WO2024034135A1 - Network node and authorization method - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a network node comprising: a reception unit that receives, from a first terminal, a notification indicating that a second terminal is authorized to use a specified resource; a transmission unit that transmits information indicating that the resource has been authorized by the first terminal; and a control unit that verifies the information transmitted from the second terminal, and upon successful verification, performs control to transmit, to the second terminal, information indicating an access right to the resource.

Description

Network node and authorization method

The present invention relates to a network node and an authorization method in a communication system.

NR (New Radio) (also referred to as "5G"), which is the successor system of LTE (Long Term Evolution), supports EPC (Evolved Packet Core), which is the core network in the LTE (Long Term Evolution) network architecture. The network architecture includes 5GC (5G Core Network) and NG-RAN (Next Generation - Radio Access Network), which corresponds to E-UTRAN (Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network), which is RAN (Radio Access Network) in LTE network architecture. have been studied (for example, Non-Patent Document 1 and Non-Patent Document 2).

Furthermore, in NR Release 15, 5GC opens an API (Application Programming Interface) for external applications, and stipulates a technology for calling the API from a third-party application (for example, Non-Patent Document 3). In NR Release 18, a mechanism is being considered that extends CAPIF (Common API Framework) and allows resource holder clients to authorize 5GC API calls (for example, Non-Patent Document 4).

If a resource holder client introduces a mechanism to authorize 5GC API calls, for example, if a terminal different from the one making the API call functions as the resource holder client, the terminal functioning as the resource holder client will It is thought that a procedure is required to authorize other terminals to call APIs that use . However, the conventional technology has a problem in that it is not clear what procedure should be used to authorize another terminal to call the API.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and provides a communication system in which a terminal functioning as an API resource holder client appropriately authorizes other terminals to call an API that uses the resource. purpose.

According to the disclosed technology, there is provided a receiving unit that receives a notification from a first terminal indicating that a second terminal is authorized to use a specified resource; a transmitting unit that transmits information indicating that the resource has been accessed; and a transmitting unit that verifies the information transmitted from the second terminal, and transmits information indicating the right to access the resource to the second terminal if the verification is successful. A network node is provided, comprising: a controller for controlling the network;

According to the disclosed technology, a technology is provided in which a terminal functioning as an API resource holder client can appropriately authorize another terminal to call an API that uses the resource in a communication system. .

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining an overview of a conventional API call. FIG. 1 is a first diagram for explaining a conventional problem. FIG. 2 is a second diagram for explaining conventional problems. 1 is a diagram for explaining a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a configuration of a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a sequence diagram showing an example of the flow of an authorization procedure according to an embodiment of the present invention. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a functional configuration of a base station according to an embodiment of the present invention. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of the hardware configuration of a base station or a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. 1 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of a vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. Note that the embodiment described below is an example, and the embodiment to which the present invention is applied is not limited to the following embodiment.

Existing technology may be used as appropriate for the operation of the wireless communication system according to the embodiment of the present invention. The existing technology is, for example, existing NR or LTE, but is not limited to existing NR or LTE. Further, the term "LTE" used in this specification has a broad meaning including LTE-Advanced and a system after LTE-Advanced (eg, NR) unless otherwise specified.

In addition, in the embodiments of the present invention described below, SS (Synchronization signal), PSS (Primary SS), SSS (Secondary SS), PBCH (Physical broadcast channel), PRACH (Physical Terms such as random access channel), PDCCH (Physical Downlink Control Channel), PDSCH (Physical Downlink Shared Channel), PUCCH (Physical Uplink Control Channel), and PUSCH (Physical Uplink Shared Channel) are used. This is for convenience of description, and signals, functions, etc. similar to these may be referred to by other names. Also, the above terms in NR correspond to NR-SS, NR-PSS, NR-SSS, NR-PBCH, NR-PRACH, etc. However, even if the signal is used for NR, it is not necessarily specified as "NR-".

Further, in the embodiment of the present invention, the duplex method may be a TDD (Time Division Duplex) method, an FDD (Frequency Division Duplex) method, or another method (for example, Flexible Duplex, etc.). This method may also be used.

Furthermore, in the embodiments of the present invention, "configuring" wireless parameters etc. may mean pre-configuring predetermined values, or It may also be possible to set wireless parameters notified from.

(Conventional problems)
Here, problems with the conventional technology will be explained.

FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining an overview of conventional API calls. In NR Release 18, 5GC will open the API (Application Programming Interface) to external applications, and expansion of the technology for calling the API from third-party applications is being considered. For example, a mechanism is being considered that extends CAPIF (Common API Framework) and allows a resource owner client to authorize 5GC API calls.

Specifically, a device (an application on the device) acting as an API caller pre-registers the application with the CAPIF core function that authenticates and authorizes third-party applications, and A resource owner client authorizes the application to use the resource using an authorization function. This causes the API exposing function to open the API to authenticated and authorized external applications.

Here, for example, if a terminal different from the terminal that makes the API call functions as the resource holder client, the procedure for the terminal functioning as the resource holder client to authorize another terminal to call the API that uses the resource is necessary. considered necessary. However, the conventional technology has a problem in that it is not clear what procedure should be used to authorize another terminal to call the API.

FIG. 2 is a first diagram for explaining the conventional problems. As shown in Figure 2, when the API caller and the resource owner client belong to the same terminal, the terminal grants permission to the terminal itself. All you need to do is give permission to use the API yourself when making a call request.

FIG. 3 is a second diagram for explaining the conventional problems. On the other hand, as shown in Figure 3, when the API caller (API invoker) and the resource owner client (Resource owner client) belong to different terminals, the terminal (UE2) functioning as the API caller (API invoker) When requesting an API call, a terminal (UE1) acting as a resource owner client must convey authorization. However, conventionally, a mechanism has not been clearly defined in which a terminal (UE1) functioning as a resource owner client grants authorization to a terminal (UE2) functioning as an API caller. do not have.

(Summary of this embodiment)
In order to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, in this embodiment, a terminal (UE1) functioning as a resource owner client (UE1) functions as an API invoker (UE2). An example of notifying that an API call is authorized will be explained below.

