Non-cellular network sensing device access method and related device

Abstract

The invention provides a non-cellular network sensing device access method and system, a sensing control plane network element, a non-cellular network sensing device, a sensing user plane network element, an electronic device, a medium and a program product, and relates to the technical field of mobile communication and terminals. The method comprises the following steps: receiving a sensing task starting message sent by an application function network element, wherein the sensing task starting message is used for triggering a corresponding sensing operation; judging the sensing task requirement information to obtain sensing task instruction information, and updating a sensing task starting message; and forwarding the updated sensing task starting message to the non-cellular network sensing device through an intercommunication gateway, so that a sensing data communication tunnel is established between the non-cellular network sensing device and the sensing user plane network element, and the intercommunication gateway is used for converting a signaling protocol of the non-cellular network sensing device into a cellular network standard protocol. According to the method and the device, the non-cellular network sensing equipment can be effectively accessed to the existing communication network, so that the development requirement of communication and sensing integration is met.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The present disclosure relates to the field of mobile communication and terminal technology, and in particular, to a non-cellular network sensing device access method and system, a sensing control plane network element, a non-cellular network sensing device, a sensing user plane network element, an electronic device, a medium and a program product. BACKGROUND

[0002] Under the environment of the sixth generation mobile communication technology 6G, the integration of communication and sensing refers to the technical concept of integrating communication and sensing functions. Among them, the cellular network sensing technology is mainly to solve the problem of further enhancing the environmental sensing capability on the basis of the existing communication network. This technology is based on the integration of communication and sensing capabilities of the existing cellular communication system. The wireless access network or the terminal transmits sensing signals to obtain sensing data by measuring the sensing signals. The cellular sensing architecture usually includes a radio access network RAN side, a sensing function network element, and an application function network element.

[0003] Due to the influence of complex environment, signal clutter, etc., a single cellular sensing technology cannot meet the performance requirements of sensing services. Therefore, it is considered to assist in target identification by combining visual, laser radar and other methods, i.e. non-cellular network sensing technology, which refers to the sensing services provided by other systems outside the mobile communication system.

[0004] When the sensing capability of the non-cellular network is introduced, one way is to externally mount the sensing base station as an auxiliary sensing capability to directly access the sensing function of the operator network. Another way is to access through a non-3GPP network. At this time, due to the requirements of access data security and sensing quality of service QoS, the third-party sensing capability of the non-3GPP network needs to be authenticated, a tunnel is established, and sensing data is transmitted, etc. However, the related art has not yet proposed a specific solution.

[0005] It should be noted that the information disclosed in the above background section is only used to strengthen the understanding of the background of the present disclosure, and therefore can include information that does not constitute prior art known to those of ordinary skill in the art. SUMMARY

[0006] The present disclosure provides a non-cellular network sensing device access method, system, sensing control plane network element, non-cellular network sensing device, sensing user plane network element, electronic device, medium and program product, which at least partially solves the problem that the architecture and process of the non-cellular sensing capability accessing the communication network are not defined in the related art.

[0007] Other characteristics and advantages of the present disclosure will become apparent from the following detailed description, or will be learned by practice of the present disclosure.

[0008] According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a non-cellular network sensing device access method is provided, applied to a sensing control plane network element, comprising: receiving a sensing task initiation message sent by an application function network element, wherein the sensing task initiation message is used to trigger corresponding sensing operations, and the sensing task initiation message carries sensing task requirement information; judging the sensing task requirement information to obtain sensing task instruction information, and updating the sensing task initiation message according to the sensing task instruction information; forwarding the updated sensing task initiation message to a non-cellular network sensing device through an interworking gateway, so as to establish a sensing data communication tunnel between the non-cellular network sensing device and a sensing user plane network element, wherein the interworking gateway is used to convert a signaling protocol of the non-cellular network sensing device into a cellular network standard protocol, and the updated sensing task initiation message carries the sensing task instruction information.

[0009] In some embodiments, the method further comprises: receiving a sensing function registration request message sent by the non-cellular network sensing device through the interworking gateway, wherein the sensing function registration request message is used to request to establish a data connection between the non-cellular network sensing device and the sensing control plane network element; performing access authentication on the non-cellular network sensing device according to the sensing function registration request message, and establishing the data connection when the authentication is passed; sending a sensing function registration response message to the non-cellular network sensing device through the interworking gateway, and performing device capability negotiation with the non-cellular network sensing device.

[0010] In some embodiments, the method further comprises: receiving a sensing capability subscription message sent by an application function network element, wherein the sensing capability subscription message is used to subscribe to a target sensing capability; reporting or updating the target sensing capability to the application function network element.

[0011] According to another aspect of the present disclosure, a non-cellular network sensing device access method is also provided, applied to a non-cellular network sensing device, comprising: receiving an updated sensing task initiation message sent by an interworking gateway, wherein the interworking gateway is used to convert a signaling protocol of the non-cellular network sensing device into a cellular network standard protocol, and the updated sensing task initiation message carries sensing task instruction information; establishing a sensing data communication tunnel with a sensing user plane network element according to the sensing task instruction information.

[0012] In some embodiments, the method further comprises: sending a sensing function registration request message to an interworking gateway, wherein the sensing function registration request message is used to request to establish a data connection with a sensing control plane network element; receiving a sensing function registration response message sent by the interworking gateway, and performing device capability negotiation with the sensing control plane network element.

[0013] In some embodiments, the method further comprises: performing a target perception task and obtaining target perception data; and sending the target perception data to the perception user plane network element through a perception data communication tunnel.

[0014] According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a non-cellular network perception device access method is provided, applied to a perception user plane network element, comprising: establishing a perception data communication tunnel with a non-cellular network perception device through an interworking gateway, wherein the interworking gateway is configured to convert a signaling protocol of the non-cellular network perception device into a cellular network standard protocol.

[0015] In some embodiments, the method further comprises: receiving target perception data sent by the non-cellular network perception device through the perception data communication tunnel.

[0016] In some embodiments, the method further comprises: if it is determined that the perception data needs to be transparently transmitted according to the perception task requirement information carried in the received perception task start message, establishing a perception data transparent transmission tunnel between the perception user plane network element and the application function network element.

[0017] In some embodiments, the method further comprises: sending the received target perception data to the application function network element according to the perception data transparent transmission tunnel.

[0018] According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a non-cellular network perception device access system is provided, comprising: a perception control plane network element, a non-cellular network perception device, and a perception user plane network element; wherein the perception control plane network element is configured to receive a perception task start message sent by an application function network element, the perception task start message being used to trigger corresponding perception operations, the perception task start message carrying perception task requirement information; judging the perception task requirement information to obtain perception task instruction information, and updating the perception task start message according to the perception task instruction information; forwarding the updated perception task start message to the non-cellular network perception device through an interworking gateway, the interworking gateway being configured to convert a signaling protocol of the non-cellular network perception device into a cellular network standard protocol, the updated perception task start message carrying the perception task instruction information; the non-cellular network perception device being configured to receive the updated perception task start message sent by the interworking gateway; establishing a perception data communication tunnel with the perception user plane network element according to the perception task instruction information; and the perception user plane network element being configured to establish the perception data communication tunnel with the non-cellular network perception device through the interworking gateway.

