made to the description of S412, which will not be repeated here.

S613, the PNA triggers the authentication process.

S613 can refer to the description of S413, which is not repeated here.

S614, the PNA sends the first RRC message to the first PUE.

For S614, reference may be made to the description of S414, which will not be repeated here.

S615, the first PUE sends a second RRC message to the PNA.

S615 can refer to the description of S415, which is not repeated here.

S616, the PNA sends the second message to the AAA, or the AAA receives the second message from the PNA.

S616 can refer to the description of S416, which is not repeated here.

S617, an authentication message is exchanged between the first PUE and the AAA.

S617 can refer to the description of S417, which is not repeated here.

S610, the PNA receives the first message from the AAA, or the AAA sends the first message to the PNA.

For S610, reference may be made to the description of S310, which will not be repeated here.

The method flow shown in FIG. 6 may also include:

S618, the PNA stores the first type of information.

S618 can refer to the description of S418, which is not repeated here.

S619, the PNA sends a third RRC message to the first PUE.

For S619, reference may be made to the description of S419, which will not be repeated here.

S620: The PNA acquires first control information corresponding to the first type of information.

The PNA sends a second request message to the PNM to request the PNM to provide the above-mentioned second control information. The method flow shown in FIG. 6 may further include:

S621, the PNA sends the second request message to the PNM, or the PNM receives the second request message from the PNA.

The second request message includes first type information, instructing the PNM to provide first control information corresponding to the first type information.

S622, the PNA receives the second response message from the PNM, or in other words, the PNM sends the second response message to the PNA.

The second response message includes the first control information.

Further, the PNA can establish a user plane connection with the first PUE based on the first control information, and the method flow shown in FIG. 6 further includes:

S630, the PNA establishes a user plane connection with the first PUE according to the first control information.

Exemplarily, S630 may include the following steps:

S631, the PNA sends an AS security mode command to the first PUE.

S631 can refer to the description of S431, which is not repeated here.

S632, the first PUE sends an AS security mode completion message to the PNA.

S632 can refer to the description of S432, which is not repeated here.

S633, the PNA sends an RRC configuration message to the first PUE.

S633 can refer to the description of S433, which is not repeated here.

S634, the first PUE sends an RRC configuration complete message to the PNA.

S634 can refer to the description of S434, which is not repeated here.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 6 , the PNA may obtain the first control information corresponding to the first type from the PNM based on the first type to which the first PUE belongs, and establish a user plane connection according to the first control information. Since user equipments of the same type of user equipment have the same or similar service requirements, the control information for establishing user plane connections of these user equipments can be multiplexed. Therefore, in the method for establishing user plane connections provided by the embodiments of the present application, the The access function network element stores the first control information required for establishing a user plane connection for the user equipment of the first type. Therefore, when multiple user equipments of the first type pass through the connection When the access function network element accesses the network, the access function network element can use its stored first control information to establish a user plane connection for each user equipment, without the need for each user equipment to obtain its establishment user from the core network. The control information required for the plane connection is simplified, the process of establishing the user plane connection is simplified, the efficiency of the communication system establishing the user plane connection for the user equipment is improved, and the optimization of the communication is realized.

On the basis of the embodiments described in FIG. 3 to FIG. 6 , an embodiment of the present application further provides a method for updating a user plane connection between a user equipment and an access function network element.

The following describes the update process of the user plane connection in detail with reference to FIG. 7 . FIG. 7 is a schematic flowchart of a method for updating a user plane connection provided by an embodiment of the present application.

The update process includes the following possibilities:

Possibility 1. The user management function network element determines that the user equipment type of the first user equipment is changed. The first user equipment is changed from a first type to a second type, the second type being different from the first type.

For example, if the service requirements of the first user equipment change, before the service requirements are changed, the first user equipment is classified into the first type according to the service requirements; after the service requirements are changed, the first user equipment is classified into the second type according to the service requirements type.

In possibility one, the method flow shown in FIG. 7 includes:

S710, the user management function network element determines that the user type of the first user equipment is the second type.

The second type is different from the first type described above.

S720, the user management function network element determines the access function network element.

The user management function network element determines the access function network element serving the first user equipment. S720 optional.

S730, the user management function network element sends the second type of information to the access function network element.

The second type information is used to indicate that the user type of the first user equipment is the second type.

After the user management function network element determines the access function network element serving the first user equipment, the user management function network element sends the second type of information to the access function network element serving the first user equipment.

S740, the access function network element acquires second control information according to the second type of information.

