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- the present application relates to the field of communication, and more particularly, to a method of communication and a communication apparatus.
- the fifth generation (5th generation, 5G) communication network and the fourth generation (4th generation, 4G) network can be deployed in the same area. Therefore, terminal equipment can access the network through the next generation radio access network (NG-RAN) in 5G, and can also access the network through the access network in 4G network. That is, terminal devices can access the network through different radio access technologies (RATs).
- NG-RAN next generation radio access network
- RATs radio access technologies
- the network side can assist the terminal device to select the appropriate target RAT/frequency point.
- the terminal device determines that it needs to access the 4G network according to the target RAT/frequency information, it may happen that the terminal device cannot access the 4G network in time, or after the terminal device accesses the 4G network, it cannot connect to the appropriate 4G network. Return to 5G network under conditions. Ultimately, network resources are wasted and user experience is degraded.
- the present application provides a communication method and communication device, which can save network resources and improve user experience.
- a communication method including: a first access management network element in a first network receives wireless access assistance information from a second network, where the wireless access assistance information includes wireless access assistance information corresponding to a terminal device access information and matching conditions corresponding to the wireless access information; the first access management network element determines the wireless access information that the terminal device needs to use according to the wireless access assistance information; the first access management network element sends the The access network device in the first network sends wireless access information that the terminal device needs to use.
- the first network may be a 4G network
- the first access management network element in the first network may be a mobility management entity (mobility management entity, MME) of the 4G network.
- the second network may be a mobile network of a different standard from the 4G network, for example, a 5G network, or a mobile network of a higher standard.
- the access network device in the first network may be an access network device eNB in a 4G network.
- the first access management network element in the first network determines the wireless access assistance information to be used for the terminal device by receiving the wireless access assistance information from the second network, and assigns the wireless access assistance information to be used to the terminal device.
- the wireless access assistance information is sent to the access network device of the first network, so that the first access management network element in the first network cannot make the terminal device unable to make the terminal device without the wireless access assistance information of the terminal device.
- the problem of accessing the first network ultimately ensures that the terminal device resides in a suitable mobile communication network, saves resources in the network, and improves user experience.
- the matching condition corresponding to the wireless access information includes at least one of the following matching information, user type information, time information, Location information, service type information used by the terminal device, and network load information.
- the first access management network element in the first network receives wireless access assistance information from the second network, including the first access management network element The wireless access assistance information of the terminal device sent by the second access management network element in the second network is received.
- the first access management network element in the first network receives wireless access assistance information from the second network, including, in the mobility management of the terminal device During the process, the first access management network element in the first network receives the wireless access assistance information from the second network.
- the second access management network element in the second network may be an access and mobility management function (AMF) network element in the 5G network.
- the mobility management process includes a tracking area update (tracking area update, TAU) process of the terminal device, or a handover (handover) process of the terminal device.
- the first access management network element receives wireless access assistance information sent by a second access management network element in the second network, including the first access management network element.
- An access management network element receives the context information of the terminal device sent by the second access management network element, where the context information includes wireless access assistance information of the terminal device.
- the first access management network element receives wireless access assistance information sent by a second access management network element in the second network, including the first access management network element.
- An access management network element sends a user equipment context request (UE context request) message to the second access management network element, the message is used to request the context information of the terminal device; the first access management network element receives the first access management network element.
- UE context request user equipment context request
- Two user equipment context response message (UE context response) sent by the access management network element the user equipment context response message includes the wireless access assistance information of the terminal device.
- the first access management network element receives wireless access assistance information sent by a second access management network element in the second network, including the first access management network element.
- the access management network element receives a handover request (handover request) message or a forward relocation request (forward relocation request) message sent by the second access management network element, where the handover request message or the forward relocation request message includes the terminal Wireless access assistance information for the device.
- the first access management network element in the first network receives wireless access assistance information from the second network, including, the first access management network element
- the wireless access assistance information from the unified data management function network element in the second network is received through a home subscriber server (home subscriber server, HSS) in the first network.
- HSS home subscriber server
- the first access management network element receives, through the home user server in the first network, the data from the unified data management function network element in the second network.
- the wireless access assistance information includes that the first access management network element receives the context information of the terminal device sent by the unified data management function network element in the second network through the home subscriber server HSS in the first network, or Subscription information, the context information or subscription information includes the wireless access assistance policy of the terminal device.
- the first access management network element sends a user equipment location request (UE location request) message to the HSS, and the message is used for Obtain information such as the location of the terminal device and the subscription data of the terminal device; the HSS may send a UE location response message to the first access management network element, where the UE location response message includes the wireless access Supplementary information.
- UE location request user equipment location request
- the HSS may send a UE location response message to the first access management network element, where the UE location response message includes the wireless access Supplementary information.
- the wireless access assistance information includes at least one piece of wireless access information corresponding to the terminal device
- the matching condition includes at least one piece of wireless information corresponding to the at least one piece of wireless information respectively.
- a matching condition where the first access management network element determines the wireless access information that the terminal device needs to use according to the wireless access assistance information, including that the first access management network element determines that the terminal device satisfies the at least one matching condition
- One or more matching conditions in the first access management network element determines that the wireless access information corresponding to the one or more matching conditions is the wireless access information that the terminal device needs to use.
- the one or more matching conditions include matching conditions corresponding to the first network, and the wireless access information that the terminal device needs to use is used to assist the terminal device to prioritize reside on the first network.
- the one or more matching conditions include matching conditions corresponding to the first frequency point of the first network, and the wireless access information that the terminal device needs to use is used to assist the terminal device to preferentially camp on the first frequency point.
- the matching condition corresponding to the first network includes a first time condition, and the wireless access information that the terminal device needs to use is used to assist the terminal device in the first Under the time condition, it is preferred to reside in the first network.
- the matching condition corresponding to the first frequency point of the first network includes a first time condition, and the wireless access information that the terminal device needs to use is used to assist the terminal device to preferentially camp in the first time condition under the first time condition. Frequency.
- the matching condition corresponding to the first network may further include a first location condition, a first service type condition, a first network load condition, and the like.
- the one or more matching conditions include matching conditions corresponding to the second network, and the wireless access information that the terminal device needs to use is used to assist the terminal device to prioritize reside on the second network.
- the one or more matching conditions include matching conditions corresponding to the second frequency point of the second network, and the wireless access information that the terminal device needs to use is used to assist the terminal device to preferentially camp on the second frequency point.
- the matching condition corresponding to the second network includes a second time condition, and the wireless access information that the terminal device needs to use is used to assist the terminal device in the second Under the time condition, it preferentially resides in the second network.
- the matching condition corresponding to the second frequency point of the second network includes a second time condition, and the wireless access information that the terminal device needs to use is used to assist the terminal device to preferentially camp in the first time condition under the second time condition Frequency.
- the matching condition corresponding to the second network may further include a second location condition, a second service type condition, a second network load condition, and the like.
- the radio access information includes a radio access standard RAT/frequency point selection index value (RFSP index).
- RFSP index radio access standard RAT/frequency point selection index value
- the radio access information includes a subscriber profile ID (subscriber profile ID for RAT/frequency priority, SPID).
- a communication method including: a second access management network element in a second network obtains wireless access assistance information of a terminal device, where the wireless access assistance information includes wireless access assistance information corresponding to the terminal device incoming information and matching conditions corresponding to the wireless access information; the second access management network element sends the wireless access assistance information to the first access management network element in the first network, and the wireless access assistance information is used for The first access management network element determines wireless access information that the terminal device needs to use, and sends the wireless access information that the terminal device needs to use to an access network device in the first network.
- the first network may be a 4G network
- the first access management network element in the first network may be a mobility management entity MME of the 4G network
- the access management entity in the first network The network device may be an access network device eNB in a 4G network.
- the second network may be a mobile network of a different standard from the 4G network, for example, a 5G network, or a mobile network of a higher standard
- the second access management network element in the second network may be an access network in the 5G network and mobility management function network element AMF.
- the second access management network element in the second network sends wireless access assistance information to the first access management network element in the first network, so that the first access management network element can pass the Wireless access assistance information, determine the wireless access assistance information that needs to be used for the terminal device, and send the wireless access assistance information to be used to the access network equipment of the first network, avoiding the first network in the first network.
- the problem that an access management network element cannot make the terminal device access the first network without knowing the wireless access assistance information of the terminal device finally ensures that the terminal device resides in a suitable mobile communication network , which can save network resources and improve user experience.
- the matching condition corresponding to the wireless access information includes at least one of the following matching information, user type information, time information, Location information, service type information used by the terminal device, and network load information.
- the second access management network element in the second network obtains the wireless access assistance information of the terminal device, including, the second access management network element obtains the wireless access assistance information from the terminal device.
- the policy control function network element acquires the wireless access assistance information of the terminal device; or, the second access management network element acquires the wireless access assistance information of the terminal device from the unified data management center network element.
- the second access management network element in the second network may be the access and mobility management function network element in the 5G network.
- the access and mobility management function network element sends the policy control function
- the network element sends a request message to obtain the corresponding access and mobility policy (AM policy) of the terminal device.
- the policy control function network element sends the corresponding access and mobility policy in response to the request of the access and mobility management function network element, including the wireless access assistance information of the terminal device.
- the access and mobility management function network element sends a context registration request (Nudm_UECM_Registration request) message or a context acquisition request (Nudm_UECM_Get) message of the terminal device to the unified data management center network element. request) message
- the unified data management center network element can send the wireless access assistance information of the terminal device through a context registration response (Nudm_UECM_Registration response) message or a context acquisition response (Nudm_UECM_Get response) message.
- the second access management network element sending the wireless access assistance information to the first access management network element in the first network includes: at the terminal During the mobility management process of the device, the second access management network element sends the wireless access assistance information to the first access management network element.
- the mobility management process of the terminal device includes a tracking area update (tracking area update, TAU) process of the terminal device, or a redirection (handover) process of the terminal device.
- TAU tracking area update
- handover redirection
- the second access management network element sends the wireless access assistance information to the first access management network element in the first network, including the second The access management network element sends context information of the terminal device to the first access management network element, where the context information includes wireless access assistance information of the terminal device.
- the first access management network element sends a context request (UE context request) message to the second access management network element, and the second access management network element can pass The context response message (UE context response) sends the wireless access assistance information of the terminal device.
- UE context request UE context request
- UE context response The context response message
- the method further includes, the second access management network element according to The wireless access assistance information determines the wireless access information that the terminal device needs to use; the second access management network element sends the wireless access information that the terminal device needs to use to the access network device in the second network.
- the wireless access assistance information includes at least one piece of wireless access information corresponding to the terminal device
- the matching condition includes at least one piece of wireless information corresponding to the at least one piece of wireless information respectively.
- a matching condition where the second access management network element determines the wireless access information that the terminal device needs to use according to the wireless access assistance information, including that the second access management network element determines that the terminal device satisfies the at least one matching condition
- One or more matching conditions in the second access management network element determines that the wireless access information corresponding to the one or more matching conditions is the wireless access information that the terminal device needs to use.
- the one or more matching conditions include matching conditions corresponding to the first network, and the wireless access information that the terminal device needs to use is used to assist the terminal device to prioritize camping on the first network; or, the one or more matching conditions include matching conditions corresponding to the first frequency point of the first network, and the wireless access information that the terminal device needs to use is used to assist the terminal device to preferentially camp on stay at the first frequency.
- the matching condition corresponding to the first network or the first frequency point of the first network includes the first time condition, the wireless access information that the terminal device needs to use It is used to assist the terminal device to preferentially camp on the first network or the first frequency point of the first network under the first time condition.
- the matching condition corresponding to the first network may further include a first location condition, a first service type condition, a first network load condition, and the like.
- the one or more matching conditions include matching conditions corresponding to the second network, and the wireless access information that the terminal device needs to use is used to assist the terminal device to prioritize camping on the second network; or, the one or more matching conditions include matching conditions corresponding to the second frequency point of the second network, and the wireless access information that the terminal device needs to use is used to assist the terminal device to preferentially camp on stay at the second frequency.
- the matching condition corresponding to the second network or the second frequency point of the second network includes the second time condition, the wireless access information that the terminal device needs to use It is used to assist the terminal device to preferentially camp on the second network or a second frequency point of the second network under the second time condition.
- the matching condition corresponding to the first network may further include a first location condition, a first service type condition, a first network load condition, and the like.
- the radio access information includes a radio access standard RAT/frequency point selection index value RFSP index.
- the wireless access information includes a user profile identification SPID.
- a communication method including: a home user server in a first network receives wireless access assistance information from a second network, where the wireless access assistance information includes wireless access information corresponding to a terminal device and the matching condition corresponding to the wireless access information; the home user server sends the wireless access assistance information to the first access management network element in the first network, where the wireless access assistance information is used for the first access management
- the network element determines the wireless access information that the terminal device needs to use, and sends the wireless access information that the terminal device needs to use to the access network device in the first network.
- the first network may be a 4G network
- the home subscriber server in the first network may be a home subscriber server (HSS) in the 4G network
- the first network in the first network may be a home subscriber server (HSS) in the first network.
- An access management network element may be a mobility management entity MME of a 4G network
- the second network may be a mobile network of a different standard than the 4G network, for example, a 5G network, or a mobile network of a higher standard.
- the access network device in the first network may be an access network device eNB in a 4G network.
