WO2024138752A1

WO2024138752A1 - Information processing method and apparatus, communication device, and storage medium

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Publication number: WO2024138752A1
Application number: PCT/CN2022/144364
Authority: WO
Inventors: 刘建宁
Original assignee: 北京小米移动软件有限公司
Priority date: 2022-12-30
Filing date: 2022-12-30
Publication date: 2024-07-04
Also published as: CN118575460A

Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an information processing method and apparatus, a communication device, and a storage medium. The method is executed by a first network device, and comprises: acquiring a first Personal Internet of Things network identifier (PIN ID); and determining a second PIN ID according to the first PIN ID.

Description

Information processing method and device, communication equipment and storage medium

Technical Field

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

Background technique

A Personal Internet of things Network (PIN) may include one or more Personal IoT Network Elements (PINEs) (also called Personal IoT Members). PINEs can be divided into three categories: regular PINEs, PINEs with management capabilities (using a PIN Element with Management Capability, PEMC), also called Personal IoT Management Devices, and PINEs with gateway capabilities (using a PIN Element with Gateway Capability, PEGC), also called Personal IoT Gateway Devices (Element with Gateway Capability, PEGC). PINEs can be locally managed by PEMC and/or PEGC.

Summary of the invention

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an information processing method and apparatus, a communication device, and a storage medium.

A first aspect of the present common embodiment provides an information processing method, wherein the method is performed by a first network device, and the method includes:

Obtain a first PIN identification ID;

Determine the second PIN ID based on the first PIN ID.

A second aspect of the embodiment of the present disclosure provides an information processing method, which is executed by a third network device, wherein the method includes:

Receiving a second request message sent by the user equipment UE or the application function AF, wherein the second request message includes the first personal internet of things PIN ID;

Determine a second PIN ID corresponding to the first PIN ID;

Generate a third request message according to the second PIN ID, wherein the third request message includes the second PIN ID;

The third request message is sent to the fourth network device.

A third aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure provides an information processing device, wherein the device includes:

A first acquisition module is configured to acquire a first personal Internet of Things PIN identification ID;

The first determination module is configured to determine the second PIN ID based on the first PIN ID.

A fourth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure provides an information processing device, wherein the device includes:

A third receiving module is configured to receive a second request message sent by the user equipment UE or the application function AF, wherein the second request message includes the first personal Internet of Things PIN ID;

A third determination module is configured to determine a second PIN ID corresponding to the first PIN ID;

A generating module, configured to generate a third request message according to the second PIN ID, wherein the third request message includes the second PIN ID;

The fourth sending module is configured to send the third request message to the fourth network device.

A fifth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a communication device, comprising a processor, a transceiver, a memory, and an executable program stored in the memory and capable of being run by the processor, wherein when the processor runs the executable program, the processor executes an information processing method provided by any technical solution of the first aspect or the second aspect.

A sixth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure provides a computer storage medium storing an executable program; after the executable program is executed by a processor, the information processing method provided by any technical solution of the first aspect or the second aspect can be implemented.

The technical solution provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure will determine the second PIN ID based on the first PIN ID when the first PIN ID is obtained. In this way, the first PIN ID and the second PIN ID can be used to identify network devices in different networks, thereby facilitating different network devices to use different PIN IDs to provide PIN services and optimizing the efficiency and quality of PIN service provision.

It should be understood that the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only and are not restrictive of the embodiments of the present disclosure.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The accompanying drawings herein are incorporated in and constitute a part of the specification, illustrate embodiments consistent with the present disclosure, and together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the embodiments of the present disclosure.

FIG1 is a schematic structural diagram of a wireless communication system according to an exemplary embodiment;

FIG2A is a schematic flow chart of an information processing method according to an exemplary embodiment;

FIG2B is a schematic flow chart of an information processing method according to an exemplary embodiment;

FIG2C is a schematic flow chart of an information processing method according to an exemplary embodiment;

FIG2D is a schematic flow chart of an information processing method according to an exemplary embodiment;

FIG2E is a schematic flow chart of an information processing method according to an exemplary embodiment;

FIG2F is a schematic flow chart of an information processing method according to an exemplary embodiment;

FIG2G is a schematic flow chart of an information processing method according to an exemplary embodiment;

FIG2H is a schematic flow chart of an information processing method according to an exemplary embodiment;

FIG3A is a schematic flow chart of an information processing method according to an exemplary embodiment;

FIG3B is a schematic flow chart of an information processing method according to an exemplary embodiment;

FIG3C is a schematic flow chart of an information processing method according to an exemplary embodiment;

FIG4 is a schematic diagram showing the structure of an information processing device according to an exemplary embodiment;

FIG5 is a schematic diagram showing the structure of an information processing device according to an exemplary embodiment;

FIG6 is a schematic structural diagram of a UE or AF according to an exemplary embodiment;

Fig. 7 is a schematic diagram showing the structure of a network device according to an exemplary embodiment.

Detailed ways

Exemplary embodiments will be described in detail herein, examples of which are shown in the accompanying drawings. When the following description refers to the drawings, unless otherwise indicated, the same numbers in different drawings represent the same or similar elements. The embodiments described in the following exemplary embodiments do not represent all embodiments consistent with the embodiments of the present disclosure. Instead, they are merely examples of devices and methods consistent with some aspects of the embodiments of the present disclosure.

The terms used in the embodiments of the present disclosure are only for the purpose of describing specific embodiments, and are not intended to limit the embodiments of the present disclosure. The singular forms of one, described, and this used in the present disclosure are also intended to include plural forms, unless the context clearly indicates other meanings. It should also be understood that the terms and/or used in this article refer to and include any or all possible combinations of one or more associated listed items.

It should be understood that, although the terms first, second, third, etc. may be used to describe various information in the disclosed embodiments, these information should not be limited to these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish the same type of information from each other. For example, without departing from the scope of the disclosed embodiments, the first information may also be referred to as the second information, and similarly, the second information may also be referred to as the first information. Depending on the context, the words as used herein may be interpreted as when or when or in response to determination.

Please refer to Figure 1, which shows a schematic diagram of the structure of a wireless communication system provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in Figure 1, the wireless communication system is a communication system based on cellular mobile communication technology, and the wireless communication system may include: a plurality of terminals 11 and a plurality of network devices. The network device 12 includes an access device 12 and/or a core network device. Among them, Figure 1 does not show the core network device.

Among them, the terminal 11 can be a device that provides voice and/or data connectivity to the user. The terminal 11 can communicate with one or more core networks via a radio access network (RAN). The terminal 11 can be an Internet of Things terminal, such as a sensor device, a mobile phone (or a cellular phone) and a computer with an Internet of Things terminal. For example, it can be a fixed, portable, pocket-sized, handheld, computer-built-in or vehicle-mounted device. For example, a station (STA), a subscriber unit, a subscriber station, a mobile station, a mobile station, a remote station, an access point, a remote terminal, an access terminal, a user device, a user agent, a user device, or a user terminal (user equipment, terminal). Alternatively, the terminal 11 can also be a device of an unmanned aerial vehicle. Alternatively, the terminal 11 can also be a vehicle-mounted device, for example, it can be a driving computer with wireless communication function, or a wireless communication device connected to an external driving computer. Alternatively, the terminal 11 may also be a roadside device, for example, a street lamp, a traffic light or other roadside device with a wireless communication function.

