CN113132970B

CN113132970B - Method and device for notifying combined service priority

Info

Publication number: CN113132970B
Application number: CN201911422111.0A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 周锐; 彦楠; 范江胜
Original assignee: Datang Mobile Communications Equipment Co Ltd
Current assignee: Datang Mobile Communications Equipment Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-12-31
Filing date: 2019-12-31
Publication date: 2022-11-29
Anticipated expiration: 2039-12-31
Also published as: CN113132970A

Abstract

The application discloses a method and equipment for notifying combined service priority. In the application, a terminal acquires a priority indication of a combined service of the terminal, wherein the terminal is a terminal supporting the combined service, and the combined service comprises at least two services; and the terminal sends the priority indication to network equipment.

Description

Method and device for notifying combined service priority

Technical Field

The present application relates to the field of wireless communications technologies, and in particular, to a method and an apparatus for notifying a priority of a combined service.

Background

A Non-Public Network (NPN) technology has been introduced in the 5g r16 version, and for a terminal supporting both an NPN and a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN), a priority between the NPN and the PLMN may be set by itself, and the priority may be set in a manner of a user interface or in a manner of software pre-configuration, depending on a terminal implementation manner.

The 5G will introduce Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (MBMS) in release R17, and for terminals supporting NPN, PLMN and MBMS combined services, different priorities exist between different services.

How to enable a network side to obtain the configuration of the priority of different services supported by the terminal simultaneously supporting multiple services to perform management and control based on the service priority is a technical problem to be solved at present.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application provides a method and equipment for notifying the priority of a combined service.

In a first aspect, a method for notifying a priority of a combined service is provided, including: a terminal acquires a priority indication of a combined service of the terminal, wherein the terminal is a terminal supporting the combined service, and the combined service comprises at least two services; and the terminal sends the priority indication to network equipment.

Optionally, the combinational service includes: non-public network (NPN) services and Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) services; or, NPN service, PLMN service, and multimedia broadcast multicast (MBMS service); or, MBMS service and PLMN service.

Optionally, the sending, by the terminal, the priority indication to a network device includes: the terminal sends a Radio Resource Control (RRC) message to a serving base station of the terminal, wherein the RRC message carries the priority indication.

Optionally, the sending, by the terminal, the priority indication to a network device includes: the terminal sends a non-access stratum (NAS) message to core network equipment, the NAS message is sent to a service base station of the terminal by the core network equipment, and the NAS message carries the priority indication.

Optionally, the method further comprises: the terminal acquires a priority indication of updating the combined service of the terminal; and the terminal sends the updated priority indication to the network equipment.

Optionally, the priority indication of the combined service includes: the priority indication corresponding to each service in the combined services respectively, wherein the priority indication corresponding to one service is used for indicating the priority of the service; or, the priority indication of the combined service is used to indicate the order of the priorities of all services in the combined service, and different values of the priority indication correspond to different orders of the priorities.

In a second aspect, a method for notifying a priority of a combined service is provided, including: a base station receives a priority indication of a combined service of a terminal, wherein the terminal is a terminal supporting the combined service, and the combined service comprises at least two services; and the base station performs cell switching or congestion control on the terminal according to the priority indication of the combined service of the terminal.

Optionally, the receiving, by the base station, a priority indication of a combined service of a terminal includes: the base station receives an RRC message sent by a terminal, wherein the RRC message carries a priority indication of the combined service of the terminal; or, the base station receives a priority indication of the combined service of the terminal sent by a core network device, where the priority indication is sent by the terminal to the core network device through an NAS message.

Optionally, the method further comprises: the base station receives combined service information corresponding to a Packet Data Unit (PDU) session sent by core network equipment, wherein the combined service information is used for indicating at least two service types, and the at least two service types comprise: the service management method comprises the steps of NPN service and PLMN service, or NPN service, PLMN service and MBMS service, or MBMS service and PLMN service.

Optionally, the method further comprises: and the base station determines to switch the terminal to a target base station, and then sends the priority indication of the combined service of the terminal to the target base station.

Optionally, the combinational service includes: NPN traffic and PLMN traffic; or NPN service, PLMN service and MBMS service; or, MBMS service and PLMN service.

In a third aspect, a terminal is provided, including: the processing module is used for acquiring a priority indication of a combined service of a terminal, wherein the terminal is a terminal supporting the combined service, and the combined service comprises at least two services; and the transceiver module is used for sending the priority indication to the network equipment.

In a fourth aspect, a base station is provided, comprising: a transceiver module, configured to receive a priority indication of a combined service of a terminal, where the terminal is a terminal supporting the combined service, and the combined service includes at least two services; and the processing module is used for carrying out cell switching or congestion control on the terminal according to the priority indication of the combined service of the terminal.

In a fifth aspect, a terminal is provided, which includes: a processor, memory, transceiver; the memory storing computer instructions; the processor is configured to read the computer instructions and execute the method according to any one of the first aspect. The transceiver is used for transceiving data under the control of the processor.

