WO2024093628A1 - 通信方法和通信装置 - Google Patents
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- the present application relates to the field of communications, and more specifically, to a method and device for updating a mobile path.
- Uncrewed aerial vehicles may fly along fixed paths when performing corresponding tasks, such as power network inspections.
- UAVs generally report the availability of current flight path information to the radio access network (RAN) in the RRC establishment complete message, RRC reestablishment complete message, RRC recovery complete message, and RRC reconfiguration complete message in RAN handover scenarios when establishing radio resource control (RRC), reestablishing RRC, reconfiguring RRC, or restoring RRC with the RAN.
- RRC radio resource control
- the flight path of the UAV changes or is updated during flight, the information that the flight path has changed or been updated cannot be reported to the RAN in a timely manner, which may lead to RAN's decision-making errors.
- An embodiment of the present application provides a communication method, in which a terminal device can timely report an updated mobile path, which helps to configure the network in a timely and accurate manner.
- a communication method which can be executed by a terminal device, or by a component of the terminal device (such as a processor, a chip, or a chip system), or by a logic module or software that can implement all or part of the functions of the terminal device.
- the method includes: the terminal device moves within a first time period according to a first moving path.
- the terminal device sends first information to a first access network device, the first information is used to indicate a second moving path, and the second moving path is used to adjust the configuration of the network.
- One implementation is: the terminal device moves along a first moving path within a first time period.
- the terminal device sends first information to the first access network device, where the first information is used to indicate a second moving path, where the second moving path is the moving path of the terminal device after the moving path is updated.
- the first information may be carried in a terminal equipment information response message (UEInfomationResponse).
- UEInfomationResponse terminal equipment information response message
- the first information may also be a flight path report.
- the second mobile path is used to adjust the network configuration, which can be: monitoring multiple terminal devices according to the second mobile path of the terminal device to prevent collisions between terminal devices, or adjusting the beam direction of the base station according to the second mobile path of the terminal device, etc.
- the present application does not limit the network configuration that needs to be adjusted, and the network configuration made using the second mobile path of the present application is within the protection scope of the present application.
- the terminal device can report the updated mobile path in a timely manner, which helps to configure the network in a timely and accurate manner.
- the method before the terminal device sends the first information to the first access network device, the method also includes: the terminal device sends second information to the first access network device, and the second information is used to indicate that the first moving path is updated.
- the above-mentioned second information can be carried in a terminal equipment assistance message (UEAssistantInfomation) or a terminal equipment information response message (UEInformationResponse).
- UEAssistantInfomation a terminal equipment assistance message
- UEInformationResponse a terminal equipment information response message
- the terminal device may also indicate to the first access network device the moving path to be executed next, for example, continue Execute the first moving path before the moving path is updated.
- the terminal device may also indicate to the first access network device that the flight mission of the terminal device is cancelled.
- the terminal device can promptly report the indication information of the mobile path change (ie, the above second information) to prevent the first access network device from misjudging the network configuration.
- the method further includes: the terminal device receives third information sent by the first access network device, and the third information is used to indicate that the terminal device is allowed to report the second information.
- the third information mentioned above may be carried in other configuration messages (otherConfig).
- the second information may be reported spontaneously by the terminal device to the access network device after the mobile path is updated, or may be reported based on a request from the access network device, and this application does not impose any limitation on this.
- the first access network device may request the terminal device to report the second information when there is a service demand related to network configuration, or the first access network device may periodically request the terminal device to report the second information, which is not limited in the present application.
- the access network device can request the terminal device to report the indication information of the mobile path update when needed, thereby avoiding the access network device receiving the information when it does not need the terminal device to report the indication information of the mobile path update, thereby saving signaling overhead.
- the terminal device sending the first information to the first access network device includes: the terminal device receiving fourth information of the first access network device, the fourth information being used to request the terminal device to send the first information.
- the terminal device determines the first information according to the fourth information.
- the terminal device sends the first information to the first access network device.
- the fourth information mentioned above can be carried in other configuration messages (otherConfig) or terminal equipment information request messages (UEInformationRequest).
- otherConfig other configuration messages
- UEInformationRequest terminal equipment information request messages
- the above-mentioned first information can be spontaneously reported by the terminal device to the access network device after the mobile path is updated, or it can be reported based on the request of the access network device, and this application does not limit this.
- the first access network device may request the terminal device to report the first information when there is a service demand related to network configuration, or the first access network device may periodically request the terminal device to report the first information, which is not limited in the present application.
- the method further includes: the terminal device receives sixth information from a second access network device, the sixth information being used to request the first information, the second access network device being an access network device after the access network device switching occurs in the terminal device.
- the terminal device sends the first information to the second access network device according to the sixth information.
- the sixth information may be carried by the second access network device in a switching request confirmation message and sent to the first access network device, and carried by the first access network device in an RRC reconfiguration message and sent to the terminal device.
