CN106160963B

CN106160963B - Network function configuration method, terminal and base station

Info

Publication number: CN106160963B
Application number: CN201510132156.XA
Authority: CN
Inventors: 谢芳; 陈卓; 徐晓东; 刘光毅; 杨光
Original assignee: China Mobile Communications Group Co Ltd
Current assignee: China Mobile Communications Group Co Ltd
Priority date: 2015-03-24
Filing date: 2015-03-24
Publication date: 2020-04-21
Anticipated expiration: 2035-03-24
Also published as: CN106160963A

Abstract

The invention discloses a network function configuration method, which comprises the following steps: a terminal acquires capability information supported by a network side; the terminal acquires the state information of the terminal; the terminal determines the capability information required to be configured by the terminal according to the state information of the terminal and the capability information supported by the network side; the terminal carries the network function required to be configured by the terminal in a network configuration request and sends the network configuration request to the network side so as to trigger the network side to configure the capability supported by the terminal for the terminal. The invention also discloses a terminal and a base station.

Description

Network function configuration method, terminal and base station

Technical Field

The present invention relates to wireless communication technologies, and in particular, to a network function configuration method, a terminal, and a base station.

Background

In an existing Long Term Evolution (LTE) network, a terminal (UE) may report capabilities to a network side when attached, so as to report capabilities supported by the terminal to the network side, where the reporting of the capabilities generally includes: whether Carrier Aggregation (CA) is supported, intra-device interference coexistence (IDC), Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) cooperation, and the like. When the network side opens a certain capability (or function) to the terminal, the network side is controlled by the network side, generally speaking, when the network side considers that the capability (or function) is needed (possibly in combination with auxiliary information reported by the terminal), the network side opens the certain capability to the terminal in a configuration mode, for example, the network side implicitly opens the capability of WLAN cooperation to the terminal by configuring a measured Service Set Identifier (SSID) of the WLAN to the terminal; and the network side opens the carrier aggregation capability of the terminal by configuring the carrier for aggregation for the terminal.

In the prior art, a network side configures a certain capability for a terminal according to the capability reported by the terminal, which is decided by the network side (possibly requiring the terminal to assist in reporting some information), and the terminal performs a communication process according to the configuration of the network side. This capability configuration is based on the maximum capability of the terminal and is not well considered for the situation and requirements of the terminal or the service itself. For example, the network side configures carrier aggregation for the terminal according to the requirement of high throughput of the service, and actually the terminal has entered a state requiring power saving, and the terminal does not want to use carrier aggregation, but the network side does not know this information (the state that the terminal requires a node), or configures carrier aggregation for the terminal. In the fifth generation (5G, 5)^thGeneration), as the terminal capability increases, the terminal has the capability to know its own needs and can negotiate the communication procedures with the network, such as: the terminal judges whether the network side wants to open a certain capability for the terminal according to the self requirement and condition, and negotiates with the network side instead of completely passively receiving the configuration of the network side.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of this, embodiments of the present invention provide a network function configuration method, a terminal, and a base station to solve at least one problem in the prior art, so that the state information of the terminal can be considered more in the process of configuring a network function on a network side, thereby better meeting the requirements of users and improving user experience.

The technical scheme of the embodiment of the invention is realized as follows:

in a first aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a network function configuration method, where the method includes:

a terminal acquires capability information supported by a network side;

the terminal acquires the state information of the terminal;

the terminal determines the capability information required to be configured by the terminal according to the state information of the terminal and the capability information supported by the network side;

the terminal carries the capability information required to be configured by the terminal in a network configuration request and sends the capability information to the network side so as to trigger the network side to configure the capability required to be configured by the terminal for the terminal.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a network function configuration method, where the method includes:

the current base station acquires the capability information of the base stations/access points which are supported by the current base station or are around;

the current base station sends the capability information of the base stations/access points which are supported by the current base station or are around to a terminal;

the current base station receives a network configuration request sent by the terminal, wherein the network configuration request carries capability information required to be configured by the terminal;

and the current base station processes the network configuration request. .

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a terminal, where the terminal includes a first obtaining unit, a second obtaining unit, a first determining unit, and a first sending unit, where:

the first obtaining unit is used for obtaining the capability information supported by the network side;

the second acquiring unit is used for acquiring the state information of the terminal;

the first determining unit is configured to determine capability information that the terminal needs to configure according to the state information of the terminal itself and the capability information supported by the network side;

the first sending unit is configured to carry the capability information that needs to be configured by the terminal in a network configuration request and send the capability information to the network side, so as to trigger the network side to configure the capability information that needs to be configured by the terminal for the terminal.

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a base station, where the base station includes a third obtaining unit, a second sending unit, a second receiving unit, and a first processing unit, where:

the third obtaining unit is used for obtaining the capability information of the surrounding base station/access point supported by the current base station;

the second sending unit is used for sending the capability information of the current base station or the surrounding base stations/access points to the terminal;

the second receiving unit is configured to receive a network configuration request sent by the terminal, where the network configuration request carries capability information that the terminal needs to configure;

the first processing unit is configured to process the network configuration request.

In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a network function configuration method, where the method includes:

the terminal acquires the state information of the terminal and the capability information supported by the terminal;

the terminal determines the capability information which needs to be reported by the terminal according to the state information of the terminal;

and the terminal sends the capability information required to be reported by the terminal to a network side, so that the capability information can be used by the network side when the network side configures the network function corresponding to the capability information required to be reported by the terminal for the terminal.

In a sixth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a network function configuration method, where the method includes:

the current base station receives the capability information which is sent by the terminal and needs to be reported by the terminal;

the current base station acquires the state information of the base station corresponding to the capability information needing to be reported by the terminal;

and the current base station processes the capability information which needs to be reported by the terminal according to the state information of the base station.