(System configuration)
FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The wireless communication system according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a base station 10 and a terminal 20, as shown in FIG. Although FIG. 4 shows one base station 10 and one terminal 20, this is just an example, and there may be a plurality of each.

The base station 10 is a communication device that provides one or more cells and performs wireless communication with the terminal 20. The physical resources of a radio signal are defined in the time domain and the frequency domain, and the time domain may be defined by the number of OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) symbols, and the frequency domain may be defined by the number of subcarriers or resource blocks. Good too. Furthermore, a TTI (Transmission Time Interval) in the time domain may be a slot, or a TTI may be a subframe.

The base station 10 transmits a synchronization signal and system information to the terminal 20. The synchronization signals are, for example, NR-PSS and NR-SSS. System information is transmitted, for example, on NR-PBCH, and is also referred to as broadcast information. The synchronization signal and system information may be called SSB (SS/PBCH block). As shown in FIG. 1, the base station 10 transmits a control signal or data to the terminal 20 on the DL (Downlink), and receives the control signal or data from the terminal 20 on the UL (Uplink). Both the base station 10 and the terminal 20 can perform beamforming to transmit and receive signals. Further, both the base station 10 and the terminal 20 can apply MIMO (Multiple Input Multiple Output) communication to DL or UL. Further, both the base station 10 and the terminal 20 may communicate via a secondary cell (SCell) and a primary cell (PCell) using CA (Carrier Aggregation). Furthermore, the terminal 20 may communicate via a primary cell of the base station 10 and a primary SCG cell (PSCell) of another base station 10 using DC (Dual Connectivity).

The terminal 20 is a communication device equipped with a wireless communication function, such as a smartphone, a mobile phone, a tablet, a wearable terminal, or a communication module for M2M (Machine-to-Machine). As shown in FIG. 1, the terminal 20 receives control signals or data from the base station 10 via DL, and transmits control signals or data to the base station 10 via UL, thereby receiving various types of information provided by the wireless communication system. Use communication services. Furthermore, the terminal 20 receives various reference signals transmitted from the base station 10, and measures the channel quality based on the reception results of the reference signals. Note that the terminal 20 may be called a UE, and the base station 10 may be called a gNB.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of the configuration of a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The wireless communication system includes a RAN 10, a terminal 20, a core network 30, and a DN (Data Network) 40.

The core network 30 is a network that includes an exchange, a subscriber information management device, and the like. The core network 30 includes a network node that implements a U-Plane function and a network node group that implements a C-Plane function group.

The U-Plane function is a function that executes user data transmission and reception processing. A network node that realizes the U-Plane function is, for example, a UPF (User plane function) 380. The UPF 380 is a network node that has functions such as a PDU (Protocol Data Unit) session point to the outside for interconnection with the DN 40, packet routing and forwarding, and user plane QoS (Quality of Service) handling. The UPF 380 controls data transmission and reception between the DN 40 and the terminal 20. UPF 380 and DN 40 may be composed of one or more network slices.

The C-Plane function group is a function group that executes a series of control processes for establishing communication and the like. The network nodes that realize the C-Plane function group include, for example, AMF (Access and Mobility Management Function) 310, UDM (Unified Data Management) 320, NEF (Network Exposure Function) 330, and NRF (Network Repository Function). 340, AUSF (Authentication Server Function) 350, PCF (Policy Control Function) 360, SMF (Session Management Function) 370, and AF (Application Function) 390.

The RAN 10 is a network node that is communicably connected between the core network 30 and the terminal 20 and includes a base station, a line control device, and the like. RAN10 is communicatively connected to AMF310 and UPF380. In addition, below, the base station 10 is also called RAN10.

The AMF 310 is a network node that has functions such as RAN interface termination, NAS (Non-Access Stratum) termination, registration management, connection management, reachability management, and mobility management. The NRF 340 is a network node that has a function of discovering an NF (Network Function) instance that provides a service. UDM 320 is a network node that manages subscriber data and authentication data. The UDM 320 includes a UDR (User Data Repository) 321 that holds the data, and a FE (Front End) 322. FE 322 processes subscriber information.

The SMF 370 is a network node that has functions such as session management, IP (Internet Protocol) address assignment and management of the terminal 20, DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) function, ARP (Address Resolution Protocol) proxy, and roaming function. The NEF 330 is a network node that has a function of notifying other NFs (Network Functions) of capabilities and events. The PCF 360 is a network node that has a function of controlling network policy.

An AF (Application Function) 390 is a network node that has a function of controlling an application server.

The terminal 20 and AMF 310 are communicably connected as an N1 link. AMF 310 and RAN 10 are communicably connected as an N2 link. The UPF 380 and the RAN 10 are communicably connected as an N3 link. The UPF 380 and the SMF 370 are communicably connected as an N4 link. The UPF 380 and the DN 40 are communicably connected as an N6 link.

FIG. 6 is a sequence diagram showing an example of the flow of the authorization procedure according to the embodiment of the present invention. The first terminal 21 and second terminal 22 shown in FIG. 6 are examples of the terminal 20 shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, respectively.

Further, the API publishing node 391 and the authorization server 392 shown in FIG. 6 are each an example of the AF 390 shown in FIG. 5. Note that either or both of the API public node 391 and the authorization server 392 may be network nodes included in the DN 40.

Further, in FIGS. 4 and 5 described above, an example is shown in which the communication between the terminal 20 and the RAN 10 or the core network 30 is wireless communication, but the communication is not limited to wireless communication, and may be wired communication. good.

Here, the first terminal 21 is an example of a terminal that functions as a resource owner client. The second terminal 22 is an example of a terminal that functions as an API caller. The API publishing node 391 is an example of a network node having an API exposing function. Authorization server 392 is an example of a network node that has an authorization function.

The authorization server 392 authenticates the first terminal 21 (step S101). For example, the first terminal 21 specifies a resource and requests the authorization server 392 for authentication as the holder of the resource. Upon receiving the request, the authorization server 392 confirms that the first terminal 21 is the terminal that functions as the holder of the specified resource, and transmits the authentication result to the first terminal 21.