- the home user server in the first network sends the wireless access assistance information from the second network to the first access management network element in the first network, so that the first access management network element can Through the wireless access assistance information, the wireless access information to be used by the terminal device is determined, and the wireless access information to be used is sent to the access network device of the first network, thereby avoiding the first connection in the first network.
- the problem that the management network element cannot make the terminal equipment access the first network without knowing the wireless access auxiliary information of the terminal equipment finally ensures that the terminal equipment resides in a suitable mobile communication network, and can Save network resources and improve user experience.
- the wireless access assistance information includes at least one piece of wireless access information corresponding to the terminal device
- the matching condition includes at least one piece of wireless information corresponding to the at least one piece of wireless information respectively. match condition.
- the matching condition corresponding to the wireless access information includes at least one of the following matching information, user type information, time information, Location information, service type information used by the terminal device, and network load information.
- the home user server in the first network receives the wireless access assistance information from the terminal device of the second network, including that the home user server receives information from the second network The wireless access assistance information sent by the policy control function network element in .
- the home user server in the first network receives the wireless access assistance information from the terminal device in the second network, including, in the mobility management process of the terminal device , the home user server receives the wireless access assistance information from the second network.
- the home user server in the first network receives the wireless access assistance information from the terminal device of the second network, including that the home user server receives information from the second network
- the context information or subscription data of the terminal device of the policy control function network element in the where the context information or subscription data includes the wireless access assistance information of the terminal device.
- the policy control function network element may send the wireless access assistance information to the home user server by invoking the context management registration (Nudm_UEContextManagement_registration) service of the terminal device, or by invoking the context management update (Nudm_UEContextManagement_update) service of the terminal device.
- the network element of the policy control function sends the wireless access assistance information of the terminal device to the unified data repository (unified data repository, UDR) by calling the data management creation (Nudr_DataManagementCreate) service or the data management update (Nudr_DataManagementUpdate) service; the The home user server may acquire the subscription data of the terminal device from the UDR by invoking the data management query (Nudr_DataManagementQuery) service or the data management subscription (Nudr_DataManagementSubscribe) service, where the subscription data may include the wireless access assistance information of the terminal device.
- the policy control function network element may also call the subscription data management (Nudm_Subscriber DataManagement_Info) service of the unified data management network element in the second network, and send the wireless access assistance information of the terminal device to the home user server.
- the home user server in the first network sends the wireless access assistance information to the first access management network element in the first network, including the first
- An access management network element sends a UE location request message (UE location request) to the home user server, and the message is used to report the location of the terminal device and obtain the subscription data of the terminal device.
- the home user server sends a user equipment location response message (UE location response) to the first access management network element, where the response message includes wireless access assistance information of the terminal device.
- the wireless access information includes a wireless access standard/frequency point selection index value RFSP index.
- the wireless access information includes a user profile identifier SPID.
- a communication method comprising: a policy control function network element in a second network determining wireless access assistance information of a terminal device, where the wireless access assistance information includes wireless access information corresponding to the terminal device and the matching condition corresponding to the wireless access information; the policy control function network element sends the wireless access assistance information to the second access management network element in the second network, so that the first access management network in the first network The element obtains the wireless access assistance information through the second access management network element, and determines the wireless access information that the terminal device needs to use according to the wireless access assistance information.
- the policy control function network element sends the wireless access assistance information to the home user server in the first network, so that the first access management network element in the first network obtains the wireless access assistance through the home user server information, and determine the wireless access information that the terminal device needs to use according to the wireless access assistance information.
- the first network may be a 4G network
- the first access management network element in the first network may be a mobility management entity of the 4G network
- the second network may be related to the 4G network Mobile networks of different standards, for example, 5G networks, or mobile networks of higher standards.
- the policy control function network element in the second network may be the policy control function network element PCF in the 5G network, or may be the policy and charging rules function (policy and charging rules function, PCRF) and PCF in the 4G network Co-located network elements.
- the policy control function network element in the second network determines the wireless access assistance information of the terminal device, and sends the information to the second access management network element in the second network or the home user server in the first network.
- Wireless access assistance information which enables the first access management network element in the first network to obtain the wireless access assistance information through the second access management network element, and determine the needs of the terminal device according to the wireless access assistance information
- the wireless access information used It avoids the problem that the first network cannot make the terminal device access the first network without knowing the wireless access auxiliary information of the terminal device, and finally ensures that the terminal device resides in a suitable mobile communication network, It can save resources in the network and improve user experience.
- the wireless access assistance information includes at least one piece of wireless access information corresponding to the terminal device
- the matching condition includes at least one piece of wireless information corresponding to the at least one piece of wireless information respectively. match condition.
- the matching condition corresponding to the wireless access information includes at least one of the following matching information, user type information, time information, Location information, service type information used by the terminal device, and network load information.
- the determination of the wireless access assistance information of the terminal device by the policy control function network element in the second network includes that the policy control function network element analyzes the data sent by the network element according to the data sent by the network element. The data analysis result determines the wireless access assistance information.
- the data analysis network element may be a network data analysis function (network data analytics function, NWDAF) network element
- NWDAF network data analytics function
- the data analysis result may include at least one of the following information, the analysis result of the terminal equipment usage service (UE service in use analytics), business experience analysis results (service experience per RAT and/or per frequency analytics), data traffic analysis results (data dispersion analytics), user data congestion analysis results ( user data congestion analytics) and RAT/frequency usage analytics for each RAT and/or frequency.
- NWDAF network data analytics function
- sending the wireless access assistance information to the second access management network element in the second network by the policy control function network element includes that the second access management The network element sends a request message to the policy control function network element to obtain the corresponding access and mobility policy (AM policy) of the terminal device; the policy control function network element sends the terminal device corresponding AM policy to the second access management network element.
- An access and mobility policy, the access and mobility policy including wireless access assistance information for the terminal device.
- the sending, by the policy control function network element, the wireless access assistance information to the home user server in the first network includes that the policy control function network element sends the home user The server sends context information of the terminal device, where the context information includes the wireless access assistance information.
- the policy control function network element sends the wireless access assistance information of the terminal device to the home user server by invoking the context management registration (Nudm_UEContextManagement_registration) service of the terminal device, or invoking the context management update (Nudm_UEContextManagement_update) service of the terminal device .
- the context management registration Nudm_UEContextManagement_registration
- the context management update Nudm_UEContextManagement_update
- the policy control function network element sends subscription data of the terminal device to the home user server, where the subscription data includes wireless access assistance information of the terminal device.
- the network element of the policy control function can send the wireless access assistance information of the terminal device to the unified data repository (UDR) by invoking the data management creation (Nudr_DataManagementCreate) service or the data management update service (Nudr_DataManagementUpdate);
- the home user server may acquire the subscription data of the terminal device from the UDR by invoking the data management management query (Nudr_DataManagementQuery) service or the data management subscription (Nudr_DataManagementSubscribe) service, where the subscription data may include the wireless access assistance information of the terminal device.
- the policy control function network element may also send the wireless access assistance information to the home user server by invoking the subscription data management (Nudm_Subscriber DataManagement_Info) service in the unified data management network element in the second network.
- the wireless access information includes a wireless access standard/frequency point selection index value (RFSP index).
- RFSP index wireless access standard/frequency point selection index value
- the wireless access information includes a user profile identifier SPID.
- a communication method comprising: a policy control function network element in a second network determining wireless access assistance information of a terminal device, where the wireless access assistance information includes wireless access information corresponding to the terminal device and the matching condition corresponding to the wireless access information; the policy control function network element sends the wireless access assistance information to the user plane gateway network element or the session gateway network element in the first network, so that the first access network element in the first network
- the inbound management network element obtains the wireless access assistance information through the user plane gateway network element or the session gateway network element, and determines the wireless access information that the terminal device needs to use according to the wireless access assistance information.
- the first network may be a 4G network
- the first access management network element in the first network may be a mobility management entity MME of the 4G network
- the first access management network element in the first network The access management network element may be an eNB in a 4G network.
- the user plane gateway network element may be a packet data network gateway (PGW) in a 4G network
- the session gateway network element may be a serving gateway (serving gateway, SGW) in the 4G network.
- PGW packet data network gateway
- SGW serving gateway
- the second network may be a mobile network of a different standard from the 4G network, for example, a 5G network, or a mobile network of a higher standard.
- the policy control function network element may be a policy control function network element PCF in a 5G network, or a policy and charging rules function network element (policy and charging rules function, PCRF) in a 4G network and a PCF co-located network element.
- the policy control function network element in the second network determines the wireless access assistance information of the terminal device, and sends the wireless access assistance information to the user plane gateway network element or the session gateway network element in the first network
- the first access management network element in the first network can be made to obtain the wireless access auxiliary information through the user plane gateway network element or the session gateway network element, and determine the wireless access auxiliary information that the terminal device needs to use according to the wireless access auxiliary information. access information. It avoids the problem that the first network cannot make the terminal device access the first network without knowing the wireless access auxiliary information of the terminal device, and finally ensures that the terminal device resides in a suitable mobile communication network, It can save resources in the network and improve user experience.
- the wireless access assistance information includes at least one piece of wireless access information corresponding to the terminal device
- the matching condition includes at least one piece of wireless information corresponding to the at least one piece of wireless information respectively. match condition.
- the matching condition corresponding to the wireless access information includes at least one of the following matching information, user type information, time information, Location information, service type information used by the terminal device, and network load information.
- the determination of the wireless access assistance information of the terminal device by the policy control function network element in the second network includes that the policy control function network element analyzes the data sent by the network element according to the data sent by the network element. The data analysis result determines the wireless access assistance information.
- the data analysis network element may be a network data analysis function (network data analytics function, NWDAF) network element
- NWDAF network data analytics function
- the data analysis result may include at least one of the following information, the analysis result of the terminal equipment usage service (UE service in use analytics), business experience analysis results (service experience per RAT and/or per frequency analytics), data traffic analysis results (data dispersion analytics), user data congestion analysis results ( user data congestion analytics) and each RAT and/or frequency usage analysis results (RAT/frequency usage analytics).
- NWDAF network data analytics function
- the policy control network element sends the wireless access assistance information of the terminal device to the user plane gateway network element through an IP-CAN session modification message.
- the user plane gateway network element sends the wireless access assistance information of the terminal device to the session gateway network element through a bearer modification request (update bearer request) message.
- the session gateway network element sends the wireless access assistance information of the terminal device to the first access management network element through a bearer modification request (update bearer request) message.
- the wireless access information includes a wireless access standard/frequency point selection index value (RFSP index).
- RFSP index wireless access standard/frequency point selection index value
- the wireless access information includes a user profile identifier SPID.
- a communication device including a transceiver unit configured to receive wireless access assistance information from a second network, the wireless access assistance information including wireless access information corresponding to a terminal device and the matching conditions corresponding to the wireless access information; a processing unit, configured to determine the wireless access information that the terminal device needs to use according to the wireless access assistance information; the transceiver unit is also used for accessing the first network The network device sends the wireless access information that the terminal device needs to use.
- the first network may be a 4G network
- the first access management network element in the first network may be a mobility management entity MME of the 4G network
- the second network may be a 4G network A mobile network of a different standard, for example, a 5G network, or a mobile network of a higher standard.
- the access network device in the first network may be an access network device eNB in a 4G network.
- the transceiver unit receives the wireless access assistance information from the second network, the processing unit determines the wireless access assistance information to be used for the terminal device, and passes the wireless access assistance information to be used through Sending the transceiver unit to the access network device of the first network prevents the first access management network element in the first network from being unable to enable the terminal device to access the first access management network element without the wireless access auxiliary information of the terminal device.
- a network problem ultimately ensures that the terminal device resides in a suitable mobile communication network, saves resources in the network, and improves user experience.
- the matching condition includes at least one of the following matching information
- User type information corresponding to the terminal device time information, location information of the terminal device, service type information used by the terminal device, and network load information.
- the transceiver unit is specifically configured to receive the wireless access assistance information of the terminal device sent by the second access management network element in the second network.
- the transceiver unit is specifically configured to receive, during the mobility management process of the terminal device, the wireless data of the terminal device sent by the second access management network element Access auxiliary information.
- the transceiver unit is specifically configured to receive context information of the terminal device sent by the second access management network element, where the context information of the terminal device includes the terminal device Wireless access assistance information for the device.
- the transceiver unit is specifically configured to receive, through the home user server in the first network, the data sent from the unified data management function network element in the second network. Wireless access assistance information.
- the transceiver unit is specifically configured to receive, through the home user server, the context information or subscription information of the terminal device sent by the unified data management function network element, the context The information or subscription information includes wireless access assistance information of the terminal device.
- the wireless access assistance information includes at least one piece of wireless access information corresponding to the terminal device, and the matching condition includes at least one piece of wireless information corresponding to the at least one piece of wireless information.
- a matching condition the processing unit is specifically configured to determine that the terminal device satisfies one or more matching conditions in the at least one matching condition; determine that the wireless access information corresponding to the one or more matching conditions is the one that the terminal device needs to use Wireless access information.
- the one or more matching conditions include matching conditions corresponding to the first network, and the wireless access information that the terminal device needs to use is used to assist the terminal device Prefer to reside on this first network.
- the matching condition corresponding to the first network includes a first time condition, and the wireless access information that the terminal device needs to use is used to assist the terminal device in the first time condition. Preferentially reside on the first network under a time condition.
