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WO2023050781A1
WO2023050781A1 PCT/CN2022/087995 CN2022087995W WO2023050781A1 WO 2023050781 A1 WO2023050781 A1 WO 2023050781A1 CN 2022087995 W CN2022087995 W CN 2022087995W WO 2023050781 A1 WO2023050781 A1 WO 2023050781A1
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  • the present application relates to the technical field of communication, and in particular, to a communication method and a communication device.
  • operators provide corresponding network services for applications of terminal equipment by signing a contract.
  • a certain service such as a video service
  • an application program of a terminal device contracts with an operator to provide a certain network service (such as a video acceleration service, a high-definition video service, etc.) in the form of a subscription package.
  • a certain network service such as a video acceleration service, a high-definition video service, etc.
  • IP Internet protocol
  • Embodiments of the present application provide a communication method and a communication device, so as to quickly, flexibly and accurately configure network services for services of terminal equipment.
  • the embodiment of the present application provides a communication method, and the method may be executed by a terminal device or a module (such as a chip) applied to the terminal device.
  • the method includes: the terminal device acquires first network capability channel information, and the first network capability channel information indicates the channel service capability provided by the network; the terminal device receives an instruction from a user; the terminal device According to the instruction, a user policy is generated, and the user policy includes the relationship between the first service of the terminal device and the first network capability channel information.
  • the terminal device obtains the network capability channel information, and then the user on the terminal device side decides to establish the relationship between the service of the terminal device and the network capability channel information, which can realize fast, flexible and accurate configuration of the service and network capability channel of the terminal device relationship between information.
  • the relationship between the service of the terminal device and the network capability channel information can also be quickly and conveniently modified, thereby realizing fast, flexible and accurate information for the service of the terminal device Configure network capability channel information to realize fast, flexible and accurate configuration of network services for terminal device services, which can improve user experience.
  • the first network capability channel information includes one or more of slice selection identifier, session and service continuity mode, session type, access point name, data network name, or multiple access capability indication.
  • the user policy is a user routing policy rule.
  • the terminal device can generate a user routing policy rule according to the network capability channel information, so that the service of the terminal device can perform service transmission control according to the user routing policy rule, and realize session-level service control.
  • the terminal device initiates the first service; the terminal device matches the user routing policy rule according to the first service; the terminal device selects the first service according to the user routing policy rule.
  • Network capability channel information the terminal device establishes a session corresponding to the first service according to the first network capability channel information; the terminal device carries the first service through the session.
  • the uplink message and the downlink message of the first service correspond to the user routing policy rule.
  • the first network capability channel information includes a quality of service flow identifier; the user policy is a quality of service rule.
  • the terminal device can generate a quality of service rule according to the network capability channel information, so that the service of the terminal device can perform service transmission control according to the service quality rule, and realize service control at the quality of service flow level.
  • the terminal device initiates the first service; the terminal device matches the service quality rule according to the first service; the terminal device selects the first network capability channel information according to the service quality rule The terminal device determines the QoS flow identifier corresponding to the first service according to the first network capability channel information; the terminal device carries the first service through the QoS flow indicated by the QoS flow identifier.
  • the quality of service rules are differentiated between uplink and downlink, where the terminal device generates uplink quality of service rules, the first service matches the uplink quality of service rules, and the uplink message of the first service carries the uplink quality of service rules in the uplink
  • the quality of service flow identifier, and the uplink message of the first service is carried by the quality of service flow corresponding to the quality of service flow identifier.
  • the user plane functional network element also needs to reversely map the downlink packets of the first service to this quality of service flow based on the QoS flow identifier carried in the uplink packet.
  • the user plane functional network element needs to generate the In the downlink QoS rule of the first service, the QoS flow identifier in the downlink QoS rule of the first service is the same as the QoS flow ID in the uplink QoS rule of the first service. Therefore, the uplink packet and the downlink packet of the first service are transmitted using the same QoS flow.
  • the terminal device presents to the user first information in the first network capability channel information, the first information is used for generating the instruction, and the first information includes one or more of the following information: Multiple: valid time, valid area, service level agreement specifications, applicable applications, billing standards, and application scenario labels.
  • the user can intuitively and accurately understand the services that the first network capability channel information can provide, and it is convenient for the user to compare the first network capability channel information with the terminal's Precise correlation between services helps to improve user experience.
  • the terminal device presents the first information to the user through a setting interface, an application programming interface, a browser plug-in, or a specific application.
  • the above solution provides multiple implementation methods for presenting the first information in the first network capability channel information to the user, which is beneficial to improve user experience.
  • the user policy includes the relationship between the application that generates the first service and the first network capability channel information.
  • the user policy includes the relationship between the address of the server accessed by the first service and the first network capability channel information.
  • the user policy includes the relationship between the domain name information corresponding to the first service and the first network capability channel information.
  • the above solution provides multiple different implementation methods for associating the first service with the first network capability channel information, which is beneficial to improve user experience.
  • the first network capability channel information includes a valid time; when the valid time is exceeded, the terminal device deletes the first network capability channel information.
  • the terminal device when the valid time is exceeded, deletes the first network capability channel information, which helps to save the storage cost of the terminal device.
  • the first network capability channel information includes a valid area; when the terminal device is not in the valid area, the terminal device deletes the first network capability channel information.
  • the terminal device when the terminal device is not in the valid area, the terminal device deletes the first network capability channel information, which helps to save the storage cost of the terminal device.
  • the first network capability channel information is pre-configured in the terminal device.
  • the efficiency for the terminal device to obtain the network capability channel information can be improved.
  • the terminal device receives policy information from a network element with a policy control function, where the policy information includes the first network capability channel information.
  • the network element with the policy control function configures the network capability channel information to the terminal device, which can realize the flexible configuration of the network capability channel information for the terminal device.
  • the embodiment of the present application provides a communication method, which can be executed by a network element with a policy control function or a module (such as a chip) applied to a network element with a policy control function.
  • the method includes: the policy control function network element determines first network capability channel information, and the first network capability channel information indicates the channel service capability provided by the network; the policy control function network element Sending the first network capability channel information to the terminal device, where the first network capability channel information is used by the terminal device to establish a relationship between the first network capability channel information and services of the terminal device.
  • the policy control function network element can provide network capability channel information to the terminal device, so that the user of the terminal device can decide to establish the relationship between the service of the terminal device and the network capability channel information, and can realize fast, flexible and accurate configuration of the terminal device The relationship between the business and network capability channel information.
  • the relationship between the service of the terminal device and the network capability channel information can also be quickly and conveniently modified, thereby realizing fast, flexible and accurate information for the service of the terminal device Configure network capability channel information to realize fast, flexible and accurate configuration of network services for terminal device services, which can improve user experience.
  • the policy control function network element obtains network slice description information from the network slice management network element; the policy control function network element determines the first network capability channel information according to the network slice description information, and the The first network capability channel information includes the network slice description information.
  • the policy control function network element obtains the network slice description information from the network slice management network element, and then determines the first network capability channel information according to the network slice description information, which helps to accurately determine the first network capability channel information.
  • the network slice description information includes one or more of the following information: session and service continuity mode, session type, slice selection identifier, valid time, valid area or service level agreement specification.
  • the policy control function network element is pre-configured with the first network capability channel information.
  • the efficiency of obtaining the network capability channel information by the policy control function network element can be improved.
  • the first network capability channel information includes one or more of the following information: service quality flow identifier, valid time, valid area, service level agreement specification, session and business continuity mode, Session type, slice selection identifier, access point name, data network name or multi-access capability indication.
  • the first network capability channel information includes first information, the first information is used to present to the user, and the first information includes one or more of the following information: valid time, valid area , service level agreement specification, applicable application, billing standard or application scenario label.
  • the policy control function network element sends policy information to the terminal device, and the policy information includes the first network capability channel information.
  • the embodiment of the present application provides a communication device, and the device may be a terminal device or a module (such as a chip) applied to the terminal device.