The access device 12 may be a network-side device in a wireless communication system. The wireless communication system may be a fourth generation mobile communication technology (4G) system, also known as a long term evolution (LTE) system; or, the wireless communication system may be a 5G system, also known as a new radio (NR) system or a 5G NR system. Alternatively, the wireless communication system may be a next generation system of the 5G system. The access network in the 5G system may be called NG-RAN (New Generation-Radio Access Network). Alternatively, an MTC system.

Among them, the access device can be an evolved access device (eNB) adopted in a 4G system. Alternatively, the access device can also be an access device (gNB) that adopts a centralized distributed architecture in a 5G system. When the access device adopts a centralized distributed architecture, it usually 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, a radio link layer control protocol (Radio Link Control, RLC) layer, and a media access control (Media Access Control, MAC) layer protocol stack; the distributed unit is provided with a physical (Physical, PHY) layer protocol stack. The embodiments of the present disclosure do not limit the specific implementation method of the access device.

A wireless connection can be established between the access device 12 and the terminal 11 through a wireless air interface. In different implementations, 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, for example, the wireless air interface is a new air interface; or, the wireless air interface can also be a wireless air interface based on the next generation mobile communication network technology standard of 5G.

In one embodiment, the PIN may include one or more PINEs, which may include ordinary PINEs, one or more PEMCs, and one or more PEGCs. In one example, the PIN may be managed locally through the PEGC. In another example, the PIN may be connected to a mobile communication network as shown in FIG1 through the PEGC. The PINE may include: smart home devices, smart office devices, and leisure and entertainment devices. That is, the PIN may be used in smart office scenarios, smart home scenarios, leisure and entertainment gatherings, and other leisure and entertainment scenarios.

PIN identification (ID) can be used to identify a PIN or a PIN group. A PIN E group may include one or more PINs. According to the conventions of the relevant technology, based on the existing architecture, the PIN or PINE can be managed by the mobile communication network or the application layer. Therefore, the PIN ID can be allocated by the mobile communication network or by a third party. For example, an application service provider allocates a PIN ID as a third party. The mobile communication network may not be able to recognize the PIN ID allocated by a third party. In view of this, a solution of the embodiment of the present disclosure is proposed.

As shown in FIG. 2A , an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an information processing method, which is executed by a first network device and includes:

S1110: Obtain a first PIN identification ID;

S1120: Determine the second PIN ID based on the first PIN ID.

The first network device may be a core network device. Exemplarily, the first network device may be a user data management (UDM) or a network exposure function (NEF).

The first PIN ID can be a network identifier or a PINE group identifier indicating a PIN.

The second PIN ID can be a network identifier or a PINE group identifier indicating the PIN.

Here, when a PIN already has a first PIN ID, a second PIN ID will also be assigned based on the first PIN ID.

The first PIN ID may be a PIN ID assigned by a third party other than the mobile communication network and the user, or a PIN ID specified by the user. For example, the third party may be an application server or an application provider, etc.

The first PIN ID is assigned by an entity outside the mobile communication network, so the first PIN ID can also be called an external PIN ID for the mobile communication network.

It is worth noting that: the first PIN ID can identify a PIN or a PINE group. Taking the instant messaging application as an example, the application account that should be assigned to the instant messaging can be used as the first PIN ID to identify a PIN or a PINE group. For example, the current PIN or current PINE group identified by the application account can be a terminal device that uses the application account to log in to the instant messaging application server. A PINE group may include one or more PINEs. For example, the instant messaging application can also create a group, and the group has a group account. This group account identifies a group.

The terminal device may include but is not limited to: a mobile terminal and/or a fixed terminal.

Exemplarily, the terminal device may be the terminal 11 shown in FIG. 1 .

Mobile terminals may include: mobile phones, tablet computers, laptops, wearable devices, smart home devices, smart office equipment, and vehicle-mounted devices.

Fixed equipment may include: Personal Computer (PC) and/or vending machines and/or ticketing service equipment in business places such as shopping malls.

Acquiring the first PIN ID here may include: receiving the first PIN ID from the UE or AF, or receiving one or more second PIN IDs written by the management device. For example, in a scenario where multiple PINs are collectively created, the management device of the first network device may uniformly write a first PIN ID list to the first network device. The first PIN ID list has one or more first PIN IDs.

After obtaining the first PIN ID, the first network device will allocate a second PIN ID corresponding to the first PIN ID. The second PIN ID here may be an internal PIN ID; the internal PIN ID is relative to the external PIN ID. Exemplarily, the internal PIN ID may be a PIN ID that can be recognized by a network device of a mobile communication network. For example, the mobile communication network may include a core network and an access network connected to the core network.

Also exemplarily, the second PIN ID may identify a PIN or a PINE group, which may include one or more PINEs. If the second PIN ID identifies a PINE group, the second PIN ID is a group identifier. If the second PIN ID identifies a PIN, the second PIN ID is a network identifier.

For example, an application function (AF) or a PIN may use a first PIN ID to identify a PIN, and when the PIN requests a communication service from a mobile communication network, the network device of the mobile communication network may not be able to identify the first PIN ID. Therefore, in the disclosed embodiment, the first network device will allocate a second PIN ID that can be identified in the mobile communication network according to the first PIN ID. And the second PIN ID is allocated by the first network device according to the first PIN ID.

Exemplarily, S1120 may include:

The first network device may determine the network segment number according to the network segment of the mobile communication network accessed by the PIN identified by the first PIN ID; the network segment number may include a string; the string may include one or more characters; different network segments may correspond to different access networks, and different access networks may include different access devices;

Generate a serial number based on the allocation record;

Combine the network segment number and serial number to get the second PIN ID.

Also exemplarily, S1120 may include:

The first network device may determine the network segment number according to the network segment of the mobile communication network accessed by the PIN identified by the first PIN ID; the network segment number may include a string; the string may include one or more characters;

Generate an allocation timestamp based on the moment when the second PIN ID is determined;

Generate a serial number based on the allocation record;

By combining at least one of the network number and the timestamp with the serial number, a first PIN ID can be obtained.

Also illustratively, S1120 may include:

Generate a serial number based on the allocation record;

According to the first PIN ID, a sub-ID of a preset length is obtained;

Combine the serial number and sub-ID to get a second PIN ID.

Exemplarily, obtaining a sub-identifier of a preset length according to the first PIN ID may include:

If the length of the first PIN ID is less than the preset length, a preset character is added to the high or low position of the first PIN ID to obtain a sub-ID with the preset length;

If the first PIN ID is greater than a preset length, the high-order or low-order character string of the first PIN ID is intercepted to obtain a sub-ID equal to the preset length;

If the first PIN ID is equal to the preset length, the first PIN ID is directly used as the sub-ID.

Exemplarily, in one embodiment, a first PIN ID may correspond to a second PIN ID, in which case the second PIN ID can be used for services associated with all PINs identified by the first PIN ID.

As another example, in one embodiment, multiple first PIN IDs may correspond to one second PIN ID. For example, one PIN may have different first PIN IDs based on different application layer services, and the AF or PINE itself informs the first network device of the multiple first PIN IDs respectively. In order to save the resources of the second PIN ID, the multiple first PIN IDs may correspond to the same second PIN ID.