[0019] According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a perception control plane network element is provided, comprising: a first perception task initiation message receiving module configured to receive a perception task initiation message sent by an application function network element, wherein the perception task initiation message is used to trigger a corresponding perception operation, and the perception task initiation message carries perception task requirement information; a perception task initiation message updating module configured to judge the perception task requirement information to obtain perception task instruction information, and update the perception task initiation message according to the perception task instruction information; and a perception task initiation message sending module configured to forward the updated perception task initiation message to a non-cellular network perception device through an interworking gateway, so as to establish a perception data communication tunnel between the non-cellular network perception device and a perception user plane network element, wherein the interworking gateway is configured to convert a signaling protocol of the non-cellular network perception device into a cellular network standard protocol, and the updated perception task initiation message carries the perception task instruction information.

[0020] According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a non-cellular network perception device is provided, comprising: a second perception task initiation message receiving module configured to receive an updated perception task initiation message sent by an interworking gateway, wherein the interworking gateway is configured to convert a signaling protocol of the non-cellular network perception device into a cellular network standard protocol, and the updated perception task initiation message carries perception task instruction information; and a first perception data communication tunnel establishing module configured to establish a perception data communication tunnel with a perception user plane network element according to the perception task instruction information.

[0021] According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a perception user plane network element is provided, comprising: a second perception data communication tunnel establishing module configured to establish a perception data communication tunnel with a non-cellular network perception device through an interworking gateway, wherein the interworking gateway is configured to convert a signaling protocol of the non-cellular network perception device into a cellular network standard protocol.

[0022] According to another aspect of the present disclosure, an electronic device is also provided, comprising: a processor; and a memory configured to store executable instructions of the processor; wherein the processor is configured to execute the non-cellular network perception device access method according to any one of the above aspects by executing the executable instructions.

[0023] According to another aspect of the present disclosure, a computer readable storage medium having a computer program stored thereon is also provided, wherein the computer program is executed by a processor to implement the non-cellular network perception device access method according to any one of the above aspects.

[0024] According to another aspect of the present disclosure, a computer program product is also provided, comprising a computer program which, when executed by a processor, implements the non-cellular network aware device access method of any of the above.

[0025] The non-cellular network aware device access method, system, aware control plane network element, non-cellular network aware device, aware user plane network element, electronic device, medium and program product provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure, after the aware control plane network element receives the aware task initiation message sent by the application function network element, the aware task requirement information carried in the aware task initiation message is parsed to obtain the aware task instruction information, and the aware task initiation message is updated based on the aware task instruction information, and the updated aware task initiation message is forwarded to the non-cellular network aware device through the interworking gateway, so that the non-cellular network aware device establishes the aware data communication tunnel with the aware user plane network element based on the aware task initiation message. The embodiments of the present disclosure can effectively access the existing communication network to support the development demand of integrated sensing.

[0026] It should be understood that the above general description and the following detailed description are only exemplary and explanatory, and cannot limit the present disclosure. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0027] The drawings herein are incorporated into the specification and form part of the specification, show embodiments consistent with the present disclosure, and together with the specification serve to explain the principles of the present disclosure. Obviously, the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present disclosure, and other drawings can be obtained by those skilled in the art without creative labor.

[0028] Figure 1 A cellular network sensing system architecture diagram in the related art is shown;

[0029] Figure 2 A schematic diagram of a fusion sensing system architecture in the embodiments of the present disclosure is shown;

[0030] Figure 3 A flowchart of a non-cellular network aware device access method in the embodiments of the present disclosure is shown;

[0031] Figure 4 A flowchart of another non-cellular network aware device access method in the embodiments of the present disclosure is shown;

[0032] Figure 5 A flowchart of another non-cellular network aware device access method in the embodiments of the present disclosure is shown;

[0033] Figure 6 A signaling interaction flowchart of a non-cellular network aware device access method in the embodiments of the present disclosure is shown;

[0034] Figure 7 A non-cellular network sensing device access system in embodiments of the present disclosure is shown;

[0035] Figure 8 A control plane protocol stack in embodiments of the present disclosure is shown;

[0036] Figure 9 A user plane protocol stack in embodiments of the present disclosure is shown;

[0037] Figure 10 A sensing control plane network element in embodiments of the present disclosure is shown;

[0038] Figure 11 A non-cellular network sensing device in embodiments of the present disclosure is shown;

[0039] Figure 12 A sensing user plane network element in embodiments of the present disclosure is shown;

[0040] Figure 13 A structural block diagram of an electronic device in embodiments of the present disclosure is shown. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0041] Example implementations will now be described more fully with reference to the accompanying drawings. Example implementations may, however, be implemented in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the examples set forth herein; rather, these implementations are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of example implementations to those skilled in the art. Features described in one implementation can be combined with features described in a different implementation.

[0042] In addition, the accompanying drawings are included to provide a further understanding of the present disclosure and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the present disclosure and serve to explain the principles of the present disclosure. Features, elements, and / or properties that are the same in nature for different embodiments can be denoted with the same reference label, and descriptions for those reference labels can be incorporated by reference. The drawings are not necessarily to scale, the emphasis instead being placed upon illustrating the principles of the present disclosure. In the drawings, like reference numerals refer to like features throughout.

[0043] Specific embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

[0044] Figure 1 A cellular network sensing system architecture in related art is shown, as shown in Figure 1 The system includes a radio access network (RAN) side, a sensing function network element, and an application function network element.

[0045] Among them, the RAN side, such as the base station or the terminal, is used as a sensing device to realize the sensing capability of the wireless side; the sensing function network element includes a sensing control plane network element and a sensing user plane network element, specifically, the sensing control plane network element is responsible for managing the sensing capability and the sensing task, and the sensing user plane network element is responsible for receiving, processing and reporting the sensing data, at the same time, for the sensing data of multiple base stations of the RAN side, it needs to provide functions such as merging and deduplication; the application function network element is used to issue the sensing task, and is an application using the sensing result, such as a UAV control platform.

[0046] The overall architecture cooperates through various modules to build a cellular network sensing system from user equipment data acquisition, RAN connection support, to sensing function processing, to application function value realization, to help enrich cellular network application scenarios and improve the intelligent level of the network.

[0047] However, with the development of technology, only through cellular network sensing technology often cannot meet the user demand, based on this, non-cellular network sensing devices can be further accessed, Figure 2 A schematic diagram of a fusion sensing system architecture in the embodiment of the disclosure is shown, as shown in Figure 2 The system includes: cellular network sensing devices, non-cellular network sensing devices, sensing control plane function network elements, sensing user plane function network elements, interworking gateways and application function network elements.

[0048] Among them, cellular network access and non-cellular network access are different channels for user equipment to access the system. Cellular network access relies on cellular network (such as 4G / 5G, etc.), uses cellular network sensing devices, uses the advantages of wide coverage and standardized access, and connects user equipment supporting cellular communication; non-cellular network access uses non-cellular communication technologies such as Bluetooth and WiFi through non-cellular network sensing devices, adapts to terminals with different communication capabilities, and broadens the types of terminals accessing the system.

