Perception processing method and device, communication equipment and readable storage medium

Abstract

The invention discloses a perception processing method and device, communication equipment and a readable storage medium, and belongs to the technical field of communication, and the method comprises the steps that first communication equipment receives a perception request; the first communication device obtains a perceptual privacy setting; the first communication device executes perceptual privacy processing on the perceptual target according to the perceptual privacy setting; the first communication equipment feeds back a privacy sensing processing result; wherein the sensing request carries information of a sensing target, and the sensing target comprises at least one of the following items: target communication equipment; a target area; and a target object.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present application belongs to the field of communication technology, and specifically relates to a perception processing method, apparatus, communication equipment and readable storage medium. Background Art

[0002] In the sensing scenario, there are privacy concerns. For example, some military facilities, military areas, public safety equipment or equipment with a high privacy level are not allowed to be sensed. However, unlike positioning, the positioning of the target UE considered in positioning is actually a participant in the positioning process. 5GC (5G Core) can directly confirm privacy issues with the target UE through signaling interaction, etc., while for perception, it is often the object being perceived that has privacy issues, that is, the object is passively perceived. Therefore, how to sense and process the sensing targets such as areas, equipment, and objects with privacy concerns in the sensing scenario needs to be solved urgently. Summary of the invention

[0003] The embodiments of the present application provide a perception processing method, apparatus, communication device and readable storage medium, which can solve the problem of how to perceive and protect the perception privacy of perception targets such as areas, devices, objects and other perception targets with privacy considerations in perception scenes.

[0004] In a first aspect, a perception processing method is provided, comprising:

[0005] The first communication device receives the sensing request;

[0006] The first communication device obtains a perceived privacy setting;

[0007] The first communication device performs a perceived privacy process on the perceived target according to the perceived privacy setting;

[0008] The first communication device feeds back a privacy-aware processing result;

[0009] The sensing request carries information of a sensing target, and the sensing target includes at least one of the following:

[0010] Target communication equipment;

[0011] Target area;

[0012] Target object.

[0013] In a second aspect, a privacy-aware configuration method is provided, including:

[0014] The second communication device sends the perceived privacy setting to the first communication device;

[0015] The perceived privacy setting is used for perceived privacy processing of a perceived target, and the perceived target includes at least one of the following:

[0016] Target communication equipment;

[0017] Target area;

[0018] Target object.

[0019] In a third aspect, a perception processing method is provided, comprising:

[0020] The third communication device receives a second request message from the fourth communication device, where the second request message carries the perceived privacy setting, and the second request message is used to request the network to store or update the perceived privacy setting of the fourth communication device;

[0021] The third communication device sends the perceived privacy setting to the second communication device;

[0022] The third communication device sends a second reply message to the fourth communication device, where the second reply message carries the first information;

[0023] The first information is used to indicate that the perceived privacy setting is stored successfully or failed to be stored, or the first information is used to indicate that the perceived privacy setting is updated successfully or failed to be updated, and the perceived privacy setting is used to perform perceived privacy processing on a perceived target, and the perceived target includes at least one of the following:

[0024] Target communication equipment;

[0025] Target area;

[0026] Target object.

[0027] In a fourth aspect, a perception processing method is provided, characterized by comprising:

[0028] The fourth communication device receives the perceived notification message from the first communication device, and sends a perceived notification reply message to the first communication device;

[0029] The perceived notification message carries a target communication device ID, a target object description or a target area description, and the perceived notification reply message contains a perceived privacy setting;

[0030] or,

[0031] The fourth communication device sends a second request message to the third communication device, where the second request message carries the perceived privacy setting, and is used to request the network to store or update the perceived privacy setting of the fourth communication device;

[0032] The fourth communication device receives a second reply message from the third communication device, where the second reply message carries the first information;

[0033] The first information is used to indicate that the perceived privacy setting is stored successfully or failed to be stored, or the first information is used to indicate that the perceived privacy setting is updated successfully or failed to be updated, and the perceived privacy setting is used for perceived privacy processing of a perceived target, and the perceived target includes at least one of the following:

[0034] Target communication equipment;

[0035] Target area;

[0036] Target object.

[0037] In a fifth aspect, a perception processing device is provided, where the device is applied to a first communication device, and the device includes:

[0038] A first receiving module, configured for a first communication device to receive a sensing request;

[0039] An acquisition module, configured for the first communication device to acquire a perceived privacy setting;

[0040] A processing module, configured for the first communication device to perform a perceived privacy processing on a perceived target according to the perceived privacy setting;

[0041] A first feedback module, configured for the first communication device to feed back a privacy-aware processing result;

[0042] The sensing request carries information of a sensing target, and the sensing target includes at least one of the following:

[0043] Target communication equipment;

[0044] Target area;

[0045] Target object.

[0046] In a sixth aspect, a perception processing device is provided, where the device is applied to a second communication device, and the device includes:

[0047] A first sending module, configured for the second communication device to send the perceived privacy setting to the first communication device;

[0048] The perceived privacy setting is used for perceived privacy processing of a perceived target, and the perceived target includes at least one of the following:

[0049] Target communication equipment;

[0050] Target area;

[0051] Target object.

[0052] In a seventh aspect, a perception processing device is provided, where the device is applied to a third communication device, and the device includes:

[0053] A second receiving module is used for a third communication device to receive a second request message from a fourth communication device, where the second request message carries a perceived privacy setting, and the second request message is used to request a network to store or update the perceived privacy setting of the fourth communication device;

[0054] A second sending module, configured for the third communication device to send the perceived privacy setting to the second communication device;

[0055] A third sending module, configured for the third communication device to send a second reply message to the fourth communication device, wherein the second reply message carries the first information;

[0056] The first information is used to indicate that the perceived privacy setting is stored successfully or failed to be stored, or the first information is used to indicate that the perceived privacy setting is updated successfully or failed to be updated, and the perceived privacy setting is used to perform perceived privacy processing on a perceived target, and the perceived target includes at least one of the following:

[0057] Target communication equipment;

[0058] Target area;

[0059] Target object.

[0060] In an eighth aspect, a perception processing device is provided, where the device is applied to a fourth communication device, and the device includes:

[0061] A third receiving module, configured for the fourth communication device to receive a perceived notification message from the first communication device;

[0062] A fourth sending module, configured for the fourth communication device to send a perceived notification reply message to the first communication device;

[0063] The perceived notification message carries a target communication device ID, a target object description or a target area description, and the perceived notification reply message contains a perceived privacy setting;

[0064] A fifth sending module, configured for the fourth communication device to send a second request message to the third communication device, wherein the second request message carries the perceived privacy setting and is configured for requesting the network to store or update the perceived privacy setting of the fourth communication device;

[0065] A fourth receiving module, configured for the fourth communication device to receive a second reply message from the third communication device, where the second reply message carries the first information;

[0066] The first information is used to indicate that the perceived privacy setting is stored successfully or failed to be stored, or the first information is used to indicate that the perceived privacy setting is updated successfully or failed to be updated, and the perceived privacy setting is used for perceived privacy processing of a perceived target, and the perceived target includes at least one of the following:

[0067] Target communication equipment;

[0068] Target area;

[0069] Target object.

[0070] In the ninth aspect, a communication device is provided, which terminal includes a processor and a memory, the memory storing a program or instruction that can be run on the processor, and the program or instruction, when executed by the processor, implements the steps of the method described in the first aspect, or implements the steps of the method described in the second aspect, or implements the steps of the method described in the third aspect, or implements the steps of the method described in the fourth aspect.

[0071] In the tenth aspect, a readable storage medium is provided, on which a program or instruction is stored. When the program or instruction is executed by a processor, the steps of the method described in the first aspect are implemented, or the steps of the method described in the second aspect are implemented, or the steps of the method described in the third aspect are implemented, or the steps of the method described in the fourth aspect are implemented.

[0072] In the eleventh aspect, a wireless communication system is provided, comprising: a first communication device, a second communication device, a third communication device and a fourth communication device, wherein the first communication device can be used to execute the steps of the method described in the first aspect, the second communication device can be used to execute the steps of the method described in the second aspect, the third communication device can be used to execute the steps of the method described in the third aspect, and the fourth communication device can be used to execute the steps of the method described in the fourth aspect.

[0073] In the twelfth aspect, a chip is provided, comprising a processor and a communication interface, wherein the communication interface is coupled to the processor, and the processor is used to run a program or instructions to implement the steps of the method described in the first aspect, or the steps of the method described in the second aspect, or the steps of the method described in the third aspect, or the steps of the method described in the fourth aspect.

[0074] In the thirteenth aspect, a computer program / program product is provided, wherein the computer program / program product is stored in a storage medium, and the program / program product is executed by at least one processor to implement the steps of the method described in the first aspect, or the steps of the method described in the second aspect, or the steps of the method described in the third aspect, or the steps of the method described in the fourth aspect.

[0075] In an embodiment of the present application, after obtaining a perception request for a perception target, the first communication device obtains the perception privacy setting and performs perception privacy processing on the perception target according to the perception privacy setting, thereby realizing privacy operation processing of the perception of perception targets such as areas, devices, objects, etc. with privacy considerations in the perception scene, thereby preventing privacy exposure. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0076] Figure 1 is a block diagram of a wireless communication system to which the embodiments of the present application can be applied;

[0077] Figure 2 This is one of the flowcharts of the perception processing method provided in the embodiment of the present application;

[0078] Figure 3 It is a flowchart of the privacy-aware configuration method provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0079] Figure 4 This is the second flow chart of the perception processing method provided in the embodiment of the present application;

[0080] Figure 5a This is the third flow chart of the perception processing method provided in the embodiment of the present application;

[0081] Figure 5b This is the fourth flow chart of the perception processing method provided in the embodiment of the present application;

[0082] Figure 6a It is one of the flow charts of the method embodiment adopted in the embodiment of the present application;

[0083] Figure 6b This is the second flow chart of the method embodiment adopted in the embodiment of the present application;

[0084] Figure 6c This is the third flow chart of the method embodiment adopted in the embodiment of the present application;

[0085] Figure 6d This is the fourth flow chart of the method embodiment adopted in the embodiment of the present application;

[0086] Figure 6e This is the fifth flow chart of the method embodiment adopted by the embodiment of the present application;

[0087] Figure 7 It is one of the structural schematic diagrams of the perception processing device provided in the embodiment of the present application;

[0088] Figure 8 This is the second structural diagram of the perception processing device provided in the embodiment of the present application;

[0089] Fig. 9 This is the third structural diagram of the perception processing device provided in the embodiment of the present application;

[0090] Fig.10 This is the fourth structural diagram of the perception processing device provided in the embodiment of the present application;

[0091] Fig.11 is a schematic diagram of the structure of a communication device provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0092] Fig.12 is a schematic diagram of the structure of a terminal provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0093] Fig.13 This is one of the structural diagrams of the network side device provided in the embodiment of the present application;

[0094] Fig.14 This is the second structural diagram of the network side device provided in the embodiment of the present application. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0095] The following will be combined with the drawings in the embodiments of the present application to clearly describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application. Obviously, the described embodiments are part of the embodiments of the present application, rather than all the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present application, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field belong to the scope of protection of this application.

[0096] The terms "first", "second", etc. of the present application are used to distinguish similar objects, and are not used to describe a specific order or sequence. It should be understood that the terms used in this way are interchangeable where appropriate, so that the embodiments of the present application can be implemented in an order other than those illustrated or described herein, and the objects distinguished by "first" and "second" are generally of one type, and the number of objects is not limited, for example, the first object can be one or more. In addition, "or" in the present application represents at least one of the connected objects. For example, "A or B" covers three schemes, namely, Scheme 1: including A but not including B; Scheme 2: including B but not including A; Scheme 3: including both A and B. The character " / " generally indicates that the objects associated with each other are in an "or" relationship.

