Granted Patent B2

US 12,557,010 · App. 18/564,833 · Granted Feb 17, 2026

Inventors: Fang Li (Shenzhen, CN); Kaiyue Song (Shenzhen, CN)

Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION

H04W48/18H04W28/08

Abstract

Claims (70)

1 . A network access method, applied to a terminal device, comprising:

acquiring target network performance of an application;

detecting whether the target network performance of the application matches a data steering mode included in an Access Traffic Steering, Switching and Splitting (ATSSS) rule delivered by a network side;

in response to not matching, transmitting a target data steering mode corresponding to the target network performance to the network side, for a device on the network side to update the ATSSS rule according to the target data steering mode; and

connecting, in response to receiving an ATSSS rule update success message sent by the device on the network side, the application to a network channel which satisfies the target network performance, wherein the network channel comprises a 3GPP data transmission channel and/or a non-3GPP data transmission channel.

2 . The network access method of claim 1 , wherein before the detecting whether the target network performance of the application matches a data steering mode included in an ATSSS rule delivered by a network side, the method further comprises:

generating an ATSSS rule based on a preset mapping rule of network performances and data steering modes; wherein the generated ATSSS rule comprises the target data steering mode;

wherein the detecting whether the target network performance of the application matches a data steering mode included in an ATSSS rule delivered by a network side comprises:

detecting whether the generated ATSSS rule is the same as the ATSSS rule delivered by the network side; and

wherein the transmitting a target data steering mode corresponding to the target network performance to the network side comprises:

transmitting the generated ATSSS rule to the network side.

3 . The network access method of claim 1 , wherein the acquiring target network performance of an application comprises:

providing a human-computer interaction interface; and

acquiring, through the human-computer interaction interface, the target network performance of the application input by a user.

4 . The network access method of claim 1 , wherein the transmitting a target data steering mode corresponding to the target network performance to the network side comprises:

transmitting, through a user plane protocol, the target data steering mode corresponding to the target network performance to the network side.

5 . A network access method, applied to a device on a network side, comprising:

receiving a target data steering mode sent by a terminal device;

sending, in response to receiving the target data steering mode sent by the terminal device, an Access Traffic Steering, Switching and Splitting (ATSSS) rule update success message to the terminal device after update of an ATSSS rule is completed, for the terminal device to connect the application to a network channel which satisfies target network performance;

wherein the target data steering mode is a data steering mode corresponding to the target network performance of the application, the update of the ATSSS rule is based on the target data steering mode, and the network channel comprises a 3GPP data transmission channel and/or a non3GPP data transmission channel.

6 . The network access method of claim 5 , wherein the receiving a target data steering mode sent by a terminal device comprises:

receiving an ATSSS rule sent by the terminal device, wherein the ATSSS rule table comprises the target data steering mode; and

wherein before the sending an ATSSS rule update success message to the terminal device, the method comprises:

sending, to a Session Management Function, the ATSSS rule sent by the terminal device, for the Session Management Function to update the ATSSS rule according to the ATSSS rule sent by the terminal device.

7 . The network access method of claim 6 , before the sending, to a Session Management Function, the ATSSS rule sent by the terminal device, comprising:

confirming that a locally stored ATSSS rule is inconsistent with the ATSSS rule sent by the terminal device.

8 . The network access method of claim 5 , wherein the receiving a target data steering mode sent by a terminal device comprises:

receiving, through a user plane protocol, the target data steering mode sent by the terminal device.

9 . A network device, comprising:

at least one processor; and

a memory in communication connection with the at least one processor; wherein:

the memory stores an instruction executable by the at least one processor which, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to perform a network access method, the method comprises:

acquiring target network performance of an application;

detecting whether the target network performance of the application matches a data steering mode included in an Access Traffic Steering, Switching and Splitting (ATSSS) rule delivered by a network side;

in response to not matching, transmitting a target data steering mode corresponding to the target network performance to the network side, for a device on the network side to update the ATSSS rule according to the target data steering mode; and

connecting, in response to receiving an ATSSS rule update success message sent by the device on the network side, the application to a network channel which satisfies the target network performance, wherein the network channel comprises a 3GPP data transmission channel and/or a non-3GPP data transmission channel.

10 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, storing a computer program which, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to perform the network access method of claim 1 .

11 . The network access method of claim 2 , wherein the transmitting a target data steering mode corresponding to the target network performance to the network side comprises:

transmitting, through a user plane protocol, the target data steering mode corresponding to the target network performance to the network side.

12 . The network access method of claim 3 , wherein the transmitting a target data steering mode corresponding to the target network performance to the network side comprises:

transmitting, through a user plane protocol, the target data steering mode corresponding to the target network performance to the network side.

13 . The network access method of claim 6 , wherein the receiving a target data steering mode sent by a terminal device comprises:

receiving, through a user plane protocol, the target data steering mode sent by the terminal device.

14 . The network access method of claim 7 , wherein the receiving a target data steering mode sent by a terminal device comprises:

receiving, through a user plane protocol, the target data steering mode sent by the terminal device.

15 . The network device of claim 9 , wherein before the detecting whether the target network performance of the application matches a data steering mode included in an ATSSS rule delivered by a network side, the method further comprises:

generating an ATSSS rule based on a preset mapping rule of network performances and data steering modes; wherein the generated ATSSS rule comprises the target data steering mode;

wherein the detecting whether the target network performance of the application matches a data steering mode included in an ATSSS rule delivered by a network side comprises:

detecting whether the generated ATSSS rule is the same as the ATSSS rule delivered by the network side; and

wherein the transmitting a target data steering mode corresponding to the target network performance to the network side comprises:

transmitting the generated ATSSS rule to the network side.

16 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10 , wherein before the detecting whether the target network performance of the application matches a data steering mode included in an ATSSS rule delivered by a network side, the method further comprises:

generating an ATSSS rule based on a preset mapping rule of network performances and data steering modes; wherein the generated ATSSS rule comprises the target data steering mode;

wherein the detecting whether the target network performance of the application matches a data steering mode included in an ATSSS rule delivered by a network side comprises:

detecting whether the generated ATSSS rule is the same as the ATSSS rule delivered by the network side; and

wherein the transmitting a target data steering mode corresponding to the target network performance to the network side comprises:

transmitting the generated ATSSS rule to the network side.

17 . A network device, comprising:

at least one processor; and

a memory in communication connection with the at least one processor; wherein:

the memory stores an instruction executable by the at least one processor which, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to perform the network access method of claim 5 .

18 . The network device of claim 17 , wherein the receiving a target data steering mode sent by a terminal device comprises:

receiving an ATSSS rule sent by the terminal device, wherein the ATSSS rule table comprises the target data steering mode; and

wherein before the sending an ATSSS rule update success message to the terminal device, the method comprises:

sending, to a Session Management Function, the ATSSS rule sent by the terminal device, for the Session Management Function to update the ATSSS rule according to the ATSSS rule sent by the terminal device.

19 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, storing a computer program which, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to perform the network access method of claim 5 .

20 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 19 , wherein the receiving a target data steering mode sent by a terminal device comprises:

receiving an ATSSS rule sent by the terminal device, wherein the ATSSS rule table comprises the target data steering mode; and

wherein before the sending an ATSSS rule update success message to the terminal device, the method comprises:

sending, to a Session Management Function, the ATSSS rule sent by the terminal device, for the Session Management Function to update the ATSSS rule according to the ATSSS rule sent by the terminal device.

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