CN117500002A

CN117500002A - Negotiation method, terminal and network side equipment

Info

Publication number: CN117500002A
Application number: CN202210879069.0A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 李欢
Original assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Current assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-07-25
Filing date: 2022-07-25
Publication date: 2024-02-02
Also published as: WO2024022168A1

Abstract

The application discloses a negotiation method, a terminal and network side equipment, which belong to the field of communication, and the negotiation method in the embodiment of the application comprises the following steps: the first network element acquires first capability information; the first network element determines target communication capability information based on the first capability information; the first network element sends target communication capability information to the second equipment; the first capability information includes at least one of: first communication capability information and second communication capability information; the first communication capability information is: information of communication capability supported by the terminal network element and communicated with the Internet of things equipment; the second communication capability information is: information of communication capability supported by the first access network element and communicated with the Internet of things equipment; the target communication capability information is: communication capability information used in communicating with the internet of things device.

Description

Negotiation method, terminal and network side equipment

Technical Field

The application belongs to the technical field of communication, and particularly relates to a negotiation method, a terminal and network side equipment.

Background

The internet of things equipment is a terminal network element for certain specific scenes or specific services, wherein the internet of things equipment with lower working power consumption exists, and the communication distances supported by the internet of things equipment are smaller than the communication distances between the current terminal network element (such as a mobile phone and the like) and a base station, so that the internet of things equipment cannot establish communication connection with a mobile network under the condition that the communication distances between the internet of things equipment and the base station are far. As such, how to make these internet of things devices establish a communication connection with a mobile network is a problem to be solved.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application provides a negotiation method, a terminal and network side equipment, wherein the terminal equipment can communicate with the Internet of things equipment by using the consistent capability through capability negotiation between the terminal equipment and access network equipment, so that the terminal equipment assists the Internet of things equipment to establish communication connection with a mobile network.

In a first aspect, a negotiation method is provided, applied to a first network element, the method comprising: the first network element acquires first capability information; the first network element determines target communication capability information based on the first capability information; the first network element sends target communication capability information to the second equipment; the first capability information includes at least one of: first communication capability information and second communication capability information; the first communication capability information is: information of communication capability supported by the terminal network element and communicated with the Internet of things equipment; the second communication capability information is: information of communication capability supported by the first access network element and communicated with the Internet of things equipment; the target communication capability information is: communication capability information used in communicating with the internet of things device.

In a second aspect, there is provided a negotiation apparatus comprising: the device comprises an acquisition module, a determination module and a sending module. And the acquisition module is used for acquiring the first capability information. And the determining module is used for determining the target communication capability information based on the first capability information acquired by the acquiring module. And the sending module is used for sending the target communication capability information determined by the determining module to the second equipment. The first capability information includes at least one of: first communication capability information and second communication capability information; the first communication capability information is: information of communication capability supported by the terminal network element and communicated with the Internet of things equipment; the second communication capability information is: information of communication capability supported by the first access network element and communicated with the Internet of things equipment; the target communication capability information is: communication capability information used in communicating with the internet of things device.

In a third aspect, a negotiation method is provided, applied to a second network element, the method comprising: the second network element receives the target communication capability information from the first network element; the target communication capability information is: communication capability information used when communicating with the internet of things device; wherein the target communication capability information is determined based on first capability information, the first capability information including at least one of: first communication capability information and second communication capability information; the first communication capability information is: information of communication capability supported by the terminal network element and communicated with the network element of the Internet of things; the second communication capability information is: information of communication capability supported by the first access network element and communicated with the internet of things device.

In a fourth aspect, there is provided a negotiation apparatus comprising: a receiving module; and the receiving module is used for receiving the target communication capability information from the first network element. The target communication capability information is: communication capability information used when communicating with the internet of things device; wherein the target communication capability information is determined based on first capability information, the first capability information including at least one of: first communication capability information and second communication capability information; the first communication capability information is: information of communication capability supported by the terminal network element and communicated with the network element of the Internet of things; the second communication capability information is: information of communication capability supported by the first access network element and communicated with the internet of things device.

In a fifth aspect, there is provided a terminal comprising a processor and a memory storing a program or instructions executable on the processor, which when executed by the processor, implement the steps of the method as described in the first aspect.

In a sixth aspect, a terminal is provided, including a processor and a communication interface, where the processor is configured to obtain first capability information; then determining target communication capability information based on the first capability information; and sending the target communication capability information to the second device; the first capability information includes at least one of: first communication capability information and second communication capability information; the first communication capability information is: information of communication capability supported by the terminal network element and communicated with the Internet of things equipment; the second communication capability information is: information of communication capability supported by the first access network element and communicated with the Internet of things equipment; the target communication capability information is: communication capability information used in communicating with the internet of things device.

In a seventh aspect, a network side device is provided, comprising a processor and a memory storing a program or instructions executable on the processor, which program or instructions when executed by the processor implement the steps of the method as described in the first aspect.

In an eighth aspect, a network side device is provided, including a processor and a communication interface, where the processor is configured to receive target communication capability information from a first network element. The target communication capability information is: communication capability information used when communicating with the internet of things device; wherein the target communication capability information is determined based on first capability information, the first capability information including at least one of: first communication capability information and second communication capability information; the first communication capability information is: information of communication capability supported by the terminal network element and communicated with the network element of the Internet of things; the second communication capability information is: information of communication capability supported by the first access network element and communicated with the internet of things device.

In a ninth aspect, a negotiation system is provided, comprising: a terminal and a network side device, where the terminal may be configured to perform the steps of the negotiation method according to the first aspect, or perform the steps of the negotiation method according to the third aspect, and the network side device may be configured to perform the steps of the negotiation method according to the first aspect, or perform the steps of the negotiation method according to the third aspect.

In a tenth aspect, there is provided a readable storage medium having stored thereon a program or instructions which when executed by a processor, performs the steps of the method according to the first aspect, or performs the steps of the method according to the third aspect.

In an eleventh aspect, there is provided a chip comprising a processor and a communication interface, the communication interface and the processor being coupled, the processor being for running a program or instructions, implementing the steps of the method according to the first aspect, or implementing the steps of the method according to the third aspect.

In a twelfth aspect, there is provided a computer program/program product stored in a storage medium, the computer program/program product being executed by at least one processor to implement the steps of the method as described in the first aspect, or to implement the steps of the method as described in the third aspect.

In the embodiment of the application, a first network element acquires first capability information; the first network element determines target communication capability information based on the first capability information; the first network element sends target communication capability information to the second equipment; the first capability information includes at least one of: first communication capability information and second communication capability information; the first communication capability information is: information of communication capability supported by the terminal network element and communicated with the Internet of things equipment; the second communication capability information is: information of communication capability supported by the first access network element and communicated with the Internet of things equipment; the target communication capability information is: communication capability information used in communicating with the internet of things device. Under the condition that the first network element obtains the information of the communication capability supported by the terminal network element and communicated with the Internet of things equipment and the information of the communication capability supported by the first access network element and communicated with the Internet of things equipment, determining the information of the communication capability used when the terminal network element and the first access network element respectively communicate with the Internet of things equipment according to the two capabilities, and sending the information of the communication capability used when the terminal network element and the first access network element communicate with the Internet of things equipment. Therefore, the first network element can communicate with the internet of things device based on the required communication capability information used when communicating with the internet of things device, so that the internet of things device can establish communication connection with the mobile network.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic architecture diagram of a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of an internet of things device accessing a mobile network through a reader-writer according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a negotiation method according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 4 is a second diagram illustrating a negotiation method according to the embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 5 is a third diagram illustrating a negotiation method according to the embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a negotiation method according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 7 is a fifth schematic diagram of a negotiation method according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a negotiation method according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of a negotiation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 10 is a second schematic diagram of a negotiation apparatus according to the embodiment of the present application;

fig. 11 is a schematic hardware structure of a communication device according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 12 is a schematic hardware structure of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 13 is a schematic hardware structure of an access network device according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 14 is a schematic hardware structure of a core network device according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

Technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is apparent that the described embodiments are some embodiments of the present application, but not all embodiments. All other embodiments obtained by a person of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments in the present application are within the scope of the protection of the present application.

The terms first, second and the like in the description and in the claims, are used for distinguishing between similar objects and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order. It is to be understood that the terms so used are interchangeable under appropriate circumstances such that the embodiments of the application are capable of operation in sequences other than those illustrated or otherwise described herein, and that the terms "first" and "second" are generally intended to be used in a generic sense and not to limit the number of objects, for example, the first object may be one or more. Furthermore, in the description and claims, "and/or" means at least one of the connected objects, and the character "/" generally means a relationship in which the associated object is an "or" before and after.

It is noted that the techniques described in embodiments of the present application are not limited to long term evolution (Long Term Evolution, LTE)/LTE evolution (LTE-Advanced, LTE-a) systems, but may also be used in other wireless communication systems, such as code division multiple access (Code Division Multiple Access, CDMA), time division multiple access (Time Division Multiple Access, TDMA), frequency division multiple access (Freq termination device ncy Division Multiple Access, FDMA), orthogonal frequency division multiple access (Orthogonal Freq termination device ncy Division Multiple Access, OFDMA), single carrier frequency division multiple access (Single-carrier Freq termination device ncy Division Multiple Access, SC-FDMA), and other systems. The terms "system" and "network" in embodiments of the present application are often used interchangeably, and the techniques described may be used for both the above-mentioned systems and radio technologies, as well as other systems and radio technologies. The following description describes a New air interface (NR) system for purposes of example and uses NR terminology in much of the description that follows, but these techniques are also applicable to applications other than NR system applications, such as generation 6 (6) ^th Generation, 6G) communication system.

Fig. 1 shows a block diagram of a wireless communication system to which embodiments of the present application are applicable. The wireless communication system includes a terminal 11 and a network device 12. The terminal 11 may be a mobile phone, a tablet (Tablet Personal Computer), a Laptop (Laptop Computer) or a terminal-side Device called a notebook, a personal digital assistant (Personal Digital Assistant, PDA), a palm Computer, a netbook, an ultra-mobile personal Computer (ultra-mobile personal Computer, UMPC), a mobile internet appliance (Mobile Internet Device, MID), an augmented reality (augmented reality, AR)/Virtual Reality (VR) Device, a robot, a Wearable Device (webable Device), a vehicle-mounted Device (V terminal Device), a pedestrian terminal (P terminal Device), a smart home (home Device with a wireless communication function, such as a refrigerator, a television, a washing machine, or furniture), a game machine, a personal Computer (personal Computer, PC), a teller machine, or a self-service machine, and the Wearable Device includes: intelligent wrist-watch, intelligent bracelet, intelligent earphone, intelligent glasses, intelligent ornament (intelligent bracelet, intelligent ring, intelligent necklace, intelligent anklet, intelligent foot chain etc.), intelligent wrist strap, intelligent clothing etc.. Note that, the specific type of the terminal 11 is not limited in the embodiment of the present application. The network-side device 12 may comprise a first access network device or a core network device, wherein the first access network device 12 may also be referred to as a wireless first access network device, a radio access network (Radio Access Network, RAN), a radio access network function or a radio access network element. The first access network device 12 may include a base station, a WLAN access point, a WiFi node, or the like, which may be referred to as a node B, an evolved node B (eNB), an access point, a base transceiver station (Base Transceiver Station, BTS), a radio base station, a radio transceiver, a basic service set (Basic Service Set, BSS), an extended service set (Extended Service Set, ESS), a home node B, a home evolved node B, a transmitting/receiving point (Transmitting Receiving Point, TRP), or some other suitable terminology in the art, and the base station is not limited to a specific technical vocabulary so long as the same technical effect is achieved, and it should be noted that in the embodiments of the present application, only the base station in the NR system is described as an example, and the specific type of the base station is not limited. The core network device may include, but is not limited to, at least one of: core network nodes, core network functions, mobility management entities (Mobility Management Entity, MME), access mobility management functions (Access and Mobility Management Function, AMF), session management functions (Session Management Function, SMF), user plane functions (User Plane Function, UPF), policy control functions (Policy Control Function, PCF), policy and charging rules function units (Policy and Charging Rules Function, PCRF), edge application service discovery functions (Edge Application Server Discovery Function, EASDF), unified data management (Unified Data Management, UDM), unified data repository (Unified Data Repository, UDR), home subscriber server (Home Subscriber Server, HSS), centralized network configuration (Centralized network configuration, CNC), network storage functions (Network Repository Function, NRF), network opening functions (Network Exposure Function, NEF), local NEF (or L-NEF), binding support functions (Binding Support Function, BSF), application functions (Application Function, AF), and the like. In the embodiment of the present application, only the core network device in the NR system is described as an example, and the specific type of the core network device is not limited.

An internet of things terminal generally refers to a terminal device/terminal network element (hereinafter referred to as terminal network element) for certain specific scenarios or specific services. The internet of things device may be designed for specific needs of services and applications to be executed (e.g., smart home/city, smart utility, electronic health, and smart wearable devices). And the other type of internet of things terminal may not be used for human communication, for example, electronic meter reading equipment.

Fig. 2 shows a schematic diagram of an internet of things device accessing a mobile network through a reader-writer.

At present, there is a kind of thing networking equipment that work consumption is extremely low, and the communication distance that this kind of thing networking equipment can support is nearer, and it is far less than the communication distance of current terminal network element and basic station. Therefore, if such an internet of things device is far from the base station, a communication connection may not be established with the mobile network.

According to the method and the device, the communication capability information of the terminal network element (such as a mobile phone) and the base station, which are communicated with the Internet of things equipment, can be negotiated, so that the terminal network element and the base station can communicate with the Internet of things equipment by using the same method and communication parameters, and communication connection between the Internet of things equipment and the mobile network is established through the assistance of the terminal network element.