  • the device has the function of realizing any realization method of the first aspect above. This function may be implemented by hardware, or may be implemented by executing corresponding software on the hardware.
  • the hardware or software includes one or more modules corresponding to the above functions.
  • the embodiment of the present application provides a communication device, which may be a network element with a policy control function or a module (such as a chip) applied to a network element with a policy control function.
  • the device has the function of implementing any implementation method of the second aspect above. This function may be implemented by hardware, or may be implemented by executing corresponding software on the hardware.
  • the hardware or software includes one or more modules corresponding to the above functions.
  • the embodiment of the present application provides a communication device, including a processor coupled to the memory, and the processor is used to call the program stored in the memory to execute any implementation method in the first aspect to the second aspect above .
  • the memory may be located within the device or external to the device. And there may be one or more processors.
  • the embodiment of the present application provides a communication device, including a processor and a memory; the memory is used to store computer instructions, and when the device is running, the processor executes the computer instructions stored in the memory, so that the device executes Any implementation method in the first aspect to the second aspect above.
  • the embodiment of the present application provides a communication device, including a unit or means (means) for performing each step of any implementation method in the first aspect to the second aspect.
  • the embodiment of the present application provides a communication device, including a processor and an interface circuit, the processor is configured to communicate with other devices through the interface circuit, and execute any implementation method in the first aspect to the second aspect above.
  • the processor includes one or more.
  • the embodiment of the present application also provides a computer-readable storage medium, the computer-readable storage medium stores instructions, and when it is run on a communication device, the above-mentioned first to second aspects Any implementation method is executed.
  • the embodiment of the present application also provides a computer program product, the computer program product includes a computer program or instruction, when the computer program or instruction is run by the communication device, any of the above first to second aspects can be realized method is executed.
  • the embodiment of the present application further provides a chip system, including: a processor, configured to execute any implementation method in the first aspect to the second aspect above.
  • the embodiment of the present application also provides a communication system, including a terminal device for implementing any implementation method of the above-mentioned first aspect, and a policy control function network element for executing any implementation method of the above-mentioned second aspect .
  • the embodiment of the present application further provides a communication system, including an access and management functional network element and a policy control functional network element.
  • the policy control function network element is used to execute any implementation method of the second aspect above; the access and management function network element is used to receive the first network capability channel information from the policy control function network element, and is also used to send the information to the terminal device Send the first network capability channel information.
  • the communication system may further include a network slice management network element, where the network slice management network element is configured to send network slice description information to a policy control function network element, where the network slice description information is used for the first network capability Generation of channel information.
  • Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of a 5G network architecture based on a service architecture
  • Figure 2 is a schematic diagram of a 5G network architecture based on a point-to-point interface
  • FIG. 3(a) is a schematic flow diagram of a communication method provided by an embodiment of the present application.
  • Figure 3(b) is an example map of the mapping of service and network capability channel information provided by the embodiment of the present application.
  • FIG. 4 is a schematic flowchart of a communication method provided by an embodiment of the present application.
  • FIG. 5 is a schematic flowchart of a communication method provided by an embodiment of the present application.
  • FIG. 6 is a schematic flowchart of a communication method provided by an embodiment of the present application.
  • FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of a communication device provided in an embodiment of the present application.
  • FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of a communication device provided by an embodiment of the present application.
  • the following content is described by taking the application applicable to the fifth generation (the 5th generation, 5G) communication as an example, but the method shown in this application is not limited to the application to the 5G communication system, and can also be applied to other communication systems, such as , the sixth generation (the 6th generation, 6G) communication.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a 5G network architecture based on a service-based architecture.
  • the 5G network architecture shown in FIG. 1 may include terminal equipment, access network equipment, and core network equipment.
  • the terminal device accesses the data network (data network, DN) through the access network device and the core network device.
  • the names of each network element in the figure are shown by their corresponding abbreviations.
  • the access network device may be a radio access network (radio access network, RAN) device.
  • radio access network radio access network
  • base station base station
  • evolved base station evolved NodeB, eNodeB
  • transmission reception point transmission reception point
  • TRP transmission reception point
  • next generation base station next generation NodeB, gNB
  • a unit for example, may be a centralized unit (CU) or a distributed unit (DU).
  • the radio access network equipment may be a macro base station, a micro base station or an indoor station, or a relay node or a donor node.
  • the embodiment of the present application does not limit the specific technology and specific equipment form adopted by the radio access network equipment.
  • the terminal device may be a user equipment (user equipment, UE), a mobile station, a mobile terminal, and the like.
  • Terminal devices can be widely used in various scenarios, such as device-to-device (D2D), vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication, machine-type communication (MTC), Internet of Things (internet of things, IOT), virtual reality, augmented reality, industrial control, automatic driving, telemedicine, smart grid, smart furniture, smart office, smart wear, smart transportation, smart city, etc.
  • Terminal devices can be mobile phones, tablet computers, computers with wireless transceiver functions, wearable devices, vehicles, urban air vehicles (such as drones, helicopters, etc.), ships, robots, mechanical arms, smart home devices, etc.
  • Access network equipment and terminal equipment can be fixed or mobile. Access network equipment and terminal equipment can be deployed on land, including indoor or outdoor, handheld or vehicle-mounted; they can also be deployed on water; they can also be deployed on aircraft, balloons and artificial satellites in the air.
  • the embodiments of the present application do not limit the application scenarios of the access network device and the terminal device.
  • the core network equipment may include some or all of the following network elements: unified data management (unified data management, UDM) network elements, unified database (unified data repository, UDR), network exposure function (network exposure function, NEF) network elements (not shown in the figure), application function (application function, AF) network element, policy control (policy control function, PCF) network element, access and mobility management function (access and mobility management function, AMF) network element, session Management function (session management function, SMF) network element, user plane function (user plane function, UPF) network element, network storage function (Network Repository Function, NRF) network element (not shown in the figure).
  • the AMF network element includes functions such as mobility management and access authentication/authorization. In addition, it is also responsible for transferring user policies between terminal equipment and PCF.
  • the SMF network element includes functions such as session management, execution of PCF-delivered control policies, UPF selection, and IP address allocation of terminal equipment.
  • the UPF network element as the interface with the data network, includes functions such as user plane data forwarding, session/flow-based accounting statistics, and bandwidth limitation.
  • UDM network element including the execution management of subscription data, user access authorization and other functions.
  • the UDR network element includes the access function for performing subscription data, policy data, application data and other types of data.
  • NEF network elements are used to support the opening of capabilities and events.
  • the AF network element transmits the requirements from the application side to the network side, such as quality of service (quality of service, QoS) requirements or user status event subscription.
  • the AF can be a third-party functional entity, or an application server deployed by an operator.
  • the PCF network element includes policy control functions such as charging for sessions and service flow levels, QoS bandwidth guarantee, mobility management, and terminal equipment policy decisions.
  • the NRF network element can be used to provide a network element discovery function, and provide network element information corresponding to the network element type based on the request of other network elements.
  • NRF also provides network element management services, such as network element registration, update, de-registration, network element status subscription and push, etc.
  • the data network is a network located outside the operator's network.
  • the operator's network can access multiple data networks, and various services can be deployed on the data network, which can provide data and/or voice services for terminal devices.
  • the data network is a private network of a smart factory.
  • the sensors installed in the workshop of the smart factory can be terminal devices.
  • the control server of the sensor is deployed in the data network, and the control server can provide services for the sensor.
  • the sensor can communicate with the control server, obtain instructions from the control server, and transmit the collected sensor data to the control server according to the instructions.
  • the data network is a company's internal office network.
  • the mobile phones or computers of employees of the company can be terminal devices, and the mobile phones or computers of employees can access information and data resources on the company's internal office network.
  • Npcf, Nudr, Nudm, Naf, Namf, Nsmf, and Nnwdaf are the service interfaces provided by the above-mentioned PCF, UDR, UDM, AF, AMF, SMF, and NWDAF, respectively, and are used to call corresponding service operations.