[0097] The term "indication" in this application can be a direct indication (or explicit indication) or an indirect indication (or implicit indication). A direct indication can be understood as the sender explicitly informing the receiver of specific information, operations to be performed, or request results in the sent indication; an indirect indication can be understood as the receiver determining the corresponding information according to the indication sent by the sender, or making a judgment and determining the operation to be performed or the request result according to the judgment result.

[0098] It is worth noting that the technology described in the embodiments of the present application is not limited to the Long Term Evolution (LTE) / LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) system, but can also be used in other wireless communication systems, such as Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA), Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA), Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA), Single-carrier Frequency-Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA) or other systems. The terms "system" and "network" in the embodiments of the present application are often used interchangeably, and the described technology can be used for the systems and radio technologies mentioned above as well as for other systems and radio technologies. The following description describes a New Radio (NR) system for illustrative purposes, and NR terminology is used in most of the following descriptions, but these technologies can also be applied to systems other than NR systems, such as the 6th generation (6 th Generation, 6G) communication system.

[0099] Figure 1A block diagram of a wireless communication system applicable to an embodiment of the present application is shown. The wireless communication system includes a terminal 11 and a network side device 12. Among them, the terminal 11 can be a mobile phone, a tablet computer (Tablet Personal Computer), a laptop computer (Laptop Computer), a notebook computer, a personal digital assistant (Personal Digital Assistant, PDA), a handheld computer, a netbook, an ultra-mobile personal computer (Ultra-mobile Personal Computer, UMPC), a mobile Internet device (Mobile Internet Device, MID), an augmented reality (Augmented Reality, AR), a virtual reality (Virtual Reality, VR) device, a robot, a wearable device (Wearable Device), an aircraft (flight vehicle), a vehicle-mounted device (Vehicle User Equipment, VUE), a ship-mounted device, a pedestrian terminal (Pedestrian User Equipment, PUE), a smart home (home appliances with wireless communication functions, such as refrigerators, televisions, washing machines or furniture, etc.), a game console, a personal computer (Personal Computer, PC), a teller machine or a self-service machine and other terminal side devices. Wearable devices include: smart watches, smart bracelets, smart headphones, smart glasses, smart jewelry (smart bracelets, smart bracelets, smart rings, smart necklaces, smart anklets, smart anklets, etc.), smart wristbands, smart clothing, etc. Among them, the vehicle-mounted device can also be called a vehicle-mounted terminal, a vehicle-mounted controller, a vehicle-mounted module, a vehicle-mounted component, a vehicle-mounted chip or a vehicle-mounted unit, etc. It should be noted that the specific type of the terminal 11 is not limited in the embodiment of the present application. The network side device 12 may include an access network device or a core network device, wherein the access network device may also be referred to as a radio access network (Radio Access Network, RAN) device, a radio access network function or a radio access network unit. The access network device may include a base station, a wireless local area network (Wireless Local Area Network, WLAN) access point (Access Point, AS) or a wireless fidelity (Wireless Fidelity, WiFi) node, etc.Among them, the base station may be referred to as a Node B (NB), an evolved Node B (eNB), a next generation Node B (gNB), a New Radio Node B (NR Node B), an access point, a Relay Base Station (RBS), a Serving Base Station (SBS), a Base Transceiver Station (BTS), a radio base station, a radio transceiver, a Basic Service Set (BSS), an Extended Service Set (ESS), a Home Node B (HNB), a Home Evolved Node B, a Transmission Reception Point (TRP) or other appropriate terms in the field. As long as the same technical effect is achieved, the base station is not limited to specific technical terms. It should be noted that in the embodiments of the present application, only the base station in the NR system is used as an example for introduction, and the specific type of the base station is not limited.

[0100] The core network device may include, but is not limited to, at least one of the following: a core network node, a core network function, a mobility management entity (Mobility Management Entity, MME), an access mobility management function (Access and Mobility Management Function, AMF), a session management function (Session Management Function, SMF), a user plane function (User Plane Function, UPF), a policy control function (Policy Control Function, PCF), a policy and charging rules function unit (Policy and Charging Rules Function, PCRF), an edge application service discovery function (Edge Application Server Discovery Function, EASDF), a unified data management (Unified Data Management, UDM), a unified data storage (Unified Data Repository, UDR), a home user server (Home Subscriber Server, HSS), a centralized network configuration (CNC), a network storage function (Network Repository Function, NRF), a network exposure function (Network Exposure Function, NEF), a local NEF (Local NEF, or L-NEF), and a binding support function (Binding Support Function, BSF), application function (Application Function, AF), etc. It should be noted that in the embodiment of the present application, only the core network device in the NR system is introduced as an example, and the specific type of the core network device is not limited.

[0101] In order to better understand the technical solution of this application, the following contents are first introduced:

[0102] Communication and perception integration / synaesthesia integration:

[0103] In recent decades, wireless communication and radar sensing (Communication & Sensing, C&S) have been developing in parallel, but with limited intersection. They have a lot of commonalities in signal processing algorithms, equipment, and to some extent, system architecture. In recent years, the two systems have attracted more and more researchers' attention in terms of coexistence, cooperation, and joint design.

[0104] In the early days, people conducted extensive research on the coexistence of communication systems and radar systems, focusing on developing effective interference management techniques to enable two separately deployed systems to operate smoothly without interfering with each other. Although radar and communication systems may be co-located or even physically integrated, they transmit two different signals in the time / frequency domain. They share the same resources through cooperation to minimize the interference between each other when working simultaneously. Corresponding measures include beamforming, cooperative spectrum sharing, primary and secondary spectrum sharing, dynamic coexistence, etc. However, effective interference elimination usually has strict requirements on the mobility of nodes and the information exchange between nodes, so the improvement of spectrum efficiency is actually limited. Since the interference in the coexistence system is caused by the transmission of two independent signals, it is natural to ask whether we can use one transmission signal for communication and radar sensing at the same time. Radar systems usually use specially designed waveforms, such as short pulses and chirps, which enable high-power radiation and simplified receiver processing. However, these waveforms are not necessary for radar detection. Passive radar or passive sensing using different radio signals as sensing signals is a good example.

[0105] Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC) has the potential to integrate wireless sensing into large-scale mobile networks, where it becomes Perceptive Mobile Networks (PMNs). PMNs can evolve from the current 5G mobile network and are expected to become a ubiquitous wireless sensor network while providing stable and high-quality mobile communication services. It can be built on top of the existing mobile network infrastructure without major changes to the network structure and equipment. It will unleash the maximum capacity of mobile networks and avoid the high infrastructure costs of building new wide-area wireless sensor networks separately. With the expansion of coverage, the integrated communication and sensing capabilities are expected to enable many new applications. Perceptive mobile networks are able to provide both communication and wireless sensing services and have the potential to become a ubiquitous wireless sensing solution due to their large broadband coverage and strong infrastructure. Their jointly coordinated communication and sensing capabilities will improve the productivity of our society and help give rise to a large number of new applications that cannot be effectively implemented by existing sensor networks. Some early work on passive sensing using mobile signals has demonstrated its potential. For example, traffic monitoring, weather forecasting, and rainfall remote sensing based on GSM radio signals. Sensing mobile networks can be widely used for communication and sensing in transportation, communications, energy, precision agriculture and security, where existing solutions are either not feasible or inefficient. It can also provide complementary sensing capabilities to existing sensor networks, with unique day and night operation capabilities, and the ability to penetrate fog, foliage and even solid objects.

[0106] Currently, research on perception technology mainly focuses on the Uu interface, including the Uu perception methods of UE and RAN, and the Uu perception method of RAN itself.

[0107] The former can be considered as: RAN sends a sensing signal, UE receives it on the Uu port, and UE feeds back measurement data;

[0108] The latter can be considered as RAN sending a perception signal, RAN receiving it, and RAN feeding back measurement data.

[0109] In the case of sensing scenarios, there are actually privacy concerns. For example, some military facilities, military areas, public safety equipment, etc. are not allowed to be sensed and measured. However, unlike positioning, the positioning of the target UE considered in positioning is actually a participant in the positioning process. 5GC can directly confirm privacy issues with the target UE through signaling interaction, etc., while in perception, the object of perception often has privacy issues, and the object is passively perceived. Therefore, how to prevent areas, equipment, objects, etc. with privacy concerns in the perception scenario from being sensed and opened to third parties needs to be solved urgently.

[0110] The following is a detailed description of the perception processing method provided in the embodiment of the present application through some embodiments and their application scenarios in combination with the accompanying drawings.

[0111] See also Figure 2 The embodiment of the present application provides a perception processing method, the execution subject of the method is a first communication device, and the first communication device can be a sensing function (SF) device, or other NEF devices associated with perception processing. The sensing function device is used to process the perception task, including calling the sensing device according to the perception requirements of the third party, executing the perception processing process, calculating the perception results, analyzing the perception results, providing the perception results or the analysis results, and other functions. The method includes:

[0112] Step 201: The first communication device receives a sensing request;

[0113] Step 202: The first communication device obtains a perceived privacy setting;

[0114] Step 203: The first communication device performs a perception privacy process on the perception target according to the perception privacy setting;

[0115] Step 204: The first communication device feeds back a privacy-aware processing result;

[0116] In an embodiment of the present application, after obtaining a perception request for a perception target, the first communication device obtains a perception privacy setting, and performs perception privacy processing on the perception target according to the perception privacy setting, thereby realizing perception processing of perception targets such as areas, devices, objects, etc. with privacy considerations in the perception scene, thereby preventing privacy exposure.

[0117] It should be noted that the above-mentioned perception request can be obtained by the first communication device from a third party, and the third party can be a specific UE, base station, AF or other NF. The embodiment of the present application does not limit the specific category of the third party that sends the perception request. Optionally, the third party can be called a consumer of the perception service.

[0118] The above sensing request carries information about the sensing target, and the sensing target includes at least one of the following:

[0119] (1) Target communication device, which may specifically be a target communication device identifier (ID), such as UE ID, base station ID, user ID, etc.;

[0120] (2) Target area, which can be a physical area, tracking area identity (TAI), cell ID, etc.

[0121] (3) Target object, which may specifically be a description of the target object.

[0122] That is, the perception request can be directed to a specific device, an area, or an object.

[0123] It should be noted that the target UE is a UE that can be identified by a specific identifier in the network, while the target object may not be identified by a network identifier, such as a building, a landmark, a tree, a person, or a biometric description of an object, so the target object needs to be indicated by a corresponding description.

[0124] In a possible implementation manner, the first communication device acquires the perceived privacy setting, including:

[0125] (1) The first communication device obtains the perceived privacy setting from the second communication device; the second communication device may be a UDM device or a UDR device in the core network;

[0126] (2) the first communication device obtains the perceived privacy setting according to the local configuration of the first communication device;

[0127] (3) The first communication device obtains the perception privacy setting from the fourth communication device, where the fourth communication device may be a specific device that sends the perception request, and may be a UE or a network side device, etc.;

[0128] In a possible implementation manner, the first communication device acquiring the perceived privacy setting from the second communication device includes:

[0129] (1.1) The first communication device sends a first request message to the second communication device;

[0130] (1.2) The first communication device receives a first reply message from the second communication device;

[0131] The first request message carries a target communication device ID, a target object description or a target area description, and the first reply message includes a perceived privacy setting.