It should be noted that, the terminal 11 provided in this embodiment of the present application may be referred to as a terminal network element or a terminal device, where the terminal element or the terminal device indicates the same network element or device, and the access network device (including, for example, the first access network device and the second access network device) included in the network side device 12 may be referred to as an access network device/access network element, where the terminal element or the terminal device indicates the same network element or device.

The negotiation method provided by the embodiment of the application can be applied to the following network architecture:

the internet device is exemplified by an AmbientIoT device. The AmbientIoT device needs to absorb energy from the environment. After the ambmentiot device receives the carrier signal, it can contact the reader/writer by reflecting the carrier signal. The terminal network element (for example, UE) or the access network element (for example, RAN) may be used as a reader of the internet of things device, where the internet of things device accesses the mobile network through the reader.

The negotiation method provided by the embodiment of the application is described in detail below by some embodiments and application scenarios thereof with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The embodiment of the application provides a negotiation method, and fig. 3 shows a flowchart of the negotiation method provided by the embodiment of the application. As shown in fig. 3, the negotiation method provided in the embodiment of the present application may include the following steps 201 to 203.

Step 201, a first network element acquires first capability information.

In an embodiment of the present application, the first capability information includes at least one of: first communication capability information and second communication capability information.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the first communication capability information is: information of communication capability supported by the terminal network element and communicated with the Internet of things equipment; the second communication capability information is: information of communication capability supported by the first access network element and communicated with the internet of things device.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the first network element is a first access network element, and the second network element is a terminal network element; or the first network element is a second access network element, and the second network element is a first access network element or a terminal network element; or the first network element is a mobile management function network element, and the second network element is an access network element or a terminal network element.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the first access network element (i.e. the first RAN) is a radio access network element serving a terminal network element; or the first access network element is an access network element serving as a terminal network element before switching, and the second access network (namely the second RAN) network element is a target access network element for switching the terminal network element.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the mobility management function network element is a mobility management network element serving a terminal network element.

It should be noted that, the internet of things device is an internet of things device that absorbs energy from the environment for communication.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the first network element acquires the first communication capability information through the second signaling.

The second signaling is non-access stratum NAS signaling, NGAP signaling or infinite resource control RRC signaling; the second signaling carries the first communication capability information.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the communication capability supported by the terminal network element for communicating with the internet of things device includes at least one of the following:

the ability of the terminal network element to send downlink data to the internet of things equipment;

the ability of the terminal network element to send an excitation signal to the internet of things equipment;

the capability of the terminal network element to receive reflected signals from the Internet of things equipment;

and the terminal network element receives the uplink data capacity from the Internet of things equipment.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the communication capability supported by the first access network element for communicating with the internet of things device includes at least one of the following:

the capability of the first access network element to send downlink data to the Internet of things equipment;

The capability of the first access network element to send an excitation signal to the Internet of things equipment;

the capability of the first access network element to receive reflected signals from the internet of things device;

the first access network element receives uplink data from the internet of things device.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the first capability information includes: first communication capability information; the step 201 may be specifically implemented by the following steps 201a, 201b, 201c, 201d, or 201 e.

Step 201a, the first network element is a first access network element, the second network element is a terminal network element, and the first access network element receives first communication capability information from the terminal network element.

Step 201b, the first network element is a second access network element, the second network element is a terminal network element, and the second access network element receives the first communication capability information from the terminal network element through the first access network element.

Step 201c, the first network element is a mobility management function network element, the second network element is a terminal network element, and the mobility management function network element receives the first communication capability information from the terminal network element through the first access network element.

Step 201d, the first network element is a mobility management function network element, the second network element is a first access network element, and the mobility management function network element receives the first communication capability information of the terminal network element from the first access network element.

Step 201e, the first network element is a second access network element, the second network element is a first access network element, and the second access network element receives the first communication capability information of the terminal network element from the first access network element.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the first capability information includes: second communication capability information; the above step 201 may be specifically implemented by the following step 201f or step 201 g.

Step 201f, the first network element is a second access network element, the second network element is a first access network element, and the second access network element receives second communication capability information from the first access network element;

step 201g, the first network element is a mobility management function network element, the second network element is a first access network element, and the mobility management function network element receives second communication capability information from the first access network element.

Step 202, the first network element determines target communication capability information based on the first capability information.

In this embodiment of the present application, the target communication capability information is: communication capability information used in communicating with the internet of things device.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the target communication capability information includes at least one of: third communication capability information, fourth communication capability information.

Wherein the third communication capability information is: information of communication capacity used when the terminal network element communicates with the Internet of things equipment; the fourth communication capability information is: information of communication capability used when the first access network element communicates with the internet of things device.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the third communication capability information is sent by the second network element to the terminal network element through the first signaling;

the first signaling is non-access stratum NAS signaling, NGAP signaling or radio resource control RRC signaling; the first signaling carries third communication capability information.

Step 203, the first network element sends the target communication capability information to the second network element.

Alternatively, in the embodiment of the present application, the target communication capability information includes third communication capability information, and the step 203 may be specifically implemented by a step 203a, a step 203b, a step 203c, a step 203d, or a step 203e described below.

Step 203a, the first network element is a first access network element, the second network element is a terminal network element, and the first access network element sends third communication capability information to the terminal network element.

Step 203b, the first network element is a second access network element, the second network element is a terminal network element, and the second access network element sends third communication capability information to the terminal network element through the first access network element.

Step 203c, the first network element is a mobility management function network element, the second network element is a terminal network element, and the mobility management function network element sends third communication capability information to the terminal network element through the first access network element.

Step 203d, the first network element is a mobility management function network element, the second network element is a first access network element, and the mobility management function network element sends third communication capability information to the first access network element.

Step 203e, the first network element is a second access network element, the second network element is a first access network element, and the second access network element sends third communication capability information to the first access network element.

Alternatively, in the embodiment of the present application, the target communication capability information includes fourth communication capability information, and the step 203 may be specifically implemented by the following step 203f or step 203 g.

Step 203f, the first network element is a second access network element, the second network element is a first access network element, and the second access network element sends fourth communication capability information to the first access network element.

Step 203g, the first network element is a mobility management function network element, the second network element is a first access network element, and the mobility management function network element sends fourth communication capability information to the first access network element.

The embodiment of the application provides a negotiation method, wherein a first network element acquires first capability information; the first network element determines target communication capability information based on the first capability information; the first network element sends target communication capability information to the second equipment; the first capability information includes at least one of: first communication capability information and second communication capability information; the first communication capability information is: information of communication capability supported by the terminal network element and communicated with the Internet of things equipment; the second communication capability information is: information of communication capability supported by the first access network element and communicated with the Internet of things equipment; the target communication capability information is: and communication capability information required when the communication device communicates with the Internet of things equipment. The first network element determines communication capability information required when the terminal network element and the first access network element respectively communicate with the Internet of things equipment according to at least one of the communication capability information supported by the terminal network element and the Internet of things equipment, so that the terminal equipment and the access network element communicate with the Internet of things equipment by using the consistent communication capability, and the terminal auxiliary Internet of things equipment and the mobile network are in communication connection.

Optionally, the negotiation method provided in the embodiment of the present application further includes the following steps 301 to 303.

Step 301, a first network element obtains a first parameter.

In an embodiment of the present application, the first parameter includes at least one of: a first communication parameter and a second communication parameter; the first communication parameters are: communication parameters supported by the terminal network element and communicated with the Internet of things equipment; the second communication parameters are: communication parameters supported by the first access network element and communicated with the Internet of things equipment.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the first communication parameter includes at least one of:

parameters used by the terminal network element to communicate with the Internet of things equipment;

the terminal network element sends parameters of an excitation signal to the Internet of things equipment;

the terminal network element receives parameters of the reflected signals from the internet of things equipment.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the second communication parameter includes at least one of:

parameters used by the first access network element to communicate with the internet of things device;

the first access network element sends parameters of an excitation signal to the Internet of things equipment;

the first access network element receives parameters of a reflected signal from the internet of things device.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the parameter includes at least one of a spectrum parameter and an index parameter, where the spectrum parameter is used to describe a spectrum used when the terminal network element communicates with the internet of things device, and the index parameter is used to identify a device that communicates with the internet of things device.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the first parameter includes: a first communication parameter; the above step 301 may be specifically implemented by the following step 301a, step 301b or step 301 c.

Step 301a, the first network element is a first access network element, the second network element is a terminal network element, and the first access network element receives a first communication parameter from the terminal network element.

Step 301b, the first network element is a second access network element, the second network element is a terminal network element, and the second access network element receives the first communication parameter from the terminal network element through the first access network element.

Step 301c, the first network element is a mobility management function network element, the second network element is a terminal network element, and the mobility management function network element receives the first communication parameter from the terminal network element through the first access network element.

Step 301e, the first network element is a second access network element, the second network element is a first access network element, and the second access network element receives the first communication parameter from the terminal network element of the first access network element.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the first parameter includes: a second communication parameter; the above step 301 may be specifically realized by the following step 301f or step 301 g.

Step 301f, the first network element is a second access network element, the second network element is a first access network element, and the second access network element receives a second communication parameter from the first access network element.

Step 301g, the first network element is a mobility management function network element, the second network element is a first access network element, and the mobility management function network element receives the second communication parameters from the first access network element.

Step 302, the first network element determines a target communication parameter based on the first parameter.

In the embodiment of the present application, the target communication parameters are: communication parameters used in communication with the internet of things device.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the target communication parameter includes at least one of: a third communication parameter and a fourth communication parameter.

Wherein, the third communication parameter is: communication parameters used when the terminal network element communicates with the Internet of things equipment; the fourth communication parameters are: communication parameters used when the first access network element communicates with the internet of things device.

Step 303, the first network element sends the target communication parameters to the second network element.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the target communication parameters include: a third communication parameter; the above step 303 may be specifically implemented by the following step 303a, step 303b, step 303c, step 303d, or step 303 e.

Step 303a, the first network element is a first access network element, the second network element is a terminal network element, and the first access network element sends a third communication parameter to the terminal network element.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the third communication parameter is sent by the first network element to the terminal network element through a third signaling.

Wherein, the third signaling is NAS signaling, NGAP signaling or RRC signaling; the third signaling carries a third communication parameter.

Step 303b, the first network element is a second access network element, the second network element is a terminal network element, and the second access network element sends the third communication parameter to the terminal network element through the first access network element.

Step 303c, the first network element is a mobility management function network element, the second network element is a terminal network element, and the mobility management function network element sends the third communication parameter to the terminal network element through the first access network element.

Step 303d, the first network element is a mobility management function network element, the second network element is a first access network element, and the mobility management function network element sends third communication parameters to the first access network element.

Step 303e, the first network element is a second access network element, the second network element is a first access network element, and the second access network element sends a third communication parameter to the first access network element.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the target communication capability information includes a fourth communication parameter; the above step 303 can be specifically realized by the following steps 303f and 303 g.

Step 303f, the first network element is a second access network element, the second network element is a first access network element, and the second access network element sends a fourth communication parameter to the first access network element.

Step 303g, the first network element is a mobility management function network element, the second network element is a first access network element, and the mobility management function network element sends a fourth communication parameter to the first access network element.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present application, the first network element may acquire the first capability information and the first parameter through one message, or may receive the first capability information and the first parameter through different messages respectively. The first network element may send the target capability information and the target communication parameter through one message, or may send the target capability information and the target communication parameter through different messages respectively. The embodiments of the present application are not limited.

It should be noted that, in the embodiments of the present application: the communication capability information used when communicating with the internet of things device is the same as the communication capability information required when communicating with the internet of things device, and the usage thereof can be interchanged. The communication parameters used when communicating with the internet of things device are the same as the communication parameters required when communicating with the internet of things device, and the usage thereof can be interchanged.

The embodiment of the application provides a negotiation method, and fig. 4 shows a flowchart of the negotiation method provided by the embodiment of the application. As shown in fig. 4, the negotiation method provided in the embodiment of the present application may include the following step 401.

Step 401, the second network element receives the target communication capability information from the first network element.

Wherein the target communication capability information is determined based on first capability information, the first capability information including at least one of: first communication capability information and second communication capability information; the first communication capability information is: information of communication capability supported by the terminal network element and communicated with the Internet of things equipment; the second communication capability information is: information of communication capability supported by the first access network element and communicated with the internet of things device.

Wherein, the second signaling is NAS signaling, NGAP signaling or RRC signaling; the second signaling carries the first communication capability information.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the target communication capability information includes at least one of: third communication capability information and fourth communication capability information.

Wherein the third communication capability information is: the information of the communication capacity used when the terminal network element communicates with the internet of things equipment, and the fourth communication capacity information is: information of communication capability used when the first access network element communicates with the internet of things device.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the third communication capability information is sent by the second network element to the terminal network element through the first signaling.

Wherein, the first signaling is NAS signaling, NGAP signaling or RRC signaling; the first signaling carries third communication capability information.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present application, the first network element is a first access network element; the second network element is a terminal network element; or the first network element is a second access network element; the second network element is a first access network element or a terminal network element; or the first network element is a mobile management function network element; the second network element is an access network element or a terminal network element.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the first access network element (i.e. the first RAN) is a radio access network element serving a terminal network element; or the first access network element is an access network element serving as a terminal network element before switching, and the second access network (namely the second RAN) equipment is a target access network element for switching the terminal network element.

