Method and device for creating perceptual session

Abstract

The invention provides a perception session creating method and device, and relates to the technical field of communication, according to the perception session creating method provided by the invention, a session management function (SMF) can receive a perception service request sent by terminal equipment (UE) through an access and mobility management function (AMF), the perception service request comprises perception service information of a perception service task; and creating a sensing service session between the UE and a user plane function (UPF) according to the sensing service information. According to the method and the device, the establishment process of the perception session in the 6G core network is provided, so that the computing power resource of the terminal equipment can be fully called based on the perception session for calculation and analysis, and the high-quality requirements of brand new services possibly appearing in the 6G era and data and computing power can be met.

Description

Perception session creation method and device Technical Field

[0001] The present disclosure relates to the field of communication technology, and in particular to a method and device for establishing a perception session. Background Art

[0002] Sixth-generation communications (6G) has become a global research hotspot. A variety of new vertical application scenarios, such as smart cities, smart transportation, intelligent manufacturing, and smart homes, will emerge in the 6G era. These applications will require communication equipment and terminals to be able to perceive the physical world and mirror the digital world. The deep integration of communication systems with multiple systems, including perception and artificial intelligence, has become a new trend in technological development.

[0003] Currently, there is no adapted method for creating perception sessions in the 6G network architecture, which cannot fully unleash the computing power value of terminal devices and, to a certain extent, cannot meet the new services that may emerge in the 6G era and the high-quality requirements for data and computing power.

[0004] Summary of the Invention

[0005] The present disclosure provides a method and device for creating a perception session. By proposing a process for establishing a perception session in a 6G core network, the computing resources of a terminal device can be fully called upon to perform computational analysis based on the perception session, thereby meeting the new services that may emerge in the 6G era and the high-quality requirements for data and computing power.

[0006] A first aspect of the present disclosure provides a method for creating a perception session, which is applied to a session management function (SMF). The method includes:

[0007] Receiving a sensing service request sent by a terminal device UE through an access and mobility management function AMF, where the sensing service request includes sensing service information of a sensing service task;

[0008] Create a perception service session between the UE and the user plane function UPF according to the perception service information.

[0009] A second aspect of the present disclosure provides a method for creating a perception session, the method being applied to a user plane function (UPF), the method including:

[0010] A perception service session is created with a terminal device UE according to the perception service information of the perception service task, wherein the perception service information is information included in the perception service request sent by the UE.

[0011] A third aspect of the present disclosure provides a method for creating a perception session, which is applied to a first network element and includes:

[0012] Receive a sensing service request sent by a session management function SMF, where the sensing service request includes sensing service information of the sensing service task;

[0013] Send a perception data input request to the SMF according to the perception service information.

[0014] A fourth aspect of the present disclosure provides a method for establishing a perception session, which is applied to a core network side and includes:

[0015] Receiving a sensing service request sent by a terminal device UE, where the sensing service request includes sensing service information of a sensing service task;

[0016] A perception service session is created with the UE according to the perception service information.

[0017] A fifth aspect of the present disclosure provides a method for establishing a perception session, the method comprising:

[0018] The session management function SMF receives a sensing service request sent by the terminal device UE, where the sensing service request includes sensing service information of the sensing service task;

[0019] The SMF queries, in the unified data management (UDM), whether the UE has the perception service authorization based on the perception service information;

[0020] In response to querying that the UE has the perception service authorization, the SMF creates a perception service session between the UE and a user plane function UPF according to the perception service information;

[0021] The SMF sends a perception data input request to the UPF;

[0022] The UPF, in response to the perception data input request, calls a first computing power node to obtain the perception data corresponding to the perception service task in a distributed manner, wherein the first computing power node includes at least two of a UE, a base station, and an application function AF;

[0023] The UPF sends the perception data corresponding to the perception service task to the first network element;

[0024] The first network element obtains computing power registration information of the second computing power node from the third network element;

[0025] The first network element analyzes the perception data and the computing power registration information to obtain a task deployment strategy for the perception service task, where the task deployment strategy is used to indicate task allocation information for the second computing power node;

[0026] The first network element sends the task deployment policy to the UPF;

[0027] The UPF sends the perception data corresponding to the perception service task to the second computing power node according to the task deployment strategy, wherein the second computing power node includes at least two of the UE, the base station, the core network, and the application function AF;

[0028] Receiving a task processing result of the perception service task sent by the second computing power node;

[0029] The UPF sends a task processing result of the sensing service task to the second network element;

[0030] The UPF sends the task processing result of the perception service task to the UE through the perception service session.

[0031] A sixth aspect of the present disclosure provides a device for creating a perception session, the device being applied to a session management function (SMF), the device including:

[0032] A receiving module is configured to receive a sensing service request sent by a terminal device UE through an access and mobility management function AMF, where the sensing service request includes sensing service information of a sensing service task;

[0033] A processing module is used to create a perception service session between the UE and the user plane function UPF according to the perception service information.

[0034] A seventh aspect of the present disclosure provides a device for creating a perception session, the device being applied to a user plane function (UPF), the device including:

[0035] A processing module is used to create a perception service session with a terminal device UE according to the perception service information of the perception service task, wherein the perception service information is information carried in the perception service request sent by the UE.

[0036] An eighth aspect of the present disclosure provides a device for creating a perception session, the device being applied to a first network element, and including:

[0037] A receiving module is used to receive a sensing service request sent by a session management function SMF, wherein the sensing service request includes sensing service information of the sensing service task;

[0038] A sending module is used to send a perception data input request to the SMF according to the perception service information.

[0039] A ninth aspect of the present disclosure provides a device for creating a perception session, the device being applied to a core network side, the device including:

[0040] A receiving module, configured to receive a sensing service request sent by a terminal device UE, wherein the sensing service request includes sensing service information of a sensing service task;

[0041] A processing module is used to create a perception service session with the UE according to the perception service information.

[0042] A tenth aspect of the present disclosure provides a device for creating a perception session, the device comprising:

[0043] A receiving module, configured for a session management function SMF to receive a sensing service request sent by a terminal device UE, wherein the sensing service request includes sensing service information of a sensing service task;

[0044] A processing module, configured for the SMF to query, in a unified data management (UDM) based on the perception service information, whether the UE has perception service authorization;

[0045] A processing module, configured to, in response to querying that the UE has perception service authorization, create, by the SMF, a perception service session between the UE and a user plane function UPF according to the perception service information;

[0046] A sending module, configured for the SMF to send a sensing data input request to the UPF;

[0047] a processing module, configured for the UPF to call a first computing power node to obtain the perception data corresponding to the perception service task in a distributed manner in response to the perception data input request, wherein the first computing power node includes at least two of a UE, a base station, and an application function AF;

[0048] A sending module, configured for the UPF to send the perception data corresponding to the perception service task to the first network element;

[0049] A processing module, configured for the first network element to obtain computing power registration information of the second computing power node in the third network element;

[0050] A processing module, configured for the first network element to analyze the perception data and the computing power registration information to obtain a task deployment strategy for the perception service task, wherein the task deployment strategy is used to indicate task allocation information of the second computing power node;

[0051] A sending module, configured for the first network element to send the task deployment strategy to the UPF;

[0052] a sending module, configured for the UPF to send the perception data corresponding to the perception service task to the second computing power node according to the task deployment strategy, wherein the second computing power node includes at least two of the UE, the base station, the core network, and the application function AF;

[0053] A receiving module, configured to receive a task processing result of the perception service task sent by the second computing power node;

[0054] A sending module, configured for the UPF to send a task processing result of the perception service task to the second network element;

[0055] A sending module is used for the UPF to send the task processing result of the perception service task to the UE through the perception service session.

[0056] An eleventh embodiment of the present disclosure provides a communication device, which includes: a transceiver; a memory; and a processor, which is connected to the transceiver and the memory, respectively, and is configured to control the wireless signal reception and transmission of the transceiver by executing computer-executable instructions on the memory, and can implement the method of the first embodiment, the second embodiment, the third embodiment, the fourth embodiment, or the fifth embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0057] The twelfth embodiment of the present disclosure provides a computer storage medium, wherein the computer storage medium stores computer-executable instructions; after the computer-executable instructions are executed by the processor, the method of the first aspect embodiment, the second aspect embodiment, the third aspect embodiment, the fourth aspect embodiment, or the fifth aspect embodiment of the present disclosure can be implemented.

[0058] The thirteenth aspect embodiment of the present disclosure provides a communication system, which is used to execute the method of the fourth aspect embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0059] A fourteenth aspect of the present disclosure provides a communication system, including the following network elements:

[0060] A session management function SMF for executing the method of the embodiment of the first aspect of the present disclosure;

[0061] A user plane function UPF for executing the method of the second embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0062] A first network element for executing the method of the embodiment of the second aspect of the present disclosure.

[0063] The disclosed embodiments provide a method and apparatus for establishing a perception session. Upon receiving a perception service request from a terminal device (UE), a session management function (SMF) may establish a perception service session between the UE and a user plane function (UPF) based on the perception service information of the perception service task carried in the perception service request. By establishing a perception service session between the UE and the UPF, the computing resources of the terminal device can be fully utilized for computational analysis, meeting the high-quality data and computing power requirements for new services that may emerge in the 6G era.

[0064] Additional aspects and advantages of the present disclosure will be given in part in the description below and in part will be obvious from the description below, or will be learned through practice of the present disclosure. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0065] The above and / or additional aspects and advantages of the present disclosure will become apparent and readily understood from the following description of the embodiments in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:

[0066] FIG1 is a schematic diagram of a process of establishing a perception session according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0067] FIG2 is a flow chart of a method for establishing a perception session according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0068] FIG3 is a flow chart of a method for establishing a perception session according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0069] FIG4 is a flow chart of a method for establishing a perception session according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0070] FIG5 is a flow chart of a method for creating a perception session according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0071] FIG6 is a flow chart of a method for establishing a perception session according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0072] FIG7 is a flow chart of a method for creating a perception session according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0073] FIG8 is a diagram of a 6G core network architecture according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0074] FIG9 is a flow chart of a method for creating a perception session according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0075] FIG10 is a timing diagram of a method for establishing a perception session according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0076] FIG11 is a block diagram of a device for creating a perception session according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0077] FIG12 is a block diagram of a device for creating a perception session according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0078] FIG13 is a block diagram of a device for creating a perception session according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0079] FIG14 is a block diagram of a device for creating a perception session according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0080] FIG15 is a block diagram of a device for creating a perception session according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0081] FIG16 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0082] FIG17 is a schematic diagram of the structure of a chip provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0083] The following describes in detail embodiments of the present disclosure, examples of which are shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein the same or similar reference numerals throughout represent the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar functions. The embodiments described below with reference to the accompanying drawings are exemplary and are intended to be used to explain the present disclosure, and should not be construed as limiting the present disclosure.

[0084] The embodiments of the present application are described in detail below. Examples of the embodiments are shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein the same or similar reference numerals throughout represent the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar functions. The embodiments described below with reference to the accompanying drawings are exemplary and are intended to be used to explain the present application, and should not be construed as limiting the present application. It should be noted that the embodiments of the present application and the features in the embodiments may be combined with each other unless there is a conflict.

[0085] The terms used in the embodiments of this application are for the purpose of describing specific embodiments only and are not intended to limit the embodiments of this application. The singular forms "a" and "the" used in the embodiments of this application and the appended claims are also intended to include plural forms unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It should also be understood that the term "and / or" used herein refers to and includes any or all possible combinations of one or more associated listed items.

