WO2024255686A1 - 数据传输方法、装置、发送节点及接收节点 - Google Patents
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- the present application belongs to the field of communication technology, and specifically relates to a data transmission method, device, sending node and receiving node.
- the data plane may include core network data plane functions, wireless access network data plane functions and user equipment (UE) data plane functions, and has end-to-end connectivity.
- the data plane can be responsible for data control, such as data collection coordination configuration, data collection configuration and data transmission configuration.
- the data plane can also be responsible for functions such as data collection, data transmission, data preprocessing, data privacy security, data analysis, data storage and data services.
- data plane control information for example, data collection coordination configuration, data collection configuration and data transmission configuration, etc.
- data plane data for example, perception data, positioning data, etc.
- the embodiments of the present application provide a data transmission method, device, sending node and receiving node, and provide a transmission method for data plane control information, data plane data, etc. to realize the transmission of data plane control information, data plane data, etc.
- a data transmission method comprising:
- the sending node sends a first data packet to the receiving node based on the target protocol
- the target protocol includes at least one of a first protocol on the data plane and a second protocol on the data plane, the first protocol is located above a non-access layer NAS protocol, the second protocol is located above an access network protocol layer, and the first data packet includes at least one of a data packet generated according to control information on the data plane and a data packet generated according to data on the data plane.
- a data transmission device comprising:
- a first sending module configured to send a first data packet to a receiving node based on a target protocol
- the target protocol includes at least one of a first protocol on the data plane and a second protocol on the data plane, the first protocol is located above a non-access layer NAS protocol, the second protocol is located above an access network protocol layer, and the
- the first data packet includes at least one of a data packet generated according to control information of the data plane and a data packet generated according to data of the data plane.
- a data transmission method comprising:
- the receiving node receives a first data packet from the sending node based on the target protocol
- the target protocol includes at least one of a first protocol on the data plane and a second protocol on the data plane, the first protocol is located above a non-access layer NAS protocol, the second protocol is located above an access network protocol layer, and the first data packet includes at least one of a data packet generated according to control information on the data plane and a data packet generated according to data on the data plane.
- a data transmission device comprising:
- a first receiving module configured to receive a first data packet from a sending node based on a target protocol
- the target protocol includes at least one of a first protocol on the data plane and a second protocol on the data plane, the first protocol is located above a non-access layer NAS protocol, the second protocol is located above an access network protocol layer, and the first data packet includes at least one of a data packet generated according to control information on the data plane and a data packet generated according to data on the data plane.
- a sending node which includes a processor and a memory, wherein the memory stores a program or instruction that can be executed on the processor, and when the program or instruction is executed by the processor, the steps of the method described in the first aspect are implemented.
- a sending node comprising a processor and a communication interface, wherein the communication interface is used to send a first data packet to a receiving node based on a target protocol; wherein the target protocol includes at least one of a first protocol on the data plane and a second protocol on the data plane, the first protocol is located above a non-access layer NAS protocol, the second protocol is located above an access network protocol layer, and the first data packet includes at least one of a data packet generated according to control information on the data plane and a data packet generated according to data on the data plane.
- a receiving node which includes a processor and a memory, wherein the memory stores a program or instruction that can be executed on the processor, and when the program or instruction is executed by the processor, the steps of the method described in the third aspect are implemented.
- a receiving node comprising a processor and a communication interface, wherein the communication interface is used to receive a first data packet from a sending node based on a target protocol; wherein the target protocol includes at least one of a first protocol on the data plane and a second protocol on the data plane, the first protocol is located above a non-access layer NAS protocol, the second protocol is located above an access network protocol layer, and the first data packet includes at least one of a data packet generated according to control information on the data plane and a data packet generated according to data on the data plane.
- a data transmission system comprising: a terminal and a network side device, wherein the terminal can be used to execute the steps of the data transmission method as described in the first aspect, and the network side device can be used to execute the steps of the data transmission method as described in the third aspect.
- a readable storage medium wherein a program or instruction is stored on the readable storage medium, and when the program or instruction is executed by a processor, the steps of the method described in the first aspect are implemented, or the steps of the method described in the third aspect are implemented. Steps of the method.
- a chip comprising a processor and a communication interface, wherein the communication interface is coupled to the processor, and the processor is used to run a program or instructions to implement the steps of the method described in the first aspect, or to implement the steps of the method described in the third aspect.
- a computer program/program product is provided, wherein the computer program/program product is stored in a storage medium, and the computer program/program product is executed by at least one processor to implement the steps of the method described in the first aspect, or to implement the steps of the method described in the third aspect.
- a sending node sends a first data packet to a receiving node based on a target protocol; wherein the target protocol includes at least one of a first protocol on the data plane and a second protocol on the data plane, the first protocol is located above a non-access layer NAS protocol, and the second protocol is located above an access network protocol layer, and the first data packet includes at least one of a data packet generated according to control information on the data plane and a data packet generated according to data on the data plane.
- the embodiment of the present application introduces at least one of the first protocol and the second protocol corresponding to the data plane, and then at least one of the control information on the data plane and the data on the data plane can be transmitted based on at least one of the first protocol and the second protocol. That is, the embodiment of the present application provides a transmission method for control information on the data plane, data on the data plane, etc., and realizes the transmission of control information on the data plane, data on the data plane, etc.
- FIG1 is a block diagram of a wireless communication system to which an embodiment of the present application can be applied;
- FIG2a is a schematic diagram of a user plane protocol stack provided in an embodiment of the present application.
- FIG2b is a schematic diagram of a control plane protocol stack provided in an embodiment of the present application.
- FIG3a is a schematic diagram of a positioning protocol stack between a UE and an LMF provided in an embodiment of the present application
- FIG3b is a schematic diagram of a positioning protocol stack between NG RAN and LMF provided in an embodiment of the present application;
- FIG4 is a flow chart of a data transmission method provided in an embodiment of the present application.
- FIG5 is a schematic diagram of a protocol stack of a data plane between a UE and a CN provided in an embodiment of the present application;
- FIG6a is a schematic diagram of a protocol stack of a data plane between a UE, a RAN and a CN according to an embodiment of the present application;
- FIG6b is a second schematic diagram of a protocol stack of a data plane between a UE, a RAN and a CN provided in an embodiment of the present application;
- FIG7 is a flow chart of another data transmission method provided in an embodiment of the present application.
- FIG8 is a third schematic diagram of a protocol stack of a data plane between a UE, a RAN and a CN provided in an embodiment of the present application;
- FIG9 is a fourth schematic diagram of a protocol stack of a data plane between a UE, a RAN and a CN provided in an embodiment of the present application;
- FIG10 is a fifth schematic diagram of a protocol stack of a data plane between a UE, a RAN and a CN provided in an embodiment of the present application;
- FIG11 is a structural diagram of a data transmission device provided in an embodiment of the present application.
- FIG12 is a structural diagram of another data transmission device provided in an embodiment of the present application.
- FIG13 is a structural diagram of a communication device provided in an embodiment of the present application.
- FIG14 is a structural diagram of a sending node provided in an embodiment of the present application.
- FIG15 is a structural diagram of a receiving node provided in an embodiment of the present application.
- first, second, etc. of the present application are used to distinguish similar objects, and are not used to describe a specific order or sequence. It should be understood that the terms used in this way are interchangeable where appropriate, so that the embodiments of the present application can be implemented in an order other than those illustrated or described herein, and the objects distinguished by “first” and “second” are generally of one type, and the number of objects is not limited, for example, the first object can be one or more.
- “or” in the present application represents at least one of the connected objects.
- “A or B” covers three schemes, namely, Scheme 1: including A but not including B; Scheme 2: including B but not including A; Scheme 3: including both A and B.
- the character "/" generally indicates that the objects associated with each other are in an "or” relationship.
- indication in this application can be a direct indication (or explicit indication) or an indirect indication (or implicit indication).
- a direct indication can be understood as the sender explicitly informing the receiver of specific information, operations to be performed, or request results in the sent indication;
- an indirect indication can be understood as the receiver determining the corresponding information according to the indication sent by the sender, or making a judgment and determining the operation to be performed or the request result according to the judgment result.
- LTE Long Term Evolution
- LTE-A Long Term Evolution
- CDMA Code Division Multiple Access
- TDMA Time Division Multiple Access
- FDMA Frequency Division Multiple Access
- OFDMA Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access
- SC-FDMA Single-carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access
- NR New Radio
- 6G 6th Generation
- FIG1 shows a block diagram of a wireless communication system applicable to an embodiment of the present application.
- the wireless communication system includes a terminal 11 and a network side device 12.
- the terminal 11 may be a mobile phone, a tablet computer (Tablet Personal Computer), a laptop computer (Laptop Computer), a notebook computer, a personal digital assistant (Personal Digital Assistant, PDA), a handheld computer, a netbook, an ultra-mobile personal computer (Ultra-mobile Personal Computer, UMPC), a mobile Internet device (Mobile Internet Device, MID), an augmented reality (Augmented Reality, AR), a virtual reality (Virtual Reality, VR) device, a robot, a wearable device (Wearable Device), an aircraft (flight vehicle), a vehicle user equipment (VUE), a shipboard equipment, a pedestrian terminal (Pedestrian User Equipment, PUE), a smart home (a home appliance with wireless communication function, such as a refrigerator, a television, a washing machine or
- the terminal side devices 12 include: smart watches, smart bracelet
- the vehicle-mounted equipment can also be called a vehicle-mounted terminal, a vehicle-mounted controller, a vehicle-mounted module, a vehicle-mounted component, a vehicle-mounted chip or a vehicle-mounted unit, etc. It should be noted that the specific type of the terminal 11 is not limited in the embodiment of the present application.
- the network side device 12 may include an access network device or a core network device, wherein the access network device may also be referred to as a radio access network (Radio Access Network, RAN) device, a radio access network function or a radio access network unit.
- RAN Radio Access Network
- the access network device may include a base station, a wireless local area network (Wireless Local Area Network, WLAN) access point (Access Point, AP) or a wireless fidelity (Wireless Fidelity, WiFi) node, etc.
- the base station may be referred to as a Node B (NB), an evolved Node B (eNB), a next generation Node B (gNB), a New Radio Node B (NR Node B), an access point, a Relay Base Station (RBS), a Serving Base Station (SBS), a Base Transceiver Station (BTS), a radio base station, a radio transceiver, a Basic Service Set (BSS), an Extended Service Set (ESS), a Home Node B (HNB), a Home Evolved Node B, a Transmission Reception Point (TRP) or other appropriate terms in the field.
- NB Node B
- eNB evolved Node B
- gNB next generation Node B
- NR Node B New Radio Node B
- the base station is not limited to specific technical terms. It should be noted that in the embodiments of the present application, only the base station in the NR system is used as an example for introduction, and the specific type of the base station is not limited.
- the core network equipment may include but is not limited to at least one of the following: core network nodes, core network functions, mobility management entity (Mobility Management Entity, MME), access mobility management function (Access and Mobility Management Function, AMF), session management function (Session Management Function, SMF), user plane function (User Plane Function, UPF), policy control function (Policy Control Function, PCF), policy and charging rules function unit (Policy and Charging Rules Function, PCRF), edge application service discovery function (Edge Application Server Discovery ...
- MME mobility management entity
- AMF Access and Mobility Management Function
- SMF Session Management Function
- SMF Session Management Function
- UPF User Plane Function
- Policy Control Function Policy Control Function
- PCRF Policy and Charging Rules Function
- edge application service discovery function Edge Application Server Discovery ...
