WO2023164796A1

WO2023164796A1 - Information processing method and apparatus, and communication device and storage medium

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Publication number: WO2023164796A1
Application number: PCT/CN2022/078579
Authority: WO
Inventors: 沈洋
Original assignee: 北京小米移动软件有限公司
Priority date: 2022-03-01
Filing date: 2022-03-01
Publication date: 2023-09-07
Also published as: CN116998186A

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provide an information processing method. The method is performed by a first network element, and comprises: in response to determining that a terminal uses a starlink transmission link, sending indication information, wherein the indication information is used for enabling a second network element to detect a time delay, and the time delay is a time delay that the terminal transmits a packet by means of the starlink transmission link.

Description

Information processing method, device, communication device and storage medium

technical field

The present disclosure relates to the technical field of wireless communication but is not limited to the technical field of wireless communication, and in particular relates to an information processing method, device, communication device, and storage medium.

Background technique

With the development of network communication technologies, satellites are defined as links for data transmission between an access network (for example, a new air interface) and a core network. The network supports satellite transmission, which makes it possible to deploy base stations in areas far from the core network, for example, base stations in high mountains and desert areas. Since there are usually fewer users in these areas, after the base station is deployed, the establishment of wired transmission between the base station and the core network requires high costs. Usually, satellite transmission links can be used instead of wired transmission links.

However, due to the influence of factors such as satellite height and beam, satellite communication usually has the characteristics of limited bandwidth and long communication delay. Therefore, when a user accesses the network to carry out business, if a satellite transmission link is used, the network usually needs to sense the satellite transmission and implement corresponding QoS (Quality of Service) control according to the business situation.

Contents of the invention

The embodiment of the present disclosure discloses an information processing method, device, communication device, and storage medium.

According to a first aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, an information processing method is provided, wherein the method is executed by a first network element, and the method includes:

In response to determining that the terminal uses the Starlink transmission link, send indication information;

Wherein, the indication information is used to enable the second network element to detect a time delay; the time delay is a time delay for the terminal to transmit a message through the starlink transmission link.

In one embodiment, the starlink transmission link is a link formed based on a plurality of selected satellites.

In one embodiment, the method also includes:

Determine whether the terminal uses a starlink transmission link according to the configuration information and the access information of the terminal access network; wherein, the configuration information indicates: a mapping relationship between the base station and the starlink transmission link; and/ Or, the mapping relationship between the port of the base station and the starlink transmission link.

In one embodiment, the sending indication information includes:

sending first indication information to the second network element, where the first indication information instructs the second network element to perform delay detection;

or,

Sending second indication information to the third network element, where the second indication information instructs the terminal to use the Starlink transmission link.

According to a second aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, an information processing method is provided, wherein the method is executed by a second network element, and the method includes:

receive instructions;

Based on the indication information, a time delay is detected, where the time delay is a time delay for a terminal to transmit a message through the starlink transmission link.

In one embodiment, the receiving indication information includes:

receiving first indication information sent by the first network element;

or,

receiving first indication information sent by the third network element;

Wherein, the first indication information instructs the second network element to perform delay detection.

In one embodiment, the method also includes:

In response to acquiring the delay detection result information, send the detection result information to a third network element.

According to a third aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, an information processing method is provided, wherein the method is executed by a third network element, and the method includes:

receiving the detection result information sent by the second network element;

Wherein, the detection result information indicates the time delay for the terminal to transmit the message through the starlink transmission link.

In one embodiment, the method also includes:

According to the time delay, determine the quality of service (QoS) policy for the terminal to transmit packets based on the starlink transmission link.

In one embodiment, the method also includes:

receiving second indication information sent by the first network element, where the second indication information instructs the terminal to use the starlink transmission link.

In one embodiment, the method also includes:

In response to receiving the second indication information and determining to start delay detection, send first indication information to the second network element, where the first indication information instructs the second network element to perform delay detection.

In one embodiment, according to the time delay, it is determined whether the scheduled service is transmitted using the starlink transmission link.

According to a fourth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, an information processing device is provided, wherein the device includes:

The sending module is configured to: send indication information in response to determining that the terminal uses a starlink transmission link;

According to a fifth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, an information processing device is provided, wherein the device includes:

a receiving module configured to receive indication information;

According to a sixth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, an information processing device is provided, wherein the device includes:

a receiving module configured to receive the detection result information sent by the second network element;

According to a seventh aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, a communication device is provided, and the communication device includes:

processor;

memory for storing said processor-executable instructions;

Wherein, the processor is configured to implement the method described in any embodiment of the present disclosure when executing the executable instruction.

According to an eighth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, a computer storage medium is provided, the computer storage medium stores a computer executable program, and when the executable program is executed by a processor, the method described in any embodiment of the present disclosure is implemented.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, in response to determining that the terminal uses the Starlink transmission link, indication information is sent; wherein, the indication information is used to enable the second network element to detect a delay; the delay is the terminal passing through the The delay of packet transmission on the Starlink transmission link. Since when it is determined that the terminal uses the Starlink transmission link, it will send the indication information for the second network element to detect the delay, so that it can be detected in time that the terminal is transmitting through the Starlink transmission link. The delay of the message, compared with the case where only the delay of a single star chain transmission link can be determined, can determine the delay of the terminal using different star chain transmission links to transmit messages, so that the business can be executed more accurately Qos control.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a wireless communication system according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of a starlink transmission link according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of a registration process according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 4 is a schematic flowchart of an information processing method according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 5 is a schematic flowchart of an information processing method according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 6 is a schematic flowchart of an information processing method according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 7 is a schematic flowchart of an information processing method according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 8 is a schematic flowchart of an information processing method according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 9 is a schematic flowchart of an information processing method according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 10 is a schematic flowchart of an information processing method according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 11 is a schematic flowchart of an information processing method according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 12 is a schematic flowchart of an information processing method according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 13 is a schematic flowchart of an information processing method according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 14 is a schematic flowchart of an information processing method according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 15 is a schematic flowchart of an information processing method according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 16 is a schematic flowchart of an information processing method according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 17 is a schematic flowchart of an information processing method according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 18 is a schematic flowchart of an information processing method according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 19 is a schematic structural diagram of an information processing device according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 20 is a schematic structural diagram of an information processing device according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 21 is a schematic structural diagram of an information processing device according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 22 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 23 is a block diagram of a base station according to an exemplary embodiment.

Detailed ways

Reference will now be made in detail to the exemplary embodiments, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. When the following description refers to the accompanying drawings, the same numerals in different drawings refer to the same or similar elements unless otherwise indicated. The implementations described in the following exemplary embodiments do not represent all implementations consistent with the embodiments of the present disclosure. Rather, they are merely examples of apparatuses and methods consistent with aspects of the disclosed embodiments as recited in the appended claims.