[0086] It should be understood that although the terms first, second, third, etc. may be used to describe various information in the embodiments of the present application, these information should not be limited to these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish information of the same type from each other. For example, without departing from the scope of the embodiments of the present application, the first information may also be referred to as the second information, and similarly, the second information may also be referred to as the first information. Depending on the context, the word "if" as used herein may be interpreted as "at the time of" or "when" or "in response to determining".

[0087] Currently, there is no adapted method for creating perception sessions in the 6G network architecture, which cannot fully unleash the computing power value of terminal devices and, to a certain extent, cannot meet the new services that may emerge in the 6G era and the high-quality requirements for data and computing power.

[0088] The task processing method and device provided in this application are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0089] Figure 1 shows a flow chart of a method for creating a perception session according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in Figure 1 , the method is applied to a Session Management Function (SMF). The embodiment may include the following steps.

[0090] Step 101: Receive an awareness service request sent by a terminal device UE through an access and mobility management function AMF, where the awareness service request includes awareness service information of the awareness service task.

[0091] In a specific application scenario, the SMF may receive a perception service request transmitted by the Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF), which is sent by the User Equipment (UE) to the AMF via the Radio Access Network (RAN). The perception service request may include perception service information of the perception service task, which may be an image processing task, a speech recognition task, a model training task, a data cleaning task, etc., which are not specifically limited here; the perception service information may include the Subscriber Permanent Identifier (SUPI), the Data Network Name (DNN), user location information, access type, Area of ​​Interest (AoI), perception service requirements, such as service type and perception data type, which are not specifically limited here.

[0092] After SMF receives the perception service request, before executing the subsequent implementation steps, SMF can further create an association with AMF based on the perception service information to support the creation of perception service sessions, wherein AMF provides the parameters required to create the session, such as SUPI, session identifier (SC Session ID), AMF ID, service type, service requirements, etc.

[0093] Step 102: Create a perception service session between the UE and the user plane function UPF according to the perception service information.

[0094] In the disclosed embodiments, the SMF can establish a perceptual service session between the UE and the User Plane Function (UPF) based on the perceptual service information. It can also initiate a radio resource request to the Radio Access Network (RAN), which then configures the corresponding radio resources for the UE. The SMF informs the UPF of the RAN-side tunnel information to establish a user plane tunnel from the UPF to the RAN.

[0095] In summary, according to the perception session creation method provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the session management function (SMF) can, upon receiving a perception service request from a terminal device (UE), establish a perception service session between the UE and the user plane function (UPF) based on the perception service information of the perception service task carried in the perception service request. The technical solution of the present disclosure, by establishing a perception service session between the UE and the user plane function (UPF), can fully utilize the computing power resources of the terminal device for computational analysis, meeting the new services that may emerge in the 6G era and the high-quality data and computing power requirements.

[0096] Figure 2 shows a flow chart of a method for creating a perception session according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in Figure 2, the method is applied to a session management function (SMF) and may include the following steps.

[0097] Step 201: Receive an awareness service request sent by a terminal device UE through an access and mobility management function AMF, where the awareness service request includes awareness service information of the awareness service task.

[0098] For the embodiment of the present disclosure, the specific implementation process can be found in the relevant description of step 101 of the embodiment, which will not be repeated here.

[0099] Step 202: Based on the identification information of the UE, query in the unified data management (UDM) whether the UE has the awareness service authorization.

[0100] In a specific application scenario, the identification information of the UE may be included in the perception service information. After obtaining the identification information of the UE, the session management function SMF may first query whether the UE has the perception service authorization in the Unified Data Management (UDM) based on the identification information of the UE. Accordingly, as a possible implementation method, in response to the query that the UE has the perception service authorization, the SMF sends an authentication success message to the UE through the AMF, and may further continue to execute the subsequent embodiment steps 203 and 204; as a possible implementation method, in response to the query that the UE does not have the perception service authorization, the SMF sends a perception service request failure message to the UE through the AMF, and the AMF terminates the perception service for the UE, and the SMF no longer continues to execute the subsequent embodiment steps 203 and 204.

[0101] Among them, when SMF queries whether the UE has the perception service authorization in the unified data management UDM based on the UE's identification information, SMF can send the UE identification information to the UDM to confirm whether the UE has the authorization to obtain the perception service. In a specific application scenario, the UDM stores the preset identification information of all UEs with perception service authorization. After receiving the UE identification information sent by the SMF, the UE identification information can be matched with the preset identification information to determine the UE authorization query result, and the UE authorization query result is further returned to the SMF. Accordingly, in response to determining that there is preset identification information matching the UE identification information in the UDM, the corresponding UE authorization query result is to query whether the UE has the perception service authorization; in response to determining that there is no preset identification information matching the UE identification information in the UDM, the corresponding UE authorization query result is to query whether the UE has the perception service authorization.

[0102] Step 203: In response to the query that the UE has the perception service authorization, a perception service session is created between the UE and the user plane function UPF according to the perception service information.

[0103] Correspondingly, for the embodiment of the present disclosure, the embodiment steps may also include: in response to the query that the UE has the perception service authorization, sending a wireless resource request to the wireless access network RAN, the wireless resource request is used to instruct the RAN to set corresponding wireless resources for the UE; sending the RAN side tunnel information corresponding to the wireless resources to the user plane function UPF to establish a user plane tunnel from the UPF to the RAN, and the user plane tunnel is used for data transmission between the UPF and the UE.

[0104] Step 204: Send a perception data input request to the UPF, so that the UPF responds to the perception data input request and calls the computing power node to distribute and execute the perception service task.

[0105] Among them, the perception data input request is used to instruct the UPF to call the computing power node to perform the perception service task in a distributed manner. The perception service task may include a first subtask of perception data collection and a second subtask of perception data analysis. Accordingly, the computing power node may include a first computing power node for distributed execution of the first subtask and a second computing power node for distributed execution of the second subtask. The first computing power node may include UE, base station and third-party application function (AF), etc., and the second computing power node may include UE, base station, core network and application function AF, etc. Among them, AF is the perception data provider, including application (APP), third-party camera and other devices. For the embodiment of the present disclosure, by creating a perception service session between UE and user plane function UPF, UPF can be allowed to call UE through the perception service session in addition to calling many network nodes, to achieve deep integration and mutual enhancement of multi-dimensional perception, collaborative communication and intelligent computing functions, thereby enabling the core network to have the ability of new information flow intelligent interaction and processing and wide-area intelligent collaboration.

[0106] In a specific application scenario, before executing the steps of this embodiment, the SMF may first send a perception service request containing perception service information to a first network element. The first network element may establish a service with the UE and, based on the analysis service requirements contained in the perception service information, send a perception data input request to the SMF. Accordingly, the embodiment steps may include: sending a perception service request to the first network element; and receiving a perception data input request sent by the first network element based on the perception service information. The first network element may be an input network element in the core network.

[0107] In summary, according to the perception session creation method provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure, after receiving the perception service request sent by the terminal device UE, the session management function SMF can create a perception service session between the UE and the user plane function UPF based on the perception service information of the perception service task carried in the perception service request. And by sending a perception data input request to the UPF, so that the UPF responds to the perception data input request, calls the UE based on the perception service session established with the UE, and further enables the UE to coordinate and distribute the performance of the perception service task with other computing nodes. It can achieve the deep integration of multi-dimensional perception, collaborative communication, and intelligent computing functions, thereby enabling the network to have the ability of new information flow intelligent interaction and processing and wide-area intelligent collaboration, which can meet the new services that may appear in the 6G era and the high-quality requirements for data and computing power.

[0108] Figure 3 shows a flow chart of a method for establishing a perception session according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in Figure 3, the method is applied to a user plane function (UPF), and the embodiment may include the following steps.

[0109] Step 301: Create a perception service session with a terminal device UE according to perception service information of the perception service task, wherein the perception service information is information included in a perception service request sent by the UE.

[0110] In a specific application scenario, the SMF can establish a perception service session between the UE and the User Plane Function (UPF) based on the perception service information. It can also initiate a radio resource request to the Radio Access Network (RAN), which then configures the corresponding radio resources for the UE. The SMF informs the UPF of the RAN-side tunnel information corresponding to the radio resources to establish a user plane tunnel from the UPF to the RAN. Accordingly, in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the UPF can receive the RAN-side tunnel information corresponding to the radio resources of the UE and establish a user plane tunnel to the RAN. The UPF can then exchange data information with the UE based on the user plane tunnel.

[0111] In summary, according to the perception session creation method provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure, the user plane function (UPF) can establish a perception service session with the terminal device (UE). Data information is exchanged with the UE through the perception service session, facilitating the core network to call the UE based on the perception service session, further enabling the UE to coordinate with other computing nodes to perform perception service tasks in a distributed manner. This can achieve a deep integration of multi-dimensional perception, collaborative communication, and intelligent computing functions, thereby enabling the network to have the ability to intelligently interact and process new information flows and wide-area intelligent collaboration, which can meet the new services that may emerge in the 6G era and the high-quality requirements for data and computing power.

[0112] Figure 4 shows a flow chart of a method for establishing a perception session according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in Figure 4 , the method is applied to a user plane function (UPF) and may include the following steps.

[0113] Step 401: Create a perception service session with a terminal device UE according to the perception service information of the perception service task, wherein the perception service information is information included in the perception service request sent by the UE.

[0114] For the embodiment of the present disclosure, the specific implementation process can be found in the relevant description of step 301 of the embodiment, which will not be repeated here.

[0115] Step 402: Receive a perception data input request sent by the session management function SMF.

[0116] Among them, the perception data input request is used to instruct the UPF to call the computing power node to perform the perception service task in a distributed manner. The perception service task may include a first subtask of perception data collection and a second subtask of perception data analysis. Accordingly, the computing power node may include a first computing power node for distributed execution of the first subtask and a second computing power node for distributed execution of the second subtask. The first computing power node may include UE, base station and third-party application function (AF), etc., and the second computing power node may include UE, base station, core network and application function AF, etc. Among them, AF is the perception data provider, including application (APP), third-party camera and other devices. For the embodiment of the present disclosure, by creating a perception service session between UE and user plane function UPF, UPF can be allowed to call UE through the perception service session in addition to calling many network nodes, to achieve deep integration and mutual enhancement of multi-dimensional perception, collaborative communication and intelligent computing functions, thereby enabling the core network to have the ability of new information flow intelligent interaction and processing and wide-area intelligent collaboration.

[0117] Step 403: In response to the perception data input request, the computing power node is called to execute the perception service task in a distributed manner to obtain the task processing result of the perception service task.

[0118] For the embodiments of the present disclosure, the steps of the embodiments may include: in response to a perception data input request, calling a first computing power node to distributedly obtain perception data corresponding to the perception service task, wherein the first computing power node includes at least two of UE, base station and application function AF; and based on the perception data corresponding to the perception service task, calling a second computing power node to distributedly determine the task processing result of the perception service task, wherein the second computing power node includes at least two of UE, base station, core network and application function AF.