- the above first information can also be sent to the above second access network device based on the request of the above second access network device.
- the first information is used to indicate the second moving path and specifically includes: the first information includes N bits, the second moving path includes P waypoints, P bits out of the N bits correspond one-to-one to the P waypoints, and the first information can indicate the second moving path through the N bits.
- the first moving path includes M waypoints, each of the M waypoints corresponds to a bit
- the method further includes: the terminal device determines at least one bit based on the P waypoints and the M waypoints, and at least one waypoint corresponding to the at least one bit changes; the terminal device sets the at least one bit to a first value, and sets the bits among the N bits except the at least one bit to a second value.
- the first value may be 1, and the second value may be 0, which is not limited in the present application.
- the terminal device can report the waypoints of the updated second moving path that are different from the first moving path before the update to the first access network device, so that the first access network device can obtain the second moving path and reduce signaling overhead.
- the terminal device determines at least one waypoint among the P waypoints that has changed compared to the M waypoints; the terminal device sets at least one bit among the P bits corresponding to the at least one waypoint to a first value, and sets the bits among the N bits except the at least one bit to a second value.
- the method further includes: the terminal device sets the bit corresponding to the first waypoint to the bit corresponding to the Mth waypoint in the first moving path to the first value, and sets the bit of the N bits except the bit corresponding to the first waypoint to the bit corresponding to the Mth waypoint in the first moving path to the second value.
- the above-mentioned method also includes: the terminal device sets the bit corresponding to the second waypoint to the bit corresponding to the Pth waypoint in the above-mentioned second moving path to the first value, and sets the bit positions among the above-mentioned N bits except the bit position corresponding to the second waypoint to the bit position corresponding to the Pth waypoint in the above-mentioned second moving path to the second value.
- the change of the at least one waypoint includes at least one of the following: the waypoint position of the at least one waypoint is changed, the time for the terminal device to arrive at the at least one waypoint is changed, the order of the at least one waypoint is changed, the at least one waypoint corresponding to the at least one bit position is deleted in the second moving path, the at least one waypoint corresponding to the at least one bit position is added in the second moving path, etc.
- the value of N may be the maximum number of waypoints that the first moving path or the second moving path can include, and the value of N is a fixed value.
- the value of N when P is equal to M or P is less than M, the value of N may be M, and the value of N is determined by the value of M and is variable; when P is greater than M, the value of N may be P, and the value of N is determined by the value of P and is also variable.
- the first information further includes an index of one or more waypoints corresponding to bits set to the first value, and the index is used to query information of the one or more waypoints in the first moving path.
- Each bit set to the first value corresponds to the index of the waypoint or the information of the waypoint.
- the terminal device when the bit corresponding to a waypoint indication of the updated second moving path changes compared to the first moving path before the update, but the waypoint information of the waypoint has not changed, the terminal device does not need to re-report the waypoint information of the waypoint, which can save signaling overhead.
- the fourth information or the sixth information is further used to request the terminal device to report a portion of the second moving path that is different from the first moving path.
- the updated second moving path can also be indicated to the access network device, and resource occupation can also be reduced.
- the first moving path or the second moving path includes at least one waypoint, and the waypoint is used to indicate a moving position of the terminal device on the first moving path or the second moving path, and the fourth information or the sixth information includes at least one of the following information of the second moving path:
- Starting point end point
- number of waypoints distribution of waypoints, interval between waypoints, acceleration or deceleration of waypoints, circling time of waypoints, circling speed of waypoints, average speed between starting point and end point, distance between starting point and end point, number of waypoints corresponding to different distances between starting point and end point, average speed between two adjacent waypoints, distance between two adjacent waypoints, etc.
- the number of waypoints corresponding to the distances between the different starting and end points may be: when the distance between the starting and end points is 1 kilometer, the second moving path includes at least two waypoints; when the distance between the starting and end points is 2 kilometers, the second moving path includes at least three waypoints, etc.
- This application does not limit the specific corresponding values.
- the terminal device By carrying the above information, the terminal device indicates the above second moving path or the above first moving path based on the above required information, so that the above second moving path or the above first moving path reported by the terminal device can be more easily and accurately identified by the access network device.
- the first information is further used to indicate whether the second moving path is estimated or accurate.
- the first information may also indicate an estimated waypoint among at least one waypoint included in the second movement path and/or an accurate waypoint among at least one waypoint.
- the second moving path generated by the terminal device based on the fourth information or the sixth information may not be unique, so the terminal device may estimate a part of it; the second moving path generated by the terminal device based on the fourth information or the sixth information may also be unique, so the terminal device indicates to the access network device that the second moving path is an estimate or an accurate information, which is beneficial to the configuration of the network.