Terms used in the embodiments of the present disclosure are for the purpose of describing specific embodiments only, and are not intended to limit the embodiments of the present disclosure. As used in the examples of this disclosure and the appended claims, the singular forms "a" and "the" are also intended to include the plural unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. It should also be understood that the term "and/or" as used herein refers to and includes any and all possible combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

It should be understood that although the embodiments of the present disclosure may use the terms first, second, third, etc. to describe various information, the information should not be limited to these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish information of the same type from one another. For example, without departing from the scope of the embodiments of the present disclosure, first information may also be called second information, and similarly, second information may also be called first information. Depending on the context, the word "if" as used herein may be interpreted as "at" or "when" or "in response to a determination."

For the purpose of brevity and ease of understanding, the term "greater than" or "less than" is used herein when characterizing a size relationship. However, those skilled in the art can understand that the term "greater than" also covers the meaning of "greater than or equal to", and "less than" also covers the meaning of "less than or equal to".

Please refer to FIG. 1 , which shows a schematic structural diagram of a wireless communication system provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 1 , the wireless communication system is a communication system based on mobile communication technology, and the wireless communication system may include: several user equipments 110 and several base stations 120 .

Wherein, the user equipment 110 may be a device that provides voice and/or data connectivity to the user. The user equipment 110 can communicate with one or more core networks via a radio access network (Radio Access Network, RAN), and the user equipment 110 can be an Internet of Things user equipment, such as a sensor device, a mobile phone, and a computer with an Internet of Things user equipment , for example, may be a fixed, portable, pocket, hand-held, computer built-in, or vehicle-mounted device. For example, Station (Station, STA), subscriber unit (subscriber unit), subscriber station (subscriber station), mobile station (mobile station), mobile station (mobile), remote station (remote station), access point, remote user equipment (remote terminal), access user equipment (access terminal), user device (user terminal), user agent (user agent), user equipment (user device), or user equipment (user equipment). Alternatively, the user equipment 110 may also be equipment of an unmanned aerial vehicle. Alternatively, the user equipment 110 may also be a vehicle-mounted device, for example, a trip computer with a wireless communication function, or a wireless user device connected externally to the trip computer. Alternatively, the user equipment 110 may also be a roadside device, for example, may be a street lamp, a signal lamp, or other roadside devices with a wireless communication function.

The base station 120 may be a network side device in a wireless communication system. Wherein, the wireless communication system may be a fourth generation mobile communication technology (the 4th generation mobile communication, 4G) system, also known as a Long Term Evolution (LTE) system; or, the wireless communication system may also be a 5G system, Also known as new air interface system or 5G NR system. Alternatively, the wireless communication system may also be a next-generation system of the 5G system. Among them, the access network in the 5G system can be called NG-RAN (New Generation-Radio Access Network, New Generation Radio Access Network).

Wherein, the base station 120 may be an evolved base station (eNB) adopted in a 4G system. Alternatively, the base station 120 may also be a base station (gNB) adopting a centralized distributed architecture in the 5G system. When the base station 120 adopts a centralized distributed architecture, it generally includes a centralized unit (central unit, CU) and at least two distributed units (distributed unit, DU). The centralized unit is provided with a packet data convergence protocol (Packet Data Convergence Protocol, PDCP) layer, radio link layer control protocol (Radio Link Control, RLC) layer, media access control (Media Access Control, MAC) layer protocol stack; A physical (Physical, PHY) layer protocol stack is set in the unit, and the embodiment of the present disclosure does not limit the specific implementation manner of the base station 120 .

A wireless connection may be established between the base station 120 and the user equipment 110 through a wireless air interface. In different embodiments, the wireless air interface is a wireless air interface based on the fourth-generation mobile communication network technology (4G) standard; or, the wireless air interface is a wireless air interface based on the fifth-generation mobile communication network technology (5G) standard, such as The wireless air interface is a new air interface; alternatively, the wireless air interface may also be a wireless air interface based on a technical standard of a next-generation mobile communication network based on 5G.

In some embodiments, an E2E (End to End, end-to-end) connection may also be established between user equipment 110. For example, V2V (vehicle to vehicle, vehicle-to-vehicle) communication, V2I (vehicle to Infrastructure, vehicle-to-roadside equipment) communication and V2P (vehicle to pedestrian, vehicle-to-person) communication in vehicle to everything (V2X) communication Wait for the scene.

Here, the above user equipment may be regarded as the terminal equipment in the following embodiments.

In some embodiments, the foregoing wireless communication system may further include a network management device 130 .

Several base stations 120 are connected to the network management device 130 respectively. Wherein, the network management device 130 may be a core network device in a wireless communication system, for example, the network management device 130 may be a Mobility Management Entity (Mobility Management Entity) in an evolved packet core network (Evolved Packet Core, EPC), MME). Alternatively, the network management device can also be other core network devices, such as Serving GateWay (SGW), Public Data Network Gateway (Public Data Network GateWay, PGW), policy and charging rule functional unit (Policy and Charging Rules Function, PCRF) or Home Subscriber Server (Home Subscriber Server, HSS), etc. The implementation form of the network management device 130 is not limited in this embodiment of the present disclosure.

In order to facilitate the understanding of those skilled in the art, the embodiments of the present disclosure list a plurality of implementation manners to clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present disclosure. Of course, those skilled in the art can understand that the multiple embodiments provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure can be executed independently, or combined with the methods of other embodiments in the embodiments of the present disclosure, and can also be executed alone or in combination It is then executed together with some methods in other related technologies; this is not limited in the embodiment of the present disclosure.

In order to better understand the technical solution described in any embodiment of the present disclosure, first, the application scenarios in related technologies are explained:

In one embodiment, referring to FIG. 2 , a satellite connection is used as a transmission link for data transmission between the access network and the core network, and the control plane data (ie, signaling interaction data) and user plane data ( That is, business interaction data) use the same transmission network, and only use a single satellite to establish a transmission link.

In one embodiment, in the QoS control for services based on satellite transmission links, the implementation process may include:

Step a, when the user accesses the network, the access and mobility management function (AMF, Access and Mobility Management Function) perceives whether the user access uses a satellite transmission link according to the gNB identifier of the base station, here, it may be in the AMF Configure the correspondence between the gNB ID and the backhaul link on the above.

Step b. The AMF sends the satellite transmission information used by the user for access to the Session Management Function (SMF, Session Management Function) and the Policy Control Function (PCF, Policy Control Function).

Step c. The PCF formulates a corresponding QoS policy for the service carried out by the user in combination with the satellite transmission information, and sends it to the SMF and the User Plan Function (UPF, User Plan Function). The SMF and UPF perform corresponding QoS control on the interactive data transmitted by satellite according to the corresponding QoS policy (for example, control on bandwidth and delay, etc.).

In step d, network elements such as PCF and SMF can also further subscribe to the AMF to send back information changes. When the transmission network used changes (for example, from wired link transmission to satellite link transmission), AMF will transmit the changed The event is sent to the SMF and PCF so that the PCF can adjust the QoS policy. At the same time, if the application function (AF, Application Function) can also subscribe to the transmission change event to the PCF, the PCF can send the transmission change event to the AF so that the AF can determine the service pair delay And bandwidth requirements can adapt to satellite transmission.