[0132] In an embodiment of the present application, the first communication device queries the perceived privacy setting by sending a request message to the second communication device, the request message carries information related to the perceived target, and the second communication device replies to the first communication device with the perceived privacy setting according to the request message;

[0133] In a possible implementation, the first communication device acquires the perceived privacy setting from the fourth communication device, including:

[0134] (3.1) The first communication device sends a perceived notification message to the fourth communication device;

[0135] (3.2) The first communication device receives a perceived notification reply message from the fourth communication device;

[0136] Among them, the perceived notification message carries the target communication device identification ID, the target object description or the target area description, and the perceived notification reply message contains the perceived privacy settings.

[0137] In an embodiment of the present application, the first communication device requests the fourth communication device to sense the privacy setting through a sensed notification message, and the fourth communication device returns the sensed privacy setting through a sensed notification reply message.

[0138] In a possible implementation manner, the first communication device sending a perceived notification message to the fourth communication device includes:

[0139] (3.1.1) The first communication device sends a perceived notification message to the fourth communication device through the third communication device;

[0140] (3.1.2) The first communication device requests the third communication device to send a perceived notification message to the fourth communication device.

[0141] In an embodiment of the present application, the third communication device may be an AMF device in the core network, and the first communication device sends a perceived notification message to the fourth communication device through the third communication device.

[0142] In one possible implementation, the perceived privacy setting includes at least one of the following:

[0143] (1) The target communication device allows to be sensed;

[0144] (2) The target communication device is not allowed to be sensed;

[0145] (3) The conditions under which the target communication device is allowed to be sensed, such as the time, granularity or accuracy, purpose, and dimension of the sensed information;

[0146] (4) The target area is allowed to be perceived;

[0147] (5) The target area is not allowed to be perceived;

[0148] (6) The conditions under which the target area is allowed to be sensed, such as the time during which the sensed area is allowed to be sensed (e.g., the target area is allowed to be sensed within a certain period of time, but not outside this period of time), the granularity or accuracy of the sensed area (e.g., the target area is only allowed to be sensed with low granularity or low accuracy, but not with high granularity or accuracy), the purpose for which the sensed area is allowed to be sensed (e.g., it is only allowed to be sensed for specific purposes such as positioning, ranging, and autonomous driving, but not for other purposes), and the dimension of the sensed area (e.g., it is only allowed to be sensed in a specific direction or position, etc.);

[0149] (7) The target object is allowed to be perceived;

[0150] (8) The target object is not allowed to be perceived;

[0151] (9) The conditions under which the target object is allowed to be perceived, such as the time, granularity or accuracy, purpose, and dimension of the target object;

[0152] (10) The area in the target area that is allowed to be perceived;

[0153] (11) Areas in the target area that are not allowed to be perceived;

[0154] (12) The conditions under which the area in the target area is allowed to be perceived, such as the time, granularity or accuracy, purpose, and dimension of the allowed perception.

[0155] The above-mentioned perception privacy settings (1) to (12) specifically determine whether a certain perception target is allowed to be perceived, and the conditions for allowing perception.

[0156] In one possible implementation, the perceived privacy setting includes at least one of the following:

[0157] (a) The communication device ID that is allowed to be sensed;

[0158] (b) Communication device IDs that are not allowed to be sensed;

[0159] (c) The ID of the communication device that is allowed to be sensed and the conditions under which it is allowed to be sensed, such as the time, granularity or accuracy, purpose, and dimension of the sensed device;

[0160] (d) allows description of perceived objects;

[0161] (e) description of the perceived object is not permitted;

[0162] (f) Description of the objects that can be perceived and the conditions under which they can be perceived, such as the time, granularity or precision, purpose, and dimension of the objects that can be perceived;

[0163] (g) Areas allowed to be sensed;

[0164] (h) Areas where perception is not permitted;

[0165] (i) The areas and conditions under which perception is allowed, such as the time, granularity or accuracy, purpose, and dimension of permitted perception.

[0166] The above-mentioned perceptual privacy settings (a) to (i) specifically indicate which targets are allowed to be perceived and the conditions under which they are allowed to be perceived.

[0167] In a possible implementation manner, the first communication device performs the perceptual privacy processing on the perceptual target according to the perceptual privacy setting, including at least one of the following:

[0168] (1) Reject the sensing request;

[0169] In an embodiment of the present application, if the perception privacy setting corresponding to the target area, target object or target communication device targeted by the perception request is not allowed to be perceived or the conditions for perception permission are not met, the perception request for the target area, target object or target communication device can be directly rejected.

[0170] (2) Determine the sensing method and sensing device according to the conditions that allow sensing, and sense the sensing target through the determined sensing method and sensing device to obtain the sensing privacy processing result; determine the sensing device according to the area that allows sensing in the target area, and sense the sensing target through the determined sensing device to obtain the sensing privacy processing result;

[0171] In an embodiment of the present application, a perception method and a perception device that meet the requirements of the perception privacy setting are determined according to the perception privacy setting, for example, coarse-grained perception is performed according to the granularity or precision of the allowed perception, and a small number of perception devices are called for perception or a perception method with low perception precision is used. The perception device is determined according to the area in the target area that is allowed to be perceived, for example, only the perception devices in the area in the target area that is allowed to be perceived are called to perceive the allowed area, and the perception devices in the area in the target area that is not allowed to be perceived are not called, and the perception data of the area is not obtained.

[0172] (3) sensing the sensing target, obtaining an initial sensing privacy processing result, and performing at least one of the following processing steps: deleting, adding non-privacy data, encrypting, scrambling, or replacing sensing measurement data or sensing measurement results of the area not allowed to be sensed in the initial sensing privacy processing result according to the area not allowed to be sensed in the target area, and obtaining the processed sensing privacy processing result;

[0173] In an embodiment of the present application, perception is first performed in a conventional perception manner to obtain an initial perception privacy processing result, and then the initial perception privacy processing result is privacy-processed according to the perception privacy setting to obtain a final perception privacy processing result, wherein the privacy processing may include at least one of deleting, adding non-privacy data, encrypting, scrambling, and replacing the perception measurement data or the perception measurement result; specifically, in this embodiment, for the target area, the area in the target area that is allowed to be perceived and the area that is not allowed to be perceived can be determined based on the perception privacy setting, and privacy processing is performed only on the perception measurement data or the perception measurement result of the area that is not allowed to be perceived.

[0174] (4) Perceiving a perception target and obtaining an initial perception privacy processing result; and, based on the target communication device or target object that is not allowed to be perceived, performing at least one of the following processing steps: deleting, adding non-privacy data, encrypting, scrambling, and replacing the perception measurement data or results of the target communication device or target object that is not allowed to be perceived in the initial perception privacy processing result, and obtaining the processed perception privacy processing result.

[0175] In an embodiment of the present application, perception is first performed in a conventional perception manner to obtain an initial perception privacy processing result, and then the initial perception privacy processing result is privacy-processed according to the perception privacy setting to obtain a final perception privacy processing result, wherein the privacy processing may include at least one of deleting, adding non-privacy data, encrypting, scrambling, and replacing the perception measurement data or the perception measurement result; specifically, in this embodiment, for the target communication device or target object, the communication devices or objects that are allowed to be perceived and the communication devices or objects that are not allowed to be perceived can be determined based on the perception privacy setting, and privacy processing is performed only on the perception measurement data or the perception measurement results of the communication devices or objects that are not allowed to be perceived.

[0176] In a possible implementation, the method further includes:

[0177] The first communication device feeds back the condition that allows to be sensed.

[0178] In an embodiment of the present application, after obtaining the perception privacy setting, the first communication device may consider feeding back the conditions for allowing perception in the perception privacy setting to the perception requester, and the subsequent requester may repeatedly send the perception request based on the conditions for allowing perception, depending on the implementation of the requester.

[0179] See also Figure 3 The embodiment of the present application provides a method for perceptual privacy configuration. The execution subject of the method is a second communication device, and the second communication device can be a UDM device or a UDR device. The method includes:

[0180] Step 301: The second communication device sends the perceived privacy setting to the first communication device;

[0181] The perceived privacy setting is used to process the perceived privacy of the perceived target, and the perceived target includes at least one of the following:

[0182] (1) Target communication equipment;

[0183] (2) Target area;

[0184] (3)Target audience.

[0185] In the embodiment of the present application, the second communication device is mainly used as a storage device for perceptual privacy settings, and is used to provide perceptual privacy settings to the first communication device. By notifying and configuring the perceptual privacy settings to the first device, the first communication device can be informed of the relevant information of the perceptual privacy and perform privacy processing on specific targets in the perceptual process.

[0186] In a possible implementation manner, before the second communication device sends the perceived privacy setting to the first communication device, the method includes:

[0187] The second communication device receives a first request message from the first communication device;

[0188] The second communication device sends the perceived privacy setting to the first communication device, including:

[0189] In response to the first request message, the second communication device sends a first reply message to the first communication device;

[0190] The first request message carries a target communication device ID, a target object description or a target area description, and the first reply message includes a perceived privacy setting.

[0191] In a possible implementation, the method further includes:

[0192] (1) The second communication device receives a perceived privacy setting from a third communication device;

[0193] (2) The second communication device stores or updates the perceived privacy setting.

[0194] In the embodiment of the present application, the perceived privacy setting in the second communication device is specifically acquired from the third communication device, and the second communication device stores or updates the internal perceived privacy setting according to the perceived privacy setting received from the third communication device.

[0195] In a possible implementation, the perceived privacy setting includes at least one of the following:

[0196] (1) The target communication device allows to be sensed;

[0197] (2) The target communication device is not allowed to be sensed;

[0198] (3) The conditions under which the target communication device is allowed to be sensed, such as the time, granularity or accuracy, purpose, and dimension of the sensed information;

[0199] (4) The target area is allowed to be perceived;

[0200] (5) The target area is not allowed to be perceived;

[0201] (6) The conditions under which the target area is allowed to be perceived, such as the time, granularity or accuracy, purpose, and dimension of the target area;

[0202] (7) The target object is allowed to be perceived;

[0203] (8) The target object is not allowed to be perceived;

[0204] (9) The conditions under which the target object is allowed to be perceived, such as the time, granularity or accuracy, purpose, and dimension of the target object;

[0205] (10) The area in the target area that is allowed to be perceived;

[0206] (11) Areas in the target area that are not allowed to be perceived;

[0207] (12) The conditions under which the area in the target area is allowed to be perceived, such as the time, granularity or accuracy, purpose, and dimension of the allowed perception.

[0208] The above-mentioned perception privacy settings (1) to (12) specifically determine whether a certain perception target is allowed to be perceived, and the conditions for allowing perception.

[0209] In one possible implementation, the perceived privacy setting includes at least one of the following:

[0210] (a) The communication device ID that is allowed to be sensed;

[0211] (b) Communication device IDs that are not allowed to be sensed;

[0212] (c) The ID of the communication device that is allowed to be sensed and the conditions under which it is allowed to be sensed, such as the time, granularity or accuracy, purpose, and dimension of the sensed device;

[0213] (d) allows description of perceived objects;

[0214] (e) description of the perceived object is not permitted;

[0215] (f) Description of the objects that can be perceived and the conditions under which they can be perceived, such as the time, granularity or precision, purpose, and dimension of the objects that can be perceived;

[0216] (g) Areas allowed to be sensed;

[0217] (h) Areas where perception is not permitted;

[0218] (i) The areas and conditions under which perception is allowed, such as the time, granularity or accuracy, purpose, and dimension of permitted perception.