In a sixth aspect, there is provided a base station comprising: a processor, a memory, a transceiver; the memory storing computer instructions; the processor is configured to read the computer instructions and execute the method of any one of the second aspects. The transceiver is used for transceiving data under the control of the processor.

In a seventh aspect, there is provided a computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions for causing the computer to perform the method of any of the above first aspects.

In an eighth aspect, there is provided a computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions for causing the computer to perform the method of any of the second aspects above.

In the above embodiment of the present application, for a terminal supporting a combinational service, the terminal may send a priority indication of the combinational service to a network side, so that the network side may perform cell switching or congestion control on the terminal according to the priority of the combinational service of the terminal, thereby improving user experience.

Drawings

Fig. 1 and fig. 2 respectively illustrate schematic diagrams of combinational services supported by neighboring cells of a serving cell where a terminal resides in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating a notification flow of a priority indication of a composite service in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 4 is a schematic flow chart illustrating scenario one in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 5 is a schematic flow chart illustrating scenario two in the embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 6 is a flow chart illustrating scenario three in the embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 7 is a flow chart illustrating scenario four in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 8 is a schematic flow chart illustrating scenario five in the embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 9 is a schematic flow chart illustrating scenario six in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 10 schematically shows a structure of a terminal in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 11 is a schematic diagram illustrating a structure of a base station in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 12 is a schematic structural diagram illustrating a communication apparatus in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 13 is a schematic structural diagram schematically illustrating another communication apparatus in the embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

In this embodiment, a "terminal," also referred to as User Equipment (UE), a Mobile Station (MS), a Mobile Terminal (MT), etc., is a device that provides voice and/or data connectivity to a user, for example, a handheld device, a vehicle-mounted device, etc. with a wireless connection function. Currently, some examples of terminals are: a mobile phone (mobile phone), a tablet computer, a notebook computer, a palm top computer, a Mobile Internet Device (MID), a wearable device, a Virtual Reality (VR) device, an Augmented Reality (AR) device, a wireless terminal in industrial control (industrial control), a wireless terminal in self driving (self driving), a wireless terminal in remote surgery (remote medical supply), a wireless terminal in smart grid (smart grid), a wireless terminal in transportation safety (smart security), a wireless terminal in city (smart city), a wireless terminal in home (smart home), and the like.

The "base station" in the embodiment of the present application may be a RAN node or a base station. The RAN is the part of the network that accesses the terminals to the wireless network. A RAN node (or device) is a node (or device) in a radio access network, which may also be referred to as a base station. Currently, some examples of RAN nodes are: a gbb, a Transmission Reception Point (TRP), an evolved Node B (eNB), a Radio Network Controller (RNC), a Node B (NB), a Base Station Controller (BSC), a Base Transceiver Station (BTS), a home base station (e.g., home evolved Node B, or home Node B, HNB), a Base Band Unit (BBU), or a wireless fidelity (Wifi) Access Point (AP), etc. In addition, in one network configuration, the RAN may include Centralized Unit (CU) nodes and Distributed Unit (DU) nodes.

It is to be understood that the terms "first," "second," and the like in the embodiments of the present application are used for distinguishing between similar elements and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order. It is to be understood that the data so used are interchangeable under appropriate circumstances and can be implemented in sequences other than those illustrated or otherwise described herein with respect to the embodiments of the application, for example.

The embodiments of the present application will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The NPN may support the related functions by the PLMN cell in a shared manner, and the NPN is deployed only in a specific area, so that various neighboring cells supporting different mixed types exist around the serving cell in which the terminal resides, as shown in fig. 1, a neighboring cell 1 is a mixed cell supporting the NPN and the PLMN, a neighboring cell 2 is a cell supporting only the NPN, and a neighboring cell 3 is a cell supporting only the PLMN.

After the R17 version supports MBMS, MBMS may support related functions by PLMN cells in a shared manner, and MBMS is also deployed only in a specific area, so that various neighbor cells supporting different mixed types exist around a serving cell in which a terminal resides, as shown in fig. 2, neighbor cell 1 is a mixed cell supporting NPN and PLMN, neighbor cell 2 is a cell supporting only NPN, neighbor cell 3 is a cell supporting only PLMN, neighbor cell 4 is a mixed cell supporting NPN, PLMN, and MBMS, neighbor cell 5 is a mixed cell supporting MBMS and PLMN, and neighbor cell 6 is a cell supporting only MBMS.

Under the current 5G technology, there may be terminals that support the following combinational services:

(1) And the NPN/PLMN terminal supports NPN and PLMN simultaneously.

After the 5G r17 and later versions support the MBMS service, terminals of the following combined services may also appear:

(2) An NPN/PLMN/MBMS terminal, i.e., a terminal that supports NPN, PLMN, and MBMS at the same time;

(3) MBMS/PLMN terminals, i.e. terminals supporting both MBMS and PLMN.

