Device activation method and device

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a device activation method and device wherein the method executed by a second device comprises: sending an activation signal to a first device wherein the activation signal is used to activate the first device. Therefore, the second device can send the activation signal to the first device to activate the first device, activation control can be performed on the first device, and the communication performance of the first device is improved.

Description

Device activation method and device Technical Field

[0001] The present disclosure relates to the field of communication technologies, and in particular to a device activation method and device. Background Art

[0002] In the related art, a device without a battery or with limited energy storage capacity is proposed.

[0003] Summary of the Invention

[0004] How to activate devices without batteries or with limited energy storage capacity is an urgent problem that needs to be solved.

[0005] The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a device activation method and device.

[0006] According to a first aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a device activation method is proposed. The method is performed by a second device and includes: sending an activation signal to a first device, wherein the activation signal is used to activate the first device.

[0007] In the above embodiment, the second device may send an activation signal to the first device to activate the first device, thereby performing activation control on the first device and improving the communication performance of the first device.

[0008] According to a second aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a device activation method is proposed. The method is performed by a second device and includes: receiving an activation signal sent by the second device, wherein the activation signal is used to activate a first device.

[0009] In the above embodiment, the first device may receive the activation signal sent by the second device to activate the first device, thereby improving the communication performance of the first device.

[0010] According to a third aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a device activation method is proposed, including: a second device sending an activation signal to a first device; the first device receiving the activation signal sent by the second device; wherein the activation signal is used to activate the first device.

[0011] According to a fourth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a second device is proposed, including: a transceiver module, configured to send an activation signal to a first device, wherein the activation signal is used to activate the first device.

[0012] According to a fifth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a first device is proposed, including: a transceiver module, configured to receive an activation signal sent by a second device, wherein the activation signal is used to activate the first device.

[0013] According to a sixth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a second device is proposed, comprising: one or more processors; wherein the second device is used to execute the method described in the first aspect.

[0014] According to a seventh aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a first device is proposed, comprising: one or more processors; wherein the first device is used to execute the method described in the first aspect.

[0015] According to an eighth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a storage medium is proposed, wherein the storage medium stores instructions. When the instructions are executed on a communication device, the communication device executes the method described in the first aspect or the second aspect. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0016] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the following drawings required for describing the embodiments are introduced. The following drawings are merely some embodiments of the present disclosure and do not impose specific limitations on the protection scope of the present disclosure.

[0017] FIG1 is an architecture diagram of a communication system provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0018] FIG2 is a topological diagram of a connection between an environmental Internet of Things device and other devices provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0019] FIG3A is a flow chart of an activation method provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0020] FIG3B is a flow chart of another activation method provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0021] FIG3C is a flowchart of another activation method provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0022] FIG3D is a flowchart of another activation method provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0023] FIG4 is a flowchart of another activation method provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0024] FIG5 is a flowchart of another activation method provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0025] FIG6 is a flowchart of another activation method provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0026] FIG7A is a structural diagram of a second device provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0027] FIG7B is a structural diagram of a first device provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0028] FIG8A is a structural diagram of a communication device provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0029] FIG8B is a schematic structural diagram of a chip provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0030] The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a device activation method and device.

[0031] In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a device activation method, which is executed by a second device and includes: sending an activation signal to a first device, wherein the activation signal is used to activate the first device.

[0032] In the above embodiment, the second device may send an activation signal to the first device to activate the first device, thereby performing activation control on the first device and improving the communication performance of the first device.

[0033] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the method also includes: receiving a first activation request message sent by an access network device; or receiving a first activation request message sent by a core network device; or receiving a first activation request message sent by a first device; or receiving a first activation request message sent by a third device; wherein the first activation request message is used to request activation of the first device.

[0034] In the above embodiment, the second device can receive the first activation request message sent by the access network device, or the core network device, or the first device, or the second device to determine the first device that needs to be activated to implement activation control of the first device.

[0035] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the method further includes: sending an auxiliary information request message to the core network device, wherein the auxiliary information request message is used to request information of the first device to be activated; and receiving an auxiliary information response message sent by the core network device, wherein the auxiliary information response message includes information of the first device.

[0036] In the above embodiment, the second device may send an auxiliary information request message to the core network device to obtain information of the first device to be activated.

[0037] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the method further includes: determining a first device to be activated according to the first activation request message and / or the auxiliary information response message.

[0038] In the above embodiment, the second device may determine the first device to be activated based on the first activation request message and / or the auxiliary information response message, thereby implementing activation control over the first device.

[0039] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the method further includes: sending a first authorization authentication request to the core network device, wherein the first authorization authentication request is used to request authentication whether the second device is authorized to activate the first device; and receiving a first authorization authentication response sent by the core network device.

[0040] In the above embodiment, the second device may send a first authorization authentication request to the access network device to determine whether the second device is authorized to activate the first device, and activate the first device if it is determined to be authorized.

[0041] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, sending an activation signal to the first device includes: if the authorization authentication response is used to indicate that the second device is authorized to activate the first device, sending an activation signal to the first device.

[0042] In the above embodiment, when the second device is determined to be authorized, it may send an activation signal to the first device to activate the first device.

[0043] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the method further includes: receiving a first activation response message sent by the first device, wherein the first activation response message is used to indicate an activation status of the first device.

[0044] In the above embodiment, the second device may receive the first activation response message sent by the first device to determine the activation status of the first device.

[0045] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the method further includes: sending a second activation response message to the access network device, wherein the second activation response message is used to indicate the activation status of the first device.

[0046] In the above embodiment, when the second device determines the activation status of the first device, it may send the activation status information of the first device to the access network device.

[0047] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the method further includes: sending a fourth activation response message to the core network device, wherein the fourth activation response message is used to indicate the activation status of the first device.

[0048] In the above embodiment, when the second device determines the activation status of the first device, it may send the activation status information of the first device to the core network device.

[0049] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the method further includes: sending a third activation response message to the third device, wherein the third activation response message is used to indicate the activation status of the first device.

[0050] In the above embodiment, when the second device determines the activation status of the first device, it may send the activation status information of the first device to the third device.

[0051] In combination with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the method further includes: sending a second authorization authentication request to the core network device, wherein the second authorization authentication request is used to request authentication of whether the second device and / or the activated first device is authorized to perform specific services; and receiving a second authorization authentication response sent by the core network device.

[0052] In the above embodiment, the second device may perform authorization authentication on whether the second device and / or the activated first device are authorized to execute a specific service, and may send a second authorization authentication request to the core network device.

[0053] In conjunction with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the activation signal includes at least one of the following:

[0054] an identifier of the second device;

[0055] a group identifier of the second device;

[0056] the type of the second device;

[0057] the location of the second device;

[0058] the capabilities of the second device;

[0059] Response cycle.

[0060] In the above embodiment, the activation signal includes at least one of the identification, group identification, type, location and capability of the second device. The first device can determine the second device based on the activation signal, and send a first activation response message to the determined second device according to the activation signal to inform the second device of the activation status of the first device.

[0061] In conjunction with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the first activation request message includes at least one of the following:

[0062] an identifier of the second device;

[0063] a group identifier of the second device;

[0064] the type of the second device;

[0065] the location of the second device;

[0066] the capabilities of the second device;

[0067] an identifier of the first device;

[0068] a group identifier of the first device;

[0069] the type of the first device;

[0070] the location of the first device;

[0071] the function of the first device;

[0072] Response cycle.

[0073] In conjunction with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, if the first activation request message is sent by a third device, the first activation request message further includes at least one of the following:

[0074] an identifier of the third device;

[0075] a group identifier of the third device;

[0076] Type of third device;

[0077] the location of the third device;

[0078] Function of the third device.

[0079] In conjunction with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the assistance information request message includes at least one of the following:

[0080] an identifier of the second device;

[0081] a group identifier of the second device;

[0082] the type of the second device;

[0083] the location of the second device;

[0084] the capabilities of the second device;

[0085] Request area range;

[0086] Request time;

[0087] Request cycle;

[0088] Request Quality of Service (QoS).

[0089] In conjunction with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the assistance information response message includes at least one of the following:

[0090] an identifier of the first device;

[0091] a group identifier of the first device;

[0092] a candidate device list including the first device;

[0093] A candidate device group list includes the first device.

[0094] candidate device locations including the first device;

[0095] candidate device types including the first device;

[0096] Candidate device capabilities of the first device are included.

[0097] In conjunction with some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the first activation response message, the second activation response message, or the third activation response message includes at least one of the following:

[0098] Indicates the information that is activated;

[0099] Message indicating activation failure;

[0100] Reasons for activation failure;

[0101] a status of the first device;

[0102] an identifier of the first device;

[0103] a group identifier of the first device;

[0104] the location of the first device;

[0105] the type of the first device;

[0106] Function of the first device.

[0107] In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a device activation method, which is executed by a first device and includes: receiving an activation signal sent by a second device, wherein the activation signal is used to activate the first device.

[0108] In the above embodiment, the first device may receive the activation signal sent by the second device to activate the first device, thereby improving the communication performance of the first device.

[0109] In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the method further includes: sending a first activation request message to the second device, wherein the first activation request message is used to request activation of the first device.

[0110] In the above embodiment, the first device may send a first activation request message to the second device to request activation of the first device.

[0111] In combination with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the method further includes: sending a first activation response message to the second device according to the activation signal, wherein the first activation response message is used to indicate the activation status of the first device.

[0112] In the above embodiment, the first device may send a first activation response message to the second device to inform the second device of the activation status of the first device.

[0113] In conjunction with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the activation signal includes at least one of the following:

[0114] an identifier of the second device;

[0115] a group identifier of the second device;

[0116] the type of the second device;

[0117] the location of the second device;

[0118] the capabilities of the second device;

[0119] Response cycle.

[0120] In conjunction with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the first activation request message includes at least one of the following:

[0121] an identifier of the second device;

[0122] a group identifier of the second device;

[0123] the type of the second device;

[0124] the location of the second device;

[0125] the capabilities of the second device;

[0126] an identifier of the first device;

[0127] a group identifier of the first device;

[0128] the type of the first device;

[0129] the location of the first device;

[0130] the function of the first device;

[0131] Response cycle.

[0132] In conjunction with some embodiments of the second aspect, in some embodiments, the first activation response message includes at least one of the following:

[0133] Indicates the information that is activated;

[0134] Message indicating activation failure;

[0135] Reasons for activation failure;

[0136] a status of the first device;

[0137] an identifier of the first device;

[0138] a group identifier of the first device;

[0139] the location of the first device;

[0140] the type of the first device;

[0141] Function of the first device.