- the user plane protocol consists of the Service Data Adaptation Protocol (SDAP), Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP), Radio Link Control (RLC), Media Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY), as shown in Figure 2a. It consists of Radio Resource Control (RRC), PDCP, RLC, MAC and PHY, as shown in Figure 2b.
- SDAP Service Data Adaptation Protocol
- PDCP Packet Data Convergence Protocol
- RLC Radio Link Control
- MAC Media Access Control
- PHY Physical Layer
- RRC Radio Resource Control
- PDCP Packet Data Convergence Protocol
- RLC Radio Link Control
- MAC Media Access Control
- PHY Physical Layer
- the positioning protocol stack between the UE and the Location Management Function can be as shown in Figure 3a
- the positioning protocol stack between the Next Generation Radio Access Network (NG-RAN) and the LMF can be as shown in Figure 3b.
- NG-RAN Next Generation Radio Access Network
- the data plane control function is responsible for one or more of data collection coordination, data transmission configuration, data reporting configuration, and data processing configuration.
- data collection coordination means that the data plane control function determines whether the required data is available based on the received data request and/or data subscription information, determines the data provision function that can provide the required data, and sends the data collection configuration.
- Data reporting configuration refers to the configuration of the data packet encapsulation of the data provided by the data provision function, including the length of the data packet, the distribution characteristics of the data packet length, the data packet time interval, the distribution characteristics of the data packet sending time interval, whether the data provision function encrypts the data, and whether the data provision function scrambles the data. If encrypted or scrambled, the key and scrambling sequence need to be configured.
- Data transmission configuration refers to the establishment, modification, and release of data transmission channels and data transmission quality of service (QoS) management.
- QoS quality of service
- Data processing configuration refers to data processing configuration of data processing nodes, including data preprocessing (such as filtering, desensitization), data analysis, etc.
- the data processing node may include at least one of a data transmission node, a data receiving node, and a second node, wherein the second node is a UE or a network function node other than a data transmission node and a data receiving node.
- this data transmission and processing method is also called path-associated computing.
- the core network data plane function, the wireless access network data plane function or the UE data plane function of the embodiment of the present application can be a function in the core network, the wireless access network or the UE, or it can be a node, or it can be multiple data plane related nodes.
- An example of multiple data plane related nodes is a data control function node, a data security and trusted function node, a data warehouse function node, a data consumption function node, a data transmission function node, a data provision function node, and a data processing function node.
- the data control function node is such as the above-mentioned data control function; the data security and trusted function node is used to support security mechanisms such as authentication, authorization, and access control, as well as to evaluate the data credibility of the data provision function and support query credibility; the data warehouse node is used to support the persistent storage and retrieval of data collected by the data plane; the data consumption function node is used to support sending data requests and receiving data responses; the data transmission function node is used to support data plane transmission of data; the data provision function node is used to provide required data; the data processing node is used for data plane data processing, including data analysis, de-redundancy, filtering and desensitization, etc.
- FIG. 4 is a flow chart of a data transmission method provided by an embodiment of the present application.
- the method can be The terminal execution, as shown in FIG4 , includes the following steps:
- Step 401 The sending node sends a first data packet to the receiving node based on the target protocol
- the target protocol includes at least one of a first protocol on the data plane and a second protocol on the data plane, the first protocol is located above a non-access stratum (NAS) protocol, the second protocol is located above an access network protocol layer, and the first data packet includes at least one of a data packet generated according to control information on the data plane and a data packet generated according to data on the data plane.
- NAS non-access stratum
- the sending node may be one of a terminal and a core network device.
- the receiving node may be the other of a terminal and a core network device.
- the core network device may include a core network node or a core network function, and the core network function may include any core network function supporting the target protocol, for example, a core network data function (such as a data control function (DCF)).
- DCF data control function
- the first protocol is located above the NAS protocol, wherein the NAS protocol is a protocol for a wireless interface between a terminal and a core network device.
- the NAS protocol may be a NAS protocol for a mobility management (MM) function (i.e., NAS-MM), and the first protocol may be, for example, NAS data control (NAS Data Control, NAS-DC), and the first protocol is located above NAS-MM.
- MM mobility management
- the first protocol may perform a first process on the first protocol data based on the configuration, wherein the first process may include at least one of interpreting the data and forwarding the data to a target node.
- the forwarding of the data to the target node may include the first protocol not parsing the first protocol data, directly forwarding the first protocol data to the target node according to the configuration information, or the first protocol only parsing part of the first protocol data, for example, the packet header of the first protocol data, and forwarding the first protocol data to the target node according to the parsing result.
- the target node may include but is not limited to at least one of the following:
- Core network functions such as core network data plane functions, LMF, network data analysis functions (Network Data Analytics Function, NWDAF), etc.
- Radio access network functions such as Centralized Unit-Control Plane (CU-CP), Centralized Unit–User Plane (CU-UP), Centralized Unit-Data Plane (CU-DP), radio access network data plane functions, SON functions, MDT functions, etc.
- CU-CP Centralized Unit-Control Plane
- CU-UP Centralized Unit–User Plane
- CU-DP Centralized Unit-Data Plane
- SON SON functions
- MDT functions etc.
- Network external functions e.g. AF.
- the above-mentioned first protocol can be used to perform a first processing on at least one of the control information of the data plane and the data of the data plane
- the above-mentioned first protocol data may include at least one of the control information of the data plane and the data of the data plane.
- the above-mentioned data plane control information can also be referred to as data plane signaling data, for example, data collection coordination configuration, data collection configuration and data transmission configuration and other data plane control-related information.
- the above-mentioned data plane data may include but is not limited to at least one of the data collected based on the data plane control, positioning data carried by the data plane as a transmission protocol layer, perception data, computing data, AI data (such as AI model training data, AI model), measurement data, user contract data, context data, etc.
- AI data such as AI model training data, AI model
- measurement data user contract data, context data, etc.
- the second protocol is located above the access network protocol layer.
- the second protocol is located above the 6G-AN protocol layer, wherein the access network protocol layer may refer to a set of protocols or layers that depend on the access network. depends on the AN).
- the access network protocol layer may refer to a set of protocols or layers that depend on the access network. depends on the AN).
- this set of protocols/layers is a set of user plane protocol stacks between UE and NG-RAN defined by TS 38.401 and TS 38.300.
- the access network protocol layer may include PHY, MAC, RLC, PDCP, and SDAP.
- the second protocol being located above the access network protocol layer can be understood as the second protocol being located above a set of protocol layers consisting of PHY, MAC, RLC, PDCP and SDAP, for example, as shown in FIG6a.
- a transmission protocol layer can be added above the access network protocol layer, for example, IP layer, Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)/IP or User Datagram Protocol (UDP)/IP, etc.
- the second protocol can be located above the transmission protocol, for example, as shown in FIG6b.
- the lower layer in FIG5 can be understood as a protocol layer lower than the above-mentioned NAS-MM layer.
- the core network control plane function in FIG5 can be, for example, AMF.
- the core network data function in FIG5, FIG6a and FIG6b can be, for example, a data control function.
- Nx in FIG6a and FIG6b represents the interface between the access network node and the core network data function. It can be understood that the interface between the above-mentioned access network node and the core network data function can also be represented by other names. .
- the second protocol may perform a first process on the second protocol data based on the configuration, wherein the first process may include at least one of interpreting the data and forwarding the data to a target node.
- the forwarding of the data to the target node may include the second protocol not parsing the second protocol data, directly forwarding the second protocol data to the target node according to the configuration information, or the second protocol only parsing part of the second protocol data, for example, the packet header of the second protocol data, and forwarding the second protocol data to the target node according to the parsing result.
- the target node may include but is not limited to at least one of the following:
- Core network functions such as core network data plane functions, LMF, NWDAF, etc.
- Radio access network functions such as CU-CP, CU-UP, CU-DP, radio access network data plane functions, SON functions, MDT functions, etc.;
- Network external functions e.g. AF.
- the above-mentioned second protocol can be used to perform a first processing on at least one of the control information of the data plane and the data of the data plane
- the above-mentioned second protocol data may include at least one of the control information of the data plane and the data of the data plane.
- the above-mentioned data plane control information can also be referred to as data plane signaling data, for example, data collection coordination configuration, data collection configuration and data transmission configuration and other data plane control-related information.
- the above-mentioned data plane data may include but is not limited to at least one of the data collected based on the data plane control, positioning data carried by the data plane as a transmission protocol layer, perception data, calculation data, AI data (such as AI model training data, AI model), measurement data, user contract data, context data, etc.
- AI data such as AI model training data, AI model
- measurement data user contract data, context data, etc.
- step 401 is described below by way of example:
- Case 1 The sending node sends a first data packet to the receiving node based on the first protocol. Data packets generated by the control information of the data plane.
- Case 2 The sending node sends a first data packet to the receiving node based on the second protocol, where the first data packet is a data packet generated according to data on the data plane.
- Case 3 The sending node sends a first data packet to the receiving node based on the first protocol, where the first data packet is a data packet generated according to data on the data plane.
- Case 4 the sending node sends a first data packet to the receiving node based on the second protocol, where the first data packet is a data packet generated according to the control information of the data plane.
- Case 5 The sending node sends a data packet generated according to the control information of the data plane to the receiving node based on the first protocol, and the sending node sends a data packet generated according to the data plane data to the receiving node based on the second protocol, and the first data packet includes a data packet generated according to the control information of the data plane and a data packet generated according to the data plane data.
- the sending node sends a data packet generated according to the control information of the data plane to the receiving node based on the first protocol.
- the sending node sends a data packet generated according to the data plane data to the receiving node based on the first protocol.
- the first data packet includes a data packet generated according to the control information of the data plane and a data packet generated according to the data plane data.
- the data transmission method provided by the embodiment of the present application is that a sending node sends a first data packet to a receiving node based on a target protocol; wherein the target protocol includes at least one of a first protocol on the data plane and a second protocol on the data plane, the first protocol is located above a non-access layer NAS protocol, and the second protocol is located above an access network protocol layer, the first data packet includes at least one of a data packet generated according to control information on the data plane and a data packet generated according to data on the data plane.
- the embodiment of the present application introduces at least one of the first protocol and the second protocol corresponding to the data plane, and then at least one of the control information on the data plane and the data on the data plane can be transmitted based on at least one of the first protocol and the second protocol. That is, the embodiment of the present application provides a transmission method for control information on the data plane, data on the data plane, etc., and realizes the transmission of control information on the data plane, data on the data plane, etc.
- the first data packet further includes first information, the first information includes first indication information, and the first indication information is used to indicate one of the following:
- the first data packet is terminated at a target function of the receiving node
- the first data packet is forwarded to a target function at the receiving node
- the first data packet is forwarded after being processed by the target function of the receiving node;
- the target function is a function in the receiving node that supports the target protocol.
- the above-mentioned target function when the target protocol includes a first protocol, the above-mentioned target function includes a first function, and the first function supports the first protocol.
- the above-mentioned first function when the above-mentioned receiving node is a core network device, the above-mentioned first function may be a data control function supporting the first protocol; when the target protocol includes a second protocol, the above-mentioned target function includes a second function, and the first function supports the second protocol.
- the above-mentioned second function when the above-mentioned receiving node is a core network device, the above-mentioned second function may be a data transmission function supporting the second protocol.
