Communication method and apparatus used in inter-communications system move scenario

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11979788-B2
Application number	US-201917285151-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 17, 2019
Priority date	Oct 17, 2018
Publication date	May 7, 2024
Grant date	May 7, 2024

Abstract

A communication method that includes: a terminal transmits data for a first application in a first communications system via a first protocol data unit (PDU) session, where the first PDU session does not support interworking between the first communications system and a second communications system. The terminal moves from the first communications system to the second communications system. After the terminal moves from the second communications system back to the first communications system, the terminal obtains a second PDU session based on at least first transmission information of the first application, and transmits data for the first application in the first communications system via the second PDU session, where the first transmission information includes an identifier of the first application.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A communication method used in a scenario of moving between different communications systems, comprising:
transmitting, by a terminal, data for a first application in a first communications system via a first protocol data unit (PDU) session, wherein the first PDU session does not support interworking between the first communications system and a second communications system;
moving, by the terminal, from the first communications system to the second communications system; and
after the terminal moves from the second communications system back to the first communications system, obtaining, by the terminal, a second PDU session based on at least first transmission information of the first application, and transmitting data for the first application in the first communications system via the second PDU session, wherein the first transmission information comprises an identifier of the first application,
wherein the obtaining, by the terminal, of the second PDU session based on at least first transmission information of the first application comprises:
obtaining, by the terminal based on the identifier of the first application, parameter information used to establish a PDU session corresponding to the first application; and
if the terminal has no third PDU session in the first communications system, and parameter information in a context of the third PDU session comprises at least some of the parameter information used to establish the PDU session corresponding to the first application, establishing, by the terminal, the second PDU session in the first communications system based on the parameter information used to establish the PDU session corresponding to the first application; or
if the terminal has the third PDU session in the first communications system, the third PDU session is the second PDU session.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first transmission information further comprises a context of the first PDU session, and the obtaining, by the terminal, of the second PDU session based on at least first transmission information of the first application comprises:
establishing, by the terminal, the second PDU session in the first communications system based on the context of the first PDU session.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the obtaining, by the terminal, of the second PDU session based on at least first transmission information of the first application comprises:
establishing, by the terminal, the second PDU session in the first communications system based on the parameter information used to establish the PDU session corresponding to the first application.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein if the terminal starts a second application in the second communications system, and a public data network (PDN) connection that is used to transmit data for the second application in the second communications system does not support interworking between the first communications system and the second communications system, after the terminal moves from the second communications system back to the first communications system, the method further comprises:
obtaining, by the terminal based on an identifier of the second application, parameter information used to establish a PDU session corresponding to the second application; and
if the terminal has no fourth PDU session in the first communications system, and parameter information in a context of the fourth PDU session comprises at least some of the parameter information used to establish the PDU session corresponding to the second application, establishing, by the terminal, a fifth PDU session in the first communications system based on the parameter information used to establish the PDU session corresponding to the second application, and transmitting data for the second application via the fifth PDU session; or
if the terminal has the fourth PDU session in the first communications system, transmitting, by the terminal, data for the second application in the first communications system via the fourth PDU session.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first transmission information further comprises a data network name (DNN) used by the first PDU session, and after the terminal moves from the first communications system to the second communications system, the method further comprises:
when a target public data network (PDN) connection exists in the second communications system, transmitting, by the terminal, data for the first PDU session in the second communications system via the target PDN connection, wherein the target PDN connection is a PDN connection that uses a target access point name (APN), and the target APN is an APN that is in the second communications system and that is corresponding to the DNN used by the first PDU session.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first transmission information comprises the context of the first PDU session, and after the terminal moves from the first communications system to the second communications system, the method further comprises:
establishing, by the terminal, a first PDN connection in the second communications system based on the context of the first PDU session; and
transmitting, by the terminal, data for the first PDU session in the second communications system via the first PDN connection.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the context of the first PDU session comprises a data network name (DNN) used by the first PDU session; and
before the establishing, by the terminal, the first PDN connection in the second communications system based on the context of the first PDU session, the method further comprises:
determining, by the terminal, that no PDN connection that uses a target access point name (APN) exists in the second communications system, wherein the target APN is an APN that is in the second communications system and that is corresponding to the DNN used by the first PDU session.

8. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
storing, by the terminal, the first transmission information when the first PDU session does not support interworking between the first communications system and the second communications system.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the first transmission information comprises the context of the first PDU session.

10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first communications system is a fifth generation communications system, and the second communications system is a fourth generation communications system.

11. An apparatus used to move between different communications systems, comprising:
an application processor configured to transmit data for a first application in a first communications system by using a first protocol data unit (PDU) session, wherein the first PDU session does not support interworking between the first communications system and a second communications system; and
a modem configured to move, by the apparatus, from the first communications system to the second communications system, wherein
after the apparatus moves from the second communications system back to the first communications system, the modem and/or the application processor are configured to obtain a second PDU session based on at least first transmission information of the first application wherein the application processor is configured to obtain, based on the identifier of the first application, parameter information used to establish a PDU session corresponding to the first application, wherein the first transmission information comprises an identifier of the first application; and
the application processor is further configured to transmit data f

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Jin Hui
• He Yanzhao
• Dou Fenghui

Classifications

• H04W36/144

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• H04W36/165

  for reducing network power consumption (H04W36/18 - H04W36/22 take precedence) · CPC title

• H04W36/08

  Reselecting an access point · CPC title

• H04W36/32 Primary

  by location or mobility data, e.g. speed data · CPC title

• H04W36/0033 Primary

  with transfer of context information · CPC title