Method for accessing a network, terminal device and network device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025071663-A1
Application number	US-202418948353-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Nov 14, 2024
Priority date	May 18, 2022
Publication date	Feb 27, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

A first device includes a processor and a memory. The memory is configured to store a computer program, and the processor is configured to call and run the computer program stored in the memory to cause the first device to perform: transmitting first information, where the first information includes information of the first device requesting to access the network and/or information of a group to which the first device belongs; and receiving second information, where the second information includes response information determined according to the first information.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A first device, comprising a processor and a memory, wherein the memory is configured to store a computer program, and the processor is configured to call and run the computer program stored in the memory to cause the first device to perform:
transmitting first information, the first information comprising information of the first device that requests to access a network and/or information of a group to which the first device belongs; and receiving second information, the second information comprising response information that is determined according to the first information.

2 . The device according to claim 1 , wherein the first information comprises at least one of the following:
a group identity (ID) of the first device, an ID of a member device in the group to which the first device belongs, a number of member devices in the group to which the first device belongs, a location range of a member device in the group to which the first device belongs, a service ID requested to be used, an ID of the first device, a category of the first device, or a category of a member device in the group to which the first device belongs.

3 . The device according to claim 1 , wherein the response information comprises at least one of the following:
information on admission to the network, comprising information of the first device admitted to the network and/or information of the group to which the first device belongs; or rejection information, comprising a reason for rejecting access to the network.

4 . The device according to claim 3 , wherein the information on admission to the network comprises at least one of the following:
a service ID allowed for use, a service area corresponding to the service ID allowed for use, an admitted group ID, an admitted ID of the first device, ID(s) of admitted member device(s) in a group, or a number of the admitted member device(s) in the group.

5 . The device according to claim 2 , wherein the group ID comprises at least one of a globally unique ID, a group ID within a service, or an ID unique in a PLMN.

6 . The device according to claim 2 , wherein the service ID comprises at least one of an application ID or an ID defined by an operator.

7 . The device according to claim 2 , wherein a device ID is at least one of a radio frequency identifier (RFID) of a device, an ID defined by an operator, or a network access identifier (NAI).

8 . The device according to claim 2 , wherein a category of a device comprises at least one of a zero-power consumption terminal, a group head terminal, or other non-group head terminal in a group.

9 . The device according to claim 1 , wherein a condition for the first device to transmit the first information comprises at least one of the following:
the first device generating a service demand; the first device having received a trigger signal; the first device reaching at a preset time point; or the first device being manually triggered.

10 . The device according to claim 9 , wherein the trigger signal comprises at least one of the following:
scatter signals periodically transmitted by an access network device; a trigger signal transmitted by a scanning device; or a function signal transmitted by the scanning device.

11 . The device according to claim 1 , further configured to perform:
transmitting a notification of admission to the network to terminal(s) admitted to the network in the group or other terminal(s) in the group in a case of determining that the network is allowed to access according to the information on admission to the network.

12 . A second device, comprising a processor and a memory, wherein the memory is configured to store a computer program, and the processor is configured to call and run the computer program stored in the memory to cause the second device to perform:
receiving first information, the first information comprising information of a first device that requests to access a network and/or information of a group to which the first device belongs; obtaining second information, the second information comprising response information that is determined according to the first information; and transmitting the second information.

13 . The device according to claim 12 , wherein the first information comprises at least one of the following:
a group identity (ID) of the first device, an ID of a member device in the group to which the first device belongs, a number of member devices in the group to which the first device belongs, a location range of a member device in the group to which the first device belongs, a service ID requested to be used, an ID of the first device, a category of the first device, or a category of a member device in the group to which the first device belongs.

14 . The device according to claim 12 , wherein the second device is an access network device; and receiving the first information comprises: receiving the first information from the first device.

15 . The device according to claim 14 , wherein obtaining the second information comprises:
transmitting the first information to a core network device; and receiving the second information from the core network device.

16 . The device according to claim 12 , wherein the second device is a core network device; and receiving the first information comprises: receiving the first information of the first device via an access network device.

17 . The device according to claim 16 , wherein obtaining the second information comprises at least one of the following:
determining the second information according to the first information; or transmitting the first information to an application device; and receiving the second information determined by the application device according to the first information.

18 . The device according to claim 12 , wherein the second device is an application device; and receiving the first information comprises: receiving the first information of the first device via a core network device and an access network device.

19 . The device according to claim 18 , wherein transmitting the second information comprises:
transmitting the second information to the first device via the core network device and the access network device.

20 . The device according to claim 17 , wherein a way of determining the second information comprises at least one of the following:
checking whether a location range of the first device is within a service area corresponding to a received service ID; checking whether a location range of a member device in the group to which the first device belongs is within a service area corresponding to a received service ID; or checking whether at least one of a received service ID, a received group ID, a received ID of the first device, a received ID of a group member, or a number of group members received is consistent with known information of the second device.

Assignees

• Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp Ltd

Inventors

• Yang Haorui
• Lu Fei
• Xu Yang

Classifications

• H04W48/08 Primary

  Access restriction or access information delivery, e.g. discovery data delivery (signalling during connection H04W76/00) · CPC title