[0142] In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a device activation method, including: a second device sends an activation signal to a first device; the first device receives the activation signal sent by the second device; wherein the activation signal is used to activate the first device.

[0143] In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a second device, which includes at least one of a transceiver module and a processing module; wherein the second device is used to execute the optional implementation method of the first aspect.

[0144] In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a first device, which includes at least one of a transceiver module and a processing module; wherein the first device is used to execute the optional implementation method of the second aspect.

[0145] In a sixth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a second device, which includes: one or more processors; wherein the second device is used to execute the optional implementation method of the first aspect.

[0146] In a sixth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a first device, which includes: one or more processors; wherein the first device is used to execute the optional implementation method of the second aspect.

[0147] In the seventh aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a communication system, which includes: a first device and a second device; wherein the second device is configured to execute the method described in the optional implementation manner of the first aspect, and the first device is configured to execute the method described in the optional implementation manner of the second aspect.

[0148] In an eighth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a storage medium, which stores instructions. When the instructions are executed on a communication device, the communication device executes the method described in the optional implementation of the first and second aspects.

[0149] In a ninth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a program product. When the program product is executed by a communication device, the communication device executes the method described in the optional implementation of the first and second aspects.

[0150] In a tenth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a computer program, which, when executed on a computer, enables the computer to execute the method described in the optional implementation of the first and second aspects.

[0151] In an eleventh aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a chip or a chip system, wherein the chip or chip system includes a processing circuit configured to execute the method described in the optional implementation of the first and second aspects above.

[0152] It is understandable that the first device, the second device, the communication system, the storage medium, the program product, the computer program, the chip, or the chip system described above are all used to perform the method proposed in the embodiments of the present disclosure. Therefore, the beneficial effects that can be achieved can refer to the beneficial effects of the corresponding methods and will not be repeated here.

[0153] The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a device activation method and device.

[0154] The embodiments of the present disclosure are not exhaustive and are merely illustrative of some embodiments, and are not intended to be a specific limitation on the scope of protection of the present disclosure. In the absence of contradiction, each step in a certain embodiment can be implemented as an independent embodiment, and the steps can be arbitrarily combined. For example, a solution after removing some steps in a certain embodiment can also be implemented as an independent embodiment, and the order of the steps in a certain embodiment can be arbitrarily exchanged. In addition, the optional implementation methods in a certain embodiment can be arbitrarily combined; in addition, the embodiments can be arbitrarily combined. For example, some or all steps of different embodiments can be arbitrarily combined, and a certain embodiment can be arbitrarily combined with the optional implementation methods of other embodiments.

[0155] In each embodiment of the present disclosure, unless otherwise specified or provided for by logic, the terms and / or descriptions between the embodiments are consistent and can be referenced by each other. The technical features in different embodiments can be combined to form a new embodiment based on their inherent logical relationships.

[0156] The terms used in the embodiments of the present disclosure are only for the purpose of describing specific embodiments and are not intended to limit the present disclosure.

[0157] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, unless otherwise specified, elements expressed in the singular, such as "a", "an", "the", "above", "said", "the", "the", etc., may mean "one and only one", or "one or more", "at least one", etc. For example, when using articles such as "a", "an", "the" in English in translation, the noun following the article may be understood as a singular expression or a plural expression.

[0158] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, “plurality” refers to two or more.

[0159] In some embodiments, the terms "at least one," "one or more," "a plurality of," "multiple," etc. may be used interchangeably.

[0160] In some embodiments, descriptions such as "at least one of A and B," "A and / or B," "A in one case, B in another case," or "in response to one case A, in response to another case B" may include the following technical solutions depending on the situation: in some embodiments, A (A is executed independently of B); in some embodiments, B (B is executed independently of A); in some embodiments, execution is selected from A and B (A and B are selectively executed); and in some embodiments, A and B (both A and B are executed). The above is also applicable when there are more branches such as A, B, and C.

[0161] In some embodiments, "A or B" and other descriptions may include the following technical solutions depending on the situation: in some embodiments, A (A is executed independently of B); in some embodiments, B (B is executed independently of A); in some embodiments, execution is selected from A and B (A and B are selectively executed). The above is also applicable when there are more branches such as A, B, C, etc.

[0162] The prefixes such as "first" and "second" in the embodiments of the present disclosure are only used to distinguish different description objects and do not constitute any restriction on the position, order, priority, quantity or content of the description objects. For the statement of the description object, please refer to the description in the context of the claims or embodiments, and no unnecessary restriction should be constituted due to the use of prefixes. For example, if the description object is a "field", the ordinal number before the "field" in the "first field" and the "second field" does not limit the position or order between the "fields". "First" and "second" do not limit whether the "fields" they modify are in the same message, nor do they limit the order of the "first field" and the "second field". For another example, if the description object is a "level", the ordinal number before the "level" in the "first level" and the "second level" does not limit the priority between the "levels". For another example, the number of description objects is not limited by the ordinal number and can be one or more. Taking "first device" as an example, the number of "devices" can be one or more. In addition, the objects modified by different prefixes can be the same or different. For example, if the description object is "device", then the "first device" and the "second device" can be the same device or different devices, and their types can be the same or different; for another example, if the description object is "information", then the "first information" and the "second information" can be the same information or different information, and their contents can be the same or different.

[0163] In some embodiments, “including A,” “comprising A,” “used to indicate A,” and “carrying A” can be interpreted as directly carrying A or indirectly indicating A.

[0164] In some embodiments, terms such as "in response to...", "in response to determining...", "in the case of...", "at the time of...", "when...", "if...", "if...", etc. can be used interchangeably.

[0165] In some embodiments, terms such as "greater than", "greater than or equal to", "not less than", "more than", "more than or equal to", "not less than", "higher than", "higher than or equal to", "not less than", and "above" can be replaced with each other, and terms such as "less than", "less than or equal to", "not greater than", "less than", "less than or equal to", "not more than", "lower than", "lower than or equal to", "not higher than", and "below" can be replaced with each other.

[0166] In some embodiments, devices and equipment can be interpreted as physical or virtual, and their names are not limited to the names recorded in the embodiments. In some cases, they can also be understood as "equipment", "device", "circuit", "network element", "node", "function", "unit", "section", "system", "network", "chip", "chip system", "entity", "subject", etc.

[0167] In some embodiments, "network" can be interpreted as devices included in the network, such as access network equipment, core network equipment, etc.

[0168] In some embodiments, "access network device (AN device)" may also be referred to as "radio access network device (RAN device)", "base station (BS)", "radio base station", "fixed station", and in some embodiments may also be understood as "node", "access point", "transmission point (TP)", "reception point (RP)", "transmission and / or reception point (TRP)" "panel", "antenna panel", "antenna array", "cell", "macro cell", "small cell", "femto cell", "pico cell", "sector", "cell group", "serving cell", "carrier", "component carrier", "bandwidth part (BWP)", etc.

[0169] In some embodiments, "terminal" or "terminal device" may be referred to as "user equipment (UE)", "user terminal" "mobile station (MS)", "mobile terminal (MT)", subscriber station, mobile unit, subscriber unit, wireless unit, remote unit, mobile device, wireless device, wireless communication device, remote device, mobile subscriber station, access terminal, mobile terminal, wireless terminal, remote terminal, handset, user agent, mobile client, client, etc.

[0170] In some embodiments, obtaining data, information, etc. may comply with the laws and regulations of the country where the data is obtained.

[0171] In some embodiments, data, information, etc. may be obtained with the user's consent.

[0172] In addition, each element, each row, or each column in the table of the embodiment of the present disclosure can be implemented as an independent embodiment, and the combination of any elements, any rows, and any columns can also be implemented as an independent embodiment.

[0173] FIG1 is an architecture diagram of a communication system provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0174] As shown in FIG1 , a communication system 100 includes a terminal 101 and a network device 102 .

[0175] In some embodiments, the terminal 101 includes, for example, a mobile phone, a wearable device, an Internet of Things device, a car with communication function, a smart car, a tablet computer, a computer with wireless transceiver function, a virtual reality (VR) terminal device, an augmented reality (AR) terminal device, a wireless terminal device in industrial control, a wireless terminal device in self-driving, a wireless terminal device in remote medical surgery, a wireless terminal device in a smart grid, a wireless terminal device in transportation safety, a wireless terminal device in a smart city, and at least one of a wireless terminal device in a smart home, but is not limited thereto.

[0176] In some embodiments, the network device 102 may include at least one of an access network device and a core network device.

[0177] In some embodiments, the access network device is, for example, a node or device that accesses a terminal to a wireless network. The access network device may include an evolved NodeB (eNB), a next generation evolved NodeB (ng-eNB), a next generation NodeB (gNB), a node B (NB), a home node B (HNB), a home evolved nodeB (HeNB), a wireless backhaul device, a radio network controller (RNC), a base station controller (BSC), a base transceiver station (BTS), a base band unit (BBU), a mobile switching center, a base station in a 6G communication system, an open base station (Open RAN), a cloud base station (Cloud RAN), a base station in other communication systems, and at least one of an access node in a Wi-Fi system, but is not limited thereto.

[0178] In some embodiments, the core network device may be a single device including a first network function, a second network function, etc., or may be a plurality of devices or a group of devices, each including all or part of the first network function, the second network function, etc. The network function may be virtual or physical. The core network may include, for example, at least one of an evolved packet core (EPC), a 5G core network (5GCN), and a next generation core (NGC).

[0179] In some embodiments, the first network function is, for example, an access and mobility management function (AMF).

[0180] In some embodiments, the first network function is used for access control and mobility management of the terminal accessing the operator network, for example, including functions such as mobile status management, allocation of user temporary identity, authentication and authorization of users, etc., and its name is not limited to this.

[0181] It can be understood that the communication system described in the embodiment of the present disclosure is for the purpose of more clearly illustrating the technical solution of the embodiment of the present disclosure, and does not constitute a limitation on the technical solution proposed in the embodiment of the present disclosure. Ordinary technicians in this field can know that with the evolution of the system architecture and the emergence of new business scenarios, the technical solution proposed in the embodiment of the present disclosure is also applicable to similar technical problems.

[0182] The following embodiments of the present disclosure may be applied to the communication system 100 shown in FIG1 , or a portion thereof, but are not limited thereto. The entities shown in FIG1 are illustrative only. The communication system may include all or part of the entities shown in FIG1 , or may include other entities outside of FIG1 . The number and form of the entities are arbitrary, and the entities may be physical or virtual. The connection relationships between the entities are illustrative only. The entities may be connected or disconnected, and the connection may be in any manner, including direct or indirect, wired or wireless.

