Patent Application
20250089111
The present disclosure relates to the field of communication technology, and in particular to a user terminal accessing method and apparatus, a user terminal, and a storage medium.
In a 5G NR (New Radio) system, in order to expand coverage of a network, user-terminal-to-network-device relay (UE-to-Network Relay) and user-terminal-to-user-terminal relay (UE-to-UE Relay) are introduced. Among others, a relay user terminal (Relay UE) is a user terminal within network coverage, and a remote user terminal can be located within or outside the network coverage. For the UE-to-Network relay, the remote user terminal can access a network device through the relay user terminal; and for the UE-to-UE relay, the remote user terminal can access a target user terminal through the relay user terminal.
In current technology, only one-hop relay is supported, that is, the user terminal accesses the network device or the target user terminal through a one-hop relay user terminal. In the future, in order to support a more flexible network topology, multi-hop relay may be introduced. There is no clear solution currently regarding how to achieve establishment of relay connections in a multi-hop scenario.
The present disclosure provides a user terminal accessing method and apparatus, a user terminal and a storage medium, for achieving establishment of relay connections in a multi-hop scenario.
One embodiment of the present disclosure provides a user terminal accessing method, being applied to a target relay user terminal, including: receiving a connection establishment request message transmitted by a user terminal through a sidelink communication interface, where the connection establishment request message carries an identity identifier of the user terminal, the identity identifier of the user terminal is used to indicate that the user terminal is a remote user terminal or a relay user terminal.
In an implementation, the user terminal accessing method further includes: performing, according to the identity identifier of the user terminal, a target operation corresponding to the identity identifier of the user terminal.
In an implementation, the connection establishment request message is a PC5 connection establishment request message, the PC5 connection establishment request message includes PC5-S signaling and/or PC5-RRC signaling.
In an implementation, the connection establishment request message carries indication information to indicate, through a value of the indication information, that the user terminal is the remote user terminal or the relay user terminal;
or, the connection establishment request message selectively carries indication information to indicate, through whether carrying the indication information, that the user terminal is the remote user terminal or the relay user terminal.
In an implementation, performing, according to the identity identifier of the user terminal, a target operation corresponding to the identity identifier of the user terminal, includes: in case of a determination that the user terminal is the remote user terminal, establishing, through the sidelink communication interface, a sidelink communication connection with the user terminal; and
In an implementation, when the user terminal is the relay user terminal, the connection establishment request message further carries relay capacity indication information of the user terminal, and/or a relay working mode for the user terminal to use after accessing the target relay user terminal.
In an implementation, the relay capacity indication information includes at least one of the following:
In an implementation, the user terminal accessing method further includes: determining, according to the relay capacity indication information of the user terminal carried in the connection establishment request message, the relay working mode for the user terminal to use after accessing the target relay user terminal.
In an implementation, the user terminal accessing method further includes: transmitting to the user terminal a response message corresponding to the connection establishment request message, where the response message carries indication information to indicate the relay working mode for the user terminal to use after accessing the target relay user terminal.
In an implementation, the relay working mode includes at least one of the following:
One embodiment of the present disclosure provides a user terminal accessing method, being applied to a user terminal, including: transmitting a connection establishment request message to a target relay user terminal through a sidelink communication interface, where the connection establishment request message carries an identity identifier of the user terminal, the identity identifier of the user terminal is used to indicate that the user terminal is a remote user terminal or a relay user terminal.
In an implementation, before transmitting the connection establishment request message to the target relay user terminal through the sidelink communication interface, the user terminal accessing method further includes: determining the target relay user terminal according to the identity of the user terminal.
In an implementation, determining the target relay user terminal according to the identity of the user terminal, includes: when the user terminal is the remote user terminal, selecting one relay user terminal in relay user terminals satisfying a first preset condition to be the target relay user terminal; or, when the user terminal is the relay user terminal, selecting N relay user terminals in relay user terminals satisfying a second preset condition to be the target relay user terminal, where N is an integer greater than or equal to 1.
In an implementation, the second preset condition includes at least one of the following: a relay working mode supported by the user terminal includes a relay working mode being currently used by the target relay user terminal; or channel quality of the sidelink communication interface between the user terminal and a relay user terminal is higher than a preset threshold.
In an implementation, the connection establishment request message carries indication information to indicate, through a value of the indication information, that the user terminal is the remote user terminal or the relay user terminal;
or, the connection establishment request message selectively carries indication information to indicate, through whether carrying the indication information, that the user terminal is the remote user terminal or the relay user terminal.
In an implementation, when the user terminal is the relay user terminal, the connection establishment request message further carries relay capacity indication information of the user terminal, and/or a relay working mode for the user terminal to use after accessing the target relay user terminal.
In an implementation, the user terminal accessing method further includes: receiving a relay discovery message broadcast by the target relay user terminal, where the relay discovery message carries a relay working mode of the target relay user terminal; and determining, according to the relay working mode of the target relay user terminal, the relay working mode for the user terminal to use after accessing the target relay user terminal.
In an implementation, the user terminal accessing method further includes: receiving a response message, transmitted by the target relay user terminal, corresponding to the connection establishment request message, where the response message carries indication information to indicate the relay working mode for the user terminal to use after accessing the target relay user terminal.
In an implementation, the relay working mode includes at least one of the following: Layer 2 relay L2 relay; Layer 3 relay L3 relay; Layer 2 user terminal to network device relay L2 U2N relay; Layer 2 user terminal to user terminal relay L2 U2U relay; Layer 3 user terminal to network device relay L3 U2N relay; or Layer 3 user terminal to user terminal relay L3 U2U relay.
In an implementation, the relay capacity indication information includes at least one of the following: Layer 2 relay L2 relay; Layer 3 relay L3 relay; Layer 2 user terminal to network device relay L2 U2N relay; Layer 2 user terminal to user terminal relay L2 U2U relay; Layer 3 user terminal to network device relay L3 U2N relay; or Layer 3 user terminal to user terminal relay L3 U2U relay.