- the matching condition corresponding to the first network may further include a first location condition, a first service type condition, a first network load condition, and the like.
- the one or more matching conditions include matching conditions corresponding to the first frequency point of the first network, and the wireless access information to be used by the terminal device is To assist the terminal equipment to preferentially camp on the first frequency point.
- the one or more matching conditions include matching conditions corresponding to the second network, and the wireless access information that the terminal device needs to use is used to assist the terminal device Prefer to reside on the second network.
- the matching condition corresponding to the second network includes a second time condition, and the wireless access information that the terminal device needs to use is used to assist the terminal device in the It is preferred to reside on the second network under the second time condition.
- the matching condition corresponding to the second network may further include a second location condition, a second service type condition, a second network load condition, and the like.
- the one or more matching conditions include matching conditions corresponding to the second frequency point of the second network, and the wireless access information to be used by the terminal device is To assist the terminal equipment to preferentially camp on the second frequency.
- the radio access information includes a radio access standard RAT/frequency point selection index value.
- the wireless access information includes a user file identifier SPID.
- the first network includes a fourth-generation 4G network
- the second network includes a fifth-generation 5G network.
- a communication device including a transceiver unit for acquiring wireless access assistance information of a terminal device, where the wireless access assistance information includes wireless access information corresponding to the terminal device and the wireless access information corresponding matching conditions; the transceiver unit is further configured to send the wireless access assistance information to the first access management network element in the first network, and the wireless access assistance information is used by the first access management network element to determine the The wireless access information that the terminal device needs to use and the wireless access information that the terminal device needs to use is sent to the access network device in the first network.
- the first network may be a 4G network
- the first access management network element in the first network may be a mobility management entity MME of the 4G network
- the access management entity in the first network The network device may be an access network device eNB in a 4G network.
- the second network may be a mobile network of a different standard from the 4G network, for example, a 5G network, or a mobile network of a higher standard
- the second access management network element in the second network may be an access network in the 5G network and mobility management function network element AMF.
- the transceiver unit sends wireless access assistance information to the first access management network element in the first network, so that the first access management network element can use the wireless access assistance information to provide the wireless access assistance information for the first access management network element.
- the terminal device determines the wireless access auxiliary information to be used, and sends the wireless access auxiliary information to be used to the access network device of the first network, so as to prevent the first access management network element in the first network from In the case of knowing the wireless access assistance information of the terminal device, the problem that the terminal device cannot be connected to the first network finally ensures that the terminal device resides in a suitable mobile communication network, which can save resources in the network and improve the user experience.
- the matching condition includes at least one of the following matching information
- User type information corresponding to the terminal device time information, location information of the terminal device, service type information used by the terminal device, and network load information.
- the transceiver unit is specifically configured to acquire the wireless access assistance information of the terminal device from a policy control function network element; or, acquire from a unified data management center network element Wireless access assistance information of the terminal device.
- the transceiver unit is specifically configured to send the wireless access assistance information to the first access management network element during the mobility management process of the terminal device .
- the transceiver unit is specifically configured to send context information of the terminal device to the first access management network element, where the context information includes the wireless access information of the terminal device Enter auxiliary information.
- the apparatus further includes a processing unit, configured to determine the wireless access information to be used by the terminal device according to the wireless access assistance information; the transceiver unit also uses to send the wireless access information that the terminal device needs to use to the access network device in the second network.
- the wireless access assistance information includes at least one piece of wireless access information corresponding to the terminal device, and the matching condition includes at least one piece of wireless information corresponding to the at least one piece of wireless information.
- the processing unit is specifically configured to determine that the terminal device satisfies one or more matching conditions in the at least one matching condition; determine that the wireless access information corresponding to the one or more matching conditions is the one that the terminal device needs to use Wireless access information.
- the one or more matching conditions include matching conditions corresponding to the first network, and the wireless access information that the terminal device needs to use is used to assist the terminal device Prefer to reside on this first network.
- the matching condition corresponding to the first network includes a first time condition, and the wireless access information that the terminal device needs to use is used to assist the terminal device in the first time condition. It is preferred to reside on the first network under a time condition.
- the one or more matching conditions include matching conditions corresponding to the first frequency point of the first network, and the wireless access information to be used by the terminal device is To assist the terminal equipment to preferentially camp on the first frequency point.
- the one or more matching conditions include matching conditions corresponding to the second network, and the wireless access information that the terminal device needs to use is used to assist the terminal device Prefer to reside on this second network.
- the matching condition corresponding to the second network includes a second time condition
- the wireless access information to be used by the terminal device is used to assist the terminal device Preferring to camp on the second network under the second time condition.
- the one or more matching conditions include matching conditions corresponding to the second frequency point of the second network, and the wireless access information to be used by the terminal device is To assist the terminal equipment to preferentially camp on the second frequency.
- the radio access information includes a radio access standard RAT/frequency point selection index value.
- the wireless access information includes a user file identifier SPID.
- the first network includes a fourth-generation 4G network
- the second network includes a fifth-generation 5G network.
- a communication device comprising: a memory for storing a computer program; a processor for executing the computer program stored in the memory, so that the communication device executes any possibility of the first aspect
- the communication method in the implementation of the second aspect, or the communication method in any possible implementation of the second aspect, or the communication method in any possible implementation of the third aspect, or the fourth aspect.
- the communication method in any possible implementation manner, or the communication method in any possible implementation manner of the fifth aspect.
- a computer-readable storage medium is provided, a computer program is stored on the computer-readable storage medium, and when the computer program runs on a computer, the computer is made to execute any possible implementation of the first aspect
- the communication method in one possible implementation manner, or the communication method in any one possible implementation manner of the fifth aspect is performed.
- a tenth aspect provides a system-on-chip, the system-on-chip comprising: a processor for calling and running a computer program from a memory, so that a communication device installed with the system-on-chip executes any possible implementation of the first aspect
- the communication method in one possible implementation manner, or the communication method in any one possible implementation manner of the fifth aspect is performed.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an application scenario applicable to the method provided by the embodiment of the present application.
- FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a network architecture for 5G and 4G interaction provided by this application.
- FIG. 3 is a schematic flowchart of the communication method of the present application.
- FIG. 4 is another schematic flowchart of the communication method of the present application.
- FIG. 5 is another schematic flowchart of the communication method of the present application.
- FIG. 6 is a schematic block diagram of an example of the communication device of the present application.
- FIG. 7 is a schematic block diagram of another example of the communication device of the present application.
- FIG. 8 is a schematic block diagram of another example of the communication device of the present application.
- FIG. 9 is a schematic block diagram of another example of the communication device of the present application.
- FIG. 10 is a schematic configuration diagram of an example of the communication device of the present application.
- LTE long term evolution
- FDD frequency division duplex
- TDD time division duplex
- WiMAX worldwide interoperability for microwave access
- 5th generation, 5G fifth generation
- 6th generation, 6G vehicle-to-x
- V2X vehicle-to-x
- V2X can include vehicle-to-network (V2N), vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V), vehicle-to-infrastructure ( Vehicle-to-infrastructure, V2I), vehicle-to-pedestrian (V2P), etc.
- long term evolution-vehicle (LTE-V) vehicle networking, machine type communication (machine type communication) , MTC), internet of things (IoT), long term evolution-machine (LTE-M), machine to machine (M2M), etc.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a network architecture suitable for the method provided by the embodiment of the present application.
- the network architecture may specifically include the following network elements:
- User equipment (UE) 110 may include various handheld devices with wireless communication functions, vehicle-mounted devices, wearable devices, computing devices or other processing devices connected to wireless modems, as well as various forms of terminals, Mobile station (mobile station, MS), terminal (terminal) or soft terminal, etc. For example, water meters, electricity meters, sensors, etc.
- the user equipment in this embodiment of the present application may refer to an access terminal, a subscriber unit, a subscriber station, a mobile station, a mobile station, a relay station, a remote station, a remote terminal, a mobile device, a user terminal, or a terminal device.
- terminal equipment wireless communication equipment, user agent or user equipment.
- the user equipment may also be a cellular phone, a cordless phone, a session initiation protocol (SIP) phone, a wireless local loop (WLL) station, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a wireless communication Functional handheld devices, computing devices or other processing devices connected to wireless modems, in-vehicle devices, wearable devices, user equipment in a 5G network or a user in a future evolving public land mobile network (PLMN) equipment or user equipment in the future Internet of Vehicles, etc., which are not limited in this embodiment of the present application.
- SIP session initiation protocol
- WLL wireless local loop
- PDA personal digital assistant
- PLMN public land mobile network
- a wearable device may also be referred to as a wearable smart device, which is a general term for intelligently designing daily wearable devices and developing wearable devices using wearable technology, such as glasses, Gloves, watches, clothing and shoes, etc.
- a wearable device is a portable device that is worn directly on the body or integrated into the user's clothing or accessories. Wearable device is not only a hardware device, but also realizes powerful functions through software support, data interaction, and cloud interaction.
- wearable smart devices include full-featured, large-scale, complete or partial functions without relying on smart phones, such as smart watches or smart glasses, and only focus on a certain type of application function, which needs to cooperate with other devices such as smart phones.
- the user equipment may also be a user equipment in an Internet of Things (IoT) system.
- IoT Internet of Things
- the IOT technology can achieve massive connections, deep coverage, and terminal power saving through, for example, a narrow band (narrow band, NB) technology.
- NB narrow band
- the user equipment may also include sensors such as smart printers, train detectors, and gas stations, and the main functions include collecting data (part of user equipment), receiving control information and downlink data of access network equipment, and Send electromagnetic waves to transmit uplink data to access network equipment.
- sensors such as smart printers, train detectors, and gas stations
- the main functions include collecting data (part of user equipment), receiving control information and downlink data of access network equipment, and Send electromagnetic waves to transmit uplink data to access network equipment.
- (wireless) access network equipment (radio access network, (R)AN) 120 used to provide network access functions for authorized user equipment in a specific area, and can use different quality of transport tunnel.
- (R)AN can manage radio resources, provide access services for user equipment, and then complete the forwarding of control signals and user equipment data between user equipment and the core network.
- (R)AN can also be understood as a base station in a traditional network.
- the access network device in this embodiment of the present application may be any communication device having a wireless transceiver function for communicating with user equipment.
- the access network equipment includes but is not limited to: an evolved Node B (evolved Node B, eNB), a baseband unit (baseBand unit, BBU), an access point (access point, wireless fidelity, WIFI) system in a system.
- eNB evolved Node B
- baseBand unit baseBand unit
- WIFI wireless fidelity
- AP wireless relay node
- wireless backhaul node transmission point (TP) or transmission and reception point (TRP), etc.
- 5G such as NR, gNB in the system, or , transmission point (TRP or TP), one or a group (including multiple antenna panels) antenna panels of a base station in a 5G system, or, it can also be a network node that constitutes a gNB or transmission point, such as a baseband unit (BBU), Or, distributed unit (distributed unit, DU), etc.
- BBU baseband unit
- DU distributed unit
- a gNB may include a centralized unit (CU) and a DU.
- the gNB may also include an active antenna unit (AAU).
- the CU implements some functions of the gNB, and the DU implements some functions of the gNB.
- the CU is responsible for processing non-real-time protocols and services, and implementing functions of radio resource control (RRC) and packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) layers.
- RRC radio resource control
- PDCP packet data convergence protocol
- the DU is responsible for processing physical layer protocols and real-time services, and implementing the functions of the radio link control (RLC) layer, the media access control (MAC) layer and the physical (PHY) layer.
- RLC radio link control
- MAC media access control
- PHY physical layer
- the higher-layer signaling such as the RRC layer signaling
- the access network device may be a device including one or more of a CU node, a DU node, and an AAU node.
- the CU can be divided into access network equipment in the access network (radio access network, RAN), and the CU can also be divided into the access network equipment in the core network (core network, CN), this application does not Do limit.
- User plane network element 130 used for packet routing and forwarding, and quality of service (quality of service, QoS) processing of user plane data, and the like.
- the user plane network element may be a user plane function (UPF) network element.
- the user plane network element may still be the UPF network element, or may have other names, which are not limited in this application.
- Data network 140 a network for providing data transmission.
- the data network may be a data network (DN).
- DN data network
- the data network may still be DN, or may have other names, which are not limited in this application.
- Access management network element 150 mainly used for mobility management and access management, etc., and can be used to implement other functions in the mobility management entity (mobility management entity, MME) function except session management, for example, access Access authorization/authentication functions.
- mobility management entity mobility management entity, MME
- session management for example, access Access authorization/authentication functions.
- the access management network element may be an access and mobility management function (AMF) network element.
- AMF access and mobility management function
- the access management network element may still be an AMF network element, or may have other names, which are not limited in this application.
- Session management network element 160 mainly used for session management, Internet Protocol (IP) address allocation and management of terminal equipment, selection of endpoints that can manage user plane functions, policy control and charging function interfaces, and downlink data notification, etc.
- IP Internet Protocol
- the session management network element may be a session management function (session management function, SMF) network element.
- SMF session management function
- the session management network element may still be an SMF network element, or may have other names, which are not limited in this application.
- Policy control network element 170 a unified policy framework for guiding network behavior, providing policy rule information and the like for network network elements (eg, AMF, SMF network elements, etc.) or terminal equipment.
- network network elements eg, AMF, SMF network elements, etc.