Of course, the above is only an example of the corresponding relationship between the first PIN ID and the second PIN ID. In short, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, when the first network device obtains a first PIN ID, it will allocate a second PIN ID corresponding to the first PIN ID. In this way, when a service request initiated with the first PIN ID is subsequently received, the first PIN ID can be converted into the corresponding second PIN ID and then a corresponding communication service can be provided, thereby ensuring the successful response and/or service quality of the PINE service request.

If a first PIN ID corresponds to a second PIN ID, the first network device will query the allocated record after obtaining the first PIN ID to determine whether the second PIN ID has been allocated to the first PIN ID. The allocated record may include: the allocated second PIN ID and the first PIN ID corresponding to the allocated second PIN ID.

If multiple first PIN IDs are supported corresponding to one second PIN ID, when a first PIN ID is received, in addition to the allocated records queried based on the first PIN ID, other first PIN IDs bound to the first PIN ID will also be determined, and the allocated records will be queried based on the other first PIN IDs. If the corresponding second PIN ID is not found, a second PIN ID will be allocated to the first PIN ID.

If a second PIN ID corresponding to the first PIN ID is found when querying the allocated records, the second PIN ID corresponding to the first PIN ID is read and returned to the device requesting the second PIN ID.

The first PIN ID and the second PIN ID of the same PIN have a corresponding relationship, and this corresponding relationship can be used for the mobile communication network to provide PIN services to the PINE in the PIN based on the first PIN ID and/or the second PIN ID. Such PIN services may at least include communication services provided based on the PIN. In the embodiment of the present disclosure, this corresponding relationship can also be called a mapping relationship.

Exemplarily, as shown in FIG. 2B , an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an information processing method, wherein the method is performed by a first network device and includes:

S1210: Obtain a first PIN identification ID;

S1220: Determine the second PIN ID based on the first PIN ID.

S1230: Store the first PIN ID and the second PIN ID correspondingly.

The first PIN ID and the second PIN ID are stored correspondingly, which can also be understood as the first PIN ID and the second PIN ID having a corresponding relationship.

After the first network device determines the second PIN ID based on the first PIN ID, it will establish a corresponding relationship between the first PIN ID and the second PIN ID.

The corresponding storage of the first PIN ID and the second PIN ID may include storing the first PIN ID and the second PIN ID in the same row element of a table.

In some other embodiments, the first network device may

Generate corresponding information, which indicates the corresponding relationship between the first PIN ID and the second PIN ID, that is, indicates that the first PIN ID corresponds to the second PIN ID.

The correspondence between the first PIN ID and the second PIN ID facilitates the subsequent conversion between the first PIN ID and the second PIN ID within the mobile communication network, and facilitates the use of the first PIN ID or the second PIN ID to provide communication services in different networks.

As shown in FIG2C , an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an information processing method, which is executed by a first network device and includes:

S1310: Receive a first request message sent by the UE or the AF; wherein the first request message includes: a first PIN ID;

S1320: Determine the second PIN ID based on the first PIN ID.

The UE may also be referred to as a terminal. The application entity may include but is not limited to various application servers.

The first request message may be sent by the UE or the AF. For example, the first request message may include the first PIN ID applied for by the UE and/or allocated by the AF. In this way, the first network device can obtain the first PIN ID by receiving the first request message.

Exemplarily, AF sends a first request message, and the first request message may carry a first PIN ID consisting of one or more second PIN IDs to be assigned. For example, AF applies for a second PIN ID for multiple application accounts or group mobile phone numbers, then the first request message will simultaneously apply for a second PIN ID corresponding to multiple first PIN IDs.

As another example, when a user activates a PIN service, a first request message containing a first PIN ID in various forms such as a mobile phone number or an email address can be sent through a UE such as a mobile phone, or a first request message containing multiple first PIN IDs with binding relationships at the same time. As an example, the email address, mobile phone number, or application account of an instant messaging application of the same user can be multiple first PIN IDs with binding relationships.

Exemplarily, the first request message may be a message requesting to create a PIN, so that the first request message carries a first PIN ID determined by the AF or the UE. In the process of creating a response PIN, a step of allocating a second PIN ID based on the first PIN ID is added.

Exemplarily, when it is determined that the PIN is agreed to be created according to the contract data of the AF and/or the UE, the policy information provided by the policy control function and/or the policy information locally stored in the first network device, the second PIN ID is allocated according to the first PIN ID, and the PIN is created based on the second PIN ID. If it is determined that the PIN is not agreed to be created according to the policy information provided by the contract data policy control function and/or the policy information locally stored in the first network device, it is determined that the second PIN ID is not allocated, thereby reducing the allocation of unnecessary second PIN IDs.

In summary, the first network device can receive one or more first PIN IDs to be assigned second PIN IDs from the AF or UE or other network devices.

It is worth noting that this embodiment can be executed alone or in combination with the aforementioned embodiments. For example, it can be implemented in combination with the embodiment shown in FIG2B . Acquisition of the first PIN ID in FIG2B can be achieved by receiving the first request message in this embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 2D , an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an information processing method, which is executed by a first network device and includes:

S1410: Receive a first request message sent by a user equipment UE or an application entity AF; wherein the first request message includes: a first PIN ID;

S1420: Determine a second PIN ID based on the first PIN ID;

S1430: Send a first response message to UE or AF according to the first PIN ID.

If the first request message from the UE or the AF is received, the first network device may return a first response message to the UE and/or the AF.

The first request message may be a request message specifically used to apply for a second PIN ID. In this case, the first network device now returns a first response message to the UE or AF, and the first response message may indicate whether the second PIN ID is allocated successfully.

Exemplarily, the first request message may be a message requesting to create a PIN, and the first response message may be a message indicating the result of the PIN creation. When the PIN creation is successful, the first response message includes a success result; when the PIN creation fails, the first response message indicates a failure result.

As another example, the first request message may be a message requesting a PIN service. If it is a message requesting a PIN service, the message may not need to pass through the first network device, but needs to allocate a second PIN ID, and is forwarded to the first network device. In this case, the first network device may not return a first response message to the AF or the UE. In some embodiments, the method includes:

Generate a PIN context, wherein the PIN context includes: a first PIN ID and a second PIN ID.

Exemplarily, after determining the second PIN ID, the first network device creates a PIN context. The PIN context includes the first PIN ID and the second PIN ID corresponding to the first PIN ID. In this way, the first PIN ID and/or the second PIN ID of a PINE or a PINE group can be queried through the PIN context later.

Exemplarily, this context of generating a PIN can be understood as an implementation method of establishing a corresponding relationship between a first PIN ID and a second PIN ID.

In some embodiments, the PIN context further includes at least one of the following:

PINE device information;

Business parameters;

Region parameter, indicating the effective region of PINE;

Time parameter, indicating the effective time of PINE;

Access policy.

The device information of the PINE may indicate the PINE possessed by the PIN identified by the second PIN ID, or the PINE possessed by the PINE group identified by the second PIN ID.

Exemplarily, the device information of the PINE may include:

Device information of conventional PINE, device information of PEMC and/or device information of PEGC.

