Information processing method, information transmission method, apparatus, terminal and network device

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to the technical field of communications. Provided are an information processing method, an information transmission method, an apparatus, a terminal and a network device. The information processing method is executed by a first terminal, and comprises: acquiring configuration information of a first target object; and determining an association relationship between the first target object and a second target object on the basis of the configuration information, wherein the first target object and / or the second target object comprise / comprises at least one of the following: a bearer of a Uu interface, a bearer of a direct communication interface, a logical channel of the Uu interface, a logical channel of the direct communication interface, a quality of service (QoS) flow of the Uu interface, and a QoS flow of the direct communication interface, the second target object and the first target object belong to the same terminal or different terminals, and there is one or more second target objects.

Description

Information processing, transmission method, device, terminal and network equipment

[0001] This disclosure claims priority to Chinese patent application number 202310880243.8, filed with the Patent Office of China on July 18, 2023, entitled “Information processing, transmission method, device, terminal and network equipment,” the entire contents of which are incorporated by reference into this disclosure. Technical Field

[0002] The present disclosure relates to the field of communication technology, and in particular to an information processing and transmission method, apparatus, terminal, and network equipment. Background Art

[0003] The evolution from 5th Generation Mobile Communication Technology (5G) to 6th Generation Mobile Communication Technology (6G) has introduced Extended Reality (XR) services, which are expected to become the killer application of 6G. XR services can be applied to multiple user devices, such as 3D glasses and controller remote controls. There are two basic ways for XR services to connect to wireless networks:

[0004] Method 1: All user devices are connected to a single user equipment (UE), through which XR services access the wireless network. In this method, the coordinated transmission of different streams of the same XR service by the same terminal is achieved, also known as intra-UE multi-modal.

[0005] Method 2: Different user devices access the wireless network as different terminals. In this method, multiple terminals need to coordinate the transmission of different streams of the same XR service, which is also called inter-UE multi-modal.

[0006] According to the current 3GPP protocol, data transmitted over the air interface between different terminals and / or between different bearers or logical channels within the same terminal is independent and unrelated, making coordinated transmission impossible. Therefore, this transmission method cannot meet the synchronous transmission requirements of XR multimodal services.

[0007] Summary of the Invention

[0008] The embodiments of the present disclosure provide an information processing and transmission method, apparatus, terminal, and network equipment to meet the synchronous transmission requirements of XR multimodal services.

[0009] In order to solve the above technical problems, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an information processing method, which is executed by a first terminal and includes:

[0010] Obtain configuration information of the first target object;

[0011] determining an association relationship between the first target object and the second target object according to the configuration information;

[0012] The first target object and / or the second target object include at least one of the following: a bearer of a Uu interface, a bearer of a direct communication interface, a logical channel of a Uu interface, a logical channel of a direct communication interface, a quality of service QoS flow of a Uu interface, and a QoS flow of a direct communication interface;

[0013] The second target object and the first target object belong to the same terminal or different terminals; the number of the second target objects is one or more.

[0014] In some embodiments, the configuration information includes at least one of the following:

[0015] Business identification information;

[0016] Target object group identification information;

[0017] a second target object associated with the first target object;

[0018] The terminal identification information to which the second target object belongs.

[0019] In some embodiments, obtaining the configuration information of the first target object includes at least one of the following:

[0020] Receiving configuration information of the first target object sent by the network device;

[0021] Configuration information of the first target object is determined according to first auxiliary information, where the first auxiliary information is used to indicate an association relationship between at least two QoS flows.

[0022] In some embodiments, before receiving the configuration information of the first target object sent by the network device, the method further includes:

[0023] Second auxiliary information is sent to the network device, where the second auxiliary information is used to indicate an association relationship between at least two QoS flows.

[0024] In some embodiments, the method further comprises at least one of the following:

[0025] Acquire first auxiliary information and / or second auxiliary information from a higher layer of the first terminal;

[0026] The first auxiliary information and / or the second auxiliary information sent by the second terminal through the direct communication interface is received.

[0027] In some embodiments, the first auxiliary information and / or the second auxiliary information includes at least one of the following:

[0028] Business identification information;

[0029] Identification information of other QoS flows associated with a target QoS flow, where the target QoS flow is any one of the at least two QoS flows, and the other QoS flows are QoS flows other than the target QoS flow in the at least two QoS flows.

[0030] In some embodiments, the at least two QoS flows belong to the same terminal or different terminals.

[0031] The present disclosure also provides an information transmission method, which is executed by a network device and includes:

[0032] Sending configuration information of the first target object to the first terminal;

[0033] The configuration information is used by the first terminal to determine the association relationship between the first target object and the second target object;

[0034] The first target object and / or the second target object includes at least one of the following: a bearer of a Uu interface, a bearer of a direct communication interface, a logical channel of a Uu interface, a logical channel of a direct communication interface, a quality of service QoS flow of a Uu interface, and a QoS flow of a direct communication interface;

[0035] The second target object and the first target object belong to the same terminal or different terminals; the number of the second target objects is one or more.

[0036] In some embodiments, the configuration information includes at least one of the following:

[0037] Business identification information;

[0038] Target object group identification information;

[0039] a second target object associated with the first target object;

[0040] The terminal identification information to which the second target object belongs.

[0041] In some embodiments, before sending the configuration information of the first target object to the first terminal, the method further includes at least one of the following:

[0042] receiving second auxiliary information sent by the first terminal, and determining configuration information of the first target object according to the second auxiliary information, where the second auxiliary information is used to indicate an association relationship between at least two QoS flows;

[0043] Receive third auxiliary information sent by the core network device, and determine configuration information of the first target object according to the third auxiliary information, where the third auxiliary information is used to indicate an association relationship between at least two QoS flows.

[0044] In some embodiments, the second auxiliary information and / or the third auxiliary information includes at least one of the following:

[0045] Business identification information;

[0046] Identification information of other QoS flows associated with a target QoS flow, where the target QoS flow is any one of the at least two QoS flows, and the other QoS flows are QoS flows other than the target QoS flow in the at least two QoS flows.

[0047] The present disclosure also provides a terminal, which is a first terminal and includes a memory, a transceiver, and a processor.

[0048] A memory for storing a computer program; a transceiver for transmitting and receiving data under the control of the processor; and a processor for reading the computer program in the memory and performing the following operations:

[0049] Obtain configuration information of the first target object;

[0050] determining an association relationship between the first target object and the second target object according to the configuration information;

[0051] The first target object and / or the second target object include at least one of the following: a bearer of a Uu interface, a bearer of a direct communication interface, a logical channel of a Uu interface, a logical channel of a direct communication interface, a quality of service QoS flow of a Uu interface, and a QoS flow of a direct communication interface;

[0052] The second target object and the first target object belong to the same terminal or different terminals; the number of the second target objects is one or more.

[0053] In some embodiments, the configuration information includes at least one of the following:

[0054] Business identification information;

[0055] Target object group identification information;

[0056] a second target object associated with the first target object;

[0057] The terminal identification information to which the second target object belongs.

[0058] In some embodiments, the processor is configured to read the computer program in the memory and perform at least one of the following operations:

[0059] Receiving configuration information of the first target object sent by the network device;

[0060] Configuration information of the first target object is determined according to first auxiliary information, where the first auxiliary information is used to indicate an association relationship between at least two QoS flows.

[0061] In some embodiments, the processor, configured to read the computer program in the memory, further performs the following operations:

[0062] Second auxiliary information is sent to the network device, where the second auxiliary information is used to indicate an association relationship between at least two QoS flows.

[0063] In some embodiments, the processor, configured to read the computer program in the memory, further performs at least one of the following operations:

[0064] Acquire first auxiliary information and / or second auxiliary information from a higher layer of the first terminal;

[0065] The first auxiliary information and / or the second auxiliary information sent by the second terminal through the direct communication interface is received.

[0066] In some embodiments, the first auxiliary information and / or the second auxiliary information includes at least one of the following:

[0067] Business identification information;

[0068] Identification information of other QoS flows associated with a target QoS flow, where the target QoS flow is any one of the at least two QoS flows, and the other QoS flows are QoS flows other than the target QoS flow in the at least two QoS flows.

[0069] In some embodiments, the at least two QoS flows belong to the same terminal or different terminals.

[0070] The present disclosure also provides a network device, including a memory, a transceiver, and a processor.