- the first data packet is terminated at the target function of the receiving node, which can be understood as the target function of the receiving node no longer forwarding the data packet to other nodes after receiving the first data packet.
- the first data packet is forwarded at the target function of the receiving node, which can be understood as the target function of the receiving node no longer forwarding the data packet to other nodes after receiving the first data packet.
- the first data packet is forwarded after being processed by the target function of the receiving node, which can be understood as the target function of the receiving node processing the first data packet after receiving it and forwarding the processed data packet.
- the target node for forwarding the first data packet or the processed data packet by the target function of the receiving node can be determined based on at least one of the pre-acquired forwarding configuration information (e.g., forwarding node information, forwarding routing information, etc.) and the header of the first data packet.
- the pre-acquired forwarding configuration information e.g., forwarding node information, forwarding routing information, etc.
- the target node can be determined based on the header of the first data packet; in the case where the first data packet is a data packet generated according to the data of the data packet, a data packet generated according to the control information of the data plane can be received in advance, and the data packet can include the forwarding configuration information, and then the target node of the first data packet can be determined based on the forwarding configuration information.
- the first information may be carried in a header of the first data packet, the first information including first indication information, the first indication information indicating a processing behavior of the target function of the receiving node on the first data packet.
- the header of a service data unit (SDU) in a protocol data unit (PDU) generated by the target function includes the first indication information.
- the target function of the receiving node when the target function of the receiving node receives the above-mentioned first data packet, it can determine to terminate the transmission of the first data packet based on the above-mentioned first indication information, or forward the first data packet to the target node, or process the first data packet and forward the processed first data packet to the target node.
- the first data packet carries the first indication information to indicate the processing behavior of the target function of the receiving node on the first data packet, which is beneficial for the target function of the receiving node to clarify the processing behavior of the first data packet, thereby ensuring the accuracy of the processing of the first data packet by the target function of the receiving node.
- the first information further includes at least one of the following:
- the forwarding node information corresponding to the first data packet can be understood as the forwarding node information used for forwarding the first data packet.
- the forwarding node information can include but is not limited to the identifier of the forwarding node, for example, a network function identifier (for example, LMF instance ID, RAN node ID, etc.).
- the forwarding node can be understood as the transmission node involved in the forwarding process of the first data packet.
- the forwarding routing information corresponding to the first data packet can be understood as the forwarding routing information used for forwarding the first data packet.
- the forwarding routing information can include information of the next routing node of each transmission node, such as an AMF instance ID.
- the first information also includes at least one of the forwarding node information corresponding to the first data packet and the forwarding route information corresponding to the first data packet, which is conducive to more accurate control of the forwarding of the first data packet.
- the first data packet is a data packet generated according to the control information of the data plane
- the first data packet further includes second information
- the second information includes second indication information
- the second indication information is used to indicate one of the following:
- the second data packet is terminated at the target function of the receiving node
- the second data packet is forwarded after being processed by the target function of the receiving node
- the second data packet is a data packet generated according to the data on the data plane, and the target function is a function in the receiving node that supports the target protocol.
- the second data packet may be a data packet whose transmission is controlled by the first data packet, that is, the transmission of the data plane data (ie, the second data packet) is controlled by the control information of the data plane (ie, the first data packet).
- the second indication information of this embodiment is similar to the above-mentioned first indication information, and will not be described in detail here.
- This embodiment carries the second indication information in the first data packet to indicate the processing behavior of the target function of the receiving node on the second data packet, which helps the target function of the receiving node to clarify the processing behavior of the second data packet, thereby ensuring the accuracy of the processing of the second data packet by the target function of the receiving node.
- the second information further includes at least one of the following:
- the forwarding node information corresponding to the second data packet and the forwarding route information corresponding to the second data packet in this embodiment can refer to the relevant descriptions of the forwarding node information corresponding to the first data packet and the forwarding route information corresponding to the first data packet, which will not be repeated here.
- the second information also includes at least one of the forwarding node information corresponding to the second data packet and the forwarding route information corresponding to the second data packet, which is conducive to more accurate control of the forwarding of the second data packet.
- the target protocol includes the first protocol
- the sending node sends a first data packet to the receiving node based on the target protocol, including:
- the sending node generates a first protocol data unit PDU of the data plane based on the first protocol
- the sending node sends the first PDU to the receiving node based on the NAS protocol.
- the sending node generates a first PDU from the SDU of the first protocol based on the first protocol, and submits the first PDU to the NAS protocol of the sending node, and then the sending node can send the first PDU to the receiving node based on the NAS protocol.
- the first PDU can be transmitted through the data plane container (DP-Container) of NAS, wherein the DP-Container can be used to transmit data packets based on the first protocol between the core network device and the terminal, and the NAS protocol is transparent to the DP-Container, that is, the NAS protocol can transparently transmit the above DP-Container.
- the first PDU can be transmitted through the DP-Container of NAS-MM, and NAS-MM is transparent to the DP-Container.
- the receiving node may receive the first PDU based on the NAS protocol, and deliver the received first PDU to the first function of the receiving node, that is, the function in the receiving node that supports the first protocol.
- the header of the first PDU includes third indication information, and the third indication information is used to indicate a first function of delivering a service data unit SDU of the first PDU to the receiving node, and the first function supports the first protocol.
- the target protocol includes the second protocol
- the sending node sends the first data packet to the receiving node based on the target protocol, including:
- the sending node generates a second PDU of the data plane based on the second protocol
- the sending node sends the second PDU to the receiving node based on the access network protocol layer.
- the sending node can generate a second PDU from the SDU of the second protocol based on the second protocol, and submit the second PDU to the access network protocol layer of the sending node, and then the sending node can send the second PDU based on the access network protocol layer.
- the receiving node may receive the second PDU based on the access network protocol layer, and deliver the received second PDU to the second function of the receiving node, that is, the function in the receiving node that supports the second protocol.
- the header of the second PDU includes fourth indication information, and the fourth indication information is used to indicate that the SDU of the second PDU is to be delivered to a second function of the receiving node, and the second function supports the second protocol.
- the target protocol includes the first protocol
- the sending node sends a first data packet to the receiving node based on the target protocol, including:
- the sending node sends a first NAS message to the receiving node based on the first protocol, where the first NAS message includes the first data packet.
- the first protocol may adopt a NAS scheme to transmit the first data packet.
- the existing NAS message type may be reused to transmit at least one item of data and control information on the data plane, for example, at least one item of data and control information on the data plane may be transmitted through a mobility management message (Mobility Management Message) or a session management message (Session Management Message); or a new NAS message type may be introduced, for example, a data plane management message, for transmitting at least one item of data and control information on the data plane.
- Mobility Management Message Mobility Management Message
- Session Management Message Session Management Message
- a new NAS message type may be introduced, for example, a data plane management message, for transmitting at least one item of data and control information on the data plane.
- the first protocol uses NAS messages to transmit the first data packet, which is relatively simple to implement.
- the first NAS message includes fifth indication information, and the fifth indication information is used to indicate that the first NAS message is a data plane message.
- the fifth indication information is carried in the first NAS message to indicate that the first NAS message is a data plane message, so that the receiving node can more conveniently know that the first NAS message is a data plane message when receiving the first NAS message.
- the message type of the first NAS message is a mobility management message or a session management message.
- an existing NAS message type ie, a mobility management message or a session management message
- a mobility management message or a session management message is multiplexed to transmit at least one of the data plane control information and the data plane data.
- a process of multiplexing an existing NAS message type to send at least one of data and control information on the data plane may include the following steps:
- Step a1 When the UE needs to send uplink data plane control information or data plane data, the UE sends a service request message to the access network device, and the service request message includes access network (AN) parameters and a service request.
- the service request includes: a data plane message indication, a UE identifier, and a NAS message container.
- the data plane message indication is used to indicate that the message is a data plane message, and the AMF forwards the information in the NAS information container to the data plane first function processing according to the data plane message indication.
- the service request may also include a list of data plane bearers to be activated, for example, a list of data plane sessions to be activated (list of DP session to be activated).
- Step a2 The access network device encapsulates the service request message in step a1 into an N2 message and sends it to the AMF.
- the N2 message includes N2 parameters and the service request in step a1.
- Step a3 AMF forwards the NAS information container to DCF for processing according to the data plane message indication in the service request message.
- Step a4 DCF determines whether to accept the UE's data plane service request based on the received message content, and sends data plane response information to AMF.
- Step a5 AMF sends a response message to the access network device, and the response message includes at least the data plane response information received from DCF.
- Step a6 The access network device sends the data plane response information to the UE through a radio resource control (Radio Resource Control, RRC) reconfiguration message.
- RRC Radio Resource Control
- the signaling design can be simplified while ensuring the transmission of at least one of the data and control information on the data plane.
- the message type of the first NAS message is a data plane management message.
- a new NAS message type (ie, data plane management message) is introduced to transmit at least one of data and control information on the data plane. It is understandable that the above data plane management message may also be called other names.
- an optional implementation method of this embodiment is to add a new type of data plane management message (Data Plane Management Message) to the upper two bits.
- a value other than 10 and 11 for the upper two bits can be used to indicate a data plane management message.
- the upper two bits are 10 or 00, it indicates that the message is a data plane management message.
- different messages for data plane management can be further distinguished by different values of bits 6 to 1, for example, messages for data transmission configuration, data reporting configuration or data processing configuration, or messages for requesting to establish, modify or release data plane bearers.
- This embodiment introduces a new type of NAS message (i.e., data plane management message) to transmit at least one of the data and control information of the data plane.
- a new type of NAS message i.e., data plane management message
- the first NAS message is a data plane based on the message type. According to face news.
- the first NAS message is used to request establishment, modification or release of a data plane bearer
- the data plane bearer is a bearer corresponding to the second protocol.
- the data plane bearer corresponding to the second protocol is established, modified or released by the first NAS message sent based on the first protocol, so that the management of the data plane bearer corresponding to the second protocol can be realized more conveniently.
- the first NAS message may also include third information, and the third information may include at least one of the following: type of data plane bearer, functional node identifier for data transmission between the core network device and the UE, data bearer identifier, data transmission priority, and quality of service (QoS) information.
- the third information may include at least one of the following: type of data plane bearer, functional node identifier for data transmission between the core network device and the UE, data bearer identifier, data transmission priority, and quality of service (QoS) information.
- QoS quality of service
- the type of the above-mentioned data plane bearer can be one of a control bearer, a data bearer, a control and data bearer, or the type of the above-mentioned data plane bearer can be a bearer terminated at the second function of the receiving node (i.e., a function supporting the second protocol), a bearer forwarded by the second function of the receiving node, and a bearer processed and forwarded by the second function of the receiving node, or the type of the above-mentioned data plane bearer can include one of a control bearer, a data bearer, a control and data bearer, and a bearer terminated at the second function of the receiving node, a bearer forwarded by the second function of the receiving node, and a bearer processed and forwarded by the second function of the receiving node.
- the receiving node may send a data plane bearer establishment response to the sending node, including an acceptance or rejection indication.
- the above-mentioned data plane bearer establishment response may also include at least one of a data bearer identifier, a QoS flow identifier, a bearer type, and security information (such as whether it is encrypted or integrity protected).
- the fifth indication information in the first NAS message is used to indicate a request to establish, modify or release a data plane PDU session
- the message type of the first NAS message is a data plane PDU session
- the data plane bearer is the data plane PDU session.