- the second information is further used to indicate an average speed of the terminal device moving between the starting point and the end point of the second moving path, or the second information is further used to indicate a distance moved by the terminal device between the starting point and the end point of the second moving path, or the second information is further used to indicate an average speed of the terminal device moving between two adjacent waypoints of the second moving path, or the second information is further used to indicate a distance moved by the terminal device between the starting point and the end point of the second moving path. The distance between two adjacent waypoints on the moving path.
- the second information may further indicate an emergency landing point among at least one waypoint included in the second flight path.
- the access network device can be assisted to further determine whether the terminal device moves along a straight line, a curve or other manners.
- the second information includes at least one of the following information:
- the number of waypoints updated, the waypoints updated, the proportion of waypoints updated the number of waypoints where the time for the terminal device to arrive at the waypoints has changed, the waypoints where the time for the terminal device to arrive at the waypoints has changed, the proportion of waypoints where the time for the terminal device to arrive at the waypoints has changed, the maximum position deviation of the terminal device arriving at the waypoint, and the maximum time deviation of the terminal device arriving at the waypoint.
- the number of waypoints that are updated is the number of waypoints that the terminal device indicates to the first access network device will change;
- the updated waypoints are the waypoints that the terminal device indicates to the first access network device which will change;
- the proportion of waypoints that are changed is the proportion of waypoints that the terminal device indicates to the first access network device will change, and the proportion of waypoints that are changed may be the proportion of the number of waypoints that are changed by the terminal device to the total number of waypoints on the first moving path of the terminal device, or the proportion of waypoints that are changed may also be the proportion of the number of waypoints that are changed by the terminal device to the number of remaining waypoints during the movement of the terminal device;
- the number of waypoints whose arrival time at the terminal device is changed is the number of waypoints that the terminal device indicates to the first access network device The arrival time of the terminal device at the waypoint will change;
- the waypoints whose arrival time of the terminal device changes are the waypoints indicated by the terminal
- the first access network device can more accurately determine whether to instruct the terminal device to update the mobile path based on the information provided by the terminal device, which can reduce the number of useless mobile path updates triggered by the first access network device.
- the second information further includes at least one of the following information:
- the speed, altitude or position of the terminal device when sending the second information is the speed, altitude or position of the terminal device when sending the second information.
- the first access network device can configure corresponding threshold information based on information such as speed, height or position of the terminal device provided by the terminal device, so that the terminal device can more accurately determine whether it needs to report the updated moving path.
- the method further includes: the terminal device receives seventh information from the first access network device, where the seventh information includes at least one of the following information:
- the first access network device limits the conditions for the terminal device to report the mobile path update by sending the seventh information to the terminal device.
- the terminal device triggers the mobile path update only when it determines that the mobile path to be updated meets the seventh information, which reduces the frequency of the terminal device updating the mobile path and saves air interface resources.
- the method further includes: the terminal device sends the first moving path, and the seventh information is received after the terminal device sends the first moving path.
- a communication method which can be executed by a first access network device, or by a component of the first access network device (such as a processor, a chip, or a chip system), or by a logic module or software that can implement all or part of the functions of the first access network device.
- the method includes: the first access network device adjusts the configuration of the network according to the first moving path of the terminal device.
- the first access network device receives first information sent by the terminal device, and the first information is used to indicate a second moving path.
- the first access network device adjusts the configuration of the network according to the second moving path.
- a first access network device receives a first moving path, which is a moving path of a terminal device before the moving path is updated.
- the first access network device receives first information sent by the terminal device, which is used to indicate a second moving path, which is a moving path of the terminal device after the moving path is updated.
- the first information may be carried in a terminal equipment information response message (UEInfomationResponse).
- UEInfomationResponse terminal equipment information response message
- the first information may also be a flight path report.
- the configuration of the network adjusted by the first access network device according to the second moving path may be: the first access network device monitors multiple terminal devices according to the second moving path of the terminal device to prevent collision between the terminal devices, or the first access network device adjusts the beam direction of the base station according to the second moving path of the terminal device, etc.
- the present application does not limit the network configuration that needs to be adjusted, and the network configuration made using the second moving path of the present application is within the protection scope of the present application.
- the terminal device can report the updated mobile path in a timely manner, which helps to configure the network in a timely and accurate manner.
- the method before the first access network device receives the first information sent by the terminal device, the method further includes: the first access network device receives the second information sent by the terminal device, and the second information is used to indicate that the first moving path is updated.
- the above-mentioned second information can be carried in a terminal equipment assistance message (UEAssistantInfomation) or a terminal equipment information response message (UEInformationResponse).
- UEAssistantInfomation a terminal equipment assistance message
- UEInformationResponse a terminal equipment information response message
- the terminal device may also indicate to the first access network device the moving path to be executed next, for example, continuing to execute the first moving path before the moving path is updated.
- the terminal device may also indicate to the first access network device that the flight mission of the terminal device is cancelled.
- the terminal device can promptly report the indication information of the mobile path change (ie, the above second information) to prevent the first access network device from misjudging the network configuration.