The embodiment of the application provides a negotiation method, wherein a second network element receives target communication capability information from a first network element; the target communication capability information is: communication capability information required when communicating with the internet of things equipment; wherein the target communication capability information is determined based on first capability information, the first capability information including at least one of: first communication capability information and second communication capability information; the first communication capability information is: information of communication capability supported by the terminal network element and communicated with the network element of the Internet of things; the second communication capability information is: information of communication capability supported by the first access network element and communicated with the internet of things device. Through the scheme, the terminal equipment and the access network element communicate with the Internet of things equipment by using the consistent communication capability, so that the terminal auxiliary Internet of things equipment and the mobile network are in communication connection.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the target communication capability information includes: third communication capability information; the above step 401 may be specifically implemented by the following steps 401a, 401b, 401c, 401d, or 401 e.

Step 401a, the first network element is a first access network element, the second network element is a terminal network element, and the terminal network element receives third communication capability information from the first access network element.

Step 401b, the first network element is a second access network element, the second network element is a terminal network element, and the terminal network element receives third communication capability information from the second access network element through the first access network element.

In step 401c, the first network element is a mobility management function network element, and the second network element is a terminal network element, where the terminal network element receives, through the first access network element, third communication capability information from the mobility management function network element.

Step 401d, the first network element is a mobility management function network element, the second network element is a first access network element, and the first access network element receives the third communication capability information from the mobility management function network element.

Step 401e, the first network element is a second access network element, the second network element is a first access network element, and the first access network element receives third communication capability information from the second access network element.

Optionally, after steps 401d and 401e, the second network element further sends third communication capability information to the terminal device.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the target communication capability information includes: fourth communication capability information; the above step 401 may be specifically realized by the following step 401f or step 401 g.

Step 401f, the first network element is a second access network element, the second network element is a first access network element, and the first access network element receives fourth communication capability information from the second access network element.

Step 401g, the first network element is a mobility management function network element, the second network element is a first access network element, and the first access network element receives fourth communication capability information from the mobility management function network element.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, before the step 401a, the negotiation method provided in the embodiment of the present application further includes a step 501a described below.

Step 501a, the terminal network element sends first communication capability information to the first access network element.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, before the step 401b, the negotiation method provided in the embodiment of the present application further includes a step 501b described below.

Step 501b, the terminal network element sends the first communication capability information to the second access network element through the first access network element.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, before the step 401c, the negotiation method provided in the embodiment of the present application further includes a step 501c described below.

Step 501c, the terminal network element sends the first communication capability information to the mobility management function network element through the first access network element.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, before the step 401d, the negotiation method provided in the embodiment of the present application further includes a step 501d described below.

Step 501d, the first access network element sends the first communication capability information to the mobility management function network element.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, before the step 401e, the negotiation method provided in the embodiment of the present application further includes a step 501e described below.

Step 501e, the first access network element sends the first communication capability information to the second access network element.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the negotiation method provided in the embodiment of the present application further includes the following step 601.

Step 601, the second network element receives the target communication parameters from the first network element.

Wherein, the target communication parameters are: communication parameters used when communicating with the internet of things equipment; the target communication parameter is determined by the first network element based on the first parameter.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the parameter includes at least one of a spectrum parameter and an index parameter; the frequency spectrum parameter is used for describing the frequency spectrum used when the terminal network element communicates with the Internet of things equipment, and the index parameter is used for identifying the equipment communicating with the Internet of things equipment.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the third communication parameter is sent by the terminal network element to the first network element through a third signaling.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the target communication parameters include: a third communication parameter; the above step 601 may be specifically realized by the following steps 601a, 601b, 601c, 601d, or 601 e.

In step 601a, the first network element is a first access network element, the second network element is a terminal network element, and the terminal network element receives a third communication parameter from the first access network element.

Step 601b, the first network element is a second access network element, the second network element is a terminal network element, and the terminal network element receives a third communication parameter from the second access network element through the first access network element.

In step 601c, the first network element is a mobility management function network element, the second network element is a terminal network element, and the terminal network element receives the third communication parameter from the mobility management function network element through the first access network element.

In step 601d, the first network element is a mobility management function network element, the second network element is a first access network element, and the first access network element receives the third communication parameter from the mobility management function network element.

Step 601e, the first network element is a second access network element, the second network element is a first access network element, and the second access network element receives the third communication parameter sent by the first access network element.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the target communication parameters include: a fourth communication parameter; the above step 601 can be realized by specifically the following step 601f or step 601 g.

Step 601f, the first network element is a second access network element, the second network element is a first access network element, and the first access network element receives a fourth communication parameter from the second access network element.

Step 601g, the first network element is a mobility management function network element, the second network element is a first access network element, and the first access network element receives a fourth communication parameter from the mobility management function network element.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, before the step 601a, the negotiation method provided in the embodiment of the present application further includes a step 701a described below.

Step 701a, the terminal network element sends a first communication parameter to the first access network element.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, before the step 601b, the negotiation method provided in the embodiment of the present application further includes the following step 701b.

Step 701b, the terminal network element sends the first communication parameter to the second access network element through the first access network element.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, before the step 601c, the negotiation method provided in the embodiment of the present application further includes a step 701c described below.

Step 701c, the terminal network element sends the first communication parameter to the mobility management function network element through the first access network element.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, before the step 601e, the negotiation method provided in the embodiment of the present application further includes a step 701e described below.

Step 701e, the first access network element sends the first communication parameter to the first access network element.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, before the step 601f, the negotiation method provided in the embodiment of the present application further includes the following step 701f.

Step 701f, the first access network element sends the second communication parameter to the second access network element.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, before the step 601g, the negotiation method provided in the embodiment of the present application further includes the following step 701g.

Step 701g, the first access network element sends the second communication parameter to the mobility management function network element.

It should be noted that the second network element may send the first capability information and the first parameter through one message, or may send the first capability information and the first parameter through a different message. The second network element may receive the target capability information and the target communication parameters through one message, or may send the target capability information and the target communication parameters through a different message. The embodiments of the present application are not limited.

The negotiation method provided in the embodiment of the present application may be implemented by the following first to fourth embodiments. Wherein both the communication capability to communicate with the internet of things device and the communication parameters to communicate with the internet of things device may be as described in the embodiment of fig. 3.

Example 1

An embodiment of the present application provides a negotiation method, which is applied between a first RAN and a terminal network element, and fig. 5 shows a flowchart of the negotiation method provided by the embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 5, the negotiation method provided in the embodiment of the present application may include the following steps 11 to 16.

And step 11, the terminal network element sends the information of the communication capability supported by the terminal network element and communicated with the Internet of things equipment to the first RAN.

Wherein the first RAN is a radio access network element serving a terminal network element.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the terminal network element further sends, to the first RAN, a communication parameter supported by the terminal network element and in communication with the internet of things device.

The communication capability supported by the terminal network element and communicated with the internet of things equipment comprises at least one of the following:

The communication parameters supported by the terminal network element and communicated with the internet of things equipment comprise at least one of the following:

It should be noted that the above parameters may include: the parameters include at least one of a spectral parameter and an index parameter. The spectrum parameter is used for describing a spectrum used when the terminal network element communicates with the internet of things device. The index parameter is used for describing index information carried when the index parameter is communicated with the Internet of things equipment. The index information is used for identifying the corresponding relation between the UE or the RAN and the Internet of things equipment or between the Internet of things equipment and the RAN when the UE assists in carrying out the communication of the Internet of things equipment.

The terminal network element sends an excitation signal to the internet of things equipment, wherein the excitation signal carries index parameters; the method comprises the steps that the Internet of things equipment sends a reflected signal, wherein the reflected signal carries index parameters from a terminal network element; the first RAN receives a reflected signal from the Internet of things equipment, and can identify a terminal network element corresponding to the Internet of things equipment through index parameters carried in the reflected signal. The first RAN may utilize the correspondence to perform subsequent communications with the internet of things device.

The first RAN receives downlink data of the internet of things device, and sends the downlink data to the internet of things device through the terminal network element.

The first RAN sends an excitation signal to the internet of things device, wherein the excitation signal carries an index parameter; the method comprises the steps that the Internet of things equipment sends a reflected signal, wherein the reflected signal carries index parameters from a first RAN; the terminal network element receives the reflected signal from the internet of things equipment, and the first RAN corresponding to the internet of things equipment can be identified through the index parameter carried in the reflected signal. The terminal network element can utilize the corresponding relation to communicate with the internet of things equipment.

The terminal network element obtains, through the index parameter, that the first RAN indicated by the index parameter is the first RAN serving the terminal network element, and then sends, to the first RAN, a reflection signal from the internet of things device, or sends, to the first RAN, data carried in the reflection signal from the internet of things device. On the other hand, if the terminal network element learns through the index parameter that the first RAN indicated by the index parameter is different from the first RAN serving the terminal network element, the terminal network element discards the reflected signal from the internet of things device, or the terminal network element discards the data carried in the reflected signal from the internet of things device.

Step 12, the first RAN receives the information of the communication capability supported by the terminal network element and communicated with the internet of things device, which is sent by the terminal network element.

And 13, the first RAN determines target communication capability information according to the information of the communication capability supported by the terminal network element and communicated with the Internet of things equipment and the information of the communication capability supported by the first RAN and communicated with the Internet of things equipment.

The target communication capability information comprises information of communication capability used when the terminal network element communicates with the internet of things device and information of communication capability used when the first RAN communicates with the internet of things device.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the first RAN determines the target communication parameter according to a communication parameter supported by the terminal network element and communicating with the internet of things device, and a communication parameter supported by the first RAN and communicating with the internet of things device.

The target communication parameters comprise communication parameters used when the terminal network element communicates with the internet of things device and communication parameters used when the first RAN communicates with the internet of things device.

It should be noted that, the content included in the communication capability information supported by the first RAN and used for communicating with the internet of things device may refer to the communication capability information supported by the terminal network element and used for communicating with the internet of things device. The content included in the communication parameters supported by the first RAN and used for communicating with the internet of things device may refer to the communication parameters supported by the terminal network element and used for communicating with the internet of things device.

Step 14, the first RAN sends the terminal network element information of the communication capability used when the terminal network element communicates with the internet of things device.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the first RAN may send at least one of the following to the terminal network element:

the method comprises the steps of enabling a terminal network element to communicate with Internet of things equipment, wherein the communication parameters of the Internet of things equipment, the communication capability information used when a first RAN communicates with the Internet of things equipment and target communication parameters are needed to be used when the terminal network element communicates with the Internet of things equipment.

And 15, the terminal network element receives the information of the communication capability used when the terminal network element sent by the first RAN communicates with the Internet of things equipment.

And step 16, the terminal network element and the first RAN communicate with the Internet of things equipment by using the negotiated communication capability information for communicating with the Internet of things equipment.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the terminal network element and the first RAN use the negotiated communication parameters for communicating with the internet of things device to communicate with the internet of things device.

Illustratively, steps 11 and 14 may be performed by using RRC signaling to carry the above information.

Through the above embodiment, the result of the communication capability information negotiated between the first RAN and the terminal network element and communicated with the internet of things device may at least include the following several kinds of information:

1. The first RAN sends downlink control signaling to the Internet of things equipment, and the first RAN sends an excitation signal; the terminal network element receives the reflected signal and reports the reflected signal to the first RAN.

2. The first RAN sends downlink control signaling to the Internet of things equipment; the terminal network element sends an excitation signal, receives a reflected signal and reports the reflected signal to the first RAN.

3. The first RAN sends downlink control signaling to the Internet of things equipment through the terminal network element, the first RAN sends an excitation signal, and the first RAN receives a reflection signal.

4. The first RAN sends downlink control signaling to the Internet of things equipment through the terminal network element, the terminal network element sends an excitation signal, and the first RAN receives a reflection signal.

5. The first RAN sends downlink control signaling to the Internet of things equipment through the terminal network element, and the terminal network element sends an excitation signal and receives reflection.

6. The first RAN sends downlink control signaling to the Internet of things equipment through the terminal network element, the first RAN sends an excitation signal, and the terminal network element receives reflection.

The embodiment of the application provides a negotiation method, which can determine the communication capability information and the communication parameters used when the terminal network element and the access network element communicate with the Internet of things equipment by acquiring the communication capability information and the communication parameters supported by the terminal network element and the access network element and communicating with the Internet of things equipment, so that the Internet of things equipment can establish communication connection with a mobile network through the assistance of the terminal network element.

Example two

The embodiment of the application provides a negotiation method, which is applied between a first RAN, a second RAN and a terminal network element and describes a negotiation process in a switching process of the terminal network element from the first RAN to the second RAN. Fig. 6 shows a flowchart of a negotiation method according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 6, the negotiation method provided in the embodiment of the present application may include the following steps 24 to 29.

Step 24, the first RAN sends information of communication capability supported by the terminal network element and communicated with the internet of things device to the second RAN.

The second RAN is a target access network element switched by the terminal network element.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the first RAN further sends at least one of the following to the second RAN:

communication parameters supported by the terminal network element and communicated with the Internet of things equipment, communication capability information used by the first RAN and the terminal network element and communicated with the Internet of things equipment, and communication parameters used by the first RAN and the terminal network element and communicated with the Internet of things equipment.

Step 25, the second RAN receives the information of the communication capability supported by the terminal network element and communicated with the internet of things device and sent by the first RAN.

Alternatively to this, the method may comprise,

and step 26, the second RAN determines the target communication capability information according to the information of the communication capability supported by the terminal network element and communicated with the Internet of things equipment, and optionally also according to the information of the communication capability supported by the second RAN and communicated with the Internet of things equipment.

Wherein the target communication capability includes at least one of: information of communication capability used when the terminal network element communicates with the internet of things device, and information of communication capability used when the second RAN communicates with the internet of things device.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the second RAN determines the target communication parameter according to a communication parameter that may also be supported by the terminal network element and that is in communication with the internet of things device, and optionally also according to a communication parameter that is supported by the second RAN and that is in communication with the internet of things device.