One embodiment of the present disclosure provides a user terminal accessing apparatus, being applied to a target relay user terminal, including: a receiving module, configured to receive a connection establishment request message transmitted by a user terminal through a sidelink communication interface, where the connection establishment request message carries an identity identifier of the user terminal, the identity identifier of the user terminal is used to indicate that the user terminal is a remote user terminal or a relay user terminal.
One embodiment of the present disclosure provides a user terminal accessing apparatus, being applied to a user terminal, including: a transmitting module, configured to transmit a connection establishment request message to a target relay user terminal through a sidelink communication interface, where the connection establishment request message carries an identity identifier of the user terminal, the identity identifier of the user terminal is used to indicate that the user terminal is a remote user terminal or a relay user terminal.
One embodiment of the present disclosure provides a relay user terminal, including:
In an implementation, the processor is further configured to perform the following operation: performing, according to the identity identifier of the user terminal, a target operation corresponding to the identity identifier of the user terminal.
In an implementation, the connection establishment request message is a PC5 connection establishment request message, the PC5 connection establishment request message includes PC5-S signaling and/or PC5-RRC signaling.
In an implementation, the connection establishment request message carries indication information to indicate, through a value of the indication information, that the user terminal is the remote user terminal or the relay user terminal;
or, the connection establishment request message selectively carries indication information to indicate, through whether carrying the indication information, that the user terminal is the remote user terminal or the relay user terminal.
In an implementation, performing, according to the identity identifier of the user terminal, a target operation corresponding to the identity identifier of the user terminal, includes: in case of a determination that the user terminal is the remote user terminal, establishing, through the sidelink communication interface, a sidelink communication connection with the user terminal;
in case of a determination that the user terminal is the relay user terminal, establishing a sidelink communication interface connection with the user terminal, and transmitting an indication message to at least one device of a target network device, a target remote user terminal, or a previous-hop relay user terminal, and/or establishing a sidelink communication interface connection with the user terminal and updating a self-own routing table;
where the indication message is used to indicate updating of a corresponding routing table by the target network device, the target remote user terminal, or the previous-hop relay user terminal.
In an implementation, when the user terminal is the relay user terminal, the connection establishment request message further carries relay capacity indication information of the user terminal, and/or a relay working mode for the user terminal to use after accessing the target relay user terminal.
In an implementation, the relay capacity indication information includes at least one of the following: Layer 2 relay L2 relay; Layer 3 relay L3 relay; Layer 2 user terminal to network device relay L2 U2N relay; Layer 2 user terminal to user terminal relay L2 U2U relay; Layer 3 user terminal to network device relay L3 U2N relay; or Layer 3 user terminal to user terminal relay L3 U2U relay.
In an implementation, the processor is further configured to perform the following operation: determining, according to the relay capacity indication information of the user terminal carried in the connection establishment request message, the relay working mode for the user terminal to use after accessing the target relay user terminal.
In an implementation, the processor is further configured to perform the following operation: transmitting to the user terminal a response message corresponding to the connection establishment request message, where the response message carries indication information to indicate the relay working mode for the user terminal to use after accessing the target relay user terminal.
In an implementation, the relay working mode includes at least one of the following: Layer 2 relay L2 relay; Layer 3 relay L3 relay; Layer 2 user terminal to network device relay L2 U2N relay; Layer 2 user terminal to user terminal relay L2 U2U relay; Layer 3 user terminal to network device relay L3 U2N relay; or Layer 3 user terminal to user terminal relay L3 U2U relay.
One embodiment of the present disclosure provides a user terminal, including:
a memory, configured to store a computer program;
a transceiver, configured to receive or transmit data under control of a processor; and
the processor, configured to read the computer program in the memory and perform the following operation;
transmitting a connection establishment request message to a target relay user terminal through a sidelink communication interface, where the connection establishment request message carries an identity identifier of the user terminal, the identity identifier of the user terminal is used to indicate that the user terminal is a remote user terminal or a relay user terminal.
In an implementation, the processor is further configured to perform the following operation: determining the target relay user terminal according to the identity of the user terminal.
In an implementation, determining the target relay user terminal according to the identity of the user terminal, includes: when the user terminal is the remote user terminal, selecting one relay user terminal in relay user terminals satisfying a first preset condition to be the target relay user terminal; or, when the user terminal is the relay user terminal, selecting N relay user terminals in relay user terminals satisfying a second preset condition to be the target relay user terminal, where N is an integer greater than or equal to 1.
In an implementation, the second preset condition includes at least one of the following: a relay working mode supported by the user terminal includes a relay working mode being currently used by the target relay user terminal; or channel quality of the sidelink communication interface between the user terminal and a relay user terminal is higher than a preset threshold.
In an implementation, the connection establishment request message carries indication information to indicate, through a value of the indication information, that the user terminal is the remote user terminal or the relay user terminal;
or, the connection establishment request message selectively carries indication information to indicate, through whether carrying the indication information, that the user terminal is the remote user terminal or the relay user terminal.
In an implementation, when the user terminal is the relay user terminal, the connection establishment request message further carries relay capacity indication information of the user terminal, and/or a relay working mode for the user terminal to use after accessing the target relay user terminal.
In an implementation, the processor is further configured to perform the following operation: receiving a relay discovery message broadcast by the target relay user terminal, where the relay discovery message carries a relay working mode of the target relay user terminal; and determining, according to the relay working mode of the target relay user terminal, the relay working mode for the user terminal to use after accessing the target relay user terminal.
In an implementation, the processor is further configured to perform the following operation: receiving a response message, transmitted by the target relay user terminal, corresponding to the connection establishment request message, where the response message carries indication information to indicate the relay working mode for the user terminal to use after accessing the target relay user terminal.