Next, the first terminal 21 notifies the authorization server 392 that the second terminal 22 is authorized to use a specific resource (step S102). The authorization server 392 transmits an invitation code to the first terminal 21 (step S103). The invitation code may be, for example, a character string generated each time, and is an example of information indicating that the use of the specified resource is authorized by the terminal (first terminal 21) functioning as the resource holder client. It is. Here, the authorization server 392 stores information (hereinafter also referred to as authorization information) that associates the specified resource with the second terminal 22 that is the target of the invitation code.

Note that the invitation code may have a validity period. For example, an invitation code may be usable only within one hour of issuance. In that case, the authorization information may include information indicating the date and time of issue.

Next, the first terminal 21 transmits the invitation code to the second terminal 22 (step S104). Note that instead of the processing in steps S103 and S104, the authorization server 392 may transmit the invitation code to the second terminal 22.

The authorization server 392 authenticates the second terminal 22 (step S105). For example, the second terminal 22 specifies a resource and requests the authorization server 392 for authentication to call an API that uses the resource. Upon receiving the request, the authorization server 392 confirms that the second terminal 22 is a terminal that can call the API that uses the specified resource, and transmits the authentication result to the second terminal 22. The authentication result includes, for example, information indicating that it is necessary to send an invitation code.

The second terminal 22 transmits the invitation code to the authorization server 392 (step S106). Accordingly, the second terminal 22 requests the authorization server 392 to verify the invitation code. The authorization server 392 verifies the invitation code (step S107). For example, the authorization server 392 checks whether the invitation code and the resource are associated based on the stored authorization information, and if they are associated, the verification is successful; if they are not associated, the verification is successful. Judged as a failure.

If the authorization server 392 determines that the verification is successful, it transmits the access token to the second terminal 22 (step S108). An access token is an example of information indicating access authority to a specified resource. The second terminal 22 uses the access token to access the resources of the first terminal 21 (step S109). For example, the second terminal 22 transmits an access token to the API public node 391 and calls an API that uses the specified resource. The API publishing node 391 checks the access token and executes processing according to the API call that uses the specified resource.

According to the present embodiment, a terminal (UE1) functioning as a resource owner client authorizes a terminal (UE2) functioning as an API caller to make an API call. tell. As a result, in the communication system, a terminal functioning as an API resource holder client can appropriately authorize another terminal to call an API that uses the resource.

For example, a terminal that functions as a resource holder client can authorize other terminals to access the resources it owns, allowing the administrator's parent terminal to control the communication quality of the child terminals it manages. This makes it possible to use more flexible APIs, such as the ability to access information and obtain location information.

(Device configuration)
Next, examples of functional configurations of the base station 10, terminal 20, and various network nodes that implement the processes and operations described above will be described. Base station 10, terminal 20, and various network nodes include functionality to implement the embodiments described above. However, the base station 10, the terminal 20, and various network nodes may each have only some of the functions in the embodiment.

<Base station 10 and network node>
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of the functional configuration of the base station 10. As shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 7, base station 10 includes a transmitting section 110, a receiving section 120, a setting section 130, and a control section 140. The functional configuration shown in FIG. 7 is only an example. As long as the operations according to the embodiments of the present invention can be carried out, the functional divisions and functional parts may have any names. Note that the network node may have the same functional configuration as the base station 10. Further, a network node having a plurality of different functions in the system architecture may be configured from a plurality of network nodes separated for each function.

The transmitting unit 110 includes a function of generating a signal to be transmitted to the terminal 20 or another network node, and transmitting the signal by wire or wirelessly. The receiving unit 120 includes a function of receiving various signals transmitted from the terminal 20 or other network nodes, and acquiring, for example, information on a higher layer from the received signals.

The setting unit 130 stores preset setting information and various setting information to be sent to the terminal 20 in a storage device, and reads them from the storage device as necessary. The contents of the setting information include, for example, settings related to communication using NTN.

As explained in the embodiment, the control unit 140 performs processing related to communication using NTN. Further, the control unit 140 performs processing related to communication with the terminal 20. Further, the control unit 140 performs processing related to verifying the geographical position of the terminal 20. A functional unit related to signal transmission in the control unit 140 may be included in the transmitting unit 110, and a functional unit related to signal reception in the control unit 140 may be included in the receiving unit 120.

<Terminal 20>
FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of the functional configuration of the terminal 20. As shown in FIG. 8, the terminal 20 includes a transmitting section 210, a receiving section 220, a setting section 230, and a control section 240. The functional configuration shown in FIG. 8 is only an example. As long as the operations according to the embodiments of the present invention can be carried out, the functional divisions and functional parts may have any names. The USIM attached to the terminal 20 may include a transmitting section 210, a receiving section 220, a setting section 230, and a control section 240, like the terminal 20.

The transmitter 210 creates a transmission signal from the transmission data and wirelessly transmits the transmission signal. The receiving unit 220 wirelessly receives various signals and obtains higher layer signals from the received physical layer signals. Furthermore, the receiving unit 220 has a function of receiving NR-PSS, NR-SSS, NR-PBCH, DL/UL control signals, reference signals, etc. transmitted from network nodes.

The setting unit 230 stores various setting information received from the network node by the receiving unit 220 in a storage device, and reads it from the storage device as necessary. The setting unit 230 also stores setting information that is set in advance.

The network node of this embodiment may be configured as a network node shown in each section below. Additionally, the following authorization method may be implemented.

<Configuration related to this embodiment>
(Section 1)
a receiving unit that receives a notification from the first terminal indicating that the second terminal is authorized to use the specified resource;
a transmitter that transmits information indicating that the resource has been authorized by the first terminal;
a control unit configured to verify the information transmitted from the second terminal and, if verification is successful, transmit information indicating access authority to the resource to the second terminal;
network node.
(Section 2)
the transmitter transmits the information to the first terminal;
Network node according to paragraph 1.
(Section 3)
The control unit determines that the verification is successful within a predefined period after the information is issued.
Network node according to paragraph 1.
(Section 4)
receiving a notification from the first terminal indicating that the second terminal is authorized to use the specified resource;
transmitting information indicating that the resource has been authorized by the first terminal;
verifying the information transmitted from the second terminal, and controlling to transmit information indicating the access authority to the resource to the second terminal if the verification is successful;
Authorization method performed by network nodes.