  • N1, N2, N3, N4, and N6 are interface serial numbers, and the meanings of these interface serial numbers may refer to the description in FIG. 2 .
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a 5G network architecture based on a point-to-point interface.
  • the introduction of the functions of the network elements can refer to the introduction of the functions of the corresponding network elements in FIG. 1 , and will not be repeated here.
  • the main difference between FIG. 2 and FIG. 1 is that: the interface between each control plane network element in FIG. 1 is a service interface, and the interface between each control plane network element in FIG. 2 is a point-to-point interface.
  • N1 the interface between the AMF and the terminal device, which can be used to transmit NAS signaling (such as including QoS rules from the AMF) to the terminal device.
  • N2 the interface between the AMF and the RAN, which can be used to transfer radio bearer control information from the core network side to the RAN.
  • N3 the interface between the RAN and the UPF, mainly used to transfer the uplink and downlink user plane data between the RAN and the UPF.
  • N4 The interface between SMF and UPF, which can be used to transfer information between the control plane and the user plane, including controlling the distribution of forwarding rules, QoS control rules, traffic statistics rules, etc. Information reporting.
  • N5 the interface between the AF and the PCF, which can be used for sending application service requests and reporting network events.
  • N6 the interface between UPF and DN, used to transfer the uplink and downlink user data flow between UPF and DN.
  • N7 the interface between PCF and SMF, which can be used to deliver protocol data unit (protocol data unit, PDU) session granularity and service data flow granularity control policy.
  • protocol data unit protocol data unit
  • PDU protocol data unit
  • N8 the interface between AMF and UDM, which can be used for AMF to obtain subscription data and authentication data related to access and mobility management from UDM, and for AMF to register information related to current mobility management of terminal equipment with UDM.
  • N9 a user plane interface between UPF and UPF, used to transmit uplink and downlink user data flows between UPFs.
  • N10 the interface between SMF and UDM, which can be used for SMF to obtain session management-related subscription data from UDM, and for SMF to register current session-related information of terminal equipment with UDM.
  • N11 the interface between SMF and AMF, which can be used to transfer PDU session tunnel information between RAN and UPF, transfer control messages sent to terminal devices, transfer radio resource control information sent to RAN, etc.
  • N15 the interface between PCF and AMF, which can be used to issue terminal device policies and access control related policies.
  • N35 the interface between UDM and UDR, which can be used for UDM to obtain user subscription data information from UDR.
  • N36 the interface between PCF and UDR, which can be used for PCF to obtain policy-related subscription data and application data-related information from UDR.
  • the above-mentioned network element or function may be a network element in a hardware device, or a software function running on dedicated hardware, or a virtualization function instantiated on a platform (for example, a cloud platform).
  • a platform for example, a cloud platform.
  • the foregoing network element or function may be implemented by one device, or jointly implemented by multiple devices, or may be a functional module in one device, which is not specifically limited in this embodiment of the present application.
  • the policy control function network element in the embodiment of the present application may be the above-mentioned PCF, or may be a network element with the above-mentioned PCF function in future communications such as 6G networks.
  • the network element with the policy control function is the PCF as an example for description.
  • operators provide corresponding network services for applications of terminal equipment by signing a contract. Specifically, after the terminal device subscribes to the network service for the service of the application program, the operator generates a user routing selection policy (UE routing selection policy, URSP).
  • UE routing selection policy URSP
  • a URSP can include one or more URSP rules.
  • Each URSP rule of URSP consists of rule priority, traffic descriptor (traffic descriptor) and routing selection descriptor (routing selection descriptor, RSD) list.
  • Each URSP rule has a different priority, and each URSP rule is sorted from high priority to low priority. The priority determines the order in which terminal devices use URSP rules.
  • a traffic descriptor consists of one or more components, optionally including application descriptor, IP descriptor, domain descriptor, non-IP descriptor, data Network name (data network name, DNN) descriptor and connection capability. End-devices can use traffic descriptors to match applications to traffic.
  • the RSD list contains one or more RSDs, and each RSD consists of RSD priority, route selection component and route selection validation criteria. Among them, the RSD priority determines the order of using the RSDs, and other RSDs are used only when the RSD with a higher priority cannot be used.
  • the routing component describes the network resources that can be used by the application.
  • the routing component consists of one or more components, including session and service continuity (session and service continuity, SSC) mode selection, network slice selection, DNN selection, and session selection. Type selection, access type priority, etc.
  • the routing verification criteria describe the effective conditions corresponding to RSD, which includes time window (time window) and location criteria (location criteria). If the current time is not within the time window or the terminal device is not in the location criteria, the RSD is considered invalid.
  • time window is also referred to as effective time
  • the position criterion is also referred to as effective area.
  • the terminal device will inquire whether a certain URSP rule matches from high to low according to the priority of the URSP rules in the URSP. Specifically, determine whether the traffic descriptor in the URSP rule matches the business data of the application. Packet matching, if a URSP rule is matched, the URSP rule will be used; if none of the URSP rules match, the URSP rule with the lowest priority or the default URSP rule will be used.
  • Each URSP rule corresponds to a specific session. After the application matches a URSP rule, if the session corresponding to the URSP rule already exists, the terminal device uses the session. If the session corresponding to the URSP rule does not exist, the terminal device establishes a new session according to the network resource described by the RSD in the URSP rule, where the network resource includes information such as SSC mode, network slice, DNN, session type, etc. .
  • the above solution relies on the network element on the network side to generate a corresponding URSP for the service of the application program of the terminal device through signing in advance, and send the URSP to the terminal device.
  • business encryption of applications is becoming more and more common
  • Internet protocol Internet protocol (internet protocol, IP) addresses and domain names for applications are also becoming increasingly common.
  • IP Internet protocol
  • the whole process is cumbersome and inflexible, and increases the overhead of network elements and terminal equipment on the network side.
  • FIG. 3( a ) it is a schematic flowchart of a communication method provided by an embodiment of the present application.
  • the method may be executed by a terminal device or by a module (such as a chip) for the terminal device.
  • the method includes the following steps:
  • step 301 the terminal device acquires first network capability channel information, where the first network capability channel information indicates the channel service capability provided by the network.
  • the first network capability channel information is a kind of network capability channel information, which may be called network capability information, network service capability information, network capability channel information, network capability tunnel information, network capability information or capability information, etc. It is used to indicate the channel service capability provided by the network, that is, a network capability channel information indicates a channel service capability.
  • the channel service capability may include performances such as bandwidth, delay, and error rate, all of which are channel service capabilities that the network can provide.
  • one or more network capability channel information is preconfigured in the terminal device, and the one or more network capability channel information includes the first network capability channel information.
  • relevant personnel of the operator may pre-configure the one or more network capability channel information in the terminal device through interface configuration, or a network device (such as a base station) may pre-configure the one or more network capability channel information in the terminal device information, or one or more network capability channel information may be pre-configured in the terminal device through factory settings.
  • the terminal device receives one or more network capability channel information from a core network device (such as AMF, PCF, SMF or AF, etc.), and the one or more network capability channel information includes the first network capability channel information.
  • a core network device such as AMF, PCF, SMF or AF, etc.
  • the terminal device receives one or more network capability channel information from the PCF.
  • the PCF may send policy information to the terminal device.
  • the policy information may be a UE policy (UEPolicy), which includes One or more network capability channel information, the one or more network capability channel information includes the first network capability channel information.
  • the policy information is used by the terminal device to select a routing policy.
  • Step 302 the terminal device receives an instruction from the user.
  • the instruction may be an operation of the user on the terminal device, such as single-click operation, double-click operation, gesture operation, etc., or a voice instruction sent by the user to the terminal device.
  • the instruction indicates to establish a relationship between the first service of the terminal device and the first network capability channel information.
  • the instruction also instructs to establish a relationship between the second service of the terminal device and the second network capability channel information among the plurality of network capability channel information received by the terminal device.
