Communication method and related device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12363618-B2
Application number	US-202217866001-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 15, 2022
Priority date	Jan 17, 2020
Publication date	Jul 15, 2025
Grant date	Jul 15, 2025

Abstract

Embodiments of this application provide example communication methods and example devices. One example method includes sending, by a first access network device, a system information block to a terminal device, where the system information block includes first information indicating that a cell served by the first access network device supports non-public network (NPN) onboarding, where the first information includes second information indicating a supported onboarding NPN, and the second information includes at least one of information about an identifier of the supported onboarding NPN or first indication information, where the first indication information indicates a support of onboarding. The first access network device can then receive a radio resource control (RRC) setup complete message from the terminal device, where the RRC setup complete message indicates that the terminal device requests NPN onboarding.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A communication method, wherein the method comprises:
sending, by a first access network device, a system information block to a terminal device, wherein the system information block comprises first information indicating that a cell served by the first access network device supports non-public network (NPN) onboarding, wherein the first information comprises second information indicating a supported onboarding NPN, and the second information comprises at least one of information about an identifier of the supported onboarding NPN or first indication information, wherein the first indication information indicates a support of onboarding; and
receiving, by the first access network device, a radio resource control (RRC) setup complete message from the terminal device, wherein the RRC setup complete message indicates that the terminal device requests NPN onboarding.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the identifier of the NPN includes at least one of a public land mobile network identifier (PLMN ID) or a network identifier (NID).

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the RRC setup complete message comprises information indicating a requested onboarding NPN, and the information indicating the requested onboarding NPN comprises at least one of information about an identifier of the requested onboarding NPN or second indication information, wherein the second indication information indicates a request for onboarding.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:
receiving, by the first access network device, an eighth message from a core network device, wherein the eighth message indicates an onboarding NPN supported by the core network device.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the eighth message comprises information indicating the supported onboarding NPN, and the information indicating the supported onboarding NPN includes at least one of the identifier of the supported onboarding NPN or indication information, wherein the indication information indicates whether a corresponding NPN configured by the core network device supports onboarding or indicates whether an NPN broadcast by a cell supports onboarding.

6. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the eighth message is a next generation (NG) interface setup response, an access and mobility management function (AMF) configuration update message, or a radio access network (RAN) configuration update acknowledgment message.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:
sending, by the first access network device, a third message to the terminal device, wherein the third message indicates that NPN onboarding of the terminal device succeeds, and wherein the third message comprises information indicating a successfully onboarded NPN, and the information indicating the successfully onboarded NPN comprises at least one of information about an identifier of the successfully onboarded NPN or third indication information, wherein the third indication information indicates that onboarding succeeds.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:
sending, by the first access network device, a fourth message to a core network device, wherein the fourth message indicates that the terminal device requests NPN onboarding; and
receiving, by the first access network device, a fifth message sent by the core network device, wherein the fifth message indicates that NPN onboarding of the terminal device succeeds or indicates that onboarding of the terminal device fails.

9. A communication apparatus, comprising:
at least one processor; and
a non-transitory computer-readable medium including computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform operations comprising:
sending a system information block to a terminal device, wherein the system information block comprises first information indicating that a cell served by a first access network device supports non-public network (NPN) onboarding, wherein the first information comprises second information indicating a supported onboarding NPN, and the second information comprises at least one of information about an identifier of the supported onboarding NPN or first indication information, wherein the first indication information indicates a support of onboarding; and
receiving a radio resource control (RRC) setup complete message from the terminal device, wherein the RRC setup complete message indicates that the terminal device requests NPN onboarding.

10. The apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the identifier of the NPN includes at least one of a public land mobile network identifier (PLMN ID) or a network identifier (NID).

11. The apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the RRC setup complete message comprises information indicating a requested onboarding NPN, and the information indicating the requested onboarding NPN comprises at least one of information about an identifier of the requested onboarding NPN or second indication information, wherein the second indication information indicates a request for onboarding.

12. The apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the operations further comprise:
receiving an eighth message from a core network device, wherein the eighth message indicates an onboarding NPN supported by the core network device.

13. The apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the eighth message comprises information indicating the supported onboarding NPN, and the information indicating the supported onboarding NPN includes at least one of the identifier of the supported onboarding NPN or indication information, wherein the indication information indicates whether a corresponding NPN configured by the core network device supports onboarding or indicates whether an NPN broadcast by a cell supports onboarding.

14. The apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the eighth message is a next generation (NG) interface setup response, an access and mobility management function (AMF) configuration update message, or a radio access network (RAN) configuration update acknowledgment message.

15. The apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the operations further comprise:
sending a third message to the terminal device, wherein the third message indicates that NPN onboarding of the terminal device succeeds, and wherein the third message comprises information indicating a successfully onboarded NPN, and the information indicating the successfully onboarded NPN comprises at least one of information about an identifier of the successfully onboarded NPN or third indication information, wherein the third indication information indicates that onboarding succeeds.

16. The apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the operations further comprise:
sending a fourth message to a core network device, wherein the fourth message indicates that the terminal device requests NPN onboarding; and
receiving a fifth message sent by the core network device, wherein the fifth message indicates that NPN onboarding of the terminal device succeeds or indicates that onboarding of the terminal device fails.

17. A communication apparatus, comprising:
at least one processor; and
a non-transitory computer-readable medium including computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform operations comprising:
receiving a system information block from a first access network device, wherein the system information block comprises first information indicating t

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yang Chenchen
• Jin Weisheng
• Jin Yinghao
• Tan Wei

Classifications

• H04W84/042

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

• H04W76/10

  Connection setup · CPC title

• H04W48/16 Primary

  Discovering, processing access restriction or access information · CPC title