The access function network element acquires the second control information according to the received updated information of the second type, and the specific acquisition method may refer to obtaining the first control information corresponding to the information of the first type described in S320 shown in FIG. 3 above. process, which will not be repeated here.

S750, the access function network element updates the user plane connection according to the second control information.

The access function network element updating the user plane connection with the first user equipment may include updating the context of the user plane connection with the first user equipment according to the second control information, deleting the user plane connection with the first user equipment connection, or re-establish the user plane connection with the first user equipment.

For example, updating the security protection method and/or the quality of service control policy of the user plane connection with the first user equipment. Or, create a user plane connection with the first user equipment according to the service quality control policy in the second control information; or delete the user plane connection with the first user equipment according to the service quality control policy in the second control information connect.

As a possible implementation manner, although the user type of the first user equipment changes, when the control information does not change, it is not necessary to update the user plane connection. For example, both the first type and the second type correspond to the first control information.

Possibly two, the network management function network element determines that the first control information corresponding to the first type of information is changed. The first control information is updated to third control information, and the third control information is different from the first control information.

For example, the quality of service information included in the above-mentioned first control information is changed (eg, the packet loss priority becomes a high priority).

Under the second possibility, the method flow shown in FIG. 7 includes:

S711, the network management function network element acquires third control information.

S721, the network management function network element determines the access function network element.

Specifically, when the first control information acquired by the network management function network element is changed, the affected access function network element needs to be further determined.

For example, the first control information corresponding to the first type of information is changed, the first type corresponding to the first control information includes N user equipments (the first user equipment, the second user equipment...the Nth user equipment), and the N user equipments access the network through N access function network elements respectively, and when the first control information is changed, the network management function network element needs to determine the N access function network elements.

Also for example, the first control information corresponding to the first type of information is changed, and the first type corresponding to the first control information includes N user equipments (the first user equipment, the second user equipment...the Nth user equipment), and The N user equipments all access the network through a certain access function network element, and when the first control information is changed, the network management function network element only needs to determine the access function network element.

It should be understood that in the embodiments of the present application, there is no restriction on the number of access function network elements affected when the control information is changed. Considering the access function network involved in the affected user plane connection when the control information is changed Yuan can be used.

S721 optional.

S731, the network management function network element sends third control information to the access function network element.

Exemplarily, when at least one access function network element is determined in S721, the network management function network element sends the third control information to the at least one access function network element respectively.

S741, the access function network element determines the affected user equipment.

Specifically, after receiving the third control information, the access function network element determines which user equipments have user plane connections that need to be updated.

For example, the first control information corresponding to the first type information is changed, the first type corresponding to the first type information includes N user equipments (the first user equipment, the second user equipment...the Nth user equipment), and the N user equipments all access the network through a certain access function network element, and when the first control information is changed, after the access function network element receives the third control information, it determines the user plane connection requirements of the N user equipments renew.

S741 optional.

S751, the access function network element updates the user plane connection according to the third control information.

Exemplarily, the access function network element updates the user plane connection with the affected user equipment based on the third control information. For the user plane connection between the access function network element update and the user equipment, reference may be made to the description of S750.

Possibly three, the network management function network element determines that the first control information corresponding to the first type of information is changed. The first control information is updated to third control information, and the third control information is different from the first control information.

Under the possibility of three, the method flow shown in FIG. 7 includes:

S712, the network management function network element acquires third control information.

S722, the network management function network element determines the user management function network element.

Specifically, when the first control information acquired by the network management function network element is changed, the affected user management function network element needs to be further determined.

For example, the network management function network element obtains the first control information and sends it to N user management function network elements respectively. When the first control information changes, the N user management function network elements need to be notified.

S722 optional.

S732, the network management function network element sends third control information to the user management function network element.

Exemplarily, when at least one user management function network element is determined in S722, the network management function network element sends the third control information to the at least one user management function network element respectively.

S742, the user management function network element determines the affected access function network element.

For example, the user management function network element obtains the first control information and sends it to N access function network elements respectively. When the first control information changes, the N access function network elements need to be notified.

S742 optional.

S752, the user management function network element sends third control information to the access function network element.

Exemplarily, when at least one access function network element is determined in S742, the user management function network element sends the third control information to the at least one access function network element respectively.

S762, the access function network element determines the affected user equipment.

S762 optional.