[0183] The embodiments of the present disclosure can be applied to Long Term Evolution (LTE), LTE-Advanced (LTE-A), LTE-Beyond (LTE-B), SUPER 3G, IMT-Advanced, 4th generation mobile communication system (4G), 5th generation mobile communication system (5G), 5G new radio (NR), future radio access (FRA), new radio access technology (RAT), new radio (NR), new radio access (NX), future generation radio access (FX), Global System for Mobile communications (GSM (registered trademark)), CDMA2000, Ultra Mobile Broadband (UMB), IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi (registered trademark)), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX (registered trademark)), IEEE 802.20, Ultra-WideBand (UWB), Bluetooth (registered trademark), Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) networks, Device-to-Device (D2D) systems, Machine-to-Machine (M2M) systems, Internet of Things (IoT) systems, Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X), systems utilizing other communication methods, and next-generation systems based on and extending these methods. Furthermore, multiple systems may be combined (for example, a combination of LTE or LTE-A with 5G).

[0184] First, let’s introduce Ambient IoT.

[0185] Large-scale machine-type communications (MTC) is a key use case for 5G, and Narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT) / MTC has been specified in 3GPP. These low-power wide-area (LPWA) technologies offer low-cost, low-power, and large-scale connectivity, meeting the requirements of many applications. However, these technologies still do not cover many types of use cases and scenarios:

[0186] 1) Under extreme environmental conditions, such as high pressure, extremely high / low temperature, and humid environment,

[0187] 2) Ultra-low complexity, very small device size / form factor (e.g., mm thickness), maintenance-free (e.g., no need to replace the device's traditional battery), and longer service life are strongly desired, and

[0188] 3) Not applicable to devices powered by traditional batteries

[0189] Ambient-powered IoT, an IoT service where IoT end devices are powered by energy harvesting, either battery-free or with limited energy storage capabilities (e.g., using capacitors), offers a promising approach to addressing these unmet requirements. It enables communication with IoT end devices without traditional batteries and / or avoids human intervention for charging or replacement. Ambient-powered IoT end devices offer advantages such as low power consumption and complexity, very small size, and a longer lifecycle.

[0190] Ambient IoT terminal devices have lower complexity, smaller size, and lower functionality than 3GPP IoT terminal devices (e.g., NB-IoT / eMTC devices). Ambient IoT terminal devices can be maintenance-free (e.g., require no human intervention) and can have a long service life (e.g., more than 10 years).

[0191] Typically, ambient-powered IoT devices lack traditional batteries. Instead, they use energy harvested from wireless radio waves or any other form of energy that can be harvested for a specific use case. For example, in some cases, ambient-powered IoT devices can harvest energy from radio waves, which can originate from 5G NR network entities or user equipment. In other cases, ambient-powered IoT devices can harvest energy from solar energy, light, motion / vibration, heat, pressure, or any other energy source.

[0192] Since IoT terminal devices that support ambient power do not require traditional batteries, they are also friendly to the environment.

[0193] Some potential challenges for enabling ambient power IoT include:

[0194] First, ambient power-enabled IoT end devices are expected to harvest energy and use the harvested energy to support communications.

[0195] Secondly, despite the limitations of complexity, size, power consumption, etc., IoT terminal devices that support ambient power must be able to provide sufficient communication services to meet the corresponding requirements. In addition, user privacy and security need to be guaranteed.

[0196] In some embodiments, the Ambient IoT network and devices have the following connectivity topologies. In all of these topologies, the Ambient IoT devices can be provisioned with carriers from other nodes within or outside the topology. Links in each topology can be bidirectional or unidirectional.

[0197] A base station, terminal, secondary device, or intermediate node can be multiple base stations or terminals, respectively. This mix of indoor and outdoor node placement is considered a network implementation choice. The potential impact on device or node complexity needs to be considered. This does not imply the presence of multiple hops of secondary devices or intermediate nodes in the connection topology.

[0198] In some embodiments, as shown in FIG2 , topology: base station intermediate node, intermediate node Environmental IoT devices

[0199] In the topology shown in Figure 2, the AIoT device supports bidirectional communication with an intermediate node between the AIoT device and the base station. In this topology, the intermediate node can be a repeater, an Integrated Access Backhaul (IAB) node, or a terminal, capable of AIoT. The intermediate node transmits information between the base station and the AIoT device.

[0200] In some embodiments, devices may be categorized based on their storage capacity.

[0201] -Type A device: no energy storage capability, no independent signal generation capability, transmission via backscatter.

[0202] -Type B devices: have energy storage capabilities, no independent signal generation capabilities, and transmit via backscatter.

[0203] -Type C devices: have energy storage capabilities and independent signal generation capabilities, that is, they have active radio frequency (RF) components for transmission.

[0204] There are three types of ambient IoT devices: Type A, Type B, and Type C. These devices have varying energy storage and signal generation capabilities. Type A and Type B devices, in particular, lack independent signal generation capabilities and rely solely on backscatter transmission. Activation of the ambient IoT device may be required before data transmission. This may also be required for Type C devices.

[0205] Based on this, an embodiment of the present disclosure proposes a device activation method, in which a second device sends an activation signal to a first device, wherein the activation signal is used to activate the first device. In this way, activation control of the first device can be performed, thereby improving the communication performance of the first device.

[0206] FIG3A is an interactive diagram of a device activation method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG3A , an embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a device activation method, the method comprising:

[0207] S301A: The access network device sends a first activation request message to the second device, where the first activation request message is used to request activation of the first device.

[0208] In some embodiments, the first device may be an ambient IoT device.

[0209] In some embodiments, the first device may be a battery-less device or a device with limited power storage capabilities.

[0210] In some embodiments, the first device may be a backscatter transmitter, a passive Internet of Things device, or the like.

[0211] Exemplarily, the first device may be a type A device, a type B device, or a type C device among the environmental Internet of Things devices.

[0212] In some embodiments, the access network device may be at least one of a base station, a gNodeB, an eNodeB, a carrier transmitter, and the like.

[0213] In some embodiments, the signaling between the second device and the access network device may be based on a Uu interface or other new interface between the terminal and the base station.

[0214] In some embodiments, the second device may be at least one of a repeater, an IAB node, a terminal, a transponder, a backscatter receiver, and the like.

[0215] In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the access network device may send a first activation request message to the second device, requesting activation of the first device.

[0216] In some embodiments, the first activation request message includes at least one of the following:

[0217] an identifier of the second device;

[0218] a group identifier of the second device;

[0219] the type of the second device;

[0220] the location of the second device;

[0221] the capabilities of the second device;

[0222] an identifier of the first device;

[0223] a group identifier of the first device;

[0224] the type of the first device;

[0225] the location of the first device;

[0226] the function of the first device;

[0227] Response cycle.

[0228] In the disclosed embodiments, the first activation request message includes at least one of the second device's identifier, group identifier, type, location, and capabilities, and can be sent to a designated second device. Thus, upon receiving the first activation request message, the designated second device can perform subsequent steps to activate the first device.

[0229] In some embodiments, the capability of the second device may also be referred to as a function of the second device.

[0230] It can be understood that if other devices receive the first activation request message sent by the access network device, because at least one of its identification, group identification, type, location, capability, etc. is different from the identification, group identification, type, location, capability of the second device indicated by the first activation request message, the other devices can ignore the first activation request message.

[0231] In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the first activation request message includes at least one of the identifier, group identifier, type, location, function, etc. of the first device. The second device can determine the information of the first device to activate the specific first device.

[0232] In some embodiments, the function of the first device may also be referred to as the capability of the first device.

[0233] In some embodiments, before the access network device sends the first activation request message to the second device, the access network device may also receive an activation request message sent by the core network.

[0234] In some embodiments, the access network device receives the activation request message sent by the core network device, and may also receive the activation request message sent by the third-party application server forwarded by the core network device.

[0235] In some embodiments, the core network device may be at least one of a 4G core network device, a 5G core network device, and a 6G core network device.

[0236] S302A: The second device sends an auxiliary information request message to the core network device, where the auxiliary information request message is used to request information of the first device to be activated.

[0237] In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the second device may send an auxiliary information request message to the core network device to request information of the first device to be activated.

[0238] The second device may send an auxiliary information request message to the core network device through the access network device.

[0239] It is understandable that when the second device does not have sufficient information to activate the first device (the information obtained in S301 is insufficient, or S301 is not executed), the second device can send an auxiliary information request message to the core network device to request information about the first device to be activated.

[0240] In some embodiments, the assistance information request message includes at least one of the following:

[0241] an identifier of the second device;

[0242] a group identifier of the second device;

[0243] the type of the second device;

[0244] the location of the second device;

[0245] the capabilities of the second device;

[0246] Request area range;

[0247] Request time;

[0248] Request cycle;

[0249] Request quality of service (QoS).

[0250] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the second device sends an auxiliary information request message to the core network device, where the auxiliary information request message includes at least one of the second device's identification, group identification, type, location, and capability. The core network device can determine the information of the second device to determine the information of the first device that can be activated by the second device based on the information of the second device.

[0251] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the second device sends an auxiliary information request message to the core network device, where the auxiliary information request message includes at least one of a requested area range, a requested time, a requested period, a requested QoS, etc. The core network device can determine the conditions that the first device must meet to activate the second device, and determine the information of the first device that can be activated by the second device based on the conditions.

[0252] In some embodiments, the second device can send an auxiliary information request message to the access network device. After the access network device receives the auxiliary information request message sent by the second device, it can forward the auxiliary information request message to the core network device to request information of the first device to be activated from the core network device.

[0253] S303A: The core network device sends an auxiliary information response message to the second device, where the auxiliary information response message includes information of the first device.

[0254] In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the core network device may send an auxiliary information response message to the second device, where the auxiliary information response message includes information of the first device.

[0255] The core network device may send an auxiliary information response message to the second device through the access network device.

[0256] In some embodiments, upon receiving the auxiliary information request message sent by the second device, the core network device may send an auxiliary information response message to the second device, where the auxiliary information response message includes information of the first device.

[0257] It is understandable that when the second device receives the auxiliary information response message sent by the core network device, and when the auxiliary information response message includes information of the first device, the second device can determine the first device to be activated and then activate the first device.

[0258] In some embodiments, the assistance information response message includes at least one of the following:

[0259] an identifier of the first device;

[0260] a group identifier of the first device;

[0261] a candidate device list including the first device;

[0262] a candidate device group list including the first device;

[0263] candidate device locations including the first device;

[0264] candidate device types including the first device;

[0265] Candidate device capabilities of the first device are included.