[0071] A memory for storing a computer program; a transceiver for transmitting and receiving data under the control of the processor; and a processor for reading the computer program in the memory and performing the following operations:

[0072] Sending configuration information of the first target object to the first terminal through the transceiver;

[0073] The configuration information is used by the first terminal to determine the association relationship between the first target object and the second target object;

[0074] The first target object and / or the second target object includes at least one of the following: a bearer of a Uu interface, a bearer of a direct communication interface, a logical channel of a Uu interface, a logical channel of a direct communication interface, a quality of service QoS flow of a Uu interface, and a QoS flow of a direct communication interface;

[0075] The second target object and the first target object belong to the same terminal or different terminals; the number of the second target objects is one or more.

[0076] In some embodiments, the configuration information includes at least one of the following:

[0077] Business identification information;

[0078] Target object group identification information;

[0079] a second target object associated with the first target object;

[0080] The terminal identification information to which the second target object belongs.

[0081] In some embodiments, the processor, configured to read the computer program in the memory, further performs at least one of the following operations:

[0082] receiving second auxiliary information sent by the first terminal, and determining configuration information of the first target object according to the second auxiliary information, where the second auxiliary information is used to indicate an association relationship between at least two QoS flows;

[0083] Receive third auxiliary information sent by the core network device, and determine configuration information of the first target object according to the third auxiliary information, where the third auxiliary information is used to indicate an association relationship between at least two QoS flows.

[0084] In some embodiments, the second auxiliary information and / or the third auxiliary information includes at least one of the following:

[0085] Business identification information;

[0086] Identification information of other QoS flows associated with a target QoS flow, where the target QoS flow is any one of the at least two QoS flows, and the other QoS flows are QoS flows other than the target QoS flow in the at least two QoS flows.

[0087] The present disclosure also provides an information processing device, applied to a first terminal, including:

[0088] A first acquiring unit, configured to acquire configuration information of a first target object;

[0089] a determining unit, configured to determine an association relationship between the first target object and the second target object according to the configuration information;

[0090] The first target object and / or the second target object include at least one of the following: a bearer of a Uu interface, a bearer of a direct communication interface, a logical channel of a Uu interface, a logical channel of a direct communication interface, a quality of service QoS flow of a Uu interface, and a QoS flow of a direct communication interface;

[0091] The second target object and the first target object belong to the same terminal or different terminals; the number of the second target objects is one or more.

[0092] The present disclosure also provides an information transmission device, which is applied to a network device and includes:

[0093] A first sending unit, configured to send configuration information of a first target object to a first terminal;

[0094] The configuration information is used by the first terminal to determine the association relationship between the first target object and the second target object;

[0095] The first target object and / or the second target object includes at least one of the following: a bearer of a Uu interface, a bearer of a direct communication interface, a logical channel of a Uu interface, a logical channel of a direct communication interface, a quality of service QoS flow of a Uu interface, and a QoS flow of a direct communication interface;

[0096] The second target object and the first target object belong to the same terminal or different terminals; the number of the second target objects is one or more.

[0097] An embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a processor-readable storage medium, wherein the processor-readable storage medium stores a computer program, and the computer program is used to enable a processor to execute the above method.

[0098] The beneficial effects of the present disclosure are:

[0099] The above scheme determines the association relationship between the first target object and the second target object based on the configuration information of the first target object to achieve the association between different target objects. In this way, the association relationship between different target objects can be determined, thereby laying the foundation for the subsequent synchronous transmission processing of different business flows of XR multimodal services. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0100] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure or related technologies, the following briefly introduces the drawings required for use in the embodiments or related technical descriptions. Obviously, the drawings described below are only some embodiments recorded in the present disclosure. For ordinary technicians in this field, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without paying any creative labor.

[0101] FIG1 is a structural diagram of a network system applicable to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0102] FIG2 is a schematic flow chart showing an information processing method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0103] FIG3 is a flow chart showing an application scenario 1 of an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0104] FIG4 is a flow chart showing a second application scenario of an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0105] FIG5 is a flow chart showing a third application scenario of an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0106] FIG6 is a schematic diagram showing a flow chart of an information transmission method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0107] FIG7 is a schematic diagram showing a unit of an information processing device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0108] FIG8 shows a structural diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0109] FIG9 is a schematic diagram showing a unit of an information transmission device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0110] FIG10 is a structural diagram of a network device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0111] The following will clearly and completely describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present disclosure, not all of them. All other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field based on the embodiments of the present disclosure without making any creative efforts shall fall within the scope of protection of the present disclosure.

[0112] The terms "first," "second," and the like in the specification and claims of the present disclosure are used to distinguish similar objects and are not necessarily used to describe a particular order or sequential sequence. It should be understood that the terms used in this manner are interchangeable where appropriate so that the embodiments of the present disclosure described herein may be implemented in a sequence other than those illustrated or described herein. In addition, the terms "including" and "having," and any variations thereof, are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusions, e.g., a process, method, system, product, or apparatus comprising a series of steps or units is not necessarily limited to those steps or units explicitly listed, but may include other steps or units that are not explicitly listed or that are inherent to such processes, methods, products, or apparatus.

[0113] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the term "and / or" describes the relationship between associated objects, indicating that three possible relationships exist. For example, A and / or B can represent three situations: A exists alone, A and B exist simultaneously, and B exists alone. The character " / " generally indicates that the associated objects are in an "or" relationship. In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the term "plurality" refers to two or more, and other quantifiers are similar.

[0114] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, words such as "exemplary" or "for example" are used to indicate examples, illustrations, or descriptions. Any embodiment or design described as "exemplary" or "for example" in the embodiments of the present disclosure should not be construed as being preferred or advantageous over other embodiments or designs. Rather, the use of words such as "exemplary" or "for example" is intended to present the relevant concepts in a concrete manner.

[0115] The following describes embodiments of the present disclosure in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. The information processing and transmission methods, devices, terminals, and network devices provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure can be applied to wireless communication systems. The wireless communication system can be a system that uses fifth-generation (5G) mobile communication technology (hereinafter referred to as a 5G system). Those skilled in the art will understand that the 5G New Radio (NR) system is only an example and not a limitation.

[0116] Referring to FIG1 , FIG1 is a structural diagram of a network system applicable to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG1 , the network system includes a user terminal 11 and a base station 12, wherein the user terminal 11 may be a user equipment (UE), for example, a mobile phone, a tablet personal computer, a laptop computer, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a mobile internet device (MID), or a wearable device. It should be noted that the specific type of the user terminal 11 is not limited in the embodiment of the present disclosure. The base station 12 may be a base station of 5G or later versions (for example, the next generation Node B (gNB), 5G NR NB), or a base station in other communication systems, or referred to as a node B. It should be noted that in the embodiment of the present disclosure, only a 5G base station is used as an example, but the specific type of the base station 12 is not limited.

[0117] First, based on the technical solutions provided by the present disclosure, some technical terms that may be involved are introduced.

[0118] 1. Basic process of existing 5G air interface data processing

[0119] The 5G user plane air interface protocol layers include the Service Data Adaptation Protocol (SDAP) layer, the Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) layer, the Radio Link Control Protocol (RLC) layer, the Media Access Control (MAC) layer, and the physical layer.

[0120] When a Quality of Service (QoS) flow reaches the SDAP, SDAP maps the QoS flow to a dedicated radio bearer (DRB), forming an SDAP Protocol Data Unit (PDU). The SDAP PDU is the PDCP Service Data Unit (SDU). The PDCP layer performs header compression and encryption on the PDCP SDU before delivering it to the RLC layer. The RLC layer then encapsulates the RLC PDU based on the MAC layer's scheduling information and delivers it to the MAC. The MAC encapsulates the received RLC PDU into a MAC PDU and delivers it to the physical layer for transmission.

[0121] Among them, the principle of SDAP executing QoS flow to DRB mapping is: since the QoS attributes of data packets in a QoS flow are basically the same, a QoS flow can only be mapped to one DRB.

[0122] DRB transmission is based on MAC scheduling. Under traditional scheduling, the base station allocates uplink scheduling resources to a terminal for a single user. To ensure fairness among different services in the terminal's uplink transmission and prevent some services from being starved, a Logical Channel Prioritization (LCP) mechanism based on logical channel priority and prioritized bit rate (PBR) is currently used.