Wherein the target communication parameters include at least one of: communication parameters used when the terminal network element communicates with the internet of things device, and communication parameters used when the second RAN communicates with the internet of things device.

Step 27, the second RAN sends the terminal network element information of the communication capability used when the terminal network element communicates with the internet of things device.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the second RAN may further send at least one of the following to the terminal network element:

the communication parameters used when the terminal network element and the Internet of things equipment are communicated, the information of the communication capacity used when the second RAN and the Internet of things equipment are communicated, and the communication parameters used when the second RAN and the Internet of things equipment are communicated.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the second RAN may also send the above information to the terminal network element through another network element.

Illustratively, in the Xn-based handover procedure, the second RAN sends the information to the terminal network element via the first RAN. For example, the second RAN sends the above information to the first RAN, which sends the above information to the terminal network element. Or in the handover procedure based on N2, the second RAN may also send the information to the terminal network element through the AMF network element and the first RAN. For example, the second RAN sends the above information to the mobility management network element AMF, the AMF network element sends the above information to the first RAN, and the first RAN sends the above information to the terminal network element.

Step 28, the terminal network element receives the information of the communication capability used when the terminal network element of the second RAN communicates with the internet of things device.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the terminal network element may further receive at least one of the following from the second RAN: the communication parameters used when the terminal network element and the Internet of things equipment are communicated, the information of the communication capacity used when the second RAN and the Internet of things equipment are communicated, and the communication parameters used when the second RAN and the Internet of things equipment are communicated.

And 29, the terminal network element and the second RAN communicate with the Internet of things equipment by using the negotiated communication capacity information of the Internet of things equipment.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the terminal network element and the second RAN use the received communication parameters used when communicating with the internet of things device to communicate with the internet of things device.

It should be noted that step 29 may be performed after the terminal network element is handed over to the second RAN.

It should be noted that, as an implementation manner, the second embodiment may be used in superposition with the first embodiment. For example, the first embodiment is performed when the terminal network element accesses the first RAN, and the second embodiment is performed during and after the terminal network element is handed over from the first RAN to the second RAN.

Example III

The embodiment of the application provides a negotiation method, which is applied between a first RAN, a terminal network element and a mobile management network element, and describes a process of determining information of communication capacity used by the first RAN and the Internet of things equipment and information of communication capacity used by the terminal network element and the Internet of things equipment by the AMF network element. Fig. 7 is a flowchart of a negotiation method according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 7, the negotiation method provided in the embodiment of the present application may include the following steps 31 to 40.

And 31, the terminal network element sends the information of the communication capability supported by the terminal network element and communicated with the Internet of things equipment to the AMF network element.

The AMF network element is a mobile management network element serving the terminal network element.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the terminal network element may further send, to the AMF network element, a communication parameter supported by the terminal network element and in communication with the internet of things device.

For example, the terminal network element may send a NAS message to the AMF, where the NAS message includes at least one of information of a communication capability supported by the terminal network element to communicate with the internet of things device and a communication parameter supported by the terminal network element to communicate with the internet of things device.

Step 32, the AMF network element receives the information of the communication capability supported by the terminal network element from the terminal network element and communicated with the internet of things device.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the AMF network element may further receive a communication parameter supported by the terminal network element from the terminal network element and in communication with the internet of things device.

Step 33, the first RAN sends, to the AMF network element, information of a communication capability supported by the first RAN for communication with the internet of things device.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the first RAN may further send, to the AMF network element, a communication parameter supported by the first RAN and in communication with the internet of things device.

Alternatively, the first RAN may send the above information to the AMF network element through an NGAP message. The first RAN may send the above information to the AMF network element during a process of establishing a connection with the AMF network element or during a process of registering the terminal network element with the AMF network element.

It should be noted that, in step 31, the terminal network element may send, to the first RAN, information about a communication capability supported by the terminal network element for communicating with the internet of things device. The first RAN may send, to the AMF network element, information of a communication capability supported by the terminal network element to communicate with the internet of things device and information of a communication capability supported by the first RAN to communicate with the internet of things device in one message.

Step 34, the AMF network element receives information of a communication capability supported by the first RAN from the first RAN to communicate with the internet of things device.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the AMF network element may further receive a communication parameter supported by the first RAN and sent by the first RAN to communicate with the internet of things device.

It should be noted that in steps 32 and 34, the amf may obtain the above information from the same message.

Step 35, the AMF network element determines the target communication capability information according to the information of the communication capability supported by the terminal network element and communicated with the internet of things device and the information of the communication capability supported by the first RAN and communicated with the internet of things device.

The target communication capability information comprises communication capability information used when the terminal network element communicates with the internet of things device and communication capability information used when the first RAN communicates with the internet of things device.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the AMF network element determines the target communication parameter according to a communication parameter supported by the terminal network element and communicating with the internet of things device and a communication parameter supported by the first RAN and communicating with the internet of things device.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the target communication parameters include a communication parameter used when the terminal network element communicates with the internet of things device and a communication parameter used when the first RAN communicates with the internet of things device.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the AMF network element allocates a tracking area for the terminal network element according to at least one of the following: communication capability information and/or communication parameters used when the RAN supports communication with the Internet of things equipment, and communication capability information and/or communication parameters used when the terminal network element supports communication with the Internet of things equipment.

In the tracking area of the terminal network element determined by the AMF, the RANs have the same communication capability and/or communication parameters, or the RANs support the communication capability and/or communication parameters for communication with the internet of things device and have intersections corresponding to the communication capability and/or communication parameters supported by the terminal network element. The communication capability and/or communication parameter supported by the RAN and communicating with the internet of things device correspond to the capability and/or communication parameter supported by the terminal network element, which means that the communication capability and/or communication parameter supported by the RAN and communicating with the internet of things device supported by the terminal network element can be used simultaneously.

The terminal network element illustratively supports sending excitation signals and the RAN supports receiving reflected signals, these two capabilities being corresponding.

Also exemplary, the terminal network element supports transmitting an excitation signal in a frequency band and the RAN supports receiving a reflection signal in this frequency band, the two spectral parameters being corresponding.

Step 36, the AMF network element sends, to the first RAN, communication capability information used when the first RAN communicates with the internet of things device.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the AMF network element may further send, to the first RAN, a communication parameter used when the first RAN communicates with the internet of things device.

Step 37, the first RAN receives communication capability information used when the first RAN from the AMF network element communicates with the internet of things device.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the first RAN receives a communication parameter used when the first RAN from the AMF network element communicates with the internet of things device.

Step 38, the AMF network element sends the communication capability information used when the terminal network element communicates with the internet of things device to the terminal network element.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the AMF network element may further send at least one of the following to the terminal network element:

the communication capacity information used when the first RAN communicates with the Internet of things equipment, the communication parameters used when the terminal network element communicates with the Internet of things equipment, and the communication parameters used when the first RAN communicates with the Internet of things equipment.

Step 39, the terminal network element receives the communication capability information used when the terminal network element from the AMF network element communicates with the internet of things device.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the terminal network element receives a communication parameter used when the terminal network element from the AMF network element communicates with the internet of things device.

And step 40, the terminal network element and the first RAN communicate with the Internet of things equipment by using the received communication capability information of the Internet of things equipment.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the terminal network element and the first RAN use the received communication parameters used when communicating with the internet of things device to communicate with the internet of things device.

It should be noted that, the step 40 may refer to the description of the step 16 in the implementation one, and will not be repeated here.

In step 31, the terminal network element may send the above message to the AMF network element through a NAS message, where the NAS message may be sent to the AMF network element through the first RAN.

It should be noted that, the step 33 and the step 31 may occur simultaneously or not simultaneously.

Illustratively, when the first RAN is delivering the information in step 31 to the AMF network element, the information in step 33 may be simultaneously carried for transmission to the AMF network element. Alternatively, when the first RAN is establishing an NGAP connection with an AMF network element, the information in step 33 is sent to the AMF network element.

It should be noted that the execution sequence of the steps 33 and 31 is not limited in this embodiment.

Accordingly, the execution sequence of steps 32 and 34 is not limited in this embodiment.

Accordingly, in step 38, the amf network element may send the above information to the terminal network element through a NAS message. The NAS message may be sent to the terminal network element via the first RAN. Step 36 may or may not occur simultaneously with step 38.

Illustratively, when the AMF network element is sending the information in step 36 to the first RAN, the NAS cell may be carried simultaneously, including the information sent to the terminal network element in step 38.

It should be noted that, the execution sequence of the steps 36 and 38 is not limited in this embodiment, and the execution sequence of the steps 37 and 39 is not limited in this embodiment.

Example IV

The embodiment of the application provides a negotiation method, which is applied among a first RAN, a second RAN, a terminal network element and an AMF network element, and describes the process of negotiating the capability of the terminal network element with a target RAN in the (N2-based) switching process. Fig. 8 shows a flowchart of a negotiation method according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 8, the negotiation method provided in the embodiment of the present application may include the following steps 41 to 57.

And step 41, the terminal network element sends the information of the communication capability supported by the terminal network element and communicated with the Internet of things equipment to the AMF network element.

Step 42, the AMF network element receives the information of the communication capability supported by the terminal network element and communicated with the internet of things device and sent by the terminal network element.

Step 43, the first RAN sends information of communication capability supported by the first RAN for communication with the internet of things device to the AMF network element.

Step 44, the AMF network element receives the information of the communication capability supported by the first RAN and communicating with the internet of things device, which is sent by the first RAN.

Step 45, the first RAN determines target communication capability information according to the information of the communication capability supported by the terminal network element and communicated with the internet of things device and the information of the communication capability supported by the first RAN and communicated with the internet of things device.

Step 46, the AMF network element sends the first RAN communication capability information used when the first RAN communicates with the internet of things device.

Step 47, the first RAN receives communication capability information used when the first RAN and the internet of things device communicate, which are sent by the AMF network element.

And 48, the AMF network element sends the communication capability information used when the terminal network element communicates with the Internet of things equipment to the terminal network element.

Step 49, the terminal network element receives the communication capability information used when the terminal network element sent by the AMF network element communicates with the internet of things device.

And 50, the terminal network element and the first RAN communicate with the Internet of things equipment by using the negotiated Internet of things equipment communication capability.

It should be noted that, the specific implementation process of step 41 to step 50 may refer to step 31 to step 40 in the third embodiment, and will not be described herein.

Step 51, the second RAN sends information of communication capability supported by the second RAN for communication with the internet of things device to the AMF network element.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the second RAN may further send, to the AMF network element, a communication parameter supported by the second RAN and in communication with the internet of things device.

Alternatively, the second RAN may send the above information to the AMF network element through an NGAP message. The second RAN may send the above information to the AMF network element during a process of establishing a connection with the AMF network element, or during a process of registering the terminal network element with the AMF network element through the second RAN. The terminal network element may be the same as or different from the terminal network element in the above steps.

Step 52, the AMF network element receives information of a communication capability supported by the second RAN from the second RAN to communicate with the internet of things device.

Optionally, the AMF network element receives communication parameters supported by the second RAN from the second RAN in communication with the internet of things device.

Step 53, the AMF network element determines communication capability information used when the second RAN communicates with the internet of things device.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the AMF network element determines a communication parameter used when the second RAN communicates with the internet of things device.

AMF determination of the above information or parameters reference may be made to the description of step 35, wherein the first RAN is replaced by the second RAN of the present step.

Step 54, the AMF network element sends, to the second RAN, communication capability information used when the second RAN communicates with the internet of things device.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the AMF network element sends at least one of the following to the second RAN:

the communication capability information used when the terminal network element is in communication with the internet of things device, the communication parameters used when the terminal network element is in communication with the internet of things device, and the communication parameters used when the second RAN is in communication with the internet of things device.

Optionally, when knowing that the terminal network element needs to be switched from the first RAN to the second RAN, the AMF sends at least one of communication capability information used when the terminal network element communicates with the internet of things device and communication parameters used when the terminal network element communicates with the internet of things device to the second RAN.

It should be noted that, when there is no connection between the second RAN and the AMF network element, the AMF network element may send the message to the second RAN through another AMF network element.

Step 55, the second RAN receives the communication capability information used when the second RAN and the internet of things device communicate, which is sent by the AMF network element.

Optionally, the second RAN receives at least one of the following from the AMF network element:

Step 56, the terminal network element switches to the second RAN.

Step 57, the terminal network element and the second RAN use the negotiated communication capability of the internet of things device to communicate with the internet of things device.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the terminal network element and the second RAN use the negotiated communication parameters of the internet of things device to communicate with the internet of things device.

It should be noted that, step 57 may refer to the description of step 16 in the implementation one, and will not be repeated here.

It should be noted that, after receiving at least one of the information of the communication capability and the communication parameter of the communication with the internet of things device supported by the second RAN and sent by the second RAN, the AMF optionally determines and sends to the terminal network element at least one of the communication capability and the communication parameter used when the terminal network element communicates with the internet of things device.

Example five

The embodiment of the application provides a capability negotiation method for communication of Internet of things equipment, wherein the method comprises the following steps:

1. the method comprises the steps of acquiring communication capability information supported by a terminal network element and communicated with the Internet of things equipment, determining communication capability information used when the terminal network element is communicated with the Internet of things equipment, and sending the communication capability information used when the terminal network element is communicated with the Internet of things equipment to the terminal network element.

2. Optionally, the method further comprises: the communication parameters supported by the terminal network element and communicated with the Internet of things equipment are obtained, the communication parameters used when the terminal network element and the Internet of things equipment are communicated are determined, and the communication parameters used when the terminal network element and the Internet of things equipment are communicated are sent to the terminal network element.