The device information may include, but is not limited to, identification information that can identify the PINE, such as a media access control (MAC) address, and may also include model information of the PINE. For example, some PINEs may be mobile phones, tablet computers, or vehicle-mounted devices.

The service parameter may include a service identifier or a service field.

Business parameters may also include: Quality of Service (QoS) of the business.

In summary, the service parameters can be used by a PIN or a PINE group to determine the services that are allowed to be acquired and/or the services that are prohibited to be acquired, and the QoS required by the services that the PIN can acquire can also be known.

In one embodiment, the area parameter may indicate the effective area; the area parameter may include: longitude and latitude information of one or more boundary points of the effective area.

In another embodiment, the area parameter may be relative position information relative to a reference position.

For example, due to special needs, such as temporary activities such as camping, temporary aid stations or road shows, a PIN needs to be deployed in a temporary area, or a PIN needs to be deployed at home. In order to reduce the access of relatively far-away devices, the effective area can be indicated by the area parameter. UEs in the effective area can access the PIN and obtain the communication service of the PIN; UEs outside the effective area cannot access the PIN, and thus cannot obtain the communication service of the PIN.

The time parameter may include absolute time information, indicating the effective time.

For example, due to a special situation, a PIN needs to be temporarily deployed at a certain location, and the validity period of the PIN can be set. If the validity period exceeds the time, the PIN is automatically dissolved, and other devices can no longer obtain communication services through the PIN.

Exemplarily, the time information may include: start time information and time offset.

Also exemplarily, the time information may include: start time information and end time information.

In some other embodiments, if the second PIN ID identifies a common PINE, the context of the PINE may also include:

In some embodiments, the traffic parameter indicates at least one of:

The business that the PIN identified by the first PIN ID allows;

Business prohibited by PIN;

Business service quality QoS parameters.

For example, some PINs allow the internal PINE to make voice calls and transmit instant messaging messages, but prohibit video data transmission, etc. Of course, this is just an example.

In some embodiments, the access policy indicates at least one of the following:

Network segments that allow PIN access;

Network segments that prohibit PIN access;

Websites that allow PIN access;

Websites that prohibit PIN access.

For example, a PIN is established for a home or office scenario. Considering the health of children, network segments that allow PIN access and/or network segments that prohibit PIN access can be set.

Typically, a network segment can be indicated by a starting Internet Protocol (IP) address and an ending IP address.

The websites that are allowed to be accessed by the PIN or the websites that are prohibited from being accessed by the PIN can be indicated by domain names and/or IP addresses or Uniform Resource Locator (URL). In this way, a list of websites that are allowed to be accessed by the PIN or the websites that are prohibited from being accessed by the PIN can be configured in the context of the PIN.

In some other embodiments, the access policy may limit the websites that the PIN can access and/or the websites that it is not allowed to access by using keywords and/or traffic identifiers.

As shown in FIG. 2E , an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an information processing method, which is executed by a first network device and includes:

S1510: Obtain a first PIN identification ID;

S1520: Determine the second PIN ID based on the first PIN ID.

S1530: Store the first PIN ID and the second PIN ID in correspondence to the second network device; wherein the corresponding information indicates the corresponding relationship between the first PIN ID and the second PIN ID.

The second network device can be a unified data repository (UDM) and the like.

The first network device may send the corresponding information to the second network device separately for the second network device to store. After the second network device stores the information, the information may be queried by the first network device and/or the core network device and/or access network device in the mobile communication network.

In one embodiment, after receiving the corresponding information, the second network device may add the corresponding information to the PIN context of the PIN, and of course, may also store the corresponding information in a file or information outside the PIN context of the PIN.

As shown in FIG. 2F , an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an information processing method, which is executed by a first network device and includes:

S1610: Obtain a first PIN identification ID;

S1620: Determine the second PIN ID based on the first PIN ID.

S1630: Store the PIN context to the second network device; wherein the PIN context may include: a first PIN ID and a second PIN ID.

In the disclosed embodiment, after determining the second PIN ID, a PIN context including the first PIN ID and the second PIN ID is generated, and the PIN context is sent to the second network device, which directly stores the PIN context.

In some embodiments, the PIN context can be understood as: the corresponding information aforementioned indicating the corresponding relationship between the first PIN ID and the second PIN ID.

Exemplarily, the second network device may also be a core network device such as UDR.

As shown in FIG. 2G , an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an information processing method, which is executed by a first network device and includes:

S1710: Obtain a first PIN identification ID;

S1720: Determine the second PIN ID based on the first PIN ID.

S1730: Generate a PIN context including a first PIN ID and a second PIN ID;

S1740: Receive a second request message, where the second request message includes the first PIN ID;

S1750: Query the PIN context according to the first PIN ID to determine the second PIN ID;

S1760: Obtain a response result based on the second PIN ID in response to the second request message;

S1770: Return the response result to the second response message according to the first PIN ID.

The second request message may be any message for a PIN request communication service, and the second request message may include the first PIN ID. After the second request message is transmitted to the first network device, the first network device determines the second PIN ID corresponding to the first PIN ID through corresponding information, PIN context and/or assigned records. In some cases, the second request message may not include the second PIN ID.

After determining the second PIN ID, the response result of the second request information will be obtained, and after obtaining the response result, a second response message will be sent. The PIN ID contained in the second response message is the first PIN ID. In this way, the second response message can also be recognized when transmitted to a network outside the NEF.

In some implementations, the first request message includes a request message requesting creation of a PIN.

That is, the first PIN ID is carried in the request message for creating a PIN, so that the second PIN ID is set according to the first PIN ID during the PIN creation stage.

Alternatively, in some embodiments, the first request message may further include: a PIN context update message, and the PIN context update message may include: the first PIN ID before and after the update, so that the second PIN ID corresponding to the first PIN ID before the update is determined as the second PIN ID of the first PIN ID after the update. Exemplarily, after receiving the PIN context update message, the correspondence between the first PIN ID and the second PIN ID before the update may be dissolved, and the correspondence between the first PIN ID and the second PIN ID after the update may be established. Exemplarily, after receiving the PIN context update message, the old first PIN ID in the PIN context is deleted, and the new first PIN ID is added to the PIN context.

In summary, there are multiple forms of the first request message, and the specific implementation is not limited to any of the above forms.

As shown in FIG. 2H , an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an information processing method, which is executed by a first network device and includes:

S1810: Obtain a first PIN identification ID;

S1820: Determine the second PIN ID based on the first PIN ID.

S1830: receiving a query request sent by the third network device or the fourth network device; wherein the query request includes the first PIN ID;

S1840: Send a query response to the third network device or the fourth network device; wherein the query response includes the second PIN ID.

Exemplarily, at this time, the first network device is UDM, and the third network device may be: NEF; or, the fourth network device may be NEF, Session Management Function (SMF), User Plane Function (UPF), etc. The query request sent includes: the first PIN ID. After receiving the query request, UDM will send a query response to the third network device, and the query response includes the second PIN ID corresponding to the first PIN ID carried in the query request, so that the third network device or the fourth network device can provide a PIN service response according to the second PIN ID.

As shown in FIG3A , an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an information processing method, which is executed by a third network device, wherein the method includes:

S2110: receiving a second request message sent by the UE or the AF, wherein the second request message includes the first PIN ID;

S2120: Determine the second PIN ID corresponding to the first PIN ID;

S2130: Generate a third request message according to the second PIN ID, wherein the third request message includes the second PIN ID;

S2140: Send a third request message to the fourth network device.