[0266] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the second device receives an auxiliary information response message sent by the core network device, and the auxiliary information response message includes at least one of the following: the identifier of the first device, the group identifier of the first device, the list of candidate devices including the first device, the list of candidate device groups including the first device, the location of the candidate device including the first device, the type of the candidate device including the first device, and the function of the candidate device including the first device. The second device can determine the first device to be activated and then activate the first device.

[0267] In some embodiments, the core network device sends an auxiliary information response message to the second device, which may be sent to the access network device, and then transparently transmitted to the second device by the access network device, thereby sending the auxiliary information response message to the second device.

[0268] S304A: The second device determines the first device to be activated according to the first activation request message and / or the auxiliary information response message.

[0269] In some embodiments, upon receiving the first activation request message, the second device may determine the first device to be activated based on the first activation request message.

[0270] In some embodiments, upon receiving the assistance information response message, the second device may determine the first device to be activated according to the assistance information response message.

[0271] In some embodiments, upon receiving the first activation request message and the assistance information response message, the second device may determine the first device to be activated according to the first activation request message and the assistance information response message.

[0272] S305A, the second device sends a first authorization authentication request to the core network device, where the first authorization authentication request is used to request authentication of whether the second device is authorized to activate the first device.

[0273] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the second device may send a first authorization authentication request to the core network device, where the first authorization authentication request is used to request authentication of whether the second device is authorized to activate the first device.

[0274] The second device may send a first authorization and authentication request to the core network device through the access network device.

[0275] In some embodiments, when the second device determines that the first device is to be activated, it may send a first authorization authentication request to the access network device, where the first authorization authentication request is used to request authentication of whether the second device is authorized to activate the first device.

[0276] S306A: The core network device sends a first authorization authentication response to the second device, where the first authorization authentication response indicates that the second device is authorized to activate the first device.

[0277] In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the core network device may send a first authorization authentication response to the second device, where the first authorization authentication response indicates that the second device is authorized to activate the first device.

[0278] The core network device may send a first authorization authentication response to the second device through the access network device.

[0279] In some embodiments, the core network device sends a first authorization authentication response to the second device. The first authorization authentication response may also be used to indicate that the second device is not authorized to activate the first device.

[0280] S307A: The second device sends an activation signal to the first device, where the activation signal is used to activate the first device.

[0281] In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the second device may send an activation signal to the first device, where the activation signal is used to activate the first device.

[0282] In some embodiments, upon receiving the first authorization authentication response, and if the first authorization authentication response indicates that the second device is authorized to activate the first device, the second device sends an activation signal to the first device, where the activation signal is used to activate the first device.

[0283] In some embodiments, the signaling between the first device and the second device may be based on a PC5 interface, a simplified PC5, or other new interfaces between terminals.

[0284] In some embodiments, the activation signal includes at least one of the following:

[0285] an identifier of the second device;

[0286] a group identifier of the second device;

[0287] the type of the second device;

[0288] the location of the second device;

[0289] the capabilities of the second device;

[0290] Response cycle.

[0291] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the activation signal includes at least one of the identification, group identification, type, location, capability, etc. of the second device. The second device sends the activation signal to the first device, which enables the first device to determine the second device, and then provide feedback to the second device when performing activation feedback.

[0292] In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the activation signal may include a response period, which is used to indicate that a response message to the activation signal is expected to be received within the response period.

[0293] In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the first device may determine the second device according to the activation signal, and send a first activation response message to the determined second device.

[0294] S308A: The first device sends a first activation response message to the second device, where the first activation response message is used to indicate an activation state of the first device.

[0295] In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the first device sends a first activation response message to the second device, where the first activation response message is used to indicate an activation state of the first device.

[0296] In some embodiments, the first activation response message includes at least one of the following:

[0297] Indicates the information that is activated;

[0298] Message indicating activation failure;

[0299] Reasons for activation failure;

[0300] a status of the first device;

[0301] an identifier of the first device;

[0302] a group identifier of the first device;

[0303] the location of the first device;

[0304] the type of the first device;

[0305] Function of the first device.

[0306] In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the first activation response message may include information indicating activation. The first device may send the first activation response message to the second device when it is activated. The first activation response message includes information indicating activation.

[0307] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the first activation response message may include information indicating activation failure. When activation fails, the first device may send the first activation response message to the second device, where the first activation response message includes information indicating activation failure.

[0308] In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the first activation response message may include a reason for activation failure. When activation fails, the first device may send the first activation response message to the second device, where the first activation response message includes the reason for activation failure.

[0309] In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the first activation response message includes at least one of an identifier, a group identifier, a type, a location, and a capability of the first device, and can be used to indicate an activation status of a specific first device.

[0310] In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the second device receives the first activation response message sent by the first device and can determine whether the first device is activated, or the reason for activation failure if the first device is not activated, etc. based on the first activation response message.

[0311] S309A: The second device sends a second activation response message to the access network device, where the second activation response message is used to indicate the activation status of the first device.

[0312] In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the second device may send a second activation response message to the access network device, where the second activation response message is used to indicate the activation status of the first device.

[0313] In some embodiments, after receiving the first activation response message sent by the first device, the second device may send a second activation response message to the access network device, where the second activation response message is used to indicate the activation status of the first device.

[0314] In some embodiments, the second activation response message includes at least one of the following:

[0315] Indicates the information that is activated;

[0316] Message indicating activation failure;

[0317] Reasons for activation failure;

[0318] a status of the first device;

[0319] an identifier of the first device;

[0320] a group identifier of the first device;

[0321] the location of the first device;

[0322] the type of the first device;

[0323] Function of the first device.

[0324] In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the second activation response message may include information indicating activation, and the second device may send the second activation response message to the access network device, where the second activation response message includes information indicating activation.

[0325] In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the second activation response message may include information indicating activation failure. The second device may send the second activation response message to the access network device, where the second activation response message includes information indicating activation failure.

[0326] In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the second activation response message may include a reason for the activation failure. The second device may send the second activation response message to the access network device, where the second activation response message includes the reason for the activation failure.

[0327] In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the second activation response message includes at least one of the identifier, group identifier, type, location, capability, etc. of the first device, and can be used to indicate the activation status of a specific first device.

[0328] S310A, the second device sends a second authorization authentication request to the core network device, where the second authorization authentication request is used to request authentication of whether the second device and / or the activated first device are authorized to execute a specific service.

[0329] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the second device may send a second authorization authentication request to the core network device, where the second authorization authentication request is used to request authentication of whether the second device and / or the activated first device is authorized to perform a specific service.

[0330] The second device may send a second authorization and authentication request to the core network device through the access network device.

[0331] S311A, the core network device sends a second authorization authentication response to the second device.

[0332] In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the core network device may send a second authorization authentication response to the second device.

[0333] The core network device may send a second authorization authentication response to the second device through the access network device.

[0334] In some embodiments, the second authorization authentication response may be used to indicate that the second device and / or the activated first device is authorized to perform a specific service.

[0335] In some embodiments, when the second authorization authentication response is used to indicate that the second device and / or the activated first device is authorized to perform a specific service, the second device can perform the specific service, and / or the second device can send an indication to the first device indicating that the first device can perform a specific task.

[0336] In some embodiments, the second authorization authentication response may be used to indicate that the second device and / or the activated first device is not authorized to perform a specific service.

[0337] In some embodiments, when the second authorization authentication response is used to indicate that the second device and / or the activated first device is not authorized to perform a specific business, the second device can determine not to perform the specific business, and / or the second device can send an indication to the first device, indicating that the first device cannot perform the specific task.

[0338] In some embodiments, the names of information, etc. are not limited to the names described in the embodiments, and terms such as "information", "message", "signal", "signaling", "report", "configuration", "indication", "instruction", "command", "channel", "parameter", "domain", "field", "symbol", "symbol", "codeword", "codebook", "codeword", "codepoint", "bit", "data", "program", and "chip" can be used interchangeably.

[0339] The communication method involved in the embodiments of the present disclosure may include at least one of S301A to S311A. For example, S301A may be implemented as an independent embodiment, S302A may be implemented as an independent embodiment, S303A may be implemented as an independent embodiment, S304A may be implemented as an independent embodiment, S305A may be implemented as an independent embodiment, S306A may be implemented as an independent embodiment, S307A may be implemented as an independent embodiment, S308A may be implemented as an independent embodiment, S309A may be implemented as an independent embodiment, S310A may be implemented as an independent embodiment, S311A may be implemented as an independent embodiment, S307A+S308A may be implemented as independent embodiments, S305A+S306A may be implemented as independent embodiments, and S310A+S311A may be implemented as independent embodiments, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

[0340] In some embodiments, S301A, S302A and S303A may be executed in an exchanged order or simultaneously, for example, S302A and S303A are executed first and S301A is executed later, or S301A, S302A and S303A are executed simultaneously.

[0341] In some embodiments, S310A+S311A and S305A+S306A may be executed in an exchanged order or simultaneously, for example, S310A+S311A is executed first and S305A+S306A is executed later, or S310A+S311A and S305A+S306A are executed simultaneously.

[0342] In some embodiments, S301A, S302A, S303A, S304A, S305A, S306A, S308A, S309A, S310A, and S311A are optional, and one or more of these steps may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments.

[0343] FIG3B is an interactive diagram of a device activation method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG3B , the present disclosure embodiment relates to a device activation method, which includes:

[0344] S301B: The third device sends a first activation request message to the second device, where the first activation request message is used to request activation of the first device.

[0345] It should be noted that, for the relevant descriptions of the second device, the first device, and the first activation request message, reference can be made to the relevant descriptions in the above embodiments, which will not be repeated here.

[0346] In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the third device may send a first activation request message to the second device, where the first activation request message is used to request activation of the first device.

[0347] In some embodiments, the third device may be an ambient IoT device.

[0348] Exemplarily, the third device may be a Type C device among environmental IoT devices.

[0349] In some embodiments, if the first activation request message is sent by a third device, the first activation request message further includes at least one of the following:

[0350] an identifier of the third device;

[0351] a group identifier of the third device;

[0352] Type of third device;

[0353] the location of the third device;

[0354] Function of the third device.

[0355] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the first activation request message sent by the third device includes at least one of the identification, group identification, type, location, function, etc. of the third device, which can inform the second device of the information of the third device, so that the second device can send a response message to the first activation request message to the third device.

[0356] S302B, the second device sends an auxiliary information request message to the core network device, where the auxiliary information request message is used to request information of the first device to be activated;

[0357] S303B: The core network device sends an auxiliary information response message to the second device, where the auxiliary information response message includes information of the first device.

[0358] S304B: The second device determines the first device to be activated according to the first activation request message and / or the auxiliary information response message.

[0359] S305B: The second device sends a first authorization authentication request to the core network device, where the first authorization authentication request is used to request authentication of whether the second device is authorized to activate the first device.