Any of the above configurations provides a technology that allows a terminal functioning as an API resource holder client to appropriately authorize another terminal to call an API that uses the resource in a communication system. . According to paragraph 1, the information transmitted from the second terminal indicating that the resource has been authorized by the first terminal is verified, and if the verification is successful, the information indicating the right to access the resource is transmitted to the second terminal. Can be sent to two terminals. According to clause 2, information indicating that the resource has been authorized by the first terminal may be transmitted to the first terminal. According to Section 3, it is possible to determine that the verification is successful within a predefined period after the information is issued.

(Hardware configuration)
The block diagrams (FIGS. 7 and 8) used to explain the above embodiments show blocks in functional units. These functional blocks (components) are realized by any combination of at least one of hardware and software. Furthermore, the method for realizing each functional block is not particularly limited. That is, each functional block may be realized using one physically or logically coupled device, or may be realized using two or more physically or logically separated devices directly or indirectly (e.g. , wired, wireless, etc.) and may be realized using a plurality of these devices. The functional block may be realized by combining software with the one device or the plurality of devices.

Functions include judgment, decision, judgment, calculation, calculation, processing, derivation, investigation, exploration, confirmation, reception, transmission, output, access, resolution, selection, selection, establishment, comparison, assumption, expectation, consideration, These include, but are not limited to, broadcasting, notifying, communicating, forwarding, configuring, reconfiguring, allocating, mapping, and assigning. I can't. For example, a functional block (configuration unit) that performs transmission is called a transmitting unit or a transmitter. In either case, as described above, the implementation method is not particularly limited.

For example, the network node, terminal 20, etc. in an embodiment of the present disclosure may function as a computer that performs processing of the wireless communication method of the present disclosure. FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of the hardware configuration of the base station 10 and the terminal 20 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The network node may have a similar hardware configuration to the base station 10. The USIM may have the same hardware configuration as the terminal 20. The base station 10 and terminal 20 described above are physically configured as a computer device including a processor 1001, a storage device 1002, an auxiliary storage device 1003, a communication device 1004, an input device 1005, an output device 1006, a bus 1007, etc. Good too.

Note that in the following description, the word "apparatus" can be read as a circuit, a device, a unit, etc. The hardware configuration of the base station 10 and the terminal 20 may be configured to include one or more of each device shown in the figure, or may be configured not to include some of the devices.

Each function in the base station 10 and the terminal 20 is performed by loading predetermined software (programs) onto hardware such as the processor 1001 and the storage device 1002, so that the processor 1001 performs calculations and controls communication by the communication device 1004. This is realized by controlling at least one of reading and writing data in the storage device 1002 and the auxiliary storage device 1003.

The processor 1001, for example, operates an operating system to control the entire computer. The processor 1001 may be configured with a central processing unit (CPU) including an interface with peripheral devices, a control device, an arithmetic unit, registers, and the like. For example, the above-described control unit 140, control unit 240, etc. may be implemented by the processor 1001.

Furthermore, the processor 1001 reads programs (program codes), software modules, data, etc. from at least one of the auxiliary storage device 1003 and the communication device 1004 to the storage device 1002, and executes various processes in accordance with these. As the program, a program that causes a computer to execute at least part of the operations described in the above embodiments is used. For example, the control unit 140 of the base station 10 shown in FIG. 7 may be realized by a control program stored in the storage device 1002 and operated on the processor 1001. Further, for example, the control unit 240 of the terminal 20 shown in FIG. 8 may be realized by a control program stored in the storage device 1002 and operated on the processor 1001. Although the various processes described above have been described as being executed by one processor 1001, they may be executed by two or more processors 1001 simultaneously or sequentially. Processor 1001 may be implemented by one or more chips. Note that the program may be transmitted from a network via a telecommunications line.

The storage device 1002 is a computer-readable recording medium, such as at least one of ROM (Read Only Memory), EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM), EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable ROM), RAM (Random Access Memory), etc. may be configured. The storage device 1002 may be called a register, cache, main memory, or the like. The storage device 1002 can store executable programs (program codes), software modules, and the like to implement a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

The auxiliary storage device 1003 is a computer-readable recording medium, such as an optical disk such as a CD-ROM (Compact Disc ROM), a hard disk drive, a flexible disk, a magneto-optical disk (for example, a compact disk, a digital versatile disk, a Blu-ray disk, etc.). -ray disk), smart card, flash memory (eg, card, stick, key drive), floppy disk, magnetic strip, etc. The above-mentioned storage medium may be, for example, a database including at least one of the storage device 1002 and the auxiliary storage device 1003, a server, or other suitable medium.

The communication device 1004 is hardware (transmission/reception device) for communicating between computers via at least one of a wired network and a wireless network, and is also referred to as a network device, network controller, network card, communication module, etc., for example. The communication device 1004 includes, for example, a high frequency switch, a duplexer, a filter, a frequency synthesizer, etc. in order to realize at least one of frequency division duplex (FDD) and time division duplex (TDD). It may be composed of. For example, a transmitting/receiving antenna, an amplifier section, a transmitting/receiving section, a transmission line interface, etc. may be realized by the communication device 1004. The transmitting and receiving unit may be physically or logically separated into a transmitting unit and a receiving unit.

The input device 1005 is an input device (eg, keyboard, mouse, microphone, switch, button, sensor, etc.) that accepts input from the outside. The output device 1006 is an output device (for example, a display, a speaker, an LED lamp, etc.) that performs output to the outside. Note that the input device 1005 and the output device 1006 may have an integrated configuration (for example, a touch panel).

Further, each device such as the processor 1001 and the storage device 1002 is connected by a bus 1007 for communicating information. The bus 1007 may be configured using a single bus, or may be configured using different buses for each device.

The base station 10 and the terminal 20 also include hardware such as a microprocessor, a digital signal processor (DSP), an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a programmable logic device (PLD), and a field programmable gate array (FPGA). A part or all of each functional block may be realized by the hardware. For example, processor 1001 may be implemented using at least one of these hardwares.