The parameters used for communication with the internet of things equipment supported by the terminal network element comprise at least one of the following:

Wherein the parameter comprises at least one of a spectral parameter and an index parameter. The frequency spectrum parameter is used for describing a frequency spectrum used when the terminal network element communicates with the internet of things device. The index parameter is used to identify a device in communication with the internet of things device.

3. The method for acquiring the communication capability information supported by the terminal network element and communicated with the Internet of things equipment comprises the following steps:

and acquiring communication capability information supported by the terminal network element and communicated with the Internet of things equipment through the NAS message, the NGAP message or the RRC message.

4. Determining communication capability information used when the terminal network element communicates with the internet of things device, including:

and determining the communication capability information used when the terminal network element is communicated with the Internet of things equipment according to the communication capability information supported by the terminal network element and communicated with the Internet of things equipment and the communication capability information supported by the access network element and communicated with the Internet of things equipment.

5. The method for sending the communication capability information used when the terminal network element communicates with the internet of things device to the terminal network element comprises the following steps:

and sending the communication capability information used when the terminal network element communicates with the Internet of things equipment to the terminal network element through the NAS message or the RRC message.

6. The method for sending the communication capability information used when the terminal network element communicates with the internet of things device to the terminal network element comprises the following steps:

and sending the communication capability information used when the terminal network element communicates with the Internet of things equipment to the terminal network element through the access network element or the mobile management network element.

7. Optionally, the method further comprises: the method comprises the steps of acquiring communication capability information supported by an access network element and communicated with the Internet of things equipment, determining the communication capability information used when the access network element is communicated with the Internet of things equipment, and sending the communication capability information used when the terminal network element is communicated with the Internet of things equipment to the access network element.

8. Optionally, the method further comprises: the communication parameters supported by the access network element and communicated with the Internet of things equipment are obtained, the communication parameters used when the access network element and the Internet of things equipment are communicated are determined, and the communication parameters used when the terminal network element and the Internet of things equipment are communicated are sent to the access network element.

Example six

1. the terminal network element sends information of communication capability supported by the terminal network element and communicated with the Internet of things equipment to the first network element;

and acquiring communication capability information used by the terminal network element for communication with the Internet of things equipment from the first network element.

The communication capability information used by the terminal network element for communicating with the Internet of things equipment is determined according to the communication capability information supported by the terminal network element for communicating with the Internet of things equipment.

2. Optionally, the method further comprises:

the terminal network element sends communication parameters supported by the terminal network element and communicated with the Internet of things equipment to the first network element;

and acquiring communication parameters used when the terminal network element communicates with the Internet of things equipment from the first network element.

The parameters used by the terminal network element for communication with the Internet of things equipment are determined according to the communication parameters of the Internet of things equipment supported by the terminal network element.

3. The first network element is an access network device or a mobility management network element.

4. The communication parameters used for communication with the internet of things equipment supported by the terminal network element comprise at least one of the following:

5. Wherein the parameter comprises at least one of a spectral parameter and an index parameter. The frequency spectrum parameter is used for describing a frequency spectrum used when the terminal network element communicates with the internet of things device. The index parameter is used to identify a device in communication with the internet of things device.

6. The terminal network element sending the communication capability of the internet of things device supported by the terminal network element to the first network element, comprising:

the terminal network element sends communication capability information supported by the terminal network element and communicated with the Internet of things equipment to the first network element through NAS information or RRC information.

Example seven

1. the method comprises the steps that a first access network element obtains communication capability information supported by a terminal network element and communicated with Internet of things equipment, and the communication capability information supported by the terminal network element and communicated with the Internet of things equipment is sent to a second access network element;

The first access network element receives communication capability information used by the terminal network element from the second access network element for communication with the Internet of things equipment, and sends the communication capability information used by the terminal network element for communication with the Internet of things equipment to the terminal network element.

2. Optionally, the method further comprises: the method comprises the steps that a first access network element obtains communication parameters supported by a terminal network element and communicated with the Internet of things equipment, and the communication parameters supported by the terminal network element and communicated with the Internet of things equipment are sent to a second access network element;

the first access network element receives communication parameters used by the terminal network element from the second access network element for communication with the Internet of things equipment, and sends the communication parameters used by the terminal network element for communication with the Internet of things equipment to the terminal network element.

3. Optionally, the method further comprises: the first access network element sends at least one of the following to the second access network element:

communication capability information used by the first access network element for communicating with the Internet of things equipment;

communication parameters used by the first access network element and communicated with the Internet of things equipment;

communication capability information used by the terminal network element and communicated with the Internet of things equipment; communication parameters used by the terminal network element for communication with the Internet of things equipment.

Example seven

1. the access network element sends communication capability information supported by the access network element and communicated with the Internet of things equipment to the mobile management network element, and obtains the communication capability information used when the access network element is communicated with the Internet of things equipment from the mobile management network element.

2. Optionally, the method further comprises: the access network element sends communication parameters supported by the access network element and communicated with the Internet of things equipment to the mobile management network element, and obtains the communication parameters used when the access network element from the mobile management network element communicates with the Internet of things equipment.

3. Optionally, the method further comprises: the access network element acquires communication capability information supported by the terminal network element and communicated with the Internet of things equipment, and sends the communication capability information supported by the terminal network element and communicated with the Internet of things equipment to the mobile management network element;

the access network element obtains the communication capability information used when the terminal network element communicates with the Internet of things equipment from the mobile management network element, and sends the communication capability information used when the terminal network element communicates with the Internet of things equipment to the terminal network element.

4. Optionally, the method further comprises: the access network element acquires communication parameters supported by the terminal network element and communicated with the Internet of things equipment;

The access network element sends communication parameters supported by the terminal network element and communicated with the Internet of things equipment to the mobile management network element;

the access network element obtains communication parameters used when the terminal network element communicates with the Internet of things equipment from the mobile management network element;

the access network element sends communication parameters used when the terminal network element communicates with the internet of things device to the terminal network element.

According to the negotiation method provided by the embodiment of the application, the execution body can be a negotiation device. In the embodiment of the present application, a negotiation method performed by a write-on device is taken as an example, and a negotiation device provided in the embodiment of the present application is described.

Fig. 9 shows a schematic diagram of a possible configuration of the negotiation apparatus involved in the embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 9, the negotiation apparatus 60 may include: an acquisition module 61, a determination module 62 and a transmission module 63.

Wherein, the obtaining module 61 is configured to obtain the first capability information. A determining module 62 for determining the target communication capability information based on the first capability information acquired by the acquiring module 61. A transmitting module 63, configured to transmit the target communication capability information determined by the determining module 62 to the second device. The first capability information includes at least one of: first communication capability information and second communication capability information; the first communication capability information is: information of communication capability supported by the terminal network element and communicated with the Internet of things equipment; the second communication capability information is: information of communication capability supported by the first access network element and communicated with the Internet of things equipment; the target communication capability information is: communication capability information used in communicating with the internet of things device.

The embodiment of the application provides a negotiation device, because a first network element is used for determining communication capacity information used when a terminal network element and a first access network element respectively communicate with an internet of things device according to two kinds of capacity under the condition that information of communication capacity supported by the terminal network element and communicated with the internet of things device and information of communication capacity supported by the first access network element and communicated with the internet of things device are obtained, and sending the terminal network element and the first access network element the communication capacity information used when the terminal network element and the first access network element communicate with the internet of things device. Therefore, the first network element can communicate with the internet of things device based on the required communication capability information used when communicating with the internet of things device, so that the internet of things device can establish communication connection with the mobile network.

In one possible implementation, the target communication capability information includes at least one of: third communication capability information, fourth communication capability information; wherein the third communication capability information is: information of communication capacity used when the terminal network element communicates with the Internet of things equipment; the fourth communication capability information is: information of communication capability used when the first access network element communicates with the internet of things device.

In one possible implementation manner, the first network element is a first access network element, and the second network element is a terminal network element; or the first network element is a second access network element, and the second network element is a first access network element or a terminal network element; or the first network element is a mobile management function network element, and the second network element is an access network element or a terminal network element.

In one possible implementation, the target communication capability information includes third communication capability information; the first network element is a first access network element, the second network element is a terminal network element, and the sending module 63 is specifically configured to send third communication capability information to the terminal network element; or the first network element is a second access network element, the second network element is a terminal network element, and the sending module 63 is specifically configured to send third communication capability information to the terminal network element through the first access network element; or the first network element is a mobility management function network element, the second network element is a terminal network element, and the sending module 63 is specifically configured to send third communication capability information to the terminal network element through the first access network element; or the first network element is a mobility management function network element, the second network element is a first access network element, and the sending module 63 is specifically configured to send the third communication capability information to the first access network element.

In one possible implementation, the target communication capability information includes fourth communication capability information; the first network element is a second access network element, the second network element is a first access network element, and the sending module 63 is specifically configured to send fourth communications capability information to the first access network element; the first network element is a mobility management function network element, the second network element is a first access network element, and the sending module 63 is specifically configured to send fourth communications capability information to the first access network element.

In one possible implementation manner, the third communication capability information is sent by the second network element to the terminal network element through the first signaling; wherein the first signaling is non-access stratum NAS signaling or radio resource control RRC signaling; the first signaling carries third communication capability information.

In one possible implementation, the first capability information includes: first communication capability information; the first network element is a first access network element, the second network element is a terminal network element, and the obtaining module 61 is specifically configured to receive first communication capability information from the terminal network element. The first network element is a second access network element, the second network element is a terminal network element, and the obtaining module 61 is specifically configured to receive, through the first access network element, first communication capability information from the terminal network element. The first network element is a mobility management function network element, the second network element is a terminal network element, and the obtaining module 61 is specifically configured to receive, through the first access network element, first communication capability information from the terminal network element.

In one possible implementation manner, the first communication capability information is sent by the terminal network element through the second signaling; wherein the second signaling is non-access stratum NAS signaling or infinite resource control RRC signaling; the second signaling carries the first communication capability information.

In one possible implementation, the first capability information includes: second communication capability information; the first network element is a second access network element, the second network element is a first access network element, and the obtaining module 61 is specifically configured to receive second communication capability information from the first access network element. In the case that the first network element is a mobility management function network element and the second network element is a first access network element, the obtaining module 61 is specifically configured to receive second communication capability information from the first access network element.

In one possible implementation manner, the communication capability supported by the terminal network element for communicating with the internet of things device includes at least one of the following:

In one possible implementation, the communication capability supported by the first access network element for communicating with the internet of things device includes at least one of:

In a possible implementation, the obtaining module 61 is further configured to obtain the first parameter. The determining module 62 is further configured to determine a target communication parameter. The sending module 63 is further configured to send the target communication parameter to the second network element. The first parameter includes at least one of: a first communication parameter and a second communication parameter; the first communication parameters are: communication parameters supported by the terminal network element and communicated with the Internet of things equipment; the second communication parameters are: communication parameters supported by the first access network element and communicated with the Internet of things equipment; the target communication parameters are: communication parameters used in communication with the internet of things device.

In one possible implementation, the target communication parameters include at least one of: a third communication parameter and a fourth communication parameter; wherein, the third communication parameter is: communication parameters used when the terminal network element communicates with the Internet of things equipment; the fourth communication parameters are: communication parameters used when the first access network element communicates with the internet of things device.

In one possible implementation, the target communication parameters include: a third communication parameter; the first network element is a first access network element, the second network element is a terminal network element, and the sending module 63 is specifically configured to send the third communication parameter to the terminal network element. The first network element is a second access network element, the second network element is a terminal network element, and the sending module 63 is specifically configured to send the third communication parameter to the terminal network element through the first access network element. The first network element is a mobility management function network element, the second network element is a terminal network element, and the sending module 63 is specifically configured to send the third communication parameter to the terminal network element through the first access network element. The first network element is a mobility management function network element, the second network element is a first access network element, and the sending module 63 is specifically configured to send the third communication parameter to the first access network element.

In one possible implementation manner, the third communication parameter is sent by the first network element to the terminal network element through a third signaling; wherein, the third signaling is NAS signaling or RRC signaling; the third signaling carries a third communication parameter.

In one possible implementation, the target communication capability information includes a fourth communication parameter; the first network element is a second access network element, the second network element is a first access network element, and the sending module 63 is specifically configured to send the fourth communication parameter to the first access network element. The first network element is a mobility management function network element, the second network element is a first access network element, and the sending module 63 is specifically configured to send the fourth communication parameter to the first access network element.

In one possible implementation, the first communication parameters include at least one of:

In one possible implementation, the second communication parameters include at least one of:

In one possible implementation, the parameters include at least one of a spectrum parameter and an index parameter, wherein the spectrum parameter is used to describe a spectrum used when the terminal network element communicates with the internet of things device, and the index parameter is used to identify the network element in communication with the internet of things device.

In one possible implementation, the first parameter includes: a first communication parameter; the first network element is a first access network element, the second network element is a terminal network element, and the obtaining module 61 is specifically configured to receive a first communication parameter from the terminal network element. The first network element is a second access network element, the second network element is a terminal network element, and the obtaining module 61 is specifically configured to receive, through the first access network element, a first communication parameter from the terminal network element. The first network element is a mobility management function network element, the second network element is a terminal network element, and the obtaining module 61 is specifically configured to receive, through the first access network element, a first communication parameter from the terminal network element.

In one possible implementation, the first parameter includes: a second communication parameter; the first network element is a second access network element, the second network element is a first access network element, and the obtaining module 61 is specifically configured to receive the second communication parameter from the first access network element. The first network element is a mobility management function network element, the second network element is a first access network element, and the obtaining module 61 is specifically configured to receive the second communication parameter from the first access network element.

