WO2023005148A1

WO2023005148A1 - Information indication method and communication apparatus

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Publication number: WO2023005148A1
Application number: PCT/CN2021/143414
Authority: WO
Inventors: 徐敏
Original assignee: 展讯通信（上海）有限公司
Priority date: 2021-07-26
Filing date: 2021-12-30
Publication date: 2023-02-02
Also published as: CN115696604A

Abstract

The present application discloses an information indication method and a communication apparatus. The method comprises: generating indication information, the indication information being used for indicating that a terminal device has a temporary high priority; and sending the indication information to a first access network device. Accordingly, the first access network device receives the indication information; the first access network device schedules the terminal device on the basis of the indication information. Use of the method provided by the present application facilitates an access network device to reasonably allocate resources and schedule data.

Description

An information indication method and communication device

technical field

The present invention relates to the communication field, in particular to an information indication method and a communication device.

Background technique

In the customer premises network (Customer Premises Network, CPN), the terminal device can be connected with the home wireless access point (Premises Radio Access Station, PRAS), and the PRAS accesses the core network through the enhanced home gateway (Evolved Residential Gateway, eRG). Long Term Evolution (LTE) or New Radio (New Radio, NR) wireless technology is used between the terminal equipment and the PRAS. eRG has some core network functions and is mainly responsible for data interaction with core network devices. PRAS can have complete base station functions or only part of base station functions and is mainly responsible for data interaction with terminal devices.

Usually, a terminal device has a temporary/dynamic high priority for a period of time or when a certain service is in progress. Other terminal equipment services can be processed and allocated resource scheduling with higher priority. However, PRAS does not obtain the temporary high-priority information of terminal equipment, so it cannot reasonably allocate resources and schedule data.

Contents of the invention

The present application provides an information indication method and a communication device, which are beneficial for access network equipment to rationally allocate resources and schedule data.

In a first aspect, the present application provides an information indication method, the method comprising: generating indication information for indicating that a terminal device has a temporary high priority; and sending the indication information to a first access network device.

Based on the method described in the first aspect, indication information is generated and sent to the first access network device, where the indication information is used to indicate that the terminal device has a temporary high priority. Therefore, based on the method described in the first aspect, it is beneficial for the access network equipment to reasonably allocate resources and schedule data.

In a possible implementation manner, the indication information is used to indicate that the terminal device has a temporary high priority, specifically: the indication information is used to indicate that the service that the terminal device requests to establish or switch has a temporary high priority. Based on this manner, it is beneficial to improve the flexibility of indication information.

In a possible implementation manner, the sending the indication information to the first access network device includes: sending a handover request message to the first access network device, where the handover request message includes the indication information.

In a possible implementation manner, the generating the indication information includes: generating the indication information based on target parameters, where the target parameters include the data network name and/or network slice selection auxiliary information of the service that the terminal device requests to establish or switch over; or the The target parameter includes the service quality parameter of the service that the terminal device requests to establish or switch.

In a possible implementation manner, the target parameter includes the data network name and/or network slice selection auxiliary information of the service requested by the terminal device to establish or switch, and the indication information generated based on the target parameter includes: if the preset data network name and/or the preset network slice selection auxiliary information includes the target parameter, then the instruction information is generated.

In a possible implementation manner, the target parameter includes a service quality parameter of a service requested by the terminal device to be established or switched, and generating indication information based on the target parameter includes: generating indication information if the target parameter meets a preset threshold.

In a possible implementation manner, before generating the indication information, it further includes: determining that the terminal device accesses the customer premises network. Based on this manner, it is beneficial to improve the reliability of the indication information.

In a possible implementation manner, the terminal device has a temporary high priority, including: one or more data streams of the terminal device have a temporary high priority, or one or more radio bearers of the terminal device have a temporary high priority .

In a second aspect, the present application provides an information indication method, the method includes: a first access network device receives indication information, the indication information is used to indicate that the terminal device has a temporary high priority; the first access network device based on the The instruction information schedules the terminal equipment.

Based on the method described in the second aspect, the first access network device receives the indication information, and schedules the terminal device based on the indication information, where the indication information is used to indicate that the terminal device has a temporary high priority. Therefore, based on the method described in the second aspect, it is beneficial for the access network equipment to reasonably allocate resources and schedule data.

In a possible implementation manner, the indication information is used to indicate that the terminal device has a temporary high priority, specifically: the indication information is used to indicate that the service that the terminal device requests to establish or switch has a temporary high priority.

In a possible implementation manner, the receiving the indication information by the first access network device includes: receiving, by the first access network device, a handover request message, where the handover request message includes the indication information.

In a possible implementation manner, the method further includes: if the terminal device requests to stop or release a service established or handed over, the first access network device schedules the terminal device based on the original priority information.

In a third aspect, the present application provides a communication device, and the communication device is used to implement the above-mentioned units of the method in the first aspect or the second aspect and any possible implementation manner thereof.

In a fourth aspect, the present application provides a communication device, where the communication device includes a processor, and the processor is configured to execute the method in the first aspect or the second aspect and any possible implementation thereof.

In a fifth aspect, the present application provides a communication device, the communication device includes a processor and a memory, the memory is used to store computer-executable instructions; the processor is used to call the program code from the memory to execute the first A method in the aspect or the second aspect and any possible implementation thereof.

In a sixth aspect, the present application provides a communication device, the communication device includes a processor and a transceiver, the transceiver is used to receive a signal or send a signal; the processor is used to implement the first aspect or the first The method in the second aspect and any possible implementation thereof.

In a seventh aspect, the present application provides a communication device, the communication device includes a processor, a memory, and a transceiver, the transceiver is used to receive signals or send signals; the memory is used to store program codes; the The processor is configured to call the program code from the memory to execute the method in the first aspect or the second aspect and any possible implementation thereof.