In a seventh aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a terminal, where the terminal includes a fourth obtaining unit, a second determining unit, and a third sending unit, where:

the fourth acquiring unit is used for acquiring the state information of the terminal and the capability information supported by the terminal;

the second determining unit is used for determining the capability information which needs to be reported by the terminal according to the self state information of the terminal;

the third sending unit is configured to send the capability information that needs to be reported by the terminal to the network side, so that the capability information that needs to be reported by the terminal is used by the network side when the network side configures the network function corresponding to the capability information that needs to be reported by the terminal for the terminal.

In an eighth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a base station, where the base station includes a third receiving unit, a fifth obtaining unit, and a second processing unit, where:

the third receiving unit is configured to receive capability information that needs to be reported by the terminal and is sent by the terminal;

the fifth obtaining unit is configured to obtain state information of the base station corresponding to the capability information that needs to be reported by the terminal;

and the second processing unit is used for processing the capability information which needs to be reported by the terminal according to the state information of the base station.

According to the network function configuration method, the terminal and the base station provided by the embodiment of the invention, the terminal acquires the capability information supported by the network side; the terminal acquires the state information of the terminal; the terminal determines the capability information required to be configured by the terminal according to the state information of the terminal and the capability information supported by the network side; the terminal carries the capability information required to be configured by the terminal in a network configuration request and sends the capability information to the network side so as to trigger the network side to configure the capability required to be configured by the terminal for the terminal; therefore, the state information of the terminal can be considered more in the process of configuring the network function at the network side, so that the requirements of users are better met, and the user experience is improved.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic flow chart illustrating an implementation of a network function configuration method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic flow chart illustrating an implementation of a network function configuration method according to a second embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of an implementation flow of a network function configuration method according to a third embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a configuration system of four network functions according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of an implementation flow of a five-network function configuration method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a configuration system of six network functions according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

The technical solution of the present invention is further elaborated below with reference to the drawings and the specific embodiments.

Example one

In order to solve the foregoing technical problem, an embodiment of the present invention provides a network function configuration method, which is applied to a terminal, where functions implemented by the network function configuration method may be implemented by a processor in the terminal calling a program code, and of course, the program code may be stored in a computer storage medium. Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating an implementation flow of a network function configuration method according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1, the network function configuration method includes:

step 101, a terminal acquires capability information supported by a network side;

here, the capability information supported by the network side is used to indicate the capability supported by the network side, the capability information in step 101 is generally from the perspective of the terminal, and it should be noted that, in this embodiment, the capability information in step 101 also includes what is generally called function information from the perspective of the network side; the network side includes a base station (referred to as a current base station) to which the terminal currently belongs and base stations/access points (referred to as surrounding base stations/access points) around the base station to which the terminal currently belongs, so that the capability information may be used to indicate functions or capabilities supported by the current base station or functions or capabilities supported by the surrounding base stations/Access Points (APs). Since the network side includes the surrounding base stations/access points in addition to the current base station, the current base station may need to interact with the surrounding base stations/access points to acquire the functions or capabilities supported by the surrounding base stations/access points.

Here, taking LTE system as an example, the capability information supported by the network side includes: carrier aggregation capability information, in-device interference coexistence (IDC) capability information, wireless interoperability (3GPP-WLAN Radio Interworking) capability information between a 3rd Generation partnership project (3 GPP) network and a WLAN network, dual connectivity capability information, and the like; the dual connectivity in the dual connectivity capability information means that the terminal is connected to the macro station and the small station simultaneously. Further, in order to accurately obtain the capabilities supported by the current base station and the surrounding base stations/access points, the capability information may also carry a corresponding version number, for example, a release 12 (R12) 3GPP-WLAN Radio Interworking capability. The scheme described in the present embodiment is similarly applicable to other pieces of capability information not shown and capability information newly added in the future.

Here, the terminal may adopt broadcast signaling or dedicated signaling when acquiring the capability information supported by the network side, where the broadcast signaling includes a system message, and the dedicated signaling includes an RRC connection reconfiguration message.

When a System message is used, functionality may be added to an existing System Information Block (SIB) message, or a new SIBx may be defined, where x represents a number (e.g., 18, 19, …); for example, when the system message is used, the terminal acquires the capability information supported by the network side, including: the network side adds a function in an existing System Information Block (SIB) message to enable the SIB message to carry capability Information supported by the network side, and then the network side sends the SIB message to the terminal to enable the terminal to acquire the capability Information supported by the network side.

When the dedicated signaling is adopted, the existing RRC connection reconfiguration message can be multiplexed, or a new RRC message can be defined; for example, when the dedicated signaling is adopted, the terminal acquires the capability information supported by the network side, including: the terminal sends a request to the network side through the RRC connection reconfiguration message to trigger the network side to send the capability information supported by the network side to the terminal, so that the terminal can acquire the capability information supported by the network side.

102, the terminal acquires the state information of the terminal;

here, the state information of the terminal itself includes power information of the terminal itself, usage information of a processor (CPU), and service requirement information of the terminal itself, such as time delay, network speed, etc.;

103, the terminal determines the capability information required to be configured by the terminal according to the state information of the terminal and the capability information supported by the network side;

here, the capability information that the terminal needs to be configured includes capability information that needs to be turned on and/or off.

Specifically, when the terminal desires to improve throughput according to the state information of the terminal itself and the capability information supported by the network side, the terminal determines that the network side needs to configure the carrier aggregation capability, and then the terminal may request the network side to configure the carrier aggregation capability for the terminal. When the terminal finds that the power is insufficient (power is fast off) according to the state information of the terminal, the terminal no longer wants to use the carrier aggregation capability, and then the network side can be requested to not configure carrier aggregation for the terminal any more. When the load of the processor of the terminal is large, which results in insufficient processing capacity of software/hardware in the terminal, the terminal no longer wants to use the dual connectivity, and then the terminal can request the network side to no longer configure the dual connectivity for the terminal.