[0119] In a specific application scenario, the user plane function UPF may pre-store node characteristics of each computing power node (such as base station, core network, UE and application function AF), such as perception service area and perception service type, computing power registration information (such as computing power size, computing power-oriented task type), etc. It should be noted that for each computing power node, other node characteristics for adaptive division of perception service tasks may also be included, which are not specifically limited here. For the embodiment of the present disclosure, the user plane function UPF may determine the task attributes based on task information and computing resource information, as well as the first computing power node and the second computing power node suitable for executing the perception service task under the task attributes, and divide the perception service task into multiple first subtasks for distributed execution according to the first computing power node, and divide the perception service task into multiple second subtasks for distributed execution according to the second computing power node. The first subtask and the second subtask are respectively partial perception service tasks in the perception service task, and multiple first subtasks and multiple second subtasks respectively constitute a complete perception service task. By dividing the perception service task into multiple subtasks and executing them simultaneously in a distributed manner, multiple computing nodes are utilized to distribute the perception service task and obtain the task processing results of the perception service task. This collaborative working method can improve the execution efficiency of the perception service task, allowing the base station, UE, core network, and application function AF to fully utilize their computing power and widely participate in calculation and processing, thereby effectively sharing the task pressure of the perception service. It can also meet the needs of specific perception tasks to a certain extent and reduce privacy and security risks.

[0120] Accordingly, when invoking the first computing power node to obtain the perception data corresponding to the perception service task in a distributed manner, the UPF may send a perception data input request to the first computing power node, instructing the first computing power node to send the perception data corresponding to the first subtask to the UPF. Accordingly, the steps of the embodiment may include: sending the perception data input request to the first computing power node; receiving the perception data corresponding to the first subtask of the perception service task sent by the first computing power node; and integrating the perception data of the first subtask to obtain the perception data corresponding to the perception service task.

[0121] Among them, when the UPF divides the perception service task into multiple subtasks executed by multiple first computing power nodes, and calls the first computing power nodes to obtain the perception data corresponding to the perception service task in a distributed manner:

[0122] As a possible implementation, in response to the UPF determining that the UE and the base station are suitable for performing the first subtask of sensing data collection based on the sensing service area and the sensing service type, the UPF may determine the UE and the base station as first computing nodes, divide the sensing service task into a first subtask performed by the UE and a first subtask performed by the base station, and send a sensing data input request to the base station. Furthermore, based on the established sensing service session with the terminal device UE, the UPF may send a sensing data input request to the UE. Accordingly, the UE may, in response to the sensing data input request, perform the assigned first subtask based on its adapted node characteristics, such as the sensing service area and sensing service type, obtain corresponding sensing data, and send the collected sensing data to the UPF via the sensing service session. The base station may, in response to the sensing data input request, perform the assigned first subtask based on its adapted node characteristics, such as the sensing service area and sensing service type, obtain corresponding sensing data, and send the sensing data to the UPF. Given that the node characteristics configured by the UE and the base station are different, the collected sensing data also differ. When the UPF receives the perception data collected by the UE and the base station, it can integrate the perception data and determine the integrated perception data as the perception data corresponding to the perception service task.

[0123] As a possible implementation, in response to the UPF determining that the UE and AF are suitable for performing the first subtask of sensing data collection based on the sensing service area and sensing service type, the UPF may determine the UE and AF as first computing nodes, divide the sensing service task into a first subtask performed by the UE and a first subtask performed by the AF, and send a sensing data input request to the AF. Furthermore, based on the established sensing service session with the terminal device UE, the UPF may send a sensing data input request to the UE. Accordingly, in response to the sensing data input request, the UE may execute the assigned first subtask based on its own adapted node characteristics, such as the sensing service area and sensing service type, obtain corresponding sensing data, and send the collected sensing data to the UPF via the sensing service session. The AF may execute the assigned first subtask based on its own adapted node characteristics, such as the sensing service area and sensing service type, obtain corresponding sensing data, and send the sensing data to the UPF via the sensing service session. Given that the node characteristics configured by the UE and AF are different, the collected sensing data also differ. When the UPF receives the perception data collected by the UE and the AF, it can integrate the perception data and determine the integrated perception data as the perception data corresponding to the perception service task.

[0124] As one possible implementation, in response to the UPF determining that the UE, base station, and AF are suitable for performing the first subtask of sensing data collection based on the sensing service area and sensing service type, the UPF may determine the UE, base station, and AF as first computing nodes, divide the sensing service task into a first subtask performed by the UE, a first subtask performed by the base station, and a first subtask performed by the AF, and send a sensing data input request to the base station and AF. Furthermore, based on an established sensing service session with the terminal device UE, the UPF may send a sensing data input request to the UE. Accordingly, in response to the sensing data input request, the UE may perform the assigned first subtask based on its adapted node characteristics, such as the sensing service area and sensing service type, obtain corresponding sensing data, and send the collected sensing data to the UPF via the sensing service session. Similarly, the base station and AF may perform the assigned first subtask based on their adapted node characteristics, such as the sensing service area and sensing service type, obtain corresponding sensing data, and send the obtained sensing data to the UPF. Given the different node characteristics configured by the UE, base station, and AF, the collected sensing data may also differ. When the UPF receives the perception data collected by the UE, base station and AF, it can integrate the perception data and determine the integrated perception data as the perception data corresponding to the perception service task.

[0125] In a specific application scenario, before invoking the second computing node to distributedly determine the task processing result of the perception service task based on the perception data corresponding to the perception service task, the UPF may also determine a second computing node suitable for the second subtask of analyzing the perception data based on the computing power registration information of each computing node. Specifically, after obtaining the perception data corresponding to the perception service task, the UPF may aggregate the collected perception data and send it to the first (Input) network element. The Input network element then obtains the computing power registration information of the second computing node from the third (Storage) network element. The first network element analyzes the computing power registration information and the perception data to generate a task deployment strategy for the second subtask and sends the perception data and task deployment strategy to the UPF. The computing power registration information may include the computing power size of the corresponding computing node and the services targeted by the computing power. Accordingly, the steps of the embodiment may include: the UPF sending the perception data corresponding to the perception service task to the first network element; and receiving the task deployment strategy for the perception service task sent by the first network element. The task deployment strategy is obtained by the first network element analyzing the perception data and the computing power registration information of the second computing node, and is used to indicate task allocation information for the second computing node.

[0126] Accordingly, when calling the second computing power node to distribute and determine the task processing result of the perception service task based on the perception data corresponding to the perception service task, the UPF may send the second subtask to the corresponding second computing power node. After the second computing power node processes the perception data corresponding to the second subtask based on its own computing power resources, it sends the data processing result to the UPF. The UPF aggregates, calculates, and analyzes the data processing results of all second computing power nodes to obtain the task processing result of the perception service task. Accordingly, the steps of the embodiment may include: sending the perception data corresponding to the perception service task to the second computing power node according to the task deployment strategy; receiving the task processing result of the second subtask corresponding to the perception service task sent by the second computing power node; and integrating the task processing results of the second subtask to obtain the task processing result of the perception service task.

[0127] As a possible implementation method, in response to the task deployment strategy indicating that the UE and other network nodes (such as at least one of the base station, core network, and application function AF) serve as the second computing power nodes, the UPF may divide the service task into multiple second subtasks distributedly executed by the UE and other network nodes; accordingly, the UE may process the perception data corresponding to the assigned second subtask based on its own configured computing power resources, obtain the task processing result corresponding to the second subtask, and send the task processing result corresponding to the second subtask to the UPF through the perception service session; other network nodes may also process the perception data corresponding to the assigned second subtask based on their own configured computing power resources, obtain the task processing result corresponding to the second subtask, and send it to the UPF. After receiving the task processing results of multiple second subtasks sent by the UE and other network nodes, the UPF may integrate the task processing results of the second subtasks to obtain the task processing result of the perception service task.

[0128] Step 404: Send the task processing result of the perception service task to the UE through the perception service session.

[0129] For the embodiment of the present disclosure, after the UPF obtains the task processing results of the perception service task through the perception service session, it can send the task processing results of the perception service task to the UE to complete the perception service process.

[0130] Accordingly, as a possible implementation, after obtaining the task processing result of the perception service task, the UPF may also send the task processing result of the perception service task to the second network element, so that the second network element outputs the task processing result in a preset output format. The second network element may be an output network element in the core network, and the preset output format may include audio, screen display, specific operation of the IoT device, etc., which can be set according to the actual application scenario and is not specifically limited here.

[0131] In summary, according to the perception session creation method provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure, the user plane function (UPF) can establish a perception service session with a terminal device (UE). Data information is exchanged with the UE through the perception service session, allowing the core network to call multiple computing nodes, including the UE, to perform perception service tasks in a distributed manner based on the perception service session. This can achieve a deep integration of multi-dimensional perception, collaborative communication, and intelligent computing functions, thereby enabling the network to have the ability to intelligently interact and process new information flows and wide-area intelligent collaboration, meeting the new services that may emerge in the 6G era and the high-quality requirements for data and computing power.

[0132] Figure 5 shows a flow chart of a method for creating a perception session according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in Figure 5, the method is applied to a first network element, which may be an input network element in a core network. The embodiment may include the following steps.

[0133] Step 501: Receive a perception service request sent by a session management function SMF, where the perception service request includes perception service information of a perception service task.

[0134] Among them, the perception service task may be an image processing task, a speech recognition task, a model training task, a data cleaning task, etc., which are not specifically limited here; the perception service information may include the Subscriber Permanent Identifier (SUPI), the Data Network Name (DNN), the user location information, the access type, the Area of ​​Interest (AoI), the perception service requirements, such as the service type and the perception data type, etc., which are not specifically limited here.

[0135] In a specific application scenario, after receiving a perception service request from a UE, the SMF may first send the perception service request containing perception service information to a first network element. The first network element may establish a service with the UE and, based on the analysis service requirements contained in the perception service information, send a perception data input request to the SMF. The SMF may then send the perception data input request to the UPF, causing the UPF to invoke computing nodes to perform a distributed perception service task in response to the perception data input request. Accordingly, in embodiments of the present disclosure, the first network element may receive a perception service request from a session management function (SMF) and determine the perception data input request by analyzing the perception service information. The perception data input request instructs the UPF to invoke computing nodes to perform a distributed perception service task. The perception service task may include a first subtask of perception data collection and a second subtask of perception data analysis. Accordingly, the computing nodes may include a first computing node for distributed execution of the first subtask and a second computing node for distributed execution of the second subtask. The first computing node may include, for example, a UE, a base station, and a third-party application function (AF). The second computing node may include, for example, a UE, a base station, a core network, and an AF. Among them, AF is the provider of perception data, including applications (APP), third-party cameras and other devices.

[0136] Step 502: Send a perception data input request to the SMF according to the perception service information.

[0137] In summary, according to the perception session creation method provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure, the first network element can receive a perception service request containing perception service information sent by the SMF, determine a perception data input request by analyzing the perception service information, and send the perception data input request to the SMF, so that the SMF sends the perception data input request to the UPF. The UPF responds to the perception data input request and calls the computing nodes to perform the perception service task in a distributed manner. The technical solution of the present disclosure can fully utilize the computing resources of multiple parties for computational analysis, and can meet the new services that may emerge in the 6G era and the high-quality requirements for data and computing power.

[0138] Figure 6 shows a schematic flow chart of a method for creating a perception session according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in Figure 6, the method is applied to a first network element and may include the following steps.

[0139] Step 601: Receive perception data corresponding to a perception service task sent by a user plane function UPF.