S772, the access function network element updates the user plane connection according to the third control information.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 7 , when the user type to which the first user equipment belongs or the above-mentioned first control information is changed, the access function network element may initiate a connection update to the first user equipment according to the corresponding information process to ensure that the first user equipment uses correct control information to establish or update a user plane connection. Since user equipments of the same type of user equipment have the same or similar service requirements, the control information for these user equipment to establish user plane connections can be reused Therefore, in the method for establishing a user plane connection provided by the embodiment of the present application, the first required for establishing a user plane connection for the user equipment of the first type is stored on the access function network element. control information, so when multiple user equipments whose user equipment type is the first type access the network through the access function network element, the access function network element can use the first control information stored in the access function network element for each user equipment To establish a user plane connection, it is not necessary to obtain the control information required for establishing a user plane connection from the core network for each user equipment, thereby simplifying the process of establishing a user plane connection and improving the communication system for user equipment. Efficiency, to achieve the optimization of communication.

In the above method embodiments, the size of the sequence numbers of the above processes does not mean the order of execution, and the execution order of each process should be determined by its function and internal logic, and should not constitute any limitation to the implementation process of the embodiments of the present application. . And it may not be necessary to perform all the operations in the above method embodiments.

In addition, the exchange information between the above-mentioned network elements can also be relayed through a third-party network element (or equipment), and the name of the message between the above-mentioned network element and the third-party network element may change. Sending is not limited, it can be sent directly or forwarded, and the message name is not limited.

It should be understood that the user equipment and/or network equipment in the above method embodiments may perform some or all of the steps in the embodiments, these steps or operations are only examples, and the embodiments of the present application may also include performing other operations or variations of various operations .

It can be understood that, in the above method embodiments, the method implemented by the access function network element may also be implemented by a component (such as a chip or circuit, etc.) of the access function network element, and the method implemented by the user management function network element, It can also be implemented by components of the user management function network element.

It should also be understood that, in the various embodiments of the present application, if there is no special description or logical conflict, the terms and/or descriptions between different embodiments may be consistent and may refer to each other, and the technologies in different embodiments may be consistent with each other. Features may be combined to form new embodiments according to their inherent logical relationships.

The method for establishing a user plane connection in the embodiments of the present application is described in detail above with reference to FIGS. 3 to 7 , and the apparatus for establishing a user plane connection provided by the embodiments of the present application is described in detail below with reference to FIGS. 8 to 13 .

Referring to FIG. 8 , FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of an apparatus 800 for establishing a user plane connection provided by the present application. As shown in FIG. 8 , the apparatus 800 includes a processing unit 810 and an obtaining unit 820 .

The obtaining unit 820 is configured to obtain first type information, where the first type information is used to indicate that the user equipment type of the first user equipment is the first type, and the first user equipment is connected through the access function network element. user equipment connected to the network.

The obtaining unit 820 is further configured to obtain first control information corresponding to the first type of information, and the device stores the first control information.

The processing unit 810 is further configured to establish a user plane connection for the first user equipment according to the first control information.

Wherein, the processing unit 810 in the apparatus 800 is configured to execute the steps related to the processing corresponding to the access function network element in the method embodiment. The receiving unit 820 in the apparatus 800 performs the receiving step of the access function network element in the method embodiment.

Further, the apparatus 800 may further include a sending unit 830, configured to perform the sending step of the access function network element.

Exemplarily, the sending unit is configured to send a second message to the user management function network element, where the second message includes authentication information corresponding to the first user equipment, where the authentication information is used to instruct to initiate an authentication process.

The apparatus 800 corresponds to the access function network element in the method embodiment. The apparatus 800 may be an access function network element in the method embodiment, or a chip or a function module inside the access function network element in the method embodiment. The corresponding units of the apparatus 800 are configured to perform the corresponding steps performed by the access function network element in the method embodiments shown in FIG. 3 to FIG. 7 .

The acquiring unit 820 and the transmitting unit 830 can form a transceiving unit, and have the functions of receiving and transmitting at the same time. The processing unit 810 may be at least one processor. The sending unit may be a transmitter or an interface circuit, and the acquiring unit 820 may be a receiver or an interface circuit. The receiver and transmitter can be integrated together to form a transceiver or interface circuit.

Optionally, the apparatus 800 may further include a storage unit, the storage unit is used to store data and/or signaling, the processing unit 810, the sending unit 830 and the receiving unit 820 may interact or couple with the storage unit, such as reading or calling the storage unit The data and/or signaling in the unit, so that the methods of the above-mentioned embodiments are performed.

The above units may exist independently, or may be integrated in whole or in part.

Referring to FIG. 9 , FIG. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of an access function network element 900 suitable for this embodiment of the present application, which can be used to implement the functions of the above access function network element.