Here, the terminal may apply for the current base station to turn on or turn off a certain capability, or may apply for an access point co-located with the current base station, or apply for a surrounding base station or an access point to turn on or turn off a certain capability. When the network side is the surrounding base stations/access points, the terminal also needs to know which capabilities of which base station/access point are turned on or off.

And 104, the terminal carries the capability information required to be configured by the terminal in a network configuration request and sends the capability information to the network side so as to trigger the network side to configure the capability required to be configured by the terminal for the terminal.

In the embodiment of the invention, a terminal acquires the capability information supported by a network side; the terminal acquires the state information of the terminal; the terminal determines the capability required to be configured by the terminal according to the state information of the terminal and the capability information supported by the network side; the terminal sends the capability required to be configured to the network side so as to trigger the network side to configure the capability required to be configured to the terminal; therefore, the state information of the terminal can be considered more in the process of configuring the network function at the network side, so that the requirements of users are better met, and the user experience is improved.

Example two

Based on the foregoing first embodiment, an embodiment of the present invention provides a network function configuration method, fig. 2 is a schematic flow chart illustrating an implementation of a second network function configuration method according to an embodiment of the present invention, and as shown in fig. 2, the network function configuration method includes:

step 201, a terminal acquires capability information supported by a network side;

step 202, the terminal acquires the state information of the terminal;

step 203, the terminal determines the capability information required to be configured by the terminal according to the state information of the terminal and the capability information supported by the network side;

here, the network side includes at least the current base station;

here, the configured capability information required by the terminal includes capability information required to be turned on and/or off.

And step 204, the terminal carries the capability information required to be configured by the terminal in a network configuration request and sends the capability information to the network side so as to trigger the network side to configure the capability required to be configured by the terminal for the terminal.

Here, the steps 201 to 204 correspond to the steps 101 to 104 in the first embodiment, respectively, and therefore, those skilled in the art can refer to the first embodiment to understand the steps 201 to 204, which is not described herein again for brevity.

Step 205, a network side receives a network configuration request sent by a terminal, and analyzes capability information required to be configured by the terminal from the network configuration request;

step 206, the network side judges whether the capability information required to be configured by the terminal meets the preset condition, if yes, the step 207 is entered; otherwise, go to step 208;

here, the preset condition is related to capability information that the terminal needs to configure, for example, when the capability that needs to configure is to start the carrier aggregation capability, the network side finds that a load of the network is very large, and the network side refuses to start the carrier aggregation capability for the terminal when the carrier aggregation capability cannot be started any more. Specifically, the network side, according to the carrier use conditions of itself and the surrounding base stations, for example, if the network side finds that there is no redundant carrier resource used by the terminal requesting carrier aggregation, the network side rejects to start the carrier aggregation capability for the terminal.

Step 207, the network side configures the terminal with the capability required to be configured by the terminal;

here, after the network side configures the terminal with the capabilities supported by the terminal itself, the network side may further send a configuration completion message to the terminal, so as to notify the terminal. Specifically, the configuration completion message may be dedicated signaling, for example, the network side may explicitly notify the terminal that the capability is turned on or turned off through the dedicated signaling, and of course, the network side may also perform corresponding configuration on the terminal to implicitly notify the terminal that a certain capability is turned on, such as: and configuring the aggregated carrier for the terminal, and configuring the measured information of the SSID, the working channel and the like of the wireless local area network for the terminal.

And step 208, the network side refuses to configure the capability of the terminal needing to be configured for the terminal.

Here, when the network side rejects to configure the terminal with the capability that the terminal needs to be configured, the network side may further send a configuration rejection message to the terminal so as to notify the terminal. Specifically, the configuration reject message may be dedicated signaling, for example, the network side may explicitly inform the terminal that the network configuration request has been rejected through the dedicated signaling; as a preferred technical solution, the configuration rejection message may also carry a reason for rejection.

In the embodiment of the invention, when the capability required to be opened or closed by the terminal is the capability of the surrounding base station/access point, the current base station can interact with the surrounding base station/access point after receiving the network configuration request, and further judge whether the capability required by the terminal can be opened or closed. If yes, the current base station starts or closes the capability required by the terminal; otherwise, the current base station rejects the network configuration request for the terminal.

In the embodiment of the present invention, in the specific implementation process of step 201, there may be two ways, where the first way is that the network side actively pushes the information to the terminal, and the second way is that the terminal requests the information from the network side. The two modes are respectively introduced below based on the difference of the network side as the current base station or the surrounding base stations/access points:

A) taking the network side as the current base station as an example to introduce the first manner, when the network side is the current base station, in step 201, the terminal acquiring the capability information supported by the network side includes:

step 2011A, the current base station carries the capability information supported by the current base station itself in a broadcast signaling or a dedicated signaling, and sends the broadcast signaling or the dedicated signaling to the terminal;

step 2012A, the terminal receives the broadcast signaling or the dedicated signaling sent by the current base station, and analyzes the broadcast signaling or the dedicated signaling to obtain the capability information supported by the current base station.

B) Taking the network side as the surrounding base station/access point as an example to introduce the first manner, when the network side is the surrounding base station/access point, in step 201, the acquiring, by the terminal, the capability information supported by the network side includes:

step 2011B, the current base station obtains capability information supported by surrounding base stations/access points;

here, in the process of the specific implementation step 2011B, there are two implementation manners, one is to ask for information from the current base station to the surrounding base station/access point, and the other is to push information from the surrounding base station/access point to the current base station.

Step 2012B, the current base station carries the capability information supported by the surrounding base stations/access points in a broadcast signaling or a dedicated signaling, and sends the broadcast signaling or the dedicated signaling to the terminal;

and step 2013B, the terminal receives the broadcast signaling or the special signaling sent by the current base station and analyzes the broadcast signaling or the special signaling to obtain the capability information supported by the surrounding base stations/access points.