The third network device may be a core network device. The core network device includes but is not limited to NEF.

NEF is a network device for the core network and external network of the mobile communication network. It can provide a network interface between the core network and the external network of the mobile communication network and protect the security of the core network. The external network here can be understood as a network outside the mobile communication network.

Exemplarily, network devices such as UDM, UDR, AMF, SMF, UPF and/or Policy Control Function (PCF) within the core network are all protected by NEF.

The request message sent from the external network to AMF, UPF, SMF or PCF must first pass through NEF. Therefore, in the disclosed embodiment, after receiving the second request message, NEF will replace the first PIN ID in the second request message with the second PIN ID, thereby obtaining a third request message, and then send the third request message to the target network device (i.e., the fourth network device) to respond to the second request message, and the fourth network device will respond to the request of UE or AF.

The fourth network device includes but is not limited to the aforementioned UDM, UDR, AMF, SMF, UPF and/or PCF. The third request message obtained by replacing the first PIN ID with the second PIN ID at the NEF can be transmitted more quickly in the core network without replacing the PIN ID by other core network devices.

Exemplarily, the third request message may include both the first PIN ID and the second PIN ID. In this case, the third network device adds the second PIN ID corresponding to the first PIN ID in the second request message. When the fourth network device responds to the third request message, the third response message corresponding to the third request message includes both the first PIN ID and the second PIN ID. When the third request message is transmitted to the third network device, the third network device may delete the second PIN ID in the third response message and return it to the UE or AF, or may transparently transmit the third request message to the UE or AF. There are many specific implementation methods, which are not limited to this example.

As another example, the third request message may separately include the second PIN ID. In this way, the third request message is routed to the fourth network device, and the third response message returned by the fourth network device also separately includes the second PIN ID. After receiving the third request message, the third network device may replace the second PIN ID in the third response message with the first PIN ID, or add the first PIN ID to the third request message and then return it to the UE or AF.

As shown in FIG3B , an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an information processing method, which is executed by a third network device, wherein the method includes:

S2210: Receive a second request message sent by the UE or the AF, where the second request message includes the first PIN ID;

S2220: Determine the second PIN ID corresponding to the first PIN ID;

S2230: Generate a third request message according to the second PIN ID, wherein the third request message includes the second PIN ID;

S2240: Send a third request message to the fourth network device.

S2250: Receive a third response message sent by the fourth network device; wherein the third response message includes the second PIN ID;

S2260: Based on the third response message, return a fourth response message to the UE or AF, wherein the fourth response message includes: the first PIN ID.

The third response message returned by the fourth network device must include the second PIN ID, and the fourth response message generated based on the third response message must include the first PIN ID; the first PIN ID can be used for network devices outside the core network to identify the PIN.

In some embodiments, determining a second PIN ID corresponding to a first PIN ID includes:

Sending a query request to the first network device or the second network device according to the first PIN ID;

Receive a query response returned based on the query request; wherein the query response includes: a second PIN ID.

If the third network device locally stores corresponding information of the corresponding relationship between the first PIN ID and the second PIN ID, the third network device can determine the second PIN ID corresponding to the first PIN ID based on the locally stored corresponding information.

If the third network device does not store the corresponding information locally, a query request is sent to the first network device such as UDM or UDR or the third network device according to the first PIN ID. The query request may include the first PIN ID.

Receive a query response returned by the first network device or the second network device. If the first PIN ID in the query request already has a corresponding second PIN ID, the query response will carry the second PIN ID. If the first PIN ID in the query request has not been assigned a corresponding second PIN ID, when the first network device verifies that the corresponding second PIN ID can be assigned, the query response may include: the second PIN ID newly assigned to the first PIN ID. Of course, in other embodiments, if the second PIN ID has not yet been assigned to the first PIN ID, or if the verification fails, the query response will indicate that the query failed. In this case, a response message indicating that the response failed can be directly returned. The response message may also include the reason for the failure, which can facilitate the re-establishment of the PIN or the re-application of the second PIN ID.

In some embodiments, the method further comprises:

Obtaining corresponding information, wherein the corresponding information indicates a corresponding relationship between the first personal Internet of Things PIN identification ID and the second PIN ID;

Determine the second PIN ID corresponding to the first PIN ID, including:

Based on the corresponding information and the first PIN ID, determine the second PIN ID corresponding to the first PIN ID.

Exemplarily, the corresponding information may be: a corresponding list, which may include: a second PIN ID corresponding to multiple first PIN IDs, or a first PIN ID corresponding to multiple second PIN IDs.

Exemplarily, an NEF is associated with a network domain of the core network. In this case, the NEF can store the corresponding information between the first PIN ID and the second PIN ID of all PINs corresponding to its associated (or managed) domain.

At this time, if the third network device has obtained the corresponding information in advance, it can directly query the second PIN ID corresponding to the first PIN ID.

Exemplarily, obtaining corresponding information includes:

Receive corresponding information sent by the first network device or the second network device.

Also illustratively, obtaining corresponding information includes:

The second PIN ID is determined in advance based on the first PIN ID, and corresponding information of the corresponding relationship between the first PIN ID and the second PIN ID is obtained.

In some cases, if the third network device is an NEF, the NEF may also allocate a corresponding second PIN ID according to the first PIN ID, and the corresponding information may be established by the NEF itself. For example, the second PIN ID may be determined in advance according to the first PIN ID, or in a predetermined manner: in addition to the third network device allocating the second PIN ID by itself, the second PIN ID may be obtained from a UDM or UDR, etc., and then the corresponding relationship between the first PIN ID and the second PIN ID may be established locally in the third network device, and the corresponding information may be obtained.

In an architecture based on the ^5th Generation Core (5GC) responsible for PINE management, the PIN ID is allocated and managed by the ^5th Generation Core (5GC). The 5GC can manage the PINE at the application layer. Therefore, the PIN ID may be allocated by a third party, for example, a third-party application at the application layer allocates the PIN ID or a third-party authority allocates the PIN ID. The PIN ID is uniquely identifiable in the 5GC.

PIN ID is a unique PIN that can be identified in the 5G network. Whether PIN ID is defined as an external PIN identifier similar to the external group identifier, Generic Public Subscription Identifier (GPSI), and a 5G internal PIN identifier similar to the internal group identifier will be determined during the specification phase.

But only the PIN ID assigned by the third party cannot be guaranteed to be unique in 5GC. So it may be necessary to add a uniquely identifiable PIN ID in 5GC, which is related to the PIN ID assigned by the third party.

The present disclosed embodiments aim to propose PIN ID allocation and management that supports PIN ID management by introducing external PIN ID and internal PIN ID.

The external PIN ID may be assigned by a third party, which may be any party other than the user of the UE and the mobile communication network. The external PIN ID here may be the signed first PIN ID.

The internal PIN ID is assigned by 5GC. For example, the internal PIN ID may be assigned by UDM. The internal PIN ID here may be the aforementioned second PIN ID.

There is a corresponding relationship between the external PIN ID and the internal PIN ID. PIN resource operations are performed using the internal PIN ID within 5GC.