In one embodiment, referring to FIG. 3, if a terminal accesses a communication network (for example, a 5G network), it should register with the network for authorization to receive services, enable movement tracking and enable reachability. The registration process is as follows:

Step 31, the UE sends a registration request message to the radio access network (RAN, Radio Access Network). The message contains AN parameters, registration type, Subscription Concealed Identifier (SUCI, Subscription Concealed Identifier) or 5G-GUTI or Paging Early Indication (PEI, Paging Early Indication), requested slice selection assistant information (NSSAI, Network Slice Selection Assistant Information ), the last visited tracking area identification (TAI, Tracking Area Identify) (if available), etc. The registration type indicates whether the UE is to perform initial registration, mobile registration update, periodic registration update or emergency registration. The last visited TAI may be included to help the AMF generate a registration area for the UE.

Step 32, (R)AN selects AMF according to (R)AT and requested NSSAI. If the (R)AN cannot select a suitable AMF, it forwards the Registration Request message to the AMF configured in the (R)AN.

Step 33, (R)AN sends N2 message to the new AMF. The message includes N2 parameters, a registration request, and the like. The N2 parameter includes the selected PLMN ID, location information and cell identity related to the cell where the UE camps.

Step 34. If the serving AMF has changed since the last registration process, the new AMF can retrieve the stored UE's SUPI and UE context from the old AMF.

Step 35. If the SUCI is neither provided by the UE nor retrieved from the old AMF, the new AMF initiates an identity request process to the UE to request the SUCI.

Step 36, the new AMF may decide to start UE authentication by invoking AUSF. AMF selects AUSF according to SUPI or SUCI.

Step 37. If the AMF has changed since the last registration process, or if the SUPI provided by the UE does not refer to a valid context in the AMF, the SUPI-based AMF selects and registers with the UDM. If the AMF does not have subscription data for the UE, the AMF retrieves access and mobile subscription data etc. from the UDM.

In step 38, the new AMF performs AM policy association establishment or modification on the PCF.

Step 39: If the registration request in step 1 contains a list of PDU sessions to be activated, the AMF sends an Nsmf_PDUSession_UpdateSMContext request to the SMF associated with the PDU sessions to activate the user plane connections of these PDU sessions.

Step 40, the new AMF sends a registration acceptance message to the UE, indicating that the registration request has been accepted. This message contains registration area, mobility restriction, allowed NSSAI, strict periodic registration timer indication, etc. If a new Registration Area is allocated by the AMF, the Registration Area shall be sent to the UE. If no Registration Area is included in the Registration Accept message, the UE shall consider the old Registration Area valid. Movement restriction is included if it applies to the UE and the registration type is not emergency registration.

In one embodiment, it is defined that the satellite transmission between the RAN and the 5G core network uses a single satellite. Therefore, the delay of the satellite transmission link is relatively definite. When the network recognizes that the user uses satellite transmission, the satellite transmission can be determined. link delay. The relationship between the gNB identifier and the satellite transmission link type is pre-configured on the network side, and the AMF identifies the gNB used for user access, and can identify whether satellite transmission is used according to the pre-configured relationship. If satellite transmission is used, the satellite transmission delay can be determined.

In one embodiment, if the star chain technology composed of multiple satellites is used to provide satellite transmission, as shown in Figure 4, there will be multiple satellite transmission links (for example, using SAT1 and SAT2 in the star chain to form the first The backhaul link, using SAT3 and SAT4 to form the second backhaul link) or the satellite transmission link is dynamic (for example, the first time for the user to use SAT1, SAT2 and SAT3 to form the backhaul link, the second time for the user Use the backhaul link composed of SAT1 and SAT5), therefore, in related technologies, by determining the use of satellite backhaul, the delay method can be determined, which is no longer applicable in the above-mentioned star chain backhaul scenario, and new technology identification is required Satellite transmission link and corresponding delay.

As shown in FIG. 5, an information processing method is provided in this embodiment, where the method is executed by a first network element, and the method includes:

Step 51. In response to determining that the terminal uses the Starlink transmission link, send indication information;

Wherein, the indication information is used to enable the second network element to detect the delay; the delay is the delay for the terminal to transmit the message through the starlink transmission link.

Among them, the terminals involved in this disclosure may be, but not limited to, mobile phones, wearable devices, vehicle-mounted terminals, roadside units (RSU, Road Side Unit), smart home terminals, industrial sensing equipment and/or medical equipment, etc. . In some embodiments, the terminal may be a Redcap terminal or a new air interface NR terminal of a predetermined version (for example, an NR terminal of R17).

The base station involved in the present disclosure may be an access device for a terminal to access a network. Here, the base station may be various types of base stations, for example, a base station of a third-generation mobile communication (3G) network, a base station of a fourth-generation mobile communication (4G) network, a base station of a fifth-generation mobile communication (5G) network, or other Evolved base station.

The network elements involved in this disclosure, for example, the first network element, the second network element and the third network element, can be deployed as a single network function, or can be deployed in an existing network function (NF, Network Function). In an embodiment, the first network element, the second network element and the third network element may be co-deployed in a predetermined NF. In an embodiment, the first network element may be an AMF, the second network element may be a UPF, and the third network element may be a PCF. Flexible deployment according to specific application scenarios, which is not limited here. In an embodiment, the first network element may have a determination function; the second network element may have a detection function; and the third network element may have a policy function.

In one embodiment, the Starlink transmission link may be formed based on at least one satellite. For example, if the satellites include SAT1, SAT2 and SAT3, the Starlink transmission link can be a link based on the selected SAT1, or a link based on the selected SAT1 and SAT2, or a link based on the selected A link formed by SAT1, SAT2 and SAT3.

In an embodiment, the network may dynamically select satellites to form star chain transmission links to transmit messages. Exemplarily, it may be that different satellites and/or different numbers of satellites are selected at different times to form a Starlink transmission link to transmit messages; or, it may be the satellites and /or the number of satellites is different. In one embodiment, the Starlink transmission links established in the same service period may be the same, and the Starlink transmission links established in different service periods may be different.

In one embodiment, in response to determining that the terminal uses a starlink transmission link, the determining function sends first indication information to the detection function, wherein the first indication information indicates that the detection function performs delay detection; The delay of packet transmission on the link. After receiving the first indication information, the detection function will perform delay detection to obtain delay detection result information. After the detection function obtains the time-delayed detection result information, it will send the detection result information to the policy function. After the policy function receives the detection result information, it will determine the QoS policy for the terminal to transmit packets based on the Starlink transmission link based on the detection result information.

It should be noted that the determining function may send indication information to the detecting function in a direct or indirect manner.