[0219] The above-mentioned perceptual privacy settings (a) to (i) specifically indicate which targets are allowed to be perceived and the conditions under which they are allowed to be perceived.

[0220] See also Figure 4 The embodiment of the present application provides a perception processing method, the execution subject of the method is a third communication device, and the third communication device can be an AMF device. The method includes:

[0221] Step 401: A third communication device receives a second request message from a fourth communication device, the second request message carrying a perceived privacy setting, and the second request message is used to request a network to store or update the perceived privacy setting of the fourth communication device;

[0222] Step 402: The third communication device sends the perceived privacy setting to the second communication device;

[0223] Step 403: The third communication device sends a second reply message to the fourth communication device, where the second reply message carries the first information;

[0224] The first information is used to indicate that the perceived privacy setting is stored successfully or fails to be stored, or the first information is used to indicate that the perceived privacy setting is updated successfully or fails to be updated, and the perceived privacy setting is used to perform perceived privacy processing on the perceived target, and the perceived target includes at least one of the following:

[0225] (1) Target communication equipment;

[0226] (2) Target area;

[0227] (3)Target audience:

[0228] In the embodiment of the present application, the third communication device is mainly used to forward the perceived privacy settings provided by the fourth communication device to the second communication device, and indicate to the fourth communication device whether the perceived privacy settings are stored or updated successfully.

[0229] In a possible implementation, the perceived privacy setting includes at least one of the following:

[0230] (1) The target communication device allows to be sensed;

[0231] (2) The target communication device is not allowed to be sensed;

[0232] (3) The conditions under which the target communication device is allowed to be sensed, such as the time, granularity or accuracy, purpose, and dimension of the sensed information;

[0233] (4) The target area is allowed to be perceived;

[0234] (5) The target area is not allowed to be perceived;

[0235] (6) The conditions under which the target area is allowed to be perceived, such as the time, granularity or accuracy, purpose, and dimension of the target area;

[0236] (7) The target object is allowed to be perceived;

[0237] (8) The target object is not allowed to be perceived;

[0238] (9) The conditions under which the target object is allowed to be perceived, such as the time, granularity or accuracy, purpose, and dimension of the target object;

[0239] (10) The area in the target area that is allowed to be perceived;

[0240] (11) Areas in the target area that are not allowed to be perceived;

[0241] (12) The conditions under which the area in the target area is allowed to be perceived, such as the time, granularity or accuracy, purpose, and dimension of the allowed perception.

[0242] The above-mentioned perception privacy settings (1) to (12) specifically determine whether a certain perception target is allowed to be perceived, and the conditions for allowing perception.

[0243] In a possible implementation, the perceived privacy setting includes at least one of the following:

[0244] (a) The communication device ID that is allowed to be sensed;

[0245] (b) Communication device IDs that are not allowed to be sensed;

[0246] (c) The ID of the communication device that is allowed to be sensed and the conditions under which it is allowed to be sensed, such as the time, granularity or accuracy, purpose, and dimension of the sensed device;

[0247] (d) allows description of perceived objects;

[0248] (e) description of the perceived object is not permitted;

[0249] (f) Description of the objects that can be perceived and the conditions under which they can be perceived, such as the time, granularity or precision, purpose, and dimension of the objects that can be perceived;

[0250] (g) Areas allowed to be sensed;

[0251] (h) Areas where perception is not permitted;

[0252] (i) The areas and conditions under which perception is allowed, such as the time, granularity or accuracy, purpose, and dimension of permitted perception.

[0253] The above-mentioned perceptual privacy settings (a) to (i) specifically indicate which targets are allowed to be perceived and the conditions under which they are allowed to be perceived.

[0254] In a possible implementation, the method further includes:

[0255] The third communication device sends a perceived notification message to the fourth communication device;

[0256] The third communication device sends a perceived notification message to the fourth communication device based on a request of the first communication device;

[0257] The perceived notification message carries the target communication device ID, the target object description or the target area description.

[0258] In an embodiment of the present application, the third communication device is also used to send a perceived notification message carrying the target communication device ID, target object description or target area description to the fourth communication device according to the request of the first communication device when the first communication device requests the fourth communication device to perceive privacy settings.

[0259] See also Figure 5a and Figure 5b The embodiment of the present application provides a perception processing method, the execution subject of the method is a fourth communication device, and the fourth communication device can be a UE or a network side device. The method can include the following steps: Figure 5a or as shown in Figure 5b The steps shown in:

[0260] like Figure 5a The method includes:

[0261] Step 501: The fourth communication device receives a perceived notification message from the first communication device;

[0262] Step 502: The fourth communication device sends a perceived notification reply message to the first communication device;

[0263] The perceived notification message carries the target communication device ID, the target object description or the target area description, and the perceived notification reply message contains the perceived privacy settings;

[0264] Or, if Figure 5b As shown in , the method includes:

[0265] Step 503: The fourth communication device sends a second request message to the third communication device, where the second request message carries the perceived privacy setting, and is used to request the network to store or update the perceived privacy setting of the fourth communication device;

[0266] Step 504: The fourth communication device receives a second reply message from the third communication device, where the second reply message carries the first information;

[0267] The first information is used to indicate that the perceived privacy setting is stored successfully or fails to be stored, or the first information is used to indicate that the perceived privacy setting is updated successfully or fails to be updated, and the perceived privacy setting is used for perceived privacy processing of the perceived target, and the perceived target includes at least one of the following:

[0268] (1) Target communication equipment;

[0269] (2) Target area;

[0270] (3)Target audience.

[0271] It should be noted that the fourth communication device can be Figure 5aThe process directly provides the first communication device with the perceived privacy setting, or the fourth communication device can follow Figure 5b The process provides the perceived privacy settings to the network side for storage or update.

[0272] The technical solution of the present application is described below in conjunction with specific embodiments:

[0273] Example 1: See Figure 6a , UE’s perceived privacy setting process;

[0274] 0. NF (such as SF, NEF) may notify the UDM of the update of the perceived privacy settings of the target area or target object or target UE;

[0275] 1. If the UE needs to set or update the perceived privacy setting, the UE sends a perceived privacy setting request to the AMF, where the perceived privacy setting request is used to indicate at least one of the following:

[0276] (1) Whether the UE is allowed to perceive, or whether the perception result of the UE is allowed to be exposed to the AF or a third party, or the conditions under which the UE is allowed to be perceived, such as the accuracy of perception (such as coarse granularity, fine granularity), the accuracy can be represented by a perception QoS parameter, and the perception accuracy can be represented by a perception accuracy level, the higher the level, the finer the granularity of perception; such as the time when perception can be performed; such as the purpose of perception, that is, under which purposes perception is allowed.

[0277] (2) Whether the target area is allowed to be sensed, or whether the sensed result of the target area is allowed to be exposed to the AF or a third party, or the conditions under which the sensed area is allowed to be sensed, such as the accuracy of the sensed area, which can be represented by the sensed QoS parameter, and the sensed accuracy can be represented by the sensed accuracy level. The higher the level, the finer the granularity of the sensed area. For example, the time when the sensed area can be sensed; the purpose of the sensed area, that is, under what purposes the sensed area is allowed to be sensed. For this indication, the request contains the target area information.

[0278] (3) Whether the target object is allowed to be perceived, or whether the perception result of the target object is allowed to be exposed to the AF or a third party, or the conditions under which the target object is allowed to be perceived, such as the accuracy of perception. The accuracy can be represented by the perception QoS parameter, and the perception accuracy can be represented by the perception accuracy level. The higher the level, the finer the granularity of perception. For example, the time when the target object can be perceived; the purpose for which the target object can be perceived, that is, under which purposes the target object is allowed to be perceived. For this indication, the request also includes description information of the target object, and the description information is used to describe the target object, such as the photo data of the target object, the shape data of the target object, etc.

[0279] (4) Whether the target UE is allowed to sense, or whether the sensing result of the target UE is allowed to be exposed to the AF or a third party, or the conditions under which the target UE is allowed to be sensed, such as the accuracy of the sensed information. The accuracy can be represented by the sensing QoS parameter, and the sensing accuracy can be represented by the sensing accuracy level. The higher the level, the finer the granularity of the sensed information. For example, the time when the sensed information can be sensed; the purpose of the sensed information, that is, under which purposes the sensed information is allowed. For this indication, the request also includes the ID of the target UE.

[0280] Note: The target UE can be a target object. The target UE is a UE that can be identified by a specific identifier in the network. The target object may not be identified by a network identifier, such as a building, a landmark, a tree, a person or a biometric description of an object. The target UE may participate in the sensing operation (such as participating in the reception or transmission of the sensing signal), or may not participate, such as a sensed UE.

[0281] 2.AMF calls the Nudm_ParameterProvision_Update(Sensing privacy)serviceoperation of UDM, the service operation carries the indication in step 1, and the UDM further stores or updates the perceived privacy settings of the UE. If the perceived privacy settings of the target UE are set, the perceived privacy settings of the target UE are further stored or updated in the UDR.

[0282] 3. The AMF responds with the perceived privacy setting response to the UE, and the response may reflect the success or failure of the perceived privacy setting.

[0283] 4. The UDM notifies the contracted NF that the perceived privacy setting has been updated. The contracted NF refers to the NF that has signed a contract for the perceived privacy setting of the UE. The UDM may also send the updated privacy setting to the contracted NF.

[0284] 5. The NF may sign up for the perceived privacy setting update notification, as described above, and the perceived request initiated by the NF ends.

[0285] Example 2: See Figure 6b , the target area in the sensing request of AF or NF involves the privacy area, SF determines the sensing device according to the privacy area, that is, only calls the sensing device in the non-privacy area and feeds back the sensing information in the non-privacy area.

[0286] 1. The SF receives a perception request from a consumer (such as a third-party UE or AF or other NF), which carries the target area information and the perception service description information of the target area, which is used to instruct the network to return the perception information in the target area. The perception service description information includes at least one of the following information:

[0287] (1) Perception service type: Define the perception service type, which can be defined based on the perception physical range and real-time requirements. For example, Type I: large perception range and high real-time requirements (Delay Critical LSS); Type II: large perception range and low real-time requirements (LSS); Type III: small perception range and low real-time requirements (Delay Critical SSS); Type IV: small perception range and low real-time requirements (SSS);

[0288] (2) Perception business purpose, such as perception for respiratory monitoring or surrounding traffic environment monitoring.

[0289] (3) Granularity of sensing services (e.g., per UE or per area): Instructs sensing measurements to be performed and reported at the UE granularity or the area granularity.

[0290] (4) Perception service time, which defines the time information of the perception service execution. It can be absolute time information (Monday, 13:00-19:00) or relative time information (such as within the next month). The time information can include the start time, end time or duration, etc.

[0291] (5) Perception data reporting information. It is used to define the conditions, reporting format, and reporting frequency for perception data reporting. For example, the reporting condition may be event-triggered or periodic. In the former case, the reporting condition also includes event description information (such as determining whether the user has entered the driving state); in the latter case, the reporting condition also includes reporting cycle information (such as every 5 minutes). In addition, the reporting format is used to indicate the form in which the perception data is reported, such as indicating whether it is reported in binary / text form. The number of reports is used to indicate whether it is a one-time report or multiple reports, as well as the number of multiple reports.

[0292] (6) Perceived service quality (QoS) requirements.