In an eighth aspect, the present application provides a chip, the chip is used to generate indication information, the indication information is used to indicate that the terminal device has a temporary high priority; the chip is also used to send the first access network device the Instructions.

In the ninth aspect, the present application provides a chip, the chip is used to receive indication information, the indication information is used to indicate that the terminal device has a temporary high priority; the chip is also used to schedule the terminal device based on the indication information .

In a tenth aspect, the present application provides a module device, which includes a communication module, a power module, a storage module, and a chip module, wherein: the power module is used to provide power for the module device ; the storage module is used to store data and instructions; the communication module is used for internal communication of the module device, or for the module device to communicate with external devices; the chip module is used for: generating instruction information, the The indication information is used to indicate that the terminal device has a temporary high priority; the indication information is sent to the first access network device.

In the eleventh aspect, the present application provides a module device, which is characterized in that the module device includes a communication module, a power module, a storage module, and a chip module, wherein: the power module is used for the The module device provides power; the storage module is used to store data and instructions; the communication module is used for internal communication of the module device, or for the module device to communicate with external devices; the chip module is used for: receiving indication information, where the indication information is used to indicate that the terminal device has a temporary high priority; and scheduling the terminal device based on the indication information.

In a twelfth aspect, the present application provides a computer-readable storage medium, the computer-readable instruction is stored in the computer-readable instruction, and when the computer-readable instruction is run on the communication device, the communication device executes the above-mentioned first A method in the aspect or the second aspect and any possible implementation thereof.

In a thirteenth aspect, the present application provides a computer program or a computer program product, including codes or instructions, which, when the codes or instructions are run on a computer, cause the computer to execute the method of the first aspect or the second aspect.

Description of drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application, the following will briefly introduce the drawings that need to be used in the description of the embodiments. Obviously, the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention. For those skilled in the art, other drawings can also be obtained based on these drawings without creative effort.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a network architecture provided by an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 is a flow chart of an information indication method provided by an embodiment of the present application;

Fig. 3 is a flow chart of another information indication method provided by the embodiment of the present application;

Fig. 4 is a flow chart of another information indication method provided by the embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device provided by an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of another communication device provided by an embodiment of the present application;

Fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a module device provided by an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed ways

The following will clearly and completely describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present application. Obviously, the described embodiments are only some of the embodiments of the present invention, not all of them. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by persons of ordinary skill in the art without creative efforts fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

The terms used in the following embodiments of the present application are only for the purpose of describing specific embodiments, and are not intended as limitations on the present application. As used in the specification and appended claims of this application, the singular expressions "a", "an", "said", "above", "the" and "this" are intended to also Plural expressions are included unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It should also be understood that the term "and/or" as used in this application refers to and includes any and all possible combinations of one or more of the listed items.

It should be noted that the terms “first”, “second”, and “third” in the specification and claims of the present application and in the above drawings are used to distinguish similar objects, but not necessarily to describe specific objects. sequence or sequence. It is to be understood that the data so used are interchangeable under appropriate circumstances such that the embodiments of the application described herein can be practiced in sequences other than those illustrated or described herein. Furthermore, the term "comprising" and any variations thereof are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, for example, a process, method, system, product or server comprising a series of steps or elements is not necessarily limited to those steps or elements explicitly listed, Instead, other steps or elements not explicitly listed or inherent to the process, method, product or apparatus may be included.

First, some nouns involved in the embodiments of the present application are explained to facilitate the understanding of those skilled in the art.

1. Terminal equipment:

The terminal device in the embodiment of the present application is a device with a wireless communication function, and may be called a terminal (terminal), user equipment (user equipment, UE), mobile station (mobile station, MS), mobile terminal (mobile terminal, MT) ), access terminal equipment, vehicle terminal equipment, industrial control terminal equipment, UE unit, UE station, mobile station, remote station, remote terminal equipment, mobile equipment, UE terminal equipment, wireless communication equipment, UE agent or UE device, etc. Terminal equipment can be fixed or mobile. It should be noted that the terminal device may support at least one wireless communication technology, such as LTE, new radio (new radio, NR), and so on. For example, the terminal device may be a mobile phone (mobile phone), a tablet computer (pad), a desktop computer, a notebook computer, an all-in-one computer, a vehicle terminal, a virtual reality (virtual reality, VR) terminal device, an augmented reality (augmented reality, AR) terminal Equipment, wireless terminals in industrial control, wireless terminals in self driving, wireless terminals in remote medical surgery, wireless terminals in smart grid, transportation safety Wireless terminals in (transportation safety), wireless terminals in smart cities, wireless terminals in smart homes, cellular phones, cordless phones, session initiation protocol (SIP) phones, wireless Local loop (wireless local loop, WLL) stations, personal digital assistants (personal digital assistant, PDA), handheld devices with wireless communication capabilities, computing devices or other processing devices connected to wireless modems, wearable devices, future mobile communications The terminal equipment in the network or the terminal equipment in the public mobile land network (public land mobile network, PLMN) that will evolve in the future, etc. In some embodiments of the present application, the terminal device may also be a device having a sending and receiving function, such as a chip system. Wherein, the chip system may include a chip, and may also include other discrete devices, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present application.