- the policy control network element may be a policy and charging rules function (policy and charging rules function, PCRF) network element.
- policy control network element may be a policy control function (PCF) network element.
- PCF policy control function
- the policy control network element may still be the PCF network element, or may have other names, which are not limited in this application.
- Network opening network element 180 mainly used to support the opening of capabilities and events.
- the network exposure may be a network exposure function (NEF) network element.
- NEF network exposure function
- the network opening network element may still be the NEF network element, or may have other names, which are not limited in this application.
- Network storage network element 190 used to maintain the information of all network function services in the network.
- the network storage network element may be a network repository function (NRF) network element.
- NRF network repository function
- the network storage network element may still be an NRF network element, or may have other names, which are not limited in this application.
- Data management network element 1100 used for processing terminal equipment identification, access authentication, registration, and mobility management.
- the data management network element may be a unified data management (unified data management, UDM) network element.
- UDM unified data management
- the unified data management may still be a UDM network element, or may have other names, which are not limited in this application.
- Application network element 1110 used to perform data routing affected by applications, access network elements with open functions, and interact with the policy framework to perform policy control, and the like.
- the application network element may be an application function (application function, AF) network element.
- the application network element may still be the AF network element, or may have other names, which are not limited in this application.
- Data analysis network element 1120 used to implement the network data analysis function.
- the data analysis network element may be a single network element, a combination of multiple network elements, or a combination of other network elements.
- the NWDAF network element may be co-located with the AMF or co-located with the session management function (session management function, SMF) network element.
- SMF session management function
- the data analysis network element may be a network data analysis function (NWDAF) network element.
- NWDAF network data analysis function
- the data analysis network element may still be the NWDAF network element, or may have other names, which are not limited in this application.
- Network slice selection network element 1130 used to select a network slice instance serving the user equipment.
- the network slice selection network element may be a network slice selection function (network slice selection function, NSSF) network element.
- NSSF network slice selection function
- the network element of the network slice selection function may still be an NSSF network element, or may have other names, which are not limited in this application.
- network elements or functions may be network elements in hardware devices, software functions running on dedicated hardware, or virtualized functions instantiated on a platform (eg, a cloud platform).
- the access management function network element is the AMF network element
- the data analysis network element is the NWDAF network element
- the network storage network element is the NRF network element.
- the AMF network element is abbreviated as AMF
- the NWDAF network element is abbreviated as NWDAF
- the NRF network element is abbreviated as NRF. That is, the AMF described later in this application can be replaced with an access management function network element, the NWDAF can be replaced with a data analysis function network element, and the NRF can be replaced with a network storage network element.
- this application takes the device as an AMF entity, an NWDAF entity, and an NRF entity as examples to describe the method for acquiring data.
- the device it is a chip in the AMF entity, a chip in the NWDAF entity, or a chip in the NRF entity.
- the implementation method of the chip please refer to the specific description that the device is the AMF entity, the NWDAF entity, and the NRF entity, which will not be repeated.
- the terminal device is connected to the AMF through the N1 interface
- the RAN is connected to the AMF through the N2 interface
- the RAN is connected to the UPF through the N3 interface.
- the UPFs are connected through the N9 interface, and the UPFs are interconnected with the data network (DN) through the N6 interface.
- DN data network
- the SMF controls the UPF through the N4 interface.
- NSSF accesses the service-oriented architecture through the Nnssf interface and provides corresponding services; similarly, NRF, PCF, UDM, NWDAF, and AF access the service-oriented architecture through their corresponding interfaces to provide corresponding services.
- Nnef, Nnrf, Npcf, Nudm, Nnwdaf, Naf, Namf, Nsmf, Nnssf, N1, N2, N3, N4, and N6 are interface serial numbers.
- 3GPP 3rd generation partnership project
- network function network elements such as AMF network elements, SMF network elements, PCF network elements, BSF network elements, and UDM network elements are called network function network elements.
- NF network element
- a set of network elements such as AMF network elements, SMF network elements, PCF network elements, BSF network elements, and UDM network elements may be called control plane function network elements.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a 5G network architecture based on a service-oriented interface.
- the NWDAF network element shown in FIG. 1 can obtain and generate a data analysis result of a terminal device. For example, an analysis result (UE service in use analytics) of the service used by the terminal device is generated, which is used to count or predict the law of the service execution of the terminal device.
- an analysis result UE service in use analytics
- FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the network architecture of the interaction between 5G and 4G provided by this application.
- the 5G network can be configured by co-locating network elements with the 4G network (as shown in Figure 2, SMF and PGW-C are co-located, UDM and HSS are co-located, etc.) and/or open interactive interfaces (Figure 2).
- the N26 interface is opened between the AMF and the MME shown in 2) to realize the interaction between the two networks.
- the evolved UMTS terrestrial radio access network (E-UTRAN) shown in FIG. 2 is the access network equipment in the 4G network
- the NG-RAN is the access network in the 5G network.
- the device and the home subscriber server (HSS) are servers in the 4G network for storing user subscription information
- the serving gateway (SGW) is the user plane access service gateway and packet data network gateway in the 4G network-
- the control plane (packet data network gateway control, PGW-C) network element and the packet data network gateway-user plane (packet data network gateway user, PGW-U) network element is the 4G network responsible for the user equipment to connect to the external network.
- the network element is also responsible for the session management and bearer control of the mobile phone, as well as IP address allocation, billing support and other functions.
- each interface name shown in FIG. 2 (for example, S1-MME, S1-U, S11, N26, N3, N1, N2, N11, S11, S5-U, S5 shown in FIG. 2 -C, N15, N8, N10, S6a) are only examples and do not constitute any limitation to the protection scope of this application.
- NWDAF network elements have data collection, training, analysis, and reasoning functions, which can be used to collect relevant data from network network elements, third-party service servers, terminal equipment or network management systems, and perform intelligent analysis and training based on relevant data.
- Network elements, third-party service servers, terminal equipment, or network management systems provide data analysis results.
- the analysis results can assist the network to select service quality parameters for services, or assist the network to perform traffic routing, or assist the network to select background traffic transmission strategies, etc. It makes the network easy to maintain and control, improves the utilization efficiency of network resources, and improves user service experience.
- PCF or PCRF is a unified policy framework used to guide network behavior, and provides policy rule information for network elements (such as AMF, SMF, etc.) or terminal devices.
- network elements such as AMF, SMF, etc.
- the PCF and the PCRF may also be co-located.
- the co-located network element may be represented as PCF/PCRF.
- UDM and HSS can provide terminal equipment with at least one of the following functions: processing 3GPP AKA authentication credentials, user identification processing, access authorization, registration/mobility management, subscription management, and SMS management.
- the user equipment or the access network device includes a hardware layer, an operating system layer running on the hardware layer, and an application layer running on the operating system layer.
- This hardware layer includes hardware such as central processing unit (CPU), memory management unit (MMU), and memory (also called main memory).
- the operating system may be any one or more computer operating systems that implement business processing through processes, such as a Linux operating system, a Unix operating system, an Android operating system, an iOS operating system, or a Windows operating system.
- the application layer includes applications such as browsers, address books, word processing software, and instant messaging software.
- the embodiments of the present application do not specifically limit the specific structure of the execution body of the methods provided by the embodiments of the present application, as long as the program that records the codes of the methods provided by the embodiments of the present application can be executed to provide the methods provided by the embodiments of the present application.
- the execution subject of the method provided by the embodiment of the present application may be a user equipment or an access network device, or a functional module in the user equipment or access network device that can call and execute a program.
- the following describes a communication method provided by the present application in detail with reference to FIG. 3 .
- the method can be applied to the scenario shown in FIG. 1 , and of course can also be applied to other communication scenarios, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present application.
- the first access management network element in the first network receives wireless access assistance information from the second network.
- the first network may be a 4G network
- the first access management network element in the first network may be a mobility management entity (mobility management entity, MME) in the 4G network
- MME mobility management entity
- the second network may be a 5G network, or the second network may also be a future communication system (eg, a 6G network).
- the wireless access assistance information includes wireless access information corresponding to the terminal device and matching conditions corresponding to the wireless access information.
- the wireless access information corresponding to the terminal device may be represented by a RAT/frequency selection priority (RAT/frequency selection priority, RFSP) index (index) value, and different RFSP index values may be used to represent different wireless access information.
- the radio access information may also be represented by a subscriber profile ID (subscriber profile ID for RAT/frequency selection priority, SPID), which functions similarly to the RFSP index.
- the wireless access information can also be represented by a quality of service class identifier (QCI) or a 5G quality of service identifier (5G QoS identifier, 5QI), and different QCI or 5QI values are used to represent different values.
- QCI quality of service class identifier
- 5G QoS identifier, 5QI 5G QoS identifier
- the wireless access information is used to assist the terminal equipment to access different RATs/frequency points.
- the matching condition corresponding to the wireless access information includes at least one of the following matching information.
- User type information corresponding to the terminal device for example, different user levels (gold, silver, bronze users) and user classification (adults, teenagers).
- Service type information used by the terminal device for example, different service types such as AR/VR service, voice service, video service, data service, and URLLC service.
- Time information for example, the time can refer to a specific time point, or it can refer to daytime (such as 8:00-18:00), night, busy time (a certain time period), idle time (a certain time period) Wait.
- the location information of the terminal device which can be any location information used to identify the network area, such as tracking area (TA), tracking area list (TA list), cell (cell), cell list (cell list) )Wait.
- TA tracking area
- TA list tracking area list
- cell cell
- cell list cell list
- Network load information for example, the network load can be light load, normal load, or heavy load.
- the network load here may include access network load, core network load, network slice load, and the like.
- the wireless access assistance information includes wireless access information corresponding to at least one terminal device and at least one matching condition respectively corresponding to the at least one wireless access information.
- the wireless access auxiliary information corresponding to terminal equipment #1 includes the wireless access information RFSP index 1, RFSP index 2 and RFSP index 3 corresponding to terminal equipment #1, respectively.
- matching condition 1 is the time period 1.
- the time period may be a time period (12:00-1:00) at noon.
- the time information included in the matching condition 2 may be Time period 2
- matching condition 3 includes time information (time period 3) and service type information (service type 1, eg, voice service) used by terminal device #1.
- the first access management network element in the first network receives the wireless access assistance information from the second network, which may be that the first access management network element receives the second access information from the second network.
- the second access management network element may be an access and mobility management function (AMF) network element in a 5G network, or an access and mobility management function (AMF) network element in a future communication system.
- AMF access and mobility management function
- the second access management network element may still be an AMF network element, or may have other names, which are not limited in this application.
- the first access management network element may also receive the wireless access assistance information from the second network through the home user server in the first network.
- the radio access assistance information received by the first access management network element in the first network from the second network may be, during the mobility management process of the terminal device, for example, a tracking area update (tracking area) of the terminal device area update, TAU) process, or the terminal device receives the wireless access assistance information from the second network during the handover process.
- the first access management network element receives the handover sent by the second access management network element in the second network.
- the request (handover request) message or the forward relocation request (forward relocation request) message receives the wireless access assistance information of the terminal device.
- the terminal device is in an idle state, and when the terminal device moves from the 5G network to the 4G network, the first access management network element sends a context request (UE context request) message to the second access management network element, the The first access management network element may receive the wireless access assistance information of the terminal device through a context response message (UE context response).
- UE context request UE context request
- UE context response UE context response
- the first access management network element determines, according to the wireless access assistance information, wireless access information that the terminal device needs to use.
- the wireless access information to be used is the wireless access information that may be used by the terminal device, and the terminal device or the access network device can subsequently determine whether to use the wireless access information according to the actual situation.
- the access network device may determine whether to use the wireless access information according to the load condition of the network, the coverage condition of the network signal, and the like.
- the terminal device may also determine whether to use the wireless access information according to its own energy consumption usage, service usage, and the like.
- the first access management network element may determine that the terminal device satisfies one or more matching conditions in the at least one matching condition, and the first access management network element may determine that the one or more matching conditions correspond to
- the wireless access information is the wireless access information that the terminal device needs to use.
- the at least one matching condition includes a matching condition
- the first access management network element determines that the terminal device satisfies the one matching condition
- the wireless access information corresponding to the one matching condition is the wireless access information that the terminal device needs to use information.
- the first access management network element determines that the time information (time period 1, an example of the first time condition) of the terminal device #1 satisfies the matching condition 1, the first access management network element determines that the time information corresponding to the matching condition 1
- the wireless access information 1 is the wireless access information that the terminal device #1 needs to use.
- the first access management network element determines that the time information (time period 1) and the used service information (voice service) of the terminal device #1 satisfy the matching condition 2, then the first access management network element determines the matching condition
- the wireless access information 2 corresponding to 2 is the wireless access information that the terminal device #1 needs to use. It can be understood that, there may be one or more wireless access information that the terminal device needs to use, which is not limited in this application.
- the terminal device when the terminal device satisfies the matching condition, it can also be understood that the terminal device satisfies the matching information included in the matching condition, or the terminal device satisfies the time condition (for example, the first time condition) corresponding to the matching information in the matching condition. ), location conditions, etc.
- the first access management network element sends the wireless access information to be used by the terminal device to the access network device in the first network, and correspondingly, the access network device in the first network receives the wireless access information to be used Wireless access information.
- the first access management network element before the first access management network element sends the wireless access information to be used by the terminal device, it may be determined that the wireless access information to be used by the terminal device and the current access network device for the terminal.