In one possible implementation, the internet of things device is an internet of things device that absorbs energy from the environment for communication.

Fig. 10 shows a schematic diagram of a possible configuration of the negotiation apparatus involved in the embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 10, the negotiation apparatus 70 may include: a receiving module 71.

Wherein, the receiving module 71 is configured to receive the target communication capability information from the first network element. The target communication capability information is: communication capability information used when communicating with the internet of things device; wherein the target communication capability information is determined based on first capability information, the first capability information including at least one of: first communication capability information and second communication capability information; the first communication capability information is: information of communication capability supported by the terminal network element and communicated with the network element of the Internet of things; the second communication capability information is: information of communication capability supported by the first access network element and communicated with the internet of things device.

The embodiment of the application provides a negotiation device, wherein a second network element receives target communication capability information from a first network element; the target communication capability information is: communication capability information used when communicating with the internet of things device; wherein the target communication capability information is determined based on first capability information, the first capability information including at least one of: first communication capability information and second communication capability information; the first communication capability information is: information of communication capability supported by the terminal network element and communicated with the network element of the Internet of things; the second communication capability information is: information of communication capability supported by the first access network element and communicated with the internet of things device. The second network element can receive the communication capability information used when the terminal network element and the first access network element are respectively communicated with the Internet of things equipment. Therefore, the second network element can communicate with the internet of things device based on the required communication capability information used when communicating with the internet of things device, so that the internet of things device can establish communication connection with the mobile network.

In one possible implementation, the target communication capability information includes at least one of: third communication capability information and fourth communication capability information; wherein the third communication capability information is: the information of the communication capacity used when the terminal network element communicates with the internet of things equipment, and the fourth communication capacity information is: information of communication capability used when the first access network element communicates with the internet of things device.

In one possible implementation, the first network element is a first access network element; the second network element is a terminal network element; or the first network element is a second access network element; the second network element is a first access network element or a terminal network element; or the first network element is a mobile management function network element; the second network element is an access network element or a terminal network element.

In one possible implementation, the target communication capability information includes: third communication capability information; the first network element is a first access network element, the second network element is a terminal network element, and the receiving module 71 is specifically configured to receive third communication capability information from the first access network element. The first network element is a second access network element, the second network element is a terminal network element, and the receiving module 71 is specifically configured to receive, through the first access network element, third communication capability information from the second access network element. The receiving module 71 is specifically configured to receive, by using the first access network element, the third communication capability information from the mobility management function element in the case where the first network element is the mobility management function element and the second network element is the terminal element. The first network element is a mobility management function network element, the second network element is a first access network element, and the receiving module 71 is specifically configured to send third communication capability information to the mobility management function network element.

In one possible implementation manner, the third communication capability information is sent by the second network element to the terminal network element through the first signaling; wherein, the first signaling is NAS signaling or RRC signaling; the first signaling carries third communication capability information.

In one possible implementation, the target communication capability information includes: fourth communication capability information; the first network element is a second access network element, the second network element is a first access network element, and the receiving module 71 is specifically configured to receive fourth communication capability information from the second access network element. The first network element is a mobility management function network element, the second network element is a first access network element, and the receiving module 71 is specifically configured to receive fourth communication capability information from the mobility management function network element.

In one possible implementation, the negotiation apparatus 70 further comprises: and a transmitting module. A sending module, configured to send the first communication capability information to the first access network element before the receiving module 71 receives the third communication capability information from the first access network element.

In one possible implementation, the negotiation apparatus 70 further comprises: and a transmitting module. A sending module, configured to send the first communication capability information to the second access network element through the first access network element before the receiving module 71 receives the third communication capability information from the second access network element through the first access network element.

In one possible implementation, the negotiation apparatus 70 further comprises: and a transmitting module. A sending module, configured to send the first communication capability information to the mobility management function network element through the first access network element before the receiving module 71 receives the third communication capability information from the mobility management function network element through the first access network element.

In one possible implementation manner, the first communication capability information is sent by the terminal network element through the second signaling; wherein the second signaling is NAS signaling or RRC signaling; the second signaling carries the first communication capability information.

In a possible implementation, the receiving module 71 is further configured to receive the target communication parameter from the first network element. Wherein, the target communication parameters are: communication parameters used when communicating with the internet of things equipment;

the target communication parameter is determined by the first network element based on the first parameter.

The first parameter includes at least one of: a first communication parameter and a second communication parameter;

the first communication parameters are: communication parameters supported by the terminal network element and communicated with the Internet of things equipment;

the second communication parameters are: communication parameters supported by the first access network element and communicated with the Internet of things equipment.

In one possible implementation, the target communication parameters include at least one of: a third communication parameter and a fourth communication parameter;

wherein, the third communication parameter is: communication parameters used when the terminal network element and the network element of the Internet of things communicate; the fourth communication parameters are: communication parameters used when the first access network element communicates with the network element of the internet of things.

In one possible implementation, the target communication parameters include: a third communication parameter; the first network element is a first access network element, the second network element is a terminal network element, and the receiving module 71 is specifically configured to receive the third communication parameter from the first access network element. The first network element is a second access network element, the second network element is a terminal network element, and the receiving module 71 is specifically configured to receive, through the first access network element, a third communication parameter from the second access network element. The first network element is a mobility management function network element, the two network elements are terminal network elements, and the receiving module 71 is specifically configured to receive, through the first access network element, a third communication parameter from the mobility management function network element. The first network element is a mobility management function network element, the second network element is a first access network element, and the receiving module 71 is specifically configured to receive a third communication parameter from the mobility management function network element.

In one possible implementation manner, the third communication parameter is sent by the terminal network element to the first network element through a third signaling; wherein, the third signaling is NAS signaling or RRC signaling; the third signaling carries a third communication parameter.

In one possible implementation, the target communication parameters include: a fourth communication parameter; the first network element is a second access network element, the second network element is a first access network element, and the receiving module 71 is specifically configured to receive a fourth communication parameter from the second access network element. The first network element is a mobility management function network element, the second network element is a first access network element, and the receiving module 71 is specifically configured to receive a fourth communication parameter from the mobility management function network element.

In one possible implementation, the negotiation apparatus 70 further comprises: and a transmitting module. The sending module is further configured to send the first communication parameter to the first access network element before the receiving module 71 receives the third communication parameter from the first access network element.

In one possible implementation, the negotiation apparatus 70 further comprises: and a transmitting module. The sending module is further configured to send the first communication parameter to the second access network element through the first access network element before the receiving module 71 receives the third communication parameter from the second access network element through the first access network element.

In one possible implementation, the negotiation apparatus 70 further comprises: and a transmitting module. The sending module is further configured to send the first communication parameter to the mobility management function network element through the first access network element before the receiving module 71 receives the third communication parameter from the mobility management function network element through the first access network element.

In one possible implementation, the negotiation apparatus 70 further comprises: and a transmitting module. The sending module is further configured to send the second communication parameter to the second access network element before the receiving module 71 receives the fourth communication parameter from the second access network element.

In one possible implementation, the negotiation apparatus 70 further comprises: and a transmitting module. The sending module is further configured to send the second communication parameter to the mobility management function network element before the receiving module 71 receives the fourth communication parameter from the mobility management function network element.

In one possible implementation, the parameters include at least one of a spectral parameter and an index parameter; the frequency spectrum parameter is used for describing the frequency spectrum used when the terminal network element communicates with the Internet of things equipment, and the index parameter is used for identifying the network element communicating with the Internet of things equipment.

The negotiation device in the embodiment of the present application may be an electronic device, for example, an electronic device with an operating system, or may be a component in an electronic device, for example, an integrated circuit or a chip. The electronic device may be a terminal, or may be other devices than a terminal. By way of example, terminals may include, but are not limited to, the types of terminals 11 listed above, other devices may be servers, network attached storage (Network Attached Storage, NAS), etc., and embodiments of the application are not specifically limited.

The "virtual device" provided in the embodiments of the present application can implement each process implemented by the embodiments of the methods of fig. 1 to 8, and achieve the same technical effects, so that repetition is avoided, and no further description is given here.

Optionally, as shown in fig. 11, the embodiment of the present application further provides a communication device 800, including a processor 801 and a memory 802, where the memory 802 stores a program or an instruction that can be executed on the processor 801, for example, when the communication device 800 is a terminal, the program or the instruction is executed by the processor 801 to implement the steps of the foregoing negotiation method embodiment, and the same technical effects can be achieved. When the communication device 800 is a network side device, the program or the instruction, when executed by the processor 801, implements the steps of the foregoing negotiation method embodiment, and the same technical effects can be achieved, so that repetition is avoided, and no further description is given here.

The embodiment of the application also provides a terminal, which comprises a processor and a communication interface, wherein the processor is used for acquiring the first capability information. The terminal embodiment corresponds to the terminal-side method embodiment, and each implementation process and implementation manner of the method embodiment can be applied to the terminal embodiment, and the same technical effects can be achieved. Specifically, fig. 12 is a schematic hardware structure of a terminal implementing an embodiment of the present application.

The terminal 100 includes, but is not limited to: at least some of the components of the radio frequency unit 101, the network module 102, the audio output unit 103, the input unit 104, the sensor 105, the display unit 106, the user input unit 107, the interface unit 108, the memory 109, and the processor 110, etc.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the terminal 100 may further include a power source (e.g., a battery) for powering the various components, and the power source may be logically coupled to the processor 110 by a power management system to perform functions such as managing charging, discharging, and power consumption by the power management system. The terminal structure shown in fig. 12 does not constitute a limitation of the terminal, and the terminal may include more or less components than shown, or may combine certain components, or may be arranged in different components, which will not be described in detail herein.

It should be appreciated that in embodiments of the present application, the input unit 104 may include a graphics processing unit (Graphics Processing Unit, GPU) 1041 and a microphone 1042, with the graphics processor 1041 processing image data of still pictures or video obtained by an image capturing device (e.g., a camera) in a video capturing mode or an image capturing mode. The display unit 106 may include a display panel 1061, and the display panel 1061 may be configured in the form of a liquid crystal display, an organic light emitting diode, or the like. The user input unit 107 includes at least one of a touch panel 1071 and other input devices 1072. The touch panel 1071 is also referred to as a touch screen. The touch panel 1071 may include two parts of a touch detection device and a touch controller. Other input devices 1072 may include, but are not limited to, a physical keyboard, function keys (e.g., volume control keys, switch keys, etc.), a trackball, a mouse, a joystick, and so forth, which are not described in detail herein.

In this embodiment, after receiving downlink data from the network side device, the radio frequency unit 101 may transmit the downlink data to the processor 110 for processing; in addition, the radio frequency unit 101 may send uplink data to the network side device. Typically, the radio frequency unit 101 includes, but is not limited to, an antenna, an amplifier, a transceiver, a coupler, a low noise amplifier, a duplexer, and the like.

Memory 109 may be used to store software programs or instructions and various data. The memory 109 may mainly include a first memory area storing programs or instructions and a second memory area storing data, wherein the first memory area may store an operating system, application programs or instructions (such as a sound playing function, an image playing function, etc.) required for at least one function, and the like. Further, the memory 109 may include volatile memory or nonvolatile memory, or the memory 109 may include both volatile and nonvolatile memory. The nonvolatile Memory may be a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Programmable ROM (PROM), an Erasable PROM (EPROM), an Electrically Erasable EPROM (EEPROM), or a flash Memory. The volatile memory may be random access memory (Random Access Memory, RAM), static RAM (SRAM), dynamic RAM (DRAM), synchronous DRAM (SDRAM), double Data Rate SDRAM (ddr SDRAM), enhanced SDRAM (Enhanced SDRAM), synchronous DRAM (SLDRAM), and Direct RAM (DRRAM). Memory 109 in embodiments of the present application includes, but is not limited to, these and any other suitable types of memory.

Processor 110 may include one or more processing units; optionally, the processor 110 integrates an application processor that primarily processes operations involving an operating system, user interface, application programs, etc., and a modem processor that primarily processes wireless communication signals, such as a baseband processor. It will be appreciated that the modem processor described above may not be integrated into the processor 110.

Wherein the processor 110 is configured to receive target communication capability information from the first network element. The target communication capability information is: communication capability information used when communicating with the internet of things device; wherein the target communication capability information is determined based on first capability information, the first capability information including at least one of: first communication capability information and second communication capability information; the first communication capability information is: information of communication capability supported by the terminal network element and communicated with the network element of the Internet of things; the second communication capability information is: information of communication capability supported by the first access network element and communicated with the internet of things device.

The embodiment of the application provides a terminal, wherein a second network element receives target communication capability information from a first network element; the target communication capability information is: communication capability information used when communicating with the internet of things device; wherein the target communication capability information is determined based on first capability information, the first capability information including at least one of: first communication capability information and second communication capability information; the first communication capability information is: information of communication capability supported by the terminal network element and communicated with the network element of the Internet of things; the second communication capability information is: information of communication capability supported by the first access network element and communicated with the internet of things device. The second network element can receive the communication capability information used when the terminal network element and the first access network element are respectively communicated with the Internet of things equipment. Therefore, the second network element can communicate with the internet of things device based on the required communication capability information used when communicating with the internet of things device, so that the internet of things device can establish communication connection with the mobile network.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the target communication capability information includes: third communication capability information; the first network element is a first access network element, the second network element is a terminal network element, and the processor 110 is specifically configured to receive third communication capability information from the first access network element. The first network element is a second access network element, the second network element is a terminal network element, and the processor 110 is specifically configured to receive, through the first access network element, third communication capability information from the second access network element. The processor 110 is specifically configured to receive, by using the first access network element, the third communication capability information from the mobility management function network element when the first network element is the mobility management function network element and the second network element is the terminal network element. The first network element is a mobility management function network element, the second network element is a first access network element, and the processor 110 is specifically configured to send third communication capability information to the mobility management function network element.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the target communication capability information includes: fourth communication capability information; the first network element is a second access network element, the second network element is a first access network element, and the processor 110 is specifically configured to receive fourth communication capability information from the second access network element. The first network element is a mobility management function network element, the second network element is a first access network element, and the processor 110 is specifically configured to receive fourth communication capability information from the mobility management function network element.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the processor 110 is configured to send the first communication capability information to the first access network element before receiving the third communication capability information from the first access network element.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the processor 110 is configured to send, by the first access network element, the first communication capability information to the second access network element before receiving, by the first access network element, the third communication capability information from the second access network element.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the processor 110 is configured to send, by the first access network element, the first communication capability information to the mobility management function element before receiving, by the first access network element, the third communication capability information from the mobility management function element.