[0140] Step 602: Analyze the perception data and the computing power registration information of the second computing power node to obtain a task deployment strategy for the perception service task. The task deployment strategy is used to indicate task allocation information of the second computing power node.

[0141] Step 603: Send the task deployment strategy to the UPF.

[0142] In a specific application scenario, before calling the second computing power node to distribute and determine the task processing result of the perception service task based on the perception data corresponding to the perception service task, the UPF may also determine the second computing power node suitable for the second subtask of perception data analysis based on the computing power registration information of each computing power node. Specifically, after obtaining the perception data corresponding to the perception service task, the UPF may summarize the collected perception data and send it to the first (Input) network element, and the first network element obtains the computing power registration information of the second computing power node from the third (Storage) network element. The first network element analyzes the computing power registration information and the perception data to generate a task deployment strategy for the second subtask, and sends the perception data and the task deployment strategy to the UPF. The task deployment strategy may include at least two second computing power nodes and the second subtask corresponding to each second computing power node. Given that the computing power resources of different second computing power nodes are different, the tasks of the second subtasks assigned to different second computing power nodes may also be different.

[0143] Accordingly, before executing the steps of this embodiment, the steps of the embodiment may also include: obtaining the computing power registration information of the second computing power node in the third network element, wherein the third network element stores the computing power registration information corresponding to different computing power nodes. In a specific application scenario, the third network element may store computing power registration information corresponding to different computing power nodes. For the embodiment of the present disclosure, the first network element may send a computing power registration information acquisition request to the third network element, and the computing power registration information acquisition request may include the corresponding second computing power node information; the third network element may determine the second computing power node based on the second computing power node information, and feedback the computing power registration information corresponding to the second computing power node to the first network element. Among them, the third network element may be a storage network element in the core network.

[0144] In summary, according to the perception session creation method provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure, the user plane function UPF can obtain the task deployment strategy of the perception service task by analyzing the perception data and the computing power registration information of the second computing power node, and send the task deployment strategy to the UPF, so that the UPF determines the multiple second computing power nodes for distributed execution of perception data analysis according to the task deployment strategy, and calls the multiple second computing power nodes to distribute the execution of perception service tasks, thereby realizing the deep integration and mutual enhancement of multi-dimensional perception, collaborative communication, and intelligent computing functions, thereby enabling the core network to have the ability of new information flow intelligent interaction and processing and wide-area intelligent collaboration.

[0145] Figure 7 shows a flow chart of a perception session creation method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in Figure 7, the method is applied to the core network side. As shown in Figure 8, the 6G distributed computing and storage separation network architecture corresponding to the core network may include: multiple UEs (UEn), SMFs, AMFs, UPFs, UDMs, RANs, AFs, first (Input) network elements, second (Output) network elements, and third (Storage) network elements. Authentication Server Function (AUSF), User Data Repository (UDR), Network Repository Function (NRF), Policy Control Function (PCF), Network Exposure Function (NEF), Data Network (DN), Gateway (GW), etc., are not specifically limited here. The embodiment may include the following steps.

[0146] Step 701: Receive a perception service request sent by a terminal device UE, where the perception service request includes perception service information of a perception service task.

[0147] In a specific application scenario, the UE can send a perception service request to the AMF in the core network through the RAN, and use the AMF to pass the perception service request to the SMF in the core network. Correspondingly, for the embodiment of the present disclosure, the SMF can receive the perception service request passed by the AMF. The perception service request may include perception service information of the perception service task, and the perception service task may be an image processing task, a speech recognition task, a model training task, a data cleaning task, etc., which are not specifically limited here; the perception service information may include the subscriber permanent identifier (SUPI), the data network name (DNN), the user location information, the access type, the area of ​​interest (AoI), the perception service requirements, such as the service type and the perception data type, etc., which are not specifically limited here.

[0148] Step 702: Create an awareness service session with the UE according to the awareness service information.

[0149] In the disclosed embodiments, the SMF in the core network can establish a perceptual service session between the UE and the core network's user plane function (UPF) based on the perceptual service information. It can also initiate a radio resource request to the RAN, which then configures the corresponding radio resources for the UE. The SMF notifies the UPF of the RAN-side tunnel information to establish a user plane tunnel from the UPF to the RAN.

[0150] Step 703: Call the computing power node to distribute and execute the perception service task to obtain the task processing result of the perception service task.

[0151] For the embodiments of the present disclosure, the SMF in the core network may send a perception data input request to the UPF in the core network, so that the UPF responds to the perception data input request and calls the computing power node to distribute the perception service task. The perception data input request is used to instruct the UPF to call the computing power node to distribute the perception service task. The perception service task may include a first subtask of perception data collection and a second subtask of perception data analysis. Accordingly, the computing power node may include a first computing power node for distributed execution of the first subtask and a second computing power node for distributed execution of the second subtask. The first computing power node may include UE, base station, and third-party application function (AF), etc. The second computing power node may include UE, base station, core network, and application function AF, etc. AF is the perception data provider, including application (APP), third-party camera and other devices. For the embodiments of the present disclosure, by creating a perception service session between the UE and the user plane function UPF, the UPF can be allowed to call many network nodes and also call the UE through the perception service session to collaboratively and distributedly execute perception service tasks, thereby achieving deep integration and mutual enhancement of multi-dimensional perception, collaborative communication, and intelligent computing functions, thereby enabling the core network to have the ability of new information flow intelligent interaction and processing and wide-area intelligent collaboration.

[0152] Accordingly, after receiving the sensing data input request sent by the SMF, the UPF may, in response to the sensing data input request, call a first computing node to obtain the sensing data corresponding to the sensing service task in a distributed manner, where the first computing node includes at least two of the UE, base station, and application function AF; and based on the sensing data corresponding to the sensing service task, call a second computing node to determine the task processing result of the sensing service task in a distributed manner, where the second computing node includes at least two of the UE, base station, core network, and application function AF. The specific implementation process can be found in the relevant description of step 403 of the embodiment and will not be repeated here.

[0153] Step 704: Send the task processing result of the perception service task to the UE through the perception service session.

[0154] For the specific implementation process of the embodiment of the present disclosure, please refer to the relevant description in step 404 of the embodiment, which will not be repeated here.

[0155] In summary, according to the perception session creation method provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the core network can establish a perception service session with a terminal device (UE). Data information is exchanged with the UE through the perception service session, allowing the core network to call multiple computing nodes, including the UE, to perform perception service tasks in a distributed manner based on the perception service session. This enables the deep integration of multi-dimensional perception, collaborative communication, and intelligent computing functions, thereby enabling the network to have the capabilities of intelligent interaction and processing of new information flows and wide-area intelligent collaboration, meeting the new services that may emerge in the 6G era and the high-quality requirements for data and computing power.

[0156] Figure 9 shows a flow chart of a method for creating a perception session according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in Figure 9 , the method is applied to the core network side and may include the following steps.

[0157] Step 801: The session management function SMF receives a sensing service request sent by a terminal device UE. The sensing service request includes sensing service information of a sensing service task.

[0158] For the embodiment of the present disclosure, the specific implementation process can be found in the relevant description of step 101 of the embodiment, which will not be repeated here.

[0159] Step 802: The SMF queries the unified data management (UDM) based on the perception service information whether the UE has the perception service authorization.

[0160] For the specific implementation process of the embodiment of the present disclosure, please refer to the relevant description in step 202 of the embodiment, which will not be repeated here.

[0161] Step 803: In response to the query that the UE has the perception service authorization, the SMF creates a perception service session between the UE and the user plane function UPF according to the perception service information.

[0162] For the specific implementation process of the disclosed embodiment, please refer to the relevant description in step 203 of the embodiment, and will not be repeated here. The subsequent embodiment steps 804 to 813 can be continued. Based on the perceived service session between the UE and the user plane function (UPF), the computing power resources of the terminal device can be fully utilized for calculation and analysis, which can meet the new services that may emerge in the 6G era and the high-quality requirements for data and computing power.

[0163] Correspondingly, in response to the query that the UE does not have the perception service authorization, the SMF sends a perception service request failure message to the UE through the AMF, and the AMF terminates the perception service for the UE, and in the subsequent embodiment steps, it is impossible to call the computing power resources of the UE for computational analysis based on the perception service session.

[0164] Step 804: SMF sends a perception data input request to UPF.

[0165] Among them, the perception data input request is used to instruct the UPF to call the computing power node to distribute and execute the perception service task.

[0166] In a specific application scenario, before executing the steps of this embodiment, the SMF may first send a perception service request containing perception service information to a first network element. The first network element may establish a service with the UE and, based on the analysis service requirements contained in the perception service information, send a perception data input request to the SMF. Accordingly, the steps of the embodiment may include: the SMF sending the perception service request to the first network element; and the SMF receiving the perception data input request sent by the first network element based on the perception service information. The first network element may be an input network element in the core network.

[0167] Step 805: In response to the perception data input request, the UPF calls the first computing power node to obtain the perception data corresponding to the perception service task in a distributed manner, wherein the first computing power node includes at least two of the UE, the base station, and the application function AF.

[0168] In the disclosed embodiment, the UPF may, in response to the sensory data input request, call multiple first computing nodes including the UE to obtain sensory data corresponding to the sensory service task in a distributed manner. The specific implementation process can be found in the relevant description of step 403 of the embodiment and will not be repeated here.

[0169] Step 806: The UPF sends the perception data corresponding to the perception service task to the first network element.

[0170] In a specific application scenario, before calling the second computing power node to distribute and determine the task processing result of the perception service task based on the perception data corresponding to the perception service task, the UPF may also determine the second computing power node suitable for the second subtask of perception data analysis based on the computing power registration information of each computing power node. Specifically, after obtaining the perception data corresponding to the perception service task, the UPF may aggregate the collected perception data and send it to the first (Input) network element, so that the Input network element obtains the computing power registration information of the second computing power node. Among them, the computing power registration information may include the computing power size of the corresponding computing power node, the business for which the computing power is directed, etc.

[0171] Step 807: The first network element obtains the computing power registration information of the second computing power node from the third network element.

[0172] In specific application scenarios, the third network element may store computing power registration information corresponding to different computing power nodes. In the disclosed embodiment, the first network element may send a computing power registration information acquisition request to the third network element, which may include the corresponding second computing power node information. The third network element may determine the second computing power node based on the second computing power node information and feedback the computing power registration information corresponding to the second computing power node to the first network element.

[0173] Step 808: The first network element analyzes the perception data and computing power registration information to obtain a task deployment strategy for the perception service task. The task deployment strategy is used to indicate task allocation information of the second computing power node.

[0174] For the embodiments of the present disclosure, the first network element can determine the task deployment strategy of the perception data analysis task based on the perception data analysis type and the computing power registration information of each second computing power node. The task deployment strategy may include at least two second computing power nodes and the second subtask corresponding to each second computing power node. Given that the computing power resources of different second computing power nodes are different, the tasks of the second subtasks assigned to different second computing power nodes may also be different.

[0175] Step 809: The first network element sends the task deployment strategy to the UPF.

[0176] Step 810: UPF sends the perception data corresponding to the perception service task to the second computing power node according to the task deployment strategy, where the second computing power node includes at least two of UE, base station, core network and application function AF.

[0177] In the disclosed embodiment, the UPF may call the second computing node based on the task deployment strategy, enabling the second computing node to perform the second subtask of analyzing the perception data in a distributed manner. The specific implementation process can be found in the description of step 403 of the embodiment and will not be repeated here.