In an implementation, the relay working mode includes at least one of the following: Layer 2 relay L2 relay; Layer 3 relay L3 relay; Layer 2 user terminal to network device relay L2 U2N relay; Layer 2 user terminal to user terminal relay L2 U2U relay; Layer 3 user terminal to network device relay L3 U2N relay; or Layer 3 user terminal to user terminal relay L3 U2U relay.
In an implementation, the relay capacity indication information includes at least one of the following: Layer 2 relay L2 relay; Layer 3 relay L3 relay; Layer 2 user terminal to network device relay L2 U2N relay; Layer 2 user terminal to user terminal relay L2 U2U relay; Layer 3 user terminal to network device relay L3 U2N relay; or Layer 3 user terminal to user terminal relay L3 U2U relay.
One embodiment of the present disclosure provides a processor readable storage medium, storing thereon a computer program, where the computer program is configured to enable a processor to implement the user terminal accessing method according to the embodiments.
In one embodiment, a computer program product includes a computer program, where the computer program, when being executed by a processor, implements the user terminal accessing method according to the embodiments.
The present disclosure provides a user terminal accessing method and apparatus, a user terminal, and a storage medium. the method includes: receiving a connection establishment request message transmitted by a user terminal through a sidelink communication interface, where the connection establishment request message carries an identity identifier of the user terminal, the identity identifier of the user terminal is used to indicate that the user terminal is a remote user terminal or a relay user terminal. Through the solution, it can be ensured that, when the user terminal needs to access the target relay user terminal, the target relay user terminal can correctly identify identity information of the user terminal requesting to access, and perform an operation corresponding to the identity of the user terminal, guaranteeing normal operation of a system.
It should be understood that the content described in the foregoing summary section is neither intended to limit key or important features of embodiments of the present disclosure, nor is used to limit the scope of the present disclosure. Other features of the present disclosure will become readily comprehensible through the following description.
In order to describe the embodiments of the present disclosure or the prior art more clearly, the following will briefly introduce the drawings that need to be used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art. Apparently, the drawings in the following description are for some embodiments of the present disclosure.
The term “and/or” in the present disclosure describes an association relationship of associated objects, indicating that there can be three relationships, for example, A and/or B can indicate that A exists alone, A and B exist at the same time, and B exists alone. The character “/” generally indicates that the context objects are in an “or” relationship. In the present disclosure, the term “a plurality of” refers to two or more, other quantifiers are similar thereto.
The embodiments of the present disclosure will be described hereunder clearly and comprehensively in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present disclosure. Apparently, the described embodiments are merely some of, rather than all of the embodiments of the present disclosure.
In a 5G NR (New Radio) system, in order to expand coverage of a network, user terminal-to-network-device relay UE-to-Network Relay and user terminal-to-user terminal relay UE-to-UE Relay are introduced. Among others, a relay user terminal (Relay UE) is a user terminal within network coverage, and a remote user terminal can be located within or outside the network coverage. For the UE-to-Network relay, the remote user terminal can access a network device through the relay user terminal; and for the UE-to-UE relay, the remote user terminal can access a target user terminal through the relay user terminal.
In a practical application, the target device 103 can be a network device, for example, a base station or the like; or it can also be another user terminal device, for example, another remote user terminal. In
The relay user terminal 102 is within a communication range of the target device 103, and the remote user terminal 101 is outside a communication range of the target device 103. In order to communicate with the target device 103, the remote user terminal 101 can rely on the relay user terminal 102 to forward relevant data, to achieve data transmission with the target device 103.
In current technology, only one-hop relay is supported, that is, the remote user terminal 101 accesses a network device or a target user terminal through one-hop relay user terminal. In the future, in order to support a more flexible network topology, multi-hop relay may be introduced. However, there is no clear solution currently regarding how to achieve establishment of relay connections in a multi-hop scenario.
Considering that in a multi-hop relay scenario, a target relay user terminal behaves differently when a regular remote user terminal is accessing the target relay user terminal and when a user terminal that is expected to work as a relay is accessing the target relay user terminal. Therefore, it is necessary to consider an enhancement mechanism to ensure that the target relay user terminal can identify an identity of a user terminal requesting to access, to perform different operations according to the identity of the user terminal requesting to access.
Therefore, in order to solve the above problem, the embodiments of the present disclosure provide a user terminal accessing method and apparatus, a user terminal and a storage medium. According to the method, when a user terminal is accessing a target relay user terminal, a connection establishment request message carries an identity identifier of the user terminal therein, to ensure that the target relay user terminal can correctly identify identity information of the user terminal requesting to access, and perform an operation corresponding to the identity of the user terminal, guaranteeing normal operation of a system.
In a practical application, the target device 203 can be a network device, for example, a base station or the like; or it can also be another user terminal device, for example, another remote user terminal. In
In addition, each of the remote user terminal 201 and the relay user terminals 202 aforementioned can refer to a device that provides voice and/or data connectivity to a user, a handheld device with a wireless connectivity function, or other processing devices connected to a wireless modem.
In different systems, the aforementioned user terminal may vary in name. For example, in a 5G system, the aforementioned user terminal can be referred to as a user equipment (UE). The aforementioned user terminal can also be a wireless terminal, where the wireless terminal can communicate with one or more core networks (CN) through a radio access network (RAN). The wireless terminal can be a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone (or referred to as a “cellular” phone) and a computer with a mobile terminal, for example, it can be a mobile device which is portable, pocket-sized, handheld, built-in a computer or vehicle-mounted, and exchanges voice and/or data with the radio access network, for example, a personal communication service (PCS) phone, a cordless phone, a session initiated protocol (SIP) phone, a wireless local loop (WLL) station, a personal digital assistant (PDA), or the like. The wireless terminal can also be referred to as a system, a subscriber unit, a subscriber station, a mobile station, a mobile, a remote station, an access point, a remote terminal, an access terminal, a user terminal, a user agent, a user device, which is not limited in the embodiments of the present disclosure.