2. Access network equipment:

The access network device in the embodiment of the present application is a device that provides a wireless communication function for a terminal device, and may also be called a radio access network (radio access network, RAN) device, or an access network element. Wherein, the access network device may support at least one wireless communication technology, such as LTE, NR and so on. Exemplarily, the access network equipment includes but is not limited to: a next-generation base station (generation nodeB, gNB), an evolved node B (evolved node B, eNB) in a fifth-generation mobile communication system (5th-generation, 5G), a wireless 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 (for example, home evolved node B, or home node B, HNB), baseband unit (baseband unit, BBU), transceiver point (transmitting and receiving point, TRP), transmitting point (transmitting point, TP), mobile switching center, etc. The network device can also be a wireless controller, a centralized unit (centralized unit, CU), and/or a distributed unit (distributed unit, DU) in a cloud radio access network (cloud radio access network, CRAN) scenario, or an access network The device can be a relay station, an access point, a vehicle-mounted device, a terminal device, a wearable device, and an access network device in future mobile communications or an access network device in a future evolved PLMN, etc. In some embodiments, the access network device may also be an apparatus having a wireless communication function for the terminal device, such as a chip system. Exemplarily, the system-on-a-chip may include a chip, and may also include other discrete devices. In some embodiments, the access network device can also communicate with an Internet Protocol (Internet Protocol, IP) network, such as the Internet (internet), a private IP network, or other data networks.

The access network device may be one device, or may be divided into two parts. In a possible implementation manner, when the access network device is one device, the access network device has complete access network functions. In another possible implementation, when the access network device is divided into two parts, the two parts are the enhanced home gateway (Evolved Residential Gateway, eRG) and the home wireless access network device (Premises Radio Access Station). , PRAS). The eRG is connected to the core network, and has some core network functions and some base station functions, and is mainly responsible for data interaction with core network devices. PRAS is connected to terminal equipment, and can have complete base station functions, or only have partial base station functions, and is mainly responsible for data interaction with terminal equipment. In a customer premises network (Customer Premises Network, CPN), a terminal device can be connected to a PRAS, and the PRAS is connected to the core network through the eRG. In this embodiment of the application, the eRG may send temporary high priority information to the PRAS, and the terminal device may also send temporary high priority information to the PRAS, and the PRAS may schedule the terminal device based on the received temporary high priority information.

In the embodiment of the present application, the access network devices can be divided into source access network devices (such as source PRAS) and target access network devices (such as target PRAS) according to the process of terminal devices performing network handover. The source access network device is the access network device connected to the terminal device before switching; the target access network device is the access network device connected to the terminal device after network switching.

The embodiment of the present application can be applied to the schematic diagram of the network architecture shown in Figure 1, the network architecture shown in Figure 1 is the network architecture of the wireless communication system, the network architecture usually includes terminal equipment and first access network equipment, each The quantity and form do not constitute a limitation to the embodiment of the present application. Wherein, the first access network device may be a PRAS, and the PRAS is connected to the terminal device to implement data interaction between the terminal device and the PRAS. It should be noted that the terminal device in the network architecture can also be replaced by a second access network device (such as eRG or source PRAS), the first access network device can be a target PRAS, and the second access network device and the first The access network devices are connected to realize data interaction between the second access network device and the first access network device. In addition, the Fangming technical solution is also applicable to different network architectures, including but not limited to relay network architecture, dual-link architecture, Vehicle-to-Everything (vehicle-to-everything communication) architecture and other architectures.

It should be noted that, usually within a period of time or when a certain service is in progress, the terminal device has a temporary/dynamic high priority. For example, when the terminal device is performing a game service with large bandwidth and low Priority, which can be processed and allocated resource scheduling more preferentially than other terminal equipment services. However, PRAS does not obtain the temporary high-priority information of terminal equipment, so it cannot reasonably allocate resources and schedule data.

In order for an access network device to allocate resources and schedule data reasonably, an embodiment of the present application provides an information indication method. In order to better understand the information indication method provided by the embodiment of the present application, the information indication method is described in detail below.

Please refer to FIG. 2 . FIG. 2 is a flow chart of an information indication method provided by an embodiment of the present application. The information indication method includes steps 201 to 203 . The execution subject of the method shown in FIG. 2 may be a terminal device (for example, refer to FIG. 1), or the subject may be a chip in the terminal device; it may also be the first access network device, or the subject may be the first access network device. A chip in an access network device. The execution body of the method shown in FIG. 2 takes a terminal device and a first access network device as examples. in:

201. The terminal device generates indication information, where the indication information is used to indicate that the terminal device has a temporary high priority.

In the embodiment of the present application, the terminal device can generate indication information to facilitate subsequent notification to the first access network device (such as PRAS) that the terminal device has temporary high-priority information, which is beneficial for the access network device to reasonably allocate resources and schedule data . Exemplarily, the terminal device may use the data network name (Data Network Name, DNN), network slice selection assistance information (Single Network Slice Selection Assistance Information, S-NSSAI), service quality parameter ( Quality of service, Qos) and other information to generate instruction information. In another example, the terminal device determines that the terminal device has a temporary high priority according to the notification from the application controller, thereby generating indication information. Wherein, the application controller may be a control device for the game service being performed.

In a possible implementation manner, the indication information is used to indicate that the terminal device has a temporary high priority, specifically: the indication information is used to indicate that the service that the terminal device requests to establish or switch has a temporary high priority. The terminal device may generate indication information according to the service requested to be established or switched. When the service requested by the terminal device to be established or switched has a temporary high priority, the terminal device is also considered to have a temporary high priority accordingly.

In a possible implementation manner, the terminal device has a temporarily high priority, including: one or more data streams of the terminal device have a temporarily high priority, or one or more radio bearers of the terminal device have a temporarily high priority priority. That is to say, the indication information may be used to indicate that one or more data streams of the terminal device have a temporary high priority, or one or more radio bearers of the terminal device have a temporary high priority.