C) Taking the network side as the current base station as an example to introduce the first manner, when the network side is the current base station, in step 201, the terminal acquiring the capability information supported by the network side includes:

step 2011C, the terminal sends a first function request to the current base station, where the first function request is used to request, from the current base station, capability information supported by the current base station;

step 2012C, the current base station receives the first function request sent by the terminal, carries the capability information supported by the current base station in the first function response, and sends the first function response to the terminal;

step 2013C, the terminal receives the first function response sent by the current base station and analyzes the first function response to obtain the capability information supported by the current base station.

D) Taking the network side as the surrounding base station/access point as an example to introduce the first manner, when the network side is the surrounding base station/access point, in step 201, the acquiring, by the terminal, the capability information supported by the network side includes:

step 2011D, the terminal sends a second function request to the current base station, where the second function request is used to request, from the current base station, capability information supported by surrounding base stations/access points;

step 2012D, the current base station receives a second function request sent by the terminal, and the current base station obtains capability information supported by surrounding base stations/access points based on the second function request;

here, there are also two ways for the current base station to obtain the capability information supported by the surrounding base station/access point, one way is that the current base station requests the surrounding base station/access point, and the other way is that the surrounding base station/access point pushes information to the current base station.

Step 2013D, the current base station carries the capability information supported by the surrounding base stations/access points in a broadcast signaling or a special signaling, and sends the broadcast signaling or the special signaling to the terminal;

step 2014D, the terminal receives the broadcast signaling or the dedicated signaling sent by the current base station, and analyzes the broadcast signaling or the dedicated signaling to obtain the capability information supported by the surrounding base stations/access points.

EXAMPLE III

Based on the foregoing embodiments, an embodiment of the present invention provides a network function configuration method, where a current base station represents a network side to describe the network function configuration method provided in the embodiment of the present invention, and fig. 3 is a schematic flow diagram illustrating an implementation process of a three-network function configuration method in the embodiment of the present invention, and as shown in fig. 3, the network function configuration method includes:

step 301, a terminal sends a first function request to a current base station, where the first function request is used to request, from the current base station, capability information supported by the current base station;

step 302, a current base station receives a first function request sent by a terminal, and the current base station acquires capability information supported by the current base station based on the first function request;

step 303, the current base station carries the capability information supported by the current base station itself in a broadcast signaling or a dedicated signaling, and sends the broadcast signaling or the dedicated signaling to the terminal;

step 304, the terminal receives the broadcast signaling or the special signaling sent by the current base station, and analyzes the broadcast signaling or the special signaling to obtain the capability information supported by the current base station;

305, the terminal acquires the state information of the terminal;

step 306, the terminal determines the capability information required to be configured by the terminal according to the state information of the terminal and the capability information supported by the network side;

Step 307, the terminal carries the capability to be configured of the terminal in a network configuration request and sends the network configuration request to the current base station so as to trigger the current base station to configure the capability to be configured of the terminal for the terminal;

308, the network side receives a network configuration request sent by the terminal, and analyzes the capability of the terminal needing to be configured from the network configuration request;

step 309, the network side judges whether the capability required to be configured by the terminal meets the preset condition, if yes, the step 310 is entered; otherwise, go to step 311.

Here, the preset condition is related to the capability that needs to be configured, for example, when the capability that needs to be configured is to start the carrier aggregation capability, the network side finds that the load of the network is very large, and the network side refuses to start the carrier aggregation capability for the terminal when the carrier aggregation capability cannot be started any more.

And 310, configuring the capability required to be configured by the terminal for the terminal by the network side.

Here, after the network side completes the configuration of the terminal for the capability that the terminal needs to configure, the network side may also send a configuration completion message to the terminal so as to notify the terminal. Specifically, the configuration completion message may be dedicated signaling, for example, the network side may explicitly notify the terminal that the capability is turned on or turned off through the dedicated signaling, and of course, the network side may also perform corresponding configuration on the terminal to implicitly notify the terminal that a certain capability is turned on, such as: and configuring the aggregated carrier for the terminal, and configuring the measured information of the SSID, the working channel and the like of the wireless local area network for the terminal.

Step 311, the network side refuses to configure the capability that the terminal needs to be configured for the terminal.

Example four

Based on the foregoing method embodiment, an embodiment of the present invention provides a network function configuration system, where the system includes a terminal and a base station, where a first obtaining unit, a second obtaining unit, a first determining unit, and a first sending unit included in the terminal may all be implemented by a processor in the terminal; the third acquiring unit, the second sending unit, the second receiving unit and the first processing unit included in the base station can be all realized by a processor in the base station; of course, the functions implemented by the foregoing processors may also be implemented by specific logic circuits; in the course of a particular embodiment, the processor may be a Central Processing Unit (CPU), a Microprocessor (MPU), a Digital Signal Processor (DSP), a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), or the like.

Fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a configuration system of a fourth network function according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 4, the configuration system of the network function includes a terminal 410 and a base station 420, where the terminal 410 includes a first obtaining unit 411, a second obtaining unit 412, a first determining unit 413, and a first sending unit 414, and the base station 420 includes a third obtaining unit 421, a second sending unit 422, a second receiving unit 423, and a first processing unit 424, where:

the third obtaining unit 421 is configured to obtain capability information of a current base station or a surrounding base station/access point supported by the current base station;

the second sending unit 422 is configured to send the capability information to the terminal;

the first obtaining unit 411 is configured to obtain capability information supported by a network side;

the second obtaining unit 412 is configured to obtain state information of the terminal itself;

the first determining unit 413 is configured to determine capability information that the terminal needs to configure according to the state information of the terminal itself and the capability information supported by the network side;

the first sending unit 414 is configured to carry capability information that needs to be configured by the terminal in a network configuration request and send the capability information to the network side, so as to trigger the network side to configure the capability that needs to be configured by the terminal for the terminal;

the second receiving unit 423 is configured to receive a network configuration request sent by the terminal, where the network configuration request carries capability information that the terminal needs to configure;

the first processing unit 424 is configured to process the network configuration request.