Exemplarily, the PIN ID may have the following definition:

The internal PIN ID is assigned by the UDM and uniquely corresponds to an external PIN ID. It is used to allocate PIN service resources in the fifth generation mobile communication system (5 ^th Generation System, 5GS).

An external PIN ID may be assigned by a third party.

UDM maintainable mapping table, which is used to maintain the correspondence between internal PIN ID and external PIN ID.

As shown in FIG3C , an information processing method provided by the present disclosure may include:

1. When AF decides to create a PINE, it sends a PIN creation request to NEF. The PIN creation request may include an external PIN ID, an optional PINE list, which may include device information of regular PINE, PEGC and/or PEMC, and/or optional PIN configuration data.

Exemplarily, the PINE list may include: device information such as capability information and/or type information of the device. The PIN configuration data may include: various configuration data when a communication device acts as a PINE, for example, the configuration data includes but is not limited to: role information of a PINE acted by a communication device, effective time information of acting as a PINE, and/or effective area information of acting as a PINE. The role information indicates whether the PINE is a regular PINE, or a PEMC or PEGC. The effective time information may indicate the time range when the communication device acts as a PINE. The effective area information may indicate the effective range when the communication device acts as a PINE. For example, the communication device will no longer continue to act as a PINE outside the effective time and/or the effective area.

2. NEF sends the received external PIN ID, PEGC list and PIN configuration data to UDM.

3. UDM creates a unique internal PIN ID based on the external PIN ID, and establishes a one-to-one mapping between the internal PIN ID and the external PIN ID. It also includes a PINEs list, which can be the device information of PINEs such as PINE, PEGC and/or PEMC.

4. UDM sends the PIN context to UDR, including internal PIN ID, external PIN ID, PINE list (can be PINE, PEGC, pecc) and PIN configuration data. The PIN context may include a PIN configuration file.

5. UDM sends a PIN creation response to AF through NEF, including the response result.

The internal PIN ID is uniquely identifiable in the 5G network. Whether the PIN ID is defined as an external PIN identifier similar to the external group identifier and GPSI, and a 5G internal PIN identifier similar to the internal group identifier will be determined during the specification phase.

As shown in FIG4 , an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an information processing device, wherein the device includes:

The first acquisition module 110 is configured to acquire a first personal Internet of Things PIN identification ID;

The first determination module 120 is configured to determine the second PIN ID based on the first PIN ID.

The information processing device may include a first network device, which may be a core network device such as a UDM or a NEF.

In some embodiments, the first acquisition module 110 and the first determination module 120 may be program modules; after the program modules are executed by the processor, the above operations can be performed.

In other embodiments, the first acquisition module 110 and the first determination module 120 may be soft-hard combination modules; the soft-hard combination modules include but are not limited to various programmable arrays; the programmable arrays may be complex programmable arrays and/or field programmable arrays.

In some other embodiments, the first acquisition module 110 and the first determination module 120 may be pure hardware modules; pure hardware modules include but are not limited to professional integrated circuits.

In some embodiments, there is a correspondence between the first PIN ID and the second PIN ID; wherein the correspondence is used to provide communication services based on the first PIN ID and/or the second PIN ID. In some embodiments, the first acquisition module 110 is configured to receive a first request message sent by a user equipment UE or an application entity AF; wherein the first request message includes: a first PIN ID.

In some embodiments, the apparatus further comprises:

The first sending module is configured to send a first response message to the UE or AF according to the first PIN ID.

In some embodiments, the method comprises:

PNIE's device information;

Business parameters;

Region parameter, indicating the effective region of PINE;

Time parameter, indicating the effective time of PINE;

Access policy.

In some embodiments, the traffic parameter indicates at least one of:

The business that the PIN identified by the first PIN ID allows;

Business prohibited by PIN;

Business service quality QoS parameters.

In some embodiments, the access policy indicates at least one of:

Network segments that allow PIN access;

Network segments that prohibit PIN access;

Websites that allow PIN access;

Websites that prohibit PIN access.

In some embodiments, the apparatus further comprises:

The storage module is configured to store corresponding information in a second network device; wherein the corresponding information indicates a corresponding relationship between a first PIN ID and a second PIN ID; or, store a PIN context in a second network device; wherein the PIN context also includes: a first PIN ID and a second PIN ID.

In some embodiments, the second network device is a unified data warehouse function UDR.

In some embodiments, the apparatus further comprises:

A first receiving module is configured to receive a second request message, wherein the second request message includes a first PIN ID;

A second determination module is configured to determine a second PIN ID based on a query corresponding relationship of the first PIN ID;

A second acquisition module is configured to obtain a response result based on the second PIN ID in response to the second request message;

The second sending module is configured to return the response result to a second response message according to the first PIN ID.

In some embodiments, the first request message includes: a request message requesting to create a personal network PIN.

In some embodiments, the apparatus further comprises:

A second receiving module is configured to receive a query request sent by a third network device; wherein the query request includes a first PIN ID;

The third sending module is configured to send a query response to the third network device; wherein the query response includes a second PIN ID.

In some embodiments, the first network device includes:

User management function UDM;

Network opening function NEF.

As shown in FIG5 , an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an information processing device, wherein the device includes:

The third receiving module 210 is configured to receive a second request message sent by the user equipment UE or the application function AF, wherein the second request message includes the first personal Internet of Things PIN ID;

A third determination module 220 is configured to determine a second PIN ID corresponding to the first PIN ID;

The generating module 230 is configured to generate a third request message according to the second PIN ID, wherein the third request message includes the second PIN ID;

The fourth sending module 240 is configured to send a third request message to the fourth network device.

The information processing device may be a third network device.

In some embodiments, the third receiving module 210, the third determining module 220, the generating module 230 and the fourth sending module 240 may be program modules; after the program modules are executed by the processor, the above operations can be performed.

In other embodiments, the third receiving module 210, the third determining module 220, the generating module 230 and the fourth sending module 240 may be a combination of soft and hard modules; the combination of soft and hard modules include but are not limited to various programmable arrays; the programmable array may be: a complex programmable array and/or a field programmable array.

In some other embodiments, the third receiving module 210, the third determining module 220, the generating module 230 and the fourth sending module 240 may be pure hardware modules; pure hardware modules include but are not limited to professional integrated circuits.

In some embodiments, the third receiving module 210 is configured to receive a third response message sent by the fourth network device; wherein the third response message includes the second PIN ID;

The fourth sending module 240 is also configured to return a fourth response message to the UE or AF according to the third response message, wherein the fourth response message includes: the first PIN ID.

In some embodiments, the third determination module 220 is configured to send a query request to the first network device or the second network device according to the first PIN ID; receive a query response returned based on the query request; wherein the query response includes: the second PIN ID.

In some embodiments, the apparatus further comprises:

A third acquisition module is configured to acquire corresponding information, wherein the corresponding information indicates a corresponding relationship between the first personal Internet of Things PIN identification ID and the second PIN ID;

The third determination module 220 is configured to determine the second PIN ID corresponding to the first PIN ID based on the corresponding information and the first PIN ID.

In some embodiments, the third acquisition module is configured to receive corresponding information sent by the first network device or the second network device.

In some embodiments, the third acquisition module is configured to determine the second PIN ID in advance based on the first PIN ID, and generate corresponding information representing the corresponding relationship between the first PIN ID and the second PIN ID.