[0293] The perceived QoS includes one or more quality parameters in the following table 1:

[0294]

[0295]

[0296]

[0297] The target area information may be a relative position range (such as within 20 meters) or an absolute position range. It may be composed of at least one of the following: TAI(s), cell ID(s), area ID. For example, when the granularity of the perception service is TAI(s), it means that the perception service is performed within the range indicated by the TAI(s); when the granularity of the perception service is area ID, it means that the perception service is performed within the range indicated by the area ID. When multiple items appear, the ranges indicated by the multiple items of information may be consistent or inconsistent. If they are inconsistent, it means that the perception service is performed within the union of the ranges indicated by the multiple items of information.

[0298] 2. SF performs a privacy-aware query on the target area. Optionally, SF sends a request to UDM / UDR to query the relationship between the target area and the privacy area, such as whether there is overlap and which areas overlap. The query request carries the target area information. Alternatively, SF determines the relationship between the target area and the privacy area based on local policy / configuration information.

[0299] 3. UDM returns a query response, which includes the new target area, that is, the area that does not overlap with the privacy area, or UDM determines the privacy area based on the target area and returns the privacy area to SF (that is, the response only includes the privacy area)

[0300] 4. SF determines the new target area. If the new target area returned by UDM in step 3 is not empty (i.e., the target area is not covered by the privacy area), SF uses the new target area. If the privacy area returned by UDM in step 3 is not covered by the privacy area, SF determines the new target area based on the target area and the privacy area. If the determined new target area is empty, SF rejects the perception request in step 1. The rejection reason may be a privacy issue, and subsequent steps 5 to 6 are not executed.

[0301] 5. The SF determines a sensing device based on the new target area, and the sensing device is used to participate in sensing operations in the target area, such as receiving or sending sensing signals, measuring sensing signals, etc., such as a base station, a UE, etc. The determination of the sensing device based on the new target area includes at least one of the following:

[0302] (1) One way is that the SF determines the sensing device based on the local configuration and the new target area, and the sensing device may be, for example, UE ID, base station ID, user ID, etc.

[0303] (2) One method is that SF sends a sensing device request to UDM / UDR / AMF, requesting to obtain the sensing devices in the new target area, and the request carries the new target area information, such as TAI(s), cell ID(s), and area ID; UDM / UDR / AMF receives the sensing device request from SF, determines the sensing device according to the new target area, and returns the sensing device information to SF.

[0304] 6. SF triggers / requests the selected perception device to perform a perception operation. SF obtains the perception information (such as perception data or perception results) in the new target area based on the perception measurement information returned by the perception device, and derives the perception results in the new target area based on the perception requirements in step 1.

[0305] 7. SF returns the perception result to the consumer (AF, UE or NF), and the request carries the new target area information, indicating that the perception result is applicable to the new target area. One implementation is that SF returns the perception result to the consumer (AF, UE or NF), and the perception result is applicable to the original target area. For this operation, SF needs to supplement the perception information of the difference area between the original target area and the new target area. SF can supplement the perception information of the difference area based on implementation, such as coding, replacement, etc.

[0306] Example 3: See Figure 6c ,The target area in the perception request of AF or NF involves a privacy object or hidden area, and SF performs privacy processing on the perception data or results.

[0307] 1. The SF receives a perception request from a consumer (such as a third-party UE or AF or other NF), which carries target area information, or target UE ID information, or description information of the target object, and perception service description information, which is used to instruct the network to return perception information of the target area, target UE, or target object. The perception service description information includes at least one of the following information:

[0308] (1) Perception service type: Define the perception service type, which can be defined based on the perception physical range and real-time requirements. For example, Type I: large perception range and high real-time requirements (Delay Critical LSS); Type II: large perception range and low real-time requirements (LSS); Type III: small perception range and low real-time requirements (Delay Critical SSS); Type IV: small perception range and low real-time requirements (SSS);

[0309] (2) Perception business purpose, such as perception for respiratory monitoring or surrounding traffic environment monitoring.

[0310] (3) Granularity of sensing services (e.g., per UE or per area): Instructs sensing measurements to be performed and reported at the UE granularity or the area granularity.

[0311] (4) Perception service time, which defines the time information of the perception service execution. It can be absolute time information (Monday, 13:00-19:00) or relative time information (such as within the next month). The time information can include the start time, end time or duration, etc.

[0312] (5) Perception data reporting information. It is used to define the conditions, reporting format, and reporting frequency for perception data reporting. For example, the reporting condition may be event-triggered or periodic. In the former case, the reporting condition also includes event description information (such as determining whether the user has entered the driving state); in the latter case, the reporting condition also includes reporting cycle information (such as every 5 minutes). In addition, the reporting format is used to indicate the form in which the perception data is reported, such as indicating whether it is reported in binary / text form. The number of reports is used to indicate whether it is a one-time report or multiple reports, as well as the number of multiple reports.

[0313] (6) Perceived service quality (QoS) requirements.

[0314] The perceived QoS includes quality parameters of one or more dimensions in Table 1 above.

[0315] 2. SF performs a perception privacy query on the target area. SF sends a request to UDM / UDR to query (based on the perception request in step 1) the relationship between the target area and the privacy area, such as whether there is overlap, which areas overlap, and query whether the target UE has privacy settings, whether the target object has privacy settings, or whether the target object in the target area has privacy settings;

[0316] The request contains the corresponding target area information, target object description and / or target UE ID:

[0317] 3. UDM returns the query result, i.e., returns the privacy area to SF, corresponding to the requirement in step 2, and returns the description information of the privacy object to SF, whether the target UE has privacy settings, and may also return the privacy granularity (i.e., the perceived granularity, coarse or fine) to SF;

[0318] 4. SF triggers the perception operation of the target area and obtains the perception information of the target area (such as perception measurement data or perception results). In this step, SF may also determine the perception method and call the perception device according to the granularity of the privacy setting, such as using a perception method with low accuracy under coarse granularity and calling fewer perception devices.

[0319] 5. SF obtains the perception results of the target area, including the perception measurement data from step 4. If the perception measurement data provided in step 4 is provided, SF calculates the perception measurement results. SF performs privacy processing on the perception results or perception measurement data according to the perception privacy area setting, the perception object setting, and the perception privacy granularity setting, such as deleting the perception data or results corresponding to the privacy area setting and the perception object setting, or performing fuzzification (reducing precision) processing. For the corresponding perception data or results with the perception privacy granularity set to coarse granularity, fuzzification (reducing precision) processing is performed.

[0320] 6. SF returns the processed sensing results to UE, AF or a third party.

[0321] Example 4: See Figure 6d , SF feeds back the processing sensing granularity to UE or AF / NF based on the sensing request.

[0322] 1. SF receives a sensing request from UE or AF or other NF, the request carries a target area, which is used to instruct the network to return sensing information within the target area, a target object, which is used to sense the target object, a target UE, which is used to sense the target UE information, and also includes sensing accuracy

[0323] 2. SF queries UDM / UDR for the target area, target object, or target UE privacy settings

[0324] 3. UDM / UDR returns SF-related privacy settings and perception granularity

[0325] 4. SF returns the perception accuracy (perception granularity) information that the network side can perform to AF. Subsequently, AF needs to send further perception requests, which depends on AF implementation.

[0326] Example 5: See Figure 6e , the sensing request of AF or NF carries the information of the target area, SF obtains the sensing privacy setting from UE and performs privacy processing on the sensing data or results;

[0327] 1. The SF receives a perception request from a consumer (such as a third-party UE or AF or other NF), which carries target area information, or target UE ID information, or description information of the target object, and perception service description information, which is used to instruct the network to return perception information of the target area, target UE, or target object. The perception service description information includes at least one of the following information:

[0328] (1) Perception service type: Define the perception service type, which can be defined based on the perception physical range and real-time requirements. For example, Type I: large perception range and high real-time requirements (Delay Critical LSS); Type II: large perception range and low real-time requirements (LSS); Type III: small perception range and low real-time requirements (Delay Critical SSS); Type IV: small perception range and low real-time requirements (SSS);

[0329] (2) Perception business purpose, such as perception for respiratory monitoring or surrounding traffic environment monitoring.

[0330] (3) Granularity of sensing services (e.g., per UE or per area): Instructs sensing measurements to be performed and reported at the UE granularity or the area granularity.

[0331] (4) Perception service time, which defines the time information of the perception service execution. It can be absolute time information (Monday, 13:00-19:00) or relative time information (such as within the next month). The time information can include the start time, end time or duration, etc.

[0332] (5) Perception data reporting information. It is used to define the conditions, reporting format, and reporting frequency for perception data reporting. For example, the reporting condition may be event-triggered or periodic. In the former case, the reporting condition also includes event description information (such as determining whether the user has entered the driving state); in the latter case, the reporting condition also includes reporting cycle information (such as every 5 minutes). In addition, the reporting format is used to indicate the form in which the perception data is reported, such as indicating whether it is reported in binary / text form. The number of reports is used to indicate whether it is a one-time report or multiple reports, as well as the number of multiple reports.

[0333] (6) Perceived service quality (QoS) requirements.

[0334] The perceived QoS includes quality parameters of one or more dimensions in Table 1 above.

[0335] 2. SF performs a perceived privacy query on the target area. SF sends a perceived notification to the UE to request a query (according to the perceived request in step 1) on the relationship between the target area and the privacy area, such as whether there is overlap, which areas overlap, and whether the target UE has privacy settings, whether the target object has privacy settings, or whether the target object in the target area has privacy settings;

[0336] The request contains the corresponding target area information, target object description and / or target UE ID:

[0337] 3. The UE returns the query result, i.e., returns the privacy area to the SF through the perceived notification reply, corresponding to the requirement in step 2, and returns the description information of the privacy object to the SF, whether the target UE has privacy settings, and may also return the privacy granularity (i.e., the perceived granularity, coarse or fine) to the SF;

[0338] 4. SF triggers the perception operation of the target area and obtains the perception information of the target area (such as perception measurement data or perception results). In this step, SF may also determine the perception method and call the perception device according to the granularity of the privacy setting, such as using a perception method with low accuracy under coarse granularity and calling fewer perception devices.

[0339] SF obtains the perception result of the target area, and SF calculates the perception measurement result. SF performs privacy processing on the perception result or perception measurement data according to the perception privacy area setting, the perception object setting, and the perception privacy granularity setting, such as deleting the perception data or results corresponding to the privacy area setting and the perception object setting, or performing fuzzification (reducing precision) processing. For the corresponding perception data or results with the perception privacy granularity setting as coarse granularity, fuzzification (reducing precision) processing is performed.

[0340] 5. SF returns the processed sensing results to UE, AF or a third party.

[0341] The perception processing method provided in the embodiment of the present application can be executed by a perception processing device. In the embodiment of the present application, the perception processing device provided in the embodiment of the present application is described by taking the perception processing device executing the perception processing method as an example.

[0342] See also Figure 7 The embodiment of the present application provides a perception processing device, which is applied to a first communication device, and the device includes:

[0343] A first receiving module 701 is configured to receive a sensing request from a first communication device;

[0344] An acquisition module 702 is used for the first communication device to acquire a perceived privacy setting;

[0345] A processing module 703 is used for the first communication device to perform a perceived privacy process on the perceived target according to the perceived privacy setting;

[0346] A first feedback module 704, configured for the first communication device to feedback a privacy-aware processing result;

[0347] The sensing request carries information of a sensing target, and the sensing target includes at least one of the following:

[0348] Target communication equipment;

[0349] Target area;

[0350] Target object.