Here, the first processing unit 424 is specifically configured to acquire state information of a base station itself corresponding to capability information that the terminal needs to configure; processing the capability information required to be configured by the terminal according to the state information of the base station, wherein the processing comprises configuring the capability for the terminal or refusing to configure the capability for the terminal, for example, a network side judges whether the capability information required to be configured by the terminal meets a preset condition, if so, the network side configures the capability required to be configured for the terminal; otherwise, the network side refuses to configure the capability of the terminal needing configuration for the terminal. After the network side completes the configuration of the terminal for the terminal, the network side can also send a configuration completion message to the terminal so as to inform the terminal. Specifically, the configuration completion message may be dedicated signaling, for example, the network side may explicitly notify the terminal that the capability is turned on or turned off through the dedicated signaling, and of course, the network side may also perform corresponding configuration on the terminal to implicitly notify the terminal that a certain capability is turned on, such as: and configuring the aggregated carrier for the terminal, and configuring the measured information of the SSID, the working channel and the like of the wireless local area network for the terminal. When the network side refuses to configure the terminal with the capability which needs to be configured, the network side can also send a configuration refusing message to the terminal so as to inform the terminal. Specifically, the configuration reject message may be dedicated signaling, for example, the network side may explicitly inform the terminal that the network configuration request has been rejected through the dedicated signaling; as a preferred technical solution, the configuration rejection message may also carry a reason for rejection.

Here, the preset condition is related to the capability information that needs to be configured, for example, when the capability that needs to be configured is to start the carrier aggregation capability, the network side finds that the load of the network is very large, and cannot start the carrier aggregation capability any more, the network side rejects to start the carrier aggregation capability for the terminal. Specifically, the network side, according to the carrier use conditions of itself and the surrounding base stations, for example, if the network side finds that there is no redundant carrier resource used by the terminal requesting carrier aggregation, the network side rejects to start the carrier aggregation capability for the terminal.

In this embodiment of the method, the network side includes a current base station, and the first obtaining unit includes a first receiving module and an analyzing module, where:

the first receiving module is configured to receive a broadcast signaling or a dedicated signaling sent by a current base station, where the broadcast signaling or the dedicated signaling carries capability information supported by the current base station;

the first analyzing module is configured to analyze the broadcast signaling or the dedicated signaling to obtain capability information supported by the current base station.

In this embodiment of the present invention, the first obtaining unit further includes a first sending module, configured to send a first function request to a current base station, where the first function request is used to request, to a network side, capability information supported by the current base station.

In this embodiment of the present invention, the network side includes surrounding base stations/access points, and the first obtaining unit includes a second sending module, a second receiving module, and a second parsing module, where:

the second sending module is configured to send a second function request to the current base station, where the second function request is used to request, to a network side, capability information supported by the surrounding base stations/access points;

the second receiving module is configured to receive a broadcast signaling or a dedicated signaling sent by a current base station, where the broadcast signaling or the dedicated signaling carries capability information supported by surrounding base stations/access points;

and the second analysis module is used for analyzing the broadcast signaling or the special signaling to obtain the capability information supported by the surrounding base stations/access points.

Here, the network request further includes a version number corresponding to the capability information.

Here, it should be noted that: the description of the fourth embodiment of the system is similar to the description of the first to third embodiments of the method, and has similar beneficial effects to the first to third embodiments of the method, and therefore, the description thereof is omitted. For technical details that are not disclosed in the fourth embodiment of the system of the present invention, please refer to the description of the first to third embodiments of the method of the present invention for understanding, and therefore, for brevity, will not be described again.

EXAMPLE five

Based on the foregoing embodiment, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a network function configuration method, and fig. 5 is a schematic flow chart illustrating an implementation of a five-network function configuration method according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 5, the method includes:

501, a terminal acquires state information of the terminal and capability information supported by the terminal;

here, the terminal's own state information includes terminal's own power information, usage information of a processor (CPU), and terminal's own service demand information such as time delay, network speed, etc.

Here, the terminal divides capability information supported by the terminal into static capability information and dynamic capability information, where, taking an LTE system as an example, the dynamic capability information may include one or more of the following information: carrier aggregation capability information, 3GPP-WLAN wireless interoperability capability information, MDT/eMDT capability information, dual connectivity capability information, and the like; the static capability information may include one or more of the following: the method comprises the following steps of measuring capacity information of the same frequency, supporting QPSK capacity information, supporting the minimum bandwidth of the system and the like. It should be noted that both the static capability information and the dynamic capability information may be empty sets; in particular, for future mobile communication systems, the static capability information may be an empty set, i.e. all capability information is dynamic capability information.

Step 502, the terminal determines the capability information to be reported by the terminal according to the self state information of the terminal;

here, the capability information that the terminal needs to report indicates the corresponding capability that needs to be turned on and/or turned off; taking the carrier aggregation capability as an example, the terminal determines that the carrier aggregation capability needs to be started according to the service information of the terminal, and then the terminal reports the carrier aggregation capability to the network side if the terminal wants the network side to configure the carrier aggregation capability for the terminal. For another example, when the terminal finds that the power is insufficient (power is fast out) according to the state information of the terminal itself, the terminal does not report to the network side when the terminal no longer wants to use the carrier aggregation capability.

Step 503, the terminal sends the capability information that needs to be reported by the terminal to a network side, so that the capability information is used by the network side when the network side configures the capability for the terminal;

step 504, a network side receives the capability information which is sent by the terminal and needs to be reported by the terminal;

here, a base station to which a terminal currently belongs (referred to as a current base station for short) represents a network side, and the current base station receives capability information which is sent by the terminal and needs to be configured by the terminal;

step 505, the network side obtains the self state information corresponding to the capability information that the terminal needs to report;

here, continuing to perform step 504, the current base station obtains the state information of the base station itself corresponding to the capability information reported by the terminal; taking the carrier aggregation capability as an example, the state information of the base station itself includes the carrier usage of the base station itself and the surrounding base stations.

