Method of sending downlink information, access and mobility management function entity and network function entity
A method of sending downlink information, an Access and Mobility Management Function entity and a Network Function entity are provided. The method of sending downlink information includes: receiving, by an AMF entity, a first notification message sent by a NF entity and configured to call a first service of the AMF entity; sending to the NF entity, by the AMF entity, indication information configured to indicate that a UE is in a connected state; receiving, by the AMF entity, a second notification message sent by the NF entity and configured to call a second service of the AMF entity; and sending, by the AMF entity, downlink information to the UE.
1. A method of sending downlink information, comprising:
receiving, by an Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF) entity, a first notification message sent by a Network Function (NF) entity and configured to call a first service of the AMF entity;
sending to the NF entity, by the AMF entity, indication information configured to indicate that a User Equipment (UE) is in a connected state;
receiving, by the AMF entity, a second notification message sent by the NF entity and configured to call a second service of the AMF entity; and
sending, by the AMF entity, downlink information to the UE,
wherein the first notification message carries indication information configured to indicate that the NF entity is to send the downlink information,
the downlink information that the NF entity is to send is a downlink signaling or downlink data,
in the case that the downlink information that the NF entity is to send is the downlink signaling, the second notification message carries the downlink signaling, and the downlink signaling is a signaling configured to trigger the AMF entity to send a downlink signaling to the UE,
the sending, by the AMF entity, the downlink information to the UE comprises:
sending, by the AMF entity to the UE, the downlink signaling triggered to be sent by the AMF entity;
in the case that the downlink information that the NF entity is to send is the downlink data, the second notification message carries a user plane establishment signaling configured to instruct the AMF to establish a user plane for the downlink data;
the sending, by the AMF entity, the downlink information to the UE comprises:
establishing, by the AMF entity, a user plane data channel between the NF entity and the UE, to enable the NF entity to send the downlink data to the UE through the user plane data channel.
2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein subsequent to the receiving, by the AMF entity, the first notification message sent by the NF entity and configured to call the first service of the AMF entity, in the case that the UE is in an idle state, prior to the sending to the NF entity, by the AMF entity, the indication information configured to indicate that the UE is in the connected state, the method further comprises:
sending a paging message configured to page the UE;
receiving a service request message sent by the UE.
3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein subsequent to the receiving, by the AMF entity, the first notification message sent by the NF entity and configured to call the first service of the AMF entity, in the case that the UE is in the connected state, the AMF entity sends to the NF entity the indication information configured to indicate that the UE is in the connected state.
4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first service is a Mobile Terminated (MT) service.
5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the second service is a Namf_Communication service.
6. A method of sending downlink information, comprising:
sending to an Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF) entity, by a Network Function (NF) entity, a first notification message configured to call a first service of the AMF entity;
receiving, by the NF entity, indication information sent by the AMF entity and configured to indicate that a User Equipment (UE) is in a connected state; and
sending to the AMF entity, by the NF entity, a second notification message configured to call a second service of the AMF entity,
wherein the first notification message carries indication information configured to indicate that the NF entity is to send the downlink information,
the downlink information that the NF entity is to send is a downlink signaling or downlink data,
in the case that the downlink information that the NF entity is to send is the downlink signaling, the second notification message carries the downlink signaling, and the downlink signaling is a signaling configured to trigger the AMF entity to send a downlink signaling to the UE,
in the case that the downlink information that the NF entity is to send is the downlink data, the second notification message carries a user plane establishment signaling configured to instruct the AMF to establish a user plane for the downlink data, and
the downlink signaling is that the NF entity is to send to the UE or the downlink signaling is configured to trigger the AMF entity to send a downlink signaling to the UE.
7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the first service is a Mobile Terminated (MT) service.
8. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the second service is a Namf_Communication service.
9. A Network Function (NF) entity, comprising a memory, a processor and a computer program stored in the memory and executable on the processor, wherein the computer program is executed by the processor to perform the method of sending downlink information according to claim 6 .
10. An Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF) entity, comprising a transmitter and a receiver, wherein
the receiver is configured for receiving a first notification message sent by a Network Function (NF) entity and configured to call a first service of the AMF entity;
the transmitter is configured for sending to the NF entity indication information configured to indicate that a User Equipment (UE) is in a connected state;
the receiver is further configured for receiving a second notification message sent by the NF entity and configured to call a second service of the AMF entity; and
the transmitter is further configured for sending downlink information to the UE,
wherein the first notification message carries indication information configured to indicate that the NF entity is to send the downlink information,
the downlink information that the NF entity is to send is a downlink signaling or downlink data,
in the case that the downlink information that the NF entity is to send is the downlink signaling, the second notification message carries the downlink signaling, and the downlink signaling is a signaling configured to trigger the AMF entity to send a downlink signaling to the UE,
sending the downlink information to the UE comprises:
sending, to the UE, the downlink signaling triggered to be sent by the AMF entity;
in the case that the downlink information that the NF entity is to send is the downlink data, the second notification message carries a user plane establishment signaling configured to instruct the AMF to establish a user plane for the downlink data;
sending the downlink information to the UE comprises:
establishing a user plane data channel between the NF entity and the UE, to enable the NF entity to send the downlink data to the UE through the user plane data channel.
11. The AMF entity according to claim 10 , wherein in the case that the UE is in an idle state, the transmitter is further configured to send a paging message configured to page the UE, and the receiver is further configured to receive a service request message sent by the UE.
12. The AMF entity according to claim 10 , wherein the first service is a Mobile Terminated (MT) service; or
the second service is a Namf_Communication service.