- the fifth indication information carried in the first NAS message is used to indicate a request to establish, modify or release a data plane PDU session; when the above-mentioned first NAS message is to introduce a new NAS message type (i.e., a data plane management message), the message type of the first NAS message can be a data plane PDU session.
- a new NAS message type i.e., a data plane management message
- the data plane bearer may be defined as a PDU session, and the PDU session establishment (Establishment)/modification (Modification)/release (Release) process is used to establish, modify and release the data plane bearer.
- a data plane bearer establishment process based on the PDU session establishment (Establishment)/modification (Modification)/release (Release) process may include the following steps:
- Step b1 the UE sends a NAS message to the AMF.
- the NAS message includes single network slice selection assistance information (S-NSSAI), UE requested data network name (UE Requested DNN), PDU session identifier (PDU Session ID), request type (Request type), old PDU session identifier (Old PDU Session ID), N1 session management container (SM container) (PDU Session Establishment Request (PDU Session Establishment Request), port management information container (Port Management
- the request type field may also include data plane bearer indication information (i.e., fifth indication information), indicating that the PDU session requested to be established is used for data plane transmission.
- the content of the extended request type field includes a data plane PDU session, thereby indicating that the PDU session to be established/modified/released is for data plane transmission.
- Step b2 AMF selects an appropriate SMF (e.g., an SMF that supports data plane transmission QoS management) based on the data plane bearer indication information. AMF forwards the N1SM container message to the determined SMF.
- an appropriate SMF e.g., an SMF that supports data plane transmission QoS management
- SMF establishes/modifies/releases PDU session according to the received message and sends a response message to AMF, for example, sending a PDU session establishment accept message to AMF.
- Step b4 AMF sends an N2PDU session request (N2PDU Session Request), including N2 session management information (N2SM information) and NAS message, etc.
- the NAS message includes PDU Session ID, N1SM container (PDU session establishment request), CN assisted RAN parameters tuning, etc.
- Step b5 The access network device determines whether it needs to send signaling to the UE based on the received SMF message. If the existing data radio bearer (DRB) meets the requirement, then there is no need to send signaling. If it is necessary to add or modify the data radio bearer, then the corresponding RRC signaling is sent to the UE.
- DRB data radio bearer
- the first data packet is a data packet generated according to control information of the data plane, and the first NAS message also includes at least one data plane bearer to be activated; the data plane bearer is a bearer corresponding to the second protocol.
- the first data packet may include a list of data plane bearers to be activated, for example, a list of data plane sessions to be activated (list of DP session to be activated).
- the first protocol is used by default to transmit control information of the data plane.
- the first protocol is used by default to transmit control information of the data plane, so there is no need to indicate the type of the first protocol, or the type of the first protocol can only be indicated as one of a bearer terminated by the first function of the receiving node, a bearer forwarded by the first function of the receiving node, and a bearer processed and forwarded by the first function of the receiving node, wherein the first function of the receiving node is a function that supports the first protocol, that is, it indicates the processing behavior of the first function of the receiving node on data transmitted based on the first protocol.
- the target protocol includes the second protocol
- the sending node sends the first data packet to the receiving node based on the target protocol, including:
- the sending node sends a first data packet to the receiving node on a first bearer based on the second protocol, where the first bearer is a data plane bearer.
- the data packet of the second protocol is transmitted on the data plane bearer.
- the first bearer may be any data plane bearer.
- the type of the data plane bearer includes at least one of a first type and a second type
- the first type includes one of the following: a control bearer, a data bearer, a control and data bearer;
- the second type includes one of the following: a bearer terminated by the second function of the receiving node, a bearer forwarded by the second function of the receiving node, and a bearer processed and forwarded by the second function of the receiving node;
- the second function supports the second protocol.
- the data plane bearer can be classified according to the type of data carried by the data plane bearer, that is, divided into a control bearer, a data bearer, and a control and data bearer.
- the type of the data plane bearer is a first type, wherein the first type is one of the control bearer, the data bearer, and the control and data bearer.
- the control bearer is used to transmit control information of the data plane, including data collection and coordination configuration, data transmission configuration, data reporting configuration and data processing configuration.
- the above-mentioned data carrier is used to transmit data on the data plane, including the data that needs to be collected (for example, SON, MDT, Quality of Experience (QoE), L2 measurement data, etc.), perception data, AI training data, AI model data and computing data, etc.
- data that needs to be collected for example, SON, MDT, Quality of Experience (QoE), L2 measurement data, etc.
- perception data for example, AI training data, AI model data and computing data, etc.
- control and data bearers are used to transmit both control information on the data plane and data on the data plane.
- the data plane bearers can be classified according to the processing behavior of the second function of the receiving node on the data plane bearers, that is, they are classified into bearers terminated by the second function of the receiving node, bearers forwarded by the second function of the receiving node, and bearers processed and forwarded by the second function of the receiving node.
- the type of the data plane bearer is the second type, wherein the second type is one of the bearers terminated by the second function of the receiving node, bearers forwarded by the second function of the receiving node, and bearers processed and forwarded by the second function of the receiving node.
- the bearer terminated by the second function of the receiving node that is, the data transmission on the bearer terminated by the second function of the receiving node.
- the bearer terminated by the second function of the receiving node can be used to transmit control information of the data plane, including data collection and coordination configuration, data transmission configuration, data reporting configuration and data processing configuration.
- the bearer forwarded by the second function of the receiving node that is, the second function of the receiving node forwards the data on the bearer after receiving it, and the forwarded data is transparent to the second function of the receiving node.
- the bearer forwarded by the second function of the receiving node can be used to transmit data on the data plane, including the data to be collected (for example, SON, MDT, QoE, L2 measurement data, etc.), perception data, AI training data, AI model data, and calculation data, etc.
- the bearer processed and forwarded by the second function of the receiving node that is, the second function of the receiving node processes part or all of the data on the bearer (for example, desensitizing, de-redundancy, filtering, analyzing, etc.), and then forwards the processed data.
- the above two classification methods can be used to classify the data plane bearers, that is, the data plane bearers are classified according to the type of data carried by the data plane bearers, and the data plane bearers are classified according to the processing behavior of the second function of the receiving node on the data plane bearers.
- the types of data plane bearers include a first type and a second type, the first type is one of the above control bearer, data bearer, control and data bearer, and the second type is one of the above bearer terminated by the second function of the receiving node, the bearer forwarded by the second function of the receiving node, and the bearer processed and forwarded by the second function of the receiving node.
- the data plane bearer type defaults to data bearer.
- the type of the above-mentioned data plane bearer is a data bearer by default, that is, the above-mentioned data plane bearer is used by default. Transmission of data on the data plane.
- the method further includes:
- the sending node sends a first message on a second bearer based on the second protocol
- the first message is used to request establishment of the first bearer, and the second bearer is an established data plane bearer.
- a new data plane bearer (ie, the first bearer) may be established based on an established data plane bearer (ie, the second bearer), which may improve the flexibility of establishing the data plane bearer.
- the first data packet is a data packet generated according to the data on the data plane
- the sending node sends a first data packet to the receiving node based on the target protocol, including at least one of the following:
- the sending node sends a first data packet to the receiving node based on the first protocol
- the sending node sends a first data packet to the receiving node on the data plane bearer based on the second protocol.
- the sending node when the sending node is a terminal and the receiving node is a core network device, the sending node may determine whether to transmit data through the data plane bearer based on the configuration information sent by the receiving node, wherein the configuration information may be configuration information for the first data packet or configuration information for all data packets of the target service, etc.
- the sending node determines not to transmit data through the data plane bearer, in which case the sending node may send the first data packet to the receiving node based on the first protocol; when the configuration information sent by the receiving node includes an identifier of the data plane bearer, the sending node determines to transmit data through the data plane bearer, in which case the sending node may send the first data packet to the receiving node on the data plane bearer based on the second protocol.
- the sending node when it is determined that data is not transmitted through the data plane bearer, the sending node sends the first data packet to the receiving node based on the first protocol; when it is determined that data is transmitted through the data plane bearer, the sending node sends the first data packet to the receiving node on the data plane bearer based on the second protocol, which can ensure that the transmission of the first data packet can be achieved under different circumstances.
- the first data packet is a data packet generated according to the data on the data plane
- the method further includes:
- the sending node receives first configuration information based on the first protocol, where the first configuration information includes an identifier of a data plane bearer;
- the sending node sends a first data packet to the receiving node based on the target protocol, including:
- the sending node sends a first data packet to the receiving node on the data plane bearer based on the second protocol.
- the sending node before sending the first data packet, receives first configuration information based on the first protocol, and the above-mentioned first configuration information at least includes an identifier of the data plane bearer, and then the first data packet can be sent based on at least one data plane bearer indicated by the identifier of the data plane bearer.
- the identifier of the above-mentioned data plane bearer can be used to indicate at least one data plane bearer among the above-mentioned multiple data plane bearers, and then the sending node can send a first data packet to the receiving node on at least one data plane bearer indicated by the identifier of the above-mentioned data plane bearer based on the second protocol.
- the data on the data plane includes at least one of the following: positioning data, perception data, computing data, artificial intelligence (AI) data, measurement data, user contract data, and context data.
- positioning data positioning data
- perception data computing data
- AI artificial intelligence
- measurement data measurement data
- user contract data user contract data
- context data context data
- the above-mentioned measurement data may include but is not limited to at least one of the following: layer 1 measurement (L1 measurement) data, layer 2 measurement (L2 measurement) data (for example, packet delay), layer 3 measurement (L3 measurement) data (for example, MDT/QoE, etc.).
- L1 measurement layer 1 measurement
- L2 measurement layer 2 measurement
- L3 measurement layer 3 measurement
- MDT/QoE MDT/QoE, etc.
- the above-mentioned context data may include but is not limited to at least one of the following: UE context on the wireless access network side, UE context on the AMF side, and N4 session context.
- the above-mentioned perception data may include perception control information and perception measurement quantities.
- An optional classification method is to classify the perception measurement quantities into the following 4 categories (this embodiment focuses on explaining the measurement quantities, and may also be classified into 3 categories or unclassified, etc., and 4 categories are only for illustration).
- the following third-level measurement quantities and fourth-level measurement quantities may also be generally referred to as perception results
- the following second-level measurement quantities and/or first-level measurement quantities may also be referred to as perception measurement data.
- First-level measurement quantity i.e., received signal/original channel information, including: received signal/channel response complex result, amplitude/phase, I-channel/Q-channel and operation results thereof (operations include addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, matrix addition, subtraction and multiplication, matrix transposition, trigonometric relationship operation, square root operation and power operation, as well as threshold detection results, maximum/minimum value extraction results, etc.
- operations also include Fast Fourier Transform (FFT)/Inverse Fast Fourier Transform (IFFT), Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT)/Inverse Discrete Fourier Transform (IDFT), 2D-FFT, 3D-FFT, matched filtering, autocorrelation operation, wavelet transform and digital filtering, as well as threshold detection results, maximum/minimum value extraction results, etc. of the above operation results);
- FFT Fast Fourier Transform
- IFFT Discrete Fourier Transform
- DFT Discrete Fourier Transform
- IDFT Inverse Discrete Fourier Transform
- 2D-FFT 3D-FFT
- matched filtering matched filtering
- autocorrelation operation matched filtering
- wavelet transform and digital filtering as well as threshold detection results, maximum/minimum value extraction results, etc. of the above operation results
- Second-level measurement quantity basic measurement quantity, including delay, Doppler, angle, signal strength, and their multi-dimensional combination representation
- Level 3 measurement basic attributes/states, including distance, speed, angle/direction, radar cross-section (RCS), acceleration, etc.