The access function network element 900 includes a processor 901, a memory 902 and a transceiver 903, wherein the memory 902 stores instructions or programs, and the processor 902 and the transceiver 903 are used to execute or call the instructions or programs stored in the memory 902, So that the access function network element 900 implements the function of the access function network element in the above method for establishing a user plane connection. When the instructions or programs stored in the memory 902 are executed, the transceiver 903 is used to perform the operations performed by the sending unit 830 and the receiving unit 820 in the embodiment shown in FIG. 8 , and the processor 902 is used to perform the implementation shown in FIG. 8 . The operations performed by the processing unit 810 in the example.

Those skilled in the art can understand that, for the convenience of description, FIG. 9 only shows one memory and a processor. In an actual user equipment, there may be multiple processors and memories. The memory may also be referred to as a storage medium or a storage device, etc., which is not limited in this embodiment of the present application.

Referring to FIG. 10 , FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of an apparatus 1000 for establishing a user plane connection provided by the present application. As shown in FIG. 10 , the apparatus 1000 includes an obtaining unit 1010 and a sending unit 1030 .

an obtaining unit 1010, configured to obtain information of the first user equipment, where the information of the first user equipment includes at least first type information, and the first type information is used to indicate that the user equipment type of the first user equipment is the first type;

The sending unit 1030 is configured to send the first type information to the access function network element, where the first type information is used to obtain the first control information corresponding to the first type, wherein the first control information is stored in the access function network On the element, the first control information is used to establish a user plane connection for the first user equipment.

Wherein, the obtaining unit 1010 in the apparatus 1000 is configured to execute the steps corresponding to obtaining the user management function network element in the method embodiment. The sending unit 1030 in the apparatus 1000 executes the sending step of the user management function network element in the method embodiment.

Further, the apparatus 1000 may further include a receiving unit 1020, which performs the receiving step of the user management function network element in the method embodiment.

Exemplarily, the receiving unit 1020 is configured to receive a second message from the access function network element, where the second message includes authentication information corresponding to the first user equipment, where the authentication information is used to instruct to initiate an authentication process.

Further, the apparatus 1000 may further include a processing unit 1040, which executes the processing steps of the user management function network element in the method embodiment.

Exemplarily, the processing unit 1040 is configured to acquire the first control information corresponding to the first type of information; the sending unit 1030 sends the first control information to the access function network element.

The apparatus 1000 corresponds to the user management function network element in the method embodiment. The apparatus 1000 may be a user management function network element in the method embodiment, or a chip or a function module inside the user management function network element in the method embodiment. Corresponding units of the apparatus 1000 are configured to perform the corresponding steps performed by the user management function network element in the method embodiments shown in FIG. 3 to FIG. 7 .

The receiving unit 1020 and the sending unit 1030 can form a transceiver unit, and have the functions of receiving and sending at the same time. The processing unit 1040 may be at least one processor. The sending unit 1030 may be a transmitter or an interface circuit, and the receiving unit 1020 may be a receiver or an interface circuit. The receiver and transmitter can be integrated together to form a transceiver or interface circuit.

Optionally, the apparatus 1000 may further include a storage unit, the storage unit is used to store data and/or signaling, the processing unit 1010, the sending unit and the receiving unit 1020 may interact or couple with the storage unit, for example, read or call the storage unit The data and/or signaling in the above-mentioned embodiments are executed.

Referring to FIG. 11, FIG. 11 is a schematic structural diagram of a user management function network element 1100 applicable to this embodiment of the present application, which can be used to implement the functions of the above user management function network element.

The user management function network element 1100 includes a processor 1101, a memory 1102 and a transceiver 1103, wherein the memory 1102 stores instructions or programs, and the processor 1102 and the transceiver 1103 are used to execute or call the instructions or programs stored in the memory 1102, In order to make the user management function network element 1100 realize the function of the user management function network element in the above-mentioned method for establishing a user plane connection. When the instructions or programs stored in the memory 1102 are executed, the transceiver 1103 is used to perform the operations performed by the sending unit 1030 and the receiving unit 1020 in the embodiment shown in FIG. 10 , and the processor 1102 is used to perform the implementation shown in FIG. 10 . The operations performed by the processing unit 1040 in the example.

Those skilled in the art can understand that, for the convenience of description, FIG. 11 only shows one memory and a processor. In an actual user equipment, there may be multiple processors and memories. The memory may also be referred to as a storage medium or a storage device, etc., which is not limited in this embodiment of the present application.