[0360] S306B: The core network device sends a first authorization authentication response to the second device, where the first authorization authentication response indicates that the second device is authorized to activate the first device.

[0361] S307B: The second device sends an activation signal to the first device, where the activation signal is used to activate the first device.

[0362] S308B: The first device sends a first activation response message to the second device, where the first activation response message is used to indicate an activation status of the first device.

[0363] For the relevant descriptions of S302B to S308B, reference may be made to the relevant descriptions in the above embodiments, which will not be repeated here.

[0364] S309B: The second device sends a third activation response message to the third device, where the third activation response message is used to indicate the activation status of the first device.

[0365] In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the second device may send a third activation response message to the third device, where the third activation response message is used to indicate the activation status of the first device.

[0366] In some embodiments, the third activation response message includes at least one of the following:

[0367] Indicates the information that is activated;

[0368] Message indicating activation failure;

[0369] Reasons for activation failure;

[0370] a status of the first device;

[0371] an identifier of the first device;

[0372] a group identifier of the first device;

[0373] the location of the first device;

[0374] the type of the first device;

[0375] Function of the first device.

[0376] In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the third activation response message may include information indicating activation. The second device may send the third activation response message to the third device, where the third activation response message includes information indicating activation.

[0377] In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the third activation response message may include information indicating activation failure. The second device may send the third activation response message to the third device, where the third activation response message includes information indicating activation failure.

[0378] In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the third activation response message may include a reason for the activation failure. The second device may send the third activation response message to the third device, where the third activation response message includes the reason for the activation failure.

[0379] In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the third activation response message includes at least one of the identifier, group identifier, type, location, capability, etc. of the first device, and can be used to indicate the activation status of a specific first device.

[0380] In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the third device receives the third activation response message sent by the second device and can determine whether the first device is activated, or the reason for activation failure if the first device is not activated, etc. based on the third activation response message.

[0381] S310B, the second device sends a second authorization authentication request to the core network device, where the second authorization authentication request is used to request authentication of whether the second device and / or the activated first device are authorized to execute a specific service.

[0382] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the second device may send a second authorization authentication request to the core network device, where the second authorization authentication request is used to request authentication of whether the second device and / or the activated first device is authorized to perform a specific service.

[0383] S311B, the core network device sends a second authorization authentication response to the second device.

[0384] For the related descriptions of S310B to S311B, reference may be made to the related descriptions in the above embodiments, which will not be repeated here.

[0385] In some embodiments, the names of information, etc. are not limited to the names described in the embodiments, and terms such as "information", "message", "signal", "signaling", "report", "configuration", "indication", "instruction", "command", "channel", "parameter", "domain", "field", "symbol", "symbol", "codeword", "codebook", "codeword", "codepoint", "bit", "data", "program", and "chip" can be used interchangeably.

[0386] The communication method involved in the embodiments of the present disclosure may include at least one of S301B to S311B. For example, S301B may be implemented as an independent embodiment, S302B may be implemented as an independent embodiment, S303B may be implemented as an independent embodiment, S304B may be implemented as an independent embodiment, S305B may be implemented as an independent embodiment, S306B may be implemented as an independent embodiment, S307B may be implemented as an independent embodiment, S308B may be implemented as an independent embodiment, S309B may be implemented as an independent embodiment, S310B may be implemented as an independent embodiment, S311B may be implemented as an independent embodiment, S307B+S308B may be implemented as independent embodiments, S305B+S306B may be implemented as independent embodiments, and S310B+S311B may be implemented as independent embodiments, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

[0387] In some embodiments, S301B, S302B and S303B may be executed in an exchanged order or simultaneously. For example, S302B and S303B may be executed first and S301B may be executed later, or S301B, S302B and S303B may be executed simultaneously.

[0388] In some embodiments, S310B+S311B and S305B+S306B may be executed in an exchanged order or simultaneously, for example, S310B+S311B is executed first and S305B+S306B is executed later, or S310B+S311B and S305B+S306B are executed simultaneously.

[0389] In some embodiments, S301B, S302B, S303B, S304B, S305B, S306B, S308B, S309B, S310B, and S311B are optional, and one or more of these steps may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments.

[0390] FIG3C is an interactive diagram illustrating a device activation method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG3C , the present disclosure embodiment relates to a device activation method, which includes:

[0391] S301C: The first device sends a first activation request message to the second device, where the first activation request message is used to request activation of the first device.

[0392] It should be noted that, for the relevant descriptions of the second device, the first device, and the first activation request message, reference can be made to the relevant descriptions in the above embodiments, which will not be repeated here.

[0393] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the first device may send a first activation request message to the second device, where the first activation request message is used to request activation of the first device.

[0394] In some embodiments, the first device may be an ambient IoT device.

[0395] Exemplarily, the first device may be a Type C device among environmental IoT devices.

[0396] S302C, the second device sends an auxiliary information request message to the core network device, where the auxiliary information request message is used to request information of the first device to be activated;

[0397] S303C: The core network device sends an auxiliary information response message to the second device, where the auxiliary information response message includes information of the first device.

[0398] S304C: The second device determines the first device to be activated according to the first activation request message and / or the auxiliary information response message.

[0399] S305C: The second device sends a first authorization authentication request to the core network device, where the first authorization authentication request is used to request authentication of whether the second device is authorized to activate the first device.

[0400] S306C: The core network device sends a first authorization authentication response to the second device, where the first authorization authentication response indicates that the second device is authorized to activate the first device.

[0401] S307C: The second device sends an activation signal to the first device, where the activation signal is used to activate the first device.

[0402] S308C: The first device sends a first activation response message to the second device, where the first activation response message is used to indicate an activation status of the first device.

[0403] S309C: The second device sends a second authorization authentication request to the core network device, where the second authorization authentication request is used to request authentication of whether the second device and / or the activated first device are authorized to execute a specific service.

[0404] S310C: The core network device sends a second authorization and authentication response to the second device.

[0405] For the related descriptions of S302C to S310C, reference may be made to the related descriptions in the above embodiments, which will not be repeated here.

[0406] In some embodiments, the names of information, etc. are not limited to the names described in the embodiments, and terms such as "information", "message", "signal", "signaling", "report", "configuration", "indication", "instruction", "command", "channel", "parameter", "domain", "field", "symbol", "symbol", "codeword", "codebook", "codeword", "codepoint", "bit", "data", "program", and "chip" can be used interchangeably.

[0407] The communication method involved in the embodiments of the present disclosure may include at least one of S301C to S310C. For example, S301C may be implemented as an independent embodiment, S302C may be implemented as an independent embodiment, S303C may be implemented as an independent embodiment, S304C may be implemented as an independent embodiment, S305C may be implemented as an independent embodiment, S306C may be implemented as an independent embodiment, S307C may be implemented as an independent embodiment, S308C may be implemented as an independent embodiment, S309C may be implemented as an independent embodiment, S310C may be implemented as an independent embodiment, S307C + S308C may be implemented as an independent embodiment, S305C + S306C may be implemented as an independent embodiment, and S309C + S310C may be implemented as an independent embodiment, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

[0408] In some embodiments, S301C, S302C, and S303C may be executed in an exchanged order or simultaneously. For example, S302C and S303C may be executed first and S301C may be executed later, or S301C, S302C, and S303C may be executed simultaneously.

[0409] In some embodiments, S309C+S310C and S305C+S306C may be executed in an exchanged order or simultaneously, for example, S309C+S310C is executed first and S305C+S306C is executed later, or S309C+S310C and S305C+S306C are executed simultaneously.

[0410] In some embodiments, S301C, S302C, S303C, S304C, S305C, S306C, S308C, S309C, and S310C are optional, and one or more of these steps may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments.

[0411] FIG3D is an interactive diagram of a device activation method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG3D , the present disclosure embodiment relates to a device activation method, which includes:

[0412] S301D: The core network device sends a first activation request message to the second device, where the first activation request message is used to request activation of the first device.

[0413] It should be noted that, for the relevant descriptions of the second device, the first device, and the first activation request message, reference can be made to the relevant descriptions in the above embodiments, which will not be repeated here.

[0414] In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the core network device may send a first activation request message to the second device, where the first activation request message is used to request activation of the first device.

[0415] The core network device may send a first activation request message to the second device through the access network device.

[0416] In some embodiments, the core network device may be at least one of a 4G core network device, a 5G core network device, and a 6G core network device.

[0417] In some embodiments, after receiving the activation request sent by the third-party application server, the core network device sends a first activation request message to the second device. Based on the activation request from the third-party application server, the core network device may send the first activation request message to the second device to request activation of the first device.

[0418] S302D, the second device sends an auxiliary information request message to the core network device, where the auxiliary information request message is used to request information of the first device to be activated;

[0419] S303D: The core network device sends an auxiliary information response message to the second device, where the auxiliary information response message includes information of the first device.

[0420] S304D: The second device determines the first device to be activated according to the first activation request message and / or the auxiliary information response message.

[0421] S305D: The second device sends a first authorization authentication request to the core network device, where the first authorization authentication request is used to request authentication of whether the second device is authorized to activate the first device.

[0422] S306D: The core network device sends a first authorization authentication response to the second device, where the first authorization authentication response indicates that the second device is authorized to activate the first device.

[0423] S307D: The second device sends an activation signal to the first device, where the activation signal is used to activate the first device.

[0424] S308D: The first device sends a first activation response message to the second device, where the first activation response message is used to indicate an activation status of the first device.

[0425] For the related descriptions of S302D to S308D, reference can be made to the related descriptions in the above embodiments, which will not be repeated here.

[0426] S309D: The second device sends a fourth activation response message to the core network device, where the fourth activation response message is used to indicate the activation status of the first device.

[0427] In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the second device may send a fourth activation response message to the core network device, where the fourth activation response message is used to indicate the activation status of the first device.

[0428] In some embodiments, the fourth activation response message includes at least one of the following:

[0429] Indicates the information that is activated;

[0430] Message indicating activation failure;

[0431] Reasons for activation failure;

[0432] a status of the first device;

[0433] an identifier of the first device;

[0434] a group identifier of the first device;

[0435] the location of the first device;

[0436] the type of the first device;

[0437] Function of the first device.

[0438] In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the fourth activation response message may include information indicating activation, and the second device may send the fourth activation response message to the core network device, where the fourth activation response message includes information indicating activation.

[0439] In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the fourth activation response message may include information indicating activation failure. The second device may send the fourth activation response message to the core network device, where the fourth activation response message includes information indicating activation failure.

[0440] In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the fourth activation response message may include the reason for the activation failure. The second device may send the fourth activation response message to the core network device, where the fourth activation response message includes the reason for the activation failure.