[0123] The LCP mechanism based on logical channel priority and PBR is as follows:

[0124] When the terminal obtains an uplink resource grant (UL grant), it performs the first round of resource allocation according to the PBR for each logical channel with data transmission requirements in descending order of logical channel priority;

[0125] If the first round of resource allocation is completed and there are remaining resources, resources will be allocated to each logical channel in descending order of priority of the logical channels currently requiring data transmission.

[0126] 2. Basic Concepts of XR

[0127] The 3GPP 5G system introduces extended reality (XR) services, which are divided into the following categories:

[0128] Augmented Reality (AR): seamless integration of the real and virtual worlds / / half-truth, half-fake;

[0129] Virtual Reality (VR): uses devices to simulate a virtual world / / It's all fake;

[0130] Mixed Reality (MR): Contains both real physical entities and virtual information.

[0131] Based on the analysis, the embodiments of the present disclosure provide an information processing and transmission method, apparatus, terminal, and network equipment to meet the synchronous transmission requirements of XR multimodal services.

[0132] Among them, the method and the device are based on the same application concept. Since the principles of solving problems by the method and the device are similar, the implementation of the device and the method can refer to each other, and the repeated parts will not be repeated.

[0133] As shown in FIG2 , an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an information processing method, which is executed by a first terminal and includes:

[0134] Step S201, obtaining configuration information of the first target object;

[0135] In some embodiments, the first target object includes at least one of the following: bearer of Uu interface, bearer of direct communication interface, logical channel of Uu interface, logical channel of direct communication interface, QoS flow of Uu interface, QoS flow of direct communication interface.

[0136] Step S202: determining an association relationship between the first target object and the second target object according to the configuration information;

[0137] In some embodiments, the second target object includes at least one of the following: a bearer of a Uu interface, a bearer of a direct communication interface, a logical channel of a Uu interface, a logical channel of a direct communication interface, a QoS flow of a Uu interface, and a QoS flow of a direct communication interface.

[0138] It should be noted that this association relationship can be understood as the existence of an association between the first target object and the second target object; in some embodiments, the first target object and the second target object are usually objects of the same type that transmit the same type of service (XR service) (for example, the types of objects are divided into: bearer, logical channel, QoS flow). For example, the first target object and the second target object are both bearers of the Uu interface, but the first target object and the second target object correspond to different bearer identifiers.

[0139] For example, the first target object and the second target object are different QoS flows that transmit the same XR service.

[0140] It should be noted here that the second target object and the first target object belong to the same terminal or different terminals; the number of the second target objects is one or more.

[0141] It should be noted that the embodiment of the present disclosure determines the association relationship between the first target object and the second target object based on the configuration information of the first target object to achieve the association between different target objects, thereby determining the association relationship between different target objects, thereby laying the foundation for the subsequent synchronous transmission processing of different business flows of XR multimodal services.

[0142] In some embodiments, in one implementation, the configuration information includes at least one of the following:

[0143] A11. Business identification information;

[0144] For example, the service identification information may be a Common ID.

[0145] A12, target object group identification information;

[0146] The target object group can be understood as a division of multiple target objects into groups, with different groups distinguished by different identification information. The target objects belonging to the same group can be determined by the indication of the target object group; usually, target objects belonging to the same group are related to each other.

[0147] A13. A second target object associated with the first target object;

[0148] In this case, the second target object that is associated with the first target object is directly notified to the terminal through configuration information.

[0149] In some embodiments, the second target object may be embodied in the form of a target object list.

[0150] A14, terminal identification information to which the second target object belongs;

[0151] It should be noted that the second target object may belong to the same terminal as the first target object (for example, the second target object and the first target object both belong to the first terminal), or they may belong to different terminals; in the case where the second target object and the first target object belong to different terminals, the configuration information needs to carry additional terminal identification information to which the second target object belongs, so as to inform the first terminal which terminal the second target object specifically belongs to, so as to facilitate the first terminal to perform subsequent operations.

[0152] In some embodiments, when the configuration information is configuration information for a direct communication interface, the terminal identification information may be an L2 target ID; when the configuration information is configuration information for a Uu interface, the terminal identification information may be a cell radio network temporary identifier (Cell Radio Network Temporary Identifier, C-RNTI), a combination of a cell identifier and a C-RNTI, or a terminal unique identifier (for example, 5G S-Temporary Mobile Subscription Identifier (5G-S-TMSI), 5G-TMSI, 5G Globally Unique Temporary Identifier (5G-GUTI), etc.).

[0153] For example, the first target object is bearer 1, and the second target object is bearer 2 and bearer 3; if the configuration information includes target object group identification information, such as target object group 1, if target object group 1 includes bearer 1, bearer 2 and bearer 3, then the first terminal can determine that bearer 1, bearer 2 and bearer 3 have an associated relationship based on the configuration information, then bearer 1, bearer 2 and bearer 3 can be considered as bearers with an associated relationship, for example, bearer 1, bearer 2 and bearer 3 are bearers for the same XR service.

[0154] In some embodiments, in one implementation, the specific implementation of obtaining the configuration information of the first target object includes at least one of the following:

[0155] B11. Receive configuration information of the first target object sent by a network device;

[0156] That is to say, in this case, the configuration information of the first target object is sent by the network device to the first terminal.

[0157] In some embodiments, before receiving the configuration information of the first target object sent by the network device, the method further includes:

[0158] Second auxiliary information is sent to the network device, where the second auxiliary information is used to indicate an association relationship between at least two QoS flows.

[0159] In some embodiments, the second auxiliary information includes: an association relationship between at least two QoS flows.

[0160] It can be understood that the first terminal needs to first send the second auxiliary information to the network device, and the network device configures the configuration information of the first target object for the first terminal based on the second auxiliary information.

[0161] In some embodiments, in one implementation, the first terminal obtains the second auxiliary information in a manner including at least one of the following:

[0162] B111. Obtain second auxiliary information from a higher layer of the first terminal;

[0163] This situation means that the second auxiliary information is sent by a lower layer of the first terminal (for example, an access network protocol layer, such as a Radio Resource Control (RRC) layer or a Media Access Control (MAC) layer) to the network device, and the second auxiliary information obtained by the lower layer is sent by a higher layer of the first terminal. In some embodiments, the higher layer may be a Non-Access Stratum (NAS) layer or a Direct Communication Interface Signaling (PC5-S) layer.

[0164] B112. Receive second auxiliary information sent by the second terminal through the direct communication interface;

[0165] This situation refers to that the second auxiliary information is sent to the first terminal by another terminal having a direct communication interface with the first terminal through the direct communication interface.

[0166] In some embodiments, in one implementation, the second auxiliary information includes at least one of the following:

[0167] B1131, business identification information;

[0168] B1132. Identification information of other QoS flows associated with the target QoS flow, where the target QoS flow is any one of the at least two QoS flows, and the other QoS flows are QoS flows of the at least two QoS flows other than the target QoS flow.

[0169] In some embodiments, the identification information of the other QoS flows may be embodied in the form of a QoS flow list. In some embodiments, if the other QoS flows and the target QoS flow belong to different terminals, the second auxiliary information should also include: identification information of the terminal to which the QoS flows belong.

[0170] B12. Determine configuration information of the first target object based on first auxiliary information, where the first auxiliary information is used to indicate an association relationship between at least two QoS flows;

[0171] That is to say, in this case, the configuration information of the first target object is determined by the first terminal itself according to the first auxiliary information.

[0172] In some embodiments, in one implementation, the first terminal obtains the first auxiliary information in a manner including at least one of the following:

[0173] B121. Obtain first auxiliary information from a higher layer of the first terminal;

[0174] This situation means that the configuration information determination action is performed by the lower layer of the first terminal, and the first auxiliary information obtained by the lower layer is sent by the upper layer of the first terminal. In some embodiments, the upper layer can be a NAS layer or a PC5-S layer.

[0175] B122. Receive first auxiliary information sent by the second terminal through the direct communication interface;

[0176] This situation refers to that the first auxiliary information is sent to the first terminal by another terminal having a direct communication interface with the first terminal through the direct communication interface.

[0177] In some embodiments, in one implementation, the first auxiliary information includes at least one of the following:

[0178] B1231, business identification information;

[0179] B1232. Identification information of other QoS flows associated with the target QoS flow, where the target QoS flow is any one of the at least two QoS flows, and the other QoS flows are QoS flows of the at least two QoS flows other than the target QoS flow.

[0180] In some embodiments, the identification information of the other QoS flows may be embodied in the form of a QoS flow list. In some embodiments, if the other QoS flows and the target QoS flow belong to different terminals, the first auxiliary information should also include: identification information of the terminal to which the QoS flows belong.