In some embodiments, the third network device includes: a network opening function NEF.

The present disclosure provides a communication device, including:

a memory for storing processor-executable instructions;

Processor, respectively memory connection;

Among them, the processor is configured to execute the information processing method provided by any of the aforementioned technical solutions.

The processor may include various types of storage media, which are non-transitory computer storage media that can continue to remember information stored thereon after the communication device loses power.

Here, the communication device includes: UE, AF or any one of the first network device, the second network device, the third network device and the fourth network device.

The processor may be connected to the memory via a bus or the like, and may be used to read an executable program stored in the memory, for example, at least one of the methods shown in FIGS. 2A to 2H and/or FIGS. 3A to 3B .

6 is a block diagram of a communication device 800 according to an exemplary embodiment. For example, the communication device 800 may be a mobile phone, a computer, a digital broadcast user equipment, a messaging device, a game console, a tablet device, a medical device, a fitness device, a personal digital assistant, etc. The communication device 800 may be a UE and/or an AF.

6 , UE 800 may include one or more of the following components: a processing component 802 , a memory 804 , a power 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 operation of the UE 800, such as operations associated with display, phone calls, data communications, camera operations, and recording operations. The processing component 802 may include one or more processors 820 to execute instructions to generate all or part of the steps of the above-described method. In addition, the processing component 802 may include one or more modules to facilitate interaction between the processing component 802 and other components. For example, the processing component 802 may include a multimedia module to facilitate interaction between the multimedia component 808 and the processing component 802.

The memory 804 is configured to store various types of data to support operations on the communication device 800. Examples of such data include instructions for any application or method operating on the communication device 800, contact data, phone book data, messages, pictures, videos, etc. The memory 804 can be implemented by any type of volatile or non-volatile storage device or a combination thereof, 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 disk or optical disk.

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

The multimedia component 808 includes a screen that provides an output interface between the communication device 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 the user. The touch panel includes one or more touch sensors to sense touch, slide, and gestures on the touch panel. The touch sensor may not only sense the boundaries of the touch or slide action, but also detect the duration and pressure associated with the touch or slide operation. In some embodiments, the multimedia component 808 includes a front camera and/or a rear camera. When the communication device 800 is in an operating mode, such as a shooting mode or a video mode, the front camera and/or the rear camera may receive external multimedia data. Each front camera and rear camera may be a fixed optical lens system or have a 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), and when the communication device 800 is in an operation mode, such as a call mode, a recording mode, and a speech recognition mode, the microphone is configured to receive an external audio signal. The received audio signal can be further stored in the memory 804 or sent via the communication component 816. In some embodiments, the audio component 810 also includes a speaker for outputting audio signals.

I/O interface 812 provides an interface between processing component 802 and peripheral interface modules, such as keyboards, click wheels, buttons, etc. These buttons may include but are not limited to: home button, volume button, start button, and lock button.

The sensor assembly 814 includes one or more sensors for providing various aspects of status assessment for the communication device 800. For example, the sensor assembly 814 can detect the open/closed state of the device 800, the relative positioning of components, such as the display and keypad of the communication device 800, and the sensor assembly 814 can also detect the position change of the communication device 800 or a component of the communication device 800, the presence or absence of user contact with the communication device 800, the orientation or acceleration/deceleration of the communication device 800, and the temperature change of the communication device 800. The sensor assembly 814 may include a proximity sensor configured to detect the presence of a nearby object without any physical contact. The 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 assembly 814 may also include an accelerometer, 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 communication device 800 and other devices. The communication device 800 can access a wireless network based on a communication standard, such as WiFi, 2G or 3G, or a combination thereof. In an exemplary embodiment, the communication component 816 receives a broadcast signal 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 can 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, the communication device 800 may be implemented by one or more application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), digital signal processors (DSPs), digital signal processing devices (DSPDs), programmable logic devices (PLDs), field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), controllers, microcontrollers, microprocessors, or other electronic components to perform the above methods.

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

As shown in Figure 7, an embodiment of the present disclosure shows a structure of a network device. For example, the network device 900 can be provided as a network side device. The communication device can be various network elements such as the aforementioned access network element and/or network function.

7, the network device 900 includes a processing component 922, which further includes one or more processors, and a memory resource represented by a memory 932 for storing instructions executable by the processing component 922, such as an application. The application stored in the 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 to perform any of the aforementioned methods applied to the access device, for example, at least one of the methods shown in Figures 2A to 2H, and/or Figures 3A to 3B.

The network device 900 may also include a power supply component 926 configured to perform power management of the network device 900, a wired or wireless network interface 950 configured to connect the network device 900 to a network, and an input/output (I/O) interface 958. The network device 900 may operate based on an operating system stored in the memory 932, such as Windows Server TM, Mac OS XTM, UnixTM, LinuxTM, FreeBSDTM, or the like.

Those skilled in the art will readily appreciate other implementations of the disclosed embodiments after considering the specification and practicing the invention disclosed herein. The present disclosure is intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptations of the disclosed embodiments, which follow the general principles of the disclosed embodiments and include common knowledge or customary technical means in the art that are not disclosed in the present disclosure. The specification and examples are to be considered merely exemplary, and the true scope and spirit of the disclosed embodiments are indicated by the following claims.

It should be understood that the embodiments of the present disclosure are not limited to the precise structures described above and shown in the drawings, and various modifications and changes may be made without departing from the scope thereof. The scope of the embodiments of the present disclosure is limited only by the appended claims.

Claims

An information processing method, wherein the method is performed by a first network device, the method comprising:

Get the first personal Internet of Things PIN ID;

Determine the second PIN ID based on the first PIN ID.
According to the method according to claim 1, there is a corresponding relationship between the first PIN ID and the second PIN ID; wherein the corresponding relationship is used to provide communication services based on the first PIN ID and/or the second PIN ID.
According to the method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the obtaining of the first personal Internet of Things PIN identification ID comprises: receiving a first request message sent by a user equipment UE or an application entity AF; wherein the first request message comprises: the first PIN ID.
The method according to claim 3, wherein the method further comprises: sending a first response message to the UE or the AF according to the first PIN ID.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the method comprises:

Generate a PIN context, wherein the PIN context includes: the first PIN ID and the second PIN ID.
The method according to claim 5, wherein the PIN context further comprises at least one of the following:

PNIE's device information;

Business parameters;

A region parameter indicating the effective region of the PINE;

A time parameter indicating the effective time of the PINE;

Access policy.
The method according to claim 6, wherein the service parameter indicates at least one of:

The business that the PIN identified by the first PIN ID allows;

The business prohibited by the PIN;

Business service quality QoS parameters.
The method of claim 6, wherein the access policy indicates at least one of the following:

The network segments that the PIN is allowed to access;

The network segments that the PIN is prohibited from accessing;

The website to which the PIN is allowed to access;

Disable access to the website for the said PIN.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the method further comprises:

Storing corresponding information in a second network device; wherein the corresponding information indicates a corresponding relationship between the first PIN ID and the second PIN ID;

or,

The PIN context is stored in a second network device; wherein the PIN context also includes: the first PIN ID and the second PIN ID.
The method according to claim 9, wherein the second network device is a unified data warehouse function UDR.
The method according to any one of claims 2 to 7, wherein the method further comprises:

Receiving a second request message, wherein the second request message includes the first PIN ID;

Query the corresponding relationship according to the first PIN ID to determine the second PIN ID;

Obtain a response result based on the second PIN ID in response to the second request message;

The response result is returned to a second response message according to the first PIN ID.
The method according to any one of claims 3 to 10, wherein the first request message comprises: a request message for requesting to create a personal network PIN.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the method further comprises:

Receiving a query request sent by a third network device; wherein the query request includes the first PIN ID;

Sending the query response to the third network device; wherein the query response includes the second PIN ID.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 13, wherein the first network device comprises:

User management function UDM;

Network opening function NEF.
An information processing method is performed by a third network device, wherein the method comprises:

Receiving a second request message sent by the user equipment UE or the application function AF, wherein the second request message includes the first personal internet of things PIN ID;

Determine a second PIN ID corresponding to the first PIN ID;

Generate a third request message according to the second PIN ID, wherein the third request message includes the second PIN ID;

The third request message is sent to the fourth network device.
The method according to claim 15, wherein the method further comprises:

receiving a third response message sent by the fourth network device; wherein the third response message includes the second PIN ID;

According to the third response message, a fourth response message is returned to the UE or the AF, wherein the fourth response message includes: the first PIN ID.
The method according to claim 15 or 16, wherein determining the second PIN ID corresponding to the first PIN ID comprises:

Sending a query request to the first network device or the second network device according to the first PIN ID;

Receive a query response returned based on the query request; wherein the query response includes: the second PIN ID.
The method according to claim 15 or 16, wherein the method further comprises:

Obtaining corresponding information, wherein the corresponding information indicates a corresponding relationship between the first personal Internet of Things PIN identification ID and the second PIN ID;

The step of determining the second PIN ID corresponding to the first PIN ID comprises:

According to the corresponding information and the first PIN ID, determine the second PIN ID corresponding to the first PIN ID.
The method according to claim 18, wherein the obtaining corresponding information comprises:

Receive corresponding information sent by the first network device or the second network device.
The method according to claim 18, wherein the obtaining corresponding information comprises:

Determine the second PIN ID in advance based on the first PIN ID; and obtain corresponding information of the corresponding relationship between the first PIN ID and the second PIN ID.
The method according to any one of claims 15 to 20, wherein the third network device comprises: a network opening function NEF.
An information processing device, wherein the device comprises:

A first acquisition module is configured to acquire a first personal Internet of Things PIN identification ID;

The first determination module is configured to determine the second PIN ID based on the first PIN ID.
According to the device according to claim 22, there is a corresponding relationship between the first PIN ID and the second PIN ID; wherein the corresponding relationship is used to provide communication services based on the first PIN ID and/or the second PIN ID.
According to the device according to claim 22 or 23, the first acquisition module is configured to receive a first request message sent by a user equipment UE or an application entity AF; wherein the first request message includes: the first PIN ID.
The device according to claim 24, wherein the device further comprises:

The first sending module is configured to send a first response message to the UE or the AF according to the first PIN ID.
The method according to any one of claims 22 to 25, wherein the method comprises:

Generate a PIN context, wherein the PIN context includes: the first PIN ID and the second PIN ID.
The apparatus of claim 26, wherein the PIN context further comprises at least one of:

PNIE's device information;

Business parameters;

A region parameter indicating the effective region of the PINE;

A time parameter indicating the effective time of the PINE;

Access policy.
The apparatus of claim 27, wherein the service parameter indicates at least one of:

The business that the PIN identified by the first PIN ID allows;

The business prohibited by the PIN;

Business service quality QoS parameters.
The apparatus of claim 27, wherein the access policy indicates at least one of:

The network segments that the PIN is allowed to access;

The network segments that the PIN is prohibited from accessing;

The website to which the PIN is allowed to access;

Disable access to the website for the said PIN.
The device according to any one of claims 22 to 29, wherein the device further comprises:

A storage module is configured to store corresponding information to a second network device; wherein the corresponding information indicates a corresponding relationship between the first PIN ID and the second PIN ID; or, store a PIN context to the second network device; wherein the PIN context
Includes: the first PIN ID and the second PIN ID.
The apparatus according to claim 30, wherein the second network device is a unified data repository function UDR.
The device according to any one of claims 23 to 31, wherein the device further comprises:

A first receiving module is configured to receive a second request message, wherein the second request message includes the first PIN ID;

A second determination module is configured to query the corresponding relationship according to the first PIN ID to determine a second PIN ID;

A second acquisition module is configured to obtain a response result obtained by responding to the second request message based on the second PIN ID;

The second sending module is configured to return the response result as a second response message according to the first PIN ID.
The apparatus according to any one of claims 24 to 32, wherein the first request message comprises: a request message for requesting to create a personal network PIN.
The device according to any one of claims 22 to 33, wherein the device further comprises:

A second receiving module is configured to receive a query request sent by a third network device; wherein the query request includes the first PIN ID;

The third sending module is configured to send the query response to the third network device; wherein the query response includes the second PIN ID.
The apparatus according to any one of claims 22 to 34, wherein the first network device comprises:

User management function UDM;

Network opening function NEF.
An information processing device, wherein the device comprises:

A third receiving module is configured to receive a second request message sent by the user equipment UE or the application function AF, wherein the second request message includes the first personal Internet of Things PIN ID;

A third determination module is configured to determine a second PIN ID corresponding to the first PIN ID;

A generating module, configured to generate a third request message according to the second PIN ID, wherein the third request message includes the second PIN ID;

The fourth sending module is configured to send the third request message to the fourth network device.
The apparatus according to claim 36, wherein the third receiving module is configured to receive a third response message sent by the fourth network device; wherein the third response message includes the second PIN ID;

The fourth sending module is also configured to return a fourth response message to the UE or the AF according to the third response message, wherein the fourth response message includes: the first PIN ID.
According to the device according to claim 36 or 37, wherein the third determination module is configured to send a query request to the first network device or the second network device according to the first PIN ID; receive a query response returned based on the query request; wherein the query response includes: the second PIN ID.
The device according to claim 36 or 37, wherein the device further comprises:

A third acquisition module is configured to acquire corresponding information, wherein the corresponding information indicates a corresponding relationship between the first personal Internet of Things PIN identification ID and the second PIN ID;

The third determination module is configured to determine the second PIN ID corresponding to the first PIN ID based on the corresponding information and the first PIN ID.
According to the device according to claim 38, the third acquisition module is configured to receive corresponding information sent by the first network device or the second network device.
According to the device according to claim 38, wherein the three acquisition modules are configured to determine the second PIN ID in advance based on the first PIN ID; and obtain corresponding information of the corresponding relationship between the first PIN ID and the second PIN ID.
The apparatus according to any one of claims 36 to 41, wherein the third network device comprises: a network opening function NEF.
A communication device comprises a processor, a transceiver, a memory and an executable program stored in the memory and capable of being run by the processor, wherein the processor executes the method provided in any one of claims 1 to 14 or 15 to 21 when running the executable program.
A computer storage medium storing an executable program; after the executable program is executed by a processor, the method provided in any one of claims 1 to 14 or 15 to 21 can be implemented.