[0441] In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the fourth activation response message includes at least one of the identifier, group identifier, type, location, capability, etc. of the first device, and can be used to indicate the activation status of a specific first device.

[0442] In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the core network device receives the fourth activation response message sent by the second device and can determine whether the first device is activated, or the reason for activation failure if it is not activated, etc. based on the fourth activation response message.

[0443] In some embodiments, the core network device may further send an activation response message to the third-party application server to inform the third-party application server of the activation status of the first device.

[0444] In some embodiments, when the core network device sends a first activation request to the second device based on the activation request sent by the third-party application server, after receiving the fourth activation response message, the core network device can also send an activation response message to the third-party application server to inform the third-party application server of the activation status of the first device.

[0445] S310D, the second device sends a second authorization authentication request to the core network device, where the second authorization authentication request is used to request authentication of whether the second device and / or the activated first device are authorized to execute a specific service.

[0446] In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the second device may send a second authorization authentication request to the core network device, where the second authorization authentication request is used to request authentication of whether the second device and / or the activated first device is authorized to perform a specific service.

[0447] S311D, the core network device sends a second authorization authentication response to the second device.

[0448] For the related descriptions of S310D to S311D, reference may be made to the related descriptions in the above embodiments, which will not be repeated here.

[0449] In some embodiments, the names of information, etc. are not limited to the names described in the embodiments, and terms such as "information", "message", "signal", "signaling", "report", "configuration", "indication", "instruction", "command", "channel", "parameter", "domain", "field", "symbol", "symbol", "codeword", "codebook", "codeword", "codepoint", "bit", "data", "program", and "chip" can be used interchangeably.

[0450] The communication method involved in the embodiments of the present disclosure may include at least one of S301D to S311D. For example, S301D may be implemented as an independent embodiment, S302D may be implemented as an independent embodiment, S303D may be implemented as an independent embodiment, S304D may be implemented as an independent embodiment, S305D may be implemented as an independent embodiment, S306D may be implemented as an independent embodiment, S307D may be implemented as an independent embodiment, S308D may be implemented as an independent embodiment, S309D may be implemented as an independent embodiment, S310D may be implemented as an independent embodiment, S311D may be implemented as an independent embodiment, S307D+S308D may be implemented as independent embodiments, S305D+S306D may be implemented as independent embodiments, and S310D+S311D may be implemented as independent embodiments, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

[0451] In some embodiments, S301D, S302D, and S303D may be executed in an exchanged order or simultaneously. For example, S302D and S303D may be executed first and S301D may be executed later, or S301D, S302D, and S303D may be executed simultaneously.

[0452] In some embodiments, S310D+S311D and S305D+S306D may be executed in an exchanged order or simultaneously, for example, S310D+S311D is executed first and S305D+S306D is executed later, or S310D+S311D and S305D+S306D are executed simultaneously.

[0453] In some embodiments, S301D, S302D, S303D, S304D, S305D, S306D, S308D, S309D, S310D, and S311D are optional, and one or more of these steps may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments.

[0454] FIG4 is a flow chart of a device activation method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG4 , the present disclosure embodiment relates to a device activation method, which is executed by a second device and includes:

[0455] S401: Send an activation signal, where the activation signal is used to activate a first device.

[0456] In some embodiments, the second device sends an activation signal and may send an activation signal to the first device to activate the first device.

[0457] It should be noted that, for the optional implementation of S401, reference may be made to the optional implementation of S307A in FIG3A and other related parts in the embodiment involved in FIG3A, which will not be described in detail here.

[0458] For the related descriptions of the first device, the second device, and the activation signal, reference may be made to the related descriptions in the above embodiments, which will not be repeated here.

[0459] In some embodiments, the second device receives a first activation request message sent by an access network device; or receives a first activation request message sent by a core network device; or receives a first activation request message sent by the first device; or receives a first activation request message sent by a third device; wherein the first activation request message is used to request activation of the first device.

[0460] In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the second device may receive a first activation request message sent by the access network device, where the first activation request message is used to request activation of the first device.

[0461] In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the second device may receive a first activation request message sent by the third device, where the first activation request message is used to request activation of the first device.

[0462] In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the second device may receive a first activation request message sent by the first device, where the first activation request message is used to request activation of the first device.

[0463] For the related descriptions of the first activation request message and the third device, reference may be made to the related descriptions in the above embodiments, which will not be repeated here.

[0464] In some embodiments, the second device sends an auxiliary information request message to the core network device, wherein the auxiliary information request message is used to request information of the first device to be activated; and receives an auxiliary information response message sent by the core network device, wherein the auxiliary information response message includes information of the first device.

[0465] For the related description of the auxiliary information request message and the auxiliary information response message, reference may be made to the related description in the above embodiment, which will not be repeated here.

[0466] In some embodiments, the second device determines the first device to be activated according to the first activation request message and / or the auxiliary information response message.

[0467] In the above embodiment, the second device may determine the first device to be activated based on the first activation request message and / or the auxiliary information response message, thereby implementing activation control over the first device.

[0468] In some embodiments, the second device sends a first authorization authentication request to the core network device, wherein the first authorization authentication request is used to request authentication of whether the second device is authorized to activate the first device; and receives a first authorization authentication response sent by the core network device.

[0469] In the above embodiment, the second device may send a first authorization authentication request to the core network device to determine whether the second device is authorized to activate the first device, and activate the first device if it is determined to be authorized.

[0470] In some embodiments, the second device sends the activation signal to the first device, comprising: if the authorization authentication response is used to indicate that the second device is authorized to activate the first device, sending the activation signal to the first device.

[0471] For the related description of the activation signal, reference may be made to the related description in the above embodiment, which will not be repeated here.

[0472] In the above embodiment, when the second device is determined to be authorized, it may send an activation signal to the first device to activate the first device.

[0473] In some embodiments, the second device receives a first activation response message sent by the first device, where the first activation response message is used to indicate an activation status of the first device.

[0474] For the relevant description of the first activation response message, reference may be made to the relevant description in the above embodiment, which will not be repeated here.

[0475] In the above embodiment, the second device may receive the first activation response message sent by the first device to determine the activation status of the first device.

[0476] In some embodiments, the second device sends a second activation response message to the access network device, where the second activation response message is used to indicate the activation status of the first device.

[0477] For the relevant description of the second activation response message, please refer to the relevant description in the above embodiment, which will not be repeated here.

[0478] In the above embodiment, when the second device determines the activation status of the first device, it may send the activation status information of the first device to the access network device.

[0479] In some embodiments, the second device sends a fourth activation response message to the core network device, where the fourth activation response message is used to indicate the activation status of the first device.

[0480] For the relevant description of the fourth activation response message, reference may be made to the relevant description in the above embodiment, which will not be repeated here.

[0481] In the above embodiment, when the second device determines the activation status of the first device, it may send the activation status information of the first device to the core network device.

[0482] In some embodiments, the second device sends a third activation response message to the third device, where the third activation response message is used to indicate an activation status of the first device.

[0483] For the relevant description of the third activation response message, reference may be made to the relevant description in the above embodiment, which will not be repeated here.

[0484] In the above embodiment, when the second device determines the activation status of the first device, it may send the activation status information of the first device to the third device.

[0485] In some embodiments, the second device sends a second authorization authentication request to the core network device, wherein the second authorization authentication request is used to request authentication of whether the second device and / or the activated first device is authorized to perform specific services; and receives a second authorization authentication response sent by the core network device.

[0486] In the above embodiment, the second device may perform authorization authentication on whether the second device and / or the activated first device are authorized to execute a specific service, and may send a second authorization authentication request to the core network device.

[0487] It should be noted that the detailed description of S401 can be found in the detailed description of the embodiments shown in FIG. 3A to FIG. 3D , which will not be repeated here.

[0488] By implementing the embodiments of the present disclosure, the second device can send an activation signal to the first device to activate the first device, thereby performing activation control on the first device and improving the communication performance of the first device.

[0489] FIG5 is a flow chart of a device activation method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG5 , the present disclosure embodiment relates to a device activation method, which is executed by a first device and includes:

[0490] S501: Receive an activation signal sent by a second device, where the activation signal is used to activate a first device.

[0491] In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the first device may receive an activation signal sent by the second device to activate the first device, thereby improving the communication performance of the first device.

[0492] In some embodiments, the first device sends a first activation request message to the second device, where the first activation request message is used to request activation of the first device.

[0493] In the above embodiment, the first device may send a first activation request message to the second device to request activation of the first device.

[0494] In some embodiments, the first device sends a first activation response message to the second device according to the activation signal, wherein the first activation response message is used to indicate an activation status of the first device.

[0495] In the above embodiment, the first device may send a first activation response message to the second device to inform the second device of the activation status of the first device.

[0496] Among them, the relevant descriptions of the first device, the second device, the activation signal, the first activation request message, and the first activation response message can be found in the relevant descriptions in the above embodiments, and will not be repeated here.

[0497] It should be noted that the detailed description of S501 can be found in the detailed description of the embodiments shown in FIG. 3A to FIG. 3D , which will not be repeated here.

[0498] By implementing the embodiments of the present disclosure, the first device can receive the activation signal sent by the second device, thereby activating the first device and improving the communication performance of the first device.

[0499] In order to facilitate understanding of the embodiments of the present disclosure, an exemplary embodiment is provided.

[0500] In the exemplary embodiment, description is given by taking the access network device as a base station as an example.

[0501] As shown in Figure 6, core network devices can include 5G core network devices, 4G core network devices, and 6G core network devices. Base stations can include gNodeBs, eNodeBs, and carrier transmitters. Secondary devices can include repeaters, IAB nodes, terminal devices, transponders, and backscatter receivers. Ambient IoT devices can include backscatter transmitters and passive IoT devices. Third-party servers can include application servers. Signaling between secondary devices and ambient IoT devices can be based on PC5, simplified PC5, or other new interfaces. Signaling between secondary devices and base stations can be based on the Uu interface or other new interfaces.

[0502] 1a. [Optional] An Ambient IoT device (the first device or the third device) triggers activation. The Ambient IoT device (e.g., an Ambient IoT Type C device) may send an activation request to the second device, which may forward it to the base station. The Ambient IoT device may or may not be one of the target Ambient IoT devices (the first device being activated, hereinafter the same).

[0503] The activation request may include a second device identifier (ID), a second device type, a service code, a service period, a related ID, a target environment IoT device list, including a target environment IoT device ID, a target environment IoT device group ID, a target environment IoT device type, a target environment IoT device location, and a target environment IoT device function.