Referring to FIG. 12, FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram of another apparatus 1200 for establishing a user plane connection provided by the present application. As shown in FIG. 12 , the apparatus 1200 includes an obtaining unit 1210 and a sending unit 1220 .

an obtaining unit 1210, used for first control information corresponding to the first type, where the first control information is used to establish a user plane connection for user equipment whose user equipment type is the first type;

The sending unit 1220 is configured to send the first control information corresponding to the first type to the access function network element.

The apparatus 1200 corresponds to the network management function network element in the method embodiment, and the apparatus 1200 may be the network management function network element in the method embodiment, or a chip or functional module inside the network management function network element in the method embodiment. Corresponding units of the apparatus 1200 are configured to perform the corresponding steps performed by the network management function network element in the method embodiments shown in FIG. 3 to FIG. 7 .

Wherein, the obtaining unit 1210 in the apparatus 1200 is configured to execute the steps corresponding to obtaining the network element of the network management function in the method embodiment. The sending unit 1220 in the apparatus 1200 executes the sending step of the network management function network element in the method embodiment.

Further, the apparatus 1200 may further include the processing unit 1230 executing the processing steps of the network management function network element in the method embodiment.

Exemplarily, the processing unit 1230 is configured to obtain the first control information from the at least one control information based on the first type information;

The sending unit 1220 sends the first control information to the access function network element.

Optionally, the apparatus 1200 may further include a storage unit for storing data and/or signaling. The processing unit 1230, the obtaining unit 1210, and the sending unit 1220 may interact or couple with the storage unit, for example, read or call the data in the storage unit. data and/or signaling so that the methods of the above-described embodiments are performed.

Referring to FIG. 13 , FIG. 13 is a schematic structural diagram of a network management function network element 1300 suitable for this embodiment of the present application, which can be used to implement the functions of the network management function network element.

The network management function network element 1300 includes a processor 1301, a memory 1302 and a transceiver 1303, wherein the memory 1302 stores instructions or programs, and the processor 1302 and the transceiver 1303 are used to execute or call the instructions or programs stored in the memory 1302, In order to make the network management function network element 1300 realize the function of the network management function network element. When the instructions or programs stored in the memory 1302 are executed, the transceiver 1303 is used to perform the operations performed by the sending unit 1220 in the embodiment shown in FIG. 12 , and the processor 1302 is used to perform the processing in the embodiment shown in FIG. 12 . Operations performed by unit 1230.

The embodiment of the present application further provides a communication system, which includes the aforementioned access function network element, user management function network element, and network management function network element.

The present application also provides a computer-readable storage medium, where instructions are stored in the computer-readable storage medium, and when the instructions are executed on the computer, the computer is made to execute the above-mentioned methods as shown in FIG. 3 to FIG. 7 to access the Each step performed by a functional network element.

The present application also provides a computer-readable storage medium, where instructions are stored in the computer-readable storage medium, and when the instructions are executed on the computer, the computer is made to execute the user management in the above-mentioned methods as shown in FIG. 3 to FIG. 7 . Each step performed by a functional network element.

The present application also provides a computer-readable storage medium, where instructions are stored in the computer-readable storage medium, and when the instructions are executed on the computer, the computer is made to execute the network management in the above-mentioned methods as shown in FIG. 3 to FIG. 7 . Each step performed by a functional network element.

The present application also provides a computer program product comprising instructions, when the computer program product is run on a computer, the computer program product causes the computer to perform each step performed by the access function network element in the methods shown in FIG. 3 to FIG. 7 .

The present application also provides a computer program product comprising instructions, when the computer program product is run on a computer, the computer program product causes the computer to execute each step performed by the user management function network element in the methods shown in FIG. 3 to FIG. 7 .

The present application also provides a computer program product comprising instructions, when the computer program product is run on a computer, the computer program product causes the computer to perform various steps performed by the network management function network element in the methods shown in FIGS. 3 to 7 .

The present application also provides a chip including a processor. The processor is configured to read and run the computer program stored in the memory to execute the corresponding operations and/or processes performed by the access function network element in the method for establishing a user plane connection provided in this application. Optionally, the chip further includes a memory, the memory and the processor are connected to the memory through a circuit or a wire, and the processor is used for reading and executing the computer program in the memory. Further optionally, the chip further includes a communication interface, and the processor is connected to the communication interface. The communication interface is used to receive processed data and/or information, and the processor acquires the data and/or information from the communication interface and processes the data and/or information. The communication interface may be an input/output interface, an interface circuit, an output circuit, an input circuit, a pin or a related circuit on the chip, and the like. The processor may also be embodied as processing circuitry or logic circuitry.