- the method further includes: the first access network device sends third information to the terminal device, where the third information is used to indicate that the terminal device is allowed to report the second information.
- the third information mentioned above may be carried in other configuration messages (otherConfig).
- the second information may be reported spontaneously by the terminal device to the access network device after the mobile path is updated, or may be reported based on a request from the access network device, and this application does not impose any limitation on this.
- the first access network device may request the terminal device to report the second information when there is a service demand related to network configuration, or the first access network device may periodically request the terminal device to report the second information, and this application does not limit this.
- the access network device can request the terminal device to report the indication information of the mobile path update when needed, thereby avoiding the access network device receiving the information when it does not need the terminal device to report the indication information of the mobile path update, thereby saving signaling overhead.
- the method further includes: the first access network device sends fourth information to the terminal device, the fourth information being used to request the terminal device to send the first information, and the first information being determined based on the fourth information.
- the fourth information mentioned above can be carried in other configuration messages (otherConfig) or terminal equipment information request messages (UEInformationRequest).
- otherConfig other configuration messages
- UEInformationRequest terminal equipment information request messages
- the above-mentioned first information can be spontaneously reported by the terminal device to the access network device after the mobile path is updated, or it can be reported based on the request of the access network device, and this application does not limit this.
- the first access network device may request the terminal device to report the first information when there is a service demand related to network configuration, or the first access network device may periodically request the terminal device to report the first information, which is not limited in this application.
- the method further includes: the first access network device sends fifth information to the second access network device, the fifth information includes the first information and/or the second information, and the second access network device is the access network device after the access network device switching occurs in the terminal device.
- the fifth information may be carried in a switching request message.
- the above first access network device carries the received first information and/or the above second information in the switching request message and sends it to the above second access network device to prevent the second access network device from failing to receive the mobile path update information of the above terminal device in time.
- the first information is used to indicate the second moving path and specifically includes: the first information includes N bits, the second moving path includes P waypoints, P bits out of the N bits correspond one-to-one to the P waypoints, and the first information can indicate the second moving path through the N bits.
- the first moving path includes M waypoints, each of the M waypoints corresponds to a bit, at least one of the N bits is a first value, and the bits of the N bits other than the at least one bit are second values, the at least one bit is determined based on the P waypoints and the M waypoints, and at least one waypoint corresponding to the at least one bit changes.
- the first value may be 1, and the second value may be 0, which is not limited in the present application.
- the terminal device can report the waypoints of the updated second moving path that are different from the first moving path before the update to the first access network device, so that the first access network device can obtain the second moving path and reduce signaling overhead.
- the P waypoints correspond one-to-one to the M waypoints
- at least one bit among the P bits corresponding to at least one waypoint is a first value
- the bits among the N bits except the at least one bit are a second value
- the at least one waypoint is a waypoint among the P waypoints that has changed compared to the M waypoints.
- the number of waypoints in the second moving path decreases, and the first waypoint reduced in the second moving path compared with the first moving path is recorded as the first waypoint, and the bit corresponding to the first waypoint to the bit corresponding to the Mth waypoint in the first moving path is the first value, and the bits in the N bits except the bit corresponding to the first waypoint to the bit corresponding to the Mth waypoint in the first moving path are the second value.
- the number of waypoints in the second moving path increases, and the first waypoint added to the second moving path compared to the first moving path is recorded as the second waypoint, and the bit corresponding to the second waypoint to the bit corresponding to the Pth waypoint in the second moving path is the first value, and the bits in the N bits except the bit corresponding to the second waypoint to the bit corresponding to the Pth waypoint in the second moving path are the second value.
- the change of the at least one waypoint includes at least one of the following: the waypoint position of the at least one waypoint is changed, the time for the terminal device to arrive at the at least one waypoint is changed, the order of the at least one waypoint is changed, the at least one waypoint corresponding to the at least one bit position is deleted in the second moving path, the at least one waypoint corresponding to the at least one bit position is added in the second moving path, etc.
- the value of N may be the maximum number of waypoints that the first moving path or the second moving path can include, and the value of N is a fixed value.
- the value of N when P is equal to M or P is less than M, the value of N may be M, and the value of N is determined by the value of M and is variable; when P is greater than M, the value of N may be P, and the value of N is determined by the value of P and is also variable.
- the first information further includes an index of one or more waypoints corresponding to bits set to the first value, and the index is used to query information of the one or more waypoints in the first moving path.
- Each bit of the first value corresponds to the index of the waypoint or the information of the waypoint.
- the terminal device when the bit corresponding to a waypoint indication of the updated second moving path changes compared to the first moving path before the update, but the waypoint information of the waypoint has not changed, the terminal device does not need to re-report the waypoint information of the waypoint, which can save signaling overhead.
- the fourth information is further used to request the terminal device to report a portion of the second moving path that is different from the first moving path.
