IP Library Granted Patent US 11,903,043
Granted Patent B2
US 11,903,043 · App. 17/494,028 · Granted Feb 13, 2024

Method for implementing data transmission of time sensitive network, related device and medium

Inventor: Tao Wang (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
H04W76/10H04L47/28H04W28/0268H04W40/02H04W80/02H04W80/10
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,903,043
App. No.
17/494,028
Filed
Oct 5, 2021
Granted
Feb 13, 2024
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2471
USPC
370/235
Abstract

A method for implementing data transmission of a time sensitive network (TSN) is provided. The method includes, reporting, by a session management function (SMF) device, a port number list of a device-side TSN converter to an application function device and a port number list of a network TSN converter, and receiving, by the SMF device, a port configuration parameter issued by the application function device, the port configuration parameter comprising port resources associated with a protocol data unit (PDU) session. The PDU includes a plurality of periodic time sensitive communication service data flows, The plurality of periodic time-sensitive communication service data flows have the same quality of service requirement. The plurality of periodic time-sensitive communication service data flows have the same period and the same period of service quality, the same period being a period of the plurality of periodic time-sensitive communication service data flows being the same.

Claims (46)

1. A method for implementing data transmission of a time-sensitive network (TSN), the method comprising:

reporting, by a session management function (SMF) device, a port number list of a device-side TSN converter to an application function device and a port number list of a network TSN converter; and

receiving, by the SMF device, a port configuration parameter issued by the application function device, the port configuration parameter comprising port resources associated with a protocol data unit (PDU) session;

wherein the PDU comprises a plurality of periodic time sensitive communication service data flows;

wherein the plurality of periodic time-sensitive communication service data flows have the same quality of service requirement; and

wherein the plurality of periodic time-sensitive communication service data flows have the same period and the same period of service quality, the same period being a period of the plurality of periodic time-sensitive communication service data flows being the same, or the period of the plurality of periodic time-sensitive communication service data flows having a greatest common divisor.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the reporting, by the SMF device, the port number list comprises, after the PDU session is established, reporting, by the SMF device the port number list of the network TSN converter to the application function device.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the port number list of the network TSN converter comprises a port number corresponding to a port of one or more network TSN converters.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the reporting, by the SMF device, the port number list of the device-side TSN converter to the application function device comprises, during a session establishment process or a PDU session modification process of the PDU, reporting, by the SMF device, the port number list of the device-side TSN converter to the application function device.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the port number list of the device-side TSN converter comprises a port number corresponding to a port of one or more device-side TSN converters.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the port resources comprise a plurality of port pairs; and

wherein a port pair includes a port number in the port number list of the device-side TSN converter and a port number in the port number list of the network TSN converter.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the PDU session comprises a plurality of service quality flows,

wherein the plurality of service quality flows share the same port pair and respectively occupy different time slots in the same port pair,

wherein the plurality of service quality flows have the same period; and

wherein the port resources further comprise the same port pair shared, and different time slots for transmitting periodic time-sensitive communication service data flows in a quality of service flow respectively occupied by the shared same port pair.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

sending, by the SMF device, the port configuration parameter to the network TSN converter.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the sending, by the SMF device, the port configuration parameter to the network TSN converter comprises sending, by the SMF device, the port configuration parameter to a user plane function (UPF) device, such that the UPF device indicates the port configuration parameter to the network TSN converter.

10. The method according to claim 9 , wherein based on an Internet protocol (IP) connection being between the UPF device and the network TSN converter, an indication manner of the UPF device to the network TSN converter comprises at least one of (1) indicating through an IP tunnel specified in an IP connection, (2) indicating through an identifier of a port IP wither provided by the network TSN converter in the port resources, or (3) indicating through an IP address corresponding to the IP connection; and

based on the UPF device and the network TSN converter being connected by a non-IP, the indication manner of the user plane function device to the network TSN converter comprises an indication of an identifier of a data link layer or an identifier of a physical layer.

11. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

sending, by the SMF device, the port configuration parameter to the device-side TSN converter.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the sending, by the SMF device, the port configuration parameter to the device-side TSN converter comprises sending, by the SMF device, the port configuration parameter to a user terminal, such that the user terminal indicates the port configuration parameter to the device-side TSN converter.

13. The method of claim 12 : based on an IP connection being between the user terminal and the device-side TSN converter, an indication manner of the user terminal to the device-side TSN converter comprises at least one of (1) an IP tunnel specified in the IP connection, (2) an indication of a port number provided by the device-side TSN converter in the port resources, or (3) an indication of an IP address corresponding to the IP connection; and

wherein, based on the user terminal and the device-side TSN converter being connected by a non-IP, the indication manner of the user terminal to the device-side TSN converter comprises an indication of an identifier or a physical layer of a data link layer.

14. A method for implementing data transmission of a time-sensitive network (TSN), the method comprising:

receiving, by an application function device, a port number list of a device-side TSN converter reported by a session management function (SMF) device and a port number list of a network TSN converter; and,

sending, by the application function device, a port configuration parameter to the SMF device, the port configuration parameter comprising port resources associated with a protocol data unit (PDU) session;

wherein the PDU comprises a plurality of periodic time sensitive communication service data flows;

wherein the plurality of periodic time-sensitive communication service data flows have the same quality of service requirement; and

wherein the periodic time-sensitive communication service data flows have the same period and the same period of service quality, the same period being a period of the plurality of periodic time-sensitive communication service data flows being the same, or the period of the plurality of periodic time-sensitive communication service data flows having a greatest common divisor.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the reporting, by the application function device, the port number list comprises, after the PDU session is established, reporting, by the application function device the port number list of the network TSN converter.

16. The method if claim 14 , wherein the port number list of the network TSN converter comprises a port number corresponding to a port of one or more network TSN converters.

17. The method of claim 14 , wherein the reporting, by the application function device, the port number list of the device-side TSN converter comprises, during a session establishment process or a PDU session modification process of the PDU, reporting, by the SMF device, the port number list of the device-side TSN converter.

18. The method of claim 14 , wherein the port number list of the device-side TSN converter comprises a port number corresponding to a port of one or more device-side TSN converters.

19. The method of claim 14 , wherein the port resources comprise a plurality of port pairs; and

wherein a port pair includes a port number in the port number list of the device-side TSN converter and a port number in the port number list of the network TSN converter.

20. An apparatus for implementing data transmission of a time-sensitive network (TSN), the apparatus comprising:

at least one memory configured to store program code; and

at least one processor configured to access the program code and operate as instructed by the program code, the program code including:

port management parameter reporting code configured to cause the at least one processor to report, to an application function device, a port number list of a device-side TSN converter and a port number list of a network TSN converter; and

port configuration parameter receiving code configured to cause the at least one processor to receive a port configuration parameter issued by the application function device, wherein the port configuration parameter comprises a port resource associated with a protocol data unit (PDU) session;

wherein the PDU comprises a plurality of periodic time sensitive communication service data flows;

wherein the plurality of periodic time-sensitive communication service data flows have the same quality of service requirement; and

wherein the periodic time-sensitive communication service data flows have the same period and the same period of service quality, the same period being a period of the plurality of periodic time-sensitive communication service data flows being the same, or the period of the plurality of periodic time-sensitive communication service data flows having a greatest common divisor.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 5, 2021
From: WANG, TAO
To: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 057701/0580 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201910927880.X · Sep 27, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
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