In the embodiment of the present application, for the terminal capable of supporting multiple services (including an NPN/PLMN terminal, or an NPN/PLMN/MBMS, or an MBMS/PLMN terminal), the terminal may send the priority indication of the combined service of the terminal to the network side through signaling, so that the network side may ensure the high priority service of the terminal as much as possible when performing congestion control in the serving cell of the terminal, or ensure the terminal to be switched to the cell supporting the high priority service as much as possible when performing cell switching in the terminal, thereby ensuring the service continuity of the high priority service in the terminal, and further improving user experience.

Referring to fig. 3, a flowchart of a notification method for priority indication of a combinational service provided in the embodiment of the present application is schematically illustrated, and as shown in the drawing, the flowchart may include:

s301: the terminal acquires the priority indication of the combined service of the terminal.

In the embodiment of the present application, english for the priority indication may be referred to as UE reference indication, and the priority indication may also be referred to as priority setting or priority configuration.

The priority indication of the combined service may be used to indicate the priority between the services in the combined service, i.e. to indicate the priority order of the services in the combined service, or the priority level of the services, or the service with the highest priority among the services. For example, for the NPN/PLMN/MBMS combined service, the priority indication thereof may be used to indicate which service has the highest priority, which service has the next priority, and which service has the lowest priority; for another example, for the combined NPN/PLMN/MBMS service, the priority indication may indicate the priority levels of the 3 services, respectively.

The priority indication may be set by means of a user interface or by means of a software pre-configuration, depending on the terminal implementation.

If the terminal supports both NPN and PLMN (i.e., the terminal is an NPN/PLMN terminal), the priority indication is a priority indication of an NPN service and a PLMN service, that is, is used to indicate a priority value of the two services or indicate a high-low order of the priorities of the two services; if the terminal supports the NPN service, the PLMN service, and the MBMS service at the same time (i.e., the terminal is an NPN/PLMN/MBMS terminal), the priority indication is a priority indication of the NPN service, the PLMN service, and the MBMS service, that is, is used to indicate priority values of the three services or indicate a high-low order of the priorities of the three services; if the terminal supports both the MBMS service and the PLMN service (i.e., the terminal is a PLMN/MBMS terminal), the priority indication is a priority indication of the MBMS service and the PLMN service, that is, is used to indicate a priority value of the two services or indicate a high-low order of the priorities of the two services.

S302: and the terminal sends the priority indication to the network equipment.

The terminal may send a message to the network device when the terminal is in a Radio Resource Control (RRC) CONNECTED state (i.e., RRC _ CONNECTED), so as to send the priority indication to the network device.

Optionally, in some embodiments, the terminal may send the priority indication to a serving base station of the terminal. Specifically, the terminal sends an RRC message to a serving base station of the terminal, where the RRC message carries the priority indication.

Optionally, in some embodiments, the terminal may also send the priority indication to the core network device, and then the core network device sends the priority indication to the serving base station of the terminal. Specifically, the terminal sends a non-access-stratum (NAS) message to the core network device, where the NAS message carries the priority indication, and the core network device sends the priority indication to the serving base station of the terminal.

Optionally, the core network device may send, to the base station, combined service information (i.e., service category information included in the combined service) corresponding to a Packet Data Unit (PDU) session, so that the base station performs congestion control between different services according to the combined service information corresponding to the PDU session. For a terminal supporting multiple services simultaneously, the established PDU session can correspond to the type of the combined service of the terminal, so that the transmission of the multiple services can be realized based on the PDU session. The combined service corresponding to the PDU session may include NPN/PLMN, or NPN/PLMN/MBMS, or/PLMN/MBMS.

In this embodiment, the serving base station of the terminal may determine, according to the priority indication of the terminal, a service with a highest priority, or a priority order of the services, or a priority level of the services, of at least two services supported by the terminal.

In some embodiments, the base station may perform congestion control according to the priority indication of the terminal. Specifically, when the serving cell of the terminal is congested, the continuity of the priority service of the terminal may be ensured as much as possible according to the priority indication of the terminal.

In other embodiments, the base station may perform cell handover for the terminal according to the priority indication of the terminal. Specifically, when performing cell handover on the terminal, the terminal is handed over to a target cell supporting a high-priority service of the terminal as much as possible.

Further, when the terminal performs cell handover, the source base station of the terminal may further send the priority indication of the terminal to the target base station, so that the target base station may perform congestion control or cell handover for the terminal according to the priority indication of the terminal.

Optionally, after the priority indication of the combined service of the terminal is changed, the terminal may obtain the updated priority indication and send the updated priority indication to the network device. For example, the priority indication may be sent to the serving base station of the terminal through an RRC message, or may be sent to the core network device through an NAS message, and the core network device sends the updated priority indication to the serving base station of the terminal.

In some embodiments of the present application, the priority indication may be encoded by using different encoding manners, which may specifically include the following encoding manners:

the first coding mode: independent coding

By adopting the coding mode, different services respectively correspond to respective priority indications, wherein the priority indication corresponding to one service is used for indicating the priority of the service, and the values of the priority indications of different services can be different or the same.