- the wireless access information of the device is different, or is different from the wireless access information that the terminal device needs to use sent previously, the first access management network element sends the wireless access information to be used to the access network device. information, which can avoid repeated transmission and save signaling overhead.
- the first access management network element when the first access management network element sends the wireless access information to be used by the terminal device to the access network device, the first access management network element may send the wireless access information to the access network device when the terminal device is in an idle state.
- the network access device sends the context information of the terminal device, where the context information may include wireless access information that the terminal device needs to use.
- S240 may be further included, where the access network device in the first network determines the corresponding RAT/frequency priority according to the wireless access information required by the terminal device, and The terminal device's camping policy is executed according to the determined RAT/frequency priority.
- the access network device may determine the corresponding RAT/frequency point priority user file identifier SPID according to the wireless access information to be used by the terminal device.
- the access network device executes the camping policy of the terminal device according to the determined RAT/frequency priority.
- the camping strategy of the terminal equipment may be that the terminal equipment continues to camp on the original RAT/frequency point, or the terminal equipment accesses other RAT/frequency point (target RAT/frequency point). For example, if the access network device determines that the RAT/frequency point with the highest priority is the current RAT/frequency point, the access network device determines that the terminal device continues to camp on the current RAT/frequency point. Alternatively, if the access network device determines that the priority of the target RAT/frequency is higher than the RAT/frequency where the terminal device currently resides, the access network device determines that the terminal device accesses the target RAT/frequency.
- the first access management network element in the first network determines the wireless access assistance information to be used for the terminal device by receiving the wireless access assistance information from the second network, and uses the required wireless access assistance information for the terminal device.
- the used wireless access assistance information is sent to the access network device of the first network, so as to avoid the first access management network element in the first network from being unable to make the terminal device without the wireless access assistance information of the terminal device.
- the problem of the terminal device accessing the first network ultimately ensures that the terminal device resides in a suitable mobile communication network, saves resources in the network, and improves user experience.
- FIG. 4 shows another exemplary flowchart of a communication method provided by an embodiment of the present application, and a communication method provided by the present application is described in detail below with reference to FIG. 4 .
- the size of the sequence numbers of the following processes does not imply the sequence of execution, and the execution sequence of each process should be determined by its functions and internal logic, and should not constitute any limitation on the implementation process of the embodiments of the present application. And it may not be necessary to perform all the operations in the following method embodiments.
- a policy control function (PCF) in the second network receives the data analysis result, and the data analysis result can be generated by the data analysis network element and used to assist the PCF to formulate wireless access assistance information for the terminal device .
- PCF policy control function
- the data analysis results may include one or more of the following information.
- the analysis result of the service used by the terminal device (UE service in use analytics): This information can be used to count or predict the law of the service performed by the terminal device, and can include at least one service type, as well as the initiation time, location, and service data volume of each service. , initiation probability, duration and other information.
- Service experience per RAT and/or per frequency analytics for each wireless access standard RAT and/or frequency This information can be used to count and predict each service in different RATs and/or frequencies. Service experience under the point, the information may include information such as service type, RAT and/or frequency, service experience, etc. used by the terminal device.
- Data traffic analysis results used to count or predict data traffic information of a single user or user group, the information can include terminal device identification or terminal device group identification, area, quantity traffic, data mobility classification, etc. information.
- User data congestion analysis results used to count or predict the congestion of user data in the area, the information can include area, data type (control plane or user plane), congestion degree (high, medium, low, etc. ).
- Each RAT/frequency usage analysis result used to count or predict the usage of each RAT/frequency, the information may include RAT and/or frequency, number of users, traffic and other information.
- the above data analysis results can be terminal device granularity, service granularity, regional granularity, or network granularity.
- different terminal devices may correspond to different data analysis results, or different services such as video services and payment services of the terminal devices may correspond to different data analysis results.
- the PCF may receive the data analysis result actively sent by the NWDAF. For example, when the network slice load reaches a certain threshold, the NWDAF can actively send the data analysis result to the PCF. Or, in another possible implementation manner, the PCF may also receive the data analysis result sent by the NWDAF in response to the PCF's request. For example, PCF can send an analysis subscription request message (Nnwdaf_analyticsSubscripiton_subscribe) to NWDAF, which is used to request data analysis results of a terminal device or a group of terminal devices, and NWDAF can send an analysis subscription notification message (Nnwdaf_analyticsSubscripiton_Notify), which includes data analysis of the terminal device result.
- NWDAF can send an analysis subscription request message (Nnwdaf_analyticsSubscripiton_subscribe) to NWDAF, which is used to request data analysis results of a terminal device or a group of terminal devices
- NWDAF can send an analysis subscription notification message (
- the PCF may also send an analysis request message (Nnwdaf_analyticsRequest) to the NWDAF, and the NWDAF may send an analysis response message (Nnwdaf_analyticsResponse), where the message may include the data analysis result of the terminal device.
- Nnwdaf_analyticsRequest an analysis request message
- NWDAF may send an analysis response message (Nnwdaf_analyticsResponse)
- the message may include the data analysis result of the terminal device.
- the above request message sent by the PCF to the NWDAF may indicate the ID of the terminal device to be analyzed or the group ID (group ID) of the terminal device.
- the PCF can also add data analysis filter information (analytics filter) to the request message, for example, add area information to the request message, request the data analysis result of the terminal device in a certain area, or you can also add Filter information such as time period.
- the PCF determines the wireless access assistance information of the terminal device according to the data analysis result sent by the data analysis network element.
- the wireless access assistance information may include wireless access information corresponding to the terminal device and matching conditions corresponding to the wireless access information.
- the wireless access assistance information may include multiple wireless access information corresponding to the terminal device, and the matching condition may include multiple matching conditions.
- Each wireless access information in the plurality of wireless access information corresponds to one matching condition among the plurality of matching conditions.
- the specific content included in the wireless access assistance information is similar to that in S210, and details are not repeated here.
- the PCF may generate a RAT/Frequency Selection Priority (RFSP) index value according to the data analysis result sent by the NWDAF, and use different RFSP index values to represent Wireless access information of terminal equipment under different matching conditions.
- RFSP Radio Resource Selection Priority
- the value range of the RFSP index value can be 1 to 256, the value is sent to the access network device via the core network element, and the access network device maps the corresponding user file identifier SPID.
- the RFSP index value corresponding to the NR selection priority is the highest, indicating that the terminal device can preferentially select NR for camping at this time
- the RFSP index value corresponds to the EUTRAN selection priority mapped The highest value indicates that the terminal device can preferentially select EUTRAN for camping at this time.
- the RFSP index value corresponding to the access frequency of the terminal device is 3.5Ghz, which means that the terminal device can preferentially select the 3.5Ghz frequency for camping.
- the RFSP The index value corresponds to the mapped access frequency of the terminal device as 2.6Ghz, which indicates that the terminal device can preferentially select the 2.5Ghz frequency for camping at this time.
- the data analysis result received by the PCF in step S310 includes the analysis result of the service used by the terminal equipment (UE service in use analytics) and the service experience analysis result (service experience) of each radio access standard RAT and/or frequency. per RAT and/or per frequency analytics) as an example, the PCF can determine the RFSP index value of the terminal device in two steps.
- Step 1 the PCF determines the type of service that the terminal device will use in different scenarios according to the analysis result of the service used by the terminal device. For example, terminal equipment #1, the cell ID is 6010003, the start time of executing the voice service is 10:00, the duration is 30 minutes, and the probability of the terminal equipment executing the voice service at this time point in a statistical period is 0.8, then the PCF according to The used service analysis information determines that the service type that terminal device #1 will use in cell 6010003 at time 10:00 is voice service. Similarly, the PCF determines the type of service that the terminal device #1 will use at other locations or time points according to the service analysis information used, for example, the probability that the terminal device will use a virtual reality (VR) service during a certain period of time to the maximum.
- VR virtual reality
- the PCF can also determine the types of services that a group of terminal devices will use in different scenarios.
- the service type used by the terminal device may be a specific service type, or may be a serial number or indication information corresponding to the service type, which is not limited herein.
- Step 2 Based on the service type obtained in step 1, the PCF determines the optimal wireless access according to the service experience analysis results (service experience per RAT and/or per frequency analytics) of each wireless access standard RAT and/or frequency. Supplementary information. That is to say, the wireless access information selected by the PCF according to the data analysis result sent by the NWDAF can optimize the service experience of the service type. For example, in a statistical period, terminal device #1 is in cell 6010003, time 10:00-11:00, the probability of using voice service is the highest, its service experience in the 4G network is 3.0, and the service in the 5G network is 3.0. If the experience is 2.5, the PCF determines that the RFSP index value corresponds to the highest priority for accessing the 4G network.
- the service experience analysis results service experience per RAT and/or per frequency analytics
- terminal equipment #1 has the highest probability of using VR services from 14:00 to 15:00, its service experience in 5G network is 3.0, and its service experience in 4G network is 2.0, then PCF determines that terminal equipment # 1 In cell 6010003, when the time information is 14:00-15:00, the RFSP index value corresponds to the highest priority for accessing the 5G network.
- PCF can also consider other information. For example, information such as service priority of the terminal device, user type of the terminal device, user priority, and network congestion. For example, if the PCF judges, according to the analysis result of the services used by the terminal equipment of terminal equipment #1, that the probability of occurrence of video services and voice services is the same for terminal equipment #1 in a certain scenario, but the priority of video services is higher than that of voice services, the PCF can determine the probability of occurrence of video services and voice services in a certain scenario for terminal equipment #1 The service experience analysis result of the video service selects the RAT/frequency point that can make the video service experience the best.
- information such as service priority of the terminal device, user type of the terminal device, user priority, and network congestion. For example, if the PCF judges, according to the analysis result of the services used by the terminal equipment of terminal equipment #1, that the probability of occurrence of video services and voice services is the same for terminal equipment #1 in a certain scenario, but the priority of video services is higher than that of voice services, the PCF can determine the probability
- the PCF determines that the wireless access standard of terminal equipment #1 is RAT#1 (eg NR) according to the above two data analysis results, but the network load of RAT#1 is already high, and the user priority of terminal equipment #1 and lower, the PCF can determine to select RAT#2 (eg EUTRAN) for terminal device #1.
- RAT#1 eg NR
- RAT#2 eg EUTRAN
- the wireless access assistance information determined by the PCF includes multiple wireless access information corresponding to the terminal device under multiple matching conditions, or it can also be understood that the wireless access assistance information included in the terminal device corresponds to The wireless access information varies with the time information, the location information of the terminal equipment and other information. Subsequently, the wireless access auxiliary information can be used by the AMF according to the actual situation (time information, location information of the terminal equipment, etc.). location information, etc.) to determine the wireless access information that the terminal device needs to use. For example, different service types used by the terminal equipment correspond to different wireless access information, or the terminal equipment in different network areas corresponds to different network loads, or different local policies, and the corresponding wireless access information may be different.
- the PCF can determine that the wireless access information of the terminal device corresponds to the 5G low frequency. Or, if the load of the entire 5G network is relatively high, the PCF can determine that the wireless access information of the terminal device corresponds to the 4G network.
- the wireless access assistance information generated by the PCF may be at the granularity of a single terminal device, or may be at the granularity of a group of terminal devices.
- the wireless access assistance information acts on each terminal device in the group.
- the terminal device group may be a gold user group, or a group of Terminal equipment groups, etc.
- the PCF sends the wireless access assistance information of the terminal device to the AMF (an example of the second access management network element), and accordingly, the AMF receives the wireless access assistance information.
- the AMF an example of the second access management network element
- this step may occur in the 5G registration process of the terminal device.
- the AMF receives the registration message of the terminal device, and sends a request message to the PCF to obtain the corresponding access and mobility policy (AM policy).
- the PCF sends the corresponding access and mobility policies at the request of the AMF, including the wireless access assistance information of the terminal device.
- this step may occur in the process of the PCF actively updating the access and mobility policies, and the PCF actively sends the updated access and mobility policies to the AMF, including the wireless access policy of the terminal device.
- Enter auxiliary information For example, when the operator's local policy configured in the PCF changes, the PCF is triggered to update the access and mobility policy, where the access and mobility policy includes the wireless access assistance information of the terminal device. For another example, when the PCF detects that the subscription data of the terminal device changes, or when the data analysis result sent by the NWDAF changes, it can trigger the PCF to actively update the access and mobility policies, and trigger the AMF to send the wireless data of the terminal device to the AMF. Access auxiliary information.
- the method may further include S330, where the AMF determines, according to the wireless access assistance information, wireless access information that the terminal device needs to use.
- the wireless access information to be used is the wireless access information that the terminal device may use, and the terminal device or the access network device can subsequently determine whether to use the wireless access information according to the actual situation.
- the access network device may determine whether to use the wireless access information according to the load condition of the network, the coverage condition of the network signal, and the like.
- the terminal device may also determine whether to use the wireless access information according to its own energy consumption usage, service usage, and the like.
- the wireless access information that the terminal device needs to use can be represented by the RFSP index (RFSP index in use) information used by the terminal device.
- the wireless access information used is RFSP index in use information as an example for description.
- the AMF can also obtain the RFSP index information subscribed by the terminal equipment from the UDM, and determine the RFSP index in use information of the terminal equipment in combination with the subscribed RFSP index information, local policies, etc.