In one embodiment, the determination function may be AMF, the detection function may be UPF, and the policy function may be PCF. In response to determining that the terminal uses the Starlink transmission link, the AMF sends the first indication information to the SMF through the PDU session update request message, wherein the first indication information indicates that the detection function performs delay detection; Delay in transmitting packets. The SMF sends the first indication information to the UPF through the PDU session policy association modification request message. After receiving the first indication information, the UPF will perform delay detection to obtain delay detection result information. After the UPF obtains the time-delayed detection result information, it will send the detection result information to the PCF. After receiving the detection result information, the PCF will determine the QoS policy for the terminal to transmit packets based on the Starlink transmission link based on the detection result information.

In order to better understand the above embodiment, please refer to FIG. 6 , the determination function may be the AMF, the detection function may be the UPF, and the policy function may be the PCF. The QoS control process for the terminal to use the Starlink transmission link may include:

Step 61, the terminal sends a service request message to the AMF. Exemplarily, after the terminal accesses the network, the terminal switches to the radio resource control (RRC, Radio Resource Control) idle state because no service is executed after the registration is completed. If the terminal performs services, it needs to switch the RRC idle state to the RRC connected state through the service request process; or, if the terminal is in the RRC connected state, it needs to activate the user plane connection through the service request process.

Step 62: The AMF receives the service request message, and determines that the terminal accesses the network using the Starlink transmission link. Exemplarily, the network side pre-configures the correspondence between the gNB identifier and the Starlink transmission link, and the network can determine that the terminal uses the Starlink transmission link by obtaining the gNB identifier used by the terminal to access the network and based on the correspondence.

Step 63: The AMF sends a PDU session update request message to the SMF, and the PDU session update request message carries first indication information, wherein the first indication information indicates that the detection function performs delay detection.

Step 64: The SMF sends a PDU session policy association modification request message to the UPF, and the PDU session policy association modification request message carries the first indication information.

After the service request process is completed, the terminal executes the service.

Step 65: The UPF performs delay detection of uplink data packet transmission according to the first indication information, and obtains detection result information.

In step 66, the UPF reports the detection result information to the PCF through the SMF.

In step 67, the PCF determines the QoS policy according to the delay detection result information and user subscription information.

In step 68, the PCF sends the QoS policy to the UPF, and performs QoS control on the data message corresponding to the application.

In one embodiment, in response to determining that the terminal uses the Starlink transmission link, the determining function sends second indication information to the policy function, where the second indication information indicates that the terminal uses the Starlink transmission link. After receiving the second indication information and determining to start the delay detection, the strategy function will send the first indication information to the detection function, where the first indication information instructs the detection function to perform delay detection. After receiving the first indication information, the detection function will perform delay detection to obtain delay detection result information. After the detection function obtains the time-delayed detection result information, it will send the detection result information to the policy function. After the policy function receives the detection result information, it will determine the QoS policy for the terminal to transmit packets based on the Starlink transmission link based on the detection result information.

It should be noted that the determination function may send the indication information to the policy function in a direct or indirect manner.

In one embodiment, the determination function may be AMF, the detection function may be UPF, and the policy function may be PCF. In response to determining that the terminal uses the starlink transmission link, the AMF sends second indication information to the SMF through a PDU session update request message, where the second indication information indicates that the terminal uses the starlink transmission link. The SMF sends the second indication information to the PCF through the PDU session policy association modification request message. After receiving the second indication information and determining to start the delay detection, the PCF will send the first indication information to the UPF, where the first indication information indicates that the detection function executes the delay detection. After receiving the first indication information, the UPF will perform delay detection to obtain delay detection result information. After the UPF obtains the time-delayed detection result information, it will send the detection result information to the PCF. After receiving the detection result information, the PCF will determine the QoS policy for the terminal to transmit packets based on the Starlink transmission link based on the detection result information.

In order to better understand the above embodiment, please refer to FIG. 7 , the determination function may be the AMF, the detection function may be the UPF, and the policy function may be the PCF. The QoS control process for the terminal to use the Starlink transmission link may include:

Step 71, the terminal sends a service request message to the AMF. Exemplarily, after the terminal accesses the network, the terminal switches to the radio resource control (RRC, Radio Resource Control) idle state because no service is executed after the registration is completed. If the terminal performs services, it needs to switch the RRC idle state to the RRC connected state through the service request process; or, if the terminal is in the RRC connected state, it needs to activate the user plane connection through the service request process.

Step 72: The AMF receives the service request message, and determines that the terminal accesses the network using the Starlink transmission link. Exemplarily, the network side pre-configures the correspondence between the gNB identifier and the Starlink transmission link, and the network can determine that the terminal uses the Starlink transmission link by obtaining the gNB identifier used by the terminal to access the network and based on the correspondence.

Step 73: The AMF sends a PDU session update request message to the SMF, and the PDU session update request message carries second indication information, wherein the second indication information instructs the terminal to use the Starlink transmission link.

Step 74: The SMF sends a PDU session policy association modification request message to the PCF, and the PDU session policy association modification request message carries the second indication information.

Step 75, PCF can not determine QoS according to the second indication information and other policy information (for example, the type of starlink transmission configured), and sends the first indication information to start uplink data transmission delay detection to SMF, wherein, The first indication information instructs the detection function to perform delay detection.

Step 76: The SMF sends the first indication information to the UPF through the N4 session.

In step 77, the SMF returns a PDU session update response message to the AMF.

Step 78. Execute the remaining steps of the service request process.

Step 79: The UPF performs delay detection of uplink data packet transmission according to the second indication information, and obtains detection result information.

Step 80, the UPF reports the detection result information to the PCF.

Step 81, the PCF determines the QoS policy according to the delay detection result information and the application information, and sends the QoS policy to the UPF for execution.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, in response to determining that the terminal uses the Starlink transmission link, the indication information is sent; wherein, the indication information is used to enable the detection function to detect delay; the delay is the time for the terminal to transmit a message through the Starlink transmission link delay. When it is determined that the terminal uses the Starlink transmission link, it will send the indication information for the detection function to detect the delay. In this way, the delay of the terminal transmitting the message through the Starlink transmission link can be detected in time. Compared with In the case that only the delay of a single Starlink transmission link can be determined, the delay of the terminal using different Starlink transmission links to transmit messages can be determined, so that the service quality control of the business can be performed more accurately.

It should be noted that those skilled in the art can understand that the methods provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure may be executed independently, or together with some methods in the embodiments of the present disclosure or some methods in related technologies.

As shown in FIG. 8, an information processing method is provided in this embodiment, where the method is executed by a first network element, and the method includes:

Step 81. According to the configuration information and the access information of the terminal access network, determine whether the terminal uses the starlink transmission link; wherein, the configuration information indicates: the mapping relationship between the base station and the starlink transmission link; and/or, the base station The mapping relationship between the port and the Starlink transmission link.

In an embodiment, the first network element may have a determination function; the second network element may have a detection function; and the third network element may have a policy function.