In one possible implementation, the processor 110 is further configured to receive a target communication parameter from the first network element. Wherein, the target communication parameters are: communication parameters used in communication with the internet of things device. The target communication parameter is determined by the first network element based on the first parameter. The first parameter includes at least one of: a first communication parameter and a second communication parameter; the first communication parameters are: communication parameters supported by the terminal network element and communicated with the Internet of things equipment; the second communication parameters are: communication parameters supported by the first access network element and communicated with the Internet of things equipment.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the target communication parameters include: a third communication parameter; the first network element is a first access network element, the second network element is a terminal network element, and the processor 110 is specifically configured to receive a third communication parameter from the first access network element. The first network element is a second access network element, the second network element is a terminal network element, and the processor 110 is specifically configured to receive, through the first access network element, a third communication parameter from the second access network element. The first network element is a mobility management function network element, the two network elements are terminal network elements, and the processor 110 is specifically configured to receive, through the first access network element, a third communication parameter from the mobility management function network element. The first network element is a mobility management function network element, the second network element is a first access network element, and the processor 110 is specifically configured to receive a third communication parameter from the mobility management function network element.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the target communication parameters include: a fourth communication parameter; the first network element is a second access network element, the second network element is a first access network element, and the processor 110 is specifically configured to receive a fourth communication parameter from the second access network element. The first network element is a mobility management function network element, the second network element is a first access network element, and the processor 110 is specifically configured to receive a fourth communication parameter from the mobility management function network element.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the processor 110 is further configured to send the first communication parameter to the first access network element before receiving the third communication parameter from the first access network element.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the processor 110 is further configured to send, by the first access network element, the first communication parameter to the second access network element before receiving, by the first access network element, the third communication parameter from the second access network element.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the processor 110 is further configured to send, by the first access network element, the first communication parameter to the mobility management function element before receiving, by the first access network element, the third communication parameter from the mobility management function element.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the processor 110 is further configured to send the second communication parameter to the second access network element before receiving the fourth communication parameter from the second access network element.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the processor 110 is further configured to send the second communication parameter to the mobility management function network element before receiving the fourth communication parameter from the mobility management function network element.

The embodiment of the application also provides network side equipment, which comprises a processor and a communication interface, wherein the processor is used for acquiring first capability information and determining target communication capability information based on the first capability information; the first network element sends the target communication capability information to the second device. The network side device embodiment corresponds to the network side device method embodiment, and each implementation process and implementation manner of the method embodiment can be applied to the network side device embodiment, and the same technical effects can be achieved.

Specifically, the embodiment of the application also provides access network equipment. As shown in fig. 13, the access network device 900 includes: an antenna 91, a radio frequency device 92, a baseband device 93, a processor 94 and a memory 95. The antenna 91 is connected to a radio frequency device 92. In the uplink direction, the radio frequency device 92 receives information via the antenna 91, and transmits the received information to the baseband device 93 for processing. In the downlink direction, the baseband device 93 processes information to be transmitted, and transmits the processed information to the radio frequency device 92, and the radio frequency device 92 processes the received information and transmits the processed information through the antenna 91.

The method performed by the network side device in the above embodiment may be implemented in the baseband apparatus 93, and the baseband apparatus 93 includes a baseband processor.

The baseband device 93 may, for example, include at least one baseband board, on which a plurality of chips are disposed, as shown in fig. 13, where one chip, for example, a baseband processor, is connected to the memory 95 through a bus interface, so as to call a program in the memory 95 to perform the network device operation shown in the above method embodiment.

The network-side device may also include a network interface 96, such as a common public radio interface (common public radio interface, CPRI).

Specifically, the access network device 900 of the embodiment of the present invention further includes: instructions or programs stored in the memory 95 and executable on the processor 94, the processor 94 invokes the instructions or programs in the memory 95 to perform the methods performed by the modules shown in fig. 12 and achieve the same technical effects, and are not repeated here.

Wherein the processor 94 is configured to obtain the first capability information, determine the target communication capability information based on the first capability information, and send the target communication capability information to the second device. The first capability information includes at least one of: first communication capability information and second communication capability information; the first communication capability information is: information of communication capability supported by the terminal network element and communicated with the Internet of things equipment; the second communication capability information is: information of communication capability supported by the first access network element and communicated with the Internet of things equipment; the target communication capability information is: communication capability information used in communicating with the internet of things device.

The embodiment of the application provides an access network device, wherein a first network element is used for determining communication capacity information used when a terminal network element and a first access network element respectively communicate with an internet of things device according to two kinds of capacity under the condition that information of communication capacity supported by the terminal network element and the internet of things device is obtained, and sending the communication capacity information used when the terminal network element and the first access network element communicate with the internet of things device. Therefore, the first network element can communicate with the internet of things device based on the required communication capability information used when communicating with the internet of things device, so that the internet of things device can establish communication connection with the mobile network.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the target communication capability information includes third communication capability information; the first network element is a first access network element, the second network element is a terminal network element, and the processor 94 is specifically configured to send third communication capability information to the terminal network element; or the first network element is a second access network element, the second network element is a terminal network element, and the processor 94 is specifically configured to send third communication capability information to the terminal network element through the first access network element; or the first network element is a mobility management function network element, the second network element is a terminal network element, and the processor 94 is specifically configured to send third communication capability information to the terminal network element through the first access network element; alternatively, the first network element is a mobility management function network element, the second network element is a first access network element, and the processor 94 is specifically configured to send the third communication capability information to the first access network element.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the target communication capability information includes fourth communication capability information; the first network element is a second access network element, the second network element is a first access network element, and the processor 94 is specifically configured to send fourth communications capability information to the first access network element; the first network element is a mobility management function network element, the second network element is a first access network element, and the processor 94 is specifically configured to send fourth communications capability information to the first access network element.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the first capability information includes: first communication capability information; the first network element is a first access network element, the second network element is a terminal network element, and the processor 94 is specifically configured to receive first communication capability information from the terminal network element. The first network element is a second access network element, the second network element is a terminal network element, and the processor 94 is specifically configured to receive, through the first access network element, first communication capability information from the terminal network element. The first network element is a mobility management function network element, the second network element is a terminal network element, and the processor 94 is specifically configured to receive, through the first access network element, first communication capability information from the terminal network element.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the first capability information includes: second communication capability information; the first network element is a second access network element, the second network element is a first access network element, and the processor 94 is specifically configured to receive second communication capability information from the first access network element. In the case that the first network element is a mobility management function network element and the second network element is a first access network element, the processor 94 is specifically configured to receive the second communication capability information from the first access network element.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the processor 94 is further configured to obtain the first parameter. The processor 94 is also configured to determine a target communication parameter. The processor 94 is further configured to send the target communication parameters to the second network element. The first parameter includes at least one of: a first communication parameter and a second communication parameter; the first communication parameters are: communication parameters supported by the terminal network element and communicated with the Internet of things equipment; the second communication parameters are: communication parameters supported by the first access network element and communicated with the Internet of things equipment; the target communication parameters are: communication parameters used in communication with the internet of things device.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the target communication parameters include: a third communication parameter; the first network element is a first access network element, the second network element is a terminal network element, and the processor 94 is specifically configured to send the third communication parameter to the terminal network element. The first network element is a second access network element, the second network element is a terminal network element, and the processor 94 is specifically configured to send the third communication parameter to the terminal network element through the first access network element. The first network element is a mobility management function network element, the second network element is a terminal network element, and the processor 94 is specifically configured to send the third communication parameter to the terminal network element through the first access network element. The first network element is a mobility management function network element, the second network element is a first access network element, and the processor 94 is specifically configured to send the third communication parameter to the first access network element.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the target communication capability information includes a fourth communication parameter; the first network element is a second access network element, the second network element is a first access network element, and the processor 94 is specifically configured to send a fourth communication parameter to the first access network element. The first network element is a mobility management function network element, the second network element is a first access network element, and the processor 94 is specifically configured to send a fourth communication parameter to the first access network element.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the first parameter includes: a first communication parameter; the first network element is a first access network element, the second network element is a terminal network element, and the processor 94 is specifically configured to receive the first communication parameter from the terminal network element. The first network element is a second access network element, the second network element is a terminal network element, and the processor 94 is specifically configured to receive, through the first access network element, the first communication parameter from the terminal network element. The first network element is a mobility management function network element, the second network element is a terminal network element, and the processor 94 is specifically configured to receive, through the first access network element, a first communication parameter from the terminal network element.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the first parameter includes: a second communication parameter; the first network element is a second access network element, the second network element is a first access network element, and the processor 94 is specifically configured to receive the second communication parameter from the first access network element. The first network element is a mobility management function network element, the second network element is a first access network element, and the processor 94 is specifically configured to receive the second communication parameter from the first access network element.

Specifically, the embodiment of the application also provides core network equipment. As shown in fig. 14, the core network device 1000 includes: a processor 1001, a network interface 1002, and a memory 1003. The network interface 1002 is, for example, a common public radio interface (common public radio interface, CPRI).

Specifically, the core network device 1000 of the embodiment of the present invention further includes: instructions or programs stored in the memory 1003 and executable on the processor 1001, and the processor 1001 invokes the instructions or programs in the memory 1003 to execute the methods executed by the modules, and achieve the same technical effects, so repetition is avoided and will not be described herein.

The embodiment of the present application further provides a readable storage medium, where a program or an instruction is stored, and when the program or the instruction is executed by a processor, the program or the instruction implements each process of the foregoing negotiation method embodiment, and the same technical effects can be achieved, so that repetition is avoided, and no further description is given here.

Wherein the processor is a processor in the terminal described in the above embodiment. The readable storage medium includes computer readable storage medium such as computer readable memory ROM, random access memory RAM, magnetic or optical disk, etc.

The embodiment of the application further provides a chip, the chip includes a processor and a communication interface, the communication interface is coupled with the processor, and the processor is configured to run a program or an instruction, implement each process of the above negotiation method embodiment, and achieve the same technical effect, so as to avoid repetition, and not be repeated here.

It should be understood that the chips referred to in the embodiments of the present application may also be referred to as system-on-chip chips, or the like.

The embodiments of the present application further provide a computer program/program product, where the computer program/program product is stored in a storage medium, and the computer program/program product is executed by at least one processor to implement each process of the foregoing negotiation method embodiment, and the same technical effects are achieved, so that repetition is avoided and details are not repeated herein.

The embodiment of the application also provides a negotiation system, which comprises: the terminal can be used for executing the steps of the negotiation method, and the network side device can be used for executing the steps of the negotiation method.

It should be noted that, in this document, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising one … …" does not exclude the presence of other like elements in a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element. Furthermore, it should be noted that the scope of the methods and apparatus in the embodiments of the present application is not limited to performing the functions in the order shown or discussed, but may also include performing the functions in a substantially simultaneous manner or in an opposite order depending on the functions involved, e.g., the described methods may be performed in an order different from that described, and various steps may also be added, omitted, or combined. Additionally, features described with reference to certain examples may be combined in other examples.

From the above description of the embodiments, it will be clear to those skilled in the art that the above-described embodiment method may be implemented by means of software plus a necessary general hardware platform, but of course may also be implemented by means of hardware, but in many cases the former is a preferred embodiment. Based on such understanding, the technical solutions of the present application may be embodied essentially or in a part contributing to the prior art in the form of a computer software product stored in a storage medium (such as ROM/RAM, magnetic disk, optical disk), comprising several instructions for causing a terminal (which may be a mobile phone, a computer, a server, an air conditioner, or a network device, etc.) to perform the method described in the embodiments of the present application.

The embodiments of the present application have been described above with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the present application is not limited to the above-described embodiments, which are merely illustrative and not restrictive, and many forms may be made by those of ordinary skill in the art without departing from the spirit of the present application and the scope of the claims, which are also within the protection of the present application.