For example, for each service in the NPN, the PLMN, and the MBMS, a number is used to represent the priority of the service, and values of different services are different, for example, when the NPN has the highest priority, the MBMS is the second, and the priority of the PLMN is the lowest, the priorities may be set as shown in table 1:

TABLE 1

Type of service	Priority indication (UE prediction) value
		NPN	1
PLMN	3
		MBMS	2

And a second coding mode: joint coding

By adopting the coding mode, the priority of at least two services supported by the terminal can be jointly coded, the priority indication of the joint coding is used for indicating the priority sequence or priority level of all services in the at least two services, and different values of the priority indication correspond to different priority sequences.

For example, a single number may be used to represent the combined priority relationship between NPN, PLMN, MBMS, as shown in table 2:

TABLE 2

And by adopting the second coding mode, the signaling overhead can be saved.

In order to more clearly understand the embodiment of the present application, the following provides a processing procedure in several different scenarios for a terminal supporting combinational services.

Scene one

For a terminal supporting an NPN/PLMN combined service, a network side performs congestion control on a current cell according to a priority indication (UE reference indication) of the combined service of the terminal, wherein the priority indication is used for indicating the priority between NPN/PLMN, so as to ensure high-priority service transmission.

As shown in fig. 4, at 401, the npn/PLMN terminal reports a priority indication (UE reference indication) of the combinational service to its serving base station; at 402, the serving base station of the terminal receives and stores a priority indication (UE reference indication) of the combined traffic of the terminal. In 403-406, when the serving cell of the terminal is congested, the base station of the terminal determines a high-priority service according to the priority indication of the combined service of the terminal, and ensures the transmission of the high-priority service as much as possible. If necessary, the resources occupied by other services can be released to ensure the transmission of the high-priority services.

For example, if the base station determines that the priority of the NPN service is the highest according to the priority indication of the combined service of the terminal, the bearer of the NPN service is ensured; and if the base station determines that the priority of the PLMN service is the highest according to the priority indication of the combined service of the terminal, ensuring the bearing of the PLMN service.

It should be noted that, for the specific implementation of the relevant steps in the above scenario and the meaning of the related technical terms, reference may be made to the description of the foregoing embodiments, and no repetition is made here.

Scene two

For a terminal supporting an NPN/PLMN combined service, when a network side performs cell switching, a cell which is selected according to the priority of the combined service of the terminal is selected as a switching target cell according to a UE priority indication (used for indicating the priority between NPN/PLMN).

As shown in fig. 5, at 501, the npn/PLMN terminal reports a priority indication (UE reference indication) of the combinational service to its serving base station; at 502, the serving base station receives and stores a priority indication (UE reference indication) of the combined traffic of the terminal. At 503-504, the serving base station configures the terminal to perform neighbor cell measurement, and selects a candidate target cell according to a measurement report reported by the terminal. In 505 to 507, the serving base station preferentially selects a target cell supporting a high-priority service from the candidate target cells according to the service priority indicated by the priority indication (UE reference indication) of the combined service of the terminal.

For example, if the base station determines that the priority of the NPN service is the highest according to the priority indication of the combined service of the terminal, preferentially selecting a candidate target cell supporting the NPN; and if the base station determines that the PLMN service priority is highest according to the priority indication of the combined service of the terminal, preferentially selecting the candidate target cell supporting the PLMN.

The preferentially selecting the candidate target cell supporting the NPN may specifically include: and preferentially selecting the NPN/PLMN cells meeting the switching conditions, and if the NPN/PLMN cells do not exist in the adjacent cells meeting the switching conditions, selecting the PNP cells meeting the switching conditions.

The preferentially selecting the cell supporting the PLMN as the target cell may specifically include: and preferentially selecting the PNN/PLMN cells meeting the switching conditions, and if the NPN/PLMN cells do not exist in the adjacent cells meeting the switching conditions, selecting the PLMN cells meeting the switching conditions.

It should be noted that, for the specific implementation of the relevant steps in the above scenario and the meaning of the related technical terms, reference may be made to the description of the foregoing embodiments, and the description is not repeated here.

Scene three

For a terminal supporting an NPN/PLMN/MBMS combined service, a network side performs congestion control on a current cell according to a priority indication (UE preference indication) of the combined service of the terminal, so as to ensure transmission of a service with high priority.

As shown in fig. 6, at 601, the npn/PLMN/MBMS terminal reports a priority indication (UE preference) of the combinational service to its serving base station; at 602, the serving base station receives and stores a priority indication (UE reference indication) for the combined service. In 603-604, when congestion occurs, the serving base station may guarantee the highest priority service as much as possible, and if necessary, may release resources occupied by other services to guarantee transmission of the highest priority service.

At 605, under the condition that the transmission of the highest priority service is guaranteed or the transmission of the highest priority service is completed, the transmission of the service with the second priority can be guaranteed as much as possible, and if necessary, the resources occupied by other services can be released to guarantee the transmission of the service with the second priority.

