Granted Patent B2

US 12,726,801 · App. 18/693,632 · Granted Sep 1, 2026

Inventors: Yuebao Li (Shenzhen, CN); Rong Wang (Shenzhen, CN); Xianglong Li (Shenzhen, CN); Chenggang Hu (Shenzhen, CN)

Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION

H04W4/70H04W4/08H04W76/11

Abstract

Claims (49)

1 . A method for data transmission, applied to a network device in communicative connection with a plurality of terminal devices and a server device, the method comprising,

receiving application data sent by a terminal device among the plurality of terminal devices; wherein the application data corresponds to a grouping feature identifier among a plurality of grouping feature identifiers;

determining a corresponding first grouping session among a plurality of first grouping sessions in the network device according to the grouping feature identifier; wherein each of the plurality of first grouping sessions corresponds to a respective one of the grouping feature identifiers; and

sending the application data to the first grouping session, and sending the application data in the first grouping session to a corresponding second grouping session among a plurality of second grouping sessions in the server device, such that the server device processes the application data; wherein each of the plurality of second grouping sessions corresponds to a respective one of the plurality of first grouping sessions.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein before receiving the application data sent by the terminal device, the method further comprises one of,

acquiring configuration information carrying the plurality of grouping feature identifiers, and generating the plurality of first grouping sessions each corresponding to a respective one of the grouping feature identifiers according to the configuration information; or

acquiring session information that is indicative of the plurality of second grouping sessions in the server device, and generating the plurality of first grouping sessions each corresponding to a respective one of the plurality of second grouping sessions according to the session information;

wherein the plurality of second grouping sessions are generated by the server device according to the grouping feature identifiers in the configuration information, and each of the plurality of second grouping sessions corresponds to a respective one of the grouping feature identifiers.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein receiving the application data sent by the terminal device comprises,

receiving the application data sent by the terminal device through a physical random-access procedure.

4 . The method according to claim 3 , wherein receiving the application data sent by the terminal device through the physical random-access procedure comprises,

receiving first information from the terminal device, and determining the grouping feature identifier of the terminal device according to a time-frequency position where the first information is present;

generating second information based on the time-frequency position, and sending the second information to the terminal device; wherein the second information is indicative of an uplink granted data amount of the application data; and

generating fourth information according to third information, in response to a reception of the third information carrying the application data sent by the terminal device based on the second information, and sending the fourth information to the terminal device, to cause the terminal device to transition to an idle state;

wherein the fourth information is indicative of a success in receiving the application data by the network device.

5 . The method according to claim 4 , wherein determining the corresponding first grouping session in the network device according to the grouping feature identifier comprises,

determining the corresponding first grouping session in the network device according to the grouping feature identifier, in response to a presence of correspondence between the time-frequency position and a preset time-frequency position.

6 . The method according to claim 4 , wherein after receiving the application data sent by the terminal device, the method further comprises,

sending the application data to a Public Data Network (PDN) device, in response to a lack of correspondence between the time-frequency position and a preset time-frequency position.

7 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of terminal devices has a respective terminal device identity identifier, and the application data carries the terminal device identity identifier corresponding to the terminal device; and

sending the application data to the first grouping session and sending the application data in the first grouping session to the corresponding second grouping session in the server device, such that the server device processes the application data, comprises,

sending the application data to the first grouping session, and sending the application data in the first grouping session to the corresponding second grouping session in the server device, such that the server device parses the application data to obtain the terminal device identity identifier, and determines the terminal device corresponding to the application data, among the plurality of terminal devices, according to the terminal device identity identifier and the grouping feature identifier.

8 . A method for data transmission, applied to a terminal device among a plurality of terminal devices in communicative connection with a server device through a network device, the method comprising,

sending application data corresponding to a grouping feature identifier among a plurality of grouping feature identifiers to the network device, such that the network device determines a corresponding first grouping session among a plurality of first grouping sessions in the network device according to the grouping feature identifier, and sends the application data to the first grouping session, and such that the network device sends the application data in the first grouping session to a corresponding second grouping session among a plurality of second grouping sessions in the server device, such that the server device processes the application data;

wherein each of the plurality of first grouping sessions corresponds to a respective one of the grouping feature identifiers, and each of the plurality of second grouping sessions corresponds to a respective one of the plurality of first grouping sessions.