[0049] Specifically, the cellular network sensing device and the non-cellular network sensing device are responsible for collecting sensing data. Among them, the cellular network sensing device can collect information such as terminal state and wireless environment within the coverage of the cellular network based on the characteristics of the cellular network; the non-cellular network sensing device collects device interaction data and specific environmental parameters in short-range scenarios according to its own communication technology, providing multi-dimensional sensing data sources for the system.

[0050] Specifically, the perception control plane network element is used for perception process management and control, planning perception tasks, deploying resources, and coordinating perception work of different access devices; the perception user plane network element is used for processing perception data transmission, analysis, and other actual data flow operations; the interworking gateway is used for realizing fusion processing of perception data in different access modes, so that data from cellular and non-cellular perception devices can interact and cooperate in a unified framework. The application function network element receives the processed fusion perception data, converts the fusion perception capability into actual business value, and supports diversified intelligent application scenarios.

[0051] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the capability of non-cellular network perception device access is added in the existing perception function, including adding the interworking gateway to support conversion of signaling of non-cellular network access perception devices to support perception device access authentication, capability negotiation, perception task distribution, etc.; supporting the perception user plane network element and the non-cellular network perception device to establish a tunnel through the interworking gateway and perform perception data transmission; supporting the perception user plane network element and the application function network element to establish a tunnel for perception data reporting; supporting the perception user plane network element to perform fusion processing on perception data. The application function network element supports receiving perception results or perception data uploaded by the perception function and supports establishing a tunnel with the perception function.

[0052] Figure 3 A flowchart of a non-cellular network perception device access method in an embodiment of the present disclosure is shown, which is applied to a perception control plane network element, as shown in the figure, the method comprises the following steps: Figure 3 The method comprises the following steps:

[0053] S302, receiving a perception task start message sent by an application function network element, wherein the perception task start message is used to trigger corresponding perception operations, and the perception task start message carries perception task requirement information.

[0054] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the perception task requirement information can include but is not limited to an application function network element identifier, a perception task identifier, a perception area, a perception quality of service (Qos) requirement, a perception frequency, whether to establish a communication tunnel between the application function and the perception function, etc. When the perception control plane network element receives the perception task start message sent by the application function network element, the perception operation is triggered, i.e., the corresponding communication tunnel establishment process is started.

[0055] S304, judging the perception task requirement information to obtain perception task instruction information, and updating the perception task start message according to the perception task instruction information.

[0056] In one embodiment of the present disclosure, the perception control plane network element determines the target perception technology, the required perception data level, and whether a communication tunnel needs to be established between the application function and the perception function based on the perception task requirement information. This information is aggregated into perception task instruction information, and the information carried in the perception task initiation message is updated based on this perception task instruction information.

[0057] Among them, the perception task instruction information may include but is not limited to perception task identification, perception scenario, perception data requirements, perception frequency, tunnel establishment requirements, etc.

[0058] S306, forwarding the updated perception task start message to the non-cellular network perception device through the intercommunication gateway, so that a perception data communication tunnel is established between the non-cellular network perception device and the perception user plane network element, wherein the intercommunication gateway is used to convert the signaling protocol of the non-cellular network perception device into a cellular network standard protocol, and the updated perception task start message carries perception task instruction information.

[0059] In one embodiment of the present disclosure, the perception control plane network element sends an updated perception task start message to the non-cellular network perception device through the intercommunication gateway, so that the non-cellular network perception device establishes a perception data communication tunnel through the intercommunication network and the perception user plane network element according to the perception task requirements.

[0060] As can be seen, in the disclosed embodiment, the perception control plane network element receives a perception task initiation message sent by an application function network element, parses the perception task requirement information carried in the perception task initiation message, obtains perception task instruction information, and uses this to update the perception task requirement information. The updated perception task initiation message is then forwarded to the non-cellular network perception device via the intercommunication gateway, thereby establishing a perception data communication tunnel between the non-cellular network perception device and the perception user plane network element. The disclosed embodiment can effectively connect non-cellular network perception devices to existing communication networks to support the development needs of inter-sensory integration.

[0061] In one embodiment of the present disclosure, the requirements for the perception function to issue perception tasks to non-cellular network perception devices (i.e., the above-mentioned perception task instruction information) include but are not limited to: perception task ID, perception capability type, perception scenario, perception range, perception data level, perception frequency and tunnel technology.

[0062] Specifically, the perception task ID refers to a perception task number; the perception capability type refers to a perception technology used by the perception task, for example, a visual perception technology; the perception scene refers to a scene in which the perception task is performed, for example, a space domain; the perception range refers to a perception range in which the perception task is performed; the perception data level refers to a perception data level used by the perception task, for example, a visual perception technology L2 level perception result; the perception frequency, for example, 1 Hz; the tunnel technology refers to a tunnel technology used by the perception task, for example, an Internet Protocol Security (IPsec) tunnel, and an address of a user plane network element of the perception (after the interworking gateway forwards the perception task, the address is modified to a user plane address of the interworking gateway). The information contained in the perception task can be shown in the following table:

[0063] Table 1

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[0065] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the application function network element selects a suitable perception function as a perception function for performing the target perception task according to a perception task area, a self capability, and a perception data requirement, and the like. At this time, the perception function described above in the perception control plane network element is a perception function selected by the application function for performing the task.

[0066] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the method further includes receiving a perception function registration request message sent by a non-cellular network perception device through the interworking gateway, wherein the perception function registration request message is used to request to establish a data connection between the non-cellular network perception device and the perception control plane network element; performing access authentication on the non-cellular network perception device according to the perception function registration request message, and establishing the data connection when the authentication is passed; sending a perception function registration response message to the non-cellular network perception device through the interworking gateway, and performing device capability negotiation with the non-cellular network perception device.

[0067] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the device capability can include, but is not limited to, a perception capability, a supported tunnel capability, and the like.

[0068] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the perception capability can include, but is not limited to, a capability type and an ID, a perception scene, a perception range, a perception data level, a perception technology, a perception service quality, a perception frequency, and a tunnel capability.

[0069] Specifically, the capability type and ID indicate that a perception device supports at least one perception technology, including a single perception technology or a fusion perception technology, such as a visual perception technology, a radar perception technology, a radar and visual fusion technology, and the like; a perception scene, including but not limited to an airspace, a water area, a global area, and the like; a perception range, which can be a perception range expressed in a two-dimensional or three-dimensional grid or the like; a perception data level, which indicates a type of data that can be reported for each perception technology, where, for a single perception technology, for example, L1 level is raw data, L2 level is a perception result, and the like, and for a fusion perception technology, for example, L1 level is multi-source raw data, L2 level is a fusion perception result, and the like; a perception service quality, which can be, for example, accuracy, confidence, and time delay of result level data of cellular perception or visual perception, time delay of L1 level data, and the like, and in the case of multiple levels of data, each level of data corresponds to different service qualities; a perception frequency, which can be, for example, 1 Hz, 10 Hz, 50 Hz, and the like; and a tunnel capability, which indicates a capability of supporting tunnel transmission of non-cellular network perception data, and can be, for example, an Internet Protocol Security (IPsec) tunnel or the like. The contents contained in the perception capability can be specifically shown in the following table:

[0070] Table 2

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[0073] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the method further includes: receiving a perception capability subscription message sent by an application function network element, wherein the perception capability subscription message is used to subscribe to a target perception capability; and reporting or updating the target perception capability to the application function network element.

