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Granted Patent B2
US 11,044,599 · App. 16/741,503 · Granted Jun 22, 2021

Connection method, configuration updating method, control plane device, and user plane device

Inventors: Yang Liu (Shenzhen, CN); Yin Gao (Shenzhen, CN); He Huang (Shenzhen, CN); Li Yang (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
H04W8/245H04W76/11H04W76/12H04W76/15H04W76/18H04W88/02H04W88/08H04W72/04H04W88/085
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Patent No.
US 11,044,599
App. No.
16/741,503
Granted
Jun 22, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided are a connection method, a configuration updating method, a control plane device and a user plane device. The method includes: transmitting, by a control plane device, a first request message for establishing a connection to a user plane device, where the first request message for establishing the connection includes information about the control plane device; and transmitting, by the user plane device, a first response message indicating that the connection is successfully established or a first response message indicating that the connection fails to be established to the control plane device, where the first response message indicating that the connection is successfully established includes information about the user plane device, and the first response message indicating that the connection fails to be established includes the information about the user plane device and a reason why the connection fails to be established. Further provided is a storage medium.

Claims (62)

1. A connection method, comprising:

transmitting, by a control plane of a centralized unit, a request message for establishing a connection to a user plane of the centralized unit, wherein the request message comprises first information corresponding to the control plane; and

receiving, by the control plane from the user plane, a response message indicating that the connection has been successfully established, wherein the response message comprises second information corresponding to the user plane, the second information including:

an identification (ID) of the user plane;

configuration information about a public land mobile network supported by the user plane; and

configuration information about a network slice supported by the user plane.

2. The connection method of claim 1 , wherein the first information corresponding to the control plane comprises:

an identification (ID) of the control plane.

3. The connection method of claim 1 , wherein the response message indicates that the connection fails to be established, the response message comprising third information of a reason why the connection fails to be established.

4. The connection method of claim 1 , wherein the second information corresponding to the user plane further comprises:

information regarding whether duplication bearer capacity is supported;

information regarding whether split bearer capacity is supported;

information regarding whether split bearer capacity of a secondary cell group is supported; type information of supported radio access technology;

information regarding whether new radio packet data convergence protocol capacity is supported; and

information regarding whether jumbo frame is supported.

5. The connection method of claim 1 , wherein the second information corresponding to the user plane further comprises:

bandwidth information of the user plane;

a maximum number of user equipment (UE) devices supported by the user plane; and

a maximum number of distributed units supported by the user plane, the distributed units corresponding to the centralized unit.

6. The connection method of claim 5 , the bandwidth information of the user plane comprises information about data rate and frequency band bandwidth supported by the user plane.

7. A connection method, comprising:

transmitting, by a user plane of a centralized unit, a request message for establishing a connection to a control plane of the centralized unit, wherein the request message comprises first information corresponding to the user plane;

receiving, by the user plane from the control plane, a response message indicating that the connection has been successfully established, wherein the response message comprises second information corresponding to the control plane, the second information including an identification (ID) of the control plane;

transmitting, by the user plane, a capacity updating message to the control plane, wherein the capacity updating message comprises the first information corresponding to the user plane; and

receiving, by the user plane from the control plane, a capacity updating acknowledgement message or a capacity updating failure message,

wherein the first information corresponding to the user plane includes:

an identification (ID) of the user plane;

configuration information about a public land mobile network supported by the user plane; and

configuration information about a network slice supported by the user plane.

8. A control plane device, comprising a processor, a memory and a communication bus;

wherein the communication bus is configured to implement connection communication between the processor and the memory;

the processor is configured to execute a connection program stored in the memory to implement the following steps:

transmitting a request message for establishing a connection to a user plane device, wherein the request message comprises first information corresponding to the control plane device; and

receiving, from the user plane device, a response message indicating that the connection has been successfully established, wherein the response message comprises second information corresponding to the user plane device, the second information including:

an identification (ID) of the user plane device;

configuration information about a public land mobile network supported by the user plane device; and

configuration information about a network slice supported by the user plane device.

9. The control plane device of claim 8 , wherein the first information corresponding to the control plane device comprises:

an identification (ID) of the control plane device.

10. The control plane device of claim 8 , wherein the response message indicates that the connection fails to be established, the response message comprising third information of a reason why the connection fails to be established.

11. The control plane device of claim 8 , wherein the second information corresponding to the user plane device further comprises:

information regarding whether duplication bearer capacity is supported;

information regarding whether split bearer capacity is supported;

information regarding whether split bearer capacity of a secondary cell group is supported; type information of supported radio access technology;

information regarding whether new radio packet data convergence protocol capacity is supported; and

information regarding whether jumbo frame is supported.

12. The control plane device of claim 8 , wherein the second information corresponding to the user plane device further comprises:

bandwidth information of the user plane device;

a maximum number of user equipment (UE) devices supported by the user plane device; and

a maximum number of distributed units supported by the user plane device, the distributed units corresponding to the centralized unit.

13. The control plane device of claim 12 , the bandwidth information of the user plane device comprises information about data rate and frequency band bandwidth supported by the user plane device.

14. A user plane device, comprising a processor, a memory and a communication bus;

wherein the communication bus is configured to implement connection communication between the processor and the memory;

the processor is configured to execute a connection program stored in the memory to implement the following steps:

transmitting a request message for establishing a connection to a control plane device, wherein the request message comprises first information corresponding to the user plane device;

receiving, from the control plane device, a response message indicating that the connection has been successfully established, wherein the response message comprises second information corresponding to the control plane device, the second information including an identification (ID) of the control plane device;

transmitting a capacity updating message to the control plane device, wherein the capacity updating message comprises the first information corresponding to the user plane device; and

receiving, from the control plane device, a capacity updating acknowledgement message or a capacity updating failure message,

wherein the first information corresponding to the user plane device includes:

an identification (ID) of the user plane device;

configuration information about a public land mobile network supported by the user plane device; and

configuration information about a network slice supported by the user plane device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 20, 2020
From: LIU, YANG; GAO, YIN; HUANG, HE; YANG, LI
To: ZTE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 052442/0521 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201710682460.0 · Aug 10, 2017 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2018096513 · Jul 20, 2018
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