[0181] In some embodiments, the at least two QoS flows mentioned above may belong to the same terminal or may belong to different terminals.

[0182] It should be further explained that, after the terminal determines the association relationship between different target objects, it can perform coordinated transmission of the multiple different target objects over the air interface.

[0183] The specific application of the embodiments of the present disclosure is described below with examples.

[0184] Application Scenario 1: Method for Determining the Association Relationships between Different Target Objects of a Direct Communication Interface

[0185] As shown in Figure 3, the specific implementation process includes:

[0186] Step 31: The terminal obtains second auxiliary information corresponding to the direct communication interface;

[0187] The terminal upper layer (such as PC5-S layer or V2X service layer) sends second auxiliary information to the lower layer (access network protocol layer, such as SDAP layer or RRC layer), where the second auxiliary information is used to indicate the association relationship between at least two QoS flows.

[0188] The at least two QoS flows may be QoS flows for the same terminal or different terminals.

[0189] The second auxiliary information includes one or more of the following:

[0190] Business identification information, such as Common ID;

[0191] Identification information of other QoS flows associated with the target QoS flow. In some embodiments, if the at least two QoS flows belong to different terminals, the second auxiliary information should also include identification information of the terminals to which the QoS flows belong. Specifically, for a direct communication interface, the terminal identification information can be an L2 target ID.

[0192] Step 32: The terminal reports the second auxiliary information to the network device;

[0193] Specifically, the second assistance information may multiplex terminal assistance information (UEAssistanceInformation) or direct communication interface terminal information (SidelinkUEInforamtion), or may use other newly defined RRC messages.

[0194] Step 33: The network device determines the configuration information of the first target object;

[0195] It should be noted that the first target object corresponds to the direct communication interface. The first target object is a bearer of the direct communication interface, a logical channel of the direct communication interface and / or a QoS flow of the direct communication interface.

[0196] The configuration information includes one or more of the following:

[0197] Business identification information, such as Common ID;

[0198] Target object group identification information;

[0199] A second target object associated with the first target object; in some embodiments, if the second target object and the first target object belong to different terminals, the configuration information should also include identification information of the terminal to which the second target object belongs.

[0200] Step 34: Send configuration information to the terminal;

[0201] In this step, the network device sends the configuration information of the first target object generated in step 33 to the terminal. Specifically, RRC reconfiguration signaling or newly defined RRC signaling may be used for sending.

[0202] The terminal receives configuration information of the target object from the network device, determines the association relationship between the first target object and the second target object according to the configuration information, and can coordinate transmission of the first target object and the second target object over the air interface after determining the association relationship between the first target object and the second target object.

[0203] Application Scenario 2: Method for Determining the Association Relationships of Different Target Objects on the Uu Interface Uplink

[0204] As shown in Figure 4, the specific implementation process includes:

[0205] Step 41: The terminal obtains second auxiliary information corresponding to the uplink direction of the Uu interface;

[0206] The terminal upper layer (such as NAS layer or service layer) sends second auxiliary information to the lower layer (access network protocol layer, such as SDAP or RRC), where the second auxiliary information is used to indicate the association relationship between at least two QoS flows.

[0207] The at least two QoS flows may be QoS flows for the same terminal or different terminals.

[0208] The second auxiliary information includes any one or more of the following:

[0209] Business identification information, such as Common ID;

[0210] Identification information of other QoS flows associated with the target QoS flow. In some embodiments, if the at least two QoS flows belong to different terminals, the second auxiliary information should also include the identification information of the terminal to which the QoS flow belongs. Specifically, the Uu interface terminal identification information can be a C-RNTI, a combination of a cell identifier and a C-RNTI, or a terminal unique identifier (e.g., 5G-S-TMSI, 5G-TMSI, 5G-GUTI, etc.).

[0211] Step 42: The terminal reports the second auxiliary information to the network device;

[0212] Specifically, the second assistance information may reuse UEAssistanceInformation or SidelinkUEInforamtion and may also use other newly defined RRC messages.

[0213] Step 43: The network device determines the configuration information of the first target object;

[0214] It should be noted that the first target object corresponds to the Uu interface uplink direction. The first target object is a bearer in the Uu interface uplink direction, a logical channel in the Uu interface uplink direction, and / or a QoS flow in the Uu interface uplink direction.

[0215] The configuration information includes one or more of the following:

[0216] Business identification information, such as Common ID;

[0217] Target object group identification information;

[0218] A second target object associated with the first target object; in some embodiments, if the second target object and the first target object belong to different terminals, the configuration information should also include identification information of the terminal to which the second target object belongs.

[0219] Step 44: Send configuration information to the terminal;

[0220] In this step, the network device sends the configuration information of the first target object generated in step 43 to the terminal. Specifically, the RRCReconfiguration signaling or the newly defined RRC signaling may be used for sending.

[0221] The terminal receives configuration information of the first target object from the network device, determines the association relationship between the first target object and the second target object based on the configuration information, and can coordinate transmission of the first target object and the second target object over the air interface after determining the association relationship between the first target object and the second target object.

[0222] Application Scenario 3: Method for Determining the Association Relationship Between Different Target Objects in the Uplink or Downlink Direction of the Uu Interface

[0223] As shown in Figure 5, the specific implementation process includes:

[0224] Step 51: The network device receives the third auxiliary information sent by the core network device;

[0225] The third auxiliary information is used to indicate an association relationship between at least two QoS flows.

[0226] The at least two QoS flows may be QoS flows for the same terminal or different terminals.

[0227] The third auxiliary information includes one or more of the following:

[0228] Business identification information, such as Common ID;

[0229] Identification information of other QoS flows associated with the target QoS flow. In some embodiments, if the at least two QoS flows belong to different terminals, the third auxiliary information should also include identification information of the terminal to which the QoS flows belong.

[0230] Step 52: The network device determines the configuration information of the first target object;

[0231] It should be noted that the first target object corresponds to the Uu interface in the uplink and / or downlink direction. The target object is a bearer in the uplink and / or downlink direction of the Uu interface, a logical channel in the uplink and / or downlink direction of the Uu interface, and / or a QoS flow in the uplink and / or downlink direction of the Uu interface.

[0232] The configuration information includes one or more of the following:

[0233] Business identification information, such as Common ID;

[0234] Target object group identification information;

[0235] A second target object associated with the first target object; in some embodiments, if the second target object and the first target object belong to different terminals, the configuration information should also include identification information of the terminal to which the second target object belongs.

[0236] Step 53: Send configuration information to the terminal;

[0237] In this step, the terminal sends the configuration information of the first target object generated in step 52 to the terminal. Specifically, RRCReconfiguration signaling or newly defined RRC signaling can be used for sending.

[0238] The terminal receives configuration information of the first target object from the network device, determines the association relationship between the first target object and the second target object based on the configuration information, and can coordinate transmission of the first target object and the second target object over the air interface after determining the association relationship between the first target object and the second target object.

[0239] In summary, the disclosed embodiment proposes a method for determining the association relationship between different target objects for multimodal XR services. This method enables the terminal to identify mutually related target objects, laying the foundation for subsequent collaborative processing of multiple target objects.

[0240] The technical solution provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure can be applicable to a variety of systems, especially 5G systems. For example, the applicable system can be a global system of mobile communication (GSM) system, a code division multiple access (CDMA) system, a wideband code division multiple access (WCDMA) general packet radio service (GPRS) system, a long term evolution (LTE) system, a LTE frequency division duplex (FDD) system, a LTE time division duplex (TDD) system, an advanced long term evolution (LTE-A) system, a universal mobile telecommunication system (UMTS), a world-wide interoperability for microwave access (WiMAX) system, a 5G new air interface (NR) system, etc. These various systems include terminal equipment and network equipment. The system may also include a core network part, such as an evolved packet system (EPS), a 5G system (5GS), etc.

