IP Library Granted Patent US 12,418,463
Granted Patent B2
US 12,418,463 · App. 17/927,994 · Granted Sep 16, 2025

Information acquisition method and apparatus, storage medium, and electronic apparatus

Inventors: Yan Xue (Shenzhen, CN); Feng Xie (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
H04L43/04H04L41/5009
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Patent No.
US 12,418,463
App. No.
17/927,994
Granted
Sep 16, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information acquisition method and apparatus, a storage medium, and an electronic apparatus are provided. The method includes: a first network element obtains first acquisition information indication; the first network element determines acquisition indication information corresponding to the first network element according to the first acquisition information indication; and the first network element performs information acquisition and processing according to the acquisition indication information corresponding to the first network element.

Claims (26)

1. An information acquisition method, comprising:

obtaining, by a first network element, first acquisition information indication, wherein the first acquisition information indication is an index or an identifier of a set of acquisition parameters; wherein the acquisition parameters comprises at least one of following: acquisition precision, priority of acquired content, reliability of the acquired content, acquisition latency requirement, Quality of Service (QoS) of the acquired content, life cycle of the acquired content, and service requirement indication;

determining, by the first network element, acquisition indication information corresponding to the first network element according to the first acquisition information indication; wherein the acquisition indication information corresponding to the first acquisition indication information comprises one or more acquisition parameters corresponding to the first network element in the set of the acquisition parameters; and

performing, by the first network element, information acquisition and processing according to the acquisition indication information corresponding to the first network element;

wherein the first network element obtains the first acquisition information indication according to at least one of: acquisition position information of the first network element, content information that needs to be acquired at an acquisition position of the first network element;

wherein after obtaining, by the first network element, the first acquisition information indication, the information acquisition method further comprises: generating, by the first network element, second acquisition information indication according to the first acquisition information indication; and sending, by the first network element, the second acquisition information indication to a second network element.

2. The information acquisition method according to claim 1 , wherein the acquisition indication information corresponding to the second acquisition indication information comprises at least one of following parameters: acquisition precision, priority of acquired content, reliability of the acquired content, acquisition latency requirement, Quality of Service (QoS) of the acquired content, life cycle of the acquired content, and service requirement indication.

3. The information acquisition method according to claim 1 , wherein the acquisition indication information corresponding to the first acquisition information indication and/or the second acquisition information indication comprises at least one of following parameters: an acquisition position, an object to be acquired, an acquisition type, an acquisition period, an acquisition mode, and a transmission mode of acquired content.

4. The information acquisition method according to claim 3 , wherein the acquisition mode comprises at least one of: centralized acquisition, distributed acquisition, transparent transmission acquisition, direct acquisition, and indirect acquisition.

5. The information acquisition method according to claim 1 , wherein the acquisition indication information corresponding to the first acquisition indication information and/or the second acquisition indication information further comprises an information processing parameter, and the information processing parameter comprises at least one of: a data processing manner, a data encryption manner, a data compression manner, and a data statistics manner.

6. The information acquisition method according to claim 5 , wherein the data processing manner comprises at least one of: data averaging, data weighting, data filtering, and data removing.

7. The information acquisition method according to claim 5 , wherein the data encryption manner comprises at least one of: performing data encryption, not performing data encryption, and an adopted encryption key.

8. The information acquisition method according to claim 5 , wherein the data compression manner comprises at least one of: performing data compression, not performing data compression, and a compression mode.

9. The information acquisition method according to claim 1 , wherein the first network element obtains the first acquisition information indication further according to at least one of: service requirement indication received from a third network element, and acquisition information indication received from the third network element.

10. The information acquisition method according to claim 1 , wherein the first network element determines service requirement indication corresponding to the first network element according to at least one of: the first acquisition information indication, service requirement indication received from a third network element, and acquisition information indication received from the third network element.

11. The information acquisition method according to claim 1 , wherein the first network element further determines the second acquisition information indication according to at least one of: acquisition position information of the second network element, content information that needs to be acquired at an acquisition position of the second network element, service requirement indication of the first network element, service requirement indication obtained from a third network element, and acquisition information indication obtained from the third network element.

12. The information acquisition method according to claim 1 , wherein the second network element determines acquisition indication information corresponding to the second network element according to at least one of: acquisition position information of the second network element, content information that needs to be acquired at an acquisition position of the second network element, the second acquisition information indication obtained from the first network element, the first acquisition information indication obtained from the first network element, service requirement indication corresponding to a third network element and obtained from the first network element, and acquisition information indication corresponding to the third network element and obtained from the first network element.

13. The information acquisition method according to claim 10 , wherein the acquisition information indication received by the first network element from the third network element is: the first acquisition information indication corresponding to the first network element or third acquisition information indication corresponding to the third network element; and the service requirement indication received by the first network element from the third network element is service requirement indication corresponding to the first network element, or service requirement indication corresponding to the third network element, or service requirement indication shared by multiple network elements.

14. The information acquisition method according to claim 10 , wherein the service requirement indication comprises at least one of: service capability, service requirement, service purpose, condition, policy, report content, and service intention.

15. An information acquisition apparatus, located in a first network element and comprising a memory storing instructions and a processor in communication with the memory, wherein the processor is configured to execute the instructions to:

obtain first acquisition information indication, determine acquisition indication information corresponding to the first network element according to the first acquisition information indication, and perform information acquisition and processing according to the acquisition indication information corresponding to the first network element, wherein the first acquisition information indication is an index or an identifier of a set of acquisition parameters; wherein the acquisition parameters comprises at least one of following: acquisition precision, priority of acquired content, reliability of the acquired content, acquisition latency requirement, Quality of Service (QoS) of the acquired content, life cycle of the acquired content, and service requirement indication; wherein the acquisition indication information corresponding to the first acquisition indication information comprises one or more acquisition parameters corresponding to the first network element in the set of the acquisition parameters;

wherein the first network element obtains the first acquisition information indication according to at least one of: acquisition position information of the first network element, content information that needs to be acquired at an acquisition position of the first network element;

wherein after obtaining, by the first network element, the first acquisition information indication, the information acquisition method further comprises: generating, by the first network element, second acquisition information indication according to the first acquisition information indication; and sending, by the first network element, the second acquisition information indication to a second network element.

16. The information acquisition apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein the processor is configured to execute the instructions to obtain the first acquisition information indication further according to at least one of: acquisition information indication generated by the first network element, service requirement indication obtained from a third network element, and acquisition information indication obtained from the third network element.

17. The information acquisition apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein the processor is configured to execute the instructions to determine service requirement indication of the first network element, wherein the first network element determines the service requirement indication corresponding to the first network element according to at least one of: the first acquisition information indication, service requirement indication received from a third network element, and acquisition information indication received from the third network element.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, wherein the computer-readable storage medium stores a computer program, and the computer program is configured to execute, when running on a processor, the information acquisition method of claim 1 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 28, 2022
From: XUE, YAN; XIE, FENG
To: ZTE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 061889/0371 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202010605286.1 · Jun 29, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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