202. The terminal device sends the indication information to the first access network device.

In the embodiment of the present application, after the terminal device generates the indication information, the non-access stratum (Non-Access Stratum, NAS) can send the indication information to the access stratum (Access Stratum, AS) for indication, and the AS can send the indication information To the first access network device, it is convenient for the access network device to reasonably allocate resources and schedule data based on the indication information. Wherein, the indication information may be carried in a radio resource control (Radio Resource Control, RRC) message.

In a possible implementation manner, for the handover process, the terminal device may send a handover request message to the first access network device, where the handover request message includes the indication information.

203. The first access network device schedules the terminal device based on the indication information.

In the embodiment of the present application, the first access network device can be flexibly deployed in places such as homes and enterprises, and terminal devices allowed to access are determined according to different modes (closed mode, hybrid mode, and open mode). After receiving the instruction information sent by the terminal device, the first access network device schedules the terminal device according to the instruction information, which is beneficial for the access network device to allocate resources and schedule data reasonably.

In the method described in FIG. 2, the terminal device generates indication information and sends the indication information to the first access network device, and the first access network device schedules the terminal device based on the indication information, wherein the indication information Used to indicate that an end device has a temporary high priority. Therefore, based on the method described in FIG. 2 , it is beneficial for the access network equipment to reasonably allocate resources and schedule data.

Please refer to FIG. 3 . FIG. 3 is a flow chart of another information indication method provided by an embodiment of the present application. The information indication method includes steps 301 to 304 . Step 301 is a specific implementation manner of the above-mentioned step 201. The execution subject of the method shown in FIG. 3 may be a terminal device (for example, refer to FIG. 1), or the subject may be a chip in the terminal device; it may also be the first access network device, or the subject may be the first access network device. A chip in an access network device. The execution body of the method shown in FIG. 3 takes a terminal device and a first access network device as examples. in:

301. The terminal device generates indication information based on a target parameter, where the indication information is used to indicate that the terminal device has a temporary high priority.

In this embodiment of the present application, the target parameter includes the data network name and/or network slice selection auxiliary information of the service requested by the terminal device to be established or switched; or the target parameter includes a quality of service parameter of the service requested by the terminal device to be established or switched. After the terminal device determines that the terminal device or the service requested to be established or switched by the terminal device has a high priority based on the target parameter, the terminal device generates indication information, which is used to indicate that the terminal device or the service requested by the terminal device to be established or switched has a temporary high priority class.

In a possible implementation manner, the target parameter includes a data network name and/or network slice selection auxiliary information of the service requested by the terminal device to establish or switch, and the terminal device generates indication information based on the target parameter, including: if the preset data If the target parameter is included in the network name and/or preset network slice selection auxiliary information, the terminal device generates indication information. Exemplarily, the terminal device is configured with a preset data network name and/or preset network slice selection auxiliary information. When the terminal device requests to establish or switch services corresponding to the data network name and/or network slice selection auxiliary If the name and/or the preset network slice selection auxiliary information match, it is determined that the service requested by the terminal device to be established or switched has a temporary high priority.

In a possible implementation manner, the target parameter includes a quality of service parameter of a service that the terminal device requests to establish or switch over, and the terminal device generates indication information based on the target parameter, including: if the target parameter meets a preset threshold, the terminal device Generate instructions. Among them, the quality of service parameters include resource type, priority level, packet delay budget, packet error rate, average window, maximum data burst, etc. Exemplarily, the terminal device is configured with a preset threshold, and different quality of service parameters have their corresponding preset thresholds. When the service quality parameter of the service that the terminal device requests to establish or switch meets the preset threshold, it is judged that the terminal device requests to establish Or the switched service has a temporary high priority.

For example, the quality of service parameter of the service requested by the terminal device to be established or switched is a delay parameter, and the preset threshold is 15ms. When the delay parameter corresponding to the service requested by the terminal device to be established or switched is less than or equal to the preset threshold, it is determined The service that the terminal equipment requests to set up or switch over has a temporary high priority.

For another example, the service quality parameter of the service requested by the terminal device to be established or switched is a priority level, and the preset threshold is 3. When the priority level corresponding to the service requested by the terminal device to be established or switched is greater than or equal to the preset threshold value, it is judged that the The service that the terminal equipment requests to set up or switch over has a temporary high priority.

In a possible implementation manner, before the terminal device generates the indication information, it further includes: the terminal device determines to access the customer premises network. When the terminal device determines that it has accessed the customer premises network, and determines that the terminal device or the service that the terminal device requests to establish or switch has a temporary high priority, the terminal device generates the indication information, and then sends the indication information to the first terminal device network access equipment. Based on this manner, it is beneficial to improve the reliability of the indication information.

302. The terminal device sends the indication information to the first access network device.

303. The first access network device schedules the terminal device based on the indication information.

Wherein, the specific implementation manners of step 302 and step 303 are the same as the specific implementation manners of the above-mentioned step 202 and step 203, and will not be repeated here.

304. If the terminal device requests to stop or release the establishment or handover service, the first access network device schedules the terminal device based on the original priority information.

In this embodiment of the present application, the original priority information indicates the priority status of the terminal device before generating the indication information. If the service requested by the terminal device to be established or switched is stopped or released, that is, the temporary priority information of the terminal device has no effect, the first access network device schedules the terminal device based on the original priority information.

For example, the original priority information of the terminal device is 4, and the terminal device determines that the service requested to be established by the terminal device has a temporary high priority based on the service currently requested to be established. The device is scheduled. When the service requested by the terminal device is stopped or released, the temporary high priority information at this time has no meaning, and the terminal device will schedule the terminal device according to the original priority information.

In the method described in FIG. 3, the terminal device generates indication information based on the target parameter, and sends the indication information to the first access network device, and the first access network device schedules the terminal device based on the indication information, wherein, The indication information is used to indicate that the terminal device has a temporary high priority. Therefore, based on the method described in FIG. 3 , it is beneficial for the access network equipment to reasonably allocate resources and schedule data.