[0241] The terminal device involved in the embodiments of the present disclosure may be a device that provides voice and / or data connectivity to a user, a handheld device with wireless connection function, or other processing device connected to a wireless modem. In different systems, the name of the terminal device may also be different. For example, in a 5G system, the terminal device may be called User Equipment (UE). A wireless terminal device can communicate with one or more core networks (CN) via a radio access network (RAN). The wireless terminal device may be a mobile terminal device, such as a mobile phone (or "cellular" phone) and a computer with a mobile terminal device. For example, it may be a portable, pocket-sized, handheld, computer-built-in or vehicle-mounted mobile device that exchanges voice and / or data with a radio access network. For example, personal communication service (PCS) phones, cordless phones, session initiation protocol (SIP) phones, wireless local loop (WLL) stations, personal digital assistants (PDAs), and other devices. The wireless terminal device may also be referred to as a system, a subscriber unit, a subscriber station, a mobile station, a mobile station, a remote station, an access point, a remote terminal device, an access terminal device, a user terminal device, a user agent, or a user device, but is not limited in the embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0242] The network device involved in the embodiments of the present disclosure may be a base station, which may include multiple cells providing services to terminals. Depending on the specific application scenario, the base station may also be called an access point, or may be a device in an access network that communicates with a wireless terminal device through one or more sectors on the air interface, or may be called another name. The network device may be used to interchange received air frames with Internet Protocol (IP) packets, acting as a router between the wireless terminal device and the rest of the access network, where the rest of the access network may include an Internet Protocol (IP) communication network. The network device may also coordinate attribute management of the air interface. For example, the network device involved in the embodiments of the present disclosure may be a base transceiver station (BTS) in the Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) or code division multiple access (CDMA), a network device (NodeB) in wide-band code division multiple access (WCDMA), an evolutionary Node B (eNB or e-NodeB) in the long term evolution (LTE) system, a 5G base station (gNB) in the 5G network architecture (next generation system), a home evolved Node B (HeNB), a relay node, a femto, a pico, etc., and is not limited in the embodiments of the present disclosure. In some network structures, the network device may include a centralized unit (CU) node and a distributed unit (DU) node, and the centralized unit and the distributed unit may also be geographically separated.

[0243] Network devices and terminal devices can each use one or more antennas for Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) transmission. MIMO transmission can be single-user MIMO (SU-MIMO) or multi-user MIMO (MU-MIMO). Depending on the configuration and number of antenna combinations, MIMO transmission can be two-dimensional MIMO (2D-MIMO), three-dimensional MIMO (3D-MIMO), full-dimensional MIMO (FD-MIMO), or massive MIMO. It can also use diversity transmission, precoding, or beamforming.

[0244] Corresponding to the implementation of the terminal, as shown in FIG6 , an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an information transmission method applied to a network device, including:

[0245] Step S601: Send configuration information of a first target object to a first terminal;

[0246] The configuration information is used by the first terminal to determine the association relationship between the first target object and the second target object;

[0247] The first target object and / or the second target object includes at least one of the following: a bearer of a Uu interface, a bearer of a direct communication interface, a logical channel of a Uu interface, a logical channel of a direct communication interface, a quality of service QoS flow of a Uu interface, and a QoS flow of a direct communication interface;

[0248] The second target object and the first target object belong to the same terminal or different terminals; the number of the second target objects is one or more.

[0249] In some embodiments, the configuration information includes at least one of the following:

[0250] Business identification information;

[0251] Target object group identification information;

[0252] a second target object associated with the first target object;

[0253] The terminal identification information to which the second target object belongs.

[0254] In some embodiments, in one implementation, before sending the configuration information of the first target object to the first terminal, the method further includes at least one of the following:

[0255] receiving second auxiliary information sent by the first terminal, and determining configuration information of the first target object according to the second auxiliary information, where the second auxiliary information is used to indicate an association relationship between at least two QoS flows;

[0256] Receive third auxiliary information sent by the core network device, and determine configuration information of the first target object according to the third auxiliary information, where the third auxiliary information is used to indicate an association relationship between at least two QoS flows.

[0257] In some embodiments, the second auxiliary information and / or the third auxiliary information includes at least one of the following:

[0258] Business identification information;

[0259] Identification information of other QoS flows associated with a target QoS flow, where the target QoS flow is any one of the at least two QoS flows, and the other QoS flows are QoS flows other than the target QoS flow in the at least two QoS flows.

[0260] It should be noted that all descriptions about network devices in the above embodiments are applicable to the embodiments of the information transmission method and can achieve the same technical effects, and will not be repeated here.

[0261] As shown in FIG7 , an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an information processing device 700, which is applied to a first terminal and includes:

[0262] A first acquiring unit 701 acquires configuration information of a first target object;

[0263] A determining unit 702 is configured to determine an association relationship between the first target object and the second target object according to the configuration information;

[0264] The first target object and / or the second target object include at least one of the following: a bearer of a Uu interface, a bearer of a direct communication interface, a logical channel of a Uu interface, a logical channel of a direct communication interface, a quality of service QoS flow of a Uu interface, and a QoS flow of a direct communication interface;

[0265] The second target object and the first target object belong to the same terminal or different terminals; the number of the second target objects is one or more.

[0266] In some embodiments, the configuration information includes at least one of the following:

[0267] Business identification information;

[0268] Target object group identification information;

[0269] a second target object associated with the first target object;

[0270] The terminal identification information to which the second target object belongs.

[0271] In some embodiments, the first acquiring unit 701 is configured to implement at least one of the following:

[0272] Receiving configuration information of the first target object sent by the network device;

[0273] Configuration information of the first target object is determined according to first auxiliary information, where the first auxiliary information is used to indicate an association relationship between at least two QoS flows.

[0274] In some embodiments, before the first acquiring unit 701 receives the configuration information of the first target object sent by the network device, the apparatus further includes:

[0275] The second sending unit is configured to send second auxiliary information to the network device, where the second auxiliary information is used to indicate an association relationship between at least two QoS flows.

[0276] In some embodiments, the device further comprises at least one of the following:

[0277] A second acquiring unit, configured to acquire first auxiliary information and / or second auxiliary information from a higher layer of the first terminal;

[0278] The first receiving unit is configured to receive first auxiliary information and / or second auxiliary information sent by the second terminal through the direct communication interface.

[0279] In some embodiments, the first auxiliary information and / or the second auxiliary information includes at least one of the following:

[0280] Business identification information;

[0281] Identification information of other QoS flows associated with a target QoS flow, where the target QoS flow is any one of the at least two QoS flows, and the other QoS flows are QoS flows other than the target QoS flow in the at least two QoS flows.

[0282] In some embodiments, the at least two QoS flows belong to the same terminal or different terminals.

[0283] It should be noted that the device embodiment is a device that corresponds one-to-one to the above-mentioned method embodiment. All implementation methods in the above-mentioned method embodiment are applicable to the device embodiment and can achieve the same technical effects.

[0284] It should be noted that the division of units in the embodiments of the present disclosure is schematic and is merely a logical functional division. In actual implementation, other division methods may be used. Furthermore, the functional units in the various embodiments of the present disclosure may be integrated into a single processing unit, or each unit may exist physically separately, or two or more units may be integrated into a single unit. The aforementioned integrated units may be implemented in the form of hardware or software functional units.

[0285] If the integrated unit is implemented in the form of a software functional unit and sold or used as an independent product, it can be stored in a processor-readable storage medium. Based on this understanding, the technical solution of the present disclosure is essentially or the part that contributes to the relevant technology or all or part of the technical solution can be embodied in the form of a software product, and the computer software product is stored in a storage medium, including a number of instructions for enabling a computer device (which can be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) or a processor to execute all or part of the steps of the method described in each embodiment of the present disclosure. The aforementioned storage medium includes: various media that can store program codes, such as a USB flash drive, a mobile hard disk, a read-only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), a magnetic disk or an optical disk.

[0286] As shown in FIG8 , an embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a terminal, which is a first terminal and includes a processor 800, a transceiver 810, a memory 820, and a program stored in the memory 820 and executable on the processor 800. The transceiver 810 is connected to the processor 800 and the memory 820 via a bus interface. The processor 800 is configured to read the program in the memory and execute the following process:

[0287] Obtain configuration information of the first target object;

[0288] determining an association relationship between the first target object and the second target object according to the configuration information;

[0289] The first target object and / or the second target object include at least one of the following: a bearer of a Uu interface, a bearer of a direct communication interface, a logical channel of a Uu interface, a logical channel of a direct communication interface, a quality of service QoS flow of a Uu interface, and a QoS flow of a direct communication interface;

[0290] The second target object and the first target object belong to the same terminal or different terminals; the number of the second target objects is one or more.

[0291] The transceiver 810 is configured to receive and send data under the control of the processor 800 .