The present application also provides a chip including a processor. The processor is configured to read and run the computer program stored in the memory to execute the corresponding operations and/or processes performed by the user management function network element in the method for establishing a user plane connection provided in this application. Optionally, the chip further includes a memory, the memory and the processor are connected to the memory through a circuit or a wire, and the processor is used for reading and executing the computer program in the memory. Further optionally, the chip further includes a communication interface, and the processor is connected to the communication interface. The communication interface is used to receive processed data and/or information, and the processor acquires the data and/or information from the communication interface and processes the data and/or information. The communication interface may be an input/output interface, an interface circuit, an output circuit, an input circuit, a pin or a related circuit on the chip, and the like. The processor may also be embodied as processing circuitry or logic circuitry.

The present application also provides a chip including a processor. The processor is configured to read and run the computer program stored in the memory, so as to execute the corresponding operations and/or processes performed by the network element of the network management function in the method for establishing a user plane connection provided in this application. Optionally, the chip further includes a memory, the memory and the processor are connected to the memory through a circuit or a wire, and the processor is used for reading and executing the computer program in the memory. Further optionally, the chip further includes a communication interface, and the processor is connected to the communication interface. The communication interface is used to receive processed data and/or information, and the processor acquires the data and/or information from the communication interface and processes the data and/or information. The communication interface may be an input/output interface, an interface circuit, an output circuit, an input circuit, a pin or a related circuit on the chip, and the like. The processor may also be embodied as processing circuitry or logic circuitry.

The above-mentioned chip can also be replaced by a chip system, which will not be repeated here.

The terms "comprising" and "having" and any variations thereof in this application are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion, for example, a process, method, system, product or device comprising a series of steps or units is not necessarily limited to the explicit lists Those steps or units listed may instead include other steps or units not expressly listed or inherent to these processes, methods, products or devices.

Those of ordinary skill in the art can realize that the units and algorithm steps of each example described in conjunction with the embodiments disclosed herein can be implemented by electronic hardware, or a combination of computer software and electronic hardware. Whether these functions are performed in hardware or software depends on the specific application and design constraints of the technical solution. Skilled artisans may implement the described functionality using different methods for each particular application, but such implementations should not be considered beyond the scope of this application.

Those skilled in the art can clearly understand that, for the convenience and brevity of description, the specific working process of the above-described systems, devices and units may refer to the corresponding processes in the foregoing method embodiments, which will not be repeated here.

In the several embodiments provided in this application, it should be understood that the disclosed system, apparatus and method may be implemented in other manners. For example, the apparatus embodiments described above are only illustrative. For example, the division of the units is only a logical function division. In actual implementation, there may be other division methods. For example, multiple units or components may be combined or Can be integrated into another system, or some features can be ignored, or not implemented. On the other hand, the shown or discussed mutual coupling or direct coupling or communication connection may be through some interfaces, indirect coupling or communication connection of devices or units, and may be in electrical, mechanical or other forms.

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

In addition, each functional unit in each embodiment of the present application may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may exist physically alone, or two or more units may be integrated into one unit.

The functions, if implemented in the form of software functional units and sold or used as independent products, may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium. Based on this understanding, the technical solution of the present application can be embodied in the form of a software product in essence, or the part that contributes to the prior art or the part of the technical solution. The computer software product is stored in a storage medium, including Several instructions are used to cause a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) to execute all or part of the steps of the methods described in the various embodiments of the present application. The aforementioned storage medium includes: U disk, mobile hard disk, read-only memory (ROM), random access memory (RAM), magnetic disk or optical disk and other media that can store program codes .

In addition, the term "and/or" in this application is only an association relationship to describe associated objects, which means that there can be three kinds of relationships, for example, A and/or B, which can mean that A exists alone, and A and B exist at the same time. , there are three cases of B alone. In addition, the character "/" in this document generally indicates that the contextual object is an "or" relationship; the term "at least one" in this application can mean "one" and "two or more", for example, A At least one of , B, and C can mean: A alone exists, B exists alone, C exists alone, A and B exist simultaneously, A and C exist simultaneously, C and B exist simultaneously, and A and B and C exist simultaneously. seven situations.