Please refer to FIG. 4 . FIG. 4 is a flow chart of another information indication method provided by an embodiment of the present application. The information indication method includes steps 401 to 404 . The execution subject of the method shown in Figure 4 can be the second access network device, or the subject can be a chip in the second access network device; it can also be the first access network device, or the subject can be the first access network device chip in the device. The execution body of the method shown in FIG. 4 takes the second access network device and the first access network device as examples. in:

401. The second access network device generates indication information, where the indication information is used to indicate that the terminal device has a temporary high priority.

Optionally, the second access network device (such as eRG) recognizes that the terminal device or the service that the terminal device requests to establish or switch has a temporary high priority according to the service establishment request message generated by the terminal device, so as to generate indication information.

Or optionally, the second access network device (such as the source PRAS) determines that the terminal device or the service that the terminal device requests to establish or switch has a temporary high priority according to the received temporary high priority information, thereby generating indication information.

In a possible implementation manner, the indication information is used to indicate that the terminal device has a temporary high priority, specifically: the indication information is used to indicate that the service that the terminal device requests to establish or switch has a temporary high priority. For a specific implementation manner, please refer to the description in step 201, which will not be repeated here.

In a possible implementation manner, the terminal device has a temporarily high priority, including: one or more data streams of the terminal device have a temporarily high priority, or one or more radio bearers of the terminal device have a temporarily high priority priority. For a specific implementation manner, please refer to the description in step 201, which will not be repeated here.

In a possible implementation manner, before the second access network device generates the indication information, it further includes: determining that the terminal device accesses the customer premises network. When the second access network device determines that the terminal device has accessed the customer premises network, and determines that the terminal device or the service that the terminal device requests to establish or switch has a temporary high priority, the second access network device generates the indication information, and subsequently Send the indication information to the first access network device. Based on this manner, it is beneficial to improve the reliability of the indication information.

402. The second access network device sends the indication information to the first access network device.

In a possible implementation manner, for the handover process, the second access network device (such as eRG, source PRAS) may send a handover request message to the first access network device (such as target PRAS), and the handover request message includes the Instructions.

Wherein, for a specific implementation manner, please refer to the description in step 202, and details are not repeated here.

403. The first access network device schedules the terminal device based on the indication information.

404. If the terminal device requests to stop or release the establishment or handover service, the first access network device schedules the terminal device based on the original priority information.

Wherein, the specific implementation manners of step 403 and step 404 are the same as the specific implementation manners of the above-mentioned step 303 and step 304, and will not be repeated here.

In the method described in FIG. 4, the second access network device (such as the source PRAS or eRG) generates indication information, and sends the indication information to the first access network device (such as the target PRAS), and the first access network The device schedules the terminal device based on the indication information, where the indication information is used to indicate that the terminal device has a temporary high priority. Therefore, based on the method described in FIG. 4 , it is beneficial for the access network equipment to reasonably allocate resources and schedule data.

Referring to FIG. 5 , FIG. 5 shows a schematic structural diagram of a communication device according to an embodiment of the present application. The device may be a terminal device, or a device in the access network device, or a device that can be matched with the access network device. The communication device 50 shown in FIG. 5 may include a processing unit 501 and a communication unit 502 . Wherein, the processing unit 501 is configured to perform data processing. The communication unit 502 is integrated with a receiving unit and a sending unit. The communication unit 502 may also be called a transceiver unit. Alternatively, the communication unit 502 may also be split into a receiving unit and a sending unit. The processing unit 501 and the communication unit 502 below are the same, and will not be described in detail below. in:

The processing unit 501 is configured to generate indication information, where the indication information is used to indicate that the terminal device has a temporary high priority.

The communication unit 502 is configured to send the indication information to the first access network device.

Optionally, the indication information is used to indicate that the terminal device has a temporary high priority, specifically: the indication information is used to indicate that the service that the terminal device requests to establish or switch has a temporary high priority.

Optionally, the communication unit 502, when sending the indication information to the first access network device, is specifically configured to: send a handover request message to the first access network device, where the handover request message includes the indication information.

Optionally, when generating the indication information, the processing unit 501 is specifically configured to: generate indication information based on target parameters, where the target parameters include the data network name and/or network slice selection auxiliary information of the service requested by the terminal device to be established or switched; Or the target parameter includes the service quality parameter of the service requested by the terminal device to be established or switched.

Optionally, the target parameter includes the data network name and/or network slice selection auxiliary information of the service requested by the terminal device to be established or switched. When the processing unit 501 generates the indication information based on the target parameter, it is specifically configured to: If the target parameter is included in the name and/or the preset network slice selection auxiliary information, then the instruction information is generated.

Optionally, the target parameter includes a quality of service parameter of a service that the terminal device requests to establish or switch over. When the processing unit 501 generates the indication information based on the target parameter, it is specifically configured to: generate the indication information if the target parameter satisfies a preset threshold .

Optionally, before generating the indication information, the processing unit 501 is further configured to: determine that the terminal device accesses the customer premises network.

Optionally, the terminal device having a temporary high priority includes: one or more data streams of the terminal device having a temporary high priority, or one or more radio bearers of the terminal device having a temporary high priority.