- the updated second moving path can also be indicated to the access network device, and resource occupation can also be reduced.
- the first moving path or the second moving path includes at least one waypoint, which is used to indicate a moving position of the terminal device on the first moving path or the second moving path
- the fourth information includes at least one of the following information of the second moving path:
- Starting point end point
- number of waypoints distribution of waypoints, interval between waypoints, acceleration or deceleration of waypoints, circling time of waypoints, circling speed of waypoints, average speed between starting point and end point, distance between starting point and end point, number of waypoints corresponding to different distances between starting point and end point, average speed between two adjacent waypoints, distance between two adjacent waypoints.
- the number of waypoints corresponding to the distances between the different starting and end points may be: when the distance between the starting and end points is 1 kilometer, the second moving path includes at least two waypoints; when the distance between the starting and end points is 2 kilometers, the second moving path includes at least three waypoints, etc.
- This application does not limit the specific corresponding values.
- the terminal device By carrying the above information, the terminal device indicates the above second moving path or the above first moving path based on the above required information, so that the above second moving path or the above first moving path reported by the terminal device can be more easily and accurately identified by the access network device.
- the first information is further used to indicate that the second moving path is an estimated exact or precise.
- the first information may also indicate an estimated waypoint among at least one waypoint included in the second movement path and/or an accurate waypoint among at least one waypoint.
- the second moving path generated by the terminal device based on the fourth information or the sixth information may not be unique, so the terminal device may estimate a part of it; the second moving path generated by the terminal device based on the fourth information or the sixth information may also be unique, so the terminal device indicates to the access network device that the second moving path is an estimate or an accurate information, which is beneficial to the configuration of the network.
- the second information is also used to indicate the average speed of the terminal device moving between the starting point and the end point of the second moving path, or the second information is also used to indicate the distance moved by the terminal device between the starting point and the end point of the second moving path, or the second information is also used to indicate the average speed of the terminal device moving between two adjacent waypoints of the second moving path, or the second information is also used to indicate the distance moved by the terminal device between two adjacent waypoints of the second moving path.
- the second information may further indicate an emergency landing point among at least one waypoint included in the second flight path.
- the access network device can be assisted to further determine whether the terminal device moves along a straight line, a curve or other manners.
- the second information includes at least one of the following information:
- the number of waypoints updated, the waypoints updated, the proportion of waypoints updated the number of waypoints where the time for the terminal device to arrive at the waypoints has changed, the waypoints where the time for the terminal device to arrive at the waypoints has changed, the proportion of waypoints where the time for the terminal device to arrive at the waypoints has changed, the maximum position deviation of the terminal device arriving at the waypoint, and the maximum time deviation of the terminal device arriving at the waypoint.
- the number of waypoints that are updated is the number of waypoints that the terminal device indicates to the first access network device will change;
- the waypoints that are updated is the waypoints that the terminal device indicates to the first access network device which will change;
- the proportion of waypoints that are changed is the proportion of waypoints that the terminal device indicates to the first access network device will change, and the proportion of waypoints that are changed may be the proportion of the number of waypoints that are changed to the total number of waypoints on the first moving path of the terminal device, or the proportion of waypoints that are changed may also be the proportion of the number of waypoints that are changed by the terminal device to the number of waypoints remaining during the movement of the terminal device;
- the number of waypoints that are changed in the time at which the terminal device arrives at the waypoint is the number of waypoints that the terminal device indicates to the first access network device
- the arrival time of the terminal device at the waypoint will change;
- the waypoints whose arrival time of the terminal device changes are the way
- the first access network device can more accurately determine whether to instruct the terminal device to update the mobile path based on the information provided by the terminal device, which can reduce the number of useless mobile path updates triggered by the first access network device.
- the second information further includes at least one of the following information:
- the speed, altitude or position of the terminal device when sending the second information is the speed, altitude or position of the terminal device when sending the second information.
- the first access network device can configure corresponding threshold information based on information such as speed, height or position of the terminal device provided by the terminal device, so that the terminal device can more accurately determine whether it needs to report the updated moving path.
- the method further includes: the first access network device sends seventh information to the terminal device, where the seventh information includes at least one of the following information:
- the first access network device limits the conditions for the terminal device to report the mobile path update by sending the seventh information to the terminal device.
- the terminal device triggers the mobile path update only when it determines that the mobile path to be updated meets the seventh information, which reduces the frequency of the terminal device updating the mobile path and saves air interface resources.
- the method further includes: the seventh information is in the first access The network device sends the first moving path after receiving it.
- a communication method is provided, which can be executed by a second access network device, or by a component of the second access network device (such as a processor, a chip or a chip system), or by a logic module or software that can realize all or part of the functions of the second access network device.
- a component of the second access network device such as a processor, a chip or a chip system
- a logic module or software that can realize all or part of the functions of the second access network device.
