Terminal discovery method and device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10368228-B2
Application number	US-201715663018-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 28, 2017
Priority date	Jan 30, 2015
Publication date	Jul 30, 2019
Grant date	Jul 30, 2019

Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a terminal discovery method and a device, and relate to the field of communications technologies, to resolve a problem that a process of filtering a user code word is relatively complex when a terminal needs to monitor multiple terminals.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A terminal discovery method, comprising:
receiving, by a first proximity service (ProSe) entity, a first message sent by a first terminal, wherein the first message carries a group identifier of a group in which a terminal to be monitored by the first terminal is located;
obtaining, by the first ProSe entity according to the group identifier, a group code word of the group in which the terminal to be monitored by the first terminal is located;
sending, by the first ProSe entity, a second message to the first terminal, wherein the second message carries the group code word;
receiving, by the first ProSe entity, a third message sent by the first terminal, wherein the third message carries at least one first broadcast code word, the first broadcast code word is a broadcast code word that is of broadcast code words detected by the first terminal and that comprises the group code word, and the first broadcast code word further comprises a user code word of a terminal that broadcasts the first broadcast code word; and
obtaining, by the first ProSe entity according to the user code word, a terminal identifier of the terminal that broadcasts the first broadcast code word, and sending a fourth message to the first terminal, wherein the fourth message carries the terminal identifier,
wherein the obtaining, by the first ProSe entity according to the group identifier, a group code word of the group in which the terminal to be monitored by the first terminal is located comprises:
sending, by the first ProSe entity, a fifth message to an application server, wherein the fifth message carries the group identifier, and the fifth message is used to request the application server to allocate a code word to the group in which the terminal to be monitored by the first terminal is located; and
receiving, by the first ProSe entity, a sixth message sent by the application server, wherein the sixth message carries the group code word.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the group identifier is a temporary identifier allocated by the application server to the group in which the terminal to be monitored by the first terminal is located, and the terminal identifier is a temporary identifier allocated by the application server to the terminal that broadcasts the first broadcast code word.

3. A device for implementing a function of a first proximity service (ProSe) entity, comprising:
a receiver, configured to receive a first message sent by a first terminal, wherein the first message carries a group identifier of a group in which a terminal to be monitored by the first terminal is located;
a processor, configured to obtain, according to the group identifier, a group code word of the group in which the terminal to be monitored by the first terminal is located; and
a transmitter, configured to send a second message to the first terminal, wherein the second message carries the group code word, wherein
the receiver is further configured to receive a third message sent by the first terminal, wherein the third message carries at least one first broadcast code word, the first broadcast code word is a broadcast code word that is of broadcast code words detected by the first terminal and that comprises the group code word, and the first broadcast code word further comprises a user code word of a terminal that broadcasts the first broadcast code word;
the processor is further configured to obtain, according to the user code word, a terminal identifier of the terminal that broadcasts the first broadcast code word; and
the transmitter is further configured to send a fourth message to the first terminal, wherein the fourth message carries the terminal identifier,
wherein the transmitter is further configured to send a seventh message to a second ProSe entity, wherein the seventh message carries the group identifier, the seventh message is used to request the second ProSe entity to allocate a code word to the group in which the terminal to be monitored by the first terminal is located, the second ProSe entity is a ProSe entity in a home public land mobile network (HPLMN) of a second terminal, and the second terminal is a group management device of the group in which the terminal to be monitored by the first terminal is located; and
wherein the receiver is further configured to receive an eighth message sent by the second ProSe entity, wherein the eighth message carries the group code word.

4. A terminal discovery method, comprising:
receiving, by a first proximity service (ProSe) entity, a first message sent by a first terminal, wherein the first message carries a group identifier of a group in which a terminal to be monitored by the first terminal is located;
obtaining, by the first ProSe entity according to the group identifier, a group code word of the group in which the terminal to be monitored by the first terminal is located;
sending, by the first ProSe entity, a second message to the first terminal, wherein the second message carries the group code word;
receiving, by the first ProSe entity, a third message sent by the first terminal, wherein the third message carries at least one first broadcast code word, the first broadcast code word is a broadcast code word that is of broadcast code words detected by the first terminal and that comprises the group code word, and the first broadcast code word further comprises a user code word of a terminal that broadcasts the first broadcast code word; and
obtaining, by the first ProSe entity according to the user code word, a terminal identifier of the terminal that broadcasts the first broadcast code word, and sending a fourth message to the first terminal, wherein the fourth message carries the terminal identifier,
wherein when the first terminal and a second terminal belong to different home public land mobile networks (HPLMNs), and the second terminal is a group management device of the group in which the terminal to be monitored by the first terminal is located, the obtaining, by the first ProSe entity according to the group identifier, a group code word of the group in which the terminal to be monitored by the first terminal is located comprises:
sending, by the first ProSe entity, a seventh message to a second ProSe entity, wherein the seventh message carries the group identifier, the seventh message is used to request the second ProSe entity to allocate a code word to the group in which the terminal to be monitored by the first terminal is located, and the second ProSe entity is a ProSe entity in an HPLMN of the second terminal; and
receiving, by the first ProSe entity, an eighth message sent by the second ProSe entity, wherein the eighth message carries the group code word.

5. A device for implementing a function of a first proximity service (ProSe) entity, comprising:
a receiver, configured to receive a first message sent by a first terminal, wherein the first message carries a group identifier of a group in which a terminal to be monitored by the first terminal is located;
a processor, configured to obtain, according to the group identifier, a group code word of the group in which the terminal to be monitored by the first terminal is located; and
a transmitter, configured to send a second message to the first terminal, wherein the second message carries the group code word, wherein
the receiver is further configured to receive a third message sent by the first terminal, wherein the third message carries at least one first broadcast code word, the first broadcast code word is a broadcast code word that is of broadcast code words detected by the first terminal and that comprises the group code word, and the first broadcast code word further comprises a user code word of a terminal that broadcasts the first broadcast code word;
the processor is further c

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• He Yue
• Jin Hui
• Ouyang Guowei
• Yi Qiang

Classifications

• H04L65/1063

  Application servers providing network services (systems providing special services to telephonic subscribers H04M3/42) · CPC title

• H04W84/042

  Public Land Mobile systems, e.g. cellular systems · CPC title

• H04W88/02

  Terminal devices · CPC title

• H04W48/16 Primary

  Discovering, processing access restriction or access information · CPC title

• H04W4/06

  Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]; Services to user groups; One-way selective calling services · CPC title