The embodiments of the present disclosure can be applied to various systems, especially a 5G system. For example, an applicable system can be a global system of mobile communication (GSM), a code division multiple access (CDMA) system, a wideband code division multiple access (WCDMA) general packet radio service (GPRS) system, a long term evolution (LTE) system, an LTE frequency division duplex (FDD) system, an LTE time division duplex (TDD) system, a long term evolution advanced (LTE-A) system, a universal mobile telecommunication system (UMTS), a worldwide interoperability for microwave access (WiMAX), a 5G new radio (NR) system, and so on. Each of these various systems includes therein the user terminal(s) and the network device(s). The system also includes a core network part such as an evolved packet system (EPS), a 5G System (5GS) or the like.
It should be understood that the aforementioned
Since the problem-solving principles for the method and the apparatus are similar, cross reference can be made between the implementations of the apparatus and the method, and repetitions will not be elaborated.
S301, a user terminal transmits a connection establishment request message to a target relay user terminal through a sidelink communication interface.
The connection establishment request message is used to request for establishment of a sidelink communication connection with the target relay user terminal. The connection establishment request message carries an identity identifier of the user terminal, the identity identifier of the user terminal is used to indicate that the user terminal is a remote user terminal or a relay user terminal.
A specific interpretation of the identity of the relay user terminal is that the user terminal is expected to work in a manner as a relay user terminal after accessing the target relay user terminal.
As an example, with reference to
Correspondingly, the target relay user terminal receives the connection establishment request message transmitted by the user terminal through the sidelink communication interface.
Furthermore, the target relay user terminal obtains the identity identifier in the connection establishment request message and performs a corresponding operation according to the identity identifier. The specific implementation method will be shown in the following embodiments.
In the user terminal accessing method according to the present disclosure, the user terminal transmits the connection establishment request message to the target relay user terminal through the sidelink communication interface, and the target relay user terminal receives the connection establishment request message transmitted by the user terminal through the sidelink communication interface. Since the connection establishment request message carries the identity identifier of the user terminal, the relay user terminal can perform a corresponding operation according to the identity identifier of the user terminal requesting to access, it can be ensured that, when the user terminal needs to access the target relay user terminal, the target relay user terminal can correctly identify identity information of the user terminal requesting to access, and perform an operation corresponding to the identity of the user terminal, guaranteeing normal operation of a system.
In some embodiments, the connection establishment request message may be a PC5 connection establishment request message, where the PC5 connection establishment request message may be PC5-S signaling and/or PC5-RRC signaling.
In some other embodiments, the identity identifier of the user terminal may be carried in the connection establishment request message in an explicit or implicit manner.
In one embodiment, the identity identifier of the user terminal being carried in the connection establishment request message in the explicit manner, includes:
the connection establishment request message carrying indication information to indicate, through a value of the indication information, that the user terminal is the remote user terminal or the relay user terminal.
As an example, when the value of indication information (for example, 1 bit) carried in the connection establishment request message is 0, it represents that the user terminal is a remote user terminal: when the value of this bit of indication information is 1, it represents that the user terminal is a relay user terminal.
In another embodiment, the identity identifier of the user terminal being carried in the connection establishment request message in the implicit manner, includes:
the connection establishment request message selectively carrying indication information to indicate, through whether carrying the indication information, that the user terminal is the remote user terminal or the relay user terminal.
As an example, the connection establishment request message selectively carries indication information (for example, 1 bit), when the connection establishment request message carries the 1-bit indication information, it represents that the user terminal is a relay user terminal; when the connection establishment request message does not carry the 1-bit indication information, it represents that the user terminal is a remote user terminal.
It should be noted that the aforementioned schemes of carrying indication information in explicit and implicit manners are illustrative, and other similar manners will not be elaborated here in detail.
S401, a user terminal determines a target relay user terminal according to an identity of a user terminal.
It should be understood that, for a user terminal being a remote user terminal and a user terminal being a relay user terminal, different approaches are used to determine the target relay user terminal, which will be explained respectively in the following with reference to specific embodiments.
(1) When the user terminal is a remote user terminal, select one relay user terminal in relay user terminals satisfying a first preset condition to be the target relay user terminal.
In a practical application, regarding the first preset condition, it is not limited in the embodiments of the present disclosure. For example, the first preset condition can be determined based on an AS (Access Stratum) criterion and/or a NAS (Non Access Stratum) criterion.
Illustratively, take an example where the first preset condition is an AS criterion, the first preset condition can be that channel quality of the sidelink communication interface is greater than a preset threshold. Namely, the user terminal determines channel quality (for example, an reference signal receiving power (RSRP)) of a sidelink communication interface between the user terminal and each candidate relay user terminal measured by the user terminal, and then the user terminal uniquely selects one relay user terminal to be the target relay user terminal, from those satisfying the channel quality condition of the sidelink communication interface (i.e., greater than the preset threshold).
In some other embodiments, a NAS relay selection criterion can also be used to determine whether a candidate relay user terminal satisfies the first preset condition, and then the user terminal selects one relay user terminal to be the target relay user terminal from candidate relay user terminals satisfying the first preset condition. Regarding the content of the NAS relay selection criterion, it is not specifically limited in the embodiments of the present disclosure.
(2) When the user terminal is a relay user terminal, select N relay user terminals in relay user terminals satisfying a second preset condition to be the target relay user terminal, where N is an integer greater than or equal to 1.
The second preset condition includes at least one of the following:
a relay working mode supported by the user terminal includes a relay working mode being currently used by the target relay user terminal; or
channel quality of the sidelink communication interface between the user terminal and a relay user terminal is higher than a preset threshold.
S402, the user terminal transmits a connection establishment request message to the target relay user terminal through a sidelink communication interface.
It should be understood that, for an implementation and a beneficial effect of step S402, they are similar to those of step S301 in the embodiment as shown in
S403, the target relay user terminal performs, according to identity identifier of the user terminal, a target operation corresponding to the identity identifier of the user terminal.