Claims

1. A communication capability negotiation method is characterized in that,

the first network element acquires first capability information;

the first network element determines target communication capability information based on the first capability information;

the first network element sends the target communication capability information to the second network element;

the first capability information includes at least one of: first communication capability information and second communication capability information; the first communication capability information is: information of communication capability supported by the terminal network element and communicated with the Internet of things equipment; the second communication capability information is: information of communication capability supported by the first access network element and communicated with the Internet of things equipment;

the target communication capability information includes at least one of: third communication capability information, fourth communication capability information; wherein the third communication capability information is: the terminal network element is used for communicating with the Internet of things equipment; the fourth communication capability information is: information of communication capacity used when the first access network element communicates with the internet of things device;

the internet of things device is an internet of things device which absorbs energy from the environment and is used for communication.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the target communication capability information comprises the third communication capability information;

the first network element sending the target communication capability information to the second network element, including:

the first network element is a first access network element, the second network element is a terminal network element, and the first access network element sends the third communication capability information to the terminal network element;

the first network element is a second access network element, the second network element is the terminal network element, and the second access network element sends the third communication capability information to the terminal network element through the first access network element; or,

the first network element is a mobile management function network element, the second network element is the terminal network element, and the mobile management function network element sends the third communication capability information to the terminal network element through the first access network element; or,

the first network element is the mobility management function network element, the second network element is the first access network element, and the mobility management function network element sends the third communication capability information to the first access network element.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the third communication capability information is sent by the second network element to the terminal network element through a first signaling;

wherein, the first signaling is non-access stratum NAS signaling or radio resource control RRC signaling;

the first signaling carries the third communication capability information.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the target communication capability information comprises the fourth communication capability information;

the first network element is a second access network element, the second network element is a first access network element, and the second access network element sends the fourth communication capability information to the first access network element;

the first network element is a mobility management function network element, the second network element is a first access network element, and the mobility management function network element sends the fourth communication capability information to the first access network element.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the first capability information comprises: the first communication capability information;

The first network element obtaining first capability information includes:

the first network element is a first access network element, the second network element is a terminal network element, and the first access network element receives the first communication capability information from the terminal network element;

the first network element is a second access network element, the second network element is the terminal network element, and the second access network element receives the first communication capability information from the terminal network element through the first access network element;

the first network element is a mobile management function network element, the second network element is the terminal network element, and the mobile management function network element receives the first communication capability information from the terminal network element through the first access network element.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the first communication capability information is sent by the terminal network element through the second signaling;

wherein the second signaling is non-access stratum NAS signaling or infinite resource control RRC signaling;

the second signaling carries the first communication capability information.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the first capability information comprises: the second communication capability information;

The first network element obtaining first capability information includes:

the first network element is a second access network element, the second network element is a first access network element, and the second access network element receives the second communication capability information from the first access network element;

and under the condition that the first network element is a mobile management function network element and the second network element is a first access network element, the mobile management function network element receives the second communication capability information from the first access network element.

8. The method according to any of claims 1 to 7, wherein the communication capability supported by the terminal network element for communication with the internet of things device comprises at least one of:

the terminal network element sends the downlink data capacity to the Internet of things equipment;

the ability of the terminal network element to send an excitation signal to the internet of things device;

the terminal network element receives the capability of the reflected signal from the Internet of things equipment;

9. The method according to any of claims 1 to 7, wherein the communication capability supported by the first access network element for communication with an internet of things device comprises at least one of:

The first access network element sends downlink data capacity to the Internet of things equipment;

the capability of the first access network element to send an excitation signal to the internet of things device;

the first access network element receives the capability of the reflected signal from the internet of things device;

and the first access network element receives the uplink data capacity of the Internet of things equipment.

10. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 7, further comprising:

the first network element acquires a first parameter;

the first network element determines a target communication parameter based on the first parameter;

the first network element sends the target communication parameters to the second network element;

the second communication parameters are as follows: communication parameters supported by the first access network element and communicated with the Internet of things equipment;

the target communication parameters are as follows: and communication parameters used when the communication is carried out with the Internet of things equipment.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the target communication parameters include at least one of: a third communication parameter and a fourth communication parameter;

Wherein the third communication parameters are: communication parameters used when the terminal network element communicates with the Internet of things equipment; the fourth communication parameters are as follows: and the communication parameters used when the first access network element communicates with the Internet of things equipment.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the target communication parameters comprise: the third communication parameter;

the first network element sending the target communication parameters to the second network element, including:

the first network element is a first access network element, the second network element is a terminal network element, and the first access network element sends the third communication parameter to the terminal network element;

the first network element is a second access network element, the second network element is the terminal network element, and the second access network element sends the third communication parameter to the terminal network element through the first access network element;

the first network element is a mobility management function network element, the second network element is the terminal network element, and the mobility management function network element sends the third communication parameter to the terminal network element through the first access network element;

the first network element is the mobility management function network element, the second network element is the first access network element, and the mobility management function network element sends the third communication parameter to the first access network element.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein the third communication parameter is sent by the first network element to the terminal network element through a third signaling;

wherein, the third signaling is NAS signaling or RRC signaling;

the third signaling carries the third communication parameter.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein the target communication capability information includes the fourth communication parameter;

the first network element is a second access network element, the second network element is a first access network element, and the second access network element sends the fourth communication parameter to the first access network element;

the first network element is a mobility management function network element, the second network element is the first access network element, and the mobility management function network element sends the fourth communication parameter to the first access network element.

15. The method of claim 10, wherein the first communication parameter comprises at least one of:

parameters used by the terminal network element to communicate with the internet of things device;

The terminal network element receives parameters of the reflected signals from the Internet of things equipment;

alternatively, the second communication parameter includes at least one of:

parameters used by the first access network element for communication with the internet of things device;

and the first access network element receives parameters of the reflected signals from the Internet of things equipment.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the parameters include at least one of a spectrum parameter describing a spectrum used by the terminal network element in communication with the internet of things device and an index parameter identifying the network element in communication with the internet of things device.

17. The method of claim 10, wherein the first parameter comprises: the first communication parameter;

the first network element obtaining a first parameter includes:

the first network element is a first access network element, the second network element is a terminal network element, and the first access network element receives the first communication parameter from the terminal network element;

The first network element is a second access network element, the second network element is the terminal network element, and the second access network element receives the first communication parameter from the terminal network element through the first access network element;

the first network element is a mobility management function network element, the second network element is the terminal network element, and the mobility management function network element receives the first communication parameter from the terminal network element through the first access network element.

18. The method of claim 10, wherein the first parameter comprises: the second communication parameter;

the first network element obtaining a first parameter includes:

the first network element is a second access network element, the second network element is a first access network element, and the second access network element receives the second communication parameter from the first access network element;

the first network element is a mobility management function network element, the second network element is the first access network element, and the mobility management function network element receives the second communication parameter from the first access network element.

19. A method of negotiating communication capabilities, the method comprising:

The second network element receives the target communication capability information from the first network element;

wherein the target communication capability information is determined based on the first capability information,

the first capability information includes at least one of: first communication capability information and second communication capability information; the first communication capability information is: information of communication capability supported by the terminal network element and communicated with the network element of the Internet of things; the second communication capability information is: information of communication capability supported by the first access network element and communicated with the Internet of things equipment;

the target communication capability information includes at least one of: third communication capability information and fourth communication capability information; wherein the third communication capability information is: the terminal network element is configured to communicate with the internet of things device, where the information about the communication capability is: information of communication capacity used when the first access network element communicates with the internet of things device;

the internet of things device is used for absorbing energy from the environment and used for communication.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the target communication capability information comprises: the third communication capability information;

The second network element receiving target communication capability information from the first network element, comprising:

the first network element is a first access network element, the second network element is a terminal network element, and the terminal network element receives the third communication capability information from the first access network element;

the first network element is a second access network element, the second network element is the terminal network element, and the terminal network element receives the third communication capability information from the second access network element through the first access network element;

the first network element is a mobility management function network element, and the terminal network element receives the third communication capability information from the mobility management function network element through the first access network element when the second network element is the terminal network element;

the first network element is the mobility management function network element, the second network element is the first access network element, and the first access network element receives the third communication capability information from the mobility management function network element.

21. The method according to claim 20, wherein the third communication capability information is sent by the second network element to the terminal network element through a first signaling;

Wherein, the first signaling is NAS signaling or RRC signaling;

the first signaling carries the third communication capability information.

22. The method of claim 19, wherein the target communication capability information comprises: the fourth communication capability information;

the first network element is a second access network element, the second network element is a first access network element, and the first access network element receives the fourth communication capability information from the second access network element;

the first network element is a mobility management function network element, the second network element is the first access network element, and the first access network element receives the fourth communication capability information from the mobility management function network element.

23. The method of claim 20, wherein the step of determining the position of the probe is performed,

before the terminal network element receives the third communication capability information from the first access network element, the method further includes:

and the terminal network element sends the first communication capability information to the first access network element.

24. The method of claim 20, wherein before the terminal network element receives the third communication capability information from the second access network element through the first access network element, the method further comprises:

And the terminal network element sends the first communication capability information to the second access network element through the first access network element.

25. The method according to claim 20, wherein before the terminal network element receives the third communication capability information from the mobility management function network element via the first access network element, the method further comprises:

and the terminal network element sends the first communication capability information to the mobile management function network element through the first access network element.

26. The method according to any of claims 23 to 25, wherein the first communication capability information is sent by the terminal network element via a second signaling;

wherein the second signaling is NAS signaling or RRC signaling;

the second signaling carries the first communication capability information.

27. The method according to any of claims 19 to 25, wherein the communication capability supported by the terminal network element for communication with the internet of things device comprises at least one of:

the terminal network element receives the uplink data capacity from the Internet of things equipment;

or, the communication capability supported by the first access network element and communicated with the internet of things device comprises at least one of the following:

28. The method according to any one of claims 19 to 25, further comprising:

the second network element receives the target communication parameters from the first network element,

the target communication parameter is determined by the first network element based on the first parameter; the first parameter includes at least one of: a first communication parameter and a second communication parameter; the first communication parameters are: communication parameters supported by the terminal network element and communicated with the Internet of things equipment; the second communication parameters are as follows: communication parameters supported by the first access network element and communicated with the Internet of things equipment;

The target communication parameters include at least one of: a third communication parameter and a fourth communication parameter; wherein the third communication parameters are: communication parameters used when the terminal network element and the Internet of things network element communicate; the fourth communication parameters are as follows: and the communication parameters used when the first access network element is communicated with the network element of the Internet of things.

29. The method of claim 28, wherein the target communication parameters comprise: the third communication parameter;

the second network element receiving the target communication parameters from the first network element, including:

the first network element is a first access network element, the second network element is the terminal network element, and the terminal network element receives the third communication parameter from the first access network element;

the first network element is a second access network element, the second network element is the terminal network element, and the terminal network element receives the third communication parameter from the second access network element through the first access network element;

the first network element is a mobility management function network element, the two network elements are the terminal network element, and the terminal network element receives the third communication parameters from the mobility management function network element through the first access network element;

The first network element is the mobility management function network element, the second network element is the first access network element, and the first access network element receives the third communication parameter from the mobility management function network element.

30. The method according to claim 29, wherein the third communication parameter is sent by the terminal network element to the first network element through a third signaling;

wherein, the third signaling is NAS signaling or RRC signaling;

the third signaling carries the third communication parameter.

31. The method of claim 28, wherein the target communication parameters comprise: the fourth communication parameter;

the first network element is a second access network element, the second network element is a first access network element, and the first access network element receives the fourth communication parameter from the second access network element;

the first network element is a mobility management function network element, the second network element is the first access network element, and the first access network element receives the fourth communication parameter from the mobility management function network element.

32. The method of claim 29, wherein prior to the terminal network element receiving the third communication parameter from the first access network element, the method further comprises:

and the terminal network element sends the first communication parameter to the first access network element.

33. The method of claim 29, wherein prior to the terminal network element receiving the third communication parameter from the second access network element via the first access network element, the method further comprises:

and the terminal network element sends the first communication parameters to the second access network element through the first access network element.

34. The method according to claim 29, wherein before the terminal network element receives the third communication parameters from the mobility management function network element via the first access network element, the method further comprises:

and the terminal network element sends the first communication parameter to the mobile management function network element through the first access network element.

35. The method of claim 31, wherein the step of providing the first information comprises,

before the first access network element receives the fourth communication parameter from the second access network element, the method further includes:

And the first access network element sends the second communication parameters to the second access network element.

36. The method of claim 31, wherein prior to the first access network element receiving the fourth communication parameter from the mobility management function network element, the method further comprises:

and the first access network element sends the second communication parameters to the mobile management function network element.

37. The method of claim 28, wherein the first communication parameter comprises at least one of:

alternatively, the second communication parameter includes at least one of:

38. The method of claim 37, wherein the parameters include at least one of a spectral parameter and an index parameter; the frequency spectrum parameter is used for describing the frequency spectrum used when the terminal network element communicates with the internet of things device, and the index parameter is used for identifying the network element communicating with the internet of things device.

39. A negotiation apparatus, the apparatus comprising: the device comprises an acquisition module, a determination module and a sending module;

the acquisition module is used for acquiring first capability information;

the determining module is used for determining target communication capability information based on the first capability information acquired by the acquiring module;

the sending module is used for sending the target communication capability information determined by the determining module to the second equipment;

40. A communication capability negotiation apparatus, the apparatus comprising: a receiving module;

the receiving module is used for receiving the target communication capability information from the first network element;

wherein the target communication capability information is determined based on first capability information, the first capability information including at least one of: first communication capability information and second communication capability information; the first communication capability information is: information of communication capability supported by the terminal network element and communicated with the network element of the Internet of things; the second communication capability information is: information of communication capability supported by the first access network element and communicated with the Internet of things equipment;

41. A terminal comprising a processor and a memory storing a program or instructions executable on the processor, which when executed by the processor, performs the steps of the negotiation method of any one of claims 1 to 18 or the steps of the negotiation method of any one of claims 29 to 38.

42. A network side device comprising a processor and a memory storing a program or instructions executable on the processor, which when executed by the processor, implement the steps of the negotiation method according to any one of claims 1 to 18 or the steps of the negotiation method according to any one of claims 19 to 38.

43. A readable storage medium, characterized in that the readable storage medium has stored thereon a program or instructions which, when executed by a processor, implement the steps of the negotiation method according to any of claims 1 to 18 or the steps of the negotiation method according to any of claims 19 to 38.