FIG. 10 shows an example of the configuration of the vehicle 2001. As shown in FIG. 10, the vehicle 2001 includes a drive unit 2002, a steering unit 2003, an accelerator pedal 2004, a brake pedal 2005, a shift lever 2006, a front wheel 2007, a rear wheel 2008, an axle 2009, an electronic control unit 2010, and various sensors 2021 to 2029. , an information service section 2012 and a communication module 2013. Each aspect/embodiment described in this disclosure may be applied to a communication device mounted on vehicle 2001, for example, may be applied to communication module 2013.

The drive unit 2002 is composed of, for example, an engine, a motor, or a hybrid of an engine and a motor. The steering unit 2003 includes at least a steering wheel (also referred to as a steering wheel), and is configured to steer at least one of the front wheels and the rear wheels based on the operation of the steering wheel operated by the user.

The electronic control unit 2010 is composed of a microprocessor 2031, memory (ROM, RAM) 2032, and communication port (IO port) 2033. Signals from various sensors 2021 to 2029 provided in the vehicle 2001 are input to the electronic control unit 2010. The electronic control unit 2010 may also be called an ECU (Electronic Control Unit).

Signals from various sensors 2021 to 2029 include a current signal from a current sensor 2021 that senses the motor current, a front wheel and rear wheel rotation speed signal obtained by a rotation speed sensor 2022, and a front wheel rotation speed signal obtained by an air pressure sensor 2023. and rear wheel air pressure signals, vehicle speed signals acquired by vehicle speed sensor 2024, acceleration signals acquired by acceleration sensor 2025, accelerator pedal depression amount signals acquired by accelerator pedal sensor 2029, and brake pedal sensor 2026. These include a brake pedal depression amount signal, a shift lever operation signal acquired by the shift lever sensor 2027, a detection signal for detecting obstacles, vehicles, pedestrians, etc. acquired by the object detection sensor 2028, and the like.

The information service department 2012 controls various devices such as car navigation systems, audio systems, speakers, televisions, and radios that provide (output) various information such as driving information, traffic information, and entertainment information, and these devices. It is composed of one or more ECUs. The information service unit 2012 provides various multimedia information and multimedia services to the occupants of the vehicle 2001 using information acquired from an external device via the communication module 2013 and the like.

The information service department 2012 may include an input device (for example, a keyboard, a mouse, a microphone, a switch, a button, a sensor, a touch panel, etc.) that accepts input from the outside, and an output device that performs output to the outside (for example, display, speaker, LED lamp, touch panel, etc.).

The driving support system unit 2030 includes a millimeter wave radar, LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging), a camera, a positioning locator (for example, GNSS, etc.), map information (for example, a high-definition (HD) map, an autonomous vehicle (AV) map, etc.) ), gyro systems (e.g., IMU (Inertial Measurement Unit), INS (Inertial Navigation System), etc.), AI (Artificial Intelligence) chips, and AI processors that prevent accidents and reduce the driver's driving burden. The system is comprised of various devices that provide functions for the purpose and one or more ECUs that control these devices. Further, the driving support system unit 2030 transmits and receives various information via the communication module 2013, and realizes a driving support function or an automatic driving function.

Communication module 2013 can communicate with microprocessor 2031 and components of vehicle 2001 via a communication port. For example, the communication module 2013 communicates with the drive unit 2002, steering unit 2003, accelerator pedal 2004, brake pedal 2005, shift lever 2006, front wheels 2007, rear wheels 2008, axle 2009, electronic Data is transmitted and received between the microprocessor 2031, memory (ROM, RAM) 2032, and sensors 2021 to 29 in the control unit 2010.

The communication module 2013 is a communication device that can be controlled by the microprocessor 2031 of the electronic control unit 2010 and can communicate with external devices. For example, various information is transmitted and received with an external device via wireless communication. The communication module 2013 may be located either inside or outside the electronic control unit 2010. The external device may be, for example, a base station, a mobile station, or the like.

The communication module 2013 receives signals from the various sensors 2021 to 2029 described above that are input to the electronic control unit 2010, information obtained based on the signals, and input from the outside (user) obtained via the information service unit 2012. At least one of the information based on the information may be transmitted to an external device via wireless communication. The electronic control unit 2010, various sensors 2021-2029, information service unit 2012, etc. may be called an input unit that receives input. For example, the PUSCH transmitted by the communication module 2013 may include information based on the above input.

The communication module 2013 receives various information (traffic information, signal information, inter-vehicle information, etc.) transmitted from an external device, and displays it on the information service section 2012 provided in the vehicle 2001. The information service unit 2012 is an output unit that outputs information (for example, outputs information to devices such as a display and a speaker based on the PDSCH (or data/information decoded from the PDSCH) received by the communication module 2013). may be called.

The communication module 2013 also stores various information received from external devices into a memory 2032 that can be used by the microprocessor 2031. Based on the information stored in the memory 2032, the microprocessor 2031 controls the drive section 2002, steering section 2003, accelerator pedal 2004, brake pedal 2005, shift lever 2006, front wheel 2007, rear wheel 2008, and axle 2009 provided in the vehicle 2001. , sensors 2021 to 2029, etc. may be controlled.

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Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the disclosed invention is not limited to such embodiments, and those skilled in the art will understand various modifications, modifications, alternatives, replacements, etc. Probably. Although the invention has been explained using specific numerical examples to facilitate understanding of the invention, unless otherwise specified, these numerical values are merely examples, and any appropriate values may be used. The classification of items in the above explanation is not essential to the present invention, and matters described in two or more items may be used in combination as necessary, and matters described in one item may be used in another item. may be applied to the matters described in (unless inconsistent). The boundaries of functional units or processing units in the functional block diagram do not necessarily correspond to the boundaries of physical components. The operations of a plurality of functional sections may be physically performed by one component, or the operations of one functional section may be physically performed by a plurality of components. Regarding the processing procedures described in the embodiments, the order of processing may be changed as long as there is no contradiction. Although the base station 10 and the terminal 20 have been described using functional block diagrams for convenience of process description, such devices may be implemented in hardware, software, or a combination thereof. Software operated by the processor included in the base station 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention and software operated by the processor included in the terminal 20 according to the embodiment of the present invention are respectively random access memory (RAM), flash memory, and read-only memory. (ROM), EPROM, EEPROM, register, hard disk (HDD), removable disk, CD-ROM, database, server, or any other suitable storage medium.