In the following, detailed descriptions of the target operations corresponding to the two kinds of identities of the user terminal will be given with reference to steps S4031˜S4032.
S4031, in case of a determination that the user terminal is a remote user terminal, the target relay user terminal establishes a sidelink communication interface connection with the user terminal.
S4032, in case of a determination that the user terminal is a relay user terminal, the relay user terminal, in addition to establishing a sidelink communication interface connection with the user terminal, further needs to transmit an indication message to at least one device of a target network device, a target remote user terminal, or a previous-hop relay user terminal, and/or establishes a sidelink communication interface connection with the user terminal and updates a self-own routing table.
The indication message is used to indicate updating of a corresponding routing table by the target network device, the target remote user terminal, or the previous-hop relay user terminal.
Illustratively, with reference to
In this step, the user terminal transmits the connection establishment request message to the relay user terminal 1, the carried identity identifier of the user terminal indicates that the user terminal is a relay user terminal. After the relay user terminal 1 determines, according to the identity identifier, that the identity of the user terminal is a relay user terminal, the relay user terminal 1 will transmit the indication information to the target device 203, in an implementation, it will also transmit the indication information to other relay user terminals, such as the relay user terminal 2, the relay user terminal M, or the like. In one embodiment, it can be permitted that the target device 203 and/or the relay user terminal 2, the relay user terminal M, etc. can update routing information.
In some embodiments, when the user terminal is a relay user terminal, the connection establishment request message further carries relay capacity indication information of the user terminal, and/or a relay working mode for the user terminal to use after accessing the target relay user terminal.
Each of the relay working mode and the relay capacity indication information includes at least one of the following:
In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the target relay user terminal can perform different operations according to the identity of the accessing user terminal, thus it can be ensured that, when the user terminal needs to access the target relay user terminal, the target relay user terminal can correctly identify identity information of the user terminal requesting to access, and perform an operation corresponding to the identity of the user terminal, guaranteeing normal operation of a system.
In the following, a specific implementation will be described with reference to specific embodiments when the user terminal is a relay user terminal.
S501, a user terminal determines a target relay user terminal according to an identity of the user terminal.
Step 501 is similar to step S401 in the embodiment as shown in
S502, the user terminal receives a relay discovery message broadcast by the target relay user terminal.
The relay discovery message carries a relay working mode of the target relay user terminal.
S503, the user terminal determines, according to a relay working mode of the target relay user terminal, a relay working mode for the user terminal to use after accessing the target relay user terminal.
S504, the user terminal transmits a connection establishment request message to the target relay user terminal through a sidelink communication interface.
The connection establishment request message further carries relay capacity indication information of the user terminal, and/or the relay working mode for the user terminal to use after accessing the target relay user terminal.
S505, the target relay user terminal performs, according to identity identifier of the user terminal, a target operation corresponding to the identity identifier of the user terminal.
Steps 504 to 505 are similar to steps 402-403 in the embodiment as shown in
S506, the target relay user terminal determines, according to the relay capacity indication information of the user terminal carried in the connection establishment request message, the relay working mode for the user terminal to use after accessing the target relay user terminal.
S507, the target relay user terminal transmits to the user terminal a response message corresponding to the connection establishment request message.
The response message carries indication information to indicate the relay working mode for the user terminal to use after accessing the target relay user terminal.
Correspondingly, the user terminal receives the response message, transmitted by the target relay user terminal, corresponding to the connection establishment request message, and obtains, as indicated in the response message, the relay working mode for the user terminal to use after accessing the target relay user terminal, and the user terminal operates based on the relay working mode after accessing the target access user terminal.
On a target relay user terminal side, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a user terminal accessing apparatus, being applied to a target relay user terminal.
a receiving module 601, configured to receive a connection establishment request message transmitted by a user terminal through a sidelink communication interface, where the connection establishment request message carries an identity identifier of the user terminal, the identity identifier of the user terminal is used to indicate that the user terminal is a remote user terminal or a relay user terminal.
In an implementation, the user terminal accessing apparatus 600 further includes: a processing module 602, configured to perform, according to the identity identifier of the user terminal, a target operation corresponding to the identity identifier of the user terminal.
In an implementation, the connection establishment request message is a PC5 connection establishment request message, the PC5 connection establishment request message includes PC5-S signaling and/or PC5-RRC signaling.
In an implementation, the connection establishment request message carries indication information to indicate, through a value of the indication information, that the user terminal is the remote user terminal or the relay user terminal;
or, the connection establishment request message selectively carries indication information to indicate, through whether carrying the indication information, that the user terminal is the remote user terminal or the relay user terminal.
In an implementation, the processing module 602 is configured to, in case of a determination that the user terminal is the remote user terminal, establish a sidelink communication interface connection between the target relay user terminal and the user terminal;
in case of a determination that the user terminal is the relay user terminal, establish a sidelink communication interface connection between the target relay user terminal and the user terminal, and transmit an indication message to at least one device of a target network device, a target remote user terminal, or a previous-hop relay user terminal, and/or establish a sidelink communication interface connection between the target relay user terminal and the user terminal and update a self-own routing table;
where the indication message is used to indicate updating of a corresponding routing table by the target network device, the target remote user terminal, or the previous-hop relay user terminal.
In an implementation, when the user terminal is the relay user terminal, the connection establishment request message further carries relay capacity indication information of the user terminal, and/or a relay working mode for the user terminal to use after accessing the target relay user terminal.
In an implementation, the relay capacity indication information includes at least one of the following: Layer 2 relay L2 relay; Layer 3 relay L3 relay; Layer 2 user terminal to network device relay L2 U2N relay; Layer 2 user terminal to user terminal relay L2 U2U relay; Layer 3 user terminal to network device relay L3 U2N relay; or Layer 3 user terminal to user terminal relay L3 U2U relay.
