IP Library Granted Patent US 11,382,152
Granted Patent B2
US 11,382,152 · App. 16/534,378 · Granted Jul 5, 2022

Method and device for configuring GTP transmission channel and storage medium

Inventors: Yang Liu (Shenzhen, CN); Yin Gao (Shenzhen, CN); He Huang (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
H04W76/12H04W28/0268H04W76/11H04W92/045
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Patent No.
US 11,382,152
App. No.
16/534,378
Granted
Jul 5, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure discloses a method for configuring a General Packet Radio Service Tunneling Protocol (GTP) transmission channel, including: acquiring, by a User Plane Centralized Unit (CU-U) responsible for user plane data in a first network element, session related information through an Xn interface, where the Xn interface is an interface between the CU-U and a Control Plane Centralized Unit (CU-C) responsible for control plane data in the first network element; performing a GTP transmission channel configuration by using the session related information; transmitting first related information of a local GTP transmission channel configuration to a second network element; and receiving second related information of a GTP transmission channel configuration transmitted by the second network element. The present disclosure also discloses an apparatus for configuring a GTP transmission channel.

Claims (26)

1. A method for configuring a GPRS Tunneling Protocol (GTP) transmission channel, comprising:

acquiring Protocol Data Unit (PDU) session related information through an Xn interface, wherein the Xn interface is used for interaction between a 5G NodeB User Plane Centralized Unit (gNB-CU-U) responsible for user plane data in a first network element and a 5G NodeB Control Plane Centralized Unit (gNB-CU-C) responsible for control plane data in the first network element;

performing a local GTP transmission channel configuration by using the PDU session related information;

transmitting, by the gNB-CU-C of the first network element, first related information of the local GTP transmission channel configuration to a second network element; and

receiving second related information of a GTP transmission channel configuration transmitted by the second network element corresponding to the first related information.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of transmitting first related information of the local GTP transmission channel configuration to a second network element comprises:

forwarding the first related information to the second network element through the gNB-CU-C;

correspondingly, the step of receiving second related information of a GTP transmission channel configuration transmitted by the second network element comprises:

receiving the second related information sent by the second network element and forwarded by the gNB-CU-C.

3. A method for configuring a GTP transmission channel, comprising:

acquiring Protocol Data Unit (PDU) session related information from a core network; and

sending the PDU session related information to a 5G NodeB User Plane Centralized Unit (gNB-CU-U) responsible for user plane data in a first network element through an Xn interface, wherein the PDU session related information is used by the gNB-CU-U to perform a GTP transmission channel configuration, and the Xn interface is used for interaction between the gNB-CU-U and a 5G NodeB Control Plane Centralized Unit (gNB-CU-C) responsible for control plane data in the first network element.

4. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:

receiving first related information of a local GTP transmission channel configuration of the gNB-CU-U sent by the gNB-CU-U, and forwarding the first related information to a second network element; and

receiving second related information of a local GTP transmission channel configuration of the second network element sent by the second network element, and forwarding the second related information to the gNB-CU-U.

5. An apparatus for configuring a GTP transmission channel, comprising a processor configured to:

acquire Protocol Data Unit (PDU) session related information through an Xn interface, wherein the Xn interface is used for interaction between a 5G NodeB User Plane Centralized Unit (gNB-CU-U) responsible for user plane data in a first network element and a 5G NodeB Control Plane Centralized Unit (gNB-CU-C) responsible for control plane data in the first network element;

perform a local GTP transmission channel configuration by using the PDU session related information; and

transmit, by the gNB-CU-C of the first network element, first related information of the local GTP transmission channel configuration to a second network element, and

receive second related information of a GTP transmission channel configuration transmitted by the second network element corresponding to the first related information.

6. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the processor is further configured to: forward the first related information to the second network element through the gNB-CU-C; and correspondingly, receive the second related information sent by the second network element and forwarded by the gNB-CU-C.

7. An apparatus for configuring a GTP transmission channel, the apparatus comprising a processor configured to acquire Protocol Data Unit (PDU) session related information from a core network, wherein the session related information includes GTP channel information and Protocol Data Unit (PDU) session information; and

send the PDU session related information to a 5G NodeB User Plane Centralized Unit (gNB-CU-U) responsible for user plane data in a first network element through an Xn interface, wherein the PDU session related information is used by the gNB-CU-U to perform a GTP transmission channel configuration, and the Xn interface is used for interaction between the gNB-CU-U and a 5G NodeB Control Plane Centralized Unit (gNB-CU-C) responsible for control plane data in the first network element.

8. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

receive first related information of a local GTP transmission channel configuration of the gNB-CU-U sent by the gNB-CU-U, and forward the first related information to a second network element; and

receive second related information of a local GTP transmission channel configuration of the second network element sent by the second network element, and forward the second related information to the gNB-CU-U.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 17, 2019
From: LIU, YANG; GAO, YIN; HUANG, HE
To: ZTE CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 201710074464.0 · Feb 10, 2017 · national
Continuity (2)
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