- the fourth level of measurement that is, advanced attributes/states, including: spatial position, target presence, trajectory, movement, expression, vital signs, quantity, imaging results, weather, air quality, shape, material, composition, etc.
- one of the sending node and the receiving node is a terminal, and the other is a core network device.
- FIG. 7 is a flowchart of a data transmission method provided in an embodiment of the present application.
- the method can be executed by a network side device, as shown in FIG. 7, including the following steps:
- Step 701 A receiving node receives a first data packet from a sending node based on a target protocol
- the target protocol includes at least one of a first protocol of the data plane and a second protocol of the data plane, the first protocol is located above the non-access layer NAS protocol, the second protocol is located above the access network protocol layer, and the The first data packet includes at least one of a data packet generated according to control information of the data plane and a data packet generated according to data of the data plane.
- the first data packet further includes first information, the first information includes first indication information, and the first indication information is used to indicate one of the following:
- the first data packet is terminated at a target function of the receiving node
- the first data packet is forwarded to a target function at the receiving node
- the first data packet is forwarded after being processed by the target function of the receiving node;
- the target function is a function in the receiving node that supports the target protocol.
- the first information further includes at least one of the following:
- the first data packet is a data packet generated according to the control information of the data plane
- the first data packet further includes second information
- the second information includes second indication information
- the second indication information is used to indicate one of the following:
- the second data packet is terminated at the target function of the receiving node
- the second data packet is forwarded after being processed by the target function of the receiving node
- the second data packet is a data packet generated according to the data on the data plane, and the target function is a function in the receiving node that supports the target protocol.
- the second information further includes at least one of the following:
- the target protocol includes the first protocol
- the receiving node receives a first data packet from a sending node based on the target protocol, including:
- the receiving node receives a first protocol data unit PDU from the sending node based on the NAS protocol, where the first PDU is a PDU generated based on the first protocol;
- the receiving node delivers the first PDU to a first function of the receiving node based on the NAS protocol, and the first function supports the first protocol.
- the header of the first PDU includes third indication information, and the third indication information is used to indicate the first function of delivering the service data unit SDU of the first PDU to the receiving node.
- the target protocol includes the second protocol
- the receiving node receives the first data packet from the sending node based on the target protocol, including:
- the receiving node receives a second PDU from the sending node based on the access network protocol layer, where the second PDU is a PDU generated based on the second protocol;
- the receiving node delivers the second PDU to the second function of the receiving node based on the access network protocol layer. Yes, the second function supports the second protocol.
- the header of the second PDU includes fourth indication information, and the fourth indication information is used to indicate the second function of delivering the SDU of the second PDU to the receiving node.
- the target protocol includes the first protocol
- the receiving node receives a first data packet from a sending node based on the target protocol, including:
- the receiving node receives a first NAS message from the sending node based on the first protocol, where the first NAS message includes the first data packet.
- the first NAS message includes fifth indication information, and the fifth indication information is used to indicate that the first NAS message is a data plane message.
- the message type of the first NAS message is a mobility management message or a session management message.
- the message type of the first NAS message is a data plane management message.
- the first NAS message is used to request establishment, modification or release of a data plane bearer
- the data plane bearer is a bearer corresponding to the second protocol.
- the fifth indication information in the first NAS message is used to indicate a request to establish, modify or release a data plane PDU session
- the message type of the first NAS message is a data plane PDU session
- the data plane bearer is the data plane PDU session.
- the first data packet is a data packet generated according to the control information of the data plane, and the first NAS message also includes at least one data plane bearer to be activated; the data plane bearer is a bearer corresponding to the second protocol.
- the first protocol is used by default to transmit control information of the data plane.
- the target protocol includes the second protocol
- the receiving node receives the first data packet from the sending node based on the target protocol, including:
- the receiving node receives a first data packet sent by the sending node on a first bearer based on the second protocol, where the first bearer is a data plane bearer.
- the type of the data plane bearer includes at least one of a first type and a second type
- the first type includes one of the following: a control bearer, a data bearer, a control and data bearer;
- the second type includes one of the following: a bearer terminated by the second function of the receiving node, a bearer forwarded by the second function of the receiving node, and a bearer processed and forwarded by the second function of the receiving node;
- the second function supports the second protocol.
- the data plane bearer type defaults to data bearer.
- the method further includes:
- the receiving node receives a first message on a second bearer based on the second protocol
- the first message is used to request establishment of the first bearer, and the second bearer is an established data plane bearer.
- the first data packet is a data packet generated according to the data on the data plane
- the receiving node receives a first data packet from a sending node based on a target protocol, including at least one of the following:
- the receiving node receives a first data packet from the sending node based on the first protocol
- the receiving node receives a first data packet from the sending node on the data plane bearer based on the second protocol.
- the first data packet is a data packet generated according to the data on the data plane
- the method further includes:
- the receiving node receives first configuration information based on the first protocol, where the first configuration information includes an identifier of a data plane bearer;
- the receiving node receives a first data packet from a sending node based on a target protocol, including:
- the receiving node receives a first data packet sent by the sending node on the data plane bearer based on the second protocol.
- the data on the data plane includes at least one of the following: positioning data, perception data, computing data, artificial intelligence (AI) data, measurement data, user contract data, and context data.
- positioning data positioning data
- perception data computing data
- AI artificial intelligence
- measurement data measurement data
- user contract data user contract data
- context data context data
- one of the sending node and the receiving node is a terminal, and the other is a core network device.
- perception data may include perception data, QoE, MDT, SON, AI training data, AI models and calculation data, etc.
- the following examples are explained using perception data as an example.
- the first mode is that the data required for perception is collected and coordinated through the data plane function (such as the first function) and transmitted based on the data plane bearer.
- the communication service can use the same measurement data as the perception service (for example, the geographic location information reported by the UE can be reused in positioning, perception and AI), it supports the reuse of UE measurement data to avoid repeated measurements and repeated reporting by the UE; the second mode is that the data required for perception is transmitted through the data plane bearer without the need for data collection and coordination by the first function.
- Example 1 The data provision function is the UE, the data plane control function is the core network function, the data plane control function coordinates data collection, and the data transmission is terminated at the core network function.
- This example takes the first mode of collection and transmission of perception data as an example.
- the wireless access network node and/or the core network sensing function (Sensing Function, SF) has determined the UE to receive the perception signal and measure, and the determined UE supports the data plane.
- the data plane control function determines the data to be collected according to multiple data requirements such as perception, positioning, and NWDAF, and determines whether to perform data transmission based on the data plane bearer. If it is determined that data transmission is performed based on the data plane bearer, the core network function sends a message to the UE to establish a data plane bearer. For example, the core network function can send a message to the UE to establish a data plane bearer based on the first protocol, wherein the establishment method of the data plane bearer can refer to the relevant embodiments of the foregoing embodiments.
- the type of data plane bearer can be a data bearer terminated at the core network data function.
- the core network data function can store all received data, and extract the data required by the corresponding perception function and send it to the core network perception function; or the type of data plane bearer can be a data bearer processed and forwarded by the core network data function.
- the core network data function can filter and perform other processing on multiple perception measurement data at different times/locations to generate a smaller amount of perception measurement data and/or more high-precision perception measurement data, and then forward the processed data to the core network perception function.
- the protocol stacks of UE, RAN and CN can be as shown in Figure 8.
- the first protocol is used to transmit both control information of the data plane and data of the data plane.
- the core network device may send a data collection request (or referred to as data collection configuration or measurement configuration, etc.) to the UE based on the first protocol, and the data collection request is determined by the data plane control function.
- the data collection request may include at least one of the following:
- a Measurement Object which specifies what to measure; optionally, the Measurement Object may also include cell-specific offsets, blacklist cells to ignore, and whitelist cells to consider measuring;
- Reporting Configuration which specifies how reporting should be done, which can be periodic or event-triggered
- Measurement ID used to identify how to report the measurement value of a specific object; a measurement object can have multiple reporting configurations, and a reporting configuration can be applied to multiple measurement objects. Each association of a measurement object to a reporting configuration uses a unique ID.
- the MeasurementReport message contains an ID and related metrics (i.e., the measurement results of each measurement quantity);
- Measurement Gap It is used to indicate the period in which the UE can perform measurements, etc.
- the ID of the data plane bearer can be configured in the reporting configuration.
- the UE reports perception data based on the data plane bearer according to the configured data plane bearer ID.
- the core network data function receives the data on the above data plane bearer, it forwards the data to the core network perception function according to the type of data plane bearer.
- Example 2 The data provision function is the UE, the data plane control function is the core network function, and the data transmission is terminated at the core network function.
- This example takes the second mode of collecting and transmitting the perception data as an example for explanation.
- the wireless access network node and/or the core network perception function has determined the UE to receive the perception signal and measure, and the determined UE supports the data plane.
- the data plane control function receives the perception configuration information, for example, the data plane control function receives the perception configuration information from the core network perception function, and can forward the perception configuration information to the perception service function of the UE based on the first protocol.
- the perception configuration information includes target indication information, which is used to indicate that the first protocol forwards the perception configuration information and the perception configuration information that needs to be transparently forwarded by the first protocol (if in order to prevent the first protocol from parsing, the above-mentioned perception configuration information can be transmitted in an encrypted manner).
- the SDU of the perception configuration information includes a perception service function ID or can be used to determine the appropriate perception service function ID.
- the perception service function ID is used by the core network data function to forward the received data to the indicated perception service function according to the perception service function ID.
- the above information used to determine the appropriate perception service function can be the perception service type (such as rainfall monitoring, speed measurement, etc.), geographic location information, etc.
- the wireless access network node determines the appropriate perception service function based on the obtained perception service type, geographic location information, load information of the perception service function, etc., and forwards the received data to the determined perception service function.
- the data plane control function determines whether to transmit data based on the data plane bearer. If it is determined that data is transmitted based on the data plane bearer, the core network function sends a message to the UE to establish the data plane bearer. For example, the core network function can send a message to the UE to establish the data plane bearer based on the first protocol, wherein the establishment method of the data plane bearer can refer to the relevant description of the aforementioned embodiment. Because the data is finally transmitted to the core network perception function, the type of the data plane bearer is a data bearer forwarded by the core network data function, or a data bearer forwarded after processing by the core network data function.
- the core network data function can filter and process multiple perception measurement data at different times/locations to generate a smaller amount of perception measurement data and/or more accurate perception measurement data, and then forward the processed data to the core network perception function.
- the protocol stacks of the UE, RAN and CN can be shown in Figure 9.
- the core network data function, the core network perception function and the core network AI function can adopt a service-oriented interface solution, and the service-oriented interface solution needs to support efficient data transmission (such as File Transfer Protocol (FTP) or Kafka, etc.).
- FTP File Transfer Protocol
- Kafka Kafka
- the first protocol is used to transmit both control information of the data plane and data of the data plane.
- the data plane control function configures the ID of the data plane bearer in the SDU of the perception configuration information forwarded based on the first protocol, so that the UE reports the perception data based on the data plane bearer according to the configured data plane bearer ID, and the core network data function receives the data of the data plane bearer and forwards the data to the core network perception function according to the type of the data plane bearer.
- the core network device for example, the data plane control function
- the core network data function receives the data of the data plane bearer and forwards the data to the core network perception function according to the type of the data plane bearer.
