Communication sensing method and apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025175530-A1
Application number	US-202519037411-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jan 27, 2025
Priority date	Jul 28, 2022
Publication date	May 29, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

Embodiments of this application provide a communication sensing method and apparatus. The method includes: A sensing network element determines sensing configuration information associated with a first sensing mode, where the first sensing mode includes a terminal assisted sensing mode, a network assisted sensing mode, a multi-terminal collaborative sensing mode, or a terminal based sensing mode, and the sensing configuration information is used by a first terminal to perform a sensing operation. The sensing network element sends the sensing configuration information to the first terminal. According to the method disclosed in this application, it can be ensured that sensing configuration on a terminal or sensing configuration on the terminal and a base station is implemented in a sensing mode in which the terminal participates.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A communication sensing method, comprising:
determining, by a sensing network element, sensing configuration information associated with a first sensing mode, wherein the first sensing mode is one of a terminal assisted sensing mode, a network assisted sensing mode, a multi-terminal collaborative sensing mode, or a terminal based sensing mode, and the sensing configuration information is used by a first terminal to perform a sensing operation; and sending, by the sensing network element, the sensing configuration information to the first terminal.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein
when the first sensing mode is the terminal based sensing mode, the sensing configuration information comprises one or more of the following: information indicating the terminal based sensing mode, sensing area information, sensing time information, or a sensing service requirement.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein
when the first sensing mode is the network assisted sensing mode, the sensing configuration information comprises one or more of the following: information indicating the network assisted sensing mode, sensing time information, or sensing resource information.

4 . The method according to claim 3 , wherein the method further comprises:
sending, by the sensing network element, first sensing control information to an access network device, wherein the first sensing control information indicates the access network device to perform a sensing operation, and the first sensing control information comprises one or more of the following: information indicating the network assisted sensing mode, sensing area information, sensing time information, or a sensing service requirement.

5 . The method according to claim 2 , wherein the method further comprises:
sending, by the sensing network element, first address information to the first terminal, wherein the first address information indicates a first destination address for sending sensing data, and the sensing data is obtained based on the sensing operation.

6 . The method according to claim 2 , wherein the method further comprises:
sending, by the sensing network element, a protocol data unit PDU session parameter to the first terminal; or sending, by the sensing network element, application information to the first terminal, wherein the application information is used to determine the PDU session parameter, and the PDU session parameter is used to establish a protocol data unit PDU session; and the PDU session is used for transmission of the sensing data.

7 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein
when the first sensing mode is the terminal assisted sensing mode, the sensing configuration information comprises one or more of the following: information indicating the terminal assisted sensing mode, sensing area information, sensing time information, or a sensing service requirement.

8 . The method according to claim 7 , wherein the method further comprises:
sending, by the sensing network element, second sensing control information to an access network device, wherein the second sensing control information indicates the access network device to perform a sensing operation, and the second sensing control information comprises one or more of the following: information indicating the terminal assisted sensing mode, sensing time information, or sensing resource information.

9 . The method according to claim 7 , wherein the method further comprises:
sending, by the sensing network element, second address information to the access network device, wherein the second address information indicates a second destination address for sending sensing data, and the sensing data is obtained based on the sensing operation.

10 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein
when the first sensing mode is the multi-terminal collaborative sensing mode, the sensing configuration information comprises one or more of the following: information indicating the multi-terminal collaborative sensing mode, sensing area information, sensing time information, an identifier of a second terminal, sensing role information, or a sensing service requirement, wherein the second terminal is configured to perform collaborative sensing with the first terminal.

11 . A communication sensing method, comprising:
obtaining, by a first communication apparatus, sensing configuration information, wherein the sensing configuration information is associated with a first sensing mode, and the first sensing mode is one of a terminal assisted sensing mode, a network assisted sensing mode, a multi-terminal collaborative sensing mode, or a terminal based sensing mode; and performing, by the first communication apparatus, a sensing operation based on the sensing configuration information.

12 . The method according to claim 11 , wherein the obtaining, by a first communication apparatus, sensing configuration information comprises:
receiving, by the first communication apparatus, the sensing configuration information from a sensing network element; or receiving, by the first communication apparatus, the sensing configuration information from an access network device.

13 . The method according to claim 11 , wherein
when the first sensing mode is the terminal based sensing mode, the sensing configuration information comprises one or more of the following: information indicating the terminal based sensing mode, sensing area information, sensing time information, or a sensing service requirement.

14 . The method according to claim 11 , wherein
when the first sensing mode is the network assisted sensing mode, the sensing configuration information comprises one or more of the following: information indicating the network assisted sensing mode, sensing time information, or sensing resource information.

15 . The method according to claim 11 , wherein
when the first sensing mode is the terminal assisted sensing mode, the sensing configuration information comprises one or more of the following: information indicating the terminal assisted sensing mode, sensing area information, sensing time information, or a sensing service requirement.

16 . A communication sensing method, comprising:
receiving, by an access network device, sensing control information from a sensing network element, wherein the sensing control information is associated with a first sensing mode, and the first sensing mode is a network assisted sensing mode or a terminal assisted sensing mode; and performing, by the access network device, a sensing operation based on the sensing control information.

17 . The method according to claim 16 , wherein
when the first sensing mode is the network assisted sensing mode, the sensing control information comprises one or more of the following: information indicating the network assisted sensing mode, sensing area information, sensing time information, or a sensing service requirement.

18 . The method according to claim 16 , wherein
when the first sensing mode is the terminal assisted sensing mode, the sensing control information comprises one or more of the following: information indicating the terminal assisted sensing mode, sensing time information, or sensing resource information.

19 . The method according to claim 16 , wherein the method further comprises:
sending, by the access network device, sensing configuration information to a first terminal, wherein the sensing configuration information is associated with the first se

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Xu Shengfeng
• Ying Jiangwei
• Zhu Fangyuan

Classifications

• H04W28/16

  Central resource management; Negotiation of resources or communication parameters, e.g. negotiating bandwidth or QoS [Quality of Service] · CPC title

• H04W4/38 Primary

  for collecting sensor information · CPC title

• H04W76/12

  Setup of transport tunnels · CPC title

• H04W24/02

  Arrangements for optimising operational condition · CPC title

• H04L67/12 Primary

  specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks · CPC title