- the AMF may determine, according to the matching condition satisfied by the terminal device, the wireless access information corresponding to the matching condition as the wireless access information that the terminal device needs to use. For example, the AMF determines that the matching information such as the network location where the terminal device #1 is located, the type of service the terminal device is performing or is about to perform, and the load of the current network satisfies the matching condition 1 in the above-mentioned wireless access assistance information, and the wireless access corresponding to the matching condition 1 If the access information is RFSP index equal to 8, the AMF determines that the wireless access information that the terminal device needs to use is RFSP index in use equal to 8.
- the AMF determines that the network location where the terminal equipment #1 is located, and the type of service that the terminal equipment is performing or is about to perform changes, for example, the terminal equipment moves from cell #1 to cell #1, or, the terminal equipment uses
- the service type is changed from a voice service to a video service
- the AMF determines that the terminal device satisfies the matching condition 2 in the wireless access auxiliary information, and the wireless access information corresponding to the matching condition 2 is that the RFSP index is equal to 7, then the AMF can determine that the terminal device needs
- the radio access information used is RFSP index in use equal to 7.
- the method may further include S340, the AMF sends the wireless access information required by the terminal device to the gNB (an example of the access network device in the second network), and accordingly, the access network device receives The required radio access information for the terminal device.
- the AMF can determine the matching conditions currently met by the terminal device, for example, the AMF determines the current network location of the terminal device #1, the type of service being performed, the 5G network
- the radio access information RFSP index corresponding to the matching condition satisfied by the load situation is equal to 8, then the AMF determines that the radio access information that terminal device #1 needs to use is RFSP index in use equal to 8, and sends the request to the access network device.
- Radio access information used (RFSP index in use equals 8). It should be understood that when the matching condition satisfied by the terminal device #1 changes, the wireless access assistance information corresponding to the terminal device #1 also changes, and the AMF sends the access network device the wireless access required by the terminal device #1 to be used. The incoming information also changes accordingly.
- the AMF can also determine whether the RFSP index in use information is the same as the current RFSP index in use information for the terminal device in the access network device, or determine whether it is the same as the previously sent RFSP index in use information. Whether the RFSP index in use information of the terminal device is the same, if not, the AMF sends the RFSP index in use information to the access network device, which can prevent the AMF from repeatedly sending the same RFSP index in use and save signaling overhead.
- the AMF sends the RFSP index in use information of the terminal device to the access network device, which may be in the process of signaling interaction between the AMF and the access network device.
- the access network device For example, when the terminal device enters the connected state from the idle state, a new N2 interface signaling connection will be created between the access network device and the AMF, and the AMF will send the terminal device initial context establishment (NG-AP initial UE context setup) message is used to establish the overall initial context necessary for the terminal device on the access network device, and the AMF can send the RFSP index in use information to the access network device through this message.
- the terminal device is in the connected state and the N2 interface connection has been established. If the AMF needs to update the N2 interface connection at this time, the AMF can send a terminal device context modification (NG-AP UE context modification) message to the access network device, AMF sends RFSP index in use information to the access network device through this message.
- NG-AP UE context modification terminal device context modification
- the method may further include S350, the access network device determines the corresponding RAT/frequency priority according to the wireless access information required by the terminal device, and executes the process according to the determined RAT/frequency priority.
- the residency policy of the end device may further include S350, the access network device determines the corresponding RAT/frequency priority according to the wireless access information required by the terminal device, and executes the process according to the determined RAT/frequency priority.
- the residency policy of the end device may further include S350, the access network device determines the corresponding RAT/frequency priority according to the wireless access information required by the terminal device, and executes the process according to the determined RAT/frequency priority.
- the residency policy of the end device may further include S350, the access network device determines the corresponding RAT/frequency priority according to the wireless access information required by the terminal device, and executes the process according to the determined RAT/frequency priority.
- the access network device may determine the corresponding RAT/frequency point priority user profile ID (subscriber profile ID, SPID) according to the RFSP index in use information. For example, if the RFSP index in use is equal to 1, the gNB will set the 5G 2.6GHz frequency point as the highest priority. For another example, if the RFSP index in use is equal to 8, the access network device will set the 4G 800MHz frequency point as the highest priority.
- SPID subscriber profile ID
- the access network device executes the camping policy of the terminal device according to the determined RAT/frequency priority.
- the camping policy of the terminal equipment may be that the terminal equipment continues to camp on the original RAT/frequency point, or the terminal equipment accesses other RAT/frequency point (target RAT/frequency point). For example, if the RAT/frequency point with the highest priority determined by the access network equipment according to the RFSP index in use sent by the AMF is the current RAT/frequency point, the access network equipment determines that the terminal equipment continues to camp on the current RAT/frequency point. point.
- the access network device determines that the priority of the target RAT/frequency point is higher than the RAT/frequency point where the terminal equipment currently resides according to the RFSP index in use information sent by the AMF, then the access network equipment determines that the terminal equipment accesses Target RAT/frequency.
- the access network device executes connecting the terminal device to the target RAT/frequency.
- the terminal device is in a connected state, and the gNB determines that the priority of the target RAT/frequency is higher than that of the current RAT/frequency , the access network device triggers the handover (Handover) process of the terminal device.
- the target RAT/frequency point information is carried in the handover measurement message or handover command sent by the access network device to the terminal device.
- the access network device triggers a redirection (Redirection) process of the terminal device, and the target is carried in a radio resource control (radio resource control, RRC) connection release (RRC connection release) message sent by the access network device to the terminal device RAT/frequency information.
- RRC radio resource control
- the access network device switches or redirects the terminal device to the target RAT/frequency point.
- the access network device may also add information of switching or redirecting the terminal device to the target RAT/frequency point in the subsequent handover or redirection process triggered by the terminal device based on other reasons.
- the access network device may wait for the terminal device to enter a connected state, and perform the same method as above.
- the access network device actively pages the terminal device to the connected state, and performs the same method as the above-mentioned connected state terminal device.
- the AMF sends the wireless access assistance information of the terminal device to the MME (an example of the first access management network element in the first network), and accordingly, the MME receives the wireless access assistance information.
- the MME an example of the first access management network element in the first network
- the AMF may send the wireless access assistance information of the terminal device to the MME during the mobility management process of the terminal device. If the terminal device is in the connected state, the AMF may send the wireless access assistance information of the terminal device to the MME through signaling interaction between the AMF and the MME during the process of switching the terminal device from the 5G network to the 4G network. For example, the AMF sends the wireless access assistance information of the terminal device to the MME through a handover request (handover request) message or a forward relocation request (forward relocation request) message.
- handover request handover request
- forward relocation request forward relocation request
- the MME will send a context request (UE context request) message to the AMF, and the AMF can send the MME this message through a context response message (UE context response).
- UE context request UE context request
- UE context response UE context response
- the above mobility management process of the terminal device may be caused by step S340b triggering the terminal device to access the target RAT/frequency, or it may be caused by other reasons, such as handover caused by the weakening of the 5G network signal or redirection, which is not limited in this application.
- the AMF sends the wireless access assistance information of the terminal device to the MME, and the MME can determine the wireless access information that needs to be used corresponding to the terminal device according to the specific scenario and environment, make reasonable use of network resources, and improve the user experience. experience.
- the MME determines that the current RAT with the highest priority corresponding to the terminal device is the 4G network, which temporarily avoids the prior art that the MME preferentially accesses the 5G terminal device to the 5G network by default.
- the "ping-pong" problem that occurs when a 5G terminal device switches to a 4G network.
- the subsequent MME may also trigger the terminal device to switch from the 4G network to the 5G network when the location information of the terminal device, the service type information used, etc. change, according to the terminal device meeting the matching condition that the RAT is 5G.
- the mobility management process is optimized to make the user experience optimal.
- the MME determines the wireless access information that the terminal device needs to use according to the wireless access assistance information of the terminal device.
- the wireless access information to be used is similar to that in S220, and is the wireless access information that the terminal device may use. Subsequently, the terminal device or the access network device can determine whether to use the wireless access information according to the actual situation.
- the wireless access information that the MME determines according to the wireless access assistance information to be used by the terminal equipment may be, according to the wireless access assistance information obtained from the AMF, and the information obtained from the HSS that the terminal equipment is subscribed to in 4G.
- the wireless access information, local policies, etc. determine the wireless access information to be used for the terminal device.
- the MME may determine that matching information such as the location information of the 4G network where the terminal device is located, the type of service the terminal device is performing or is about to perform, and the current 4G network load satisfies a certain matching condition.
- the MME determines the wireless access information corresponding to the matching condition as the wireless access information determined by the terminal device to be used.
- the MME determines that the current moment, the current location (TA) of the terminal device, or the current 4G network load condition satisfies a matching condition in the wireless access assistance information, and the wireless access information corresponding to the matching condition is that the RFSP index is equal to 8 (which corresponds to 4G RAT/high frequency point priority), that is, the MME determines that the current RFSP index in use of the terminal device is equal to 8.
- the MME sends the RFSP index in use information to the access network device (eg, eNB) in the first network, which ensures that the terminal device can reside on the 4G network in this scenario, and avoids The problem of terminal equipment "ping-pong" between the 5G network and the 4G network caused by the device always preferentially accessing the 5G network can improve the user experience and save network resources.
- the access network device eg, eNB
- the MME sends the radio access information to be used by the terminal device to the eNB (an example of the access network device in the first network), and accordingly, the access network device receives the radio access information to be used by the terminal device.
- the eNB an example of the access network device in the first network
- the MME can determine the matching conditions currently satisfied by the terminal device, for example, determine the network location where the terminal device #1 is currently located, the type of service being performed, the type of the 4G network
- the radio access information RFSP index corresponding to the matching condition satisfied by the load situation is equal to 2
- the MME determines that the radio access information to be used by terminal device #1 is that the RFSP index in use is equal to 2, and sends the radio access information to the access network device. (RFSP index in use is equal to 2).
- RFSP index in use is equal to 2
- the MME sends the access network device the wireless access required by the terminal device #1 to be used.
- the incoming information also changes accordingly.
- the MME may first determine that the wireless access information to be used by the terminal device is different from the wireless access information for the terminal device in the current access network device. , or, different from the previously sent wireless access information that the terminal device needs to use, the MME sends the wireless access information to be used to the access network device, which can avoid repeated sending and save signaling overhead.
- sending the RFSP index in use information of the terminal device by the MME to the access network device may be that when the terminal device is in an idle state, the MME sends an initial context establishment message (S1-AP initial UE context) of the terminal device to the eNB setup), the initial context setup message may include the RFSP index in use information.
- the MME sends the terminal device context modification message (S1-AP UE context modification) to the eNB, and the context modification message may include the RFSP index in use information.
- the wireless communication of the terminal device is sent to the first access management network element (for example, MME) in the first network through the second access management network element (for example, AMF) in the second network Access assistance information, so that the first access management network element can use the wireless access assistance information to determine the wireless access assistance information to be used for the terminal device, and send the wireless access assistance information to be used to
- the access network device of the first network prevents the first access management network element in the first network from being unable to determine the corresponding appropriate device for the terminal device under appropriate conditions without knowing the wireless access assistance information of the terminal device.
- the problem of wireless access information which ultimately ensures that the terminal device can reside in a suitable mobile communication network, can save resources in the network and improve user experience.
- the method may further include S390.
- the access network device in the first network determines the RAT/frequency priority according to the wireless access information sent by the MME to be used by the terminal device, and executes the terminal device's camping policy.
- the specific method and process are similar to those in S240, and are not repeated here.
- FIG. 5 shows another exemplary flowchart of the communication method provided by the embodiment of the present application.
- the following describes the communication method provided by the present application in detail with reference to FIG. 5 .
- the size of the sequence numbers of the following processes does not imply the sequence of execution, and the execution sequence of each process should be determined by its functions and internal logic, and should not constitute any limitation on the implementation process of the embodiments of the present application. And it may not be necessary to perform all the operations in the following method embodiments.
- a policy control function (PCF) in the second network receives a data analysis result, and the data analysis result can be generated by the data analysis network element and used to assist the PCF to formulate wireless access assistance information for the terminal device .
- PCF policy control function
- the information included in the data analysis result and the signaling interaction for the PCF to receive the data analysis result are similar to the steps before S310, and will not be repeated here.
- the PCF determines wireless access assistance information of the terminal device according to the data analysis result. This step and the information included in the wireless access assistance information are similar to those in S310.
- the UDM may also receive the data analysis result sent by the NWDAF, and determine the wireless access assistance information of the terminal device according to the data analysis result. That is to say, before S410 and in S410, the UDM may also perform the same or similar function of the PCF determining the wireless access assistance information of the terminal device in the embodiment of the present application. Alternatively, in the embodiment of the present application, the NWDAF may also determine the wireless access assistance information by itself, which is not limited in the present application.
- the PCF sends the wireless access assistance information of the terminal device to the home user server in the first network, and correspondingly, the home user server in the first network receives the wireless access assistance information.
- the home user server in the first network can be the HSS in the 4G network, and in order to realize the interoperation of the 4G network and the 5G network, the two network elements of the HSS and the UDM can be set together, for the convenience of description. , represented by HSS/UDM. That is to say, the home subscriber server HSS in the first network receives, through the UDM, the wireless access assistance information of the terminal device sent by the PCF.
- the PCF may send the context information of the terminal device to the UDM/HSS, where the context information includes the radio access assistance information.