[0292] In FIG8 , the bus architecture may include any number of interconnected buses and bridges, specifically various circuits connected together by one or more processors represented by processor 800 and memory represented by memory 820. The bus architecture may also connect various other circuits such as peripheral devices, voltage regulators, and power management circuits, which are well known in the art and are therefore not further described herein. The bus interface provides an interface. The transceiver 810 may be a plurality of components, including a transmitter and a receiver, providing a unit for communicating with various other devices on a transmission medium, such as a wireless channel, a wired channel, an optical cable, and the like. For different user devices, the user interface 830 may also be an interface capable of connecting external or internal devices as required, and the connected devices include but are not limited to a keypad, a display, a speaker, a microphone, a joystick, and the like.

[0293] The processor 800 is responsible for managing the bus architecture and general processing, and the memory 820 can store data used by the processor 800 when performing operations.

[0294] In some embodiments, the processor 800 may be a central processing unit (CPU), an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a field programmable gate array (FPGA), or a complex programmable logic device (CPLD). The processor may also adopt a multi-core architecture.

[0295] The processor calls the computer program stored in the memory to execute any of the methods provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure according to the obtained executable instructions. The processor and the memory can also be arranged physically separately.

[0296] In some embodiments, the configuration information includes at least one of the following:

[0297] Business identification information;

[0298] Target object group identification information;

[0299] a second target object associated with the first target object;

[0300] The terminal identification information to which the second target object belongs.

[0301] In some embodiments, the processor is configured to read the computer program in the memory and perform at least one of the following operations:

[0302] Receiving configuration information of the first target object sent by the network device;

[0303] Configuration information of the first target object is determined according to first auxiliary information, where the first auxiliary information is used to indicate an association relationship between at least two QoS flows.

[0304] In some embodiments, the processor, configured to read the computer program in the memory, further performs the following operations:

[0305] Second auxiliary information is sent to the network device, where the second auxiliary information is used to indicate an association relationship between at least two QoS flows.

[0306] In some embodiments, the processor, configured to read the computer program in the memory, further performs at least one of the following operations:

[0307] Acquire first auxiliary information and / or second auxiliary information from a higher layer of the first terminal;

[0308] The first auxiliary information and / or the second auxiliary information sent by the second terminal through the direct communication interface is received.

[0309] In some embodiments, the first auxiliary information and / or the second auxiliary information includes at least one of the following:

[0310] Business identification information;

[0311] Identification information of other QoS flows associated with a target QoS flow, where the target QoS flow is any one of the at least two QoS flows, and the other QoS flows are QoS flows other than the target QoS flow in the at least two QoS flows.

[0312] In some embodiments, the at least two QoS flows belong to the same terminal or different terminals.

[0313] At least one embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a terminal, which is a first terminal, including a memory, a processor, and a computer program stored on the memory and executable on the processor. When the processor executes the program, each process in the embodiment of the information processing method applied to the first terminal is implemented, and the same technical effect can be achieved. To avoid repetition, it will not be described here.

[0314] At least one embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a computer-readable storage medium having a computer program stored thereon. When the program is executed by a processor, the program implements the various processes in the embodiment of the information processing method applied to the first terminal as described above, and can achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, the details are not described here. The computer-readable storage medium is, for example, a read-only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), a magnetic disk, or an optical disk.

[0315] As shown in FIG9 , an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an information transmission apparatus 900 , which is applied to a network device and includes:

[0316] The first sending unit 901 is configured to send configuration information of a first target object to a first terminal;

[0317] The configuration information is used by the first terminal to determine the association relationship between the first target object and the second target object;

[0318] The first target object and / or the second target object includes at least one of the following: a bearer of a Uu interface, a bearer of a direct communication interface, a logical channel of a Uu interface, a logical channel of a direct communication interface, a quality of service QoS flow of a Uu interface, and a QoS flow of a direct communication interface;

[0319] The second target object and the first target object belong to the same terminal or different terminals; the number of the second target objects is one or more.

[0320] In some embodiments, the configuration information includes at least one of the following:

[0321] Business identification information;

[0322] Target object group identification information;

[0323] a second target object associated with the first target object;

[0324] The terminal identification information to which the second target object belongs.

[0325] In some embodiments, before the first sending unit 901 sends the configuration information of the first target object to the first terminal, the apparatus further includes at least one of the following:

[0326] a second receiving unit, configured to receive second auxiliary information sent by the first terminal, and determine configuration information of the first target object according to the second auxiliary information, where the second auxiliary information is used to indicate an association relationship between at least two QoS flows;

[0327] The third receiving unit is configured to receive third auxiliary information sent by the core network device, and determine configuration information of the first target object according to the third auxiliary information, where the third auxiliary information is used to indicate an association relationship between at least two QoS flows.

[0328] In some embodiments, the second auxiliary information and / or the third auxiliary information includes at least one of the following:

[0329] Business identification information;

[0330] Identification information of other QoS flows associated with a target QoS flow, where the target QoS flow is any one of the at least two QoS flows, and the other QoS flows are QoS flows other than the target QoS flow in the at least two QoS flows.

[0331] It should be noted that the device embodiment is a device that corresponds one-to-one to the above-mentioned method embodiment. All implementation methods in the above-mentioned method embodiment are applicable to the device embodiment and can achieve the same technical effects.

[0332] It should be noted that the division of units in the embodiments of the present disclosure is schematic and is merely a logical functional division. In actual implementation, other division methods may be used. Furthermore, the functional units in the various embodiments of the present disclosure may be integrated into a single processing unit, or each unit may exist physically separately, or two or more units may be integrated into a single unit. The aforementioned integrated units may be implemented in the form of hardware or software functional units.

[0333] If the integrated unit is implemented in the form of a software functional unit and sold or used as an independent product, it can be stored in a processor-readable storage medium. Based on this understanding, the technical solution of the present disclosure is essentially or the part that contributes to the relevant technology or all or part of the technical solution can be embodied in the form of a software product, and the computer software product is stored in a storage medium, including a number of instructions for enabling a computer device (which can be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) or a processor to execute all or part of the steps of the method described in each embodiment of the present disclosure. The aforementioned storage medium includes: various media that can store program codes, such as a USB flash drive, a mobile hard disk, a read-only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), a magnetic disk or an optical disk.

[0334] As shown in FIG10 , an embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a network device, including a processor 1000, a transceiver 1010, a memory 1020, and a program stored in the memory 1020 and executable on the processor 1000. The transceiver 1010 is connected to the processor 1000 and the memory 1020 via a bus interface. The processor 1000 is configured to read the program in the memory and execute the following process:

[0335] Sending configuration information of the first target object to the first terminal through the transceiver 1010;

[0336] The configuration information is used by the first terminal to determine the association relationship between the first target object and the second target object;

[0337] The first target object and / or the second target object includes at least one of the following: a bearer of a Uu interface, a bearer of a direct communication interface, a logical channel of a Uu interface, a logical channel of a direct communication interface, a quality of service QoS flow of a Uu interface, and a QoS flow of a direct communication interface;

[0338] The second target object and the first target object belong to the same terminal or different terminals; the number of the second target objects is one or more.

[0339] The transceiver 1010 is configured to receive and send data under the control of the processor 1000 .

[0340] In FIG10 , the bus architecture may include any number of interconnected buses and bridges, specifically linking together various circuits of one or more processors represented by processor 1000 and memory represented by memory 1020. The bus architecture may also link together various other circuits such as peripheral devices, voltage regulators, and power management circuits, which are well known in the art and are therefore not further described herein. The bus interface provides an interface. The transceiver 1010 may be a plurality of components, namely, a transmitter and a receiver, providing a unit for communicating with various other devices over a transmission medium, such as a wireless channel, a wired channel, an optical cable, or the like.

[0341] The processor 1000 is responsible for managing the bus architecture and general processing, and the memory 1020 can store data used by the processor 1000 when performing operations.

[0342] In some embodiments, the processor 1000 may be a central processing unit (CPU), an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a field programmable gate array (FPGA), or a complex programmable logic device (CPLD). The processor may also adopt a multi-core architecture.

[0343] The processor calls the computer program stored in the memory to execute any of the methods provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure according to the obtained executable instructions. The processor and the memory can also be arranged physically separately.

[0344] In some embodiments, the configuration information includes at least one of the following:

[0345] Business identification information;

[0346] Target object group identification information;

[0347] a second target object associated with the first target object;

[0348] The terminal identification information to which the second target object belongs.