Furthermore, the notification of information is not limited to the aspects/embodiments described in this disclosure, and may be performed using other methods. For example, the notification of information may be physical layer signaling (e.g., DCI (Downlink Control Information), UCI (Uplink Control Information)), upper layer signaling (e.g., RRC (Radio Resource Control) signaling, MAC (Medium Access Control) signaling). , broadcast information (MIB (Master Information Block), SIB (System Information Block)), other signals, or a combination thereof. Further, RRC signaling may be called an RRC message, and may be, for example, an RRC Connection Setup message, an RRC Connection Reconfiguration message, or the like.

Each aspect/embodiment described in this disclosure is LTE (Long Term Evolution), LTE-A (LTE-Advanced), SUPER 3G, IMT-Advanced, 4G (4th generation mobile communication system), 5G (5th generation mobile communication system). system), 6th generation mobile communication system (6G), xth generation mobile communication system (xG) (xG (x is an integer or decimal number, for example)), FRA (Future Radio Access), NR (new Radio), New radio access ( NX), Future generation radio access (FX), W-CDMA (registered trademark), GSM (registered trademark), CDMA2000, UMB (Ultra Mobile Broadband), IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi (registered trademark)), IEEE 802 Systems that utilize .16 (WiMAX (registered trademark)), IEEE 802.20, UWB (Ultra-WideBand), Bluetooth (registered trademark), and other appropriate systems, and that are extended, modified, created, and defined based on these. The present invention may be applied to at least one of the next generation systems. Furthermore, a combination of a plurality of systems may be applied (for example, a combination of at least one of LTE and LTE-A and 5G).

The order of the processing procedures, sequences, flowcharts, etc. of each aspect/embodiment described in this specification may be changed as long as there is no contradiction. For example, the methods described in this disclosure use an example order to present elements of the various steps and are not limited to the particular order presented.

In this specification, specific operations performed by the base station 10 may be performed by its upper node in some cases. In a network consisting of one or more network nodes including a base station 10, various operations performed for communication with a terminal 20 are performed by the base station 10 and other network nodes other than the base station 10. It is clear that this can be done by at least one of the following: for example, MME or S-GW (possible, but not limited to). Although the case where there is one network node other than the base station 10 is illustrated above, the other network node may be a combination of multiple other network nodes (for example, MME and S-GW). .

The information, signals, etc. described in this disclosure can be output from an upper layer (or lower layer) to a lower layer (or upper layer). It may be input/output via multiple network nodes.

The input/output information may be stored in a specific location (for example, memory) or may be managed using a management table. Information etc. to be input/output may be overwritten, updated, or additionally written. The output information etc. may be deleted. The input information etc. may be transmitted to other devices.

The determination in the present disclosure may be performed based on a value represented by 1 bit (0 or 1), a truth value (Boolean: true or false), or a comparison of numerical values (e.g. , comparison with a predetermined value).

Software includes instructions, instruction sets, code, code segments, program code, programs, subprograms, software modules, whether referred to as software, firmware, middleware, microcode, hardware description language, or by any other name. , should be broadly construed to mean an application, software application, software package, routine, subroutine, object, executable, thread of execution, procedure, function, etc.

Additionally, software, instructions, information, etc. may be sent and received via a transmission medium. For example, if the software uses wired technology (coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, twisted pair, digital subscriber line (DSL), etc.) and/or wireless technology (infrared, microwave, etc.) to create a website, When transmitted from a server or other remote source, these wired and/or wireless technologies are included within the definition of transmission medium.

The information, signals, etc. described in this disclosure may be represented using any of a variety of different technologies. For example, data, instructions, commands, information, signals, bits, symbols, chips, etc., which may be referred to throughout the above description, may refer to voltages, currents, electromagnetic waves, magnetic fields or magnetic particles, light fields or photons, or any of these. It may also be represented by a combination of

Note that terms explained in this disclosure and terms necessary for understanding this disclosure may be replaced with terms having the same or similar meanings. For example, at least one of the channel and the symbol may be a signal. Also, the signal may be a message. Further, a component carrier (CC) may also be called a carrier frequency, a cell, a frequency carrier, or the like.

As used in this disclosure, the terms "system" and "network" are used interchangeably.

In addition, the information, parameters, etc. described in this disclosure may be expressed using absolute values, relative values from a predetermined value, or using other corresponding information. may be expressed. For example, radio resources may be indicated by an index.

The names used for the parameters mentioned above are not restrictive in any respect. Furthermore, the mathematical formulas etc. using these parameters may differ from those explicitly disclosed in this disclosure. Since the various channels (e.g. PUCCH, PDCCH, etc.) and information elements may be identified by any suitable designation, the various names assigned to these various channels and information elements are in no way exclusive designations. isn't it.

In this disclosure, "Base Station (BS)," "wireless base station," "base station," "fixed station," "NodeB," "eNodeB (eNB)," and "gNodeB ( gNB)”, “access point”, “transmission point”, “reception point”, “transmission/reception point”, “cell”, “sector”, Terms such as "cell group," "carrier," "component carrier," and the like may be used interchangeably. A base station is sometimes referred to by terms such as macrocell, small cell, femtocell, and picocell.

A base station can accommodate one or more (eg, three) cells. If a base station accommodates multiple cells, the overall coverage area of the base station can be partitioned into multiple smaller areas, and each smaller area is divided into multiple subsystems (e.g., small indoor base stations (RRHs)). Communication services can also be provided by Remote Radio Head). The term "cell" or "sector" refers to part or all of the coverage area of a base station and/or base station subsystem that provides communication services in this coverage.

In the present disclosure, the base station transmitting information to the terminal may be read as the base station instructing the terminal to control/operate based on the information.

In this disclosure, terms such as "Mobile Station (MS)," "user terminal," "User Equipment (UE)," and "terminal" may be used interchangeably. .

A mobile station is defined by a person skilled in the art as a subscriber station, mobile unit, subscriber unit, wireless unit, remote unit, mobile device, wireless device, wireless communication device, remote device, mobile subscriber station, access terminal, mobile terminal, wireless It may also be referred to as a terminal, remote terminal, handset, user agent, mobile client, client, or some other suitable terminology.