[0178] Step 811: UPF receives the task processing result of the perception service task sent by the second computing power node.

[0179] Step 812: The UPF sends the task processing result of the perception service task to the second network element.

[0180] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, as a possible implementation, after obtaining the task processing result of the perception service task, the UPF may also send the task processing result of the perception service task to the second network element, so that the second network element outputs the task processing result in a preset output format. The second network element may be an output network element in the core network, and the preset output format may include audio, screen display, specific operation of an IoT device, etc., which can be set according to the actual application scenario and is not specifically limited here.

[0181] Step 813: The UPF sends the task processing result of the perception service task to the UE through the perception service session.

[0182] For the embodiment of the present disclosure, after the UPF obtains the task processing results of the perception service task through the perception service session, it can send the task processing results of the perception service task to the UE to complete the perception service process.

[0183] In summary, the perception session establishment method provided by the embodiments of this disclosure can be combined with newly added input, output, and computing power storage network elements in the core network to disclose a process for establishing a perception session in a 6G core network. By establishing a perception service session between the UE and the user plane function (UPF), the computing power resources of the terminal device can be fully utilized for computational analysis, meeting the new services that may emerge in the 6G era and the high-quality requirements for data and computing power.

[0184] Figure 10 is a timing diagram of a perception session creation method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The method is applied to a 6G distributed computing and storage separation network. The embodiment may include the following steps.

[0185] For the embodiment of the present disclosure, its specific implementation process may be: the UE sends a perception service request to the SMF through the AMF, and the perception service request contains the perception service information of the perception service task; based on the perception service information, the SMF queries the UE in the unified data management UDM whether the UE has the perception service authorization; in response to the query that the UE has the perception service authorization, the SMF creates a perception service session between the UE and the user plane function UPF according to the perception service information; in response to the query that the UE does not have the perception service authorization, the SMF sends a perception service request failure message to the UE through the AMF; the SMF sends a perception service request to the first network element (input network element); the first network element sends a perception data input request to the SMF; the SMF sends a perception data input request to the UPF; the UPF communicates with the first computing power node (such as UE, cal (01..n) corresponding to multiple network nodes, etc.) request and upload perception data to obtain perception data corresponding to the perception service task; UPF sends the perception data corresponding to the perception service task to the first network element; the first network element obtains the computing power registration information of the second computing power node in the third network element (Storage network element); the first network element analyzes the perception data and the computing power registration information of the second computing power node to obtain the task deployment strategy of the perception service task; the first network element sends the task deployment strategy to UPF; UPF distributes the perception service task based on the task deployment strategy and determines the task processing result of the perception service task; UPF sends the task processing result of the perception service task to the second network element (Output network element); UPF sends the task processing result of the perception service task to the UE through the perception service session.

[0186] Step 901: The UE sends a perception service request to the SMF through the AMF. The perception service request includes perception service information of the perception service task.

[0187] For the embodiment of the present disclosure, the specific implementation process can be found in the relevant description of step 101 of the embodiment, which will not be repeated here.

[0188] Step 902: Based on the perception service information, the SMF queries the unified data management (UDM) to see whether the UE has the perception service authorization.

[0189] For the specific implementation process of the embodiment of the present disclosure, please refer to the relevant description in step 202 of the embodiment, which will not be repeated here.

[0190] Step 903a: In response to the query that the UE has the perception service authorization, the SMF creates a perception service session between the UE and the user plane function UPF according to the perception service information.

[0191] For the specific implementation process of the disclosed embodiment, please refer to the relevant description in step 203 of the embodiment, and will not be repeated here. The subsequent embodiment steps 904 to 914 can be continued. Based on the perceived service session between the UE and the user plane function (UPF), the computing power resources of the terminal device can be fully utilized for calculation and analysis, which can meet the new services that may appear in the 6G era and the high-quality requirements for data and computing power.

[0192] Step 903b: In response to the query that the UE does not have the perception service authorization, the SMF sends a perception service request failure message to the UE through the AMF.

[0193] For the embodiment of the present disclosure, in response to the query that the UE does not have the perception service authorization, the SMF sends a perception service request failure message to the UE through the AMF, and the AMF terminates the perception service for the UE, and in the subsequent embodiment steps, it is impossible to call the computing power resources of the UE for computational analysis based on the perception service session.

[0194] Step 904: SMF sends a perception service request to the first network element.

[0195] For the specific implementation process of the embodiment of the present disclosure, please refer to the relevant description in step 204 of the embodiment, which will not be repeated here.

[0196] Step 905: The first network element sends a sensing data input request to the SMF.

[0197] For the specific implementation process of the embodiment of the present disclosure, please refer to the relevant description in step 502 of the embodiment, which will not be repeated here.

[0198] Step 906: SMF sends a perception data input request to UPF.

[0199] Among them, the perception data input request is used to instruct the UPF to call the computing power node to distribute and perform the perception service task. The perception service task may include a first subtask of perception data collection and a second subtask of perception data analysis. Accordingly, the computing power node may include a first computing power node for distributed execution of the first subtask and a second computing power node for distributed execution of the second subtask. The first computing power node may include UE, base station and third-party application function (Application Function, AF), etc., and the second computing power node may include UE, base station, core network and application function AF, etc. Among them, AF is the perception data provider, including application (Application, APP), third-party camera and other devices. For the embodiment of the present disclosure, by creating a perception service session between the UE and the user plane function UPF, the UPF can be allowed to call the UE through the perception service session, so that the UE can distribute and perform perception service tasks with other network nodes, realize the deep integration and mutual enhancement of multi-dimensional perception, collaborative communication and intelligent computing functions, and thereby enable the core network to have the capabilities of new information flow intelligent interaction and processing and wide-area intelligent collaboration.

[0200] For the specific implementation process of the embodiment of the present disclosure, please refer to the relevant description in step 204 of the embodiment, which will not be repeated here.

[0201] Step 907: UPF requests and uploads perception data with the first computing power node to obtain perception data corresponding to the perception service task.

[0202] In the disclosed embodiment, the UPF may, in response to the sensory data input request, call multiple first computing nodes including the UE to obtain sensory data corresponding to the sensory service task in a distributed manner. The specific implementation process can be found in the relevant description of step 403 of the embodiment and will not be repeated here.

[0203] Step 908: The UPF sends the perception data corresponding to the perception service task to the first network element.

[0204] In a specific application scenario, before calling the second computing power node to distribute and determine the task processing result of the perception service task based on the perception data corresponding to the perception service task, the UPF may also determine the second computing power node suitable for the second subtask of perception data analysis based on the computing power registration information of each computing power node. Specifically, after obtaining the perception data corresponding to the perception service task, the UPF may aggregate the collected perception data and send it to the first (Input) network element, so that the Input network element obtains the computing power registration information of the second computing power node. Among them, the computing power registration information may include the computing power size of the corresponding computing power node, the business for which the computing power is directed, etc.

[0205] Step 909: The first network element obtains the computing power registration information of the second computing power node from the third network element.

[0206] In specific application scenarios, the third network element may store computing power registration information corresponding to different computing power nodes. In the disclosed embodiment, the first network element may send a computing power registration information acquisition request to the third network element, which may include the corresponding second computing power node information. The third network element may determine the second computing power node based on the second computing power node information and feedback the computing power registration information corresponding to the second computing power node to the first network element.

[0207] Step 910: The first network element analyzes the perception data and the computing power registration information of the second computing power node to obtain a task deployment strategy for the perception service task.

[0208] For the embodiments of the present disclosure, the first network element can determine the task deployment strategy of the perception data analysis task based on the perception data analysis type and the computing power registration information of each second computing power node. The task deployment strategy may include at least two second computing power nodes and the second subtask corresponding to each second computing power node. Given that the computing power resources of different second computing power nodes are different, the tasks of the second subtasks assigned to different second computing power nodes may also be different.

[0209] Step 911: The first network element sends a task deployment strategy to the UPF.

[0210] Step 912: The UPF distributes the perception service task to the second computing power node based on the task deployment strategy, and determines the task processing result of the perception service task.

[0211] In the disclosed embodiment, the UPF may call the second computing node based on the task deployment strategy, enabling the second computing node to perform the second subtask of analyzing the perception data in a distributed manner. The specific implementation process can be found in the description of step 403 of the embodiment and will not be repeated here.

[0212] Step 913: UPF sends the task processing result of the perception service task to the second network element.

[0213] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, as a possible implementation, after obtaining the task processing result of the perception service task, the UPF may also send the task processing result of the perception service task to the second network element, so that the second network element outputs the task processing result in a preset output format. The second network element may be an output network element in the core network, and the preset output format may include audio, screen display, specific operation of an IoT device, etc., which can be set according to the actual application scenario and is not specifically limited here.

[0214] Step 914: The UPF sends the task processing result of the perception service task to the UE through the perception service session.

[0215] For the embodiment of the present disclosure, after the UPF obtains the task processing results of the perception service task through the perception service session, it can send the task processing results of the perception service task to the UE to complete the perception service process.

[0216] In summary, according to the perception session creation method provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the core network can establish a perception service session with a terminal device (UE). Data information is exchanged with the UE through the perception service session, allowing the core network to call multiple computing nodes, including the UE, to perform perception service tasks in a distributed manner based on the perception service session. This enables the deep integration of multi-dimensional perception, collaborative communication, and intelligent computing functions, thereby enabling the network to have the capabilities of intelligent interaction and processing of new information flows and wide-area intelligent collaboration, meeting the new services that may emerge in the 6G era and the high-quality requirements for data and computing power.

[0217] In the embodiments provided above, the methods provided in the embodiments of the present application are described from the perspectives of the session management function (SMF), the user plane function (UPF), the first network element (NE), and the core network. To implement the functions of the methods provided in the embodiments of the present application, the session management function (SMF), the user plane function (UPF), the first network element (NE), and the core network may include hardware structures and software modules, and the functions may be implemented in the form of hardware structures, software modules, or a combination of hardware structures and software modules. Certain of the functions described above may be implemented in the form of hardware structures, software modules, or a combination of hardware structures and software modules.

[0218] Corresponding to the perception session creation method provided in the above-mentioned embodiments, the present disclosure also provides a perception session creation device. Since the perception session creation device provided in the embodiment of the present disclosure corresponds to the perception session creation method provided in the above-mentioned embodiments, the implementation method of the perception session creation method is also applicable to the perception session creation device provided in this embodiment and will not be described in detail in this embodiment.

[0219] FIG11 is a schematic structural diagram of a perception session creation apparatus 1000 provided according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The perception session creation apparatus 1000 may be applied to a session management function SMF.

[0220] As shown in FIG11 , the apparatus 1000 may include:

[0221] The receiving module 1010 may be configured to receive a sensing service request sent by a terminal device UE via an access and mobility management function AMF, where the sensing service request includes sensing service information of a sensing service task;

[0222] The processing module 1020 can be used to create a perception service session between the UE and the user plane function UPF according to the perception service information.

[0223] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the processing module 1020 may be further configured to query in the unified data management (UDM) whether the UE has the awareness service authorization based on the identification information of the UE.

[0224] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, as shown in FIG11 , the apparatus 1000 further includes: a sending module 1030;

[0225] The sending module 1030 may be configured to send an authentication success message to the UE through the AMF in response to a query that the UE has the perception service authorization; and send a perception service request failure message to the UE through the AMF in response to a query that the UE does not have the perception service authorization.

