Method for accessing network by user equipment UE, network device, and first UE

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11206702-B2
Application number	US-201616090245-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 31, 2016
Priority date	Mar 31, 2016
Publication date	Dec 21, 2021
Grant date	Dec 21, 2021

Abstract

A method for accessing a network by UE, a network device, and first UE are disclosed. The first UE sends a first message, where the first message includes a message that second UE accesses a network by being associated with the first UE; and after an access response sent by the network device is received, the first UE and the second UE associated with the first UE access the network. After receiving the first message, the network device sends an access response to the first UE, to specifically allocate a transmission resource to a wearable device that needs to transmit data, so as to save network resources.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for accessing a network by user equipment (UE), comprising:
sending, by first UE, a first message, wherein the first message comprises a message indicating that a second UE is to accesses a network, the second UE being associated with the first UE; and
after an access response sent by a network device is received, accessing, by the first UE and the second UE associated with the first UE, the network, wherein the access response is sent to the first UE by the network device after the first message is received by the network device
wherein the UE has the ability to send the first message in both of the following ways:
sending, by the first UE, the first message by using a network access preamble sequence; and
sending, by the first UE, the first message by using a preset bit of a Media Access Control (MAC) layer and/or a preset bit of a Packet Data Convergence Protocol PDCP layer.

2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
sending, by the first UE, a second message, wherein the network device allocates a network resource to at least one of the first UE or the second UE based on the first message and the second message, and wherein
the second message comprises an identifier of the second UE that accesses the network by being associated with the first UE, and/or a quantity of second UEs that access the network by being associated with the first UE.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein sending, by the first UE, the first message by using the network access preamble sequence comprises:
sending, by the first UE, the first message by using a portion of preamble sequences used to access the network; or
sending, by the first UE, the first message by using another preamble sequence other than the preamble sequence that is used to access the network.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first message further comprises a message indicating that the first UE accesses the network.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the sending, by the first UE, a second message comprises:
sending, by the first UE, the second message by using a preset uplink common control channel CCCH message; or
sending, by the first UE, the second message by using the preset bit of the MAC layer and/or the preset bit of the PDCP layer.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein sending, by the first UE, the second message by using the preset uplink CCCH message comprises:
sending, by the first UE, the second message by using a radio resource connection request (RRC) connection request, wherein an RRC message in the RRC connection request comprises the identifier of the second UE that accesses the network by being associated with the first UE, and/or a quantity of second UEs accessing the network by being associated with the first UE.

7. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the identifier of the second UE comprises at least one of the following identifiers:
a cell radio network temporary identifier C-RNTI;
a short format temporary mobile subscriber identity S-TMSI; or
an identifier corresponding to an identifier of the first UE.

8. A method for accessing a network by user equipment (UE), comprising:
receiving, by a network device, a first message sent by first UE, wherein the first message comprises a message indicating that a second UE is to access a network, the second UE being associated with the first UE; and
after receiving the first message, sending, by the network device, an access response to the first UE to facilitate the first UE and the second UE to access the network;
Wherein the network device has the ability to receive the first message sent by the UE in both of the following ways:
receiving, by the network device from a network access preamble sequence sent by the first UE, the first message sent by the first UE; and
receiving, by the network device from a preset bit of a Media Access Control (MAC) layer and/or a preset bit of a Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) layer, the first message sent by the first UE.

9. The method according to claim 8 , further comprising:
allocating, by the network device, a network resource to at least one of the first UE or the second UE based on the first message and a second message, wherein the network resource is used by first and the second UE to access the network
after the first UE receives the network resource allocated by the network device, the first UE and the second UE associated with the first UE send data by using the network resource.

10. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the first message further comprises a message that the first UE accesses the network.

11. The method according to claim 9 , further comprising:
obtaining, by the network device, a second message sent by the first UE, wherein the second message comprises an identifier of the second UE and/or a quantity of second UEs that access the network, and wherein
allocating, by the network device, a network resource to the first UE and the second UE based on the first message comprises:
allocating, by the network device, the network resource to at least one of the first UE and the second UE based on the first message and the second message.

12. The method according to claim 11 , wherein obtaining, by the network device, the second message sent by the first UE comprises:
obtaining, by the network device, the second message from a preset uplink common control channel (CCCH) message sent by the first UE; or
obtaining, by the network device, the second message from a specified bit of a MAC layer and/or a specified bit of a Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) layer of the first UE.

13. The method according to claim 11 , wherein allocating, by the network device, the network resource to at least one of the first UE or the second UE based on the first message and the second message comprises:
after receiving a network access message that is sent by at least one second UE by using the associated first UE, generating, by the network device, a corresponding S1 Application Protocol (S1-AP) identifier for the second UE; and
sending, by the network device, the S1-AP identifier.

14. The method according to claim 12 , wherein obtaining, by the network device, the second message from the preset uplink CCCH message sent by the first user equipment comprises:
receiving, by the network device, a radio resource connection request (RRC) connection request sent by the first UE; and
obtaining, by the network device, the second message from the RRC connection request, wherein an RRC message in the RRC connection request comprises the identifier of the second UE that accesses the network, and/or the quantity of second UEs that access the network.

15. The method according to claim 12 , wherein after obtaining, by the network device, the second message from the RRC connection request, the method further comprises:
obtaining, by the network device, the identifier of the second UE from the second message;
determining, based on a stored correspondence between an identifier of the second UE and an identifier of the first UE, the identifier of the first UE corresponding to the obtained identifier of the second UE; and
determining, based on the identifier of the first UE corresponding to the obtained identifier of the second UE, the first UE associated with the second user equipment.

16. The method according to claim 12 , wherein after obtaining, by the network device, the second message from the RRC connection request, the method further comprises:
obtaining, by the network device, the identifier of the first UE a

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wang Da
• Tenny Nathan Edward
• Jin Hui

Classifications

• H04W74/0838

  using contention-free random access [CFRA] · CPC title

• H04W74/0833

  Random access procedures, e.g. with 4-step access · CPC title

• H04W88/04

  adapted for relaying to or from another terminal or user · CPC title

• H04W8/08

  Mobility data transfer · CPC title

• H04W80/02

  Data link layer protocols · CPC title