9 . The method according to claim 8 , wherein sending the application data corresponding to the grouping feature identifier to the network device comprises,

sending the application data corresponding to the grouping feature identifier to the network device through a physical random-access procedure.

10 . The method according to claim 9 , wherein sending the application data corresponding to the grouping feature identifier to the network device through the physical random-access procedure comprises,

sending first information to the network device; wherein the first information is employed to determine a time-frequency position in a Physical Random-Access Channel (PRACH) assigned to the terminal device, and the time-frequency position is employed to determine the grouping feature identifier of the terminal device;

receiving second information fed back by the network device; wherein the second information is fed back by the network device based on the first information, and the second information is indicative of an uplink granted data amount of the application data;

sending third information to the network device based on the second information; wherein the third information carries the application data; and

receiving fourth information fed back by the network device based on the third information, and entering an idle state according to the fourth information;

wherein the fourth information is indicative of a success in receiving the application data by the network device.

11 . The method according to claim 8 , wherein each of the plurality of terminal devices has a respective terminal device identity identifier, and the application data carries the terminal device identity identifier corresponding to the terminal device; and

sending the application data corresponding to the grouping feature identifier among the plurality of grouping feature identifiers to the network device, such that the network device determines the corresponding first grouping session among the plurality of first grouping sessions in the network device according to the grouping feature identifier, and sends the application data to the first grouping session, and such that the network device sends the application data in the first grouping session to the corresponding second grouping session among the plurality of second grouping sessions in the server device, such that the server device processes the application data, comprises,

sending the application data corresponding to the grouping feature identifier to the network device, such that the network device determines the corresponding first grouping session in the network device according to the grouping feature identifier and sends the application data to the first grouping session, and such that the network device sends the application data in the first grouping session to the corresponding second grouping session in the server device, such that the server device parses the application data to obtain the terminal device identity identifier, and determines the terminal device corresponding to the application data, among the plurality of terminal devices, according to the terminal device identity identifier and the grouping feature identifier.

12 . A method for data transmission, applied to a server device in communicative connection with a plurality of terminal devices through a network device, the method comprising:

receiving application data in a first grouping session among a plurality of first grouping sessions from the network device;

wherein the application data is sent by the terminal device and corresponds to a grouping feature identifier among a plurality of grouping feature identifiers, and each of the plurality of first grouping sessions corresponds to a respective one of the grouping feature identifiers; and

sending the application data to a second grouping session among a plurality of second grouping sessions, the second grouping session corresponding to the first grouping session, and processing the application data; wherein each of the plurality of second grouping sessions corresponds to a respective one of the plurality of first grouping sessions.

13 . The method according to claim 12 , wherein each of the plurality of terminal devices has a respective terminal device identity identifier, and the application data carries the terminal device identity identifier corresponding to the terminal device; and processing the application data comprises,

parsing the application data to obtain the terminal device identity identifier; and

determining the terminal device corresponding to the application data, among the plurality of terminal devices, according to the terminal device identity identifier and the grouping feature identifier.

14 . A network device, comprising a memory, a processor, and a computer program stored in the memory and executable by the processor which, when executed by the processor causes the processor to carry out the method as claimed in claim 1 .

15 . A terminal device, comprising a memory, a processor, and a computer program stored in the memory and executable by the processor which, when executed by the processor causes the processor to carry out the method as claimed in claim 8 .

16 . A server, comprising a memory, a processor, and a computer program stored in the memory and executable by the processor which, when executed by the processor causes the processor to carry out the method as claimed in claim 12 .

17 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer-executable instruction which, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to carry out the method as claimed in claim 1 .

18 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer-executable instruction which, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to carry out the method as claimed in claim 8 .

19 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer-executable instruction which, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to carry out the method as claimed in claim 12 .

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