[0226] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the processing module 1020 may be configured to create a perception service session between the UE and the user plane function UPF according to the perception service information in response to a query that the UE has perception service authorization.

[0227] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the sending module 1030 can also be used to send a wireless resource request to the radio access network RAN ​​in response to a query that the UE has perception service authorization, and the wireless resource request is used to instruct the RAN to set corresponding wireless resources for the UE; and send RAN side tunnel information corresponding to the wireless resources to the user plane function UPF to establish a user plane tunnel from the UPF to the RAN.

[0228] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the sending module 1030 can also be used to send a perception data input request to the UPF, so that the UPF responds to the perception data input request and calls the computing power node to distribute and execute the perception service task.

[0229] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the sending module 1030 may be further configured to send a perception service request to the first network element; the receiving module 1010 may be further configured to receive a perception data input request sent by the first network element according to the perception service information.

[0230] FIG12 is a schematic structural diagram of a perception session creation apparatus 1100 provided according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The perception session creation apparatus 1100 may be applied to a user plane function UPF.

[0231] As shown in FIG12 , the apparatus 1100 may include:

[0232] The processing module 1110 may be configured to create a perception service session with the terminal device UE according to the perception service information of the perception service task, wherein the perception service information is information carried in the perception service request sent by the UE.

[0233] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, as shown in FIG12 , the apparatus 1100 may further include: a receiving module 1120 ;

[0234] The receiving module 1120 may be configured to receive a sensing data input request sent by the session management function SMF;

[0235] The processing module 1110 can be used to respond to the perception data input request, call the computing power node to distribute and execute the perception service task, and obtain the task processing result of the perception service task.

[0236] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the processing module 1110 can be used to call the first computing power node to distributely obtain the perception data corresponding to the perception service task in response to a perception data input request, wherein the first computing power node includes at least two of the UE, the base station, and the application function AF; and based on the perception data corresponding to the perception service task, call the second computing power node to distributely determine the task processing result of the perception service task, wherein the second computing power node includes at least two of the UE, the base station, the core network, and the application function AF.

[0237] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, as shown in FIG12 , the apparatus 1100 may further include: a sending module 1130 ;

[0238] The sending module 1130 can be used to send a perception data input request to the first computing power node; the receiving module 1120 can be used to receive the perception data of the first subtask corresponding to the perception service task sent by the first computing power node; the processing module 1110 can be used to integrate the perception data of the first subtask to obtain the perception data corresponding to the perception service task.

[0239] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the sending module 1130 can also be used to send perception data corresponding to the perception service task to the first network element; the receiving module 1120 can also be used to receive the task deployment strategy of the perception service task sent by the first network element, and the task deployment strategy is obtained by the first network element analyzing the perception data and the computing power registration information of the second computing power node, and is used to indicate the task allocation information of the second computing power node.

[0240] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the sending module 1130 can also be used to send perception data corresponding to the perception service task to the second computing power node according to the task deployment strategy; the receiving module 1120 can also be used to receive the task processing result of the second subtask corresponding to the perception service task sent by the second computing power node; the processing module 1110 can also be used to integrate the task processing results of the second subtask to obtain the task processing result of the perception service task.

[0241] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the sending module 1130 may also be configured to send a task processing result of the sensing service task to the second network element, so that the second network element outputs the task processing result in a preset output format.

[0242] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the sending module 1130 may be further configured to send a task processing result of the sensing service task to the UE through the sensing service session.

[0243] FIG13 is a schematic structural diagram of an awareness session creation apparatus 1200 provided according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The awareness session creation apparatus 1200 may be applied to a first network element.

[0244] As shown in FIG13 , the apparatus 1200 may include:

[0245] The receiving module 1210 may be configured to receive a sensing service request sent by the session management function SMF, where the sensing service request includes sensing service information of the sensing service task;

[0246] The sending module 1220 can be used to send a perception data input request to the SMF according to the perception service information.

[0247] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, as shown in FIG13 , the apparatus 1200 may further include: a processing module 1230 ;

[0248] The receiving module 1210 can also be used to receive the perception data corresponding to the perception service task sent by the user plane function UPF; the processing module 1230 can be used to analyze the perception data and the computing power registration information of the second computing power node to obtain the task deployment strategy of the perception service task, and the task deployment strategy is used to indicate the task allocation information of the second computing power node.

[0249] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the processing module 1230 may be used to obtain computing power registration information of the second computing power node in a third network element, wherein the third network element stores computing power registration information corresponding to different computing power nodes.

[0250] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the sending module 1220 may also be configured to send a task deployment strategy to the UPF.

[0251] FIG14 is a schematic structural diagram of a perception task processing device 1300 provided according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The perception task processing device 1300 can be applied to the core network side.

[0252] As shown in FIG. 14 , the apparatus 1300 may include:

[0253] The receiving module 1310 may be configured to receive a sensing service request sent by a terminal device UE, where the sensing service request includes sensing service information of a sensing service task;

[0254] The processing module 1320 may be configured to create a perception service session with the UE according to the perception service information.

[0255] In some embodiments of the present disclosure, as shown in FIG14 , the apparatus 1300 may further include: a sending module 1330 ;

[0256] The processing module 1320 can also be used to call the computing power node to distribute and execute the perception service task to obtain the task processing result of the perception service task; the sending module 1330 can be used to send the task processing result of the perception service task to the UE through the perception service session.

[0257] FIG15 is a structural diagram of a perception task processing device 1400 provided according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The perception task processing device 1400 can be applied to the core network side.

[0258] The receiving module 1410 may be configured to receive a sensing service request sent by a terminal device UE, where the sensing service request includes sensing service information of a sensing service task;

[0259] The processing module 1420 may be used for the SMF to query whether the UE has the perception service authorization in the unified data management UDM based on the perception service information;

[0260] The processing module 1420 may be configured to, in response to querying that the UE has the perception service authorization, create a perception service session between the UE and the user plane function UPF according to the perception service information by the SMF;

[0261] The sending module 1430 may be used for the SMF to send a sensing data input request to the UPF;

[0262] The processing module 1420 may be configured for the UPF to call a first computing power node to obtain the sensing data corresponding to the sensing service task in a distributed manner in response to the sensing data input request, wherein the first computing power node includes at least two of the UE, the base station, and the application function AF;

[0263] The sending module 1430 may be used for the UPF to send the sensing data corresponding to the sensing service task to the first network element;

[0264] Processing module 1420 may be used for the first network element to obtain computing power registration information of the second computing power node in the third network element;

[0265] The processing module 1420 may be configured to analyze the sensing data and the computing power registration information by the first network element to obtain a task deployment strategy for the sensing service task, where the task deployment strategy is used to indicate task allocation information for the second computing power node.

[0266] A sending module 1430 may be used for the first network element to send a task deployment policy to the UPF;

[0267] The sending module 1430 can be used for the UPF to send the sensing data corresponding to the sensing service task to the second computing power node according to the task deployment strategy, wherein the second computing power node includes at least two of the UE, the base station, the core network, and the application function AF;

[0268] The receiving module 1410 may be configured to receive a task processing result of the sensing service task sent by the second computing power node;

[0269] The sending module 1430 may be used for the UPF to send the task processing result of the sensing service task to the second network element;

[0270] The sending module 1430 can be used by the UPF to send the task processing result of the perception service task to the UE through the perception service session.

[0271] Please refer to Figure 16, which is a schematic diagram of the structure of a communication device 1500 provided in an embodiment of the present application. Communication device 1500 can be a network device or a user device, or a chip, chip system, or processor that supports the network device to implement the above method. It can also be a chip, chip system, or processor that supports the user device to implement the above method. This device can be used to implement the method described in the above method embodiment. For details, please refer to the description of the above method embodiment.

[0272] The communication device 1500 may include one or more processors 1501. The processor 1501 may be a general-purpose processor or a dedicated processor. For example, it may be a baseband processor or a central processing unit. The baseband processor may be used to process communication protocols and communication data, and the central processing unit may be used to control the communication device (e.g., a base station, a baseband chip, a terminal device, a terminal device chip, a DU or CU, etc.), execute computer programs, and process computer program data.

[0273] Optionally, the communication device 1500 may further include one or more memories 1502, on which a computer program 1504 may be stored. The processor 1501 executes the computer program 1504, causing the communication device 1500 to perform the method described in the above method embodiment. Optionally, the memory 1502 may also store data. The communication device 1500 and the memory 1502 may be provided separately or integrated together.

[0274] Optionally, the communication device 1500 may further include a transceiver 1505 and an antenna 1506. The transceiver 1505 may be referred to as a transceiver unit, a transceiver, or a transceiver circuit, and is configured to implement transceiver functions. The transceiver 1505 may include a receiver and a transmitter. The receiver may be referred to as a receiver or a receiving circuit, and is configured to implement a receiving function; the transmitter may be referred to as a transmitter or a transmitting circuit, and is configured to implement a transmitting function.

[0275] Optionally, the communication device 1500 may further include one or more interface circuits 1507. The interface circuit 1507 is configured to receive code instructions and transmit the instructions to the processor 1501. The processor 1501 executes the code instructions to enable the communication device 1500 to perform the method described in the above method embodiment.

[0276] In one implementation, processor 1501 may include a transceiver for implementing receiving and transmitting functions. For example, the transceiver may be a transceiver circuit, an interface, or an interface circuit. The transceiver circuit, interface, or interface circuit for implementing the receiving and transmitting functions may be separate or integrated. The transceiver circuit, interface, or interface circuit may be used for reading and writing code / data, or may be used for transmitting or delivering signals.

[0277] In one implementation, processor 1501 may store a computer program 1503. Computer program 1503, when executed on processor 1501, enables communication device 1500 to perform the method described in the above method embodiment. Computer program 1503 may be embedded in processor 1501, in which case processor 1501 may be implemented by hardware.

[0278] In one implementation, the communication device 1500 may include a circuit that can implement the functions of sending, receiving, or communicating in the aforementioned method embodiments. The processor and transceiver described in this application can be implemented on an integrated circuit (IC), an analog IC, a radio frequency integrated circuit RFIC, a mixed signal IC, an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a printed circuit board (PCB), an electronic device, etc. The processor and transceiver can also be manufactured using various IC process technologies, such as complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS), N-type metal oxide semiconductor (nMetal-oxide-semiconductor, NMOS), P-type metal oxide semiconductor (positive channel metal oxide semiconductor, PMOS), bipolar junction transistor (bipolar junction transistor, BJT), bipolar CMOS (BiCMOS), silicon germanium (SiGe), gallium arsenide (GaAs), etc.

[0279] The communication device described in the above embodiments may be a network device or a user device, but the scope of the communication device described in this application is not limited thereto, and the structure of the communication device may not be limited to FIG16. The communication device may be an independent device or may be part of a larger device. For example, the communication device may be:

[0280] (1) An independent integrated circuit (IC), or chip, or chip system or subsystem;

[0281] (2) a collection of one or more ICs, optionally including a storage component for storing data and computer programs;

[0282] (3) ASIC, such as modem;

[0283] (4) Modules that can be embedded in other devices;

[0284] (5) Receivers, terminal devices, intelligent terminal devices, cellular phones, wireless devices, handheld devices, mobile units, vehicle-mounted devices, network devices, cloud devices, artificial intelligence devices, etc.;

[0285] (6)Others, etc.