- Example 3 The data provision function is the UE, the data plane control function is the radio access network node, and the data transmission is terminated at the radio access network node.
- Example 1 or Example 2 The main difference between this example and Example 1 or Example 2 is that if the required data needs to be sent to the wireless access network node via the core network data function, it usually means that part of the information of the obtained data is suitable for the wireless access network node to obtain (such as UE persistent identification, location information, etc.). Therefore, in this embodiment, the focus is on the need for the core network data function to pre-process the data, thereby deleting or converting information that is not suitable for RAN to obtain. For example, converting the UE persistent identification into a random temporary identification, etc. Among them, the perception data collection process of this example can refer to the relevant description of the aforementioned Example 1 or Example 2, which will not be repeated here.
- the core network function sends a message to the UE to establish the data plane bearer.
- the core network function can send a message to the UE to establish the data plane bearer based on the first protocol, wherein the establishment method of the data plane bearer can refer to the relevant description of the aforementioned embodiment.
- the type of data plane bearer is forwarded after being processed by the core network data function.
- the core network data function processes the data according to the information obtained and sends the processed data to the wireless access network node.
- the protocol stack of the UE, RAN and CN can be as shown in Figure 10, wherein in Figure 10, the RAN node on the left side of the core network function that transparently transmits the second protocol data and the RAN node on the right side of the core network function that receives the required data can be different nodes.
- the interface between the access network node and the core network AMF in the 5G protocol is called the N2 interface
- the interface between the access network node and the core network UPF is called the N3 interface.
- the Nx involved in the above figures represents the interface between the access network node and the core network data function
- NxAP represents the application protocol of the Nx interface, which is used to support Nx interface management and data plane message interaction.
- the embodiment of the present application introduces at least one of the first protocol and the second protocol between the UE and the CN, the first protocol is based on the NAS protocol, the second protocol is based on the access network protocol layer (for example, the 6G-AN protocol layer), or the second protocol is based on the transport protocol layer and the access network protocol layer.
- NAS data control container such as NAS-DC
- data plane bearer are introduced.
- the first indication information in the SDU of the NAS data control container indicates whether the data packet is control information, or control information and data; and indicates the processing method of the data packet at the receiving node.
- the type of the data plane bearer can be indicated in the configuration information added to the data plane bearer.
- the processing method of the data packet at the receiving node can also be indicated by the first indication information in the SDU of the data plane bearer.
- the type of data plane bearer can be divided into control, data, control and data from whether the data carried is control or data.
- the first protocol is used by default to transmit the control information of the data plane, and the data plane bearer defaults to the data bearer.
- the processing function/method of the bearer can be divided into termination at the receiving node, forwarding at the receiving node, and forwarding after processing at the receiving node.
- the solution provided in the embodiment of the present application supports the separation of control and data.
- the solution can provide a unified bearer to support the transmission of control and data according to the data collection requirements and the data transmission requirements within the mobile network, and can also provide different types of bearers to support the transmission of control and data separation.
- the solution can also support the transmission of the transmitted data to be terminated at the core network data function node as needed, or forwarded by the core network data function, or forwarded after being processed by the core network data function.
- the solution supports both data collection and transmission based on data collection collaboration, and data collection and transmission based on non-data plane function decisions. Therefore, the solution can meet a variety of potential data collection and data transmission requirements within the mobile network between UE and CN.
- the data transmission method provided in the embodiment of the present application can be executed by a data transmission device, or a control module in the data transmission device for executing the data transmission method.
- the data transmission device provided in the embodiment of the present application is described by taking the data transmission method executed by the data transmission device as an example.
- FIG. 11 is a structural diagram of a data transmission device provided in an embodiment of the present application.
- the data transmission device is applied to a sending node.
- the data transmission device 1100 includes:
- a first sending module 1101, configured to send a first data packet to a receiving node based on a target protocol
- the target protocol includes at least one of a first protocol on the data plane and a second protocol on the data plane, the first protocol is located above a non-access layer NAS protocol, the second protocol is located above an access network protocol layer, and the first data packet includes at least one of a data packet generated according to control information on the data plane and a data packet generated according to data on the data plane.
- the first data packet further includes first information, the first information includes first indication information, and the first indication information is used to indicate one of the following:
- the first data packet is terminated at a target function of the receiving node
- the first data packet is forwarded to a target function at the receiving node
- the first data packet is forwarded after being processed by the target function of the receiving node;
- the target function is a function in the receiving node that supports the target protocol.
- the first information further includes at least one of the following:
- the first data packet is a data packet generated according to the control information of the data plane
- the first data packet further includes second information
- the second information includes second indication information
- the second indication information is used to indicate one of the following:
- the second data packet is terminated at the target function of the receiving node
- the second data packet is forwarded after being processed by the target function of the receiving node
- the second data packet is a data packet generated according to the data on the data plane, and the target function is a function in the receiving node that supports the target protocol.
- the second information further includes at least one of the following:
- the target protocol includes the first protocol
- the first sending module is specifically configured to:
- the first PDU is sent to a receiving node based on the NAS protocol.
- the header of the first PDU includes third indication information, and the third indication information is used to indicate a first function of delivering a service data unit SDU of the first PDU to the receiving node, and the first function supports the first protocol.
- the target protocol includes the second protocol
- the first sending module is specifically configured to:
- the second PDU is sent to a receiving node based on the access network protocol layer.
- the header of the second PDU includes fourth indication information, and the fourth indication information is used to indicate that the SDU of the second PDU is to be delivered to a second function of the receiving node, and the second function supports the second protocol.
- the target protocol includes the first protocol
- the first sending module is specifically configured to:
- a first NAS message is sent to a receiving node based on the first protocol, where the first NAS message includes the first data packet.
- the first NAS message includes fifth indication information, and the fifth indication information is used to indicate that the first NAS message is a data plane message.
- the message type of the first NAS message is a mobility management message or a session management message.
- the message type of the first NAS message is a data plane management message.
- the first NAS message is used to request establishment, modification or release of a data plane bearer
- the data plane bearer is a bearer corresponding to the second protocol.
- the fifth indication information in the first NAS message is used to indicate a request to establish, modify or release a data plane PDU session
- the message type of the first NAS message is a data plane PDU session
- the data plane bearer is the data plane PDU session.
- the first data packet is a data packet generated according to control information of the data plane, and the first NAS message also includes at least one data plane bearer to be activated; the data plane bearer is a bearer corresponding to the second protocol.
- the first protocol is used by default to transmit control information of the data plane.
- the target protocol includes the second protocol
- the first sending module is specifically configured to:
- a first data packet is sent to a receiving node on a first bearer based on the second protocol, where the first bearer is a data plane bearer.
- the type of the data plane bearer includes at least one of a first type and a second type
- the first type includes one of the following: a control bearer, a data bearer, a control and data bearer;
- the second type includes one of the following: a bearer terminated by the second function of the receiving node, a bearer forwarded by the second function of the receiving node, and a bearer processed and forwarded by the second function of the receiving node;
- the second function supports the second protocol.
- the type of the data plane bearer is data bearer by default.
- the first sending module is further used to: send the first message on the second bearer based on the second protocol;
- the first message is used to request establishment of the first bearer, and the second bearer is an established data plane bearer.
- the first data packet is a data packet generated according to the data on the data plane
- the first sending module is specifically used for at least one of the following:
- a first data packet is sent to a receiving node on the data plane bearer based on the second protocol.
- the first data packet is a data packet generated according to the data on the data plane
- the device also includes:
- a receiving module configured to receive first configuration information based on the first protocol before sending the first data packet to the receiving node based on the target protocol, wherein the first configuration information includes an identifier of the data plane bearer;
- the first sending module is specifically used for: the sending node sending a first data packet to the receiving node on the data plane bearer based on the second protocol.
- the data on the data plane includes at least one of the following: positioning data, perception data, computing data, artificial intelligence (AI) data, measurement data, user contract data, and context data.
- positioning data positioning data
- perception data computing data
- AI artificial intelligence
- measurement data measurement data
- user contract data user contract data
- context data context data
- one of the sending node and the receiving node is a terminal, and the other is a core network device.
- the data transmission device in the embodiment of the present application may be an electronic device, such as an electronic device with an operating system, or a component in an electronic device, such as an integrated circuit or a chip.
- the electronic device may be a terminal or a network-side device, or may be a device other than a terminal or a network-side device.
- the terminal may include but is not limited to the types of terminals 11 listed above
- the network-side device may include but is not limited to the types of network-side devices 12 listed above
- other devices may be servers, network attached storage (NAS), etc., which are not specifically limited in the embodiment of the present application.
- the data transmission device provided in the embodiment of the present application can implement each process implemented by the method embodiment of Figure 4 and achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, it will not be repeated here.
- FIG. 12 is a structural diagram of a data transmission device provided in an embodiment of the present application.
- the data transmission device is applied to a receiving node.
- the data transmission device 1200 includes:
- a first receiving module 1201, configured to receive a first data packet from a sending node based on a target protocol
- the target protocol includes at least one of a first protocol on the data plane and a second protocol on the data plane, the first protocol is located above a non-access layer NAS protocol, the second protocol is located above an access network protocol layer, and the first data packet includes at least one of a data packet generated according to control information on the data plane and a data packet generated according to data on the data plane.
- the first data packet further includes first information, the first information includes first indication information, and the first indication information is used to indicate one of the following:
- the first data packet is terminated at a target function of the receiving node
- the first data packet is forwarded to a target function at the receiving node
- the first data packet is forwarded after being processed by the target function of the receiving node;
- the target function is a function in the receiving node that supports the target protocol.
- the first information further includes at least one of the following:
- the first data packet is a data packet generated according to the control information of the data plane
- the first data packet further includes second information
- the second information includes second indication information
- the second indication information is used to indicate one of the following:
- the second data packet is terminated at the target function of the receiving node
- the second data packet is forwarded after being processed by the target function of the receiving node
- the second data packet is a data packet generated according to the data on the data plane, and the target function is a function in the receiving node that supports the target protocol.
- the second information further includes at least one of the following:
- the target protocol includes the first protocol
- the first receiving module is specifically configured to:
- PDU protocol data unit
- the first PDU is delivered to a first functional function of the receiving node based on the NAS protocol, and the first function supports the first protocol.
- the header of the first PDU includes third indication information, and the third indication information is used to indicate a first function of delivering a service data unit SDU of the first PDU to the receiving node, and the first function supports the first protocol.
- the target protocol includes the second protocol
- the first receiving module is specifically configured to:
- the second PDU is delivered to a second function of the receiving node based on the access network protocol layer, and the second function supports the second protocol.
- the header of the second PDU includes fourth indication information, and the fourth indication information is used to indicate the second function of delivering the SDU of the second PDU to the receiving node.
- the target protocol includes the first protocol
- the first receiving module is specifically configured to:
- a first NAS message is received from the sending node based on the first protocol, where the first NAS message includes the first data packet.
- the first NAS message includes fifth indication information, and the fifth indication information is used to indicate that the first NAS message is a data plane message.
- the message type of the first NAS message is a mobility management message or a session management message.
- the message type of the first NAS message is a data plane management message.
- the first NAS message is used to request establishment, modification or release of a data plane bearer
- the data plane bearer is a bearer corresponding to the second protocol.
