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US 12,207,180 · App. 17/480,578 · Granted Jan 21, 2025

Communication method and apparatus

Inventors: Yinghao Jin (Boulogne Billancourt, FR); Chenchen Yang (Ottawa, CA); Wei Tan (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
H04W48/16H04W48/10
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Patent No.
US 12,207,180
App. No.
17/480,578
Granted
Jan 21, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to communication methods and apparatus. One example method includes obtaining, by a first access network device, a non-public network (NPN) identifier of an NPN supported by the first access network device, and sending, by the first access network device, a second message to a terminal device, where the second message is used to indicate the NPN identifier of the NPN supported by the first access network device.

Claims (42)

1. A communication method, comprising:

sending, by a first access network device, an interface setup request to a core network device, wherein the interface setup request includes a correspondence between network slice (NS) indication information and a non-public network (NPN) identifier;

receiving, by the first access network device, an interface setup response from the core network device, wherein the interface setup response includes an NPN identifier of an NPN supported by the core network device;

obtaining, by the first access network device based on the interface setup response, a NPN identifier of an NPN supported by the first access network device; and

sending, by the first access network device, a second message to a terminal device, wherein the second message is used to indicate the NPN identifier of the NPN supported by the first access network device, and the second message is used by the terminal device to determine a NS corresponding to the NPN supported by the first access network device.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:

sending, by the first access network device, a system information block (SIB) to the terminal device, wherein the SIB comprises identification information of a cell, and wherein the cell is a neighboring cell of a cell on which the terminal device camps.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the SIB further comprises the NPN identifier corresponding to the cell or a closed access group (CAG) identifier corresponding to the cell.

4. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the SIB further comprises capability information of a second access network device, wherein the capability information is used to indicate whether the second access network device can be used as a secondary access network device, and wherein the second access network device is an access network device in which the cell is located.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the correspondence includes a correspondence between at least one group of NPN identifiers and the NS indication information.

6. A communication method, comprising:

sending, by a first access network device, an interface setup request to a core network device, wherein the interface setup request includes a correspondence between network slice (NS) indication information and a closed access group (CAG) identifier;

receiving, by the first access network device, an interface setup response from the core network device, wherein the interface setup response includes a CAG identifier of a CAG supported by the core network device;

obtaining, by the first access network device based on the interface setup response, a CAG identifier of a CAG supported by the first access network device; and

sending, by the first access network device, a second message to a terminal device, wherein the second message is used to indicate the CAG identifier of the CAG supported by the first access network device, and the second message is used by the terminal device to determine a NS corresponding to the CAG supported by the first access network device.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the method further comprises:

sending, by the first access network device, a system information block (SIB) to the terminal device, wherein the SIB comprises identification information of a cell, and wherein the cell is a neighboring cell of a cell on which the terminal device camps.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the SIB further comprises a non-public network (NPN) identifier corresponding to the cell or the CAG identifier corresponding to the cell.

9. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the SIB further comprises capability information of a second access network device, wherein the capability information is used to indicate whether the second access network device can be used as a secondary access network device, and wherein the second access network device is an access network device in which the cell is located.

10. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the correspondence includes a correspondence between at least one group of CAG identifiers and the NS indication information.

11. A communication apparatus, comprises:

at least one processor; and

one or more memories coupled to the at least one processor and storing programming instructions for execution by the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:

sending an interface setup request to a core network device, wherein the interface setup request includes a correspondence between network slice (NS) indication information and a non-public network (NPN) identifier;

receiving an interface setup response from the core network device, wherein the interface setup response includes an NPN identifier of an NPN supported by the core network device;

obtaining, based on the interface setup response, a NPN identifier of an NPN supported by the communication apparatus; and

sending a second message to a terminal device, wherein the second message is used to indicate the NPN identifier of the NPN supported by the communication apparatus, and the second message is used by the terminal device to determine a NS corresponding to the NPN supported by the communication apparatus.

12. The apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the programming instructions are for execution by the at least one processor to send a system information block (SIB) to the terminal device, wherein the SIB comprises identification information of a cell, and wherein the cell is a neighboring cell of a cell on which the terminal device camps.

13. The apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the SIB further comprises the NPN identifier corresponding to the cell or a closed access group (CAG) identifier corresponding to the cell.

14. The apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the SIB further comprises capability information of a second access network device, wherein the capability information is used to indicate whether the second access network device can be used as a secondary access network device, and wherein the second access network device is an access network device in which the cell is located.

15. The apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the correspondence includes a correspondence between at least one group of NPN identifiers and the NS indication information.

16. A communication apparatus, comprises:

at least one processor; and

one or more memories coupled to the at least one processor and storing programming instructions for execution by the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:

sending an interface setup request to a core network device, wherein the interface setup request includes a correspondence between network slice (NS) indication information and a closed access group (CAG) identifier;

receiving an interface setup response from the core network device, wherein the interface setup response includes a CAG identifier of a CAG supported by the core network device;

obtaining, based on the interface setup response, a CAG identifier of a CAG supported by the communication apparatus; and

sending a second message to a terminal device, wherein the second message is used to indicate the CAG identifier of the CAG supported by the communication apparatus, and the second message is used by the terminal device to determine a NS corresponding to the CAG supported by the communication apparatus.

17. The apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein the programming instructions are for execution by the at least one processor to send a system information block (SIB) to the terminal device, wherein the SIB comprises identification information of a cell, and wherein the cell is a neighboring cell of a cell on which the terminal device camps.

18. The apparatus according to claim 17 , wherein the SIB further comprises a non-public network (NPN) identifier corresponding to the cell or the CAG identifier corresponding to the cell.

19. The apparatus according to claim 17 , wherein the SIB further comprises capability information of a second access network device, wherein the capability information is used to indicate whether the second access network device can be used as a secondary access network device, and wherein the second access network device is an access network device in which the cell is located.

20. The apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein the correspondence includes a correspondence between at least one group of CAG identifiers and the NS indication information.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 11, 2022
From: JIN, YINGHAO; YANG, CHENCHEN; TAN, WEI
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 058987/0880 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201910215478.9 · Mar 21, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2020079585 · Mar 17, 2020
Related Publication 20220007274A1 · Jan 6, 2022
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