In one embodiment, multiple fixed starlink transmission links can be configured. For example, SAT1, SAT2 and SAT3 form Starlink transmission link 1; SAT3, SAT4 and SAT5 form Starlink transmission link 2. For example:

Different gNBs connect to different starlink transmission links. Table 1 exemplarily shows a mapping relationship indicated by configuration information:

Table I:

基站base station	星链传输链路Starlink transmission link
gNB_1gNB_1	星链传输链路1：SAT1+SAT2+SAT3+……Starlink transmission link 1: SAT1+SAT2+SAT3+…
gNB_2gNB_2	星链传输链路2：SAT3+SAT5+SAT6+……Starlink transmission link 2: SAT3+SAT5+SAT6+…
……...	……...

Alternatively, different backhaul links use different ports of the gNB, and Table 2 exemplarily shows a mapping relationship indicated by the configuration information:

Table II:

基站的端口base station port	星链传输链路Starlink transmission link
gNB1_port1gNB1_port1	星链传输链路1：SAT1+SAT2+SAT3+……Starlink transmission link 1: SAT1+SAT2+SAT3+…
gNB1_port2gNB1_port2	星链传输链路2：SAT4+SAT5+SAT6+……Starlink transmission link 2: SAT4+SAT5+SAT6+…
……...	……...

It should be noted that the base station and/or the port of the base station may be determined according to the access information of the terminal accessing the network. If the base station accessed by the terminal is the base station indicated in the mapping relationship indicated by the configuration information, or the port of the base station accessed by the terminal is the port indicated in the mapping relationship indicated by the configuration information, it can be determined that the terminal uses the starlink transmission link. For example, if the base station accessed by the terminal is gNB_1, it may be determined that the terminal uses Starlink transmission link 1.

In one embodiment, according to the configuration information and the access information of the terminal access network, it is determined that the terminal uses the starlink transmission link; wherein, the configuration information indicates: a mapping relationship between the base station and the starlink transmission link; and/or , the mapping relationship between the port of the base station and the starlink transmission link. In response to determining that the terminal uses the Starlink transmission link, send indication information; where the indication information is used to enable the detection function to detect delay; the delay is the delay for the terminal to transmit a message through the Starlink transmission link.

As shown in FIG. 9, an information processing method is provided in this embodiment, where the method is executed by a first network element, and the method includes:

Step 91. Send first indication information to the second network element, where the first indication information indicates that the second network element performs delay detection; or, send second indication information to a third network element, where the second indication information indicates The terminal uses the Starlink transmission link.

As shown in FIG. 10, an information processing method is provided in this embodiment, where the method is executed by a second network element, and the method includes:

Step 101, receiving instruction information;

Step 102 , based on the indication information, detect the delay, where the delay is the delay for the terminal to transmit the message through the starlink transmission link.

The network elements involved in this disclosure, for example, the first network element, the second network element and the third network element, can be deployed as a single network function, or can be deployed in an existing network function (NF, Network Function). In an embodiment, the first network element, the second network element and the third network element may be co-deployed in a predetermined NF. In an embodiment, the first network element may be an AMF, the second network element may be a UPF, and the third network element may be a PCF. Flexible deployment is not limited here. In an embodiment, the first network element may have a determination function; the second network element may have a detection function; and the third network element may have a policy function.

In one embodiment, in response to determining that the terminal uses a starlink transmission link, the determining function sends first indication information to the detection function, wherein the first indication information indicates that the detection function performs delay detection; The delay of packet transmission on the link. The detection function receives the first indication information, and after receiving the first indication information, the detection function performs delay detection to obtain delay detection result information. After the detection function obtains the time-delayed detection result information, it will send the detection result information to the policy function. After the policy function receives the detection result information, it will determine the QoS policy for the terminal to transmit packets based on the Starlink transmission link based on the detection result information.

In one embodiment, the determination function may be AMF, the detection function may be UPF, and the policy function may be PCF. In response to determining that the terminal uses the Starlink transmission link, the AMF sends the first indication information to the SMF through the PDU session update request message, wherein the first indication information indicates that the detection function performs delay detection; Delay in transmitting packets. The SMF sends the first indication information to the UPF through the PDU session policy association modification request message. The UPF receives the first indication information. After receiving the first indication information, the UPF will perform delay detection to obtain delay detection result information. After the UPF obtains the time-delayed detection result information, it will send the detection result information to the PCF. After receiving the detection result information, the PCF will determine the QoS policy for the terminal to transmit packets based on the Starlink transmission link based on the detection result information.

In one embodiment, in response to determining that the terminal uses the Starlink transmission link, the determining function sends second indication information to the policy function, where the second indication information indicates that the terminal uses the Starlink transmission link. After receiving the second indication information and determining to start the delay detection, the strategy function will send the first indication information to the detection function, where the first indication information instructs the detection function to perform delay detection. The detection function receives first indication information. After receiving the first indication information, the detection function will perform delay detection to obtain delay detection result information, and the detection function will send the detection result information to the policy function after obtaining the delay detection result information. After the policy function receives the detection result information, it will determine the QoS policy for the terminal to transmit packets based on the Starlink transmission link based on the detection result information.

In one embodiment, the determination function may be AMF, the detection function may be UPF, and the policy function may be PCF. In response to determining that the terminal uses the starlink transmission link, the AMF sends second indication information to the SMF through a PDU session update request message, where the second indication information indicates that the terminal uses the starlink transmission link. The SMF sends the second indication information to the PCF through the PDU session policy association modification request message. After receiving the second indication information and determining to start the delay detection, the PCF will send the first indication information to the UPF, where the first indication information indicates that the detection function executes the delay detection. The UPF receives the first indication information, and after receiving the first indication information, the UPF performs delay detection to obtain delay detection result information. After the UPF obtains the time-delayed detection result information, it will send the detection result information to the PCF. After receiving the detection result information, the PCF will determine the QoS policy for the terminal to transmit packets based on the Starlink transmission link based on the detection result information.

As shown in FIG. 11, an information processing method is provided in this embodiment, where the method is executed by a second network element, and the method includes:

Step 111: Receive first indication information sent by the first network element; or receive first indication information sent by a third network element; wherein, the first indication information instructs the second network element to perform delay detection.

In one embodiment, in response to determining that the terminal uses a starlink transmission link, the determining function sends first indication information to the detection function, wherein the first indication information indicates that the detection function performs delay detection; The delay of packet transmission on the link. The detection function receives the first indication information sent by the determination function, and after receiving the first indication information, the detection function performs delay detection to obtain delay detection result information. After the detection function obtains the time-delayed detection result information, it will send the detection result information to the policy function. After the policy function receives the detection result information, it will determine the QoS policy for the terminal to transmit packets based on the Starlink transmission link based on the detection result information.