In an implementation, the user terminal accessing apparatus 600 further includes: a determining module 603, configured to determine, according to the relay capacity indication information of the user terminal carried in the connection establishment request message, the relay working mode for the user terminal to use after accessing the target relay user terminal.
In an implementation, the user terminal accessing apparatus 600 further includes: a transmitting module 604, configured to transmit to the user terminal a response message corresponding to the connection establishment request message, where the response message carries indication information to indicate the relay working mode for the user terminal to use after accessing the target relay user terminal.
In an implementation, the relay working mode includes at least one of the following: Layer 2 relay L2 relay; Layer 3 relay L3 relay; Layer 2 user terminal to network device relay L2 U2N relay; Layer 2 user terminal to user terminal relay L2 U2U relay; Layer 3 user terminal to network device relay L3 U2N relay; or Layer 3 user terminal to user terminal relay L3 U2U relay.
It should be noted that the aforementioned user terminal accessing apparatus according to the present disclosure can accordingly implement all of the method steps implemented by the target relay user terminal in the foregoing method embodiments, and achieve a same effect. Same contents and beneficial effects of this embodiment as those of the method embodiments will not be specifically elaborated here.
On a user terminal side, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a user terminal accessing apparatus, being applied to a user terminal.
a transmitting module 701, configured to transmit a connection establishment request message to a target relay user terminal through a sidelink communication interface, where the connection establishment request message carries an identity identifier of the user terminal, the identity identifier of the user terminal is used to indicate that the user terminal is a remote user terminal or a relay user terminal.
In an implementation, the user terminal accessing apparatus 700 further includes: a determining module 702, configured to determine the target relay user terminal according to the identity of the user terminal.
In an implementation, the determining module 702 is configured to, when the user terminal is the remote user terminal, select one relay user terminal in relay user terminals satisfying a first preset condition to be the target relay user terminal; or, when the user terminal is the relay user terminal, select N relay user terminals in relay user terminals satisfying a second preset condition to be the target relay user terminal, where N is an integer greater than or equal to 1.
In an implementation, the second preset condition includes at least one of the following: a relay working mode supported by the user terminal includes a relay working mode being currently used by the target relay user terminal; or channel quality of the sidelink communication interface between the user terminal and a relay user terminal is higher than a preset threshold.
In an implementation, the identity identifier of the user terminal is carried in the connection establishment request message in an explicit or implicit manner.
In an implementation, the connection establishment request message carries indication information to indicate, through a value of the indication information, that the user terminal is the remote user terminal or the relay user terminal;
or, the connection establishment request message selectively carries indication information to indicate, through whether carrying the indication information, that the user terminal is the remote user terminal or the relay user terminal.
In an implementation, when the user terminal is the relay user terminal, the connection establishment request message further carries relay capacity indication information of the user terminal, and/or a relay working mode for the user terminal to use after accessing the target relay user terminal.
In an implementation, the user terminal accessing apparatus 700 further includes: a receiving module 703, configured to receive a relay discovery message broadcast by the target relay user terminal, where the relay discovery message carries a relay working mode of the target relay user terminal; and the determining module 702 is further configured to determine, according to the relay working mode of the target relay user terminal, the relay working mode for the user terminal to use after accessing the target relay user terminal.
In an implementation, the receiving module 703 is further configured to receive a response message, transmitted by the target relay user terminal, corresponding to the connection establishment request message, where the response message carries indication information to indicate the relay working mode for the user terminal to use after accessing the target relay user terminal.
In an implementation, the relay working mode includes at least one of the following: Layer 2 relay L2 relay; Layer 3 relay L3 relay; Layer 2 user terminal to network device relay L2 U2N relay; Layer 2 user terminal to user terminal relay L2 U2U relay; Layer 3 user terminal to network device relay L3 U2N relay; or Layer 3 user terminal to user terminal relay L3 U2U relay.
In an implementation, the relay capacity indication information includes at least one of the following: Layer 2 relay L2 relay; Layer 3 relay L3 relay; Layer 2 user terminal to network device relay L2 U2N relay; Layer 2 user terminal to user terminal relay L2 U2U relay; Layer 3 user terminal to network device relay L3 U2N relay; or Layer 3 user terminal to user terminal relay L3 U2U relay.
It should be noted that the aforementioned user terminal accessing apparatus according to the present disclosure can accordingly implement all of the method steps implemented by the user terminal in the foregoing method embodiments, and achieve a same effect. Same contents and beneficial effects of this embodiment as those of the method embodiments will not be specifically elaborated here.
The memory 803 is configured to store a computer program.
The transceiver 801 is configured to receive or transmit data under control of the processor 802.
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The processor 802 is responsible for managing the bus architecture and general processing, and the memory 803 can store data used by the processor 802 in an operation.
In an implementation, the processor 802 can be a central processing unit (CPU), an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a field programmable gate array (FPGA), or a complex programmable logic device (CPLD). The processor can also adopt a multi-core architecture.
The processor 802 is configured to, by calling a computer program stored in the memory 803, implement, based on an obtained executable instruction, any user terminal accessing method related to the target relay user terminal according to the embodiments of the present disclosure. The processor 802 and the memory 803 can also be arranged physically separated.
Specifically, the processor 802 is configured to read the computer program in the memory 803 and perform the following operations: receiving a connection establishment request message transmitted by a user terminal through a sidelink communication interface, where the connection establishment request message carries an identity identifier of the user terminal, the identity identifier of the user terminal is used to indicate that the user terminal is a remote user terminal or a relay user terminal.
In an implementation, the processor 802 is further configured to perform the following operation: performing, according to the identity identifier of the user terminal, a target operation corresponding to the identity identifier of the user terminal.
In an implementation, the connection establishment request message is a PC5 connection establishment request message, the PC5 connection establishment request message includes PC5-S signaling and/or PC5-RRC signaling.