Step 506, the network side processes the capability information reported by the terminal according to the state information of the base station itself.

Here, continuing to perform step 505, the current base station processes the capability information reported by the terminal according to the state information of the current base station, where the processing includes a capability (corresponding to the capability information reported by the terminal) for starting reporting for the terminal and a capability for rejecting starting reporting for the terminal.

For example, the network side judges whether the capability information reported by the terminal meets a preset condition, and if so, the network side configures the capability reported by the terminal for the terminal; otherwise, the network side refuses to configure the terminal reporting capability for the terminal. After the network side completes the terminal reporting capability for the terminal configuration, the network side can also send a configuration completion message to the terminal so as to inform the terminal. Specifically, the configuration completion message may be dedicated signaling, for example, the network side may explicitly notify the terminal that the capability of the terminal is turned on or turned off through the dedicated signaling, and of course, the network side may also perform corresponding configuration on the terminal to implicitly notify the terminal that a certain function is not known to be turned on, such as: and configuring the aggregated carrier for the terminal, and configuring the measured information of the SSID, the working channel and the like of the wireless local area network for the terminal. When the network side refuses to configure the terminal reporting capability for the terminal, the network side can also send a configuration refusing message to the terminal so as to inform the terminal. Specifically, the configuration reject message may be dedicated signaling, for example, the network side may explicitly inform the terminal that the network configuration request has been rejected through the dedicated signaling; as a preferred technical solution, the configuration rejection message may also carry a reason for rejection.

Here, the preset condition is related to the reported capability, for example, when the reported capability is to start the carrier aggregation capability, the network side finds that the load of the network is very large, and cannot start the carrier aggregation capability any more, the network side refuses to start the carrier aggregation function for the terminal. Specifically, the network side, according to the carrier use conditions of itself and the surrounding base stations, for example, if the network side finds that there is no redundant carrier resource used by the terminal requesting carrier aggregation, the network side rejects to start the carrier aggregation capability for the terminal.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the capability that the terminal needs to report is dynamic capability information, and correspondingly, the method further includes:

and the current base station stores the dynamic capability information, or sends the dynamic capability information to a core network unit so as to trigger the core network unit to store.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the method further includes:

the current base station receives the static capability information sent by the terminal,

and the current base station stores the static capability information, or sends the static capability information to a core network unit so as to trigger the core network unit to store.

In the embodiment of the invention, the terminal divides the capability information of the terminal into two parts of static capability information and dynamic capability information, wherein, taking an LTE system as an example:

1) the static capability information may include: the terminal comprises co-frequency measurement capability information, QPSK (quadrature phase shift keying) supporting capability information, system minimum bandwidth supporting capability information and the like, wherein the co-frequency measurement capability information of the terminal means that a band and the like with the same frequency as a current resident cell can be measured; the capability information supporting the QPSK means that the terminal can support a QPSK modulation mode; the capability information supporting the minimum bandwidth of the system means that the terminal supports the minimum bandwidth of 1.4MHZ of the LTE. For static capability information, which may be stored in a core network element such as a Mobility Management Entity (MME) or an access network element such as an evolved node b (eNB), the terminal must be reported to the network side as it is.

2) The dynamic capability information may include capability information such as Carrier Aggregation (CA), 3GPP-WLAN wireless interoperability, MDT/eMDT (minimization of drive tests), dual connectivity, etc. For dynamic capability information, the terminal selectively reports the dynamic capability information, and the dynamic capability information may be stored in a core network unit such as a Mobility Management Entity (MME) or an access network unit such as an evolved node b (eNB). Taking the carrier aggregation capability as an example, if the terminal wants the network side to configure the carrier aggregation capability for the terminal, the terminal reports the carrier aggregation capability to the network side; when the terminal does not want to use the carrier aggregation capability, the terminal does not report the carrier aggregation capability to the network side.

When stored in the core network element, for example, the workflow of the capability information of the terminal stored at the MME (capability information supported by the terminal) is the same as the capability of the current terminal, that is: the terminal reports to the network side when attaching, and remains in the core network unit such as MME; a request may be made to the MME when required by the base station (eNB); the capability information supported by the terminal is simply referred to as the capability information of the terminal, and includes dynamic capability information and static capability information. When the capability information is stored in the access network unit, for example, the capability information of the terminal stored in the base station (eNB) is reported to the base station by the terminal through an access stratum signaling, such as an RRC signaling, where the RRC information includes an RRC connection establishment request, an RRC connection reconfiguration completion, and the like.

According to the technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the invention, the dynamic capability information terminal only reports to the base station, and the base station flexibly configures functions according to the static capability information and the dynamic capability information; for example, when a terminal desires a network side to configure dual connectivity for itself, the terminal reports dual connectivity information to a base station, so as to indicate that the terminal has dual connectivity; when the terminal does not want to use the dual connectivity capability, the terminal does not report the dual connectivity capability to the base station. The technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the invention can adjust the configuration of the capability according to the dynamic requirement of the terminal, can better match the requirement of the terminal, and does not cause extra to a core network; when the capability information of the terminal is not split into the static capability information and the dynamic capability information, the terminal needs to report all the capabilities each time, and reports the capabilities to the MME when the capabilities are modified, which may affect the core network. It should be noted that, in the process of reporting the dynamic capability information by the terminal, the terminal may not report the capability that the terminal does not have to the network side, and the terminal may not report the capability that the terminal has to the network side; for example, if the terminal does not have the carrier aggregation capability, the terminal cannot report the carrier aggregation capability; in addition, assuming that the terminal has the carrier aggregation capability, if the terminal does not need the carrier aggregation capability, the terminal may not report the carrier aggregation capability.