At least one of a base station and a mobile station may be called a transmitting device, a receiving device, a communication device, etc. Note that at least one of the base station and the mobile station may be a device mounted on a mobile body, the mobile body itself, or the like. The moving body refers to a movable object, and the moving speed is arbitrary. Naturally, this also includes cases where the moving object is stopped. The mobile objects include, for example, vehicles, transport vehicles, automobiles, motorcycles, bicycles, connected cars, excavators, bulldozers, wheel loaders, dump trucks, forklifts, trains, buses, carts, rickshaws, ships and other watercraft. , including, but not limited to, airplanes, rockets, artificial satellites, drones (registered trademarks), multicopters, quadcopters, balloons, and objects mounted thereon. Furthermore, the mobile object may be a mobile object that autonomously travels based on a travel command. It may be a vehicle (e.g. car, airplane, etc.), an unmanned moving object (e.g. drone, self-driving car, etc.), or a robot (manned or unmanned). good. Note that at least one of the base station and the mobile station includes devices that do not necessarily move during communication operations. For example, at least one of the base station and the mobile station may be an IoT (Internet of Things) device such as a sensor.

Additionally, the base station in the present disclosure may be replaced by a user terminal. For example, communication between a base station and a user terminal is replaced with communication between a plurality of terminals 20 (for example, it may be called D2D (Device-to-Device), V2X (Vehicle-to-Everything), etc.). Regarding the configuration, each aspect/embodiment of the present disclosure may be applied. In this case, the terminal 20 may have the functions that the base station 10 described above has. Further, words such as "up" and "down" may be replaced with words corresponding to inter-terminal communication (for example, "side"). For example, uplink channels, downlink channels, etc. may be replaced with side channels.

Similarly, the user terminal in the present disclosure may be replaced by a base station. In this case, the base station may have the functions that the user terminals described above have.

As used in this disclosure, the terms "determining" and "determining" may encompass a wide variety of operations. "Judgment" and "decision" include, for example, judging, calculating, computing, processing, deriving, investigating, looking up, search, and inquiry. (e.g., searching in a table, database, or other data structure), and regarding an ascertaining as a "judgment" or "decision." In addition, "judgment" and "decision" refer to receiving (e.g., receiving information), transmitting (e.g., sending information), input, output, and access. (accessing) (e.g., accessing data in memory) may include considering something as a "judgment" or "decision." In addition, "judgment" and "decision" refer to resolving, selecting, choosing, establishing, comparing, etc. as "judgment" and "decision". may be included. In other words, "judgment" and "decision" may include regarding some action as having been "judged" or "determined." Further, "judgment (decision)" may be read as "assuming", "expecting", "considering", etc.

The terms "connected", "coupled", or any variations thereof, refer to any connection or coupling, direct or indirect, between two or more elements and to each other. It may include the presence of one or more intermediate elements between two elements that are "connected" or "coupled." The bonds or connections between elements may be physical, logical, or a combination thereof. For example, "connection" may be replaced with "access." As used in this disclosure, two elements may include one or more electrical wires, cables, and/or printed electrical connections, as well as in the radio frequency domain, as some non-limiting and non-inclusive examples. , electromagnetic energy having wavelengths in the microwave and optical (both visible and non-visible) ranges.

The reference signal can also be abbreviated as RS (Reference Signal), and may be called a pilot depending on the applied standard.

As used in this disclosure, the phrase "based on" does not mean "based solely on" unless explicitly stated otherwise. In other words, the phrase "based on" means both "based only on" and "based at least on."

As used in this disclosure, any reference to elements using the designations "first," "second," etc. does not generally limit the amount or order of those elements. These designations may be used in this disclosure as a convenient way to distinguish between two or more elements. Thus, reference to a first and second element does not imply that only two elements may be employed or that the first element must precede the second element in any way.

"Means" in the configurations of each of the above devices may be replaced with "unit", "circuit", "device", etc.

Where "include", "including" and variations thereof are used in this disclosure, these terms, like the term "comprising," are inclusive. It is intended that Furthermore, the term "or" as used in this disclosure is not intended to be exclusive or.

A radio frame may be composed of one or more frames in the time domain. Each frame or frames in the time domain may be called a subframe. A subframe may also be composed of one or more slots in the time domain. A subframe may have a fixed time length (eg, 1 ms) that does not depend on numerology.

The numerology may be a communication parameter applied to the transmission and/or reception of a certain signal or channel. Numerology includes, for example, subcarrier spacing (SCS), bandwidth, symbol length, cyclic prefix length, transmission time interval (TTI), number of symbols per TTI, radio frame configuration, and transmitter/receiver. It may also indicate at least one of a specific filtering process performed in the frequency domain, a specific windowing process performed by the transceiver in the time domain, and the like.

A slot may be composed of one or more symbols (OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) symbols, SC-FDMA (Single Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access) symbols, etc.) in the time domain. A slot may be a unit of time based on numerology.

A slot may include multiple mini-slots. Each minislot may be made up of one or more symbols in the time domain. Furthermore, a mini-slot may also be called a sub-slot. A minislot may be made up of fewer symbols than a slot. PDSCH (or PUSCH) transmitted in time units larger than minislots may be referred to as PDSCH (or PUSCH) mapping type A. PDSCH (or PUSCH) transmitted using minislots may be referred to as PDSCH (or PUSCH) mapping type B.

Radio frames, subframes, slots, minislots, and symbols all represent time units when transmitting signals. Other names may be used for the radio frame, subframe, slot, minislot, and symbol.

For example, one subframe may be called a transmission time interval (TTI), multiple consecutive subframes may be called a TTI, and one slot or one minislot may be called a TTI. It's okay. In other words, at least one of the subframe and TTI may be a subframe (1ms) in existing LTE, a period shorter than 1ms (for example, 1-13 symbols), or a period longer than 1ms. It may be. Note that the unit representing the TTI may be called a slot, minislot, etc. instead of a subframe.