[0074] Figure 4 A flowchart of another method for accessing a non-cellular network perception device in an embodiment of the present disclosure is shown, which is applied to a non-cellular network perception device, such as a radar perception device, a visual perception device, a fusion perception device, and the like. Figure 4 As shown in the figure, the method includes the following steps:

[0075] S402, receiving an updated perception task start message sent by an interworking gateway, wherein the interworking gateway is used to convert a signaling protocol of a non-cellular network perception device into a cellular network standard protocol, and the updated perception task start message carries perception task instruction information.

[0076] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the non-cellular network perception device receives a perception task start message updated by a perception control plane network element and sent by an interworking gateway, and the perception task start message carries perception task instruction information. The perception task instruction information can include, but is not limited to, a perception task identifier, a perception scene, a perception data requirement, a perception frequency, a tunnel establishment requirement, and the like.

[0077] S404, establishing a perception data communication tunnel with the perception user plane network element according to the perception task instruction information.

[0078] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the non-cellular network perception device establishes the perception data communication tunnel through the interworking gateway and the perception user plane network element according to the task requirements obtained from the perception task instruction information.

[0079] As can be seen from the above, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, after receiving the updated perception task start message sent by the interworking gateway, the non-cellular network perception device establishes the perception data communication tunnel with the perception user plane network element according to the perception task instruction information carried in the perception task start message. The embodiment of the present disclosure can effectively connect the non-cellular network perception device to the existing communication network to support the development needs of the integrated sensing.

[0080] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the method further comprises: sending a perception function registration request message to the interworking gateway, wherein the perception function registration request message is used to request to establish a data connection with the perception control plane network element; receiving a perception function registration response message sent by the interworking gateway, and performing device capability negotiation with the perception control plane network element.

[0081] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the non-cellular perception device initiates a registration request to the perception function through the interworking gateway, declares its existence and basic capabilities, and performs access authentication. After the authentication is passed, a secure data connection is established between the non-cellular perception device, the interworking gateway and the perception control plane network element. The non-cellular perception device and the perception control plane network element perform capability negotiation through the interworking gateway, including but not limited to sensing capability, supported tunnel capability, etc.

[0082] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the method further comprises: performing a target perception task and obtaining target perception data; and sending the target perception data to the perception user plane network element through the perception data communication tunnel.

[0083] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, after performing a target perception task, the non-cellular perception device obtains corresponding target perception data according to the task requirements. The non-cellular perception device sends the target perception data directly to the perception user plane network element through the perception data communication tunnel, and the target perception data carries a perception task ID.

[0084] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, if it is indicated in the task requirements that the data needs to be transparently transmitted, the non-cellular perception device sends the target perception data directly to the application function network element through the perception user plane network element through the perception data transparent transmission tunnel, and the target perception data carries a perception task ID.

[0085] Figure 5A flowchart of another method for accessing a non-cellular network sensing device in the embodiments of the present disclosure is shown, which is applied to a sensing user plane network element, such as Figure 5 As shown in the figure, the method comprises the following steps:

[0086] S502, a sensing data communication tunnel is established between the interworking gateway and the non-cellular network sensing device, wherein the interworking gateway is used to convert the signaling protocol of the non-cellular network sensing device into a cellular network standard protocol.

[0087] In one embodiment of the present disclosure, the sensing user plane network element establishes a sensing data communication tunnel with the non-cellular network sensing device through the interworking gateway.

[0088] As described above, in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the sensing user plane network element establishes a sensing data communication tunnel with the non-cellular network sensing device through the interworking gateway. The embodiments of the present disclosure can effectively access the non-cellular network sensing device in the existing communication network to support the development needs of sensing and communication integration.

[0089] In one embodiment of the present disclosure, the method further comprises: receiving target sensing data sent by the non-cellular network sensing device through the sensing data communication tunnel.

[0090] In one embodiment of the present disclosure, the target sensing data carries a sensing task ID. The main purpose of the sensing task ID is to ensure that the data can be correctly identified, classified and processed, especially in the case of multiple concurrent sensing tasks.

[0091] In one embodiment of the present disclosure, the method further comprises: if it is determined that the sensing data needs to be transparently transmitted according to the sensing task requirement information carried in the received sensing task start message, establishing a sensing data transparent transmission tunnel between the sensing user plane network element and the application function network element.

[0092] In one embodiment of the present disclosure, the method further comprises: sending the received target sensing data to the application function network element according to the sensing data transparent transmission tunnel.

[0093] In one embodiment of the present disclosure, in the non-transparent transmission scenario, the sensing user plane network element performs fusion analysis on the received multiple sensing results, and forwards the calculated results to the sensing control plane network element, which in turn forwards them to the application function network element.

[0094] Figure 6 A flowchart of a signaling interaction process of a method for accessing a non-cellular network sensing device in the embodiments of the present disclosure is shown, as shown in Figure 6 The method comprises:

[0095] S601, the non-cellular sensing device registers and negotiates sensing capabilities with the sensing control plane network element through the interworking gateway.

[0096] In one embodiment of the present disclosure, the non-cellular sensing device sends a registration request to the sensing control plane network element through the interworking gateway, performs access authentication, and establishes a secure data connection. After the secure data connection is established between the non-cellular sensing device, the interworking gateway, and the sensing control plane network element, the non-cellular sensing device and the sensing control plane network element perform device capability negotiation through the interworking gateway, wherein the device capabilities include but are not limited to sensing capabilities, supported tunneling capabilities, and the like.

[0097] S602, the application function network element and the sensing control plane network element perform sensing capability subscription, reporting, or updating.

[0098] In one embodiment of the present disclosure, the application function network element selects a sensing function and subscribes to the target sensing capability of the sensing function. After receiving the subscription message sent by the application function network element, the sensing function reports or updates the target sensing capability.

[0099] In one embodiment of the present disclosure, the application function network element selects a suitable sensing function as a sensing function for executing a target sensing task according to a sensing task area, its own capabilities, and sensing data requirements, and the like.

[0100] S603, the application function network element sends a sensing task start message to the sensing control plane network element. The sensing task start message carries sensing task requirement information.

[0101] In one embodiment of the present disclosure, the sensing task requirement information can include but is not limited to an application function network element identifier, a sensing task identifier, a sensing area, a sensing quality of service (Qos) requirement, a sensing frequency, whether to establish a communication tunnel between the application function and the sensing function, and the like.

[0102] S604, the sensing control plane network element sends the sensing task start message to the non-cellular network sensing device through the interworking gateway.