In particular, for future mobile communication systems, the static capability information may be empty, i.e. all terminal capability information is dynamic.

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Based on the fifth embodiment, the embodiment of the present invention further provides a network function configuration system, which includes a base station and a terminal, where a fourth obtaining unit, a second determining unit, a third sending unit and a dividing unit included in the terminal can all be implemented by a processor in the terminal, and a third receiving unit, a fifth obtaining unit, a storing unit and a second processing unit included in the base station can all be implemented by a processor in the base station; of course, the functions implemented by the foregoing processor may also be implemented by specific logic circuits; in the course of a particular embodiment, the processor may be a central processing unit, a microprocessor, a digital signal processor, a field programmable gate array, or the like.

Fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a configuration system of a sixth network function according to an embodiment of the present invention, and as shown in fig. 6, the system includes a terminal 610 and a base station 620, where the terminal 610 includes a fourth obtaining unit 611, a second determining unit 612 and a third sending unit 613, and the base station 620 includes a third receiving unit 621, a fifth obtaining unit 622 and a second processing unit 623, where:

the fourth obtaining unit 611, configured to obtain state information of the terminal itself and capability information supported by the terminal itself;

the second determining unit 612 is configured to determine, according to the state information of the terminal itself, capability information that the terminal needs to report;

the third sending unit 613 is configured to send the capability information that needs to be reported by the terminal to the network side.

The third receiving unit 621 is configured to receive capability information that needs to be reported by the terminal and is sent by the terminal;

the fifth obtaining unit 622 is configured to obtain state information of the base station itself corresponding to the capability information that needs to be reported by the terminal;

the second processing unit 623 is configured to process the capability information that needs to be reported by the terminal according to the state information of the base station itself.

In this embodiment of the present invention, the terminal further includes a dividing unit, configured to divide capability information supported by the terminal into static capability information and dynamic capability information, where the dynamic capability information may include one or more of the following information:

carrier aggregation capability information, 3GPP-WLAN wireless interoperability capability information, MDT/eMDT capability information, dual connectivity capability information, and the like;

the static capability information may include one or more of the following information:

the method comprises the following steps of measuring capacity information of the same frequency, supporting QPSK capacity information, supporting the minimum bandwidth of the system and the like.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the capability information that needs to be reported by the terminal is dynamic capability information, and correspondingly, the base station further includes a storage unit, configured to store the dynamic capability information, or send the dynamic capability information to a core network unit, so as to trigger the core network unit to store the dynamic capability information.

In this embodiment of the present invention, the third receiving unit is further configured to receive static capability information sent by the terminal;

correspondingly, the storing unit is configured to store the static capability information, or send the static capability information to a core network unit, so as to trigger the core network unit to store the static capability information.

Here, it should be noted that: the description of the sixth system embodiment is similar to the description of the fifth method embodiment, and has similar beneficial effects to the fifth method embodiment, and therefore, the description is omitted. For technical details that are not disclosed in the sixth embodiment of the system of the present invention, please refer to the description of the fifth embodiment of the method of the present invention for understanding, and therefore, for brevity, will not be described again.

It should be appreciated that reference throughout this specification to "one embodiment" or "an embodiment" means that a particular feature, structure or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment is included in at least one embodiment of the present invention. Thus, the appearances of the phrases "in one embodiment" or "in an embodiment" in various places throughout this specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, or characteristics may be combined in any suitable manner in one or more embodiments. It should be understood that, in various embodiments of the present invention, the sequence numbers of the above-mentioned processes do not mean the execution sequence, and the execution sequence of each process should be determined by its function and inherent logic, and should not constitute any limitation on the implementation process of the embodiments of the present invention.

In the several embodiments provided in the present application, it should be understood that the disclosed apparatus and method may be implemented in other ways. The above-described device embodiments are merely illustrative, for example, the division of the unit is only a logical functional division, and there may be other division ways in actual implementation, such as: multiple units or components may be combined, or may be integrated into another system, or some features may be omitted, or not implemented. In addition, the coupling, direct coupling or communication connection between the components shown or discussed may be through some interfaces, and the indirect coupling or communication connection between the devices or units may be electrical, mechanical or other forms.

The units described as separate parts may or may not be physically separate, and parts displayed as units may or may not be physical units; can be located in one place or distributed on a plurality of network units; some or all of the units can be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of the embodiment.

In addition, all the functional units in the embodiments of the present invention may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may be separately regarded as one unit, or two or more units may be integrated into one unit; the integrated unit can be realized in a form of hardware, or in a form of hardware plus a software functional unit.

Those of ordinary skill in the art will understand that: all or part of the steps for realizing the method embodiments can be completed by hardware related to program instructions, the program can be stored in a computer readable storage medium, and the program executes the steps comprising the method embodiments when executed; and the aforementioned storage medium includes: various media that can store program codes, such as a removable Memory device, a Read Only Memory (ROM), a magnetic disk, or an optical disk.

Alternatively, the integrated unit of the present invention may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium if it is implemented in the form of a software functional module and sold or used as a separate product. Based on such understanding, the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention may be essentially implemented or a part contributing to the prior art may be embodied in the form of a software product, which is stored in a storage medium and includes several instructions for causing a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device) to execute all or part of the methods described in the embodiments of the present invention. And the aforementioned storage medium includes: a removable storage device, a ROM, a magnetic or optical disk, or other various media that can store program code.

The above description is only for the specific embodiments of the present invention, but the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art can easily conceive of the changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the present invention, and all the changes or substitutions should be covered within the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention shall be subject to the protection scope of the appended claims.