In one embodiment, in response to determining that the terminal uses the Starlink transmission link, the determining function sends second indication information to the policy function, where the second indication information indicates that the terminal uses the Starlink transmission link. After receiving the second indication information and determining to start the delay detection, the strategy function will send the first indication information to the detection function, where the first indication information instructs the detection function to perform delay detection. The detection function receives the first indication information sent by the policy function. After receiving the first indication information, the detection function will perform delay detection to obtain delay detection result information, and the detection function will send the detection result information to the policy function after obtaining the delay detection result information. After the policy function receives the detection result information, it will determine the QoS policy for the terminal to transmit packets based on the Starlink transmission link based on the detection result information.

As shown in FIG. 12, an information processing method is provided in this embodiment, where the method is executed by a second network element, and the method includes:

Step 121: In response to acquiring the delay detection result information, send the detection result information to a third network element.

For the description of step 121, please refer to the description of step 101 and step 111 for details.

As shown in FIG. 13, an information processing method is provided in this embodiment, where the method is executed by a third network element, and the method includes:

Step 131. Receive the detection result information sent by the second network element;

In one embodiment, in response to determining that the terminal uses a starlink transmission link, the determining function sends first indication information to the detection function, wherein the first indication information indicates that the detection function performs delay detection; The delay of packet transmission on the link. The detection function receives the first indication information, and after receiving the first indication information, the detection function performs delay detection to obtain delay detection result information. After the detection function obtains the time-delayed detection result information, it will send the detection result information to the policy function. The policy function will receive the detection result information. After receiving the detection result information, the policy function will determine the QoS policy for the terminal to transmit packets based on the Starlink transmission link based on the detection result information.

In one embodiment, the determination function may be AMF, the detection function may be UPF, and the policy function may be PCF. In response to determining that the terminal uses the Starlink transmission link, the AMF sends the first indication information to the SMF through the PDU session update request message, wherein the first indication information indicates that the detection function performs delay detection; Delay in transmitting packets. The SMF sends the first indication information to the UPF through the PDU session policy association modification request message. The UPF receives the first indication information. After receiving the first indication information, the UPF will perform delay detection to obtain delay detection result information. The UPF receives the delay detection result information, and after obtaining the delay detection result information, the UPF sends the detection result information to the PCF. After receiving the detection result information, the PCF will determine the QoS policy for the terminal to transmit packets based on the Starlink transmission link based on the detection result information.

In one embodiment, in response to determining that the terminal uses the Starlink transmission link, the determining function sends second indication information to the policy function, where the second indication information indicates that the terminal uses the Starlink transmission link. After receiving the second indication information and determining to start the delay detection, the strategy function will send the first indication information to the detection function, where the first indication information instructs the detection function to perform delay detection. The detection function receives first indication information. After receiving the first indication information, the detection function will perform delay detection to obtain delay detection result information, and the detection function will send the detection result information to the strategy function after obtaining the delay detection result information. The policy function will receive the delay detection result information. After receiving the detection result information, the policy function will determine the QoS policy for the terminal to transmit packets based on the Starlink transmission link based on the detection result information.

In one embodiment, the determination function may be AMF, the detection function may be UPF, and the policy function may be PCF. In response to determining that the terminal uses the starlink transmission link, the AMF sends second indication information to the SMF through a PDU session update request message, where the second indication information indicates that the terminal uses the starlink transmission link. The SMF sends the second indication information to the PCF through the PDU session policy association modification request message. After receiving the second indication information and determining to start the delay detection, the PCF will send the first indication information to the UPF, where the first indication information indicates that the detection function executes the delay detection. The UPF receives the first indication information, and after receiving the first indication information, the UPF performs delay detection to obtain delay detection result information. After the UPF obtains the time-delayed detection result information, it will send the detection result information to the PCF. The PCF receives the detection result information, and after receiving the detection result information, the PCF determines the QoS policy for the terminal to transmit packets based on the Starlink transmission link based on the detection result information.

As shown in FIG. 14, an information processing method is provided in this embodiment, where the method is executed by a third network element, and the method includes:

Step 141 , according to the time delay, determine the quality of service QoS policy for the terminal to transmit packets based on the starlink transmission link.

In one embodiment, in response to determining that the terminal uses the Starlink transmission link, the determining function sends second indication information to the policy function, where the second indication information indicates that the terminal uses the Starlink transmission link. After receiving the second indication information and determining to start the delay detection, the strategy function will send the first indication information to the detection function, where the first indication information instructs the detection function to perform delay detection. The detection function receives first indication information. After receiving the first indication information, the detection function will perform delay detection to obtain delay detection result information, and the detection function will send the detection result information to the policy function after obtaining the delay detection result information. The policy function will receive the delay detection result information. After receiving the detection result information, the policy function will determine the QoS policy for the terminal to transmit packets based on the Starlink transmission link based on the detection result information.

It should be noted that the determination function may be AMF, the detection function may be UPF, and the policy function may be PCF or AF.

As shown in FIG. 15, an information processing method is provided in this embodiment, where the method is executed by a third network element, and the method includes:

Step 151: Receive second indication information sent by the first network element, where the second indication information instructs the terminal to use the Starlink transmission link.

As shown in FIG. 16, an information processing method is provided in this embodiment, where the method is executed by a third network element, and the method includes:

Step 161: In response to receiving the second indication information and determining to start delay detection, send first indication information to the second network element, where the first indication information instructs the second network element to perform delay detection.

In one embodiment, in response to determining that the terminal uses the Starlink transmission link, the determining function sends second indication information to the policy function, where the second indication information indicates that the terminal uses the Starlink transmission link. In response to the policy function receiving the second indication information and determining to start delay detection, sending first indication information to the detection function, where the first indication information instructs the detection function to perform delay detection. The detection function receives first indication information. After receiving the first indication information, the detection function will perform delay detection to obtain delay detection result information, and the detection function will send the detection result information to the policy function after obtaining the delay detection result information. The policy function will receive the delay detection result information. After receiving the detection result information, the policy function will determine the QoS policy for the terminal to transmit packets based on the Starlink transmission link based on the detection result information.

It should be noted that, referring to FIG. 17, this embodiment also provides an information processing method, which is executed by a third network element, where the method includes:

Step 171, according to the configuration information and the access information of the terminal accessing the network, determine the time delay for the terminal to use the Starlink transmission link for message transmission; wherein, the configuration information indicates: the base station, the Starlink transmission link and A mapping relationship between time delays; and/or, a mapping relationship between base station ports, starlink transmission links, and time delays.

In one embodiment, multiple fixed starlink transmission links can be configured. For example, SAT1, SAT2 and SAT3 form Starlink transmission link 1; SAT3, SAT4 and SAT5 form Starlink transmission link 2; it should be noted that the satellites forming each Starlink transmission link are relatively fixed, therefore, The delay will be relatively definite. For example:

Different gNBs are connected to different starlink transmission links. Table 1 exemplarily gives a mapping relationship:

Table I:

基站base station	星链传输链路Starlink transmission link	时延time delay
gNB_1gNB_1	星链传输链路1：SAT1+SAT2+SAT3+……Starlink transmission link 1: SAT1+SAT2+SAT3+…	Delay_value1Delay_value1
gNB_2gNB_2	星链传输链路2：SAT3+SAT5+SAT6+……Starlink transmission link 2: SAT3+SAT5+SAT6+…	Delay_value2Delay_value2
……...	……...	……...