[0286] If the communication device can be a chip or a chip system, please refer to the schematic diagram of the chip structure shown in Figure 17. The chip shown in Figure 17 includes a processor 1601 and an interface 1602. The number of processors 1601 can be one or more, and the number of interfaces 1602 can be multiple.

[0287] Optionally, the chip further includes a memory 1603, which is used to store necessary computer programs and data.

[0288] Those skilled in the art will also appreciate that the various illustrative logical blocks and steps listed in the embodiments of the present application can be implemented by electronic hardware, computer software, or a combination of both. Whether such functions are implemented by hardware or software depends on the specific application and the design requirements of the entire system. Those skilled in the art may use various methods to implement the functions for each specific application, but such implementation should not be construed as exceeding the scope of protection of the embodiments of the present application.

[0289] The present application also provides a readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon, which implement the functions of any of the above method embodiments when executed by a computer.

[0290] The present application also provides a computer program product, which implements the functions of any of the above method embodiments when executed by a computer.

[0291] In the above embodiments, all or part of the embodiments can be implemented by software, hardware, firmware, or any combination thereof. When implemented using software, all or part of the embodiments can be implemented in the form of a computer program product. The computer program product includes one or more computer programs. When the computer program is loaded and executed on a computer, all or part of the processes or functions according to the embodiments of the present application are generated. The computer can be a general-purpose computer, a special-purpose computer, a computer network, or other programmable device. The computer program can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium or transmitted from one computer-readable storage medium to another computer-readable storage medium. For example, the computer program can be transmitted from one website, computer, server, or data center to another website, computer, server, or data center via a wired (e.g., coaxial cable, optical fiber, digital subscriber line (DSL)) or wireless (e.g., infrared, wireless, microwave, etc.) method. The computer-readable storage medium can be any available medium that can be accessed by a computer or a data storage device such as a server or data center that includes one or more available media integrated therein. Available media may be magnetic media (eg, floppy disks, hard disks, tapes), optical media (eg, high-density digital video discs (DVDs)), or semiconductor media (eg, solid state disks (SSDs)).

[0292] The present disclosure proposes a method and device for creating a perception session, which can fully call upon the computing resources of a terminal device to perform computational analysis based on the perception session, and can meet the new services that may emerge in the 6G era and the high-quality requirements for data and computing power.

[0293] Based on this disclosure, examples of embodiments of this solution are as follows:

[0294] 1) The UE sends a service request to the AMF through the (R)AN. The service request information includes (SUPI, service type, service requirements, etc.).

[0295] 2) The AMF sends a Create Session Context Request to the SMF to establish the Awareness Service Session. This service operation is used to create an AMF-SMF association to support the Awareness Service Session. The AMF provides the parameters required to create the session, such as the SUPI, SC Session ID, AMF ID, service type, and service requirements.

[0296] 3) SMF sends UE identification information to UDM to confirm whether the UE is authorized to obtain the perception service, and UDM returns the UE authorization query result to SMF.

[0297] 4) Select SMF to proceed to the next step.

[0298] 4a. Unauthorized, SMF sends authentication failure information to AMF, AMF terminates the service and returns a service request failure message to the UE;

[0299] 4b. Authorized. The SMF sends an authentication success message (including the SC Session ID) to the AMF, which then sends the message to the UE. The SMF establishes a session with the UPF.

[0300] 5) The SMF initiates a radio resource request to the (R)AN, and the (R)AN configures the corresponding radio resources for the UE. The SMF informs the UPF of the (R)AN-side tunnel information to establish a user plane tunnel from the UPF to the (R)AN.

[0301] 6) The SMF sends the service request information to the Input NE, which then establishes a service with the UE. The Input NE analyzes the service requirements and sends a sensing data input request to the SMF.

[0302] 7)SMF sends the sensing data input request to UPF.

[0303] 8) After receiving the request, the UPF sends a sensing data input request to one or more corresponding UEs, gNBs, and AFs. The UEs, gNBs, and AFs upload the sensing data to the UPF via the user plane.

[0304] 9) UPF aggregates the collected perception data and sends it to the Input network element.

[0305] 10) The Input NE obtains computing power registration information from the Storage NE.

[0306] 11) The Input NE generates a task deployment strategy based on the current computing power registration information and the perception data. It then sends the perception data and task deployment strategy to the UPF.

[0307] 12) UPF sends the task to the corresponding computing power node according to the task deployment strategy (there may be one or more computing power nodes here, including UE side, base station, core network, and third-party computing power nodes). After the calculation is completed, each computing power node returns the calculation result to UPF.

[0308] 13) UPF summarizes and analyzes all calculation results.

[0309] 14) UPF sends the calculation results to the Output network element, which outputs the results in the form of audio, screen display, specific operations of IoT devices, etc.

[0310] 15) UPF sends the calculation results to UE through the user plane.

[0311] In summary, the present disclosure has the following beneficial effects: by creating a perception service session between the UE and the user plane function UPF, the computing power resources of the terminal device can be fully called upon for computational analysis, which can meet the new services that may emerge in the 6G era and the high-quality requirements for data and computing power.

[0312] The embodiments or examples of the present disclosure are not exhaustive, but are merely illustrations of some embodiments or examples, and are not intended to be specific limitations on the scope of protection of the present disclosure. In the absence of contradiction, each step in a certain embodiment or example can be implemented as an independent example, and the steps can be arbitrarily combined. For example, a solution after removing some steps in a certain embodiment or example can also be implemented as an independent example, and the order of the steps in a certain embodiment or example can be arbitrarily exchanged. In addition, the optional methods or optional examples in a certain embodiment or example can be arbitrarily combined; in addition, the various embodiments or examples can be arbitrarily combined. For example, some or all steps of different embodiments or examples can be arbitrarily combined, and a certain embodiment or example can be arbitrarily combined with the optional methods or optional examples of other embodiments or examples.

[0313] In some implementation manners or examples, the terms "in response to," "in the case of," "at the time of," "when," "if," "if," etc. in the present disclosure may be replaced with each other.

[0314] In some embodiments or examples, the description methods of the present disclosure, such as "A or B", "A and / or B", "at least one of A and B", "A in one case, B in another case", "in response to one case A, in response to another case B", etc., may include at least one of the following technical solutions according to the situation: executing A independently of B, that is, A in some embodiments or examples; executing B independently of A, that is, B in some embodiments or examples; selectively executing A and B, that is, selecting to execute from A and B in some embodiments or examples; executing both A and B, that is, A and B in some embodiments or examples.

[0315] In some embodiments or examples, “including A”, “comprising A”, “used to indicate A” and “carrying A” in the present disclosure may be interpreted as directly carrying A or indirectly indicating A.

[0316] In addition, each element, each row, or each column in the table involved in 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.

[0317] Those skilled in the art will understand that the various numerical numbers such as first and second involved in this application are only for the convenience of description and are not used to limit the scope of the embodiments of this application, and also indicate the order of precedence.

[0318] In this application, at least one can also be described as one or more, and multiple can be two, three, four or more, which is not limited in this application. In the embodiments of this application, for a technical feature, the technical features in the technical feature are distinguished by "first", "second", "third", "A", "B", "C" and "D", and there is no order of precedence or size between the technical features described by "first", "second", "third", "A", "B", "C" and "D".

[0319] As used herein, the terms "machine-readable medium" and "computer-readable medium" refer to any computer program product, apparatus, and / or device (e.g., a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a memory, a programmable logic device (PLD)) for providing machine instructions and / or data to a programmable processor, including a machine-readable medium that receives machine instructions as a machine-readable signal. The term "machine-readable signal" refers to any signal for providing machine instructions and / or data to a programmable processor.

[0320] The systems and techniques described herein can be implemented in a computing system that includes back-end components (e.g., as a data server), or a computing system that includes middleware components (e.g., an application server), or a computing system that includes front-end components (e.g., a user computer having a graphical user interface or a web browser through which a user can interact with implementations of the systems and techniques described herein), or a computing system that includes any combination of such back-end components, middleware components, or front-end components. The components of the system can be interconnected by any form or medium of digital data communication (e.g., a communication network). Examples of communication networks include a local area network (LAN), a wide area network (WAN), and the Internet.

[0321] Computer systems may include clients and servers. A client and server are generally remote from each other and typically interact through a communication network. The client and server relationship arises through computer programs running on the respective computers and having a client-server relationship to each other.

[0322] In some embodiments, devices, etc. can be interpreted as physical or virtual, and their names are not limited to the names recorded in the embodiments. Terms such as "device", "equipment", "device", "circuit", "network element", "node", "function", "unit", "section", "system", "network", "chip", "chip system", "entity", and "subject" can be used interchangeably.

[0323] In some embodiments, the terms "access network device (AN device)", "radio access network device (RAN device)", "base station (BS)", "radio base station" "fixed station", "node", "access point", "transmission point (TP)", "reception point (RP)", "transmission / 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)" and the like may be used interchangeably.

[0324] In some embodiments, the terms "terminal", "terminal device", "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. can be used interchangeably.

[0325] In some embodiments, the access network device, the core network device, or the network device can be replaced by a terminal. For example, the various embodiments of the present disclosure can also be applied to a structure in which the communication between the access network device, the core network device, or the network device and the terminal is replaced by communication between multiple terminals (for example, it can also be called device-to-device (D2D), vehicle-to-everything (V2X), etc.). In this case, it can also be set as a structure in which the terminal has all or part of the functions of the access network device. In addition, language such as "uplink" and "downlink" can also be replaced by language corresponding to communication between terminals (for example, "side"). For example, uplink channels, downlink channels, etc. can be replaced by side channels, and uplinks, downlinks, etc. can be replaced by side links.

[0326] In some embodiments, the terminal may be replaced by an access network device, a core network device, or a network device. In this case, the access network device, the core network device, or the network device may have a structure that has all or part of the functions of the terminal.

[0327] 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.

[0328] In some embodiments, the terms "precoding", "precoder", "weight", "precoding weight", "quasi-co-location (QCL)", "transmission configuration indication (TCI) state", "spatial relation", "spatial domain filter", "transmission power", "phase rotation", "antenna port", "antenna port group", "layer", "the number of layers", "rank", "resource", "resource set", "resource group", "beam", "beam width", "beam angular degree", "antenna", "antenna element", "panel" and the like can be used interchangeably.

[0329] In some embodiments, terms such as "frame", "radio frame", "subframe", "slot", "sub-slot", "mini-slot", "symbol", "symbol", and "transmission time interval (TTI)" can be used interchangeably.

[0330] In some embodiments, "obtain", "get", "obtain", "receive", "transmit", "bidirectional transmission", "send and / or receive" can be interchangeable, and can be interpreted as receiving from other entities, obtaining from a protocol, obtaining by self-processing, autonomous implementation, etc.

[0331] In some embodiments, terms such as "send", "transmit", "report", "download", "transmit", "bidirectional transmission", "send and / or receive" can be used interchangeably.

[0332] In some embodiments, "predetermined" and "preset" can be interpreted as pre-specified in a protocol, etc., or can be interpreted as a pre-set action performed by a device, etc.

[0333] In some embodiments, determining may be interpreted as judging, calculating, computing, processing, deriving, investigating, searching, looking up, retrieving, ascertaining, receiving, transmitting, inputting, outputting, accessing, resolving, selecting, choosing, establishing, comparing, “assuming,” “expecting,” “considering,” broadcasting, notifying, communicating, forwarding, configuring, reconfiguring, allocating, mapping, assigning, and the like, but is not limited thereto.