The aforementioned communication device may be, for example, a chip or a chip module. Regarding each device described in the above embodiments, each module included in the product may be a software module or a hardware module, or may be partly a software module and partly a hardware module. For example, for each device or product applied to or integrated in a chip, each module contained therein may be realized by hardware such as a circuit, or at least some modules may be realized by a software program, and the software program runs inside the chip. For the integrated processor, the remaining (if any) modules can be realized by means of hardware such as circuits; for each device or product applied to or integrated in a chip module, each module contained in it can be realized by means of hardware such as circuits , different modules can be located in the same component of the chip module (such as chips, circuit modules, etc.) or in different components, or at least some of the modules can be implemented in the form of software programs that run on the integrated processing of the chip module device, the remaining (if any) modules can be realized by means of hardware such as circuits; for each device or product applied to or integrated in the terminal, each module contained in it can be realized by means of hardware such as circuits, and different modules can be Located in the same component (for example, chip, circuit module, etc.) or different components in the terminal, or at least some of the modules can be implemented in the form of a software program, which runs on the processor integrated in the terminal, and the rest (if any) Some modules can be realized by hardware such as circuits.

Referring to FIG. 5 , FIG. 5 shows a schematic structural diagram of a communication device according to an embodiment of the present application. The device may be a terminal device, or a device in the terminal device, or a device that can be matched with the terminal device. The communication device 50 shown in FIG. 5 may include a processing unit 501 and a communication unit 502 . Wherein, the processing unit 501 is configured to perform data processing. The communication unit 502 is integrated with a receiving unit and a sending unit. The communication unit 502 may also be called a transceiver unit. Alternatively, the communication unit 502 may also be split into a receiving unit and a sending unit. The processing unit 501 and the communication unit 502 below are the same, and will not be described in detail below. in:

The communication unit 502 is configured to receive indication information, where the indication information is used to indicate that the terminal device has a temporary high priority.

The processing unit 501 is configured to schedule the terminal device based on the indication information.

Optionally, when receiving the indication information, the communication unit 502 is specifically configured to: receive a handover request message, where the handover request message includes the indication information.

Optionally, the processing unit 501 is further configured to: if the terminal device requests to stop or release the establishment or handover service, schedule the terminal device based on the original priority information.

As shown in FIG. 6 , another communication device 60 provided in the embodiment of the present application is used to implement the functions of the terminal device or the second access network device in FIGS. 2 to 4 above. The device may be a terminal device or a second access network device, and may also be a device for a terminal device or a second access network device. The apparatus for the terminal device or the second access network device may be a chip system or a chip in the terminal device or the second access network device. Wherein, the system-on-a-chip may consist of chips, or may include chips and other discrete devices.

Alternatively, the communication device 60 is configured to implement the functions of the first access network device in FIGS. 2 to 4 above. The apparatus may be the first access network device or an apparatus for the first access network device. The apparatus for the first access network device may be a chip system or a chip in the first access network device.

The communication device 60 includes at least one processor 620, configured to implement the data processing function of the terminal device in the method provided by the embodiment of the present application. The communication device 60 may further include a communication interface 610, configured to implement the transceiving operation of the terminal device in the method provided in the embodiment of the present application. In the embodiment of the present application, the communication interface may be a transceiver, a circuit, a bus, a module or other types of communication interfaces for communicating with other devices through a transmission medium. For example, the communication interface 610 is used for devices in the communication device 60 to communicate with other devices. The processor 620 uses the communication interface 610 to send and receive data, and is used to implement the method described in FIG. 2 of the above method embodiment.

The communication device 60 may also include at least one memory 630 for storing program instructions and/or data. The memory 630 is coupled to the processor 620 . The coupling in the embodiments of the present application is an indirect coupling or a communication connection between devices, units or modules, which may be in electrical, mechanical or other forms, and is used for information exchange between devices, units or modules. Processor 620 may cooperate with memory 630 . Processor 620 may execute program instructions stored in memory 630 . At least one of the at least one memory may be included in the processor.

When the communication device 60 is turned on, the processor 620 can read the software program in the memory 630, interpret and execute the instructions of the software program, and process the data of the software program. When data needs to be sent wirelessly, the processor 620 performs baseband processing on the data to be sent, and then outputs the baseband signal to the radio frequency circuit (not shown in the figure), and the radio frequency circuit performs radio frequency processing on the baseband signal, and passes the radio frequency signal through the antenna in the form of electromagnetic waves Send out. When data is sent to the communication device 60, the radio frequency circuit receives the radio frequency signal through the antenna, converts the radio frequency signal into a baseband signal, and outputs the baseband signal to the processor 620, and the processor 620 converts the baseband signal into data and converts the data to process.

In another implementation, the radio frequency circuit and antenna can be set independently from the processor 620 for baseband processing. layout.

In this embodiment of the present application, a specific connection medium among the communication interface 610, the processor 620, and the memory 630 is not limited. In the embodiment of the present application, in FIG. 6, the memory 630, the processor 620, and the communication interface 610 are connected through the bus 640. The bus is represented by a thick line in FIG. 6, and the connection mode between other components is only for schematic illustration. , is not limited. The bus can be divided into address bus, data bus, control bus and so on. For ease of representation, only one thick line is used in FIG. 6 , but it does not mean that there is only one bus or one type of bus.

When the communication device 60 is specifically used for a terminal device, for example, when the communication device 60 is specifically a chip or a chip system, what the communication interface 610 outputs or receives may be a baseband signal. When the communication device 60 is specifically a terminal device, what the communication interface 610 outputs or receives may be a radio frequency signal. In this embodiment of the application, the processor may be a general-purpose processor, a digital signal processor, an application-specific integrated circuit, a field programmable gate array or other programmable logic device, a discrete gate or transistor logic device, or a discrete hardware component, and may implement or Execute the methods, operations and logic block diagrams disclosed in the embodiments of the present application. A general purpose processor may be a microprocessor or any conventional processor or the like. The operations of the method disclosed in the embodiments of the present application may be directly implemented by a hardware processor, or implemented by a combination of hardware and software modules in the processor.

