Information processing method and apparatus, communication device and storage medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11627205-B2
Application number	US-202117334614-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 28, 2021
Priority date	Nov 25, 2020
Publication date	Apr 11, 2023
Grant date	Apr 11, 2023

Abstract

A method and apparatus, a communication device and a storage medium for information processing are provided. The method includes determining application information of a target application and terminal information of a terminal. The target application is an application requiring use of a network slice for data transmission and the terminal information is able to reflect a terminal capability of the terminal. The method further includes sending request information to a server according to the application information and the terminal information. The method also includes receiving slice information returned by the server based on the request information. A network slice indicated by the slice information is matched with the target application and the terminal capability. The method further includes transmitting data of the target application based on the network slice indicated by the slice information.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for information processing, applied to a terminal, and comprising:
determining application information of a target application and terminal information of the terminal, wherein the target application is an application requiring use of a network slice for data transmission, and the terminal information is able to reflect a terminal capability of the terminal;
sending request information to a server according to the application information and the terminal information;
receiving slice information returned by the server based on the request information, wherein a network slice indicated by the slice information is matched with the target application and the terminal capability; and
transmitting data of the target application based on the network slice indicated by the slice information,
wherein sending the request information to the server according to the application information and the terminal information comprises:
encrypting the terminal information to obtain a ciphertext of the terminal information;
generating a request identifier (ID), the request ID comprising a plaintext of the application information and the ciphertext of the terminal information; and
sending the request information carrying the request ID to the server.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the terminal information comprises at least one of:
terminal type information on a terminal type of the terminal;
hardware component information of hardware of the terminal; or
network type information on a network type supported by the terminal.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the hardware component information of the hardware component comprises at least one of:
processor information of a processor in the terminal; or
network card information of a network card in the terminal;
wherein the network type information on the network type supported by the terminal comprises at least one of:
Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card information of an SIM in the terminal; or
identity information of a communication operator to which the SIM in the terminal belongs.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein transmitting the data of the target application based on the network slice indicated by the slice information comprises:
sending a creation request to a core network according to the slice information and a user equipment (UE) route selection policy (URSP), the creation request being configured to request the core network to create a slice instance of the network slice indicated by the slice information;
receiving instance information of the slice instance created based on the creation request; and
routing the data of the target application according to the instance information.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving failure prompt information; and
re-requesting information to the server according to the application information and the terminal information when the failure prompt information indicates a repeat request of the slice information and a number of request times does not reach a predetermined number of times.

6. A method for information processing, comprising:
receiving request information sent by a terminal;
determining slice information according to the request information, wherein a network slice indicated by the slice information is matched with a target application of the terminal and a terminal capability of the terminal; and
sending the slice information to the terminal,
wherein the request information comprises a request label and a request identifier (ID); and determining the slice information according to the request information comprises:
extracting a plaintext of application information of the target application from the request ID;
decrypting a ciphertext of terminal information in the request ID to obtain the decrypted terminal information; and
determining the slice information according to the plaintext of the application information and the decrypted terminal information.

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:
acquiring network slices subscribed by the target application; and
determining the slice information according to the request information comprising:
determining, according to the request information, slice information of a network slice matched with the terminal capability from the network slices subscribed by the target application.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein acquiring the network slices subscribed by the target application comprises at least one of following acts:
acquiring the network slices subscribed by the target application from an application service platform of the target application; or,
acquiring the network slices subscribed by the target application from a subscription database of a communication network.

9. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:
sending, responsive to determining according to the request information that the terminal requests the slice information for the target application, failure prompt information for indicating a repeat request.

10. An apparatus, comprising:
one or more processors;
a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for storing instructions executable by the one or more processors; and
a plurality of programs that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the apparatus to perform predefined functions, the plurality of programs further comprising:
a first determination module, configured to determine application information of a target application and terminal information of a terminal, wherein the target application is an application requiring use of a network slice for data transmission, and the terminal information is able to reflect a terminal capability of the terminal;
a first sending module, configured to send request information to a server according to the application information and the terminal information;
a first receiving module, configured to receive slice information returned by the server based on the request information, wherein a network slice indicated by the slice information is matched with the target application and the terminal capability; and
a transmission module, configured to transmit data of the target application based on the network slice indicated by the slice information,
wherein the first sending module is further configured to:
encrypt the terminal information to obtain a ciphertext of the terminal information, generate a request identifier (ID), the request ID comprising a plaintext of the application information and the ciphertext of the terminal information, and send request information carrying the request ID to the server.

11. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the terminal information comprises at least one of:
terminal type information on a terminal type of the terminal,
hardware component information of hardware of the terminal, or
network type information on a network type supported by the terminal.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein
the hardware component information of the hardware component comprises at least one of:
processor information of a processor in the terminal; or
network card information of a network card in the terminal; and/or,
the network type information on the network type supported by the terminal comprises at least one of:
Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card information of an SIM in the terminal; or
identity information of a communication operator to which the SIM in the terminal belongs.

13. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the transmission module is configured to send a creation request to a core network according to the slice information and a user equipment (UE) route selection policy (URS

Assignees

• Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd

Inventors

• Sun Daliang

Classifications

• H04W8/18

  Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data · CPC title

• H04L63/0428

  wherein the data content is protected, e.g. by encrypting or encapsulating the payload · CPC title

• H04W72/51

  based on terminal or device properties · CPC title

• H04L67/63 Primary

  Routing a service request depending on the request content or context · CPC title

• H04W8/22 Primary

  Processing or transfer of terminal data, e.g. status or physical capabilities · CPC title