Service indication method and device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12457580-B2
Application number	US-202217676356-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 21, 2022
Priority date	Aug 27, 2019
Publication date	Oct 28, 2025
Grant date	Oct 28, 2025

Abstract

Embodiments of this disclosure provide a service indication method and a device to resolve a problem that a matching value related to a service cannot be set in the related art. The method is executed by a network function and includes: receiving matching information specific to a user, or sending the matching information specific to the user to a terminal device of the user, where the matching information includes one or more matching values, and one of the matching values corresponds to one or more services or corresponds to one or more service types.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A service indication method, executed by a network device being a User Plane Function (UPF) or a base station, wherein the method comprises:
receiving, from a terminal device of a user, matching information specific to the user, wherein
the matching information comprises one or more matching values, and one of the matching values corresponds to one or more services or corresponds to one or more service types;
receiving a downlink message related to data of a target service or a target service type, or receiving a downlink data of the target service or the target service type; wherein the downlink message is triggered by the downlink data of the target service or the target service type; and
sending a first target matching value to the terminal device through a paging message;
wherein the first target matching value corresponds to the target service or the target service type;
wherein before the receiving matching information specific to a user, the method further comprises:
sending a request message to the terminal device of the user, wherein the request message comprises one or more pieces of service information or one or more pieces of service type information, the service information is used to indicate the service, and the service type information is used to indicate the service type;
or,
wherein the method further comprises:
receiving, from the terminal device of the user, service information or service type information corresponding to a currently active service of the terminal device; and
based on the service information or service type information corresponding to the currently active service, the matching information, and one of the target service or the target service type, determining to refuse to send the first target matching value.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the matching information further comprises at least one piece of the following information corresponding to a second target matching value:
one or more pieces of target service information;
one or more pieces of target service type information;
one or more pieces of high-priority service information, wherein a service corresponding to the high-priority service information is capable of preempting a service corresponding to the target service information;
one or more pieces of high-priority service type information, wherein a service corresponding to the high-priority service type information is capable of preempting a service corresponding to the target service type information;
one or more pieces of low-priority service information, wherein a service corresponding to the low-priority service information is incapable of preempting a service corresponding to the target service information;
one or more pieces of low-priority service type information, wherein a service corresponding to the low-priority service type information is incapable of preempting a service corresponding to the target service type information;
priority information of a service corresponding to the target service information;
priority information of a service type corresponding to the target service type information;
initiator information of a service corresponding to the target service information; and
initiator information of a service of a service type corresponding to the target service type information;
wherein the second target matching value is one of the one or more matching values.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the service is represented by service information, the service type is represented by service type information, and the service information and/or the service type information comprises at least one of the following:
a name;
an identifier; and
rule information.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the rule information comprises at least one of the following:
a rule identifier;
one or more IP addresses;
one or more port numbers;
one or more protocol types; and
one or more pieces of codec information;
wherein the IP address comprises a number or a wildcard, and the port number comprises a number or a wildcard.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the request message further comprises at least one piece of the following information corresponding to target service information or target service type information:
one or more pieces of high-priority service information, wherein a service corresponding to the high-priority service information is capable of preempting a service corresponding to the target service information;
one or more pieces of high-priority service type information, wherein a service corresponding to the high-priority service type information is capable of preempting a service corresponding to the target service type information;
one or more pieces of low-priority service information, wherein a service corresponding to the low-priority service information is incapable of preempting a service corresponding to the target service information;
one or more pieces of low-priority service type information, wherein a service corresponding to the low-priority service type information is incapable of preempting a service corresponding to the target service type information;
priority information of a service corresponding to the target service information;
priority information of a service type corresponding to the target service type information;
initiator information of a service corresponding to the target service information; and
initiator information of a service of a service type corresponding to the target service type information.

6. A service indication method, executed by a terminal device, wherein the method comprises:
sending, to a network device being a User Plane Function (UPF) or a base station, matching information specific to a user of the terminal device, wherein
the matching information comprises one or more matching values, and one of the matching values corresponds to one or more services or corresponds to one or more service types; and
receiving, from the network device, a paging message carrying a first target matching value; wherein the first target matching value corresponds to a target service or a target service type; wherein the paging message is sent when a downlink message related to data of the target service or the target service type or a downlink data of the target service or the target service type is received by the network device; wherein the downlink message is triggered by the downlink data of the target service or the target service type;
wherein before the sending, to a network device, matching information specific to a user of the terminal device, the method further comprises:
receiving a request message sent by the network device, wherein the request message comprises one or more pieces of service information or one or more pieces of service type information, the service information is used to indicate the service, and the service type information is used to indicate the service type; and
generating a corresponding matching value for the service information or the service type information;
or,
wherein after the sending, to a network device, matching information specific to a user of the terminal device, the method further comprises:
sending, to the network device, service information or service type information corresponding to a currently active service, wherein
the service information or service type information corresponding to the currently active service is used by the network device to determine, based on the matching information and the service information or service type information corresponding to the currently active service, whether to send a paging message.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein after the sending, to a networ

Assignees

• Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd

Inventors

• Xie Zhenhua
• Ke Xiaowan
• Wang Wen

Classifications

• H04W4/50

  Service provisioning or reconfiguring · CPC title

• H04W8/20

  Transfer of user or subscriber data · CPC title

• H04W68/02 Primary

  Arrangements for increasing efficiency of notification or paging channel · CPC title

• H04W24/02 Primary

  Arrangements for optimising operational condition · CPC title