  • the instruction may also instruct to establish The relationship between the third service of the terminal device and the third network capability channel information among the plurality of network capability channel information received by the terminal device, and so on. Therefore, one instruction can indicate the establishment of multiple relationships, and each relationship represents the relationship between a service and a network capability channel information.
  • each service may correspond to one piece of network capability channel information
  • one piece of network capability channel information may correspond to one or more services.
  • the establishment of the above relationship can also be realized through multiple instructions.
  • the terminal device can receive multiple instructions from the user, and each instruction indicates the establishment of a relationship between a service of the terminal device and a network capability channel information.
  • instruction 1 indicates the establishment of the relationship between the first service of the terminal device and the information of the first network capability channel
  • instruction 2 indicates the establishment of the relationship between the second service of the terminal device and the information of the second network capability channel
  • instruction 3 indicates the establishment of The relationship between the third service of the terminal device and the third network capability channel information, and so on.
  • the first service, the second service, and the third service here are different services
  • the first network capability channel information, the second network capability channel information, and the third network capability channel information here may be the same network capability channel information , may also be different network capability channel information.
  • Step 303 the terminal device generates a user policy according to the instruction, and the user policy includes the relationship between the first service of the terminal device and the first network capability channel information.
  • the user policy includes the relationship between the first service of the terminal device and the first network capability channel information, which can be understood as the user policy includes the first service of the terminal device and the first network capability channel corresponding to the first service information. No more details will be given in other embodiments.
  • Table 1 may be used to represent the user policy.
  • the user policy includes the relationship between the first service of the terminal device and the first network capability channel information.
  • the user policy includes the application program (application, APP) that generates the first service and the first network capability channel information
  • the user policy includes the identifier of the application program of the first service and the first network capability channel information corresponding to the identifier of the application program of the first service.
  • the table shown in Table 2 may be used to represent the user policy.
  • the user policy includes the relationship between the first service of the terminal device and the first network capability channel information.
  • the user policy includes the address of the server accessed by the first service, and the address of the server accessed by the first service.
  • Information about the first network capability channel corresponding to the address Exemplarily, the table shown in Table 3 may be used to represent the user policy.
  • the user policy includes the relationship between the first service of the terminal device and the first network capability channel information.
  • the user policy includes the domain name information corresponding to the first service, which corresponds to the domain name information corresponding to the first service The first network capability channel information.
  • the table shown in Table 4 may be used to represent the user policy.
  • the relationship between the first service and the first network capability channel information may be implemented in different ways, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present application.
  • a user policy only contains the corresponding relationship between one service and one network capability channel information.
  • a user policy may include correspondences between multiple services and multiple network capability channel information.
  • the above user policy may also include the relationship between the second service of the terminal device and the information of the second network capability channel.
  • network capability channel information 1 corresponds to network slicing, and network capability channel information 1 provides network slicing services;
  • network capability channel information 2 corresponds to DNN, and network capability channel information 2 provides data network access services;
  • network capability channel information 3 corresponds to APN, network The capability channel information 3 provides APN access services;
  • the network capability channel information 4 corresponds to access traffic steering, switching and splitting (ATSSS), and the network capability channel information 4 provides multi-access technical services.
  • ATSSS access traffic steering, switching and splitting
  • ATSSS indicates that it can provide multiple access to fixed networks (such as home broadband, etc.), WiFi (such as public WiFi), and mobile networks (such as 5G networks); network capability channel information 5 corresponds to QFI, and network capability channel information 5 provides QoS guarantee services .
  • fixed networks such as home broadband, etc.
  • WiFi such as public WiFi
  • mobile networks such as 5G networks
  • network capability channel information 5 corresponds to QFI
  • network capability channel information 5 provides QoS guarantee services .
  • the terminal device establishes the relationship between APP 1 that generates service 1 and network capability channel information 1, the relationship between APP 2 that generates service 2 and network capability channel information 2, and the relationship between APP 3 that generates service 3 and network capability channel information 2.
  • Relationship between network capability channel information 2 relationship between APP 4 generating service 4 and network capability channel information 3
  • relationship between APP 5 generating service 5 and network capability channel information 4 relationship between APP 6 generating service 6
  • Relationship with network capability channel information 5 relationship between domain name 1 corresponding to service 7 and network capability channel information
  • relationship between domain name 2 corresponding to service 8 and network capability channel information 3 server accessed by service 9
  • the user can select the preferred network capability channel according to the needs of the service, and then select the APP that generates the service according to the interface displayed by the terminal device, so that The relationship between the APP and network capability channel information is established.
  • the relationship between the APP and the network capability channel information is established, which can be understood as that the terminal device stores the information of the APP and the network capability channel information corresponding to the information of the APP.
  • the domain name 1 corresponding to service 7, the domain name 2 corresponding to service 8, and the address of the server accessed by service 9 can all be input by the user in the browser.
  • the terminal The interface shown by the device can be a browser page.
  • the user indicates that the user has issued an instruction, so that the terminal device establishes the network capability channel information 2 between the domain name 1 (that is, business 7) relation.
  • the relationship between the domain name 1 and the network capability channel information 2 is established, it can be understood that the terminal device stores the domain name 1 and the network capability channel information 2 corresponding to the domain name 1 .
  • each network capability channel information received by the terminal device includes but is not limited to some or all of the following information:
  • Network capability channel identifier used to identify a network capability channel.
  • channel type used to indicate the type of channel, where the type of channel can be, for example, slice type, access point name (APN) type, DNN type, multi access (multi access) type or QoS type wait.
  • API access point name
  • DNN DNN type
  • multi access multi access
  • QoS type wait QoS type wait.
  • SSC mode for example, it can be SSC mode 1, SSC mode 2 or SSC mode 3, etc.
  • session type for example, it can be an IP session type or an Ethernet (Ethernet) session type.
  • QoS flow identity used to identify a QoS flow.
  • Slice selection identifier used to uniquely identify a network slice, for example, the slice selection identifier may be single network slice selection assistance information (single network slice selection assistance information, S-NSSAI).
  • APN Access Point Name
  • DNN Data network name
  • the data network can be a public network, an enterprise network, or a campus network. Different DNNs correspond to different services.
  • Multi-access (mutli access) capability indication used to indicate the multi-access capability.
  • the multi-access capability indication may be a non-seamless offload indication, and the non-seamless offload indication is used to indicate whether the traffic of the matching service is to be offloaded to a non-3rd Generation Partnership Project outside the protocol data unit (protocol data unit, PDU) session (3rd generation partnership project, 3GPP) access.
  • the multiple access capability indication may also be an access type preference indication, which is used to indicate the terminal device's preferred access type when establishing a PDU session for a matching service.
  • the preferred access type may be 3GPP access, Non-3GPP access or multiple access. Wherein, the non-3GPP access here includes but not limited to WiFi access (such as public WiFi access), fixed network access (such as home broadband access).
  • Effective time Indicates the effective time range of the network capability channel.
  • Effective area Indicates the effective area of the network capability channel.
  • the effective area can be an address area.
  • the address area can be represented by latitude and longitude, for example.
  • the effective area can also be a logical area.
  • the logical area can use one or more tracking areas Tracking area identity (TAI), may also be represented by one or more cell IDs. That is to say, the terminal equipment can only use the service provided by the operator through the accessed cell within the valid area.
  • TAI Tracking area identity
  • Service level agreement (service level agreement, SLA) specification: Indicates the guaranteed bandwidth, delay or service quality of experience that the network capability channel can provide.
  • Applicable application indicates the applicable application of the network capability channel, for example, it may be the name or scope of the applicable application.
  • Billing standard Indicates the billing method when using the network capability channel, for example, it can be billing based on traffic or billing based on usage time.
  • Application scenario label used to indicate the user experience that the network capability channel can bring.
  • the application scenario label can be augmented reality (augmented reality, AR) experience, cloud game optimization, ultra-clear video, multi-access acceleration wait.