For example, if the base station determines that the priority of the NPN service is the highest according to the priority indication of the combined service of the terminal, and then determines that the NPN service is the PLMN service, the base station preferentially ensures transmission of the NPN service of the terminal when congestion occurs, and can ensure transmission of the PLMN service as much as possible on the basis that transmission of the NPN service is ensured.

Scene four

For a terminal supporting an NPN/PLMN/MBMS combined service, when a network side performs measurement and target cell selection, a cell supporting a high-priority service is selected as a handover target cell according to a priority indication (UE preference) of the combined service of the terminal, wherein the priority indication is used for indicating the priority between the NPN/PLMN/MBMS.

As shown in fig. 7, at 701, an npn/PLMN/MBMS terminal reports a priority indication (UE preference) of a combined service of the terminal to its serving base station; at 702, the serving base station receives and stores a priority indication (UE reference indication) for the combined service. At 703-705, the serving BS configures the terminal to perform neighbor cell measurement, and selects a candidate target cell according to the measurement report reported by the terminal.

In 705 to 708, the serving base station selects a final target cell from the candidate target cells based on the priority indicated by the priority indication (UE reference) of the combined service of the terminal. If the base station determines that the NPN service has the highest priority according to the priority indication of the combined service of the terminal, preferentially selecting a candidate target cell supporting the NPN; if the base station determines that the priority of the PLMN service is the highest according to the priority indication of the combined service of the terminal, preferentially selecting a candidate target cell supporting the PLMN; if the base station determines that the priority of the MBMS is the highest according to the priority indication of the combined service of the terminal, the candidate target cell supporting the MBMS is preferentially selected.

Optionally, when selecting the target cell, the target cell may preferentially select the neighboring cell that supports the highest priority service and supports as many types as possible as the target cell, and if the neighboring cell that supports the highest priority service does not exist, the target cell may preferentially select the neighboring cell that supports the second priority service and supports as many types of services as possible as the target cell.

For example, in the above process, preferentially selecting a candidate target cell supporting the NPN may specifically include: and preferentially selecting the NPN/PLMN/MBMS cells meeting the switching conditions, if no NPN/PLMN/MBMS cell exists in the adjacent cells meeting the switching conditions, selecting the NPN/PLMN cells meeting the switching conditions, and if no NPN/PLMN cell exists in the adjacent cells meeting the switching conditions, selecting the NPN cells.

For another example, in the above process, preferentially selecting the candidate target cell supporting the PLMN may specifically include: and preferentially selecting the NPN/PLMN/MBMS cells meeting the switching conditions, if the NPN/PLMN/MBMS cells do not exist in the adjacent cells meeting the switching conditions, selecting the PLMN/MBMS cells meeting the switching conditions, and if the PLMN/MBMS cells do not exist in the adjacent cells meeting the switching conditions, selecting the PLMN cells.

For another example, in the above process, the preferentially selecting the candidate target cell supporting the MBMS may specifically include: and preferentially selecting the NPN/PLMN/MBMS cells meeting the switching conditions, if the NPN/PLMN/MBMS cells do not exist in the adjacent cells meeting the switching conditions, selecting the PLMN/MBMS cells meeting the switching conditions, and if the PLMN/MBMS cells do not exist in the adjacent cells meeting the switching conditions, selecting the MBMS cells.

It should be noted that, for the specific implementation of the relevant steps in the foregoing scenario and the meaning of the related technical terms, reference may be made to the description of the foregoing embodiments, and no repetition is made herein.

Scene five

The terminal informs the core network of the priority indication (UE preference indication for indicating the priority between NPN/PLMN or NPN/PLMN/MBMS) of the combined service through the NAS message, and then the core network informs the access network.

As shown in fig. 8, at 801, a core network receives a priority indication (UE reference indication) of a combinational service of a terminal, which is reported by the terminal; at 802, the core network sends the priority indication (UE reference indication) to the serving cell on the access network side through the NG interface, so that the serving cell performs congestion control and cell switching control according to the priority indication (UE reference indication) of the combined service of the terminal.

Scene six

When a cell handover occurs, the serving cell transmits a priority indication (UE preference indication for indicating a priority between NPN/PLMN or NPN/PLMN/MBMS) of a combined service of the terminal to the target cell.

As shown in fig. 9, at 901, a terminal reports a priority indication (UE reference indication) of a combinational service of the terminal to a serving cell. At 902, when the cell handover of the terminal is triggered, the serving base station sends a priority indication (UE reference) of the combined traffic of the terminal to the target base station through an inter-base station interface (Xn interface) to enable the target base station to use the priority indication for subsequent congestion control and cell handover control of the terminal.

Based on the same technical concept, the embodiment of the present application further provides a terminal, and the terminal can implement the functions of the terminal side in the foregoing embodiments.

Referring to fig. 10, a schematic structural diagram of a terminal provided in the embodiment of the present application is shown. The terminal may include: a transceiver module 1001 and a processing module 1002.