Here, TTI refers to, for example, the minimum time unit for scheduling in wireless communication. For example, in the LTE system, a base station performs scheduling to allocate radio resources (frequency bandwidth, transmission power, etc. that can be used by each terminal 20) to each terminal 20 on a TTI basis. Note that the definition of TTI is not limited to this.

The TTI may be a transmission time unit of a channel-coded data packet (transport block), a code block, a codeword, etc., or may be a processing unit of scheduling, link adaptation, etc. Note that when a TTI is given, the time interval (for example, the number of symbols) to which transport blocks, code blocks, code words, etc. are actually mapped may be shorter than the TTI.

Note that when one slot or one minislot is called a TTI, one or more TTIs (that is, one or more slots or one or more minislots) may be the minimum time unit for scheduling. Further, the number of slots (minislot number) that constitutes the minimum time unit of the scheduling may be controlled.

A TTI having a time length of 1 ms may be called a normal TTI (TTI in LTE Rel. 8-12), normal TTI, long TTI, normal subframe, normal subframe, long subframe, slot, etc. A TTI that is shorter than the normal TTI may be referred to as an abbreviated TTI, short TTI, partial or fractional TTI, shortened subframe, short subframe, minislot, subslot, slot, etc.

Note that long TTI (for example, normal TTI, subframe, etc.) may be read as TTI with a time length exceeding 1 ms, and short TTI (for example, short TTI, etc.) It may also be read as a TTI having the above TTI length.

A resource block (RB) is a resource allocation unit in the time domain and frequency domain, and may include one or more continuous subcarriers in the frequency domain. The number of subcarriers included in an RB may be the same regardless of the numerology, and may be 12, for example. The number of subcarriers included in an RB may be determined based on newerology.

Additionally, the time domain of an RB may include one or more symbols, and may be one slot, one minislot, one subframe, or one TTI in length. One TTI, one subframe, etc. may each be composed of one or more resource blocks.

Note that one or more RBs include physical resource blocks (PRBs), sub-carrier groups (SCGs), resource element groups (REGs), PRB pairs, RB pairs, etc. May be called.

Additionally, a resource block may be configured by one or more resource elements (REs). For example, 1 RE may be a radio resource region of 1 subcarrier and 1 symbol.

A bandwidth part (BWP) (which may also be called a partial bandwidth or the like) may represent a subset of consecutive common resource blocks (RBs) for a certain numerology in a certain carrier. Here, the common RB may be specified by an RB index based on a common reference point of the carrier. PRBs may be defined in a BWP and numbered within that BWP.

The BWP may include a UL BWP (UL BWP) and a DL BWP (DL BWP). One or more BWPs may be configured for the terminal 20 within one carrier.

At least one of the configured BWPs may be active, and the terminal 20 does not need to assume that it transmits or receives a given signal/channel outside the active BWP. Note that "cell", "carrier", etc. in the present disclosure may be replaced with "BWP".

The structures of radio frames, subframes, slots, minislots, symbols, etc. described above are merely examples. For example, the number of subframes included in a radio frame, the number of slots per subframe or radio frame, the number of minislots included in a slot, the number of symbols and RBs included in a slot or minislot, the number of symbols included in an RB, Configurations such as the number of subcarriers, the number of symbols in a TTI, the symbol length, and the cyclic prefix (CP) length can be changed in various ways.

In this disclosure, when articles are added by translation, such as a, an, and the in English, the present disclosure may include that the nouns following these articles are plural.

In the present disclosure, the term "A and B are different" may mean "A and B are different from each other." Note that the term may also mean that "A and B are each different from C". Terms such as "separate" and "coupled" may also be interpreted similarly to "different."

Each aspect/embodiment described in the present disclosure may be used alone, in combination, or may be switched and used in accordance with execution. In addition, notification of prescribed information (for example, notification of "X") is not limited to being done explicitly, but may also be done implicitly (for example, not notifying the prescribed information). Good too.

Although the present disclosure has been described in detail above, it is clear for those skilled in the art that the present disclosure is not limited to the embodiments described in the present disclosure. The present disclosure can be implemented as modifications and variations without departing from the spirit and scope of the present disclosure as determined by the claims. Therefore, the description of the present disclosure is for the purpose of illustrative explanation and is not intended to have any limiting meaning on the present disclosure.

10 Base station (RAN)
110 Transmitting section 120 Receiving section 130 Setting section 140 Control section 20 Terminal 21 First terminal 22 Second terminal 30 Core network 40 DN
210 Transmitting section 220 Receiving section 230 Setting section 240 Control section 310 AMF
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340 NRF
350 AUSF
360 PCF
370 SMF
380 UPF
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391 API public node 392 Authorization server 1001 Processor 1002 Storage device 1003 Auxiliary storage device 1004 Communication device 1005 Input device 1006 Output device 2001 Vehicle 2002 Drive section 2003 Steering section 2004 Accelerator pedal 2005 Brake pedal 2006 Shift lever 2007 Front wheel 2008 Rear wheel 2009 Axle 20 10 Electronic control section 2012 Information service section 2013 Communication module 2021 Current sensor 2022 Rotational speed sensor 2023 Air pressure sensor 2024 Vehicle speed sensor 2025 Acceleration sensor 2026 Brake pedal sensor 2027 Shift lever sensor 2028 Object detection sensor 2029 Accelerator pedal sensor 2030 Driving support system section 2031 Microprocessor 2032 Memory (ROM, RAM)
2033 Communication port (IO port)

Claims (4)

1. a receiving unit that receives a notification from the first terminal indicating that the second terminal is authorized to use the specified resource;
   a transmitter that transmits information indicating that the resource has been authorized by the first terminal;
   a control unit configured to verify the information transmitted from the second terminal and, if verification is successful, transmit information indicating access authority to the resource to the second terminal;
   network node.
2. the transmitter transmits the information to the first terminal;
   A network node according to claim 1.
3. The control unit determines that the verification is successful within a predefined period after the information is issued.
   A network node according to claim 1.
4. receiving a notification from the first terminal indicating that the second terminal is authorized to use the specified resource;
   transmitting information indicating that the resource has been authorized by the first terminal;
   verifying the information transmitted from the second terminal, and controlling to transmit information indicating the right to access the resource to the second terminal if the verification is successful;
   Authorization method performed by network nodes.

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