[0103] In one embodiment of the present disclosure, the sensing control plane network element judges specific sensing technologies, required sensing data levels, whether to establish a tunnel, and the like according to the sensing task requirements obtained from the sensing task requirement information, aggregates the above information into sensing task instruction information, updates the information carried in the sensing task start message according to the sensing task instruction information, and sends the updated sensing task start message to the non-cellular network sensing device through the interworking gateway.

[0104] The sensing task instruction information can include but is not limited to a sensing task identifier, a sensing scene, a sensing data requirement, a sensing frequency, a tunnel establishment requirement, and the like.

[0105] S605, the non-cellular sensing device establishes a sensing data communication tunnel between the sensing user plane network element through the interworking gateway.

[0106] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the sensing task requirement can indicate that a transparent transmission tunnel needs to be established with the application function network element, at this time in the transparent transmission scenario, the sensing data communication tunnel needs to be established at the same time, and the sensing data transparent transmission tunnel needs to be established. That is, in the transparent transmission scenario, the sensing data transparent transmission tunnel is established between the sensing user plane network element and the application function network element.

[0107] S606, the non-cellular sensing device performs the target sensing task and obtains target sensing data.

[0108] S607, the non-cellular sensing device reports the target sensing data to the sensing user plane network element through the sensing data communication tunnel. The target sensing data carries the sensing task ID.

[0109] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, in the transparent transmission scenario, the sensing user plane network element sends the target sensing data to the application function network element through the sensing data transparent transmission tunnel.

[0110] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, in the non-transparent transmission scenario, the sensing user plane network element performs fusion analysis on the received multiple target sensing data, and forwards the analyzed final calculation result to the sensing control plane network element, and the sensing control plane network element forwards the final calculation result to the application function network element.

[0111] Figure 7 An access system of a non-cellular network sensing device in an embodiment of the present disclosure is shown, as shown in the figure, the system includes a sensing control plane network element 701, a non-cellular network sensing device 702 and a sensing user plane network element 703. Figure 7

[0112] The sensing control plane network element 701 is configured to receive a sensing task start message sent by an application function network element, the sensing task start message is used to trigger corresponding sensing operation, the sensing task start message carries sensing task requirement information, judge the sensing task requirement information to obtain sensing task instruction information, and update the sensing task start message according to the sensing task instruction information; the updated sensing task start message is forwarded to the non-cellular network sensing device 702 through an interworking gateway, the interworking gateway is used to convert the signaling protocol of the non-cellular network sensing device 702 into a cellular network standard protocol, and the updated sensing task start message carries the sensing task instruction information.

[0113] The non-cellular network sensing device 702 is configured to receive the updated sensing task start message sent by the interworking gateway; and establish a sensing data communication tunnel with the sensing user plane network element 703 according to the sensing task instruction information. ​

[0114] The perception user plane network element 703 is configured to establish a perception data communication tunnel with the non-cellular network perception device 702 through the interworking gateway.

[0115] As can be seen from the above, after the perception control plane network element receives the perception task start message sent by the application function network element, the perception control plane network element parses the perception task requirement information carried in the perception task start message, obtains the perception task instruction information, and updates the perception task start message based on the perception task instruction information. The updated perception task start message is forwarded to the non-cellular network perception device through the interworking gateway, so that the non-cellular network perception device establishes a perception data communication tunnel with the perception user plane network element based on the updated perception task start message. The embodiment of the present disclosure can effectively connect the non-cellular network perception device to the existing communication network to support the development demand of integrated sensing.

[0116] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, compared with the related art, the interworking gateway is added in the embodiment of the present disclosure, which can support the establishment of a secure data connection with the non-cellular network perception device, and convert the signaling protocols such as access authentication and capability negotiation of the non-cellular network perception device to the standard protocols of the cellular network for accessing the sensing function; and can also support the establishment of a tunnel with the non-cellular network perception device for transmitting sensing data. Specifically, Figures 8-9 The related protocol diagrams of the control plane and the user plane are shown respectively.

[0117] Figure 8 A schematic diagram of a control plane protocol stack in the embodiment of the present disclosure is shown, as shown in Figure 8 The non-cellular network perception device side includes: an application layer Non-3GPP AP, a transport layer Non-3GPP TP-layer, an Internet protocol layer IP, and a low layer protocol Non-3GPP; the non-cellular access network side includes: an Internet protocol layer IP, a low layer protocol Non-3GPP, and Low layers; the perception control plane network element side includes: a perception application protocol, a stream control transmission protocol SCTP, an Internet protocol layer IP, a data link layer L2, and a physical layer L1; the interworking gateway side converts the communication protocol of the non-cellular network perception device side to the communication protocol of the perception control plane network element side through the relay function thereof, and vice versa.

[0118] The overall protocol stack architecture realizes the cross-network and cross-technology transmission of control signaling and sensing data between the non-cellular network perception device and the perception control plane network element through layered adaptation, protocol conversion and relay, supports the function coordination of the control plane in the integrated sensing system, integrates the non-cellular sensing capability into the overall sensing architecture, and guarantees the end-to-end connection of the sensing control process.

[0119] Figure 9 A schematic diagram of a user plane protocol stack in the embodiment of the present disclosure is shown, as shown in Figure 9As shown, the non-cellular network sensing device side includes: an application layer Non-3GPP AP, a high layer protocol Non-3GPP higher layer, a security protocol layer IPsec tunnel, an Internet protocol layer IP, and a low layer protocol Non-3GPP; the non-cellular access network side includes: an Internet protocol layer IP, a low layer protocol Non-3GPP, and Low layers; the sensing control plane network element side includes: a sensing user plane protocol, a general packet radio service technology GPRS tunneling protocol-user plane GTP-U, a user datagram protocol UDP, an Internet protocol layer IP, a data link layer L2, and a physical layer L1; and the interworking gateway side converts the communication protocol of the non-cellular network sensing device side into the communication protocol of the sensing user plane network element side through the relay function thereof, and vice versa.

[0120] The overall protocol stack architecture realizes the whole process of non-cellular network sensing device user plane data from collection, access network transmission, to conversion and relay of the interworking gateway, and to reception and processing of the sensing user plane network element, guarantees reliable transmission and interaction of the user plane data between different network domains and different technical systems, supports data flow and business implementation of the user plane in the fusion sensing system, and enables non-cellular sensing data to effectively integrate into the sensing function module, thereby providing a data basis for cellular network fusion sensing application.

[0121] In one embodiment of the present disclosure, the sensing control plane network element newly added functions include: being capable of supporting sensing capability access, authentication, capability negotiation, etc. of the non-cellular network sensing device, and being capable of supporting the cellular network signaling interface of the interworking gateway.

[0122] In one embodiment of the present disclosure, the sensing user plane network element newly added functions include: being capable of supporting the establishment of a user plane tunnel between the sensing user plane network element and the interworking gateway, and receiving sensing data of the non-cellular network sensing device through the tunnel; in a transparent mode, being capable of supporting the establishment of a tunnel between the sensing user plane network element and the application function, being capable of supporting the relay of uplink sensing data of the non-cellular network sensing device between the application function network element through the interworking gateway, and being capable of supporting fusion processing of the non-cellular network sensing data and the cellular network sensing data.