[0349] In some embodiments, the processor, configured to read the computer program in the memory, further performs at least one of the following operations:

[0350] receiving second auxiliary information sent by the first terminal, and determining configuration information of the first target object according to the second auxiliary information, where the second auxiliary information is used to indicate an association relationship between at least two QoS flows;

[0351] Receive third auxiliary information sent by the core network device, and determine configuration information of the first target object according to the third auxiliary information, where the third auxiliary information is used to indicate an association relationship between at least two QoS flows.

[0352] In some embodiments, the second auxiliary information and / or the third auxiliary information includes at least one of the following:

[0353] Business identification information;

[0354] Identification information of other QoS flows associated with a target QoS flow, where the target QoS flow is any one of the at least two QoS flows, and the other QoS flows are QoS flows other than the target QoS flow in the at least two QoS flows.

[0355] It should be noted here that the above-mentioned network device provided in the embodiment of the present disclosure can implement all the method steps implemented in the above-mentioned method embodiment and can achieve the same technical effect. The parts and beneficial effects of this embodiment that are the same as those in the method embodiment will not be described in detail here.

[0356] The present disclosure also provides a computer-readable storage medium having a computer program stored thereon, wherein when the computer program is executed by a processor, the steps of the information transmission method applied to a network device are implemented. The processor-readable storage medium can be any available medium or data storage device that the processor can access, including but not limited to magnetic storage (such as a floppy disk, a hard disk, a magnetic tape, a magneto-optical disk (MO), etc.), optical storage (such as a compact disk (CD), a digital video disc (DVD), a Blu-ray Disc (BD), a high-definition versatile disc (HVD), etc.), and semiconductor memory (such as read-only memory (ROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), non-volatile memory (NAND FLASH), solid-state disk (SSD), etc.).

[0357] Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the embodiments of the present disclosure may be provided as methods, systems, or computer program products. Therefore, the present disclosure may take the form of a complete hardware embodiment, a complete software embodiment, or an embodiment combining software and hardware. Furthermore, the present disclosure may take the form of a computer program product implemented on one or more computer-usable storage media (including but not limited to magnetic disk storage and optical storage, etc.) containing computer-usable program code.

[0358] The present disclosure is described with reference to the flowcharts and / or block diagrams of the methods, devices (systems), and computer program products according to the embodiments of the present disclosure. It should be understood that each process and / or box in the flowchart and / or block diagram, as well as the combination of the processes and / or boxes in the flowchart and / or block diagram, can be implemented by computer-executable instructions. These computer-executable instructions can be provided to a processor of a general-purpose computer, a special-purpose computer, an embedded processor, or other programmable data processing device to produce a machine, so that the instructions executed by the processor of the computer or other programmable data processing device produce a device for implementing the functions specified in one or more processes in the flowchart and / or one or more boxes in the block diagram.

[0359] These processor-executable instructions may also be stored in a processor-readable memory that can direct a computer or other programmable data processing device to operate in a specific manner, so that the instructions stored in the processor-readable memory produce a product including an instruction device that implements the functions specified in one or more processes in the flowchart and / or one or more boxes in the block diagram.

[0360] These processor-executable instructions may also be loaded onto a computer or other programmable data processing device so that a series of operational steps are executed on the computer or other programmable device to produce a computer-implemented process, whereby the instructions executed on the computer or other programmable device provide steps for implementing the functions specified in one or more processes in the flowchart and / or one or more boxes in the block diagram.

[0361] It should be noted that it should be understood that the division of the above modules is merely a division of logical functions. In actual implementation, they can be fully or partially integrated into one physical entity, or they can be physically separated. Moreover, these modules can all be implemented in the form of software called by a processing element; or they can all be implemented in the form of hardware; or some modules can be implemented in the form of software called by a processing element, and some modules can be implemented in the form of hardware. For example, the determination module can be a separately established processing element, or it can be integrated into a chip of the above-mentioned device. In addition, it can also be stored in the memory of the above-mentioned device in the form of program code, and called by a processing element of the above-mentioned device to perform the functions of the above-mentioned determination module. The implementation of other modules is similar. In addition, these modules can all or partly be integrated together, or they can be implemented independently. The processing element described here can be an integrated circuit with signal processing capabilities. In the implementation process, each step of the above method or each of the above modules can be completed by the hardware integrated logic circuit in the processor element or by instructions in the form of software.

[0362] For example, each module, unit, sub-unit or sub-module may be one or more integrated circuits configured to implement the above method, such as one or more application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), one or more digital signal processors (DSPs), or one or more field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). For another example, when a module is implemented by scheduling program code through a processing element, the processing element may be a general-purpose processor, such as a central processing unit (CPU) or other processor that can call program code. For another example, these modules may be integrated together and implemented in the form of a system-on-a-chip (SOC).

[0363] The terms "first," "second," and the like in the specification and claims of the present disclosure are used to distinguish similar objects and are not necessarily used to describe a specific order or precedence. It should be understood that the terms used in this manner are interchangeable where appropriate, so that the embodiments of the present disclosure described herein may be implemented in a sequence other than that illustrated or described herein. In addition, the terms "including" and "having," and any variations thereof, are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusions. For example, a process, method, system, product, or device that includes a series of steps or units need not be limited to those steps or units explicitly listed, but may include other steps or units that are not explicitly listed or that are inherent to these processes, methods, products, or devices. In addition, the use of "and / or" in the specification and claims to indicate at least one of the connected objects, for example, A and / or B and / or C, means that seven situations are included: A alone, B alone, C alone, both A and B present, both B and C present, both A and C present, and all A, B, and C present. Similarly, the use of "at least one of A and B" in the specification and claims should be understood to mean "A alone, B alone, or both A and B present."

[0364] Obviously, those skilled in the art may make various changes and modifications to the present disclosure without departing from the spirit and scope of the present disclosure. Thus, if these modifications and variations of the present disclosure fall within the scope of the claims of the present disclosure and their equivalents, the present disclosure is intended to include these modifications and variations.

Claims

1. An information processing method, executed by a first terminal, comprising: Obtaining configuration information of the first target object; Determine an association relationship between the first target object and the second target object according to the configuration information; The first target object and / or the second target object includes at least one of the following: a bearer of a Uu interface, a bearer of a direct communication interface, a logical channel of a Uu interface, a logical channel of a direct communication interface, a quality of service QoS flow of a Uu interface, and a QoS flow of a direct communication interface; The second target object and the first target object belong to the same terminal or different terminals; the number of the second target objects is one or more.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein: The configuration information includes at least one of the following: Business identification information; Target object group identification information; a second target object associated with the first target object; The terminal identification information to which the second target object belongs.

3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein: The acquiring of the configuration information of the first target object includes at least one of the following: Receiving configuration information of the first target object sent by a network device; Configuration information of the first target object is determined according to first auxiliary information, where the first auxiliary information is used to indicate an association relationship between at least two QoS flows.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein: Before receiving the configuration information of the first target object sent by the network device, the method further includes: Second auxiliary information is sent to the network device, where the second auxiliary information is used to indicate an association relationship between at least two QoS flows.

5. The method according to claim 3 or 4, further comprising at least one of the following: Acquire the first auxiliary information and / or the second auxiliary information from a high layer of the first terminal; The first auxiliary information and / or the second auxiliary information sent by the second terminal through the direct communication interface is received.

6. The method according to claim 3 or 4, wherein: The first auxiliary information and / or the second auxiliary information includes at least one of the following: Business identification information; Identification information of other QoS flows associated with a target QoS flow, wherein the target QoS flow is any one of the at least two QoS flows, and the other QoS flows are QoS flows of the at least two QoS flows except the target QoS flow.

7. The method according to claim 3 or 4, wherein: The at least two QoS flows belong to the same terminal or different terminals.

8. An information transmission method, performed by a network device, comprising: Sending configuration information of the first target object to the first terminal; The configuration information is used by the first terminal to determine the association relationship between the first target object and the second target object; The first target object and / or the second target object includes at least one of the following: a bearer of a Uu interface, a bearer of a direct communication interface, a logical channel of a Uu interface, a logical channel of a direct communication interface, a quality of service QoS flow of a Uu interface, a QoS flow of a direct communication interface; The second target object and the first target object belong to the same terminal or different terminals; the number of the second target objects is one or more.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein: The configuration information includes at least one of the following: Business identification information; Target object group identification information; a second target object associated with the first target object; The terminal identification information to which the second target object belongs.

