Data processing method, apparatus, and system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12225422-B2
Application number	US-202217680076-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 24, 2022
Priority date	Aug 31, 2019
Publication date	Feb 11, 2025
Grant date	Feb 11, 2025

Abstract

This disclosure provides methods, apparatuses, and a system for implementing service continuity in a data flow switch procedure. One example method includes that indication information is used to indicate a data flow for which an end marker message is used. In the data flow switch procedure, after receiving the end marker message, a source access network device can correctly identify, based on the indication information, the data flow on which the end marker message works, and can perform different processing on a data flow switched to a target access network device and a data flow kept on the source access network device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A data processing method, comprising:
sending, by a first access network device, indication information to a first core network element, wherein the indication information indicates a first data flow that is in a first session and that is to-be-switched, and the indication information comprises information for triggering to send an end marker message;
receiving, by the first access network device, an end marker message from a second core network element, wherein the end marker message indicates that the end marker message works on a switched data flow in the first session;
determining, by the first access network device based on the first data flow, that the end marker message works on the first data flow; and
when the first access network device receives a second data packet of a second data flow in the first session after receiving the end marker message, sending, by the first access network device, the second data packet to a terminal device, wherein
the second data flow is a data flow kept on the first access network device;
wherein the first core network element is a session management function network element, and the second core network element is a user plane function network element.

2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
when the first access network device receives a first data packet of the first data flow after receiving the end marker message, discarding, by the first access network device, the first data packet.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein
the first access network device is a master base station; or
the first access network device is a secondary base station.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein
the first session is a packet data unit (PDU) session, and the data flow is a quality of service (QoS) flow.

5. A communication apparatus, comprising at least one transceiver and at least one processor; and
one or more memories coupled to the at least one processor and storing programming instructions for execution by the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:
sending indication information to a first core network element, wherein the indication information indicates a first data flow that is in a first session and that is to-be-switched, and the indication information comprises information for triggering to send an end marker message;
receiving an end marker message from a second core network element, wherein the end marker message indicates that the end marker message works on a switched data flow in the first session;
determining based on the first data flow, that the end marker message works on the first data flow; and
sending a second data packet of a second data flow in the first session received after the end marker message to a terminal device, wherein the second data flow is a data flow kept on the communication apparatus;
wherein the first core network element is a session management function network element, and the second core network element is a user plane function network element.

6. The communication apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the operations comprise:
discarding a first data packet of the first data flow received after the end marker message.

7. The communication apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the communication apparatus is a master base station; or a secondary base station.

8. The communication apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein
the first session is a packet data unit (PDU) session, and the data flow is a quality of service (QoS) flow.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing one or more programming instructions executable by at least one processor to cause the at least one processor to execute:
sending indication information to a first core network element, wherein the indication information indicates a first data flow that is in a first session and that is to-be-switched, and the indication information comprises information for triggering to send an end marker message;
receiving an end marker message from a second core network element, wherein the end marker message indicates that the end marker message works on a switched data flow in the first session;
determining based on the first data flow, that the end marker message works on the first data flow; and
sending a second data packet of a second data flow in the first session received after the end marker message to a terminal device, wherein the second data flow is a data flow kept on a first access network device;
wherein the first core network element is a session management function network element, and the second core network element is a user plane function network element.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 9 , wherein the one or more programming instructions further cause the at least one processor to execute:
discarding a first data packet of the first data flow received after the end marker message.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 9 , wherein
the first session is a packet data unit (PDU) session, and the data flow is a quality of service (QoS) flow.

12. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the indication information is a N2 QoS flow mobility indication or PDU session resource modify indication.

13. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the indication information comprises a session identifier of the first session, and a quality of service flow identifier (QFI) of the first data flow.

14. The communication apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the indication information is a N2 QoS flow mobility indication or PDU session resource modify indication.

15. The communication apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the indication information comprises a session identifier of the first session, and a quality of service flow identifier (QFI) of the first data flow.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 9 , wherein the indication information is a N2 QoS flow mobility indication or PDU session resource modify indication.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 9 , wherein the indication information comprises a session identifier of the first session, and a quality of service flow identifier (QFI) of the first data flow.

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ying Jiangwei

Classifications

• H04W36/0069

  in case of dual connectivity, e.g. decoupled uplink/downlink · CPC title

• H04W36/023 Primary

  Buffering or recovering information during reselection · CPC title

• H04W28/0268

  using specific QoS parameters for wireless networks, e.g. QoS class identifier [QCI] or guaranteed bit rate [GBR] (negotiating SLA or negotiating QoS H04W28/24) · CPC title

• H04W76/22

  Manipulation of transport tunnels · CPC title

• H04W76/11

  Allocation or use of connection identifiers · CPC title