[0123] Based on the same inventive concept, the present disclosure also provides a sensing control plane network element, a non-cellular network sensing device, and a sensing user plane network element, as described in the following embodiments. Since the principle of solving problems by the device embodiments is similar to that of the above-mentioned method embodiments, the implementation of the device embodiments can be referred to the implementation of the above-mentioned method embodiments, and the repeated parts will not be described here.

[0124] Figure 10A schematic diagram of a sensing control plane network element in an embodiment of the present disclosure is shown in FIG. 10. The apparatus includes a first sensing task initiation message receiving module 1001, a sensing task initiation message updating module 1002, and a sensing task initiation message sending module 1003.

[0125] The first sensing task initiation message receiving module 1001 is configured to receive a sensing task initiation message sent by an application function network element. The sensing task initiation message is used to trigger corresponding sensing operations, and the sensing task initiation message carries sensing task requirement information. The sensing task initiation message updating module 1002 is configured to judge the sensing task requirement information, obtain sensing task instruction information, and update the sensing task initiation message according to the sensing task instruction information. The sensing task initiation message sending module 1003 is configured to forward the updated sensing task initiation message to a non-cellular network sensing device through an interworking gateway, so as to establish a sensing data communication tunnel between the non-cellular network sensing device and a sensing user plane network element. The interworking gateway is configured to convert a signaling protocol of the non-cellular network sensing device into a cellular network standard protocol. The updated sensing task initiation message carries the sensing task instruction information.

[0126] As described above, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, the sensing control plane network element receives a sensing task initiation message sent by an application function network element, analyzes sensing task requirement information carried in the sensing task initiation message, obtains sensing task instruction information, and updates the sensing task requirement information based on the sensing task instruction information. The updated sensing task initiation message is forwarded to a non-cellular network sensing device through an interworking gateway, so as to establish a sensing data communication tunnel between the non-cellular network sensing device and a sensing user plane network element. The embodiment of the present disclosure can effectively connect the non-cellular network sensing device to an existing communication network, so as to support the development demand of sensing and communication integration.

[0127] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the apparatus further includes a first device capability negotiation module 1004 configured to receive a sensing function registration request message sent by a non-cellular network sensing device through an interworking gateway. The sensing function registration request message is used to request to establish a data connection between the non-cellular network sensing device and the sensing control plane network element. The non-cellular network sensing device is authenticated based on the sensing function registration request message, and the data connection is established when the authentication is passed. A sensing function registration response message is sent to the non-cellular network sensing device through the interworking gateway, and device capability negotiation is performed with the non-cellular network sensing device.

[0128] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the apparatus further includes a sensing capability subscription message receiving module 1005 configured to receive a sensing capability subscription message sent by an application function network element. The sensing capability subscription message is used to subscribe to a target sensing capability. The target sensing capability is reported or updated to the application function network element.

[0129] Figure 11 A schematic diagram of a non-cellular network sensing device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is shown. Figure 11 As shown, the device includes: a second perception task start message receiving module 1101 and a first perception data communication tunnel establishing module 1102.

[0130] Among them, the second perception task startup message receiving module 1101, wherein the intercommunication gateway is used to convert the signaling protocol of the non-cellular network perception device into the cellular network standard protocol, and the updated perception task startup message carries the perception task instruction information; the first perception data communication tunnel establishment module 1102, is used to establish a perception data communication tunnel with the perception user plane network element according to the perception task instruction information.

[0131] As can be seen from the foregoing, in the disclosed embodiments, after receiving the updated perception task initiation message from the intercommunication gateway, the non-cellular network perception device establishes a perception data communication tunnel with the perception user plane network element based on the perception task instruction information carried in the perception task initiation message. This disclosed embodiment effectively integrates non-cellular network perception devices into existing communication networks to support the development of intersensory integration.

[0132] In one embodiment of the present disclosure, the apparatus further includes: a second device capability negotiation module 1103, which is used to send a perception function registration request message to the intercommunication gateway in one embodiment of the present disclosure, wherein the perception function registration request message is used to request establishment of a data connection with the perception control plane network element; receive the perception function registration response message sent by the intercommunication gateway, and perform device capability negotiation with the perception control plane network element.

[0133] In one embodiment of the present disclosure, the device further includes: a target perception data sending module 1104, configured to execute a target perception task and obtain target perception data; and to send the target perception data to a perception user plane network element via a perception data communication tunnel.

[0134] Figure 12 A schematic diagram of a user plane sensing network element in an embodiment of the present disclosure is shown as follows: Figure 12 As shown, the device includes: a second perception data communication tunnel establishment module 1201, which is used to establish a perception data communication tunnel with a non-cellular network perception device through an intercommunication gateway, wherein the intercommunication gateway is used to convert the signaling protocol of the non-cellular network perception device into a cellular network standard protocol.

[0135] From the above, in the embodiment of the disclosure, the perception user plane network element establishes a perception data communication tunnel with the non-cellular network perception device through the interworking gateway. The embodiment of the disclosure can effectively access the non-cellular network perception device into the existing communication network to support the development demand of the integrated sensing.

[0136] In one embodiment of the disclosure, the apparatus further includes a target perception data receiving module 1202 configured to receive target perception data sent by the non-cellular network perception device through the perception data communication tunnel.

[0137] In one embodiment of the disclosure, the apparatus further includes a perception data transparent transmission tunnel establishing module 1203 configured to establish a perception data transparent transmission tunnel between the perception user plane network element and the application function network element if it is determined that the perception data needs to be transparently transmitted according to the perception task requirement information carried in the received perception task start message.

[0138] In one embodiment of the disclosure, the apparatus further includes a target perception data transparent transmission module 1204 configured to send the received target perception data to the application function network element according to the perception data transparent transmission tunnel.

[0139] Those skilled in the art can understand that various aspects of the disclosure can be implemented as a system, a method or a program product. Therefore, various aspects of the disclosure can be embodied as a complete hardware embodiment, a complete software embodiment (including firmware, microcode, etc.), or an embodiment combining hardware and software aspects, which can be collectively referred to as "circuitry", "module" or "system" here.

[0140] The electronic device 1300 according to this embodiment of the disclosure will be described below with reference to Figure 13 Figure 13 The electronic device 1300 shown is merely an example and should not impose any limitation on the function and use range of the embodiments of the disclosure.

[0141] As Figure 13 shown, the electronic device 1300 is in the form of a general computing device. The components of the electronic device 1300 can include, but are not limited to, the at least one processing unit 1310 described above, the at least one storage unit 1320 described above, and a bus 1330 connecting different system components, including the storage unit 1320 and the processing unit 1310.

[0142] The storage unit stores program code that can be executed by the processing unit 1310, so that the processing unit 1310 performs the steps according to various exemplary embodiments of the disclosure described in the "Exemplary Method" section of the present specification.