- the fifth indication information in the first NAS message is used to indicate a request to establish, modify or release a data plane PDU session
- the message type of the first NAS message is a data plane PDU session
- the data plane bearer is the data plane PDU session.
- the first data packet is a data packet generated according to control information of the data plane, and the first NAS message also includes at least one data plane bearer to be activated; the data plane bearer is a bearer corresponding to the second protocol.
- the first protocol is used by default to transmit control information of the data plane.
- the target protocol includes the second protocol
- the first receiving module is specifically configured to:
- a first data packet sent by the sending node is received on a first bearer based on the second protocol, where the first bearer is a data plane bearer.
- the type of the data plane bearer includes at least one of a first type and a second type
- the first type includes one of the following: a control bearer, a data bearer, a control and data bearer;
- the second type includes one of the following: a bearer terminated by the second function of the receiving node, a bearer forwarded by the second function of the receiving node, and a bearer processed and forwarded by the second function of the receiving node;
- the second function supports the second protocol.
- the type of the data plane bearer is data bearer by default.
- the first receiving module is further used for:
- the first message is used to request establishment of the first bearer, and the second bearer is an established data plane bearer.
- the first data packet is a data packet generated according to the data on the data plane
- the first receiving module is specifically used for at least one of the following:
- a first data packet is received from a sending node on the data plane bearer based on the second protocol.
- the first data packet is a data packet generated according to the data on the data plane
- the device also includes:
- a second sending module configured to send first configuration information based on the first protocol before receiving the first data packet from the sending node based on the target protocol, wherein the first configuration information includes an identifier of a data plane bearer;
- the first receiving module is specifically configured to receive a first data packet sent by the sending node on the data plane bearer based on the second protocol.
- the data on the data plane includes at least one of the following: positioning data, perception data, computing data, artificial intelligence (AI) data, measurement data, user contract data, and context data.
- positioning data positioning data
- perception data computing data
- AI artificial intelligence
- measurement data measurement data
- user contract data user contract data
- context data context data
- one of the sending node and the receiving node is a terminal, and the other is a core network device.
- the data transmission device in the embodiment of the present application may be an electronic device, such as an electronic device with an operating system, or a component in an electronic device, such as an integrated circuit or a chip.
- the electronic device may be a terminal or a network side device, or may be other devices other than a terminal or a network side device.
- the terminal may include but is not limited to the above
- the types of terminals 11 listed, network side devices may include but are not limited to the types of network side devices 12 listed above, and other devices may be servers, network attached storage (Network Attached Storage, NAS), etc., which are not specifically limited in the embodiments of the present application.
- NAS Network Attached Storage
- the data transmission device provided in the embodiment of the present application can implement each process implemented by the method embodiment of Figure 7 and achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, it will not be repeated here.
- an embodiment of the present application further provides a communication device 1300, including a processor 1301 and a memory 1302, wherein the memory 1302 stores a program or instruction that can be run on the processor 1301.
- the communication device 1300 is a sending node
- the program or instruction is executed by the processor 1301 to implement the various steps of the above-mentioned sending node side data transmission method embodiment, and can achieve the same technical effect.
- the communication device 1300 is a receiving node
- the program or instruction is executed by the processor 1301 to implement the various steps of the above-mentioned receiving node side data transmission method embodiment, and can achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, it will not be repeated here.
- the embodiment of the present application also provides a sending node, including a processor and a communication interface, the communication interface is used to send a first data packet to a receiving node based on a target protocol; wherein the target protocol includes at least one of a first protocol on the data plane and a second protocol on the data plane, the first protocol is located above the non-access layer NAS protocol, the second protocol is located above the access network protocol layer, and the first data packet includes at least one of a data packet generated according to control information on the data plane and a data packet generated according to data on the data plane.
- the target protocol includes at least one of a first protocol on the data plane and a second protocol on the data plane
- the first protocol is located above the non-access layer NAS protocol
- the second protocol is located above the access network protocol layer
- the first data packet includes at least one of a data packet generated according to control information on the data plane and a data packet generated according to data on the data plane.
- FIG. 14 is a schematic diagram of the hardware structure of a sending node that implements an embodiment of the present application.
- the sending node 1400 includes but is not limited to: a radio frequency unit 1401, a network module 1402, an audio output unit 1403, an input unit 1404, a sensor 1405, a display unit 1406, a user input unit 1407, an interface unit 1408, a memory 1409 and at least some of the components of the processor 1410.
- the sending node 1400 may also include a power source (such as a battery) for supplying power to each component, and the power source may be logically connected to the processor 1410 through a power management system, so as to implement functions such as charging, discharging, and power consumption management through the power management system.
- a power source such as a battery
- the sending node structure shown in FIG14 does not constitute a limitation on the sending node, and the sending node may include more or fewer components than shown in the figure, or combine certain components, or arrange components differently, which will not be described in detail here.
- the input unit 1404 may include a graphics processor (GPU) 14041 and a microphone 14042, and the graphics processor 14041 processes the image data of a static picture or video obtained by an image capture device (such as a camera) in a video capture mode or an image capture mode.
- the display unit 1406 may include a display panel 14061, and the display panel 14061 may be configured in the form of a liquid crystal display, an organic light emitting diode, etc.
- the user input unit 1407 includes a touch panel 14071 and at least one of other input devices 14072.
- the touch panel 14071 is also called a touch screen.
- the touch panel 14071 may include two parts: a touch detection device and a touch controller.
- Other input devices 14072 may include, but are not limited to, a physical keyboard, function keys (such as a volume control button, a switch button, etc.), a trackball, a mouse, and a joystick, which will not be repeated here.
- the radio frequency unit 1401 can transmit the data to the processor 1410 for processing; in addition, the radio frequency unit 1401 can send uplink data to the network side device.
- the radio frequency unit 1401 includes but is not limited to an antenna, an amplifier, a transceiver, a coupler, a low noise amplifier, a duplexer, etc.
- the memory 1409 can be used to store software programs or instructions and various data.
- the memory 1409 may mainly include a first storage area for storing programs or instructions and a second storage area for storing data, wherein the first storage area may store an operating system, an application program or instruction required for at least one function (such as a sound playback function, an image playback function, etc.), etc.
- the memory 1409 may include a volatile memory or a non-volatile memory.
- the non-volatile memory may be a read-only memory (ROM), a programmable read-only memory (PROM), an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), or a flash memory.
- the volatile memory may be a random access memory (RAM), a static random access memory (SRAM), a dynamic random access memory (DRAM), a synchronous dynamic random access memory (SDRAM), a double data rate synchronous dynamic random access memory (DDRSDRAM), an enhanced synchronous dynamic random access memory (ESDRAM), a synchronous link dynamic random access memory (SLDRAM) and a direct memory bus random access memory (DRRAM).
- RAM random access memory
- SRAM static random access memory
- DRAM dynamic random access memory
- SDRAM synchronous dynamic random access memory
- DDRSDRAM double data rate synchronous dynamic random access memory
- ESDRAM enhanced synchronous dynamic random access memory
- SLDRAM synchronous link dynamic random access memory
- DRRAM direct memory bus random access memory
- the processor 1410 may include one or more processing units; optionally, the processor 1410 integrates an application processor and a modem processor, wherein the application processor mainly processes operations related to an operating system, a user interface, and application programs, and the modem processor mainly processes wireless communication signals, such as a baseband processor. It is understandable that the modem processor may not be integrated into the processor 1410.
- the radio frequency unit 1401 is used to send a first data packet to a receiving node based on the target protocol; wherein the target protocol includes at least one of a first protocol on the data plane and a second protocol on the data plane, the first protocol is located above the non-access layer NAS protocol, the second protocol is located above the access network protocol layer, and the first data packet includes at least one of a data packet generated according to control information on the data plane and a data packet generated according to data on the data plane.
- the embodiment of the present application also provides a receiving node, including a processor and a communication interface, the communication interface is used to receive a first data packet from a sending node based on a target protocol; wherein the target protocol includes at least one of a first protocol on the data plane and a second protocol on the data plane, the first protocol is located above the non-access layer NAS protocol, the second protocol is located above the access network protocol layer, and the first data packet includes at least one of a data packet generated according to control information on the data plane and a data packet generated according to data on the data plane.
- This receiving node embodiment corresponds to the above-mentioned receiving node method embodiment, and each implementation process and implementation method of the above-mentioned method embodiment can be applied to this receiving node embodiment, and can achieve the same technical effect.
- the embodiment of the present application further provides a receiving node.
- the receiving node 1500 includes: a processor 1501, a network interface 1502, and a memory 1503.
- the network interface 1502 is, for example, a common public radio interface (CPRI).
- CPRI common public radio interface
- the receiving node 1500 of the embodiment of the present application also includes: instructions or programs stored in the memory 1503 and executable on the processor 1501.
- the processor 1501 calls the instructions or programs in the memory 1503 to execute the method executed by each module shown in Figure 12 and achieves the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, it will not be repeated here.
- An embodiment of the present application also provides a readable storage medium, on which a program or instruction is stored.
- a program or instruction is stored.
- the various processes of the above-mentioned data transmission method embodiment are implemented and the same technical effect can be achieved. To avoid repetition, it will not be repeated here.
- the processor is the processor in the terminal described in the above embodiment.
- the readable storage medium includes a computer readable storage medium, such as a computer read-only memory ROM, a random access memory RAM, a magnetic disk or an optical disk.
- the readable storage medium may be a non-transient readable storage medium.
- An embodiment of the present application further provides a chip, which includes a processor and a communication interface, wherein the communication interface is coupled to the processor, and the processor is used to run programs or instructions to implement the various processes of the above-mentioned data transmission method embodiment, and can achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, it will not be repeated here.
- the chip mentioned in the embodiments of the present application can also be called a system-level chip, a system chip, a chip system or a system-on-chip chip, etc.
- the embodiments of the present application further provide a computer program/program product, which is stored in a storage medium and is executed by at least one processor to implement the various processes of the above-mentioned data transmission method embodiment and can achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, it will not be described here.
- An embodiment of the present application also provides a data transmission system, including: a terminal and a network side device, wherein the terminal is used to execute the various processes as shown in Figure 4 and the various method embodiments described above, and the network side device is used to execute the various processes as shown in Figure 7 and the various method embodiments described above, and can achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, it will not be repeated here.
- the above embodiment method can be implemented by means of a computer software product plus a necessary general hardware platform, or by hardware.
- the computer software product is stored in a storage medium (such as ROM, RAM, magnetic disk, optical disk, etc.), and includes several instructions for Enable the terminal or network side device to execute the methods described in each embodiment of the present application.