In an implementation, the connection establishment request message carries indication information to indicate, through a value of the indication information, that the user terminal is the remote user terminal or the relay user terminal;
or, the connection establishment request message selectively carries indication information to indicate, through whether carrying the indication information, that the user terminal is the remote user terminal or the relay user terminal.
In an implementation, performing, according to the identity identifier of the user terminal, the target operation corresponding to the identity identifier of the user terminal, includes: in case of a determination that the user terminal is the remote user terminal, establishing, through the sidelink communication interface, a sidelink communication connection with the user terminal.
In an implementation, performing, according to the identity identifier of the user terminal, the target operation corresponding to the identity identifier of the user terminal, includes:
in case of a determination that the user terminal is the relay user terminal, establishing a sidelink communication interface connection between the target relay user terminal and the user terminal, and transmitting an indication message to at least one device of a target network device, a target remote user terminal, or a previous-hop relay user terminal, and/or establishing a sidelink communication interface connection between the target relay user terminal and the user terminal and updating a self-own routing table;
In an implementation, when the user terminal is the relay user terminal, the connection establishment request message further carries relay capacity indication information of the user terminal, and/or a relay working mode for the user terminal to use after accessing the target relay user terminal.
In an implementation, the relay capacity indication information includes at least one of the following: Layer 2 relay L2 relay; Layer 3 relay L3 relay; Layer 2 user terminal to network device relay L2 U2N relay; Layer 2 user terminal to user terminal relay L2 U2U relay; Layer 3 user terminal to network device relay L3 U2N relay; or Layer 3 user terminal to user terminal relay L3 U2U relay.
In an implementation, the processor 802 is further configured to perform the following operation: determining, according to the relay capacity indication information of the user terminal carried in the connection establishment request message, the relay working mode for the user terminal to use after accessing the target relay user terminal.
In an implementation, the processor 802 is further configured to perform the following operation: transmitting to the user terminal a response message corresponding to the connection establishment request message, where the response message carries indication information to indicate the relay working mode for the user terminal to use after accessing the target relay user terminal.
In an implementation, the relay working mode includes at least one of the following: Layer 2 relay L2 relay; Layer 3 relay L3 relay; Layer 2 user terminal to network device relay L2 U2N relay; Layer 2 user terminal to user terminal relay L2 U2U relay; Layer 3 user terminal to network device relay L3 U2N relay; or Layer 3 user terminal to user terminal relay L3 U2U relay.
It should be noted that the aforementioned relay user terminal according to the present disclosure can implement all of the method steps implemented by the target relay user terminal in the foregoing method embodiments, and achieve a same effect. Same contents and beneficial effects of this embodiment as those of the method embodiments will not be specifically elaborated here.
The memory 903 is configured to store a computer program.
The transceiver 901 is configured to receive or transmit data under control of the processor 902.
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The processor 902 is responsible for managing the bus architecture and general processing, and the memory 903 can store data used by the processor 902 in an operation.
In an implementation, the processor 902 can be a central processing unit (CPU), an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a field programmable gate array (FPGA), or a complex programmable logic device (CPLD). The processor can also adopt a multi-core architecture.
The processor 902 is configured to, by calling a computer program stored in the memory 903, implement, based on an obtained executable instruction, any user terminal accessing method related to the target relay user terminal according to the embodiments of the present disclosure. The processor 902 and the memory 903 can also be arranged physically separated.
Specifically, the processor 902 is configured to read the computer program in the memory 903 and perform the following operation:
transmitting a connection establishment request message to a target relay user terminal through a sidelink communication interface, where the connection establishment request message carries an identity identifier of the user terminal, the identity identifier of the user terminal is used to indicate that the user terminal is a remote user terminal or a relay user terminal.
In an implementation, the processor 902 is further configured to perform the following operation: determining the target relay user terminal according to the identity of the user terminal.
In an implementation, determining the target relay user terminal according to the identity of the user terminal, includes: when the user terminal is the remote user terminal, selecting one relay user terminal in relay user terminals satisfying a first preset condition to be the target relay user terminal; or, when the user terminal is the relay user terminal, selecting N relay user terminals in relay user terminals satisfying a second preset condition to be the target relay user terminal, where N is an integer greater than or equal to 1.
In an implementation, the second preset condition includes at least one of the following: a relay working mode supported by the user terminal includes a relay working mode being currently used by the target relay user terminal; or channel quality of the sidelink communication interface between the user terminal and a relay user terminal is higher than a preset threshold.
In an implementation, the connection establishment request message carries indication information to indicate, through a value of the indication information, that the user terminal is the remote user terminal or the relay user terminal;
or, the connection establishment request message selectively carries indication information to indicate, through whether carrying the indication information, that the user terminal is the remote user terminal or the relay user terminal.
In an implementation, when the user terminal is the relay user terminal, the connection establishment request message further carries relay capacity indication information of the user terminal, and/or a relay working mode for the user terminal to use after accessing the target relay user terminal.
In an implementation, the processor 902 is further configured to perform the following operation: receiving a relay discovery message broadcast by the target relay user terminal, where the relay discovery message carries a relay working mode of the target relay user terminal; and determining, according to the relay working mode of the target relay user terminal, the relay working mode for the user terminal to use after accessing the target relay user terminal.
In an implementation, the processor 902 is further configured to perform the following operation: receiving a response message, transmitted by the target relay user terminal, corresponding to the connection establishment request message, where the response message carries indication information to indicate the relay working mode for the user terminal to use after accessing the target relay user terminal.
In an implementation, the relay working mode includes at least one of the following: Layer 2 relay L2 relay; Layer 3 relay L3 relay; Layer 2 user terminal to network device relay L2 U2N relay; Layer 2 user terminal to user terminal relay L2 U2U relay; Layer 3 user terminal to network device relay L3 U2N relay; or Layer 3 user terminal to user terminal relay L3 U2U relay.