[0351] Optionally, the acquisition module is specifically used to:

[0352] The first communication device obtains the perceived privacy setting from the second communication device;

[0353] or,

[0354] The first communication device obtains the perceived privacy setting according to a local configuration of the first communication device;

[0355] or,

[0356] The first communication device obtains the perceived privacy setting from a fourth communication device.

[0357] Optionally, the acquisition module is specifically used to:

[0358] The first communication device sends a first request message to the second communication device;

[0359] The first communication device receives a first reply message from the second communication device;

[0360] The first request message carries a target communication device identification ID, a target object description or a target area description, and the first reply message contains the perceived privacy setting.

[0361] Optionally, the acquisition module is specifically used to:

[0362] The first communication device sends a perceived notification message to the fourth communication device;

[0363] The first communication device receives a perceived notification reply message from the fourth communication device;

[0364] The perceived notification message carries a target communication device identification ID, a target object description or a target area description, and the perceived notification reply message contains the perceived privacy setting.

[0365] Optionally, the acquisition module is specifically used to:

[0366] The first communication device sends a perceived notification message to the fourth communication device through the third communication device;

[0367] or,

[0368] The first communication device requests the third communication device to send a perceived notification message to the fourth communication device.

[0369] Optionally, the perceived privacy setting includes at least one of the following:

[0370] The target communication device allows to be sensed;

[0371] The target communication device is not allowed to be sensed;

[0372] The conditions under which the target communication device is allowed to be sensed;

[0373] The target area is allowed to be perceived;

[0374] The target area is not allowed to be sensed;

[0375] The conditions under which the target area is allowed to be perceived;

[0376] The target object allows for perception;

[0377] The target object is not allowed to be perceived;

[0378] The conditions under which the target object is allowed to be perceived;

[0379] The area within the target area that is allowed to be sensed;

[0380] Areas in the target area that are not allowed to be perceived;

[0381] The conditions under which the area in the target area is allowed to be perceived.

[0382] Optionally, the perceived privacy setting includes at least one of the following:

[0383] The ID of the communication device that is allowed to be sensed;

[0384] Communication device IDs that are not allowed to be sensed;

[0385] The ID of the communication device that is allowed to be sensed and the conditions under which it is allowed to be sensed;

[0386] allows description of perceived objects;

[0387] No description of the object perceived is permitted;

[0388] Description of objects that are allowed to be perceived and the conditions under which they are allowed to be perceived;

[0389] Areas that are allowed to be perceived;

[0390] Areas that are not allowed to be perceived;

[0391] The areas where perception is allowed and the conditions under which perception is allowed.

[0392] Optionally, the processing module is specifically used for at least one of the following:

[0393] denying said sensing request;

[0394] According to the conditions that allow perception, a perception method and a perception device are determined, and the perception target is perceived through the determined perception method and the determined perception device to obtain a perception privacy processing result; according to the area in the target area that allows perception, a perception device is determined, and the perception target is perceived through the determined perception device to obtain a perception privacy processing result;

[0395] The perception target is perceived to obtain an initial perception privacy processing result, and according to the area in the target area that is not allowed to be perceived, the perception measurement data or the perception measurement result of the area that is not allowed to be perceived in the initial perception privacy processing result is deleted, non-privacy data is added, encryption, scrambling, and replacement is performed, and the processed perception privacy processing result is obtained;

[0396] The perception target is perceived to obtain an initial perception privacy processing result, and according to the target communication device or target object that is not allowed to be perceived, at least one of deleting, adding non-privacy data, encrypting, scrambling, and replacing the perception measurement data or results of the target communication device or target object that is not allowed to be perceived in the initial perception privacy processing result is performed, and the processed perception privacy processing result is obtained.

[0397] Optionally, the device further comprises:

[0398] The second feedback module is used for the first communication device to feed back the conditions that allow perception.

[0399] See also Figure 8 The embodiment of the present application provides a perception processing device, which is applied to a second communication device, and the device includes:

[0400] A first sending module 801 is used for a second communication device to send a perceived privacy setting to a first communication device;

[0401] The perceived privacy setting is used for perceived privacy processing of a perceived target, and the perceived target includes at least one of the following:

[0402] Target communication equipment;

[0403] Target area;

[0404] Target object.

[0405] Optionally, the device further comprises:

[0406] A fifth receiving module, configured for the second communication device to receive a first request message from the first communication device before the second communication device sends the perceived privacy setting to the first communication device;

[0407] The first sending module is specifically used for:

[0408] In response to the first request message, the second communication device sends a first reply message to the first communication device;

[0409] The first request message carries a target communication device ID, a target object description or a target area description, and the first reply message contains the perceived privacy setting.

[0410] Optionally, the device further comprises:

[0411] A sixth receiving module, configured for the second communication device to receive the perceived privacy setting from a third communication device;

[0412] A storage and updating module is used for the second communication device to store or update the perceived privacy setting.

[0413] Optionally, the perceived privacy setting includes at least one of the following:

[0414] The target communication device allows to be sensed;

[0415] The target communication device is not allowed to be sensed;

[0416] The conditions under which the target communication device is allowed to be sensed;

[0417] The target area is allowed to be perceived;

[0418] The target area is not allowed to be sensed;

[0419] The conditions under which the target area is allowed to be perceived;

[0420] The target object allows for perception;

[0421] The target object is not allowed to be perceived;

[0422] The conditions under which the target object is allowed to be perceived;

[0423] The area within the target area that is allowed to be sensed;

[0424] Areas in the target area that are not allowed to be perceived;

[0425] The conditions under which the area in the target area is allowed to be perceived.

[0426] Optionally, the perceived privacy setting includes at least one of the following:

[0427] The ID of the communication device that is allowed to be sensed;

[0428] Communication device IDs that are not allowed to be sensed;

[0429] The ID of the communication device that is allowed to be sensed and the conditions under which it is allowed to be sensed;

[0430] allows description of perceived objects;

[0431] No description of the object perceived is permitted;

[0432] Description of objects that are allowed to be perceived and the conditions under which they are allowed to be perceived;

[0433] Areas that are allowed to be perceived;

[0434] Areas that are not allowed to be perceived;

[0435] The areas where perception is allowed and the conditions under which perception is allowed.

[0436] See also Fig. 9 , an embodiment of the present application provides a perception processing device, which is applied to a third communication device, and the device includes:

[0437] A second receiving module 901 is used for a third communication device to receive a second request message from a fourth communication device, where the second request message carries a perceived privacy setting, and the second request message is used to request a network to store or update the perceived privacy setting of the fourth communication device;

[0438] A second sending module 902, configured for the third communication device to send the perceived privacy setting to the second communication device;

[0439] A third sending module 903, configured for the third communication device to send a second reply message to the fourth communication device, where the second reply message carries the first information;

[0440] The first information is used to indicate that the perceived privacy setting is stored successfully or failed to be stored, or the first information is used to indicate that the perceived privacy setting is updated successfully or failed to be updated, and the perceived privacy setting is used to perform perceived privacy processing on a perceived target, and the perceived target includes at least one of the following:

[0441] Target communication equipment;

[0442] Target area;

[0443] Target object.

[0444] Optionally, the perceived privacy setting includes at least one of the following:

[0445] The target communication device allows to be sensed;

[0446] The target communication device is not allowed to be sensed;

[0447] The conditions under which the target communication device is allowed to be sensed;

[0448] The target area is allowed to be perceived;

[0449] The target area is not allowed to be sensed;

[0450] The conditions under which the target area is allowed to be perceived;

[0451] The target object allows for perception;

[0452] The target object is not allowed to be perceived;

[0453] The conditions under which the target object is allowed to be perceived;

[0454] The area within the target area that is allowed to be sensed;

[0455] Areas in the target area that are not allowed to be perceived;

[0456] The conditions under which the area in the target area is allowed to be perceived.

[0457] Optionally, the perceived privacy setting includes at least one of the following:

[0458] The ID of the communication device that is allowed to be sensed;

[0459] Communication device IDs that are not allowed to be sensed;

[0460] The ID of the communication device that is allowed to be sensed and the conditions under which it is allowed to be sensed;

[0461] allows description of perceived objects;

[0462] No description of the object perceived is permitted;

[0463] Description of objects that are allowed to be perceived and the conditions under which they are allowed to be perceived;

[0464] Areas that are allowed to be perceived;

[0465] Areas that are not allowed to be perceived;

[0466] The areas where perception is allowed and the conditions under which perception is allowed.

[0467] Optionally, the device further comprises:

[0468] The sixth sending module is used for:

[0469] The third communication device sends a perceived notification message to the fourth communication device;

[0470] or,

[0471] The third communication device sends a perceived notification message to the fourth communication device based on a request of the first communication device;

[0472] The perceived notification message carries a target communication device ID, a target object description or a target area description.

[0473] See also Fig.10 , an embodiment of the present application provides a perception processing device, which is applied to a fourth communication device, and the device includes:

[0474] The third receiving module 1001 is used for the fourth communication device to receive a perceived notification message from the first communication device;

[0475] A fourth sending module 1002, configured for the fourth communication device to send a perceived notification reply message to the first communication device;

[0476] The perceived notification message carries a target communication device ID, a target object description or a target area description, and the perceived notification reply message contains a perceived privacy setting;

[0477] A fifth sending module 1003, configured for the fourth communication device to send a second request message to the third communication device, wherein the second request message carries the perceived privacy setting, and is configured for requesting the network to store or update the perceived privacy setting of the fourth communication device;

[0478] A fourth receiving module 1004 is configured for the fourth communication device to receive a second reply message from the third communication device, where the second reply message carries the first information;

[0479] The first information is used to indicate that the perceived privacy setting is stored successfully or failed to be stored, or the first information is used to indicate that the perceived privacy setting is updated successfully or failed to be updated, and the perceived privacy setting is used for perceived privacy processing of a perceived target, and the perceived target includes at least one of the following:

[0480] Target communication equipment;

[0481] Target area;

[0482] Target object.

[0483] Optionally, the perceived privacy setting includes at least one of the following:

[0484] The target communication device allows to be sensed;

[0485] The target communication device is not allowed to be sensed;

[0486] The conditions under which the target communication device is allowed to be sensed;

[0487] The target area is allowed to be perceived;

[0488] The target area is not allowed to be sensed;

[0489] The conditions under which the target area is allowed to be perceived;

[0490] The target object allows for perception;

[0491] The target object is not allowed to be perceived;

[0492] The conditions under which the target object is allowed to be perceived;

[0493] The area within the target area that is allowed to be sensed;

[0494] Areas in the target area that are not allowed to be perceived;

[0495] The conditions under which the area in the target area is allowed to be perceived.

[0496] Optionally, the perceived privacy setting includes at least one of the following:

[0497] The ID of the communication device that is allowed to be sensed;

[0498] Communication device IDs that are not allowed to be sensed;

[0499] The ID of the communication device that is allowed to be sensed and the conditions under which it is allowed to be sensed;

[0500] allows description of perceived objects;

[0501] No description of the object perceived is permitted;

[0502] Description of objects that are allowed to be perceived and the conditions under which they are allowed to be perceived;

[0503] Areas that are allowed to be perceived;

[0504] Areas that are not allowed to be perceived;

[0505] The areas where perception is allowed and the conditions under which perception is allowed.

[0506] The perception processing device in the embodiment of the present application can be an electronic device, such as an electronic device with an operating system, or a component in an electronic device, such as an integrated circuit or a chip. The electronic device can be a terminal, or it can be other devices other than a terminal. Exemplarily, the terminal can include but is not limited to the types of terminals 11 listed above, and other devices can be servers, network attached storage (NAS), etc., which are not specifically limited in the embodiment of the present application.