- the method includes: the second access network device receives the fifth information of the first access network device, the fifth information includes the first information and/or the second information, the first information is used to indicate the second moving path after the first moving path of the terminal device is updated, the second information is used to indicate that the first moving path is updated, the second access network device is the access network device after the access network device switching occurs in the terminal device, and the first access network device is the access network device before the access network device switching occurs in the terminal device. If the fifth information includes the second information, the second access network device sends the sixth information to the first access network device, and the sixth information is used to request the first information; and the second access network device receives the first information of the terminal device, and the first information is determined based on the sixth information.
- the fifth information may be carried in a switching request message.
- the sixth information may be carried by the second access network device in a switching request confirmation message and sent to the first access network device, and carried by the first access network device in an RRC reconfiguration message and sent to the terminal device.
- the terminal device may also indicate to the first access network device or the second access network device the moving path to be executed next, for example, continuing to execute the first moving path before the moving path is updated.
- the terminal device may also indicate to the first access network device or the second access network device that the flight mission of the terminal device is cancelled.
- the above first access network device carries the received first information and/or the above second information in the switching request message and sends it to the above second access network device to prevent the second access network device from failing to receive the mobile path update information of the above terminal device in time.
- the first information is used to indicate the second moving path after the first moving path of the terminal device is updated, and specifically includes: the first information includes N bits, the second moving path includes P waypoints, and P bits out of the N bits correspond one-to-one to the P waypoints.
- the first information can indicate the second moving path through the N bits.
- the first moving path includes M waypoints, each of the M waypoints corresponds to a bit, at least one of the N bits is a first value, and the bits of the N bits other than the at least one bit are second values, the at least one bit is determined based on the P waypoints and the M waypoints, and at least one waypoint corresponding to the at least one bit changes.
- the first value may be 1, and the second value may be 0, which is not limited in the present application.
- the terminal device can report the waypoints of the updated second moving path that are different from the first moving path before the update to the first access network device, so that the first access network device can obtain the second moving path and reduce signaling overhead.
- the P waypoints correspond one-to-one to the M waypoints
- at least one bit among the P bits corresponding to at least one waypoint is a first value
- the bits among the N bits except the at least one bit are a second value
- the at least one waypoint is a waypoint among the P waypoints that has changed compared to the M waypoints.
- the number of waypoints in the second moving path decreases, and the first waypoint reduced in the second moving path compared with the first moving path is recorded as the first waypoint, and the bit corresponding to the first waypoint to the bit corresponding to the Mth waypoint in the first moving path is the first value, and the bits in the N bits except the bit corresponding to the first waypoint to the bit corresponding to the Mth waypoint in the first moving path are the second value.
- the number of waypoints in the second moving path increases, and the first waypoint added to the second moving path compared to the first moving path is recorded as the second waypoint, and the bit corresponding to the second waypoint to the bit corresponding to the Pth waypoint in the second moving path is the first value, and the bits in the N bits except the bit corresponding to the second waypoint to the bit corresponding to the Pth waypoint in the second moving path are the second value.
- the change of the at least one waypoint includes at least one of the following: the waypoint position of the at least one waypoint is changed, the time for the terminal device to arrive at the at least one waypoint is changed, the order of the at least one waypoint is changed, the at least one waypoint corresponding to the at least one bit position is deleted in the second moving path, the at least one waypoint corresponding to the at least one bit position is added in the second moving path, etc.
- the value of N can be the maximum number of waypoints that can be included in the first moving path or the second moving path.
- the value of N is a fixed value.
- the value of N can be M.
- the value of N is determined by M.
- the value of N is determined by the value of P and is variable.
- P is greater than M
- the value of N can be P.
- the value of N is determined by the value of P and is also variable.
- the first information further includes an index of one or more waypoints corresponding to bits set to the first value, and the index is used to query information of the one or more waypoints in the first moving path.
- Each bit of the first value corresponds to the index of the waypoint or the information of the waypoint.
- the terminal device when the bit corresponding to a waypoint indication of the updated second moving path changes compared to the first moving path before the update, but the waypoint information of the waypoint has not changed, the terminal device does not need to re-report the waypoint information of the waypoint, which can save signaling overhead.
- the sixth information is further used to request the terminal device to report a portion of the second moving path that is different from the first moving path.
- the updated second moving path can also be indicated to the access network device, and resource occupation can also be reduced.
- the first moving path or the second moving path includes at least one waypoint, which is used to indicate a moving position of the terminal device on the first moving path or the second moving path
- the sixth information includes at least one of the following information of the second moving path:
- Starting point end point
- number of waypoints distribution of waypoints, interval between waypoints, acceleration or deceleration of waypoints, circling time of waypoints, circling speed of waypoints, average speed between starting point and end point, distance between starting point and end point, number of waypoints corresponding to different distances between starting point and end point, average speed between two adjacent waypoints, distance between two adjacent waypoints.