  • the user policy generated by the terminal device according to the instruction input by the user may be a URSP rule
  • the URSP rule includes the relationship between the first service and the first network capability channel information, specifically the URSP rule includes the first service
  • the first network capability channel information may further include a network capability channel identifier, and the network capability channel identifier may be used to identify the network capability channel.
  • the terminal device matches the URSP rule according to the first service, and then selects the first network capability channel information according to the URSP rule, and then establishes the first network capability channel information according to the first network capability channel information. a session corresponding to the service, and carry the first service through the session.
  • the terminal device generates the following URSP rules according to one or more instructions input by the user:
  • URSP rule 1 includes the relationship between service 1 and network capability channel information 1;
  • URSP rule 2 includes the relationship between business 2 and network capability channel information 2;
  • URSP rule 3 includes the relationship between business 3 and network capability channel information 3;
  • URSP rule 4 includes the relationship between service 4 and network capability channel information 4 .
  • the terminal device can find the URSP rule 1 that matches the service 1 from multiple URSP rules, and then determine it as The network capability channel that service 1 provides is network capability channel 1.
  • the terminal device establishes the session 1 corresponding to the service 1 according to the network capability channel information 1, that is, when the terminal device initiates session establishment, part or all of the information in the network capability channel information 1 is carried in the session establishment request, triggering the network element on the network side
  • the session corresponding to the network capability channel information 1 is established, so that the service 1 can be carried on the session 1, that is, the data of the service 1 is sent to the network side through the session 1, or the data of the service 1 is received from the network side.
  • the user policy generated by the terminal device according to the instruction input by the user may be a quality of service (QoS) rule, and the QoS rule includes The relationship between the first service and the first network capability channel information, specifically, the QoS rule includes the first service and the first network capability channel information corresponding to the first service.
  • the first network capability channel information may also include a network capability channel identifier.
  • the terminal device matches the QoS rule according to the first service, and then selects the first network capability channel information according to the QoS rule, and then determines the first network capability channel information according to the first network capability channel information.
  • a QFI corresponding to a service and then carry the first service through the QoS flow indicated by the QFI.
  • the terminal device generates the following QoS rules according to one or more instructions input by the user:
  • QoS rule 1 includes the relationship between business 5 and network capability channel information 5;
  • QoS rule 2 includes the relationship between business 6 and network capability channel information 6;
  • QoS rule 3 includes the relationship between business 7 and network capability channel information 7;
  • the QoS rule 4 includes the relationship between the service 8 and the network capability channel information 8 .
  • the terminal device can find QoS rule 1 that matches this service 5 from multiple QoS rules or URSP rules, and then according to the correspondence between service 5 and network capability channel information 5 in QoS rule 1, , determine that the network capability channel that provides services for the business 5 is the network capability channel 5 .
  • the terminal device determines the QFI corresponding to the service 5 according to the network capability channel information 5, and then carries the service 5 through the QoS flow indicated by the QFI.
  • the terminal device sends a data packet to the network side, the QFI is carried in the data packet, so that after receiving the data packet, the access network device can perform corresponding QoS guarantee according to the QFI in the data packet.
  • the terminal device presents the first information in the first network capability channel information to the user, and the user decides to establish the first service based on the first information presented by the terminal device
  • the relationship between the first service and the information of the first network capability channel the user can select the relationship between the first service and the information of the first network capability channel through the visual interface, and the relationship between the selected first service and the information of the first network capability channel Relationships can be represented by directives. This first information can therefore be used to trigger the generation of instructions.
  • the first information includes one or more of the following information: valid time, valid area, SLA specification, applicable application program, charging standard or application scenario label. That is, by presenting one or more of valid time, valid area, SLA specifications, applicable applications, billing standards or application scenario tags to the user, the user can accurately understand the channel services that the first network capability channel information can provide capability, so as to decide to select a most suitable service to use the first network capability channel information, specifically, the user decides to select the first service to use the first network capability channel information.
  • the terminal device may present the first information in the first network capability channel information to the user through any of the following methods:
  • Method 1 The terminal device presents the first information in the first network capability channel information to the user through a setting interface.
  • the terminal device presents the first information to the user through the setting interface in the "Settings" APP.
  • Method 2 The terminal device presents the first information in the first network capability channel information to the user through an application programming interface (application programming interface, API).
  • application programming interface application programming interface
  • the user calls the API of the terminal device through other devices, and the first information can be presented on the other devices.
  • Method 3 The terminal device presents the first information in the first network capability channel information to the user through a browser plug-in.
  • the user can view the first information through the browser of the terminal device.
  • Method 4 The terminal device presents the first information in the first network capability channel information to the user through a specific application program.
  • the user can also see the first information through a dedicated APP.
  • the network capability channel information can be updated.
  • the terminal device can receive updated network capability channel information from the PCF in real time or periodically, and then the terminal device reminds the user to re-establish or update the relationship between the service of the terminal device and the updated network capability channel information according to the updated network capability channel information. relationship, which in turn regenerates the user policy.
  • the user can also actively modify the established relationship between the service of the terminal device and the network capability channel information, and trigger the terminal device to regenerate the user policy.
  • the terminal device or the user may also actively delete the stored network capability channel information.
  • the terminal device or the user can actively delete the first network capability channel information, for example, the validity period of the first network capability channel information If the time is from January 1, 2021 to January 31, 2021, then the current time is January 1, 2022, which means that the current time has exceeded the valid time, and the terminal device or user can delete the first network capability channel information.
  • the terminal device when the terminal device is not in the valid area of the first network capability channel information, that is, the terminal device exceeds the valid area of the first network capability channel information, the terminal device or the user may actively delete the first network capability channel information.
  • this area may be an address area or a logical area.
  • the terminal device obtains the network capability channel information, and then the user on the terminal device side decides to establish the relationship between the service of the terminal device and the network capability channel information, so that fast, flexible and accurate configuration can be realized
  • the relationship between the service of the terminal equipment and the network capability channel information when the user needs to change the network capability channel information corresponding to the service of the terminal device, the relationship between the service of the terminal device and the network capability channel information can also be quickly modified, thereby realizing fast, flexible and accurate configuration of the service of the terminal device Network capability channel information, and then realize the fast, flexible and accurate configuration of network services for the business of terminal devices, which can improve user experience.
  • FIG. 4 it is a schematic flowchart of a communication method provided by an embodiment of the present application.
  • the method may be executed by the PCF or by a module (such as a chip) for the PCF.
  • the method includes the following steps:
  • step 401 the PCF determines information about a first network capability channel.
  • the PCF obtains the network slice description information from the network slice management network element, and then determines the first network capability channel information according to the network slice description information, and the first network capability channel information includes the network slice description information.
  • the network slice management network element may be a network slice management function (network slice management function, NSMF) network element or a network slice subnet management function (network slice subnet management function, NSSMF) network element.
  • the network slice description information includes one or more of the following information: session and service continuity mode, session type, slice selection identifier, valid time, valid area or SLA specification.
  • the first network capability channel information is pre-configured in the PCF, and the PCF acquires the first network capability channel information locally.
  • the first network capability channel information preconfigured in the PCF includes one or more of the following information: QFI, valid time, valid area, SLA specification, session and business continuity mode, session type, slice selection identifier, APN, DNN or multiple access capability indication.
  • Step 402 the PCF sends the first network capability channel information to the terminal device.
  • the terminal device receives the first network capability channel information.
  • the first network capability channel information is used by the terminal device to establish the relationship between the first network capability channel information and the service of the terminal device, for example, the terminal device establishes the relationship between the first network capability channel information and the first service of the terminal device.
  • the terminal device establishes the relationship between the first network capability channel information and the first service of the terminal device.
  • the first network capability channel information includes first information, and the first information is used to present to the user of the terminal device, so that the user of the terminal device can refer to the first information and decide to use the first network capability
  • the channel information is allocated to a certain service of the terminal device.