It should be noted that the communication device can execute the relevant steps of the terminal device or the access network device in the foregoing method embodiments, and for details, refer to the implementation manners provided by the foregoing steps, and details are not repeated here.

For each device or product applied to or integrated in a communication device, each module contained therein may be realized by hardware such as a circuit, and different modules may be located in the same component (such as a chip, a circuit module, etc.) or different components in the terminal. Alternatively, at least part of the modules may be implemented in the form of a software program, the software program runs on a processor integrated in the terminal, and the remaining (if any) modules may be implemented in hardware such as circuits.

The embodiment of the present application also provides a chip, which can execute the relevant steps of the access network device in the foregoing method embodiments. The chip is configured to generate indication information, and the indication information is used to indicate that the terminal device has a temporary high priority; the chip is also configured to send the indication information to the first access network device.

Optionally, the chip, when sending the indication information to the first access network device, is specifically configured to: send a handover request message to the first access network device, where the handover request message includes the indication information.

Optionally, the chip, when generating the indication information, is specifically configured to: generate indication information based on target parameters, where the target parameters include the data network name and/or network slice selection auxiliary information of the service requested by the terminal device to be established or switched; or The target parameter includes the service quality parameter of the service requested by the terminal device to be established or switched.

Optionally, the target parameter includes the data network name and/or network slice selection auxiliary information of the service requested by the terminal device to establish or switch. When the chip generates the indication information based on the target parameter, it is specifically used for: if the preset data network name and/or the preset network slice selection auxiliary information includes the target parameter, then the instruction information is generated.

Optionally, the target parameter includes a quality of service parameter of a service requested by the terminal device to be established or switched. When the chip generates indication information based on the target parameter, it is specifically configured to: generate indication information if the target parameter meets a preset threshold.

Optionally, before generating the indication information, the chip is also used to: determine that the terminal equipment accesses the customer premises network.

In a possible implementation manner, the above-mentioned chip includes at least one processor, at least one first memory, and at least one second memory; wherein, the aforementioned at least one first memory and the aforementioned at least one processor are interconnected Instructions are stored in the memory; the aforementioned at least one second memory and the aforementioned at least one processor are interconnected through lines, and the aforementioned second memory stores data that needs to be stored in the aforementioned method embodiments.

For each device or product applied to or integrated in the chip, each module contained therein may be implemented by means of hardware such as circuits, or at least some of the modules may be implemented by means of software programs, which run on the internal integrated components of the chip. The processor and the remaining (if any) modules can be realized by hardware such as circuits.

The embodiment of the present application also provides a chip, which can execute the relevant steps of the access network device in the foregoing method embodiments. The chip is configured to receive indication information, where the indication information is used to indicate that the terminal device has a temporary high priority; the chip is also configured to schedule the terminal device based on the indication information.

Optionally, when receiving the indication information, the chip is specifically configured to: receive a handover request message, where the handover request message includes the indication information.

Optionally, the chip is also used to schedule the terminal device based on the original priority information if the terminal device requests to stop or release the established or switched service.

As shown in FIG. 7 , FIG. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a module device provided by an embodiment of the present application. The module device 70 can perform the relevant steps of the access network device in the foregoing method embodiments, and the module device 70 includes: a communication module 701 , a power module 702 , a storage module 703 and a chip module 704 .

Wherein, the power supply module 702 is used to provide electric energy for the module device; the storage module 703 is used to store data and instructions; the communication module 701 is used for internal communication of the module device, or for The module device communicates with external devices; the chip module 704 is configured to: generate indication information, the indication information is used to indicate that the terminal device has a temporary high priority; and send the indication information to the first access network device.

Optionally, the chip module 704, when sending the indication information to the first access network device, is specifically configured to: send a handover request message to the first access network device, where the handover request message includes the indication information.

Optionally, when generating the indication information, the chip module 704 is specifically configured to: generate indication information based on target parameters, the target parameters including the data network name and/or network slice selection auxiliary information of the service requested by the terminal device to establish or switch ; or the target parameter includes the service quality parameter of the service that the terminal device requests to establish or switch.

Optionally, the target parameter includes the data network name and/or network slice selection auxiliary information of the service requested by the terminal device to establish or switch. When the chip module 704 generates the indication information based on the target parameter, it is specifically used for: if the preset data If the target parameter is included in the network name and/or preset network slice selection auxiliary information, then the indication information is generated.

Optionally, the target parameter includes the quality of service parameter of the service requested by the terminal device to establish or switch. When the chip module 704 generates indication information based on the target parameter, it is specifically used to: if the target parameter meets a preset threshold, generate an indication information.

Optionally, before generating the indication information, the chip module 704 is further configured to: determine that the terminal device accesses the customer premises network.

For each device or product applied to or integrated in a chip module, each module contained therein may be realized by hardware such as a circuit, and different modules may be located in the same component of the chip module (such as a chip, a circuit module, etc.) or Among the different components, or at least some of the modules can be realized by means of a software program, the software program runs on the processor integrated in the chip module, and the remaining (if any) parts of the modules can be realized by means of hardware such as circuits. The embodiment of the present application also provides a computer-readable storage medium, where instructions are stored in the computer-readable storage medium, and when the instruction is run on a processor, the method flow of the above-mentioned method embodiment is implemented.

Wherein, the power supply module 702 is used to provide electric energy for the module device; the storage module 703 is used to store data and instructions; the communication module 701 is used for internal communication of the module device, or for The module device communicates with external devices; the chip module 704 is configured to: receive indication information, the indication information is used to indicate that the terminal device has a temporary high priority; and schedule the terminal device based on the indication information.

Optionally, when receiving the indication information, the chip module 704 is specifically configured to: receive a handover request message, where the handover request message includes the indication information.