[0143] ​In an embodiment of the disclosure, when the electronic device 1300 is a perception control plane network element, the processing unit 1310 can perform the following steps of the above-mentioned method embodiments: receiving a perception task initiation message sent by an application function network element, wherein the perception task initiation message is used to trigger a corresponding perception operation, and the perception task initiation message carries perception task requirement information; judging the perception task requirement information to obtain perception task instruction information, and updating the perception task initiation message according to the perception task instruction information; forwarding the updated perception task initiation message to a non-cellular network perception device through an interworking gateway, so as to establish a perception data communication tunnel between the non-cellular network perception device and a perception user plane network element, wherein the interworking gateway is used to convert a signaling protocol of the non-cellular network perception device into a cellular network standard protocol, and the updated perception task initiation message carries the perception task instruction information.

[0144] In an embodiment of the disclosure, when the electronic device 1300 is a non-cellular network perception device, the processing unit 1310 can perform the following steps of the above-mentioned method embodiments: receiving an updated perception task initiation message sent by an interworking gateway, wherein the interworking gateway is used to convert a signaling protocol of the non-cellular network perception device into a cellular network standard protocol, and the updated perception task initiation message carries perception task instruction information; establishing a perception data communication tunnel with a perception user plane network element according to the perception task instruction information.

[0145] In an embodiment of the disclosure, when the electronic device 1300 is a perception user plane network element, the processing unit 1310 can perform the following steps of the above-mentioned method embodiments: establishing a perception data communication tunnel with a non-cellular network perception device through an interworking gateway, wherein the interworking gateway is used to convert a signaling protocol of the non-cellular network perception device into a cellular network standard protocol.

[0146] The storage unit 1320 can include a readable medium in the form of volatile storage unit, such as a random access memory (RAM) 13201 and / or a cache memory 13202, and can further include a read-only memory (ROM) 13203.

[0147] The storage unit 1320 can also include program / utility 13204 having a set of programs / modules 13205, including without limitation, an operating system, one or more application programs, other programs, and programmatic data, each of which can include implementations of networks environments, as described above, or some combination thereof.

[0148] Bus 1330 can be one or more of several types of bus structure including a memory bus or memory controller, a peripheral bus, a graphics bus, a processor or local bus using any of a variety of bus architectures.

[0149] Electronic device 1300 can also communicate with one or more external devices 1340 such as a keyboard or pointing device, a Bluetooth device, etc.; other devices associated with electronic device 1300; and / or one or more devices that enable user interaction with electronic device 1300 (for example, a display, speakers, etc.); and / or one or more devices that enable communication of electronic device 1300 with other computing devices. Such communication can occur via Input / Output (I / O) interface 1350. Still yet, electronic device 1300 can communicate with one or more networks, such as one or more local area networks (LANs) ; one or more metropolitan area networks (MANs) ; and / or one or more wide area networks (WANs), such as the Internet, via network adapter 1360. As depicted, network adapter 1360 communicates with the other components of electronic device 1300 via bus 1330. It should be appreciated that although not shown, other hardware and / or software components could be used in conjunction with electronic device 1300. These include, but are not limited to, microcode, device drivers, redundant processing units, external disk drive arrays, RAID systems, tape drives, and data archival storage systems, etc.

[0150] Those skilled in the art will readily understand that the example embodiments described herein can be implemented by software and / or by hardware coupled with software, as described above. Thus, the technical solutions according to the embodiments of the present disclosure can be embodied in the form of a software product. The software product can be stored in a non-volatile storage medium (which can be a CD-ROM, a USB flash disk, a mobile hard disk, etc.) or a network, and includes a number of instructions to enable a computing device (which can be a personal computer, a server, a terminal device, or a network device, etc.) to perform the methods according to the embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0151] Based on the same inventive concept, the present disclosure also provides a computer readable storage medium having a computer program stored thereon, which, when executed by a processor, implements the non-cellular network sensing device access method of any one of the above embodiments. Since the problem-solving principle of the computer readable storage medium embodiment is similar to that of the above method embodiments, the implementation of the computer readable storage medium embodiment can be referred to the implementation of the above method embodiments, and the repeated parts will not be described here.

[0152] More specific examples of the computer-readable storage medium in the present disclosure can include but are not limited to: an electrical connection having one or more wires, a portable computer diskette, a hard disk, a random access memory (RAM), a read-only memory (ROM), an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM or Flash memory), an optical fiber, a portable compact disc read-only memory (CD-ROM), an optical storage device, a magnetic storage device, or any appropriate combination of the foregoing.

[0153] In the present disclosure, the computer-readable storage medium can include a data signal carried in the baseband or as part of a carrier wave propagating through the program code readable by a machine, a device or an apparatus. Such a propagated data signal can take any of a variety of forms, including but not limited to electro-magnetic, optical, or any suitable combination thereof. The computer-readable medium can also be any medium that can be read by a machine or in conjunction with a machine, which can send, receive, or transmit programs used by or in connection with an instruction execution system, device, or apparatus.

[0154] Optionally, the program code contained on the computer-readable storage medium can be transmitted by any appropriate medium, including but not limited to wireless, wired, optical, RF, etc., or any suitable combination of the foregoing.

[0155] In specific implementation, the program code for performing the operations of the present disclosure can be written in any combination of one or more programming languages, including an object-oriented programming language such as Java, C++, etc., and a conventional procedural programming language such as "C" language or similar programming languages. The program code can be executed entirely on a user computing device, partially on a user device, as an independent software package, partially on a user computing device and partially on a remote computing device, or entirely on a remote computing device or server. In the case involving a remote computing device, the remote computing device can be connected to the user computing device through any kind of network, including a local area network (LAN) or a wide area network (WAN), or can be connected to an external computing device (for example, through the Internet by connecting to an Internet service provider).

[0156] Based on the same inventive concept, the present disclosure also provides a computer program product, including a computer program product, including: a computer program or instructions, which, when executed by a processor, implements the non-cellular network sensing device access method of any one of the above method embodiments. Since the problem-solving principle of this computer program product embodiment is similar to that of the above method embodiments, the implementation of this computer program product embodiment can be referred to the implementation of the above method embodiments, and the repeated parts will not be repeated.

[0157] It should be noted that, although several modules or units of the devices for action execution are mentioned in the above detailed description, the division into such modules or units is not mandatory. Indeed, according to an embodiment of the disclosure, the features and functionalities of two or more of the above-described modules or units can be embodied in one module or unit. Conversely, the features and functionalities of one of the above-described modules or units can be further divided into several modules or units.

[0158] Furthermore, although the various steps of the methods in the disclosure are described in a particular order in the drawings, this is not required or implied as to the order of the steps or that all of the steps shown must be performed to achieve the desired result. Additionally or alternatively, certain steps can be omitted, multiple steps can be combined into one step, one step can be broken into multiple steps, etc.

[0159] From the above description of the embodiments, those skilled in the art will readily perceive that the example embodiments described herein can be implemented by software and / or by software in combination with the necessary hardware. Thus, the technical solution according to the embodiments of the disclosure can be embodied in the form of a software product, which can be stored in a non-volatile storage medium (which can be a CD-ROM, U disk, mobile hard disk, etc.) or network, and includes several instructions to make a computing device (which can be a personal computer, server, mobile terminal, or network device, etc.) execute the method according to the embodiments of the disclosure.