In an implementation, the relay capacity indication information includes at least one of the following: Layer 2 relay L2 relay; Layer 3 relay L3 relay; Layer 2 user terminal to network device relay L2 U2N relay; Layer 2 user terminal to user terminal relay L2 U2U relay; Layer 3 user terminal to network device relay L3 U2N relay; or Layer 3 user terminal to user terminal relay L3 U2U relay.
It should be noted that the aforementioned user terminal according to the present disclosure can implement all of the method steps implemented by the user terminal side in the foregoing method embodiments, and achieve a same effect. Same contents and beneficial effects of this embodiment as those of the method embodiments will not be specifically elaborated here.
It should be noted that, in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the partition of the units, being illustrative, is only a logical function partition, and there may be other manners for partition in an actual implementation. In addition, respective functional units in the embodiments of the present disclosure may be integrated into a processing unit, or may exist alone physically, or two or more units may be integrated into one unit. The aforementioned integrated unit can be implemented in a form of hardware, or it can also be implemented in a form of a software function unit.
The aforementioned integrated unit may be stored in a processor readable storage medium if being implemented in the form of a software functional unit and sold or used as a standalone product. Based on such understanding, the embodiments of the present disclosure, substantively, or a part of which that makes a contribution to the prior art, or the whole or a part of which, may be embodied in the form of a software product which is stored in a storage medium, where the instructions are included to cause a computer device (which can be a personal computer, a server, a network device, etc.) or a processor (processor) to execute all or part of the steps of the methods according to the various embodiments of the present disclosure. The aforementioned storage medium includes: a USB flash disk, a mobile hard disk, a read-only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), a magnetic disk or an optical disk, or other media that can store program codes.
Regarding the relay user terminal side, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a processor readable storage medium storing thereon a computer program, where the computer program is configured to enable the processor to implement all of the method steps implemented by the target relay user terminal in the foregoing method embodiments, and achieve a same effect. Same contents and beneficial effects of this embodiment as those of the method embodiments will not be specifically elaborated here.
Regarding the user terminal side, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a processor readable storage medium storing thereon a computer program, where the computer program is configured to enable the processor to implement all of the method steps implemented by the user terminal in the foregoing method embodiments, and achieve a same effect. Same contents and beneficial effects of this embodiment as those of the method embodiments will not be specifically elaborated here.
The processor readable storage medium can be any available medium or data storage device that the processor can access, including but not limited to a magnetic memory (such as a floppy disk, a hard drive, a magnetic tape, a magneto-optical disk (MO), etc.), an optical memory (such as a CD, a DVD, a BD, an HVD, etc.), as well as a semiconductor memory (such as a ROM, an EPROM, an EEPROM, a non-volatile memory (NAND FLASH), a solid-state drive (SSD), etc.).
Regarding the relay user terminal side, an embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a computer program product containing an instruction, where a computer program is stored in a storage medium, and at least one processor can read the computer program from the storage medium. The at least one processor, when executing the computer program, is enabled to implement all of the method steps implemented by the target relay user terminal in the foregoing method embodiments, and achieve a same effect. Same contents and beneficial effects of this embodiment as those of the method embodiment swill not be specifically elaborated here.
Regarding the user terminal side, an embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a computer program product containing an instruction, where a computer program is stored in a storage medium, and at least one processor can read the computer program from the storage medium. The at least one processor, when executing the computer program, is enabled to implement all of the method steps implemented by the user terminal in the foregoing method embodiments, and achieve a same effect. Same contents and beneficial effects of this embodiment as those of the method embodiments will not be specifically elaborated here.
An embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a communication system, including a target relay user terminal and a user terminal. The target relay user terminal can implement all of the method steps implemented by the target relay user terminal side in the foregoing method embodiments and achieve a same effect. And the user terminal can implement all of the method steps implemented by the user terminal side in the foregoing method embodiments and achieve a same effect. Same contents and beneficial effects of this embodiment as those of the method embodiments will not be specifically elaborated here.
The embodiments of the present disclosure can be provided as a method, a system, or a computer program product. Therefore, the present disclosure can adopt the form of a complete hardware embodiment, a complete software embodiment, or an embodiment combining software and hardware aspects. In one embodiment, the disclosure can adopt the form of a computer program product implemented on one or more computer-usable storage media (including but not limited to a magnetic disk storage and an optical storage) containing computer-usable program codes therein.
The present disclosure is described with reference to schematic diagrams of signaling interactions and/or block diagrams of the method, device and computer program product according to the embodiments of the present disclosure. It should be understood that each flow and/or block in the flowchart and/or block diagram, and combinations of the flows and/or blocks in the flowchart and/or block diagram can be implemented by the computer program instructions. These computer executable instructions can be provided to a processor of a general-purpose computer, a special-purpose computer, an embedded processor or other programmable data processing device to produce a machine, and the instructions executed by the processor of the computer or other programmable data processing device produce means for implementing the functions specified in one or more flows in the schematic diagrams of signaling interactions and/or one or more blocks in the block diagrams.
These processor executable instructions may also be stored in a processor-readable memory that can direct a computer or other programmable data processing device to function in a particular manner, and the instructions stored in the processor-readable memory produce an article of manufacture including instruction means that implement the functions specified in one or more flows in the schematic diagrams of signaling interactions and/or one or more blocks in the block diagram.
These computer program instructions may also be loaded onto a computer or other programmable data processing devices, and a series of operational steps are performed on the computer or other programmable devices to produce a computer-implemented process, and the instructions executed on the computer or other programmable devices provide steps for implementing the functions specified in one or more flows in the schematic diagrams of signaling interactions and/or one or more blocks in the block diagram.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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| 202110914994.8 | Aug 2021 | CN | national |
This disclosure is a National Stage of International Application No. PCT/CN2022/108198, filed on Jul. 27, 2022, which claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 202110914994.8, filed on Aug. 10, 2021, both of the applications are hereby incorporated by reference in their entireties.
| Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
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| PCT/CN2022/108198 | 7/27/2022 | WO |