Optionally, the chip module 704 is also configured to: if the terminal device requests to set up or switch over service stop or release, then schedule the terminal device based on the original priority information.

The embodiment of the present application further provides a computer program product. When the computer program product is run on a processor, the method flow of the above method embodiment is implemented.

It should be noted that for the foregoing method embodiments, for the sake of simple description, they are expressed as a series of action combinations, but those skilled in the art should know that the present application is not limited by the described action sequence. Because of this application, certain operations may be performed in other orders or simultaneously. Secondly, those skilled in the art should also know that the embodiments described in the specification belong to preferred embodiments, and the actions and modules involved are not necessarily required by this application.

The descriptions of the various embodiments provided in this application can refer to each other, and the descriptions of each embodiment have their own emphases. For the parts that are not described in detail in a certain embodiment, you can refer to the relevant descriptions of other embodiments. For the convenience and brevity of description, for example, regarding the functions and operations of the various devices and devices provided in the embodiments of the present application, reference may be made to the relevant descriptions of the method embodiments of the present application. May be cross-referenced, combined or cited.

Finally, it should be noted that: the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of the present application, and are not intended to limit it; although the application has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, those of ordinary skill in the art should understand that: It is still possible to modify the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments, or perform equivalent replacements for some or all of the technical features; and these modifications or replacements do not make the essence of the corresponding technical solutions deviate from the technical solutions of the various embodiments of the present application. scope.

Claims

An information indication method, characterized in that the method comprises:

generating indication information, where the indication information is used to indicate that the terminal device has a temporary high priority;

Send the indication information to the first access network device.
The method according to claim 1, wherein the indication information is used to indicate that the terminal device has a temporary high priority, specifically: the indication information is used to indicate that the service that the terminal device requests to establish or switch has a temporary high priority .
The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the sending the indication information to the first access network device comprises:

Sending a handover request message to the first access network device, where the handover request message includes the indication information.
The method according to claim 2, wherein the generating instruction information includes:

Generate indication information based on target parameters, where the target parameters include the data network name and/or network slice selection assistance information of the service that the terminal device requests to establish or switch; or the target parameters include the service that the terminal device requests to establish or switch Service quality parameters of the business.
The method according to claim 4, wherein the target parameter includes the data network name and/or network slice selection auxiliary information of the service requested by the terminal device to establish or switch, and the generating instruction information based on the target parameter, include:

If the preset data network name and/or preset network slice selection auxiliary information includes the target parameter, then generate indication information.
The method according to claim 4, wherein the target parameter includes the service quality parameter of the service requested by the terminal device to be established or switched, and the generating indication information based on the target parameter includes:

If the target parameter satisfies the preset threshold, indication information is generated.
The method according to claim 1, characterized in that before generating the instruction information, further comprising:

It is determined that the terminal device accesses the customer premises network.
The method according to any one of claims 1-7, wherein the terminal device has a temporary high priority, including:

One or more data streams of the terminal device have a temporary high priority, or one or more radio bearers of the terminal device have a temporary high priority.
An information indication method, characterized in that the method comprises:

The first access network device receives indication information, where the indication information is used to indicate that the terminal device has a temporary high priority;

The first access network device schedules the terminal device based on the indication information.
The method according to claim 9, wherein the indication information is used to indicate that the terminal device has a temporary high priority, specifically: the indication information is used to indicate that the service requested by the terminal device to be established or switched has a temporary high priority .
The method according to claim 9, wherein the receiving the indication information by the first access network device comprises:

The first access network device receives a handover request message, where the handover request message includes the indication information.
The method according to claim 10, characterized in that the method further comprises:

If the service requested by the terminal device to be established or switched is stopped or released, the first access network device schedules the terminal device based on the original priority information.
The method according to any one of claims 9-12, wherein the terminal device has a temporary high priority, including:

One or more data streams of the terminal device have a temporary high priority, or one or more radio bearers of the terminal device have a temporary high priority.
A communication device, characterized by comprising a unit for implementing the method in any one of claims 1-13.
A communication device, characterized in that it includes a processor and a transceiver;

The transceiver is used to receive or send signals;

The processor is configured to execute the method according to any one of claims 1-13.
The communication device according to claim 15, further comprising a memory:

The memory is used to store computer programs;

The processor is specifically configured to call the computer program from the memory, so that the communication device executes the method according to any one of claims 1-13.
A chip, characterized in that,

The chip is configured to generate indication information, and the indication information is used to indicate that the terminal device has a temporary high priority;

The chip is configured to send the indication information to the first access network device.
A chip, characterized in that,

The chip is configured to receive indication information, where the indication information is used to indicate that the terminal device has a temporary high priority;

The chip is configured to schedule the terminal device based on the indication information.
A module device, characterized in that the module device includes a communication module, a power supply module, a storage module, and a chip module, wherein:

The power supply module is used to provide electric energy for the module equipment;

The storage module is used to store data and instructions;

The communication module is used for internal communication of the module equipment, or for the communication between the module equipment and external equipment;

The chip module is used for:

generating indication information, where the indication information is used to indicate that the terminal device has a temporary high priority;

Send the indication information to the first access network device.
A module device, characterized in that the module device includes a communication module, a power supply module, a storage module, and a chip module, wherein:

The power supply module is used to provide electric energy for the module equipment;

The storage module is used to store data and instructions;

The communication module is used for internal communication of the module equipment, or for the communication between the module equipment and external equipment;

The chip module is used for:

receiving indication information, where the indication information is used to indicate that the terminal device has a temporary high priority;

The terminal equipment is scheduled based on the indication information.
A computer-readable storage medium, characterized in that computer-readable instructions are stored in the computer-readable medium, and when the computer-readable instructions are run on a communication device, the communication device is made to execute claims 1-13 any one of the methods described.