A processing module 1002, configured to obtain a priority indication of a combined service of a terminal, where the terminal is a terminal supporting the combined service, and the combined service includes at least two services; a transceiver module 1001, configured to send the priority indication to a network device.

It should be noted that, the apparatus provided in the embodiment of the present invention can implement all the method steps implemented by the method embodiment and achieve the same technical effect, and detailed descriptions of the same parts and beneficial effects as the method embodiment in this embodiment are omitted here.

Based on the same technical concept, the embodiment of the application also provides a base station, and the base station can realize the function of the base station side in the embodiment.

Referring to fig. 11, a schematic structural diagram of a base station provided in the embodiment of the present application is shown. The base station may include: a transceiver module 1101 and a processing module 1102.

A transceiver module 1101, configured to receive a priority indication of a combined service of a terminal, where the terminal is a terminal supporting the combined service, and the combined service includes at least two services; a processing module 1102, configured to perform cell switching or congestion control on the terminal according to the priority indication of the combined service of the terminal.

It should be noted that the apparatus provided in the embodiment of the present invention can implement all the method steps implemented by the method embodiment, and can achieve the same technical effects, and detailed descriptions of the same parts and beneficial effects as the method embodiment in this embodiment are not repeated herein.

Based on the same technical concept, the embodiment of the present application further provides a communication device, which can implement the functions of the terminal side in the foregoing embodiments.

Fig. 12 schematically shows a structure of a communication apparatus in the embodiment of the present application. The communication device may include: a processor 1201, a memory 1202, a transceiver 1203, and a bus interface 1204.

The processor 1201 is responsible for managing a bus architecture and general processing, and the memory 1202 may store data used by the processor 1201 in performing operations. The transceiver 1203 is configured to receive and transmit data under the control of the processor 1201.

The bus architecture may include any number of interconnected buses and bridges, with one or more processors, represented by the processor 1201, and various circuits, represented by the memory 1202, being linked together. The bus architecture may also link together various other circuits such as peripherals, voltage regulators, power management circuits, and the like, which are well known in the art, and therefore, will not be described any further herein. The bus interface provides an interface. The processor 1201 is responsible for managing a bus architecture and general processing, and the memory 1202 may store data used by the processor 1201 in performing operations.

The process disclosed in the embodiment of the present application may be applied to the processor 1201, or implemented by the processor 1201. In implementation, the steps of the signal processing flow may be implemented by integrated logic circuits of hardware or instructions in the form of software in the processor 1201. The processor 1201 may be a general purpose processor, a digital signal processor, an application specific integrated circuit, a field programmable gate array or other programmable logic device, discrete gate or transistor logic, discrete hardware components, or the like that implement or perform the methods, steps, and logic blocks disclosed in embodiments of the present application. The general purpose processor may be a microprocessor or any conventional processor or the like. The steps of a method disclosed in connection with the embodiments of the present application may be directly implemented by a hardware processor, or may be implemented by a combination of hardware and software modules in a processor. The software module may be located in ram, flash memory, rom, prom, or eprom, registers, etc. storage media as is well known in the art. The storage medium is located in the memory 1202, and the processor 1201 reads information in the memory 1202 and completes the steps of the signal processing flow in conjunction with hardware thereof.

In particular, the processor 1201 is configured to read the computer instructions in the memory 1202 and execute the functions of the terminal side in fig. 3.

Based on the same technical concept, the embodiment of the present application further provides a communication device, which can implement the functions of the base station side in the foregoing embodiments.

Fig. 13 is a schematic structural diagram illustrating a communication apparatus in an embodiment of the present application. The communication device may include: a processor 1301, a memory 1302, a transceiver 1303, and a bus interface 1304.

The processor 1301 is responsible for managing the bus architecture and general processing, and the memory 1302 may store data used by the processor 1301 in performing operations. The transceiver 1303 is used for receiving and transmitting data under the control of the processor 1301.

The bus architecture may include any number of interconnected buses and bridges, with one or more processors, represented by processor 1301, and various circuits, represented by memory 1302, being linked together. The bus architecture may also link together various other circuits such as peripherals, voltage regulators, power management circuits, and the like, which are well known in the art, and therefore, will not be described any further herein. The bus interface provides an interface. The processor 1301 is responsible for managing the bus architecture and general processing, and the memory 1302 may store data used by the processor 1301 in performing operations.

The processes disclosed in the embodiments of the application may be applied to the processor 1301, or implemented by the processor 1301. In implementation, the steps of the signal processing flow may be implemented by integrated logic circuits of hardware or instructions in the form of software in the processor 1301. The processor 1301 may be a general purpose processor, a digital signal processor, an application specific integrated circuit, a field programmable gate array or other programmable logic device, discrete gate or transistor logic, discrete hardware components, and may implement or perform the methods, steps, and logic blocks disclosed in embodiments of the present application. A general purpose processor may be a microprocessor or any conventional processor or the like. The steps of a method disclosed in connection with the embodiments of the present application may be directly implemented by a hardware processor, or may be implemented by a combination of hardware and software modules in a processor. The software module may be located in ram, flash memory, rom, prom, or eprom, registers, etc. storage media as is well known in the art. The storage medium is located in the memory 1302, and the processor 1301 reads information in the memory 1302, and completes steps of the signal processing flow in combination with hardware thereof.