Alternatively, different backhaul links use different ports of the gNB, and Table 2 exemplarily gives a mapping relationship:

Table II:

It should be noted that the base station and/or the port of the base station may be determined according to the access information of the terminal accessing the network. If the base station accessed by the terminal is the base station indicated in the mapping relationship indicated by the configuration information, or the port of the base station accessed by the terminal is the port indicated in the mapping relationship indicated by the configuration information, it can be determined that the terminal uses the starlink transmission link, and determine the delay.

In one embodiment, the PCF can determine the QoS policy based on the delay, and deliver the QoS policy to the SMF and UPF for execution.

In an embodiment, the AF can be based on whether the delay Starlink transmission link delay meets the delay requirement of the service or adapts the service delay requirement according to the Starlink transmission link delay.

In one embodiment, referring to Figure 18, the method includes:

Step 181. When the AMF receives the UE's PDU session establishment request, it obtains information about the Starlink transmission link used by the UE according to the gNB identifier used by the UE for access, for example, the Starlink transmission link identifier.

In step 182, the AMF sends the Starlink transmission link information in the PDU session establishment request message to the SMF.

Step 183, the SMF returns a PDU session establishment response message.

Step 184, the SMF sends the starlink transmission link information to the PCF.

Step 185, PCF can determine the time delay for the terminal to use the Starlink transmission link for message transmission according to the configuration information and the access information of the terminal access network according to the Starlink transmission link information; wherein, the configuration information Indicates: the mapping relationship between the base station, the Starlink transmission link, and the time delay; and/or, the mapping relationship between the port of the base station, the Starlink transmission link, and the time delay. Combined with information such as time delay and user subscription, the QoS policy is determined and delivered to the SMF.

Step 186, the SMF selects a UPF.

In step 187, the SMF and UPF complete the establishment of the N4 session, and the SMF sends the QoS policy to the UPF for execution.

It should be noted that, in step 184, after the PCF receives the Starlink transmission link information, the PCF can also send this information to the AF, so that the AF can adapt to whether the delay of the Starlink transmission link can meet the application's requirement for delay. Require. If the requirements can be met, the AF sends the application's QoS request to the PCF, and the PCF determines the QoS control strategy for the application.

As shown in FIG. 19, an information processing device is provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure, wherein the device includes:

The sending module 191 is configured to: send indication information in response to determining that the terminal uses a starlink transmission link;

As shown in Figure 20, an information processing device is provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure, wherein the device includes:

The receiving module 201 is configured to receive indication information;

Based on the indication information, the time delay is detected, where the time delay is the time delay for the terminal to transmit the message through the starlink transmission link.

As shown in Figure 21, an information processing device is provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure, wherein the device includes:

The receiving module 211 is configured to receive the detection result information sent by the second network element;

An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a communication device, which includes:

processor;

memory for storing processor-executable instructions;

Wherein, the processor is configured to implement the method applied to any embodiment of the present disclosure when executing the executable instructions.

Wherein, the processor may include various types of storage media, which are non-transitory computer storage media, and can continue to memorize and store information thereon after the communication device is powered off.

The processor can be connected to the memory through a bus or the like, and is used to read the executable program stored in the memory.

An embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a computer storage medium, wherein the computer storage medium stores a computer executable program, and when the executable program is executed by a processor, the method of any embodiment of the present disclosure is implemented.

Regarding the apparatus in the foregoing embodiments, the specific manner in which each module executes operations has been described in detail in the embodiments related to the method, and will not be described in detail here.

As shown in FIG. 22 , an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a structure of a terminal.

Referring to the terminal 800 shown in FIG. 22, this embodiment provides a terminal 800, which specifically can be a mobile phone, a computer, a digital broadcast terminal, a messaging device, a game console, a tablet device, a medical device, a fitness device, a personal digital assistant, etc. .

Referring to FIG. 22, the terminal 800 may include one or more of the following components: a processing component 802, a memory 804, a power supply component 806, a multimedia component 808, an audio component 810, an input/output (I/O) interface 812, a sensor component 814, and a communication component 816 .

The processing component 802 generally controls the overall operations of the terminal 800, such as operations associated with display, telephone calls, data communications, camera operations, and recording operations. The processing component 802 may include one or more processors 820 to execute instructions to complete all or part of the steps of the above method. Additionally, processing component 802 may include one or more modules that facilitate interaction between processing component 802 and other components. For example, processing component 802 may include a multimedia module to facilitate interaction between multimedia component 808 and processing component 802 .

The memory 804 is configured to store various types of data to support operations at the device 800 . Examples of such data include instructions for any application or method operating on the terminal 800, contact data, phonebook data, messages, pictures, videos, etc. The memory 804 can be implemented by any type of volatile or non-volatile storage device or their combination, such as static random access memory (SRAM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), erasable Programmable Read Only Memory (EPROM), Programmable Read Only Memory (PROM), Read Only Memory (ROM), Magnetic Memory, Flash Memory, Magnetic or Optical Disk.

The power supply component 806 provides power to various components of the terminal 800 . Power components 806 may include a power management system, one or more power supplies, and other components associated with generating, managing, and distributing power for terminal 800 .

The multimedia component 808 includes a screen providing an output interface between the terminal 800 and the user. In some embodiments, the screen may include a liquid crystal display (LCD) and a touch panel (TP). If the screen includes a touch panel, the screen may be implemented as a touch screen to receive input signals from a user. The touch panel includes one or more touch sensors to sense touches, swipes, and gestures on the touch panel. The touch sensor may not only sense a boundary of a touch or a swipe action, but also detect duration and pressure associated with the touch or swipe operation. In some embodiments, the multimedia component 808 includes a front camera and/or a rear camera. When the device 800 is in an operation mode, such as a shooting mode or a video mode, the front camera and/or the rear camera can receive external multimedia data. Each front camera and rear camera can be a fixed optical lens system or have focal length and optical zoom capability.

The audio component 810 is configured to output and/or input audio signals. For example, the audio component 810 includes a microphone (MIC), which is configured to receive an external audio signal when the terminal 800 is in an operation mode, such as a call mode, a recording mode and a voice recognition mode. Received audio signals may be further stored in memory 804 or sent via communication component 816 . In some embodiments, the audio component 810 also includes a speaker for outputting audio signals.

The I/O interface 812 provides an interface between the processing component 802 and a peripheral interface module, which may be a keyboard, a click wheel, a button, and the like. These buttons may include, but are not limited to: a home button, volume buttons, start button, and lock button.