  • the first information includes one or more of the following information: valid time, valid area, service level agreement specification, applicable application program, charging standard or application scenario label.
  • the PCF sends policy information to the terminal device, where the policy information may be a UE policy, and the policy information includes first network capability channel information.
  • the PCF can not only send the first network capability channel information to the terminal device, but also send the second network capability channel information, the third network capability channel information, etc. to the terminal device.
  • the number of network capability channel information is not limited.
  • only the sending of the first network capability channel information is taken as an example for illustration.
  • the network capability channel information received by the terminal device can be updated.
  • the PCF can send updated network capability channel information to the terminal device in real time or periodically, and then the terminal device reminds the user to re-establish or update the relationship between the service of the terminal device and the updated network capability channel information according to the updated network capability channel information. relationship, which in turn regenerates the user policy.
  • the network element with the policy control function can provide network capability channel information to the terminal device, so that the user of the terminal device can decide to establish the relationship between the service of the terminal device and the network capability channel information, which can realize fast and flexible Accurately configure the relationship between the service of the terminal equipment and the information of the network capability channel.
  • the relationship between the service of the terminal device and the network capability channel information can also be quickly and conveniently modified, thereby realizing fast, flexible and accurate information for the service of the terminal device Configure network capability channel information to realize fast, flexible and accurate configuration of network services for terminal device services, which can improve user experience.
  • FIG. 5 is a schematic flowchart of a communication method provided by an embodiment of the present application. The method shown in FIG. 5 can be described in conjunction with the above-mentioned FIG. 3( a ) or FIG. 4 . The method includes the following steps:
  • step 501 the PCF sends a subscription request to the NSMF.
  • NSMF receives the subscription request.
  • NSMF is the network element of the operator network management network slice instance, which can provide the query and subscription mechanism of the network slice.
  • the subscription request is used to request to subscribe to network slice description information.
  • the subscription request can be represented by Nnsmf_NetworkSlicingDescriptionSubscriber_Request.
  • step 502 the NSMF sends a subscription response to the PCF.
  • the PCF receives the subscription response.
  • the subscription response is used to indicate that the subscription was successful.
  • the subscription response is used to indicate that the subscription is successful.
  • the subscription response can be represented by Nnsmf_NetworkSlicingDescriptionSubscriber_Response.
  • step 503 the NSMF sends a notification message to the PCF.
  • the PCF receives the notification message.
  • the notification message includes network slice description information.
  • the notification message can be represented by Nnsmf_NetworkSlicingDescriptionNotify.
  • the network slice description information includes one or more of the following information: session and service continuity mode, session type, slice selection identifier, valid time, valid area or service level agreement specification.
  • the NSMF in steps 501 to 503 above may also be NSSMF.
  • the NSMF and NSSMF here are specific examples of the network slice management network element described in the embodiment corresponding to FIG. 4 above.
  • steps 501 to 503 are optional steps.
  • the PCF acquires network slice description information.
  • the above steps 501 to 503 may not be performed.
  • step 504 the PCF determines information about the first network capability channel.
  • the PCF determines first network capability channel information according to the network slice description information, and the first network capability channel information includes the network slice description information. That is, the PCF uses the network slice description information as part of the first network capability channel information.
  • the PCF may also use part of the information in the network slice description information as part of the first network capability channel information, or the PCF may also process part or all of the information in the network slice description information (such as format conversion , data cleaning, etc.), and then use the processed network slice description information as part of the capability channel information of the first case.
  • the first network capability channel information may also include other information besides the network slice description information, such as one or more of the following information: network capability channel identifier, channel type, applicable application, computing Fee standards and application scenario tags. Wherein, the information except the network slice description information in the first network capability channel information is generated by the PCF.
  • This step 504 is a specific implementation of the above step 401 .
  • step 505 the AMF sends a policy establishment request to the PCF.
  • the PCF receives the policy establishment request.
  • the policy establishment request is used to request to obtain UE policies.
  • the UE policy is used by the terminal device to select a routing policy.
  • the policy creation request can be represented by Npcf_UEPolicyControl_Create_Request.
  • step 506 the PCF sends a policy establishment response to the AMF.
  • the AMF receives the policy setup response.
  • the PCF generates a UE policy according to the user subscription information in the local database or the policy configured by the operator, and sends a policy establishment response to the AMF, the policy establishment response includes the UE policy, and the UE policy includes the first network Capability channel information.
  • the policy establishment response can be represented by Npcf_UEPolicyControl_Create_Resposne or Npcf_UEPolicyControl_UpdateNotify.
  • the PCF may add a new information element to the policy establishment response, where the new information element is used to carry the first network capability channel information in the UE policy.
  • step 507 the AMF sends the UE policy to the terminal device.
  • the terminal device receives the UE policy.
  • step 506 is a specific implementation of the above step 402 .
  • Step 508 the terminal device presents the first information in the first network capability channel information to the user.
  • the terminal device screens out the first information from the first network capability channel information and presents the first network capability channel information to the user The first message in .
  • the terminal device presents the first information in the first network capability channel information to the user through a setting interface, an API, a browser plug-in, or a specific application program.
  • Step 509 the terminal device generates a user policy according to the instruction input by the user.
  • step 509 For the specific implementation of step 509, reference may be made to the description in step 303 above.
  • This embodiment shows a configuration process of network capability channel information.
  • the method described in this embodiment can also configure multiple network capability channel information to the terminal device in one configuration process, or divide multiple Configure multiple network capability channel information to the terminal device.
  • users of terminal devices can order and choose to bind services to the network capability channel information based on the network capability channel information provided by the operator, and support the selection of services to the network slice instance corresponding to the network capability channel information for conversation Establishment and service access, so as to ensure that the required SLA specification requirements can be guaranteed, and improve user experience and network flexibility.
  • FIG. 6 it is a schematic flowchart of a communication method provided by an embodiment of the present application.
  • the method shown in FIG. 6 can be described in conjunction with the above-mentioned FIG. 3( a ) or FIG. 4 .
  • the method includes the following steps:
  • step 601 the PCF determines information about a first network capability channel.
  • the PCF determines the first network capability information. For example, the PCF may acquire the first network capability information locally, wherein the first network capability information in the PCF may be pre-configured by the operator or pre-configured by other core network elements.
  • the first network capability channel information may provide one service for the terminal device, or may provide multiple services.
  • the first network capability channel information may include APN.
  • the first network capability channel information may also include network capability channel identifier, channel type, session and service continuity mode, session type, valid time, valid Regions, service level agreement specifications, applicable applications, billing standards, application scenario tags, etc.
  • the first network capability channel information may provide the APN access service for the terminal device.
  • the first network capability channel information may include DNN.
  • the first network capability channel information may also include network capability channel identifier, channel type, session and service continuity mode, session type, valid time, valid Regions, SLA specifications, applicable applications, billing standards, and application scenario tags.
  • the first network capability channel information may provide a data network access service for the terminal device.
  • the first network capability channel information may include a multi-access capability indication.
  • the first network capability channel information may also include a network capability channel identifier, channel type, session and service continuity mode, session type, Valid time, valid area, service level agreement specifications, applicable applications, billing standards, and application scenario labels.
  • the first network capability channel information may provide multiple access technology services for the terminal device.
  • the first network capability channel information may include QFI.
  • the first network capability channel information may also include network capability channel identifier, channel type, session and service continuity mode, session type, valid time, valid Regions, SLA specifications, applicable applications, billing standards, and application scenario tags.
  • the first network capability channel information may provide a QoS guarantee service for the terminal device.
  • the first network capability channel information includes APN and multi-access capability indication.
  • the first network capability channel information may also include network capability channel identifier, channel type, session and business continuity mode, session type , valid time, valid area, SLA specifications, applicable applications, billing standards, and application scenario labels.
  • the first network capability channel information may provide the terminal device with an APN access service and a multi-access technology service.
  • the first network capability channel information includes QFI and APN.