Claims

1. A method for configuring network functions, the method comprising:

a terminal acquires capability information supported by a network side;

the terminal acquires the state information of the terminal; the state information of the terminal comprises electric quantity information of the terminal, service condition information of a processor in the terminal and service requirement information of the terminal;

the terminal determines the capability information required to be configured by the terminal according to the state information of the terminal and the capability information supported by the network side; the capability information which needs to be configured by the terminal comprises capability information which needs to be opened and/or closed;

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the network side includes a current base station, and the terminal acquires capability information supported by the network side, including:

the terminal receives a broadcast signaling or a special signaling sent by a current base station, wherein the broadcast signaling or the special signaling carries capability information supported by the current base station;

and the terminal analyzes the broadcast signaling or the special signaling to obtain the capability information supported by the current base station.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein before the terminal receives the broadcast signaling or the dedicated signaling sent by the current base station, the terminal acquires the capability information supported by the current base station, further comprising:

the terminal sends a first function request to a current base station, wherein the first function request is used for requesting the capability information supported by the current base station to a network side.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the network side includes surrounding base stations/access points, and the terminal acquires capability information supported by the network side, including:

the terminal sends a second function request to the current base station, wherein the second function request is used for requesting the capability information supported by the surrounding base stations/access points to a network side;

the terminal receives a broadcast signaling or a special signaling sent by a current base station, wherein the broadcast signaling or the special signaling carries capability information supported by surrounding base stations/access points;

and the terminal analyzes the broadcast signaling or the special signaling to obtain the capability information supported by the surrounding base stations/access points.

5. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the terminal further obtains a version number corresponding to the capability information supported by the network side, and correspondingly, the network configuration request further carries the version number corresponding to the capability information supported by the terminal.

6. A method for configuring network functions, the method comprising:

the current base station receives a network configuration request sent by the terminal, wherein the network configuration request carries capability information required to be configured by the terminal; the capability information required to be configured by the terminal is the capability information which is determined by the terminal to be opened and/or closed according to the state information of the terminal and the capability information; the state information of the terminal comprises electric quantity information of the terminal, service condition information of a processor in the terminal and service requirement information of the terminal;

and the current base station processes the network configuration request.

7. A terminal, characterized in that the terminal comprises a first obtaining unit, a second obtaining unit, a first determining unit and a first sending unit, wherein:

the second acquiring unit is used for acquiring the state information of the terminal; the state information of the terminal comprises electric quantity information of the terminal, service condition information of a processor in the terminal and service requirement information of the terminal;

the first determining unit is configured to determine capability information that the terminal needs to configure according to the state information of the terminal itself and the capability information supported by the network side; the capability information which needs to be configured by the terminal comprises capability information which needs to be opened and/or closed;

8. The terminal of claim 7, wherein the network side includes a current base station, and the first obtaining unit includes a first receiving module and a first parsing module, where:

9. The terminal according to claim 8, wherein the first obtaining unit further includes a first sending module, configured to send a first function request to a current base station, where the first function request is used to request, to a network side, capability information supported by the current base station.

10. The terminal of claim 7, wherein the network side includes surrounding base stations/access points, and the first obtaining unit includes a second sending module, a second receiving module, and a second parsing module, wherein:

11. The terminal according to any one of claims 7 to 10, wherein the first obtaining unit is further configured to obtain a version number corresponding to the capability information supported by the network side, and the network configuration request further carries the version number corresponding to the capability information supported by the terminal.

12. A base station, characterized in that the base station comprises a third obtaining unit, a second sending unit, a second receiving unit and a first processing unit, wherein:

the second receiving unit is configured to receive a network configuration request sent by the terminal, where the network configuration request carries capability information that the terminal needs to configure; the capability information required to be configured by the terminal is the capability information which is determined by the terminal to be opened and/or closed according to the state information of the terminal and the capability information; the state information of the terminal comprises electric quantity information of the terminal, service condition information of a processor in the terminal and service requirement information of the terminal;

13. A method for configuring network functions, the method comprising:

the terminal determines the capability information which needs to be reported by the terminal according to the state information of the terminal; the state information of the terminal comprises electric quantity information of the terminal, service condition information of a processor in the terminal and service requirement information of the terminal; the capability information to be reported by the terminal comprises capability information to be started and/or closed;

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

the terminal divides the capability information supported by the terminal into static capability information and dynamic capability information, wherein the static capability information refers to the capability information which is reported to a network side by the terminal according to the rule requirement, and the dynamic capability information refers to the capability information which is selected by the terminal to be reported or not according to the requirement.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the static capability information is null or the dynamic capability information is null.

16. A method for configuring network functions, the method comprising:

the current base station receives the capability information which is sent by the terminal and needs to be reported by the terminal; the capability information to be reported by the terminal is the capability information which is determined by the terminal to be opened and/or closed according to the state information of the terminal and the capability information; the state information of the terminal comprises electric quantity information of the terminal, service condition information of a processor in the terminal and service requirement information of the terminal;

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the capability information that the terminal needs to report includes dynamic capability information, and correspondingly, the method further includes:

18. The method according to claim 17 or 16, characterized in that the method further comprises:

19. A terminal, characterized in that the terminal comprises a fourth obtaining unit, a second determining unit and a third sending unit, wherein:

the fourth acquiring unit is used for acquiring the state information of the terminal and the capability information supported by the terminal; the state information of the terminal comprises electric quantity information of the terminal, service condition information of a processor in the terminal and service requirement information of the terminal;

the second determining unit is used for determining the capability information which needs to be reported by the terminal according to the self state information of the terminal; the capability information to be reported by the terminal comprises capability information to be started and/or closed;

20. A base station, characterized in that the base station comprises a third receiving unit, a fifth acquiring unit and a second processing unit, wherein:

the third receiving unit is used for receiving the capability information which is sent by the terminal and needs to be reported by the terminal; the capability information to be reported by the terminal is the capability information which is determined by the terminal to be opened and/or closed according to the state information of the terminal and the capability information; the state information of the terminal comprises electric quantity information of the terminal, service condition information of a processor in the terminal and service requirement information of the terminal;