- the PCF may send the information to the UDM/HSS by invoking the terminal device context management registration service (Nudm_UEContextManagement_registration), or by invoking the terminal device context management update service (Nudm_UEContextManagement_update).
- the PCF may send subscription data of the terminal device to the UDM/HSS, where the subscription data includes wireless access assistance information of the terminal device.
- the PCF can send the wireless access assistance information of the terminal device to the unified data repository (UDR) by calling the data management creation service (Nudr_DataManagementCreate) or the data management update service (Nudr_DataManagementUpdate).
- the UDM/HSS then obtains the wireless access assistance information from the UDR.
- the UDM/HSS can obtain the subscription data of the terminal device from the UDR by invoking the data management query (Nudr_DataManagementQuery) service or the data management subscription (Nudr_DataManagementSubscribe) service, where the subscription data may include the wireless access assistance information of the terminal device.
- the PCF may also send the radio access assistance information to the UDM/HSS by invoking the subscription data management service (Nudm_Subscriber DataManagement_Info) of the UDM.
- the method may further include S430, the UDM/HSS sends the wireless access assistance information to the AMF (an example of the second access management network element in the second network), and accordingly, the AMF receives the wireless access assistance information information.
- the AMF an example of the second access management network element in the second network
- the AMF when the terminal device accesses the 5G network to initiate the registration process or the location update process, the AMF sends the terminal device's context registration request message (Nudm_UECM_Registration request) or the terminal device's context acquisition request message to the UDM (Nudm_UECM_Get request), the UDM can send the wireless access assistance information to the AMF through the context registration response message (Nudm_UECM_Registration response) of the terminal device or the context acquisition response message (Nudm_UECM_Get response) of the terminal device.
- the process of the UDM sending the wireless access information subscribed by the terminal device to the AMF may not be affected, that is, the UDM sends the wireless access information subscribed by the terminal device and the above PCF determination to the AMF. of the wireless access assistance information.
- the AMF sends a subscription data request message (Nudm_SDM_get request) or a subscription request message (Nudm_SDM_Subscribe request) to the UDM to obtain the subscription data of the terminal device in the 5G network.
- the UDM can send the wireless access assistance information to the AMF through a subscription data response message (Nudm_SDM_get response) or a subscription response message (Nudm_SDM_Subscribe response).
- the UDM may update the originally subscribed wireless access information of the terminal device to the wireless access assistance information determined by the PCF.
- the method may further include S440, where the AMF determines, according to the wireless access assistance information, wireless access information that the terminal device needs to use.
- the method may further include S450, the AMF sends the wireless access information to be used to the gNB (an example of the access network device in the second network), and accordingly, the access network device receives the wireless access information to be used. Wireless access information.
- the method may further include S460 and S470, the access network device executes the terminal device's camping policy according to the RAT/frequency priority determined by the wireless access information to be used by the terminal device.
- the UDM/HSS sends the wireless access assistance information of the terminal device to the MME (an example of the first access management network element in the first network), and accordingly, the MME receives the wireless access assistance information.
- the MME when the terminal device accesses the 4G network and initiates the registration process or the TAU process, the MME sends a UE location request message to the HSS, which is used to report the location of the terminal device and obtain the location of the terminal device. Information such as contract data in the 4G network.
- the HSS may send the radio access assistance information to the MME through a user equipment location response message (UE location response).
- the MME determines, according to the wireless access assistance information, wireless access information that the terminal device needs to use.
- the MME sends radio access information to be used by the terminal device to an access network device (eg, eNB) in the first network, and correspondingly, the access network device receives the radio access information to be used by the terminal device.
- an access network device eg, eNB
- the method may further include S4110, the access network device determines the RAT/frequency priority according to the wireless access information to be used by the terminal device, and executes the camping policy of the terminal device.
- steps S490 to S4110 is similar to that of S370 to S390, and details are not repeated here.
- the PCF can also send the wireless access assistance information of the terminal device to the MME in other ways.
- the PCF/PCRF can also use the PGW and SGW to send the terminal device to the MME.
- the above-mentioned wireless access assistance information of the device is sent to the MME of the 4G network, and this application does not limit the specific sending method.
- the PCF/PCRF sends the UE's radio access assistance information (such as RFSP index and corresponding matching conditions) to the PGW through an IP-CAN session modification message.
- the PGW sends the UE's radio access assistance information to the SGW through a bearer modification request (update bearer request) message.
- the SGW sends the UE's radio access assistance information to the MME through a bearer modification request (update bearer request) message.
- the size of the sequence numbers of each process does not mean the order of execution, and the execution order of each process should be determined by its function and internal logic, and should not constitute any limitation to the implementation process of the embodiments of the present application. .
- FIG. 6 is a schematic block diagram of a communication apparatus provided by an embodiment of the present application.
- the communication device 10 may include a processing unit 11 and a transceiver unit 12 .
- the communication device 10 may correspond to the first access management network element in the first network in the above method embodiment, for example, may be an MME in a 4G network, or may be configured in the first access management network element in the above method embodiment.
- the communication device 10 may correspond to the first access management network element in the methods 200, 300, and 400 according to the embodiments of the present application, and the communication device 10 may include a method for executing the methods 200 and 400 in FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 . Elements of the method performed by the first access management network element in the method 300 in FIG. 5 and the method 400 in FIG. 5 .
- each unit in the communication device 1500 and the above-mentioned other operations and/or functions are respectively to implement the corresponding processes of the method 200 in FIG. 3 , the method 300 in FIG. 4 , and the method 400 in FIG. 5 .
- the processing unit 11 can be used to execute S220 of the method 200
- the transceiver unit 12 can be used to execute S210 and S230 of the method 200 .
- the processing unit 11 can be used to perform S370 in the method 300
- the transceiver unit 12 can be used to perform S360 and 380 in the method 300 .
- the processing unit 11 can be used to perform S490 in the method 400
- the transceiver unit 12 can be used to perform S480 and S4110 in the method 400 .
- FIG. 7 is a schematic block diagram of a communication apparatus provided by an embodiment of the present application.
- the communication device 20 may include a processing unit 21 and a transceiver unit 22 .
- the communication device 20 may correspond to the second access management network element in the second network in the above method embodiments, for example, may be an AMF in a 5G network, or may be configured in the first network element. 2.
- the communication apparatus 20 may correspond to the second access management network element in the methods 300 and 400 according to the embodiments of the present application, and the communication apparatus 20 may include a method for executing the method 300 in FIG. Elements of the method performed by the second access management network element in the method 300 and the method 400 in FIG. 5 .
- each unit in the communication device 20 and the above-mentioned other operations and/or functions are respectively to implement the corresponding processes of the method 300 in FIG. 4 and the method 400 in FIG. 5 .
- the processing unit 21 can be used to execute S330 of the method 300
- the transceiver unit 22 can be used to execute S320 , S340 and S360 of the method 300
- the processing unit 21 can be used to perform S440 in the method 400
- the transceiver unit 22 can be used to perform S430 and S450 in the method 400 .
- FIG. 8 is a schematic block diagram of a communication apparatus provided by an embodiment of the present application.
- the communication device 30 may include a processing unit 31 and a transceiver unit 32 .
- the communication device 30 may correspond to a policy control network element in the second network in the above method embodiment, for example, may be a PCF in a 5G network, or be configured in the policy control network element in the chip.
- the communication apparatus 30 may correspond to the policy control network element in the methods 300 and 400 according to the embodiments of the present application, and the communication apparatus 30 may include a method for executing the method 300 in FIG. 4 , the method 300 in FIG. In the method 400 in FIG. 5 , the unit of the method for the policy to control the execution of the network element.
- each unit in the communication device 30 and the above-mentioned other operations and/or functions are respectively to implement the corresponding processes of the method 300 in FIG. 4 and the method 400 in FIG. 5 .
- the processing unit 31 can be used to execute S310 of the method 300
- the transceiver unit 32 can be used to execute S320 of the method 300
- the processing unit 31 can be used to execute S410 of the method 400
- the transceiver unit 32 can be used to execute S420 of the method 400 .
- FIG. 9 is a schematic block diagram of a communication apparatus provided by an embodiment of the present application.
- the communication device 40 may include a processing unit 41 and a transceiver unit 42 .
- the communication device 40 may correspond to the home user server in the first network in the above method embodiments, for example, may be the HSS in the 4G network, or the home user server configured in the home user server chip.
- the communication device 40 may correspond to the home subscriber server HSS in the method 400 according to the embodiment of the present application, and the communication device 40 may include a method for executing the method 400 in FIG. 5 , and the HSS in the method 400 in FIG. method unit.
- each unit in the communication device 40 and the above-mentioned other operations and/or functions are in order to implement the corresponding flow of the method 400 in FIG. 5 .
- the communication device 40 can be used to execute the method 400 in FIG. 5
- the processing unit 41 can be used to execute S470 of the method 400
- the transceiver unit 42 can be used to execute S420 , S430 and S480 of the method 400 . It should be understood that the specific process of each unit performing the above-mentioned corresponding steps has been described in detail in the above-mentioned method embodiments, and for the sake of brevity, it will not be repeated here.
- FIG. 10 is a structural block diagram of a communication apparatus 50 provided according to an embodiment of the present application.
- the communication device 50 shown in FIG. 10 includes a processor 51 , a memory 52 and a transceiver 53 .
- the processor 51 is coupled to the memory for executing instructions stored in the memory to control the transceiver 53 to transmit and/or receive signals.
- processor 51 and the memory 53 may be combined into a processing device, and the processor 51 is configured to execute the program codes stored in the memory 53 to realize the above-mentioned functions.
- the memory 53 may also be integrated in the processor 51 or independent of the processor 51 .
- the processor 51 may also correspond to each processing unit in the foregoing communication apparatus, and the transceiver 53 may correspond to each receiving unit and each transmitting unit in the foregoing communication apparatus.
- transceiver 52 may include a receiver (or, receiver) and a transmitter (or, transmitter).
- the transceiver may further include antennas, and the number of the antennas may be one or more.
- the transceiver 52 may also be a communication interface or interface circuit.
- the communication device 50 may correspond to the first access management network element in the method 200, the second access management network element in the method 300, and the policy control function network element PCF in the method 400 according to the embodiment of the present application , or, the Home Subscriber Server HSS in the method 400 .
- the communication apparatus 50 may include means for the method for the first access management network element in the method 200 in FIG. 3 , means for the method performed by the second access management network element in the method 300 in FIG. 4 , and FIG. 5
- each unit in the communication device 50 and the above-mentioned other operations and/or functions are respectively to implement the corresponding processes of the method 200 in FIG. 3 , the method 300 in FIG. 4 , and the method 400 in FIG. 5 . It should be understood that the specific process of each unit performing the above-mentioned corresponding steps has been described in detail in the above-mentioned method embodiments, and for the sake of brevity, it will not be repeated here.
- the chip When the communication device 50 is a chip, the chip includes a transceiver unit and a processing unit.
- the transceiver unit may be an input/output circuit or a communication interface;
- the processing unit may be a processor, a microprocessor or an integrated circuit integrated on the chip.
- each step of the above-mentioned method can be completed by a hardware integrated logic circuit in a processor or an instruction in the form of software.
- the steps of the methods disclosed in conjunction with the embodiments of the present application may be directly embodied as executed by a hardware processor, or executed by a combination of hardware and software modules in the processor.
- the software modules may be located in random access memory, flash memory, read-only memory, programmable read-only memory or electrically erasable programmable memory, registers and other storage media mature in the art.
- the storage medium is located in the memory, and the processor reads the information in the memory, and completes the steps of the above method in combination with its hardware. To avoid repetition, detailed description is omitted here.
- the processor in this embodiment of the present application may be an integrated circuit chip, which has a signal processing capability.
- each step of the above method embodiments may be completed by a hardware integrated logic circuit in a processor or an instruction in the form of software.
- the aforementioned processors may be general purpose processors, digital signal processors (DSPs), application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) or other programmable logic devices, discrete gate or transistor logic devices, discrete hardware components .
- DSPs digital signal processors
- ASICs application specific integrated circuits
- FPGAs field programmable gate arrays
- the methods, steps, and logic block diagrams disclosed in the embodiments of this application can be implemented or executed.
- a general purpose processor may be a microprocessor or the processor may be any conventional processor or the like.
- the steps of the methods disclosed in conjunction with the embodiments of the present application may be directly embodied as executed by a hardware decoding processor, or executed by a combination of hardware and software modules in the decoding processor.
- the software module may be located in random access memory, flash memory, read-only memory, programmable read-only memory or electrically erasable programmable memory, registers and other storage media mature in the art.
- the storage medium is located in the memory, and the processor reads the information in the memory, and completes the steps of the above method in combination with its hardware.
- the present application also provides a computer program product, the computer program product includes: computer program code, when the computer program code is run on a computer, the computer is made to execute FIG. 3 , FIG. 4 or The method of any one of the embodiments shown in FIG. 5 .
- the present application further provides a computer-readable medium, where program codes are stored in the computer-readable medium, and when the program codes are run on a computer, the computer is made to execute FIG. 3 , FIG. 4 or The method of any one of the embodiments shown in FIG. 5 .
- the present application further provides a system, which includes the foregoing apparatus or equipment.
- a component may be, but is not limited to, a process running on a processor, a processor, an object, an executable, a thread of execution, a program, and/or a computer.