  • the first network capability channel information may also include network capability channel identifier, channel type, session and service continuity mode, session type, valid time, Effective area, SLA specifications, applicable applications, billing standards, and application scenario labels.
  • the first network capability channel information may provide the terminal device with QoS guarantee service and APN access service.
  • step 602 the AMF sends a policy establishment request to the PCF.
  • the PCF receives the policy establishment request.
  • the policy establishment request is used to request to obtain UE policies.
  • the UE policy is used by the terminal device to select a routing policy.
  • the policy creation request can be represented by Npcf_UEPolicyControl_Create_Request.
  • step 603 the PCF sends a policy establishment response to the AMF.
  • the AMF receives the policy establishment response.
  • the PCF generates a UE policy according to the user subscription information in the local database or the policy configured by the operator, and sends a policy establishment response to the AMF, the policy establishment response includes the UE policy, and the UE policy includes the first network Capability channel information.
  • the policy establishment response can be represented by Npcf_UEPolicyControl_Create_Resposne or Npcf_UEPolicyControl_UpdateNotify.
  • step 604 the AMF sends the UE policy to the terminal device.
  • the terminal device receives the UE policy.
  • Step 605 the terminal device presents the first information in the first network capability channel information to the user.
  • the terminal device screens out the first information from the first network capability channel information and presents the first network capability channel information to the user The first message in .
  • the terminal device presents the first information in the first network capability channel information to the user through a setting interface, an API, a browser plug-in, or a specific application program.
  • Step 606 the terminal device generates a user policy according to the instruction input by the user.
  • step 606 For the specific implementation of step 606, reference may be made to the description in step 303 in the method shown in FIG. 3(a).
  • the user can instruct the terminal device to associate certain services with the first network capability channel information according to his own choice, so that the terminal device can establish the relationship between the service and the first network capability channel information according to the user's instruction , and then can provide corresponding services for these businesses.
  • the APN access service may be provided for services associated with the first network capability channel information.
  • the first network capability channel information includes the DNN, a data network access service may be provided for services associated with the first network capability channel information.
  • the first network capability channel information includes a multiple access capability indication, multiple access technology services may be provided for services associated with the first network capability channel information.
  • first network capability channel information includes the QFI
  • QoS guarantee services may be provided for services associated with the first network capability channel information.
  • the APN access service and the multi-access technology service may be provided for services associated with the first network capability channel information.
  • QoS guarantee service and APN access service may be provided for services associated with the first network capability channel information.
  • This embodiment shows a configuration process of network capability channel information.
  • the method described in this embodiment can also configure multiple network capability channel information to the terminal device in one configuration process, or divide multiple Configure multiple network capability channel information to the terminal device.
  • PCF supports the encapsulation of APN access services, data network access services, slicing services, multi-access capabilities, and QoS guarantee services provided by operators to terminal equipment as network capability channel information, and PCF can send UE policies to AMF , the UE policy includes network capability channel information. Then the AMF sends the UE policy to the terminal device, so that the terminal device can obtain the network capability channel information from the UE policy.
  • the user of the terminal device can order and choose to bind the service to the network capability channel information based on the network capability channel information provided by the operator, and support the selection of the service to the APN corresponding to the network capability channel information for session establishment and service access, or Supports the selection of services to the DNN corresponding to the network capability channel information for session establishment and service access, or supports the selection of services to the established or newly established QoS flows corresponding to the network capability channel information for service access, so as to ensure the required SLA specification requirements can be guaranteed, improving user experience and network flexibility.
  • the present application may also provide a method, which is a method that combines the above method shown in Figure 5 and the method shown in Figure 6:
  • the first network capability channel information includes but not limited to the following various possible implementation manners.
  • the first network capability channel information includes the slice selection identifier and the APN.
  • the first network capability channel information may also include the network capability channel identifier, channel type, session and service continuity mode, session type, effective Time, valid area, SLA specifications, applicable applications, billing standards, and application scenario labels.
  • the first network capability channel information can provide terminal devices with slicing services and APN access services, and users can instruct terminal devices to associate specific services with the first network capability channel information according to their own choices, so that terminal devices can According to the instruction of the user, the relationship between the service and the first network capability channel information is established, and then the slicing service and the APN access service can be provided for these services.
  • the user decides to establish the relationship between the service of the terminal equipment and the information of the network capability channel, which can realize the fast, flexible and accurate configuration of the relationship between the service of the terminal equipment and the information of the network capability channel.
  • the first network capability channel information includes the slice selection identifier and the DNN.
  • the first network capability channel information may also include the network capability channel identifier, channel type, session and service continuity mode, session type, effective Time, valid area, SLA specifications, applicable applications, billing standards, and application scenario tags.
  • the first network capability channel information can provide terminal devices with slicing services and data network access services, and users can instruct terminal devices to associate specific services with the first network capability channel information according to their own choices, so that terminal devices The relationship between the service and the first network capability channel information can be established according to the user's instruction, and then the network slicing service and the data network access service can be provided for these services.
  • the beneficial effects of this method can be referred to the foregoing, and will not be repeated here.
  • the first network capability channel information includes QFI and slice selection identifier.
  • the first network capability channel information may also include network capability channel identifier, channel type, session and service continuity mode, session type, effective Time, valid area, SLA specifications, applicable applications, billing standards, and application scenario tags.
  • the first network capability channel information can provide terminal devices with QoS guarantee services and slicing services, and users can instruct terminal devices to associate certain services with the first network capability channel information according to their own choices, so that terminal devices can According to the instruction of the user, the relationship between the service and the first network capability channel information is established, and then the network can provide slice service and QoS guarantee service for these services.
  • the beneficial effects of this method can be referred to the foregoing description, and will not be repeated.
  • the first network capability channel information includes QFI, slice selection identifier and APN.
  • the first network capability channel information may also include network capability channel identifier, channel type, session and business continuity mode, session type , valid time, valid area, SLA specifications, applicable applications, billing standards, and application scenario labels.
  • the first network capability channel information can provide terminal devices with QoS guarantee services, slicing services, and APN access services. Users can instruct terminal devices to associate certain services with the first network capability channel information according to their own choices. , so that the terminal device can establish the relationship between the service and the first network capability channel information according to the user's instruction, and then the network can provide QoS guarantee service, slicing service and APN access service for these services.
  • the beneficial effects of this method can be referred to the foregoing, and will not be repeated here.
  • the first network capability channel information includes QFI, slice selection identifier and DNN.
  • the first network capability channel information may also include network capability channel identifier, channel type, session and business continuity mode, session type , valid time, valid area, SLA specifications, applicable applications, billing standards, and application scenario labels.
  • the first network capability channel information can provide terminal devices with QoS guarantee services, slicing services, and data network services, and users can instruct terminal devices to associate certain services with the first network capability channel information according to their own choices. Therefore, the terminal device can establish the relationship between the service and the first network capability channel information according to the user's instruction, and then can provide QoS guarantee service, slicing service and data network service for these services.
  • the beneficial effects of this method can be referred to the foregoing, and will not be repeated here.
  • the terminal device and the policy control function network element include corresponding hardware structures and/or software modules for performing various functions.
  • the present application can be implemented in the form of hardware or a combination of hardware and computer software with reference to the units and method steps of the examples described in the embodiments disclosed in the present application. Whether a certain function is executed by hardware or computer software drives the hardware depends on the specific application scenario and design constraints of the technical solution.
  • FIG. 7 and FIG. 8 are schematic structural diagrams of a possible communication device provided by an embodiment of the present application. These communication devices can be used to implement the functions of the terminal device or the network element with the policy control function in the above method embodiments, so the beneficial effects of the above method embodiments can also be realized.
  • the communication device may be a terminal device or a network element with a policy control function, or a module (such as a chip) applied to a terminal device or a network element with a policy control function.
  • a communication device 700 includes a processing unit 710 and a transceiver unit 720 .