[0504] Device functions include energy storage capacity, signal generation capability, data processing capability, environmental IoT device type, supported protocol stacks, supported topology types, supported signal types, etc.

[0505] The relevant ID can associate the target environment IoT device ID, the second device ID, the base station ID, and the ID with the relevant core network device.

[0506] 1b. Base station triggers activation. The base station discovers that the ambient IoT device (first device) needs to be activated and sends an activation request to the second device, including the above parameters.

[0507] 1c. The core network device triggers activation. The core network device may discover that the ambient IoT device (the first device) needs to be activated and send an activation request to the second device via the base station.

[0508] 2. The second device receives an activation request or discovers that a nearby environmental IoT device needs to be activated. The second device sends an authorization and authentication request (including a service code, service period, the device ID of the second device, the target environmental IoT device ID, the associated ID, etc.) to the core network device through the base station. The core network device authorizes and authenticates the second device and the target environmental IoT device (the first device), and sends a response to the second device through the base station. If the request does not contain information related to the target environmental IoT, the core network device will not authorize and authenticate the environmental IoT device.

[0509] 3. Based on the authorization and authentication results in step 2, the second device decides to activate the ambient IoT device (the first device).

[0510] 4. If the second device does not have enough information to activate the ambient IoT device (the first device) (for example, the information in step 1 is insufficient, or step 1 is not performed and the information is insufficient (the information may be configured locally or configured by the network or stored in the second device the last time it was used in the second device)), the auxiliary information can help the second device find the ambient IoT device (the first device), which may have a specific QoS in a specific area and time.

[0511] The core network device receives the auxiliary information request and provides a candidate request device list to the second device through the base station. The request device list includes the device number, device ID, group ID, location and function of each device.

[0512] 5. The second device sends an activation signal to activate the ambient IoT device (first device). The activation signal can be a modulated signal or an unmodulated signal. The activation signal can be a simple activation signal containing no information, or it can carry some information, such as the device ID of the second device, the device type of the second device, the service code, the service period, etc. The ambient IoT device (first device) can be activated by the activation signal (for example, from an idle state to an activated state, or from a deactivated state to an activated state) or can be conditionally activated. (The ambient IoT device can be activated by the activation signal, the authorized service code, the authorized service period, and the authorized service device ID. The authorization information can be locally configured or pre-configured by the second device / core network device).

[0513] 6. The ambient IoT device (first device) sends an activation response to the activation signal to the second device. The activation response can be a backscattered signal of the activation signal or a signal generated from the ambient IoT device (first device). This activation response can transmit all the above information including the activation result (success or failure), the failure reason (if failed), the ambient IoT device status, the ambient IoT device ID, the ambient IoT device group ID, the ambient IoT device type, the ambient IoT device function, and the target ambient IoT device to the second device. This activation response can be sent optionally (once the message is received, it is only activated, and all ambient IoT devices send or do not send an activation response), or it can be sent conditionally (for example, only if the activation fails or only if the activation is successful, an activation response is sent).

[0514] 7. The second device obtains an activation response. Once all messages are received or the timer expires, the second device can store or update the information in the activation response. Once all messages are received or the timer expires, the second device can choose to send an activation response to the core network device through the base station. The core network device and the base station can store and update the information of the ambient IoT devices, optionally open it to a third-party server, and open a list of information about the second device (optional) and the target ambient IoT devices.

[0515] 8. If the request in step 2 does not include relevant information about the target IoT device (the first device), and the second device receives an activation response from the successfully activated IoT device that includes the IoT device information, the second device can trigger authentication and authorization of the IoT device (the first device) in this step. The authentication and authorization step checks whether the activated IoT device is authenticated and authorized for the requested service.

[0516] 9a. If the ambient IoT device (third device) initiates an activation request, the second device may send an activation response to the ambient IoT device (third device).

[0517] The activation response includes information of each target ambient IoT device, such as ambient IoT device ID, ambient IoT device group ID, ambient IoT device location, ambient IoT device type, ambient IoT device function, and ambient IoT device status.

[0518] 9b. The second device sends an activation response to the base station.

[0519] 9c. The second device sends an activation response to the core network device through the base station.

[0520] 9d. The second device sends an activation response to the core network device, and the core network device opens to the third-party server.

[0521] In some embodiments, 2, 6, 7, and 8 are all optional options.

[0522] In some embodiments, 1a, 1b, and 1c are all optional.

[0523] In some embodiments, 1a, 1b, and 1c are parallel solutions, and only any one of 1a, 1b, and 1c may be executed.

[0524] In some embodiments, 9a, 9b, 9c, and 9d are all optional options.

[0525] In some embodiments, 9a, 9b, 9c, and 9d are parallel schemes, and only any one of 9a, 9b, 9c, and 9d may be executed.

[0526] It should be noted that the relevant description of the embodiment of FIG6 has been described in detail in the embodiments of FIG3A to FIG5 . For details, please refer to the relevant description of the above embodiments, which will not be repeated here.

[0527] The embodiments of the present disclosure further provide apparatuses for implementing any of the above methods. For example, an apparatus is provided that includes units or modules for implementing each step performed by the first device in any of the above methods. For another example, another apparatus is provided that includes units or modules for implementing each step performed by the second device in any of the above methods.

[0528] It should be understood that the division of the various units or modules in the above device is merely a division of logical functions. In actual implementation, they may be fully or partially integrated into a physical entity, or they may be physically separated. In addition, the units or modules in the device may be implemented in the form of a processor calling software: for example, the device includes a processor, the processor is connected to a memory, and the memory stores instructions. The processor calls the instructions stored in the memory to implement any of the above methods or implement the functions of the various units or modules of the above device, wherein the processor is, for example, a general-purpose processor, such as a central processing unit (CPU) or a microprocessor, and the memory is a memory within the device or a memory outside the device. Alternatively, the units or modules in the device can be implemented in the form of hardware circuits, and the functions of some or all of the units or modules can be realized by designing the hardware circuits. The above-mentioned hardware circuits can be understood as one or more processors; for example, in one implementation, the above-mentioned hardware circuit is an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), which realizes the functions of some or all of the above units or modules by designing the logical relationship of the components in the circuit; for example, in another implementation, the above-mentioned hardware circuit can be realized by a programmable logic device (PLD). Taking a field programmable gate array (FPGA) as an example, it can include a large number of logic gate circuits, and the connection relationship between the logic gate circuits is configured by configuring the configuration file, thereby realizing the functions of some or all of the above units or modules. All units or modules of the above devices can be realized in the form of software called by the processor, or in the form of hardware circuits, or in part by the form of software called by the processor, and the rest by hardware circuits.

[0529] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the processor is a circuit with signal processing capabilities. In one implementation, the processor can be a circuit with instruction reading and execution capabilities, such as a central processing unit (CPU), a microprocessor, a graphics processing unit (GPU) (which can be understood as a microprocessor), or a digital signal processor (DSP). In another implementation, the processor can implement certain functions through the logical relationship of the hardware circuit. The logical relationship of the above-mentioned hardware circuit is fixed or reconfigurable. For example, the processor is a hardware circuit implemented by an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) or a programmable logic device (PLD), such as an FPGA. In a reconfigurable hardware circuit, the process of the processor loading a configuration document and implementing the hardware circuit configuration can be understood as the process of the processor loading instructions to implement the functions of some or all of the above units or modules. In addition, it can also be a hardware circuit designed for artificial intelligence, which can be understood as an ASIC, such as a neural network processing unit (NPU), a tensor processing unit (TPU), a deep learning processing unit (DPU), etc.

[0530] FIG7A is a schematic diagram of the structure of the second device proposed in an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG7A , the second device 10 may include: at least one of a transceiver module 11 and a processing module.

[0531] In some embodiments, the transceiver module 11 is configured to send an activation signal to the first device, wherein the activation signal is configured to activate the first device.

[0532] The transceiver module 11 is configured to execute at least one of the communication steps (e.g., S301A to S311A, S301B to S311B, S301C to S310C, S301D to S311D, but not limited thereto) such as sending and / or receiving performed by the second device 10 in any of the above methods, which are not described in detail here. Optionally, the processing module is configured to execute at least one of the other steps (e.g., S301A to S311A, S301B to S311B, S301C to S310C, S301D to S311D, but not limited thereto) performed by the second device 10 in any of the above methods, which are not described in detail here.

[0533] In some embodiments, the transceiver module may include a transmitting module and / or a receiving module, and the transmitting module and the receiving module may be separate or integrated. Optionally, the transceiver module may be interchangeable with the transceiver.

[0534] In some embodiments, the processing module can be a single module or can include multiple submodules. Optionally, the multiple submodules respectively execute all or part of the steps required to be executed by the processing module. Optionally, the processing module can be interchangeable with the processor.

[0535] FIG7B is a schematic diagram of the structure of an access network device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG7B , the first device 20 may include at least one of a transceiver module 21 and a processing module.

[0536] In some embodiments, the transceiver module 21 is configured to receive an activation signal sent by the second device, wherein the activation signal is configured to activate the first device.

[0537] The above-mentioned transceiver module 21 is used to execute at least one of the communication steps such as sending and / or receiving performed by the first device 20 in any of the above methods (for example, S301A to S311A, S301B to S311B, S301C to S310C, S301D to S311D, but not limited to these), which will not be repeated here.

[0538] In some embodiments, the transceiver module may include a transmitting module and / or a receiving module, and the transmitting module and the receiving module may be separate or integrated. Optionally, the transceiver module may be interchangeable with the transceiver.

[0539] Figure 8A is a schematic diagram of the structure of a communication device 8100 proposed in an embodiment of the present disclosure. Communication device 8100 can be a first device or a second device, or a chip, chip system, or processor that supports the first device in implementing any of the above methods, or a chip, chip system, or processor that supports the second device in implementing any of the above methods. Communication device 8100 can be used to implement the methods described in the above method embodiments. For details, please refer to the description of the above method embodiments.

[0540] As shown in Figure 8A, the communication device 8100 includes one or more processors 8101. The processor 8101 can be a general-purpose processor or a dedicated processor, for example, a baseband processor or a central processing unit. The baseband processor can be used to process communication protocols and communication data, and the central processing unit can be used to control the communication device (such as a base station, a baseband chip, a terminal device, a terminal device chip, a DU or a CU, etc.), execute programs, and process program data. The communication device 8100 is used to perform any of the above methods.

[0541] In some embodiments, the communication device 8100 further includes one or more memories 8102 for storing instructions. Optionally, all or part of the memories 8102 may be located outside the communication device 8100.