The above are only specific embodiments of the present application, but the protection scope of the present application is not limited to this. should be covered within the scope of protection of this application. Therefore, the protection scope of the present application should be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Claims

A method for establishing a user plane connection, comprising:

The access function network element obtains first type information, where the first type information is used to indicate that the user equipment type of the first user equipment is the first type; wherein, the first user equipment is obtained through the access function network element User equipment accessing the network;

obtaining, by the access function network element, first control information corresponding to the first type; wherein, the access function network element stores the first control information corresponding to the first type;

The access function network element establishes a user plane connection for the first user equipment according to the first control information.
The method according to claim 1, wherein obtaining the first type information by the access function network element comprises:

The access function network element receives a first message from the user management function network element, where the first message includes the first type information.
The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the first control information includes at least one of the following information:

Service quality control information, security control information, mobility control information, business profile information or business information,

Wherein, the quality of service control information is used to indicate the transmission control strategy of the wireless air interface service, the security control information is used to indicate the security strategy, and the mobility control information is used to indicate that the user equipment type is the user of the first type The mobile policy of the device, the service information is used to indicate that the user equipment type is the service transmitted by the user equipment of the first type, and the service profile information is used to indicate that the user equipment type is the first type of service. The rules for user equipment to access services or perform service transmission.
The method according to claim 2, wherein the first message further includes authentication success information, and the authentication success information is used to indicate that the authentication of the first user equipment is completed,

The method also includes:

The access function network element sends a second message to the user management function network element, where the second message includes authentication information corresponding to the first user equipment, and the authentication information is used to instruct the user to initiate a call to the first user equipment. An authentication process of a user equipment.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein obtaining, by the access function network element, the first control information corresponding to the first type comprises:

The access function network element acquires the first control information corresponding to the first type of information from at least one control information; or,

sending, by the access function network element, the first type of information to the user management function network element;

receiving, by the access function network element, the first control information from the user management function network element;

or,

sending, by the access function network element, the first type of information to the network management function network element;

The access function network element receives the first control information from the network management function network element.
The method of claim 5, wherein the method further comprises:

The access function network element is locally preconfigured with the at least one control information;

or;

the access function network element receiving the at least one control information from the user management function network element;

or;

The access function network element receives the at least one control information from the network management function network element.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the method further comprises:

The access function network element receives a third message from the first user equipment, where the third message is used to request the establishment of a radio resource connection, and the third message includes the identifier of the first user equipment.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein establishing, by the access function network element, a user plane connection with the first user equipment according to the first control information comprises:

determining, by the access function network element, a data radio bearer with the first user equipment based on the first control information;

The access function network element sends a radio resource configuration message to the first user equipment, where the radio resource configuration message includes configuration information of the data radio bearer.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the method further comprises:

receiving, by the access function network element, second type information from the user management function network element, where the second type information is used to indicate that the user equipment type of the first user equipment is the second type;

obtaining, by the access function network element, second control information based on the second type of information;

The access function network element updates the connection with the first user equipment according to the second control information.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the method further comprises:

receiving, by the access function network element, third control information, where the third control information corresponds to the first type;

the access function network element updates the user plane connection with at least one user equipment corresponding to the first type,

Wherein, the third control information is different from the first control information.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 10, wherein the method further comprises:

The access function network element receives a fifth message from the second user equipment, where the fifth message is used to request the establishment of a wireless resource connection, and the access function network element communicates with the second user equipment according to the first control information. The user equipment establishes a user plane connection, wherein the user equipment type of the second user equipment is the first type.
A method for establishing a user plane connection, comprising:

The user management function network element obtains information of the first user equipment, the information of the first user equipment includes at least first type information, and the first type information is used to indicate that the user equipment type of the first user equipment is the first type;

The user management function network element sends the first type information to the access function network element, where the first type information is used to obtain the first control information corresponding to the first type,

The first control information is stored on the access function network element, and the first control information is used to establish a user plane connection for the first user equipment.
The method according to claim 12, wherein the sending, by the user management function network element to the access function network element, the information of the first type comprises:

The user management function network element sends a first message to the access function network element, where the first message includes the first type information.
The method according to claim 12 or 13, wherein the first control information includes at least one of the following information:

Service quality control information, security control information, mobility control information, business profile information or business information,

Wherein, the quality of service control information is used to indicate the transmission control policy of the wireless air interface service, the security control information is used to indicate the security policy, and the mobility control information is used to indicate at least one user equipment corresponding to the first type The service information is used to indicate the service transmitted by at least one user equipment corresponding to the first type, and the service portrait information is used to indicate that the at least one user equipment corresponding to the first type accesses the service or performs the service The law of transmission.
The method according to claim 13, wherein the first message further includes authentication success information, and the authentication success information is used to indicate that the authentication is completed,

The method also includes:

The user management function network element receives a second message from the access function network element, where the second message includes authentication information corresponding to the first user equipment, and the authentication information is used to instruct to initiate an authentication process.
The method according to any one of claims 12 to 15, wherein the method further comprises:

The user management function network element sends at least one control information to the access function network element, where the at least one control information includes the first control information;

or,

obtaining, by the user management function network element, the first control information corresponding to the first type of information;

The user management function network element sends the first control information to the access function network element.
The method according to any one of claims 12 to 16, wherein the method further comprises:

The user management function network element receives the first control information from the network management function network element;

or,

The user management function network element receives at least one control information from the network management function network element, and the at least one control information includes the first control information.
The method according to any one of claims 12 to 17, wherein the method further comprises:

The user management function network element determines that the user equipment type of the first user equipment is a second type, and the second type is different from the first type;

The user management function network element sends second type information to the access function network element, where the second type information is used to indicate that the first user equipment belongs to the second type.
The method according to any one of claims 12 to 18, wherein the method further comprises:

the user management function network element receives third control information from the network management function network element, the third control information corresponds to the first type,

Wherein, at least one user equipment corresponding to the first type respectively accesses the network through at least one access network element;

The user management function network element respectively sends the third control information to the at least one access network element, where the third control information is different from the first control information, and the at least one access network element includes the access function network element.
A method for establishing a user plane connection, comprising:

The network management function network element acquires first control information corresponding to the first type, where the first control information is used to establish a user plane connection for user equipment whose user equipment type is the first type;

The network management function network element sends the first control information corresponding to the first type to the access function network element.
The method of claim 20, wherein the first control information includes at least one of the following information:

Service quality control information, security control information, mobility control information, business profile information or business information,

Wherein, the quality of service control information is used to indicate the transmission control policy of the wireless air interface service, the security control information is used to indicate the security policy, and the mobility control information is used to indicate that the first user type corresponds to at least one user equipment The service information is used to indicate that the first user type corresponds to the service transmitted by at least one user equipment, and the service profile information is used to indicate that the first user type corresponds to at least one user equipment to access a service or perform a service The law of transmission.
The method according to claim 20 or 21, wherein the obtaining, by the network management function network element, the first control information corresponding to the first type comprises:

The network management function network element acquires at least one control information, and the at least one control information includes the first control information;

The sending, by the network management function network element, the first control information to the access function network element includes:

The network management function network element directly sends the first control information to the access function network element;

or,

The network management function network element sends the first control information to the access function network element through the user management function network element.
The method according to claim 22, wherein the sending, by the network management function network element, the first control information directly to the access function network element comprises:

The network management function network element directly sends the at least one control information to the access function network element;

or,

receiving, by the network management function network element, first type information from the access function network element, where the first type information is used to indicate the first type;

The network management function network element acquires the first control information from the at least one control information;

The network management function network element sends the first control information to the access function network element.
The method according to claim 22, wherein when the network management function network element sends the first control information to the access function network element through the user management function network element, the method further comprises:

sending, by the network management function network element, the at least one control information to the user management function network element;

or,

The network management function network element sends the first control information to the user management function network element.
The method according to any one of claims 20 to 24, wherein the method further comprises:

The network management function network element determines that the first control information is updated to the third control information;

The network management function network element determines the access function network element and/or the user management function network element according to the third control information;

The network management function network element sends the third control information to the access function network element and/or the user management function network element.
An apparatus for establishing a user plane connection, characterized by being used for executing the method according to any one of claims 1 to 11.
An apparatus for establishing a user plane connection, characterized by being used for executing the method according to any one of claims 12 to 19.
An apparatus for establishing a user plane connection, characterized by being used for executing the method described in any one of claims 20 to 25.
A communication device, comprising:

memory for storing computer programs;

a processor for executing a computer program stored in the memory, so that the communication device executes the method of any one of claims 1 to 11, or causes the communication device to execute the method of claim 12 to 19 The method of any one of claims 20 to 25, or the communication device is caused to perform the method of any one of claims 20 to 25.
A communication system, characterized in that the communication system comprises at least one device for establishing a user plane connection as claimed in claim 26 , at least one device for establishing a user plane connection as claimed in claim 27 , and At least one apparatus for establishing a user plane connection as claimed in claim 28.
A computer-readable storage medium, characterized by comprising computer instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause a computer to perform the method according to any one of claims 1 to 9, or to cause all The computer performs the method of any one of claims 12 to 19, or the computer is caused to perform the method of any one of claims 20 to 25.
A chip system, characterized by comprising: a processor for calling and running a computer program from a memory, so that a communication device installed with the chip system executes the method according to any one of claims 1 to 9 , or, causing the communication device installed with the chip system to execute the method according to any one of claims 12 to 19, or causing the communication device installed with the chip system to execute any one of claims 20 to 25 one of the methods described.