  • the communication device 700 is configured to implement functions of a terminal device or a network element with a policy control function in the foregoing method embodiments.
  • the processing unit 710 is configured to obtain the first network capability channel information, the first network capability channel information indicates the channel service capability provided by the network; the transceiver unit 720 is configured to Receive an instruction from the user; the processing unit 710 is configured to generate a user policy according to the instruction, where the user policy includes a relationship between the first service of the terminal device and the first network capability channel information.
  • the first network capability channel information includes one or more of slice selection identifier, session and service continuity mode, session type, access point name, data network name, or multiple access capability indication.
  • the user policy is a user routing policy rule.
  • the processing unit 710 is configured to initiate the first service; match the user routing policy rule according to the first service; select the first network capability channel according to the user routing policy rule information; according to the first network capability channel information, establish a session corresponding to the first service; and carry the first service through the session.
  • the first network capability channel information includes a quality of service flow identifier; the user policy is a quality of service rule.
  • the processing unit 710 is configured to initiate the first service; match the quality of service rule according to the first service; select the first network capability channel information according to the quality of service rule; The first network capability channel information determines the QoS flow identifier corresponding to the first service; the QoS flow indicated by the QoS flow identifier carries the first service.
  • the processing unit 710 is configured to present to the user first information in the first network capability channel information, the first information is used for generating the instruction, and the first information includes the following information One or more of: valid time, valid area, service level agreement specification, applicable application, billing standard, and application scenario label.
  • the processing unit 710 is configured to present the first information to the user through a setting interface, an application programming interface, a browser plug-in, or a specific application.
  • the user policy includes the relationship between the application that generates the first service and the first network capability channel information.
  • the user policy includes the relationship between the address of the server accessed by the first service and the first network capability channel information.
  • the user policy includes the relationship between the domain name information corresponding to the first service and the first network capability channel information.
  • the first network capability channel information includes a valid time; the processing unit 710 is configured to delete the first network capability channel information when the valid time exceeds.
  • the first network capability channel information includes a valid area; the processing unit 710 is configured to delete the first network capability channel information when the terminal device is not in the valid area.
  • the first network capability channel information is pre-configured in the terminal device.
  • the transceiving unit 720 is configured to receive policy information from a network element with a policy control function, where the policy information includes the first network capability channel information.
  • the processing unit 710 is configured to determine the first network capability channel information, the first network capability channel information indicates the channel service capability provided by the network; the transceiver unit 720 , for sending the first network capability channel information to the terminal device, where the first network capability channel information is used by the terminal device to establish a relationship between the first network capability channel information and services of the terminal device.
  • the transceiver unit 720 is configured to acquire network slice description information from the network slice management network element; the processing unit 710 is configured to determine the first network capability channel information according to the network slice description information, the The first network capability channel information includes the network slice description information.
  • the network slice description information includes one or more of the following information: session and service continuity mode, session type, slice selection identifier, valid time, valid area or service level agreement specification.
  • the communication device is pre-configured with the first network capability channel information.
  • the first network capability channel information includes one or more of the following information: service quality flow identifier, valid time, valid area, service level agreement specification, session and business continuity mode, Session type, slice selection identifier, access point name, data network name or multi-access capability indication.
  • the first network capability channel information includes first information, the first information is used to present to the user, and the first information includes one or more of the following information: valid time, valid area , service level agreement specification, applicable application, billing standard or application scenario label.
  • the transceiving unit 720 is configured to send policy information to the terminal device, where the policy information includes the first network capability channel information.
  • processing unit 710 and the transceiver unit 720 can be directly obtained by referring to related descriptions in the above method embodiments, and details are not repeated here.
  • the communication device 800 includes a processor 810 and an interface circuit 820 .
  • the processor 810 and the interface circuit 820 are coupled to each other.
  • the interface circuit 820 may be a transceiver or an input/output interface.
  • the communication device 800 may further include a memory 830 for storing instructions executed by the processor 810 or storing input data required by the processor 810 to execute the instructions or storing data generated after the processor 810 executes the instructions.
  • the processor 810 is used to implement the functions of the processing unit 710
  • the interface circuit 820 is used to implement the functions of the transceiver unit 720 .
  • processor in the embodiments of the present application may be a central processing unit (central processing unit, CPU), and may also be other general processors, digital signal processors (digital signal processor, DSP), application specific integrated circuits (application specific integrated circuit, ASIC), field programmable gate array (field programmable gate array, FPGA) or other programmable logic devices, transistor logic devices, hardware components or any combination thereof.
  • CPU central processing unit
  • DSP digital signal processor
  • ASIC application specific integrated circuit
  • FPGA field programmable gate array
  • a general-purpose processor can be a microprocessor, or any conventional processor.
  • the method steps in the embodiments of the present application may be implemented by means of hardware, or may be implemented by means of a processor executing software instructions.
  • Software instructions can be composed of corresponding software modules, and software modules can be stored in random access memory, flash memory, read-only memory, programmable read-only memory, erasable programmable read-only memory, electrically erasable programmable read-only Memory, registers, hard disk, removable hard disk, CD-ROM or any other form of storage medium known in the art.
  • An exemplary storage medium is coupled to the processor such the processor can read information from, and write information to, the storage medium.
  • the storage medium may also be a component of the processor.
  • the processor and storage medium can be located in the ASIC.
  • the ASIC can be located in the base station or the terminal.
  • the processor and the storage medium may also exist in the base station or the terminal as discrete components.
  • all or part of them may be implemented by software, hardware, firmware or any combination thereof.
  • software When implemented using software, it may be implemented in whole or in part in the form of a computer program product.
  • the computer program product comprises one or more computer programs or instructions. When the computer program or instructions are loaded and executed on the computer, the processes or functions described in the embodiments of the present application are executed in whole or in part.
  • the computer may be a general purpose computer, a special purpose computer, a computer network, or other programmable devices.
  • the computer program or instructions may be stored in or transmitted from one computer-readable storage medium to another computer-readable storage medium, for example, the computer program or instructions may be downloaded from a website, computer, A server or data center transmits to another website site, computer, server or data center by wired or wireless means.
  • the computer-readable storage medium may be any available medium that can be accessed by a computer, or a data storage device such as a server or a data center integrating one or more available media.
  • the available medium may be a magnetic medium, such as a floppy disk, a hard disk, or a magnetic tape; it may also be an optical medium, such as a digital video disk; and it may also be a semiconductor medium, such as a solid state disk.
  • the computer readable storage medium may be a volatile or a nonvolatile storage medium, or may include both volatile and nonvolatile types of storage media.
  • “at least one” means one or more, and “multiple” means two or more.
  • “And/or” describes the association relationship of associated objects, indicating that there may be three types of relationships, for example, A and/or B, which can mean: A exists alone, A and B exist simultaneously, and B exists alone, where A, B can be singular or plural.
  • the character “/” generally indicates that the contextual objects are an “or” relationship; in the formulas of this application, the character “/” indicates that the contextual objects are a "division” Relationship.

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La présente demande concerne un procédé de communication et un appareil de communication. Le procédé comprend les étapes suivantes : un dispositif terminal obtient des informations de canal de capacité de réseau, et ensuite un utilisateur d'un côté dispositif terminal décide d'établir une relation entre un service du dispositif terminal et les informations de canal de capacité de réseau de sorte que la relation entre le service du dispositif terminal et les informations de canal de capacité de réseau peut être configurée de manière rapide, flexible et précise. De plus, lorsque l'utilisateur a besoin de changer les informations de canal de capacité de réseau correspondant au service du dispositif terminal, la relation entre le service du dispositif terminal et les informations de canal de capacité de réseau peut être modifiée de manière rapide et pratique de sorte que les informations de canal de capacité de réseau sont configurées de manière rapide, flexible et précise pour le service du dispositif terminal, et un service de réseau est configuré de manière rapide, flexible et précise pour le service du dispositif terminal, ce qui améliore la convivialité d'utilisation.
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