[0160] Other embodiments of the disclosure will be apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the disclosure disclosed herein. The disclosure is intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptations of the disclosure following the general principles thereof and including such departures from the present disclosure that come within known use or custom in the art to which the disclosure pertains. The specification and examples are to be regarded as illustrative only, and the true scope and spirit of the disclosure are indicated by the appended claims.

Claims

1. A method for accessing a non-cellular network sensing device, characterized in that: Applied to perception control plane network elements, including: receiving a sensing task start message sent by an application function network element, wherein the sensing task start message is used to trigger a corresponding sensing operation, and the sensing task start message carries sensing task requirement information; Judging the sensing task requirement information, obtaining sensing task instruction information, and updating the sensing task start message according to the sensing task instruction information; The updated perception task start message is forwarded to the non-cellular network perception device through the intercommunication gateway, so that a perception data communication tunnel is established between the non-cellular network perception device and the perception user plane network element, wherein the intercommunication gateway is used to convert the signaling protocol of the non-cellular network perception device into a cellular network standard protocol, and the updated perception task start message carries perception task instruction information.

2. The non-cellular network sensing device access method according to claim 1, characterized in that: The method further comprises: Receiving a perception function registration request message sent by a non-cellular network perception device forwarded by an intercommunication gateway, wherein the perception function registration request message is used to request establishment of a data connection between the non-cellular network perception device and a perception control plane network element; Performing access authentication on the non-cellular network sensing device according to the sensing function registration request message, and establishing a data connection when the authentication is successful; Through the intercommunication gateway, a perception function registration response message is sent to the non-cellular network perception device, and device capability negotiation is performed with the non-cellular network perception device.

3. The non-cellular network sensing device access method according to claim 1, characterized in that: The method further comprises: Receiving a perception capability subscription message sent by an application function network element, wherein the perception capability subscription message is used to subscribe to a target perception capability; Report or update the target perception capability to the application function network element.

4. A method for accessing a non-cellular network-aware device, characterized in that: Applicable to non-cellular network-aware devices, including: Receiving an updated perception task start message sent by an intercommunication gateway, wherein the intercommunication gateway is used to convert the signaling protocol of the non-cellular network perception device into a cellular network standard protocol, and the updated perception task start message carries perception task instruction information; According to the perception task instruction information, a perception data communication tunnel is established with the perception user plane network element.

5. The non-cellular network awareness device access method according to claim 4, characterized in that: The method further comprises: Sending a perception function registration request message to the interworking gateway, wherein the perception function registration request message is used to request establishment of a data connection with the perception control plane network element; Receive the perception function registration response message sent by the intercommunication gateway, and negotiate device capabilities with the perception control plane network element.

6. The non-cellular network awareness device access method according to claim 4, characterized in that: The method further comprises: Perform target perception tasks and obtain target perception data; The target perception data is sent to the perception user plane network element through the perception data communication tunnel.

7. A method for accessing a non-cellular network-aware device, characterized in that: Applied to perceive user plane network elements, including: A perception data communication tunnel is established with the non-cellular network perception device through an intercommunication gateway, wherein the intercommunication gateway is used to convert the signaling protocol of the non-cellular network perception device into a cellular network standard protocol.

8. The non-cellular network awareness device access method according to claim 7, characterized in that: The method further comprises: Receive target perception data sent by non-cellular network perception devices through the perception data communication tunnel.

9. The non-cellular network awareness device access method according to claim 7, characterized in that: The method further comprises: If it is determined that the perception data needs to be transparently transmitted based on the perception task requirement information carried in the received perception task start message, a perception data transparent transmission tunnel is established between the perception user plane network element and the application function network element.

10. The non-cellular network awareness device access method according to claim 9, characterized in that: The method further comprises: According to the perception data transparent transmission tunnel, the received target perception data is sent to the application function network element.

11. A non-cellular network sensing device access system, characterized in that: include: Perception control plane network elements, non-cellular network perception devices, and perception user plane network elements; Among them, the perception control plane network element is used to receive the perception task start message sent by the application function network element, the perception task start message is used to trigger the corresponding perception operation, and the perception task start message carries the perception task requirement information; the perception task requirement information is judged to obtain the perception task instruction information, and the perception task start message is updated according to the perception task instruction information; the updated perception task start message is forwarded to the non-cellular network perception device through the intercommunication gateway, and the intercommunication gateway is used to convert the signaling protocol of the non-cellular network perception device into a cellular network standard protocol, and the updated perception task start message carries the perception task instruction information; The non-cellular network sensing device is used to receive the updated sensing task start message sent by the intercommunication gateway; establish a sensing data communication tunnel with the sensing user plane network element according to the sensing task instruction information; The perception user plane network element is used to establish a perception data communication tunnel with the non-cellular network perception device through the intercommunication gateway.

12. A perception control plane network element, characterized in that: include: a first sensing task start message receiving module, configured to receive a sensing task start message sent by an application function network element, wherein the sensing task start message is used to trigger a corresponding sensing operation, and the sensing task start message carries sensing task requirement information; A perception task start message update module is used to judge the perception task requirement information, obtain perception task instruction information, and update the perception task start message according to the perception task instruction information; The perception task start message sending module is used to forward the updated perception task start message to the non-cellular network perception device through the intercommunication gateway, so as to establish a perception data communication tunnel between the non-cellular network perception device and the perception user plane network element, wherein the intercommunication gateway is used to convert the signaling protocol of the non-cellular network perception device into a cellular network standard protocol, and the updated perception task start message carries perception task instruction information.

13. A non-cellular network sensing device, characterized in that: include: a second perception task start message receiving module, configured to receive an updated perception task start message sent by an intercommunication gateway, wherein the intercommunication gateway is configured to convert the signaling protocol of the non-cellular network perception device into a cellular network standard protocol, and the updated perception task start message carries perception task instruction information; The first perception data communication tunnel establishment module is used to establish a perception data communication tunnel with the perception user plane network element according to the perception task instruction information.

14. A user-plane sensing network element, characterized in that: include: The second perception data communication tunnel establishment module is used to establish a perception data communication tunnel with a non-cellular network perception device through an intercommunication gateway, wherein the intercommunication gateway is used to convert the signaling protocol of the non-cellular network perception device into a cellular network standard protocol.

15. An electronic device, characterized in that: include: processor; as well as a memory for storing executable instructions of the processor; The processor is configured to execute the non-cellular network-aware device access method according to any one of claims 1 to 10 by executing the executable instructions.

16. A computer-readable storage medium having a computer program stored thereon, characterized in that: When the computer program is executed by a processor, the non-cellular network awareness device access method according to any one of claims 1 to 10 is implemented.

17. A computer program product comprising: A computer program or instruction, characterized in that when the computer program or instruction is executed by a processor, the non-cellular network awareness device access method described in any one of claims 1 to 10 is implemented.

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