[0334] It should be understood that the various forms of the processes shown above can be used to reorder, add, or delete steps. For example, the steps described in this disclosure can be performed in parallel, sequentially, or in a different order, as long as the desired results of the technical solutions disclosed in this disclosure can be achieved. This is not limited herein.

[0335] Furthermore, it should be understood that the various embodiments of the present application may be implemented individually or in combination with other embodiments where the solution permits.

[0336] 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. Professional and technical personnel 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 application.

[0337] 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.

[0338] The above are only specific embodiments of the present application, but the scope of protection of this application 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 application should be included in the scope of protection of this application. Therefore, the scope of protection of this application should be based on the scope of protection of the claims.

Claims

1. A method for creating a perception session, It is characterized in that The method is applied to a session management function SMF, and the method comprises: Receiving a sensing service request sent by a terminal device UE through an access and mobility management function AMF, where the sensing service request includes sensing service information of a sensing service task; Create a perception service session between the UE and the user plane function UPF according to the perception service information.

2. The method according to claim 1, It is characterized in that Before creating a perception service session between the UE and a user plane function UPF according to the perception service information, the method further includes: Based on the identification information of the UE, query in the unified data management (UDM) whether the UE has the awareness service authorization.

3. The method according to claim 2, It is characterized in that The method further comprises: In response to querying that the UE has the awareness service authorization, sending an authentication success message to the UE through the AMF; In response to querying that the UE does not have the perception service authorization, a perception service request failure message is sent to the UE through the AMF.

4. The method according to claim 2, It is characterized in that The creating a perception service session between the UE and a user plane function UPF according to the perception service information includes: In response to the query that the UE has the perception service authorization, a perception service session between the UE and the user plane function UPF is created according to the perception service information.

5. The method according to claim 4, It is characterized in that The method further comprises: In response to querying that the UE has the sensing service authorization, sending a radio resource request to a radio access network RAN, where the radio resource request is used to instruct the RAN to set corresponding radio resources for the UE; The RAN side tunnel information corresponding to the wireless resource is sent to the user plane function UPF to establish a user plane tunnel from the UPF to the RAN, where the user plane tunnel is used for data transmission between the UPF and the UE.

6. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, It is characterized in that After creating a perception service session between the UE and a user plane function UPF according to the perception service information, the method further includes: A perception data input request is sent to the UPF, so that the UPF responds to the perception data input request and calls the computing power node to distribute and execute the perception service task.

7. The method according to claim 6, It is characterized in that Before sending the sensing data input request to the UPF, the method further includes: Sending the sensing service request to the first network element; Receive a perception data input request sent by the first network element according to the perception service information.

8. A method for creating a perception session, It is characterized in that The method is applied to a user plane function UPF, and the method comprises: A perception service session is created with a terminal device UE according to the perception service information of the perception service task, wherein the perception service information is information included in the perception service request sent by the UE.

9. The method according to claim 8, It is characterized in that After creating a perception service session with the terminal device UE according to the perception service information of the perception service task, the method further includes: Receiving a sensing data input request sent by a session management function SMF; In response to the perception data input request, the computing power nodes are called to execute the perception service task in a distributed manner to obtain the task processing result of the perception service task.

10. The method according to claim 9, It is characterized in that In response to the perception data input request, calling the computing power node to perform the perception service task in a distributed manner includes: In response to the perception data input request, calling a first computing power node to obtain the perception data corresponding to the perception service task in a distributed manner, wherein the first computing power node includes at least two of a UE, a base station, and an application function AF; and Based on the perception data corresponding to the perception service task, the second computing power node is called to distributely determine the task processing result of the perception service task, wherein the second computing power node includes at least two of UE, base station, core network and application function AF.

11. The method according to claim 10, It is characterized in that The calling the first computing power node to obtain the perception data corresponding to the perception service task in a distributed manner includes: Sending the perception data input request to the first computing power node; Receiving the perception data of the first subtask corresponding to the perception service task sent by the first computing power node; The perception data of the first subtask is integrated to obtain the perception data corresponding to the perception service task.

12. The method according to claim 10, It is characterized in that Before calling the second computing power node to distribute and determine the task processing result of the perception service task based on the perception data corresponding to the perception service task, the method further includes: Sending the perception data corresponding to the perception service task to the first network element; Receive the task deployment strategy of the perception service task sent by the first network element, where the task deployment strategy is obtained by the first network element analyzing the perception data and the computing power registration information of the second computing power node, and is used to indicate the task allocation information of the second computing power node.

13. The method according to claim 12, It is characterized in that The calling the second computing power node to distribute and determine the task processing result of the perception service task based on the perception data corresponding to the perception service task includes: According to the task deployment strategy, sending the perception data corresponding to the perception service task to the second computing power node; Receive a task processing result of the second subtask corresponding to the perception service task sent by the second computing power node; The task processing result of the second subtask is integrated to obtain the task processing result of the perception service task.

14. The method according to claim 10, It is characterized in that The method further comprises: The task processing result of the perception service task is sent to the second network element, so that the second network element outputs the task processing result in a preset output form.

15. The method according to claim 10, It is characterized in that The method further comprises: The task processing result of the perception service task is sent to the UE through the perception service session.

16. A method for creating a perception session, It is characterized in that The method is applied to a first network element, and the method includes: Receiving a sensing service request sent by a session management function SMF, wherein the sensing service request includes sensing service information of a sensing service task; Send a perception data input request to the SMF according to the perception service information.

17. The method according to claim 16, It is characterized in that The method further comprises: Receiving the perception data corresponding to the perception service task sent by the user plane function UPF; The perception data and the computing power registration information of the second computing power node are analyzed to obtain a task deployment strategy for the perception service task, where the task deployment strategy is used to indicate task allocation information of the second computing power node.

18. The method according to claim 17, It is characterized in that The method further comprises: Obtain computing power registration information of the second computing power node in a third network element, wherein computing power registration information corresponding to different computing power nodes is stored in the third network element.

19. The method according to claim 17, It is characterized in that The method further comprises: Send the task deployment strategy to the UPF.

20. A method for creating a perception session, It is characterized in that The method is applied to the core network side, and the method includes: Receiving a sensing service request sent by a terminal device UE, where the sensing service request includes sensing service information of a sensing service task; A perception service session is established with the UE according to the perception service information.

21. The method according to claim 20, It is characterized in that The method further comprises: Calling computing power nodes to execute the perception service task in a distributed manner, and obtaining a task processing result of the perception service task; The task processing result of the perception service task is sent to the UE through the perception service session.

22. A method for creating a perception session, It is characterized in that include: The session management function SMF receives a sensing service request sent by the terminal device UE, wherein the sensing service request includes sensing service information of the sensing service task; The SMF queries, based on the perception service information, in the unified data management UDM whether the UE has the perception service authorization; In response to querying that the UE has the perception service authorization, the SMF creates a perception service session between the UE and a user plane function UPF according to the perception service information; The SMF sends a sensing data input request to the UPF; The UPF, in response to the sensing data input request, calls the first computing power node to obtain the sensing data corresponding to the sensing service task in a distributed manner, wherein the first computing power node includes at least two of the UE, the base station, and the application function AF; The UPF sends the perception data corresponding to the perception service task to the first network element; The first network element obtains computing power registration information of the second computing power node in the third network element; The first network element analyzes the perception data and the computing power registration information to obtain a task deployment strategy for the perception service task, where the task deployment strategy is used to indicate task allocation information of the second computing power node; The first network element sends the task deployment strategy to the UPF; The UPF sends the perception data corresponding to the perception service task to the second computing power node according to the task deployment strategy, wherein the second computing power node includes at least two of a UE, a base station, a core network, and an application function AF; Receiving a task processing result of the perception service task sent by the second computing power node; The UPF sends a task processing result of the perception service task to the second network element; The UPF sends the task processing result of the perception service task to the UE through the perception service session.

23. A perception session creation device, It is characterized in that The device is applied to a session management function SMF, and the device includes: A receiving module, configured to receive a sensing service request sent by a terminal device UE through an access and mobility management function AMF, wherein the sensing service request includes sensing service information of a sensing service task; A processing module is used to create a perception service session between the UE and the user plane function UPF according to the perception service information.

24. A perception session creation device, It is characterized in that The device is applied to a user plane function UPF, and the device includes: A processing module is used to create a perception service session with a terminal device UE according to the perception service information of the perception service task, wherein the perception service information is information contained in the perception service request sent by the UE.

25. A perception session creation device, It is characterized in that The device is applied to a first network element, and the device includes: A receiving module, used to receive a sensing service request sent by a session management function SMF, wherein the sensing service request includes sensing service information of a sensing service task; A sending module is used to send a perception data input request to the SMF according to the perception service information.

26. A perception session creation device, It is characterized in that The device is applied to the core network side, and the device includes: A receiving module, configured to receive a sensing service request sent by a terminal device UE, wherein the sensing service request includes sensing service information of a sensing service task; A processing module is used to create a perception service session with the UE according to the perception service information.

27. A perception session creation device, It is characterized in that include: A receiving module, used for the session management function SMF to receive a sensing service request sent by a terminal device UE, wherein the sensing service request includes sensing service information of a sensing service task; A processing module, configured for the SMF to query in a unified data management UDM whether the UE has the perception service authorization based on the perception service information; A processing module, configured to, in response to querying that the UE has the perception service authorization, the SMF creates a perception service session between the UE and a user plane function UPF according to the perception service information; A sending module, used for the SMF to send a sensing data input request to the UPF; A processing module, configured for the UPF to call a first computing power node to obtain the perception data corresponding to the perception service task in a distributed manner in response to the perception data input request, wherein the first computing power node includes at least two of a UE, a base station, and an application function AF; A sending module, used for the UPF to send the perception data corresponding to the perception service task to the first network element; A processing module, configured for the first network element to obtain computing power registration information of a second computing power node in a third network element; A processing module, configured for the first network element to analyze the perception data and the computing power registration information to obtain a task deployment strategy for the perception service task, wherein the task deployment strategy is used to indicate task allocation information of the second computing power node; A sending module, used for the first network element to send the task deployment strategy to the UPF; A sending module, configured for the UPF to send the perception data corresponding to the perception service task to the second computing power node according to the task deployment strategy, wherein the second computing power node includes at least two of a UE, a base station, a core network, and an application function AF; A receiving module, used to receive the task processing result of the perception service task sent by the second computing power node; A sending module, used for the UPF to send the task processing result of the perception service task to the second network element; A sending module is used for the UPF to send the task processing result of the perception service task to the UE through the perception service session.

28. A communication device, in, include: Transceiver; Memory; A processor is connected to the transceiver and the memory, respectively, and is configured to control the wireless signal reception and transmission of the transceiver by executing computer executable instructions on the memory, and can implement the method described in any one of claims 1-22.

29. A computer storage medium, in, The computer storage medium stores computer executable instructions; after the computer executable instructions are executed by the processor, the method described in any one of claims 1 to 22 can be implemented.

30. A communication system, It is characterized in that The system is used to perform the method according to claim 20 or 21.

31. A communication system, It is characterized in that Includes the following network elements: A session management function SMF for executing the method according to any one of claims 1 to 7; A user plane function UPF for executing the method according to any one of claims 8 to 15; A first network element for executing the method according to any one of claims 16-19.

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