10. The method according to claim 8 or 9, wherein: Before sending the configuration information of the first target object to the first terminal, the method further includes at least one of the following: receiving second auxiliary information sent by the first terminal, and determining configuration information of the first target object according to the second auxiliary information, where the second auxiliary information is used to indicate an association relationship between at least two QoS flows; Receive third auxiliary information sent by the core network device, and determine configuration information of the first target object according to the third auxiliary information, wherein the third auxiliary information is used to indicate an association relationship between at least two QoS flows.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein: The second auxiliary information and / or the third auxiliary information includes at least one of the following: Business identification information; Identification information of other QoS flows associated with a target QoS flow, wherein the target QoS flow is any one of the at least two QoS flows, and the other QoS flows are QoS flows of the at least two QoS flows except the target QoS flow.

12. A terminal, the terminal being a first terminal, comprising a memory, a transceiver, and a processor: A memory for storing a computer program; a transceiver for transmitting and receiving data under the control of the processor; and a processor for reading the computer program in the memory and performing the following operations: Obtaining configuration information of the first target object; Determine an association relationship between the first target object and the second target object according to the configuration information; in, The first target object and / or the second target object includes at least one of the following: a bearer of a Uu interface, a bearer of a direct communication interface, a logical channel of a Uu interface, a logical channel of a direct communication interface, a quality of service QoS flow of a Uu interface, a QoS flow of a direct communication interface; The second target object and the first target object belong to the same terminal or different terminals; the number of the second target objects is one or more.

13. The terminal according to claim 12, wherein: The configuration information includes at least one of the following: Business identification information; Target object group identification information; a second target object associated with the first target object; The terminal identification information to which the second target object belongs.

14. The terminal according to claim 12 or 13, wherein: The processor is configured to read the computer program in the memory and perform at least one of the following operations: Receiving configuration information of the first target object sent by a network device; Configuration information of the first target object is determined according to first auxiliary information, where the first auxiliary information is used to indicate an association relationship between at least two QoS flows.

15. The terminal according to claim 14, wherein: The processor is configured to read the computer program in the memory and further perform the following operations: Second auxiliary information is sent to the network device, where the second auxiliary information is used to indicate an association relationship between at least two QoS flows.

16. The terminal according to claim 14 or 15, wherein: The processor is configured to read the computer program in the memory and further perform at least one of the following operations: Acquire the first auxiliary information and / or the second auxiliary information from a high layer of the first terminal; The first auxiliary information and / or the second auxiliary information sent by the second terminal through the direct communication interface is received.

17. The terminal according to claim 14 or 15, wherein: The first auxiliary information and / or the second auxiliary information includes at least one of the following: Business identification information; Identification information of other QoS flows associated with a target QoS flow, wherein the target QoS flow is any one of the at least two QoS flows, and the other QoS flows are QoS flows of the at least two QoS flows except the target QoS flow.

18. The terminal according to claim 14 or 15, wherein: The at least two QoS flows belong to the same terminal or different terminals.

19. A network device comprising a memory, a transceiver, and a processor: A memory for storing a computer program; a transceiver for transmitting and receiving data under the control of the processor; and a processor for reading the computer program in the memory and performing the following operations: Sending configuration information of the first target object to the first terminal through the transceiver; in, The configuration information is used by the first terminal to determine the association relationship between the first target object and the second target object; The first target object and / or the second target object includes at least one of the following: a bearer of a Uu interface, a bearer of a direct communication interface, a logical channel of a Uu interface, a logical channel of a direct communication interface, a quality of service QoS flow of a Uu interface, a QoS flow of a direct communication interface; The second target object and the first target object belong to the same terminal or different terminals; the number of the second target objects is one or more.

20. The network device according to claim 19, wherein: The configuration information includes at least one of the following: Business identification information; Target object group identification information; a second target object associated with the first target object; The terminal identification information to which the second target object belongs.

21. The network device according to claim 19 or 20, wherein: The processor is configured to read the computer program in the memory and further perform at least one of the following operations: receiving second auxiliary information sent by the first terminal, and determining a first configuration information of a target object, wherein the second auxiliary information is used to indicate an association relationship between at least two QoS flows; Receive third auxiliary information sent by the core network device, and determine configuration information of the first target object according to the third auxiliary information, wherein the third auxiliary information is used to indicate an association relationship between at least two QoS flows.

22. The network device according to claim 21, wherein: The second auxiliary information and / or the third auxiliary information includes at least one of the following: Business identification information; Identification information of other QoS flows associated with a target QoS flow, wherein the target QoS flow is any one of the at least two QoS flows, and the other QoS flows are QoS flows of the at least two QoS flows except the target QoS flow.

23. An information processing device, applied to a first terminal, comprising: A first acquisition unit, used to acquire configuration information of a first target object; a determining unit, configured to determine an association relationship between the first target object and the second target object according to the configuration information; The first target object and / or the second target object includes at least one of the following: a bearer of a Uu interface, a bearer of a direct communication interface, a logical channel of a Uu interface, a logical channel of a direct communication interface, a quality of service QoS flow of a Uu interface, and a QoS flow of a direct communication interface; The second target object and the first target object belong to the same terminal or different terminals; the number of the second target objects is one or more.

24. The device according to claim 23, wherein: The configuration information includes at least one of the following: Business identification information; Target object group identification information; a second target object associated with the first target object; The terminal identification information to which the second target object belongs.

25. The device according to claim 23 or 24, wherein: The first acquisition unit is configured to implement at least one of the following: Receiving configuration information of the first target object sent by a network device; Configuration information of the first target object is determined according to first auxiliary information, where the first auxiliary information is used to indicate an association relationship between at least two QoS flows.

26. The device according to claim 25, wherein Before the first acquiring unit receives the configuration information of the first target object sent by the network device, the apparatus further includes: The second sending unit is used to send second auxiliary information to the network device, where the second auxiliary information is used to indicate the association relationship between at least two QoS flows.

27. The device according to claim 25 or 26, further comprising at least one of the following: A second acquiring unit, configured to acquire first auxiliary information and / or second auxiliary information from a high layer of the first terminal; The first receiving unit is configured to receive first auxiliary information and / or second auxiliary information sent by the second terminal through the direct communication interface.

28. The device according to claim 25 or 26, wherein: The first auxiliary information and / or the second auxiliary information includes at least one of the following: Business identification information; Identification information of other QoS flows associated with a target QoS flow, wherein the target QoS flow is any one of the at least two QoS flows, and the other QoS flows are QoS flows of the at least two QoS flows except the target QoS flow.

29. The device according to claim 25 or 26, wherein: The at least two QoS flows belong to the same terminal or different terminals.

30. An information transmission device, applied to a network device, comprising: A first sending unit, configured to send configuration information of a first target object to a first terminal; The configuration information is used by the first terminal to determine the association relationship between the first target object and the second target object; The first target object and / or the second target object includes at least one of the following: a bearer of a Uu interface, a bearer of a direct communication interface, a logical channel of a Uu interface, a logical channel of a direct communication interface, a quality of service QoS flow of a Uu interface, a QoS flow of a direct communication interface; The second target object and the first target object belong to the same terminal or different terminals; the number of the second target objects is one or more.

31. The device according to claim 30, wherein The configuration information includes at least one of the following: Business identification information; Target object group identification information; a second target object associated with the first target object; The terminal identification information to which the second target object belongs.

32. The device according to claim 30 or 31, wherein: Before the first sending unit sends the configuration information of the first target object to the first terminal, the device further includes at least one of the following: a second receiving unit, configured to receive second auxiliary information sent by the first terminal, and determine configuration information of the first target object according to the second auxiliary information, wherein the second auxiliary information is used to indicate an association relationship between at least two QoS flows; The third receiving unit is used to receive third auxiliary information sent by the core network device, and determine the configuration information of the first target object according to the third auxiliary information, wherein the third auxiliary information is used to indicate the association relationship between at least two QoS flows.

33. The device according to claim 32, wherein: The second auxiliary information and / or the third auxiliary information includes at least one of the following: Business identification information; Identification information of other QoS flows associated with a target QoS flow, wherein the target QoS flow is any one of the at least two QoS flows, and the other QoS flows are QoS flows of the at least two QoS flows except the target QoS flow.

34. A processor-readable storage medium storing a computer program, wherein the computer program is configured to cause a processor to execute the method according to any one of claims 1 to 11.

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