[0507] The perception processing device provided in the embodiment of the present application can achieve Figures 2 to 6e The various processes implemented by the method embodiment and achieving the same technical effect are not described here to avoid repetition.

[0508] like Fig.11 As shown, the embodiment of the present application further provides a communication device 1100, including a processor 1101 and a memory 1102, and the memory 1102 stores a program or instruction that can be run on the processor 1101. For example, when the communication device 1100 is a terminal, the program or instruction is executed by the processor 1101 to implement the various steps of the above-mentioned perception processing method embodiment, and can achieve the same technical effect. When the communication device 1100 is a network side device, the program or instruction is executed by the processor 1101 to implement the various steps of the above-mentioned perception processing method embodiment, and can achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, it will not be repeated here.

[0509] The embodiment of the present application also provides a terminal, including a processor and a communication interface, wherein the communication interface is coupled to the processor, and the processor is used to run a program or instruction to implement the following Figure 5a and or the steps of the method embodiment shown in 5b. Specifically, Fig.12 A schematic diagram of the hardware structure of a terminal for implementing an embodiment of the present application.

[0510] The terminal 1200 includes but is not limited to: a radio frequency unit 1201, a network module 1202, an audio output unit 1203, an input unit 1204, a sensor 1205, a display unit 1206, a user input unit 1207, an interface unit 1208, a memory 1209 and at least some of the components of the processor 1210.

[0511] Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the terminal 1200 may also include a power source (such as a battery) for supplying power to each component, and the power source may be logically connected to the processor 1210 through a power management system, thereby implementing functions such as managing charging, discharging, and power consumption management through the power management system. Fig.12 The terminal structure shown in the figure does not constitute a limitation on the terminal. The terminal may include more or fewer components than shown in the figure, or combine certain components, or arrange the components differently, which will not be described in detail here.

[0512] It should be understood that in the embodiment of the present application, the input unit 1204 may include a graphics processing unit (GPU) 12041 and a microphone 12042, and the graphics processor 12041 processes the image data of a static picture or video obtained by an image capture device (such as a camera) in a video capture mode or an image capture mode. The display unit 1206 may include a display panel 12061, and the display panel 12061 may be configured in the form of a liquid crystal display, an organic light emitting diode, etc. The user input unit 1207 includes a touch panel 12071 and at least one of other input devices 12072. The touch panel 12071 is also called a touch screen. The touch panel 12071 may include two parts: a touch detection device and a touch controller. Other input devices 12072 may include, but are not limited to, a physical keyboard, function keys (such as volume control keys, switch keys, etc.), a trackball, a mouse, and a joystick, which will not be repeated here.

[0513] In the embodiment of the present application, after receiving downlink data from the network side device, the RF unit 1201 can transmit the data to the processor 1210 for processing; in addition, the RF unit 1201 can send uplink data to the network side device. Generally, the RF unit 1201 includes but is not limited to an antenna, an amplifier, a transceiver, a coupler, a low noise amplifier, a duplexer, etc.

[0514] The memory 1209 can be used to store software programs or instructions and various data. The memory 1209 can mainly include a first storage area for storing programs or instructions and a second storage area for storing data, wherein the first storage area can store an operating system, an application program or instruction required for at least one function (such as a sound playback function, an image playback function, etc.), etc. In addition, the memory x09 can include a volatile memory or a non-volatile memory. Among them, the non-volatile memory can be a read-only memory (ROM), a programmable read-only memory (PROM), an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), or a flash memory. The volatile memory may be a random access memory (RAM), a static random access memory (SRAM), a dynamic random access memory (DRAM), a synchronous dynamic random access memory (SDRAM), a double data rate synchronous dynamic random access memory (DDRSDRAM), an enhanced synchronous dynamic random access memory (ESDRAM), a synchronous link dynamic random access memory (SLDRAM) and a direct memory bus random access memory (DRRAM). The memory x09 in the embodiment of the present application includes but is not limited to these and any other suitable types of memory.

[0515] The processor 1210 may include one or more processing units; optionally, the processor 1210 integrates an application processor and a modem processor, wherein the application processor mainly processes operations related to an operating system, a user interface, and application programs, and the modem processor mainly processes wireless communication signals, such as a baseband processor. It is understandable that the modem processor may not be integrated into the processor 1210.

[0516] The embodiment of the present application also provides a network side device, including a processor and a communication interface, wherein the communication interface is coupled to the processor, and the processor is used to run a program or instruction to implement the following Figure 2 , 3 , and the steps of the method embodiment shown in 4. This network side device embodiment corresponds to the above network side device method embodiment, and each implementation process and implementation mode of the above method embodiment can be applied to this network side device embodiment and can achieve the same technical effect.

[0517] Specifically, the embodiment of the present application also provides a network side device. Fig.13 As shown, the network side device 1300 includes: an antenna 131, a radio frequency device 132, a baseband device 133, a processor 134 and a memory 135. The antenna 131 is connected to the radio frequency device 132. In the uplink direction, the radio frequency device 132 receives information through the antenna 131 and sends the received information to the baseband device 133 for processing. In the downlink direction, the baseband device 133 processes the information to be sent and sends it to the radio frequency device 132. The radio frequency device 132 processes the received information and sends it out through the antenna 131.

[0518] The method executed by the network-side device in the above embodiment may be implemented in the baseband device 133, which includes a baseband processor.

[0519] The baseband device 133 may include, for example, at least one baseband board on which a plurality of chips are arranged. Fig.13 As shown, one of the chips is, for example, a baseband processor, which is connected to the memory 135 through a bus interface to call the program in the memory 135 to execute the network device operations shown in the above method embodiment.

[0520] The network side device may further include a network interface 136, which is, for example, a Common Public Radio Interface (CPRI).

[0521] Specifically, the network side device 1300 of the embodiment of the present application further includes: instructions or programs stored in the memory 135 and executable on the processor y4, and the processor 134 calls the instructions or programs in the memory 135 to execute Figure 7 , 8 , and the methods executed by each module shown in 9 achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, they will not be described here.

[0522] Specifically, the embodiment of the present application also provides a network side device. Fig.14 As shown, the network side device 1400 includes: a processor 1401, a network interface 1402 and a memory 1403. The network interface 1402 is, for example, a common public radio interface (CPRI).

[0523] Specifically, the network side device 1400 of the embodiment of the present application further includes: instructions or programs stored in the memory 1403 and executable on the processor 1401, and the processor 1401 calls the instructions or programs in the memory 1403 to execute Figure 7 , 8, and the methods executed by each module shown in 9 achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, they will not be described here.

[0524] An embodiment of the present application also provides a readable storage medium, on which a program or instruction is stored. When the program or instruction is executed by a processor, the various processes of the above-mentioned perception processing method embodiment are implemented, and the same technical effect can be achieved. To avoid repetition, it will not be repeated here.

[0525] The processor is the processor in the terminal described in the above embodiment. The readable storage medium includes a computer readable storage medium, such as a computer read-only memory ROM, a random access memory RAM, a magnetic disk or an optical disk. In some examples, the readable storage medium may be a non-transient readable storage medium.

[0526] An embodiment of the present application further provides a chip, which includes a processor and a communication interface, wherein the communication interface is coupled to the processor, and the processor is used to run programs or instructions to implement the various processes of the above-mentioned perception processing method embodiment, and can achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, it will not be repeated here.

[0527] It should be understood that the chip mentioned in the embodiments of the present application can also be called a system-level chip, a system chip, a chip system or a system-on-chip chip, etc.

[0528] The embodiments of the present application further provide a computer program / program product, which is stored in a storage medium. The computer program / program product is executed by at least one processor to implement the various processes of the above-mentioned perception processing method embodiment and can achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, it will not be repeated here.

[0529] An embodiment of the present application also provides a perception processing system, including: a first communication device, a second communication device, a third communication device, and a fourth communication device, wherein the first communication device can be used to execute the steps of the method on the first communication device side as described above, the second communication device can be used to execute the steps of the method on the second communication device side as described above, the third communication device can be used to execute the steps of the method on the third communication device side as described above, and the fourth communication device can be used to execute the steps of the method on the fourth communication device side as described above.

[0530] It should be noted that, in this article, the terms "comprise", "include" or any other variant thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion, so that a process, method, article or device including a series of elements includes not only those elements, but also other elements not explicitly listed, or also includes elements inherent to such process, method, article or device. In the absence of further restrictions, an element defined by the sentence "comprises one..." does not exclude the presence of other identical elements in the process, method, article or device including the element. In addition, it should be pointed out that the scope of the method and device in the embodiment of the present application is not limited to performing functions in the order shown or discussed, and may also include performing functions in a substantially simultaneous manner or in reverse order according to the functions involved, for example, the described method may be performed in an order different from that described, and various steps may also be added, omitted or combined. In addition, the features described with reference to certain examples may be combined in other examples.

[0531] Through the description of the above implementation methods, those skilled in the art can clearly understand that the above-mentioned embodiment methods can be implemented by means of a computer software product plus a necessary general hardware platform, and of course, can also be implemented by hardware. The computer software product is stored in a storage medium (such as ROM, RAM, disk, CD, etc.), including several instructions to enable a terminal or a network-side device to execute the methods described in each embodiment of the present application.

[0532] The embodiments of the present application are described above in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, but the present application is not limited to the above-mentioned specific implementation methods. The above-mentioned specific implementation methods are merely illustrative and not restrictive. Under the guidance of the present application, ordinary technicians in this field can also make many forms of implementation methods without departing from the purpose of the present application and the scope of protection of the claims, and these implementation methods are all within the protection of the present application.

Claims

1. A perception processing method, characterized in that: include: The first communication device receives the sensing request; The first communication device obtains a perceived privacy setting; The first communication device performs a perceived privacy process on the perceived target according to the perceived privacy setting; The first communication device feeds back a privacy-aware processing result; The sensing request carries information of a sensing target, and the sensing target includes at least one of the following: Target communication equipment; Target area; Target object.

2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that The first communication device obtains the perceived privacy setting, including: The first communication device obtains the perceived privacy setting from the second communication device; or, The first communication device obtains the perceived privacy setting according to a local configuration of the first communication device; or, The first communication device obtains the perceived privacy setting from a fourth communication device.

3. The method according to claim 2, characterized in that The first communication device obtains the perceived privacy setting from the second communication device, comprising: The first communication device sends a first request message to the second communication device; The first communication device receives a first reply message from the second communication device; The first request message carries a target communication device identification ID, a target object description or a target area description, and the first reply message contains the perceived privacy setting.

4. The method according to claim 2, characterized in that: The first communication device obtains the perceived privacy setting from the fourth communication device, comprising: The first communication device sends a perceived notification message to the fourth communication device; The first communication device receives a perceived notification reply message from the fourth communication device; The perceived notification message carries a target communication device identification ID, a target object description or a target area description, and the perceived notification reply message includes the perceived privacy setting.

5. The method according to claim 4, characterized in that The first communication device sending a perceived notification message to the fourth communication device includes: The first communication device sends a perceived notification message to the fourth communication device through the third communication device; or, The first communication device requests the third communication device to send a perceived notification message to the fourth communication device.

6. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that The perceived privacy setting includes at least one of the following: The target communication device allows to be sensed; The target communication device is not allowed to be sensed; The conditions under which the target communication device is allowed to be sensed; The target area is allowed to be perceived; The target area is not allowed to be sensed; The conditions under which the target area is allowed to be perceived; The target object allows for perception; The target object is not allowed to be perceived; The conditions under which the target object is allowed to be perceived; The area within the target area that is allowed to be perceived; Areas in the target area that are not allowed to be perceived; The conditions under which the area in the target area is allowed to be perceived.

7. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that The perceived privacy setting includes at least one of the following: The ID of the communication device that is allowed to be sensed; Communication device IDs that are not allowed to be sensed; The ID of the communication device that is allowed to be sensed and the conditions under which it is allowed to be sensed; allows description of perceived objects; No description of the object perceived is permitted; Description of objects that are allowed to be perceived and the conditions under which they are allowed to be perceived; Areas that are allowed to be perceived; Areas that are not allowed to be perceived; The areas where perception is allowed and the conditions under which perception is allowed.

8. The method according to claim 6 or 7, characterized in that: The first communication device performs a perceptual privacy process on the perceptual target according to the perceptual privacy setting, including at least one of the following: denying said sensing request; Determine a perception method and a perception device according to the conditions allowing perception, and perceive the perception target through the determined perception method and the perception device to obtain a perception privacy processing result; Determine a sensing device according to an area in the target area that is allowed to be sensed, sense the sensing target through the determined sensing device, and obtain a sensed privacy processing result; The perception target is perceived to obtain an initial perception privacy processing result, and according to the area in the target area that is not allowed to be perceived, the perception measurement data or the perception measurement result of the area that is not allowed to be perceived in the initial perception privacy processing result is deleted, non-privacy data is added, encryption, scrambling, and replacement is performed, and the processed perception privacy processing result is obtained; The perception target is perceived to obtain an initial perception privacy processing result, and according to the target communication device or target object that is not allowed to be perceived, at least one of deleting, adding non-privacy data, encrypting, scrambling, and replacing the perception measurement data or results of the target communication device or target object that is not allowed to be perceived in the initial perception privacy processing result is performed, and the processed perception privacy processing result is obtained.

9. The method according to claim 6 or 7, characterized in that: The method further comprises: The first communication device feeds back a condition that allows it to be sensed.

10. A privacy-aware configuration method, characterized in that: include: The second communication device sends the perceived privacy setting to the first communication device; The perceived privacy setting is used for perceived privacy processing of a perceived target, and the perceived target includes at least one of the following: Target communication equipment; Target area; Target object.

11. The method according to claim 10, characterized in that Before the second communication device sends the perceived privacy setting to the first communication device, the method includes: The second communication device receives a first request message from the first communication device; The second communication device sends the perceived privacy setting to the first communication device, including: In response to the first request message, the second communication device sends a first reply message to the first communication device; The first request message carries a target communication device ID, a target object description or a target area description, and the first reply message contains the perceived privacy setting.

12. The method according to claim 10, characterized in that The method further comprises: The second communication device receives the perceived privacy setting from a third communication device; The second communication device stores or updates the perceived privacy setting.

13. The method according to claim 10, characterized in that The perceived privacy setting includes at least one of the following: The target communication device allows to be sensed; The target communication device is not allowed to be sensed; The conditions under which the target communication device is allowed to be sensed; The target area is allowed to be perceived; The target area is not allowed to be sensed; The conditions under which the target area is allowed to be perceived; The target object allows for perception; The target object is not allowed to be perceived; The conditions under which the target object is allowed to be perceived; The area within the target area that is allowed to be sensed; Areas in the target area that are not allowed to be perceived; The conditions under which the area in the target area is allowed to be perceived.

14. The method according to claim 10, characterized in that The perceived privacy setting includes at least one of the following: The ID of the communication device that is allowed to be sensed; The communication device ID that is not allowed to be sensed; The ID of the communication device that is allowed to be sensed and the conditions under which it is allowed to be sensed; allows description of perceived objects; No description of the object perceived is permitted; Description of objects that are allowed to be perceived and the conditions under which they are allowed to be perceived; Areas that are allowed to be perceived; Areas that are not allowed to be perceived; The areas where perception is allowed and the conditions under which perception is allowed.

15. A perception processing method, characterized in that: include: The third communication device receives a second request message from the fourth communication device, where the second request message carries the perceived privacy setting, and the second request message is used to request the network to store or update the perceived privacy setting of the fourth communication device; The third communication device sends the perceived privacy setting to the second communication device; The third communication device sends a second reply message to the fourth communication device, where the second reply message carries the first information; The first information is used to indicate that the perceived privacy setting is stored successfully or failed to be stored, or the first information is used to indicate that the perceived privacy setting is updated successfully or failed to be updated, and the perceived privacy setting is used to perform perceived privacy processing on a perceived target, and the perceived target includes at least one of the following: Target communication equipment; Target area; Target object.

16. The method according to claim 15, characterized in that The perceived privacy setting includes at least one of the following: The target communication device allows to be sensed; The target communication device is not allowed to be sensed; The conditions under which the target communication device is allowed to be sensed; The target area is allowed to be perceived; The target area is not allowed to be sensed; The conditions under which the target area is allowed to be perceived; The target object allows for perception; The target object is not allowed to be perceived; The conditions under which the target object is allowed to be perceived; The area within the target area that is allowed to be sensed; Areas in the target area that are not allowed to be perceived; The conditions under which the area in the target area is allowed to be perceived.

17. The method according to claim 15, characterized in that The perceived privacy setting includes at least one of the following: The ID of the communication device that is allowed to be sensed; The communication device ID that is not allowed to be sensed; The ID of the communication device that is allowed to be sensed and the conditions under which it is allowed to be sensed; allows description of perceived objects; No description of the object perceived is permitted; Description of objects that are allowed to be perceived and the conditions under which they are allowed to be perceived; Areas that are allowed to be perceived; Areas that are not allowed to be perceived; The areas where perception is allowed and the conditions under which perception is allowed.

18. The method according to claim 15, characterized in that The method further comprises: The third communication device sends a perceived notification message to the fourth communication device; or, The third communication device sends a perceived notification message to the fourth communication device based on a request of the first communication device; The perceived notification message carries a target communication device ID, a target object description or a target area description.

19. A perception processing method, characterized in that: include: The fourth communication device receives a perceived notification message from the first communication device; The fourth communication device sends a perceived notification reply message to the first communication device; The perceived notification message carries a target communication device ID, a target object description or a target area description, and the perceived notification reply message contains a perceived privacy setting; or, The fourth communication device sends a second request message to the third communication device, where the second request message carries the perceived privacy setting, and is used to request the network to store or update the perceived privacy setting of the fourth communication device; The fourth communication device receives a second reply message from the third communication device, where the second reply message carries the first information; The first information is used to indicate that the perceived privacy setting is stored successfully or failed to be stored, or the first information is used to indicate that the perceived privacy setting is updated successfully or failed to be updated, and the perceived privacy setting is used for perceived privacy processing of a perceived target, and the perceived target includes at least one of the following: Target communication equipment; Target area; Target object.

20. The method according to claim 19, characterized in that The perceived privacy setting includes at least one of the following: The target communication device allows to be sensed; The target communication device is not allowed to be sensed; The conditions under which the target communication device is allowed to be sensed; The target area is allowed to be perceived; The target area is not allowed to be sensed; The conditions under which the target area is allowed to be perceived; The target object allows for perception; The target object is not allowed to be perceived; The conditions under which the target object is allowed to be perceived; The area within the target area that is allowed to be sensed; Areas in the target area that are not allowed to be perceived; The conditions under which the area in the target area is allowed to be perceived.

21. The method according to claim 19, characterized in that The perceived privacy setting includes at least one of the following: The ID of the communication device that is allowed to be sensed; The communication device ID that is not allowed to be sensed; The ID of the communication device that is allowed to be sensed and the conditions under which it is allowed to be sensed; allows description of perceived objects; No description of the object perceived is permitted; Description of objects that are allowed to be perceived and the conditions under which they are allowed to be perceived; Areas that are allowed to be perceived; Areas that are not allowed to be perceived; The areas where perception is allowed and the conditions under which perception is allowed.

22. A perception processing device, characterized in that: The apparatus is applied to a first communication device, and the apparatus includes: A first receiving module, configured for a first communication device to receive a sensing request; An acquisition module, configured for the first communication device to acquire a perceived privacy setting; A processing module, configured for the first communication device to perform a perceived privacy processing on a perceived target according to the perceived privacy setting; A first feedback module, configured for the first communication device to feed back a privacy-aware processing result; The sensing request carries information of a sensing target, and the sensing target includes at least one of the following: Target communication equipment; Target area; Target object.

23. A perception processing device, characterized in that: The apparatus is applied to a second communication device, and the apparatus includes: A first sending module, configured for the second communication device to send the perceived privacy setting to the first communication device; The perceived privacy setting is used for perceived privacy processing of a perceived target, and the perceived target includes at least one of the following: Target communication equipment; Target area; Target object.

24. A perception processing device, characterized in that: The apparatus is applied to a third communication device, and the apparatus includes: A second receiving module is used for a third communication device to receive a second request message from a fourth communication device, where the second request message carries a perceived privacy setting, and the second request message is used to request a network to store or update the perceived privacy setting of the fourth communication device; A second sending module, configured for the third communication device to send the perceived privacy setting to the second communication device; A third sending module, configured for the third communication device to send a second reply message to the fourth communication device, wherein the second reply message carries the first information; The first information is used to indicate that the perceived privacy setting is stored successfully or failed to be stored, or the first information is used to indicate that the perceived privacy setting is updated successfully or failed to be updated, and the perceived privacy setting is used to perform perceived privacy processing on a perceived target, and the perceived target includes at least one of the following: Target communication equipment; Target area; Target object.

25. A perception processing device, characterized in that: The apparatus is applied to a fourth communication device, and the apparatus includes: A third receiving module, configured for the fourth communication device to receive a perceived notification message from the first communication device; A fourth sending module, configured for the fourth communication device to send a perceived notification reply message to the first communication device; The perceived notification message carries a target communication device ID, a target object description or a target area description, and the perceived notification reply message contains a perceived privacy setting; A fifth sending module, configured for the fourth communication device to send a second request message to the third communication device, wherein the second request message carries the perceived privacy setting and is configured for requesting the network to store or update the perceived privacy setting of the fourth communication device; A fourth receiving module, configured for the fourth communication device to receive a second reply message from the third communication device, where the second reply message carries the first information; The first information is used to indicate that the perceived privacy setting is stored successfully or failed to be stored, or the first information is used to indicate that the perceived privacy setting is updated successfully or failed to be updated, and the perceived privacy setting is used for perceived privacy processing of a perceived target, and the perceived target includes at least one of the following: Target communication equipment; Target area; Target object.

26. A communication device, characterized in that: The method comprises a processor and a memory, wherein the memory stores a program or instruction that can be run on the processor, and when the program or instruction is executed by the processor, the steps of the perception processing method as described in any one of claims 1 to 9 are implemented, or the steps of the perception privacy configuration method as described in any one of claims 10 to 14 are implemented, or the steps of the perception processing method as described in any one of claims 15 to 18 are implemented, or the steps of the perception processing method as described in any one of claims 19 to 21 are implemented.

27. A readable storage medium, characterized in that: The readable storage medium stores programs or instructions, and when the programs or instructions are executed by the processor, the steps of the perception processing method as described in any one of claims 1 to 9 are implemented, or the steps of the perception privacy configuration method as described in any one of claims 10 to 14 are implemented, or the steps of the perception processing method as described in any one of claims 15 to 18 are implemented, or the steps of the perception processing method as described in any one of claims 19 to 21 are implemented.

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