Sensor component 814 includes one or more sensors for providing terminal 800 with various aspects of status assessment. For example, the sensor component 814 can detect the open/closed state of the device 800, the relative positioning of components, such as the display and the keypad of the terminal 800, the sensor component 814 can also detect the terminal 800 or a change in the position of a component of the terminal 800, and the user The presence or absence of contact with the terminal 800, the terminal 800 orientation or acceleration/deceleration and the temperature change of the terminal 800. Sensor assembly 814 may include a proximity sensor configured to detect the presence of nearby objects in the absence of any physical contact. Sensor assembly 814 may also include an optical sensor, such as a CMOS or CCD image sensor, for use in imaging applications. In some embodiments, the sensor component 814 may also include an acceleration sensor, a gyroscope sensor, a magnetic sensor, a pressure sensor or a temperature sensor.

The communication component 816 is configured to facilitate wired or wireless communication between the terminal 800 and other devices. The terminal 800 can access a wireless network based on communication standards, such as Wi-Fi, 2G or 3G, or a combination thereof. In one exemplary embodiment, the communication component 816 receives broadcast signals or broadcast related information from an external broadcast management system via a broadcast channel. In an exemplary embodiment, the communication component 816 also includes a near field communication (NFC) module to facilitate short-range communication. For example, the NFC module may be implemented based on Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology, Infrared Data Association (IrDA) technology, Ultra Wideband (UWB) technology, Bluetooth (BT) technology and other technologies.

In an exemplary embodiment, terminal 800 may be programmed by one or more application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), digital signal processors (DSPs), digital signal processing devices (DSPDs), programmable logic devices (PLDs), field programmable A gate array (FPGA), controller, microcontroller, microprocessor or other electronic component implementation for performing the methods described above.

In an exemplary embodiment, there is also provided a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions, such as the memory 804 including instructions, which can be executed by the processor 820 of the terminal 800 to complete the above method. For example, the non-transitory computer readable storage medium may be ROM, random access memory (RAM), CD-ROM, magnetic tape, floppy disk, optical data storage device, and the like.

As shown in FIG. 23 , an embodiment of the present disclosure shows a structure of a base station. For example, the base station 900 may be provided as a network side device. Referring to FIG. 23 , base station 900 includes processing component 922 , which further includes one or more processors, and a memory resource represented by memory 932 for storing instructions executable by processing component 922 , such as application programs. The application program stored in memory 932 may include one or more modules each corresponding to a set of instructions. In addition, the processing component 922 is configured to execute instructions, so as to perform any of the aforementioned methods applied to the base station.

Base station 900 may also include a power component 926 configured to perform power management of base station 900, a wired or wireless network interface 950 configured to connect base station 900 to a network, and an input-output (I/O) interface 958. The base station 900 can operate based on an operating system stored in the memory 932, such as Windows Server™, Mac OS X™, Unix™, Linux™, FreeBSD™ or similar.

Other embodiments of the invention will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the invention disclosed herein. This disclosure is intended to cover any modification, use or adaptation of the present invention, these modifications, uses or adaptations follow the general principles of the present invention and include common knowledge or conventional technical means in the technical field not disclosed in this disclosure . The specification and examples are to be considered exemplary only, with a true scope and spirit of the invention being indicated by the following claims.

It should be understood that the present invention is not limited to the precise constructions which have been described above and shown in the accompanying drawings, and various modifications and changes may be made without departing from the scope thereof. The scope of the invention is limited only by the appended claims.

Claims

An information processing method, wherein the method is performed by a first network element, and the method includes:

In response to determining that the terminal uses the Starlink transmission link, send indication information;

Wherein, the indication information is used to enable the second network element to detect a time delay; the time delay is a time delay for the terminal to transmit a message through the starlink transmission link.
The method according to claim 1, wherein the starlink transmission link is a link formed based on a plurality of selected satellites.
The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

Determine whether the terminal uses a starlink transmission link according to the configuration information and the access information of the terminal access network; wherein, the configuration information indicates: a mapping relationship between the base station and the starlink transmission link; and/ Or, the mapping relationship between the port of the base station and the starlink transmission link.
The method according to claim 1, wherein the sending indication information comprises:

sending first indication information to the second network element, where the first indication information instructs the second network element to perform delay detection;

or,

Sending second indication information to the third network element, where the second indication information instructs the terminal to use the Starlink transmission link.
An information processing method, wherein the method is performed by a second network element, and the method includes:

receive instructions;

Based on the indication information, a time delay is detected, where the time delay is a time delay for a terminal to transmit a message through the starlink transmission link.
The method according to claim 5, wherein the starlink transmission link is a link formed based on a plurality of selected satellites.
The method according to claim 5, wherein the receiving indication information comprises:

receiving first indication information sent by the first network element;

or,

receiving first indication information sent by the third network element;

Wherein, the first indication information instructs the second network element to perform delay detection.
The method according to claim 5, wherein the method further comprises:

In response to acquiring the delay detection result information, send the detection result information to a third network element.
An information processing method, wherein the method is performed by a third network element, and the method includes:

receiving the detection result information sent by the second network element;

Wherein, the detection result information indicates the time delay for the terminal to transmit the message through the starlink transmission link.
The method according to claim 9, wherein the starlink transmission link is a link formed based on a plurality of selected satellites.
The method according to claim 9, wherein the method further comprises:

According to the time delay, determine the quality of service (QoS) policy for the terminal to transmit packets based on the starlink transmission link.
The method according to claim 9, wherein the method further comprises:

receiving second indication information sent by the first network element, where the second indication information instructs the terminal to use the starlink transmission link.
The method according to claim 12, wherein said method further comprises:

In response to receiving the second indication information and determining to start delay detection, send first indication information to the second network element, where the first indication information instructs the second network element to perform delay detection.
The method according to claim 9, wherein the method further comprises:

According to the time delay, it is determined whether the predetermined service is transmitted by using the starlink transmission link.
An information processing device, wherein the device includes:

The sending module is configured to: send indication information in response to determining that the terminal uses a starlink transmission link;

Wherein, the indication information is used to enable the second network element to detect a time delay; the time delay is a time delay for the terminal to transmit a message through the starlink transmission link.
An information processing device, wherein the device includes:

a receiving module configured to receive indication information;

Based on the indication information, a time delay is detected, where the time delay is a time delay for a terminal to transmit a message through the starlink transmission link.
An information processing device, wherein the device includes:

a receiving module configured to receive the detection result information sent by the second network element;

Wherein, the detection result information indicates the time delay for the terminal to transmit the message through the starlink transmission link.
A communication device, comprising:

memory;

The processor, connected to the memory, is configured to implement the method according to any one of claims 1-4, 5-8 or 9-14 by executing computer-executable instructions stored in the memory.
A computer storage medium, wherein the computer storage medium stores computer-executable instructions, and the computer-executable instructions can implement any one of claims 1 to 4, 5 to 8, or 9 to 14 after being executed by a processor. described method.