- an application running on a computing device and the computing device may be components.
- One or more components may reside within a process and/or thread of execution, and a component may be localized on one computer and/or distributed between 2 or more computers.
- these components can execute from various computer readable media having various data structures stored thereon.
- a component may, for example, be based on a signal having one or more data packets (eg, data from two components interacting with another component between a local system, a distributed system, and/or a network, such as the Internet interacting with other systems via signals) Communicate through local and/or remote processes.
- data packets eg, data from two components interacting with another component between a local system, a distributed system, and/or a network, such as the Internet interacting with other systems via signals
- the disclosed system, apparatus and method may be implemented in other manners.
- the apparatus embodiments described above are only illustrative.
- the division of the units is only a logical function division. In actual implementation, there may be other division methods.
- multiple units or components may be combined or Can be integrated into another system, or some features can be ignored, or not implemented.
- the shown or discussed mutual coupling or direct coupling or communication connection may be through some interfaces, indirect coupling or communication connection of devices or units, and may be in electrical, mechanical or other forms.
- the units described as separate components may or may not be physically separated, and components displayed as units may or may not be physical units, that is, may be located in one place, or may be distributed to multiple network units. Some or all of the units may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution in this embodiment.
- each functional unit in each embodiment of the present application may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may exist physically alone, or two or more units may be integrated into one unit.
- the functions, if implemented in the form of software functional units and sold or used as independent products, may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium.
- the technical solution of the present application can be embodied in the form of a software product in essence, or the part that contributes to the prior art or the part of the technical solution.
- the computer software product is stored in a storage medium, including Several instructions are used to cause a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) to execute all or part of the steps of the methods described in the various embodiments of the present application.
- the aforementioned storage medium includes: U disk, mobile hard disk, read-only memory (Read-Only Memory, ROM), random access memory (Random Access Memory, RAM), magnetic disk or optical disk and other media that can store program codes .
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- 一种通信的方法,其特征在于,包括:第一网络中的第一接入管理网元接收来自第二网络的无线接入辅助信息,所述无线接入辅助信息包括终端设备对应的无线接入信息以及所述无线接入信息对应的匹配条件;所述第一接入管理网元根据所述无线接入辅助信息确定所述终端设备需要使用的无线接入信息;所述第一接入管理网元向所述第一网络中的接入网设备发送所述终端设备需要使用的无线接入信息。
- 根据权利要求1所述的方法,其特征在于,所述第一网络中的第一接入管理网元接收来自第二网络的无线接入辅助信息,包括:所述第一接入管理网元接收所述第二网络中的第二接入管理网元发送的所述终端设备的无线接入辅助信息。
- 根据权利要求2所述的方法,其特征在于,所述第一接入管理网元接收所述第二网络中的第二接入管理网元发送的所述终端设备的无线接入辅助信息,包括:在所述终端设备的移动性管理过程中,所述第一接入管理网元接收所述第二接入管理网元发送的所述终端设备的无线接入辅助信息。
- 根据权利要求2或3所述的方法,其特征在于,所述第一接入管理网元接收所述第二网络中的第二接入管理网元发送的所述终端设备的无线接入辅助信息,包括:所述第一接入管理网元接收所述第二接入管理网元发送的所述终端设备的上下文信息,所述终端设备的上下文信息包括所述终端设备的无线接入辅助信息。
- 根据权利要求1所述的方法,其特征在于,所述第一网络中的第一接入管理网元接收来自第二网络的无线接入辅助信息,包括:所述第一接入管理网元通过所述第一网络中的归属用户服务器接收来自所述第二网络中的统一数据管理功能网元发送的所述无线接入辅助信息。
- 根据权利要求5所述的方法,其特征在于,所述第一接入管理网元通过所述第一网络中的归属用户服务器接收来自所述第二网络中的统一数据管理功能网元发送的所述无线接入辅助信息,包括:所述第一接入管理网元通过所述归属用户服务器接收所述统一数据管理功能网元发送的所述终端设备的上下文信息或签约信息,所述上下文信息或签约信息包括所述终端设备的无线接入辅助信息。
- 根据权利要求1至6中任一项所述的方法,其特征在于,所述无线接入辅助信息包括至少一个无线接入信息,所述匹配条件包括与所述至少一个无线信息分别对应的至少一个匹配条件,所述第一接入管理网元根据所述无线接入辅助信息确定所述终端设备需要使用的无线接入信息,包括:所述第一接入管理网元确定所述终端设备满足所述至少一个匹配条件中的一个或多个匹配条件;所述第一接入管理网元确定所述一个或多个匹配条件对应的无线接入信息为所述终 端设备需要使用的无线接入信息。
- 根据权利要求7所述的方法,其特征在于,所述一个或多个匹配条件包括所述第一网络对应的匹配条件,所述终端设备需要使用的无线接入信息用于辅助所述终端设备优先驻留在所述第一网络。
- 根据权利要求8所述的方法,其特征在于,所述第一网络对应的匹配条件包括第一时间条件,所述终端设备需要使用的无线接入信息用于辅助所述终端设备在所述第一时间条件下优先驻留在所述第一网络。
- 根据权利要求7所述的方法,其特征在于,所述一个或多个匹配条件包括所述第一网络的第一频点对应的匹配条件,所述终端设备需要使用的无线接入信息用于辅助所述终端设备优先驻留在所述第一频点。
- 根据权利要求7所述的方法,其特征在于,所述一个或多个匹配条件包括所述第二网络对应的匹配条件,所述终端设备需要使用的无线接入信息用于辅助所述终端设备优先驻留在所述第二网络。
- 根据权利要求11所述的方法,其特征在于,所述第二网络对应的匹配条件包括第二时间条件,所述终端设备需要使用的无线接入信息用于辅助所述终端设备在所述第二时间条件下优先驻留在所述第二网络。
- 根据权利要求7所述的方法,其特征在于,所述一个或多个匹配条件包括所述第二网络的第二频点对应的匹配条件,所述终端设备需要使用的无线接入信息用于辅助所述所述终端设备优先驻留在所述第二频点。
- 根据权利要求1至13中任一项所述的方法,其特征在于,所述无线接入信息包括无线接入制式RAT/频点选择索引值。
- 根据权利要求1至13中任一项所述的方法,其特征在于,所述无线接入信息包括用户文件标识SPID。
- 根据权利要求1至7中任一项所述的方法,其特征在于,所述匹配条件包括以下匹配信息中的至少一种,所述终端设备对应的用户类型信息、时间信息、所述终端设备所处的位置信息、所述终端设备使用的业务类型信息、网络负荷信息。
- 根据权利要求1至13中任一项所述的方法,其特征在于,所述第一网络包括***4G网络,所述第二网络包括第五代5G网络。
- 一种通信的方法,其特征在于,包括:第二网络中的第二接入管理网元获取终端设备的无线接入辅助信息,所述无线接入辅助信息包括所述终端设备对应的无线接入信息以及所述无线接入信息对应的匹配条件;所述第二接入管理网元向第一网络中的第一接入管理网元发送所述无线接入辅助信息,所述无线接入辅助信息用于所述第一接入管理网元确定所述终端设备需要使用的无线接入信息并将所述终端设备需要使用的无线接入信息发送给所述第一网络中的接入网设备。
- 一种通信的方法,其特征在于,包括:第一网络中的第一接入管理网元接收来自第二网络的无线接入辅助信息,所述无线接入辅助信息包括终端设备对应的无线接入信息以及所述无线接入信息对应的匹配条件;所述第一接入管理网元根据所述无线接入辅助信息确定所述终端设备需要使用的无线接入信息;所述第一接入管理网元向所述第一网络中的接入网设备发送所述终端设备需要使用的无线接入信息;所述接入网设备接收所述终端设备需要使用的无线接入信息。
- 一种通信装置,其特征在于,包括:收发单元,用于接收来自第二网络的无线接入辅助信息,所述无线接入辅助信息包括终端设备对应的无线接入信息以及所述无线接入信息对应的匹配条件;处理单元,用于根据所述无线接入辅助信息确定所述终端设备需要使用的无线接入信息;所述收发单元,还用于向第一网络中的接入网设备发送所述终端设备需要使用的无线接入信息。
- 根据权利要求20所述的装置,其特征在于,所述收发单元具体用于:接收所述第二网络中的第二接入管理网元发送的所述终端设备的无线接入辅助信息。
- 根据权利要求20所述的装置,其特征在于,所述收发单元具体用于:在所述终端设备的移动性管理过程中,接收所述第二接入管理网元发送的所述终端设备的无线接入辅助信息。
- 根据权利要求21或22所述的装置,其特征在于,所述收发单元具体用于:接收所述第二接入管理网元发送的所述终端设备的上下文信息,所述终端设备的上下文信息包括所述终端设备的无线接入辅助信息。
- 根据权利要求20所述的装置,其特征在于,所述收发单元具体用于:通过所述第一网络中的归属用户服务器接收来自所述第二网络中的统一数据管理功能网元发送的所述无线接入辅助信息。
- 根据权利要求24所述的装置,其特征在于,所述收发单元具体用于:通过所述归属用户服务器接收所述统一数据管理功能网元发送的所述终端设备的上下文信息或签约信息,所述上下文信息或签约信息包括所述终端设备的无线接入辅助信息。
- 根据权利要求20至25中任一项所述的装置,其特征在于,所述无线接入辅助信息包括至少一个无线接入辅助信息,所述匹配条件包括与所述至少一个无线辅助信息分别对应的至少一个匹配条件,所述处理单元具体用于:确定所述终端设备满足所述至少一个匹配条件中的一个或多个匹配条件;确定所述一个或多个匹配条件对应的无线接入信息为所述终端设备需要使用的无线接入信息。
- 根据权利要求26所述的装置,其特征在于,所述一个或多个匹配条件包括所述第一网络对应的匹配条件,所述终端设备需要使用的无线接入信息用于辅助所述终端设备优先驻留在所述第一网络。
- 根据权利要求27所述的装置,其特征在于,所述第一网络对应的匹配条件包括第一时间条件,所述终端设备需要使用的无线接入信息用于辅助所述终端设备在所述第一时间条件下优先驻留在所述第一网络。
- 根据权利要求26所述的装置,其特征在于,所述一个或多个匹配条件包括所述第一网络的第一频点对应的匹配条件,所述终端设备需要使用的无线接入信息用于辅助所述终端设备优先驻留在所述第一频点。
- 根据权利要求26所述的装置,其特征在于,所述一个或多个匹配条件包括所述第二网络对应的匹配条件,所述终端设备需要使用的无线接入信息用于辅助所述终端设备优先驻留在所述第二网络。
- 根据权利要求30所述的装置,其特征在于,所述第二网络对应的匹配条件包括第二时间条件,所述终端设备需要使用的无线接入信息用于辅助所述终端设备在所述第二时间条件下优先驻留在所述第二网络。
- 根据权利要求26所述的装置,其特征在于,所述一个或多个匹配条件包括所述第二网络的第二频点对应的匹配条件,所述终端设备需要使用的无线接入信息用于辅助所述所述终端设备优先驻留在所述第二频点。
- 根据权利要求20至32中任一项所述的装置,其特征在于,所述无线接入信息包括无线接入制式RAT/频点选择索引值。
- 根据权利要求20至32中任一项所述的装置,其特征在于,所述无线接入信息包括用户文件标识SPID。
- 根据权利要求20至26中任一项所述的装置,其特征在于,所述匹配条件包括以下匹配信息中的至少一种,所述终端设备对应的用户类型信息、时间信息、所述终端设备所处的位置信息、所述终端设备使用的业务类型信息、网络负荷信息。
- 根据权利要求20至32中任一项所述的装置,其特征在于,所述第一网络包括***4G网络,所述第二网络包括第五代5G网络。
- 一种通信装置,其特征在于,包括:收发单元,用于获取终端设备的无线接入辅助信息,所述无线接入辅助信息包括所述终端设备对应的无线接入信息以及所述无线接入信息对应的匹配条件;所述收发单元,还用于向第一网络中的第一接入管理网元发送所述无线接入辅助信息,所述无线接入辅助信息用于所述第一接入管理网元确定所述终端设备需要使用的无线接入信息并将所述终端设备需要使用的无线接入信息发送给所述第一网络中的接入网设备。
- 一种通信装置,其特征在于,包括:存储器,用于存储计算机程序;处理器,用于执行所述存储器中存储的计算机程序,以使得所述通信装置执行权利要求1至17中任一项所述的通信方法,或者,使得所述通信装置执行权利要求18或19所述的通信方法。
- 一种计算机可读存储介质,其特征在于,所述计算机可读存储介质上存储有计算机程序,当所述计算机程序在计算机上运行时,使得所述计算机执行权利要求1至17中任一项所述的通信方法,或执行权利要求18所述的通信方法,或执行权利要求19所述的通信方法。
- 一种芯片***,其特征在于,包括:处理器,用于从存储器中调用并运行计算机 程序,使得安装有所述芯片***地通信设备执行权利要求1至17中任一项所述的通信方法,或执行权利要求18所述的通信方法,或执行权利要求19所述的通信方法。
- 一种通信***,其特征在于,包括:第一接入管理网元,用于执行权利要求1至17中任一项所述的通信方法;以及接入网设备,用于接收所述第一接入管理网元发送的终端设备需要使用的无线接入信息。
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