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- 一种数据传输方法,包括:发送节点基于目标协议向接收节点发送第一数据包;其中,所述目标协议包括数据面的第一协议和所述数据面的第二协议中的至少一项,所述第一协议位于非接入层NAS协议之上,所述第二协议位于接入网协议层之上,所述第一数据包包括根据所述数据面的控制信息生成的数据包和根据所述数据面的数据生成的数据包中的至少一项。
- 根据权利要求1所述的方法,其中,所述第一数据包还包括第一信息,所述第一信息包括第一指示信息,所述第一指示信息用于指示如下一项:所述第一数据包在所述接收节点的目标功能终结;所述第一数据包在所述接收节点的目标功能转发;所述第一数据包在所述接收节点的目标功能处理后转发;其中,所述目标功能为所述接收节点中支持所述目标协议的功能。
- 根据权利要求2所述的方法,其中,所述第一信息还包括如下至少一项:所述第一数据包对应的转发节点信息;所述第一数据包对应的转发路由信息。
- 根据权利要求1至3中任一项所述的方法,其中,在所述第一数据包为根据所述数据面的控制信息生成的数据包的情况下,所述第一数据包还包括第二信息,所述第二信息包括第二指示信息,所述第二指示信息用于指示如下一项:第二数据包在所述接收节点的目标功能终结;第二数据包在所述接收节点的目标功能转发;第二数据包在所述接收节点的目标功能处理后转发;其中,所述第二数据包为根据所述数据面的数据生成的数据包,所述目标功能为所述接收节点中支持所述目标协议的功能。
- 根据权利要求4所述的方法,其中,所述第二信息还包括如下至少一项:所述第二数据包对应的转发节点信息;所述第二数据包对应的转发路由信息。
- 根据权利要求1至5中任一项所述的方法,其中,所述目标协议包括所述第一协议,所述发送节点基于目标协议向接收节点发送第一数据包,包括:所述发送节点基于所述第一协议生成所述数据面的第一协议数据单元PDU;所述发送节点基于所述NAS协议向接收节点发送所述第一PDU。
- 根据权利要求6所述的方法,其中,所述第一PDU的包头包括第三指示信息,所述第三指示信息用于指示将所述第一PDU的服务数据单元SDU递交至所述接收节点的第一功能,所述第一功能支持所述第一协议。
- 根据权利要求1至5中任一项所述的方法,其中,所述目标协议包括所述第二协议,所述发送节点基于目标协议向接收节点发送第一数据包,包括:所述发送节点基于所述第二协议生成所述数据面的第二PDU;所述发送节点基于所述接入网协议层向接收节点发送所述第二PDU。
- 根据权利要求8所述的方法,其中,所述第二PDU的包头包括第四指示信息,所述第四指示信息用于指示将所述第二PDU的SDU递交至所述接收节点的第二功能,所述第二功能支持所述第二协议。
- 根据权利要求1至9中任一项所述的方法,其中,所述目标协议包括所述第一协议,所述发送节点基于目标协议向接收节点发送第一数据包,包括:所述发送节点基于所述第一协议向接收节点发送第一NAS消息,所述第一NAS消息包括所述第一数据包。
- 根据权利要求10所述的方法,其中,所述第一NAS消息包括第五指示信息,所述第五指示信息用于指示所述第一NAS消息为数据面消息。
- 根据权利要求11所述的方法,其中,所述第一NAS消息的消息类型为移动性管理消息或者会话管理消息。
- 根据权利要求10所述的方法,其中,所述第一NAS消息的消息类型为数据面管理消息。
- 根据权利要求10至13中任一项所述的方法,其中,所述第一NAS消息用于请求建立、修改或者释放数据面承载,所述数据面承载为与所述第二协议对应的承载。
- 根据权利要求14所述的方法,其中,所述第一NAS消息中的第五指示信息用于指示请求建立、修改或者释放数据面PDU会话;或者,所述第一NAS消息的消息类型为数据面PDU会话;其中,所述数据面承载为所述数据面PDU会话。
- 根据权利要求10至13中任一项所述的方法,其中,所述第一数据包为根据所述数据面的控制信息生成的数据包,所述第一NAS消息还包括需激活的至少一个数据面承载;所述数据面承载为与所述第二协议对应的承载。
- 根据权利要求1至16中任一项所述的方法,其中,所述第一协议默认用于传输所述数据面的控制信息。
- 根据权利要求1至17中任一项所述的方法,其中,所述目标协议包括所述第二协议,所述发送节点基于目标协议向接收节点发送第一数据包,包括:所述发送节点基于所述第二协议在第一承载上向接收节点发送第一数据包,所述第一承载为数据面承载。
- 根据权利要求18所述的方法,其中,所述数据面承载的类型包括第一类型和第二类型中的至少一项;所述第一类型包括如下一项:控制承载,数据承载,控制和数据承载;所述第二类型包括如下一项:在所述接收节点的第二功能终结的承载,由所述接收节点的第二功能转发的承载,由所述接收节点的第二功能处理并转发的承载;其中,所述第二功能支持所述第二协议。
- 根据权利要求18所述的方法,其中,所述数据面承载的类型默认为数据承载。
- 根据权利要求18至20中任一项所述的方法,其中,所述方法还包括:所述发送节点基于所述第二协议在第二承载上发送第一消息;其中,所述第一消息用于请求建立所述第一承载,所述第二承载为已建立的数据面承载。
- 根据权利要求1至21中任一项所述的方法,其中,所述第一数据包为根据所述数据面的数据生成的数据包;所述发送节点基于目标协议向接收节点发送第一数据包,包括如下至少一项:在确定不通过数据面承载传输数据的情况下,所述发送节点基于所述第一协议向接收节点发送第一数据包;在确定通过数据面承载传输数据的情况下,所述发送节点基于所述第二协议在所述数据面承载上向接收节点发送第一数据包。
- 根据权利要求1至21中任一项所述的方法,其中,所述第一数据包为根据所述数据面的数据生成的数据包;所述发送节点基于目标协议向接收节点发送第一数据包之前,所述方法还包括:所述发送节点基于所述第一协议接收第一配置信息,所述第一配置信息包括数据面承载的标识;所述发送节点基于目标协议向接收节点发送第一数据包,包括:所述发送节点基于所述第二协议在所述数据面承载上向所述接收节点发送第一数据包。
- 根据权利要求1至23中任一项所述的方法,其中,所述数据面的数据包括如下至少一项:定位数据,感知数据,计算数据,人工智能AI数据,测量数据,用户签约数据,上下文数据。
- 根据权利要求1至24中任一项所述的方法,其中,所述发送节点和所述接收节点中的一个为终端,另一个为核心网设备。
- 一种数据传输方法,包括:接收节点基于目标协议从发送节点接收第一数据包;其中,所述目标协议包括数据面的第一协议和所述数据面的第二协议中的至少一项,所述第一协议位于非接入层NAS协议之上,所述第二协议位于接入网协议层之上,所述第一数据包包括根据所述数据面的控制信息生成的数据包和根据所述数据面的数据生成的数据包中的至少一项。
- 根据权利要求26所述的方法,其中,所述第一数据包还包括第一信息,所述第一 信息包括第一指示信息,所述第一指示信息用于指示如下一项:所述第一数据包在所述接收节点的目标功能终结;所述第一数据包在所述接收节点的目标功能转发;所述第一数据包在所述接收节点的目标功能处理后转发;其中,所述目标功能为所述接收节点中支持所述目标协议的功能。
- 根据权利要求26至27中任一项所述的方法,其中,在所述第一数据包为根据所述数据面的控制信息生成的数据包的情况下,所述第一数据包还包括第二信息,所述第二信息包括第二指示信息,所述第二指示信息用于指示如下一项:第二数据包在所述接收节点的目标功能终结;第二数据包在所述接收节点的目标功能转发;第二数据包在所述接收节点的目标功能处理后转发;其中,所述第二数据包为根据所述数据面的数据生成的数据包,所述目标功能为所述接收节点中支持所述目标协议的功能。
- 根据权利要求26至28中任一项所述的方法,其中,所述目标协议包括所述第一协议,所述接收节点基于目标协议从发送节点接收第一数据包,包括:所述接收节点基于所述NAS协议从发送节点接收第一协议数据单元PDU,所述第一PDU为基于所述第一协议生成的PDU;所述接收节点基于所述NAS协议将所述第一PDU递交至所述接收节点的第一功能,所述第一功能支持所述第一协议。
- 根据权利要求26至29中任一项所述的方法,其中,所述目标协议包括所述第二协议,所述接收节点基于目标协议从发送节点接收第一数据包,包括:所述接收节点基于所述接入网协议层从所述发送节点接收第二PDU,所述第二PDU为基于所述第二协议生成的PDU;所述接收节点基于所述接入网协议层将所述第二PDU递交至所述接收节点的第二功能,所述第二功能支持所述第二协议。
- 根据权利要求26至30中任一项所述的方法,其中,所述目标协议包括所述第一协议,所述接收节点基于目标协议从发送节点接收第一数据包,包括:所述接收节点基于所述第一协议从所述发送节点接收第一NAS消息,所述第一NAS消息包括所述第一数据包。
- 根据权利要求26至31中任一项所述的方法,其中,所述第一协议默认用于传输所述数据面的控制信息。
- 根据权利要求26至32中任一项所述的方法,其中,所述目标协议包括所述第二协议,所述接收节点基于目标协议从发送节点接收第一数据包,包括:所述接收节点基于所述第二协议在第一承载上接收所述发送节点发送的第一数据包,所述第一承载为数据面承载。
- 根据权利要求33所述的方法,其中,所述数据面承载的类型默认为数据承载。
- 根据权利要求33至34中任一项所述的方法,其中,所述方法还包括:所述接收节点基于所述第二协议在第二承载上接收第一消息;其中,所述第一消息用于请求建立所述第一承载,所述第二承载为已建立的数据面承载。
- 根据权利要求26至35中任一项所述的方法,其中,所述第一数据包为根据所述数据面的数据生成的数据包;所述接收节点基于目标协议从发送节点接收第一数据包,包括如下至少一项:在确定不通过数据面承载传输数据的情况下,所述接收节点基于所述第一协议从发送节点接收第一数据包;在确定通过数据面承载传输数据的情况下,所述接收节点基于所述第二协议在所述数据面承载上从发送节点接收第一数据包。
- 根据权利要求26至35中任一项所述的方法,其中,所述第一数据包为根据所述数据面的数据生成的数据包;所述接收节点基于目标协议从发送节点接收第一数据包之前,所述方法还包括:所述接收节点基于所述第一协议发送第一配置信息,所述第一配置信息包括数据面承载的标识;所述接收节点基于目标协议从发送节点接收第一数据包,包括:所述接收节点基于所述第二协议在所述数据面承载上接收所述发送节点发送的第一数据包。
- 一种数据传输装置,包括:第一发送模块,用于基于目标协议向接收节点发送第一数据包;其中,所述目标协议包括数据面的第一协议和所述数据面的第二协议中的至少一项,所述第一协议位于非接入层NAS协议之上,所述第二协议位于接入网协议层之上,所述第一数据包包括根据所述数据面的控制信息生成的数据包和根据所述数据面的数据生成的数据包中的至少一项。
- 一种数据传输装置,包括:第一接收模块,用于基于目标协议从发送节点接收第一数据包;其中,所述目标协议包括数据面的第一协议和所述数据面的第二协议中的至少一项,所述第一协议位于非接入层NAS协议之上,所述第二协议位于接入网协议层之上,所述第一数据包包括根据所述数据面的控制信息生成的数据包和根据所述数据面的数据生成的数据包中的至少一项。
- 一种发送节点,包括处理器和存储器,所述存储器存储可在所述处理器上运行的程序或指令,所述程序或指令被所述处理器执行时实现如权利要求1至25任一项所述的数据传输方法的步骤。
- 一种接收节点,包括处理器和存储器,所述存储器存储可在所述处理器上运行的程序或指令,所述程序或指令被所述处理器执行时实现如权利要求26至37任一项所述的数据传输方法的步骤。
- 一种可读存储介质,所述可读存储介质上存储程序或指令,所述程序或指令被处理器执行时实现如权利要求1至25任一项所述的数据传输方法的步骤,或者实现权利要求26至37任一项所述的数据传输方法的步骤。
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