In particular, the processor 1301 is adapted to read the computer instructions in the memory 1302 and perform the functions of the base station side in fig. 3.

An embodiment of the present application further provides a computer-readable storage medium, where the computer-readable storage medium stores computer-executable instructions, and the computer-executable instructions are configured to enable the computer to execute the method performed by the terminal in the foregoing embodiment.

An embodiment of the present application further provides a computer-readable storage medium, where the computer-readable storage medium stores computer-executable instructions, and the computer-executable instructions are configured to enable the computer to execute the method performed by the base station in the foregoing embodiment.

The present application is described with reference to flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams of methods, apparatus (systems), and computer program products according to embodiments of the application. It will be understood that each flow and/or block of the flow diagrams and/or block diagrams, and combinations of flows and/or blocks in the flow diagrams and/or block diagrams, can be implemented by computer program instructions. These computer program instructions may be provided to a processor of a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, embedded processor, or other programmable data processing apparatus to produce a machine, such that the instructions, which execute via the processor of the computer or other programmable data processing apparatus, create means for implementing the functions specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.

These computer program instructions may also be stored in a computer-readable memory that can direct a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to function in a particular manner, such that the instructions stored in the computer-readable memory produce an article of manufacture including instruction means which implement the function specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.

These computer program instructions may also be loaded onto a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to cause a series of operational steps to be performed on the computer or other programmable apparatus to produce a computer implemented process such that the instructions which execute on the computer or other programmable apparatus provide steps for implementing the functions specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.

While the preferred embodiments of the present application have been described, additional variations and modifications in those embodiments may occur to those skilled in the art once they learn of the basic inventive concepts. Therefore, it is intended that the appended claims be interpreted as including the preferred embodiment and all changes and modifications that fall within the scope of the present application.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications may be made in the present application without departing from the spirit and scope of the application. Thus, if such modifications and variations of the present application fall within the scope of the claims of the present application and their equivalents, the present application is intended to include such modifications and variations as well.

Claims

1. A method for notifying priority of a combined service, comprising:

a terminal acquires a priority indication of a combined service of the terminal, wherein the terminal is a terminal supporting the combined service, and the combined service comprises at least two services;

the terminal sends the priority indication to network equipment, and the priority indication is used for carrying out cell switching on the terminal;

the combined service comprises the following steps:

non-public network NPN service and public land mobile network PLMN service; or alternatively

NPN service, PLMN service and multimedia broadcast multicast MBMS service; or

MBMS service and PLMN service;

the method further comprises the following steps:

the terminal acquires a priority indication of updating the combined service of the terminal;

and the terminal sends the updated priority indication to the network equipment.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the terminal sending the priority indication to a network device, comprising:

and the terminal sends a Radio Resource Control (RRC) message to a service base station of the terminal, wherein the RRC message carries the priority indication.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the terminal sending the priority indication to a network device, comprising:

and the terminal sends a non-access stratum (NAS) message to core network equipment, wherein the NAS message is sent to a service base station of the terminal by the core network equipment, and the NAS message carries the priority indication.

4. A method according to any of claims 1-3, wherein the indication of the priority of the combined service comprises: the priority indication corresponding to each service in the combined services respectively, wherein the priority indication corresponding to one service is used for indicating the priority of the service; or

The priority indication of the combined service is used for indicating the priority sequence of all services in the combined service, and different values of the priority indication correspond to different priority sequences.

5. A method for notifying priority of a combined service, comprising:

a base station receives a priority indication of a combined service of a terminal, wherein the terminal is a terminal supporting the combined service, and the combined service comprises at least two services;

the base station performs cell switching on the terminal according to the priority indication of the combined service of the terminal;

the combined service comprises:

non-public network NPN service and public land mobile network PLMN service; or

NPN service, PLMN service and multimedia broadcast multicast MBMS service; or

MBMS service and PLMN service;

the method further comprises the following steps:

and after receiving the priority indication of the combined service update of the terminal, which is sent by the terminal, carrying out cell switching on the terminal based on the updated priority indication.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the base station receiving the priority indication of the combined service of the terminal comprises:

the base station receives a Radio Resource Control (RRC) message sent by a terminal, wherein the RRC message carries a priority indication of a combined service of the terminal; or

And the base station receives a priority indication of the combined service of the terminal sent by core network equipment, wherein the priority indication is sent to the core network equipment by the terminal through a non-access stratum (NAS) message.

7. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

the base station receives combined service information corresponding to a Packet Data Unit (PDU) session sent by core network equipment, wherein the combined service information is used for indicating at least two service types, and the at least two service types comprise: non-public network NPN service and public land mobile network PLMN service, or NPN service, PLMN service and multimedia broadcast multicast MBMS service, or MBMS service and PLMN service.

8. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

and the base station determines to switch the terminal to a target base station, and then sends the priority indication of the combined service of the terminal to the target base station.

9. The method according to any of claims 5-8, wherein the indication of the priority of the combined service comprises: the priority indication corresponding to each service in the combined services respectively, wherein the priority indication corresponding to one service is used for indicating the priority of the service; or

10. A terminal, comprising:

the processing module is used for acquiring a priority indication of a combined service of a terminal, wherein the terminal is a terminal supporting the combined service, and the combined service comprises at least two services;

a transceiver module, configured to send the priority indication to a network device, where the priority indication is used to perform cell switching on the terminal;

the combined service comprises:

non-public network NPN service and public land mobile network PLMN service; or

NPN service, PLMN service and multimedia broadcast multicast MBMS service; or

MBMS service and PLMN service;

the transceiver module is further configured to obtain a priority indication of the combined service update of the terminal, and send the updated priority indication to the network device.

11. A base station, comprising:

a transceiver module, configured to receive a priority indication of a combined service of a terminal, where the terminal is a terminal supporting the combined service, and the combined service includes at least two services;

the processing module is used for carrying out cell switching on the terminal according to the priority indication of the combined service of the terminal;

the combined service comprises:

non-public network NPN service and public land mobile network PLMN service; or

NPN service, PLMN service and multimedia broadcast multicast MBMS service; or

MBMS service and PLMN service;

the processing module is further configured to perform cell handover on the terminal based on the updated priority indication after receiving the updated priority indication of the combinational service of the terminal sent by the terminal.

12. A terminal, comprising: a processor, memory, transceiver;

the memory storing computer instructions;

the processor, configured to read the computer instructions, performs the following operations:

acquiring a priority indication of a combined service of a terminal, wherein the terminal is a terminal supporting the combined service, and the combined service comprises at least two services; the terminal sends the priority indication to network equipment, and the priority indication is used for carrying out cell switching on the terminal;

the transceiver is used for transceiving data under the control of the processor;

the combined service comprises:

non-public network NPN service and public land mobile network PLMN service; or

NPN service, PLMN service and multimedia broadcast multicast MBMS service; or alternatively

MBMS service and PLMN service;

the operations further include:

acquiring a priority indication of updating the combined service of the terminal;

the updated priority indication is sent to the network device.

13. The terminal of claim 12, wherein the operations specifically comprise:

and sending a Radio Resource Control (RRC) message to a service base station of the terminal, wherein the RRC message carries the priority indication.

14. The terminal of claim 12, wherein the operations specifically comprise:

and sending a non-access stratum (NAS) message to core network equipment, wherein the NAS message is sent to a service base station of the terminal by the core network equipment, and the NAS message carries the priority indication.

15. The terminal according to any of claims 12-14, wherein the indication of the priority of the combined service comprises: the priority indication corresponding to each service in the combined services respectively, wherein the priority indication corresponding to one service is used for indicating the priority of the service; or, the priority indication of the combined service is used to indicate the order of the priorities of all services in the combined service, and different values of the priority indication correspond to different orders of the priorities.

16. A base station, comprising: a processor, memory, transceiver;

the memory storing computer instructions;

receiving a priority indication of a combined service of a terminal, wherein the terminal is a terminal supporting the combined service, and the combined service comprises at least two services; according to the priority indication of the combined service of the terminal, carrying out cell switching on the terminal;

the combined service comprises:

non-public network NPN service and public land mobile network PLMN service; or

NPN service, PLMN service and multimedia broadcast multicast MBMS service; or

MBMS service and PLMN service;

the operations further include:

17. The base station of claim 16, wherein the operations comprise in particular:

receiving a Radio Resource Control (RRC) message sent by a terminal, wherein the RRC message carries a priority indication of a combined service of the terminal; or

And receiving a priority indication of the combined service of the terminal sent by core network equipment, wherein the priority indication is sent to the core network equipment by the terminal through a non-access stratum (NAS) message.

18. The base station of claim 16, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving combined service information corresponding to a Packet Data Unit (PDU) session sent by core network equipment, wherein the combined service information is used for indicating at least two service types, and the at least two service types comprise: non-public network NPN service and public land mobile network PLMN service, or NPN service, PLMN service and multimedia broadcast multicast MBMS service, or MBMS service and PLMN service.

19. The base station of claim 16, wherein the operations further comprise:

and if the terminal is determined to be switched to the target base station, sending the priority indication of the combined service of the terminal to the target base station.

20. The base station according to any of claims 16-19, wherein the indication of the priority of the combined service comprises: the priority indication corresponding to each service in the combined services respectively, wherein the priority indication corresponding to one service is used for indicating the priority of the service; or

21. A computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions for causing a computer to perform the method of any one of claims 1-4.

22. A computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions for causing a computer to perform the method of any one of claims 5-9.