- the number of waypoints corresponding to the distances between the different starting and end points may be: when the distance between the starting and end points is 1 kilometer, the second moving path includes at least two waypoints; when the distance between the starting and end points is 2 kilometers, the second moving path includes at least three waypoints, etc.
- This application does not limit the specific corresponding values.
- the terminal device By carrying the above information, the terminal device indicates the above second moving path or the above first moving path based on the above required information, so that the above second moving path or the above first moving path reported by the terminal device can be more easily and accurately identified by the access network device.
- the first information is further used to indicate whether the second moving path is estimated or accurate.
- the first information may also indicate an estimated waypoint among at least one waypoint included in the second movement path and/or an accurate waypoint among at least one waypoint.
- the second moving path generated by the terminal device based on the sixth information may not be unique, so the terminal device may estimate a part of it; the second moving path generated by the terminal device based on the sixth information may also be unique, so the terminal device indicates to the access network device that the second moving path is an estimate or accurate information, which is beneficial to the configuration of the network.
- the second information is also used to indicate the average speed of the terminal device moving between the starting point and the end point of the second moving path, or the second information is also used to indicate the distance moved by the terminal device between the starting point and the end point of the second moving path, or the second information is also used to indicate the average speed of the terminal device moving between two adjacent waypoints of the second moving path, or the second information is also used to indicate the distance moved by the terminal device between two adjacent waypoints of the second moving path.
- the second information may further indicate an emergency landing point among at least one waypoint included in the second flight path.
- the access network device can be assisted to further determine whether the terminal device moves along a straight line, a curve or other manners.
- the second information includes at least one of the following information:
- the number of waypoints updated, the waypoints updated, the proportion of waypoints updated the number of waypoints where the time for the terminal device to arrive at the waypoints has changed, the waypoints where the time for the terminal device to arrive at the waypoints has changed, the proportion of waypoints where the time for the terminal device to arrive at the waypoints has changed, the maximum position deviation of the terminal device arriving at the waypoint, and the maximum time deviation of the terminal device arriving at the waypoint.
- the number of updated waypoints is the number of waypoints that the terminal device indicates to the first access network device will change;
- the updated waypoints are the waypoints that the terminal device indicates to the first access network device which will change;
- the proportion of changed waypoints is the proportion of waypoints that the terminal device indicates to the first access network device will change, and the proportion of the changed waypoints may be the proportion of the number of waypoints that will change to the total number of waypoints on the first moving path of the terminal device, or the proportion of the waypoints that will change may also be the proportion of the number of waypoints that change in the terminal device to the number of remaining waypoints during the movement of the terminal device;
- the number of waypoints where the time of arrival of the terminal device at the waypoint changes is the number of waypoints where the terminal device indicates to the first access network device that the arrival time of the terminal device will change;
- the waypoints whose arrival time of the terminal device is changed are the waypoints indicated by the terminal device to the first access network device
- the second information included in the above-mentioned information is the information indicated by the terminal device to the first access network device.
- the second access network device can recognize that the information included in the second information is the information indicated by the terminal device to the second access network device.
- the second access network device can more accurately determine whether to instruct the terminal device to update the mobile path based on the information provided by the terminal device, which can reduce the number of useless mobile path updates triggered by the second access network device.
- the second information further includes at least one of the following information:
- the second information corresponds to the speed, height or position of the terminal device.
- the second access network device can configure corresponding threshold information based on information such as the speed, height or position of the terminal device, so that the terminal device can more accurately determine whether it needs to report the updated moving path.
- the method further includes: the second access network device sends seventh information to the terminal device, where the seventh information includes at least one of the following information:
- the second access network device limits the conditions for the terminal device to report the mobile path update by sending the seventh information to the terminal device.
- the terminal device triggers the mobile path update only when it determines that the mobile path to be updated meets the seventh information, which reduces the frequency of mobile path updates by the terminal device and saves air interface resources.
- the seventh information is sent after the second access network device receives the first moving path sent by the terminal device.
- a communication method is provided, which can be executed by a first access network device, or by a component of the first access network device (such as a processor, a chip, or a chip system), or by a logic module or software that can implement all or part of the functions of the first access network device.
- the terminal device is dual-connected with the first access network device and the second access device, and the first access network device is a primary station and the second access network device is a secondary station.
- the method includes: the first access network device receives a subscription message of the terminal device sent by the mobile management entity, and the subscription message includes the subscription message of the first access network device and the subscription message of the second access network device.
- the first access network device determines the subscription message of the second access network device in the subscription message.
- the first access network device sends the subscription message of the second access network device to the second access network device.
- the above method can avoid the situation where the second access network device is unable to configure the acquired subscription message of the terminal device.