[0542] In some embodiments, the communication device 8100 further includes one or more transceivers 8103. When the communication device 8100 includes one or more transceivers 8103, the transceiver 8103 performs at least one of the communication steps such as sending and / or receiving in the above method (for example, S301A to S311A, S301B to S311B, S301C to S310C, S301D to S311D, but not limited thereto), and the processor 8101 performs at least one of the other steps (for example, S301A to S311A, S301B to S311B, S301C to S310C, S301D to S311D, but not limited thereto).

[0543] In some embodiments, a transceiver may include a receiver and / or a transmitter. The receiver and transmitter may be separate or integrated. Optionally, the terms transceiver, transceiver unit, transceiver, and transceiver circuit may be used interchangeably; the terms transmitter, transmitting unit, transmitter, and transmitting circuit may be used interchangeably; and the terms receiver, receiving unit, receiver, and receiving circuit may be used interchangeably.

[0544] In some embodiments, the communication device 8100 may include one or more interface circuits 8104. Optionally, the interface circuit 8104 is connected to the memory 8102. The interface circuit 8104 may be configured to receive signals from the memory 8102 or other devices, and may be configured to send signals to the memory 8102 or other devices. For example, the interface circuit 8104 may read instructions stored in the memory 8102 and send the instructions to the processor 8101.

[0545] The communication device 8100 described in the above embodiments may be a first device, an access network device, or a second device, but the scope of the communication device 8100 described in the present disclosure is not limited thereto, and the structure of the communication device 8100 may not be limited by FIG. 8A. The communication device may be an independent device or may be part of a larger device. For example, the communication device may be: 1) an independent integrated circuit IC, or a chip, or a chip system or subsystem; (2) a collection of one or more ICs, optionally, the above IC collection may also include a storage component for storing data or programs; (3) an ASIC, such as a modem; (4) a module that can be embedded in other devices; (5) a receiver, a terminal device, an intelligent terminal device, a cellular phone, a wireless device, a handheld device, a mobile unit, an in-vehicle device, a network device, a cloud device, an artificial intelligence device, etc.; (6) others, etc.

[0546] FIG8B is a schematic diagram of the structure of a chip 8200 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. If the communication device 8100 can be a chip or a chip system, please refer to the schematic diagram of the structure of the chip 8200 shown in FIG8B , but the present disclosure is not limited thereto.

[0547] The chip 8200 includes one or more processors 8201 , and the chip 8200 is configured to execute any of the above methods.

[0548] In some embodiments, the chip 8200 further includes one or more interface circuits 8202. Optionally, the interface circuit 8202 is connected to the memory 8203. The interface circuit 8202 can be used to receive signals from the memory 8203 or other devices, and can be used to send signals to the memory 8203 or other devices. For example, the interface circuit 8202 can read instructions stored in the memory 8203 and send the instructions to the processor 8201.

[0549] In some embodiments, the interface circuit 8202 performs at least one of the communication steps such as sending and / or receiving in the above method (for example, S301A to S311A, S301B to S311B, S301C to S310C, S301D to S311D, but not limited to these), and the processor 8201 performs at least one of the other steps (for example, S301A to S311A, S301B to S311B, S301C to S310C, S301D to S311D, but not limited to these).

[0550] In some embodiments, terms such as interface circuit, interface, transceiver pin, and transceiver may be used interchangeably.

[0551] In some embodiments, the chip 8200 further includes one or more memories 8203 for storing instructions. Alternatively, all or part of the memories 8203 may be outside the chip 8200.

[0552] The present disclosure also proposes a storage medium having instructions stored thereon, which, when executed on the communication device 8100, causes the communication device 8100 to execute any of the above methods. Optionally, the storage medium is an electronic storage medium. Optionally, the storage medium is a computer-readable storage medium, but is not limited thereto, and may also be a storage medium readable by other devices. Optionally, the storage medium may be a non-transitory storage medium, but is not limited thereto, and may also be a temporary storage medium.

[0553] The present disclosure also provides a program product, which, when executed by the communication device 8100, enables the communication device 8100 to perform any of the above methods. Optionally, the program product is a computer program product.

[0554] The present disclosure also proposes a computer program, which, when executed on a computer, causes the computer to perform any one of the above methods.

[0555] Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the units and algorithm steps of each example described in conjunction with the embodiments disclosed herein can be implemented in electronic hardware, or a combination of computer software and electronic hardware. Whether these functions are performed in hardware or software depends on the specific application and design constraints of the technical solution. Professionals and technicians can use different methods to implement the described functions for each specific application, but such implementation should not be considered beyond the scope of this disclosure.

[0556] Those skilled in the art will clearly understand that, for the convenience and brevity of description, the specific working processes of the systems, devices and units described above can refer to the corresponding processes in the aforementioned method embodiments and will not be repeated here.

[0557] The above description is merely a specific embodiment of the present disclosure, but the scope of protection of the present disclosure is not limited thereto. Any changes or substitutions that can be easily conceived by a person skilled in the art within the technical scope disclosed in this disclosure should be included in the scope of protection of the present disclosure. Therefore, the scope of protection of the present disclosure should be based on the scope of protection of the claims.

Claims

1. A device activation method, characterized in that: The method is performed by a second device, including: An activation signal is sent to a first device, wherein the activation signal is used to activate the first device.

2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that The method further comprises: Receiving a first activation request message sent by the access network device; or Receiving a first activation request message sent by a core network device; or receiving a first activation request message sent by the first device; or receiving a first activation request message sent by a third device; The first activation request message is used to request activation of the first device.

3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that The method further comprises: Sending an auxiliary information request message to a core network device, wherein the auxiliary information request message is used to request information of the first device to be activated; Receive an auxiliary information response message sent by the core network device, wherein the auxiliary information response message includes information of the first device.

4. The method according to claim 3, characterized in that The method further comprises: The first device to be activated is determined according to the first activation request message and / or the auxiliary information response message.

5. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that The method further comprises: Sending a first authorization authentication request to a core network device, wherein the first authorization authentication request is used to request authentication of whether the second device is authorized to activate the first device; Receive a first authorization and authentication response sent by the core network device.

6. The method according to claim 5, characterized in that The sending an activation signal to the first device includes: The first authorization authentication response indicates that the second device is authorized to activate the first device and sends the activation signal to the first device.

7. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that The method further comprises: A first activation response message sent by the first device is received, wherein the first activation response message is used to indicate an activation state of the first device.

8. The method according to claim 7, characterized in that The method further comprises: sending a second activation response message to the access network device, wherein the second activation response message is used to indicate the activation status of the first device; or Sending a fourth activation response message to the core network device, wherein the fourth activation response message is used to indicate the activation status of the first device; or A third activation response message is sent to a third device, wherein the third activation response message is used to indicate an activation state of the first device.

9. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that The method further comprises: Sending a second authorization authentication request to the core network device, wherein the second authorization authentication request is used to request authentication of whether the second device and / or the activated first device are authorized to perform a specific service; Receive a second authorization and authentication response sent by the core network device.

10. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that The activation signal includes at least one of the following: an identifier of the second device; a group identifier of the second device; a type of the second device; the location of the second device; the capabilities of the second device; Response cycle.

11. The method according to claim 2, characterized in that The first activation request message includes at least one of the following: an identifier of the second device; a group identifier of the second device; a type of the second device; the location of the second device; the capabilities of the second device; an identifier of the first device; a group identifier of the first device; the type of the first device; the location of the first device; the function of the first device; Response cycle.

12. The method according to claim 11, characterized in that If the first activation request message is sent by the third device, the first activation request message further includes at least one of the following: an identifier of the third device; a group identifier of the third device; the type of the third device; the location of the third device; The function of the third device.

13. The method according to claim 3, characterized in that The auxiliary information request message includes at least one of the following: an identifier of the second device; a group identifier of the second device; a type of the second device; the location of the second device; the capabilities of the second device; Request area range; Request time; Request cycle; Request Quality of Service (QoS).

14. The method according to claim 3 or 13, characterized in that The auxiliary information response message includes at least one of the following: an identifier of the first device; a group identifier of the first device; a candidate device list including the first device; a candidate device group list including the first device; candidate device locations including the first device; candidate device types including the first device; Candidate device capabilities of the first device are included.

15. The method according to claim 7 or 8, characterized in that The first activation response message, the second activation response message, the third activation response message, or the fourth activation response message includes at least one of the following: Indicating information that is activated; Message indicating activation failure; Reasons for activation failure; a status of the first device; an identifier of the first device; a group identifier of the first device; the location of the first device; the type of the first device; The function of the first device.

16. A device activation method, characterized in that: The method is performed by a first device and includes: An activation signal sent by a second device is received, wherein the activation signal is used to activate the first device.

17. The method according to claim 16, characterized in that The method further comprises: A first activation request message is sent to the second device, wherein the first activation request message is used to request activation of the first device.

18. The method according to claim 16 or 17, characterized in that The method further comprises: According to the activation signal, a first activation response message is sent to the second device, wherein the first activation response message is used to indicate an activation state of the first device.

19. The method according to any one of claims 16 to 18, characterized in that The activation signal includes at least one of the following: an identifier of the second device; a group identifier of the second device; a type of the second device; the location of the second device; the capabilities of the second device; Response cycle.

20. The method of claim 17, wherein: The first activation request message includes at least one of the following: an identifier of the second device; a group identifier of the second device; a type of the second device; the location of the second device; the capabilities of the second device; an identifier of the first device; a group identifier of the first device; the type of the first device; the location of the first device; the function of the first device; Response cycle.

21. The method of claim 18, wherein: The first activation response message includes at least one of the following: Indicating information that is activated; Message indicating activation failure; Reasons for activation failure; a status of the first device; an identifier of the first device; a group identifier of the first device; the location of the first device; the type of the first device; The function of the first device.

22. A device activation method, characterized in that: The method comprises: The second device sends an activation signal to the first device; The first device receives an activation signal sent by the second device, wherein the activation signal is used to activate the first device.

23. A second device, characterized in that: include: The transceiver module is used to send an activation signal to the first device, wherein the activation signal is used to activate the first device.

24. A first device, characterized in that: include: The transceiver module is used to receive an activation signal sent by the second device, wherein the activation signal is used to activate the first device.

25. A second device, characterized in that: include: one or more processors; Wherein, the second device is used to execute the method according to any one of claims 1 to 15.

26. A first device, characterized in that: include: one or more processors; The first device is used to execute the method according to any one of claims 16 to 21.

27. A communication system, characterized in that: The method comprises a first device and a second device, wherein the second device is configured to implement the method according to any one of claims 1 to 15, and the first device is configured to implement the method according to any one of claims 16 to 21.

28. A storage medium storing instructions, characterized in that: When the instruction is executed on a communication device, the communication device is caused to execute the method according to any one of claims 1 to 15 or 16 to 21.

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