- a communication device comprising: a processing unit, configured to move within a first time period according to a first moving path; an interface unit, configured to send first information to a first access network device when the first moving path of the terminal device is updated, the first information being used to indicate a second moving path, the second moving path being used to adjust the configuration of the network.
- the first information may be carried in a terminal equipment assistance message (UEAssistantInfomation).
- the first information may also be a flight path report.
- the second mobile path is used to adjust the configuration of the network, which can be: monitoring multiple devices according to the second mobile path of the device to prevent collisions between the devices, or adjusting the beam direction of the base station according to the second mobile path of the device, etc.
- This application does not limit the network configuration that needs to be adjusted, and the network configuration made using the second mobile path of this application is within the protection scope of this application.
- the mobile path of the device changes or is updated, the device can report the updated mobile path in a timely manner, which helps to configure the network in a timely and accurate manner.
- the interface unit before the interface unit is used to send first information to the first access network device, the interface unit is also used to send second information to the first access network device, and the second information is used to indicate that the first moving path is updated.
- the above-mentioned second information can be carried in a terminal equipment assistance message (UEAssistantInfomation) or a terminal equipment information response message (UEInformationResponse).
- UEAssistantInfomation a terminal equipment assistance message
- UEInformationResponse a terminal equipment information response message
- the device may also indicate to the first access network device the moving path to be executed next, for example, continuing to execute the first moving path before the moving path is updated.
- the device may also indicate to the first access network device that the flight mission of the terminal device is cancelled.
- the above-mentioned device can promptly report the indication information (ie, the above-mentioned second information) of the change of the mobile path to prevent the first access network device from making a misjudgment on the network configuration.
- the indication information ie, the above-mentioned second information
- the interface unit is further used to receive third information sent by the first access network device, where the third information is used to indicate that the apparatus is allowed to report the second information.
- the third information mentioned above may be carried in other configuration messages (otherConfig).
- the second information may be reported to the access network device spontaneously by the apparatus after the mobile path is updated, or may be reported based on a request from the access network device, which is not limited in the present application.
- the first access network device may request the device to report the second information when there is a service demand related to network configuration, or the first access network device may periodically request the device to report the second information, which is not limited in the present application.
- the device When the access network device needs it, the device is requested to report the indication information of the mobile path update, thereby avoiding the access network device receiving the indication information of the mobile path update when the device does not need it, thereby saving signaling overhead.
- the interface unit is used to send the first information to the first access network device, including: the interface unit is used to receive fourth information of the first access network device, the fourth information is used to request the device to send the first information.
- the processing unit is used to determine the first information according to the fourth information.
- the interface unit is used to send the first information to the first access network device.
- the fourth information mentioned above can be carried in other configuration messages (otherConfig) or terminal equipment information request messages (UEInformationRequest).
- otherConfig other configuration messages
- UEInformationRequest terminal equipment information request messages
- the first information may be reported to the access network device spontaneously by the apparatus after the mobile path is updated, or may be reported based on a request from the access network device, which is not limited in the present application.
- the first access network device may request the device to report the first information when there is a service demand related to network configuration, or the first access network device may periodically request the device to report the first information, which is not limited in the present application.
- the interface unit is further configured to receive sixth information from a second access network device, the sixth information being used to request the first information, the second access network device being an access network device after access network device switching occurs in the apparatus, and the processing unit sends the first information to the second access network device according to the sixth information.
- the sixth information may be carried by the second access network device in a switching request confirmation message and sent to the first access network device, and may be carried by the first access network device in an RRC reconfiguration message and sent to the apparatus.
- the first information may also be sent to the second access network device based on a request of the second access network device.
- the fourth information or the sixth information is further used to request the device to report a portion of the second moving path that is different from the first moving path.
- the updated second moving path can also be indicated to the access network device, and resource occupation can also be reduced.
- the first moving path or the second moving path includes at least one waypoint, and the waypoint is used to indicate a moving position of the device on the first moving path or the second moving path, and the fourth information or the sixth information includes at least one of the following information of the second moving path:
- Starting point end point
- number of waypoints distribution of waypoints, interval between waypoints, acceleration or deceleration of waypoints, circling time of waypoints, circling speed of waypoints, average speed between starting point and end point, distance between starting point and end point, number of waypoints corresponding to different distances between starting point and end point, average speed between two adjacent waypoints, distance between two adjacent waypoints, etc.
- the number of waypoints corresponding to the distances between the different starting and end points may be: when the distance between the starting and end points is 1 kilometer, the second moving path includes at least two waypoints; when the distance between the starting and end points is 2 kilometers, the second moving path includes at least three waypoints, etc.
- This application does not limit the specific corresponding values.
- the above device indicates the above second moving path or the above first moving path based on the above required information, so that the above second moving path or the above first moving path reported by the above device can be more easily and accurately identified by the access network device.
- the first information is also used to indicate whether the second moving path is estimated or accurate.
- the first information may also indicate an estimated waypoint among at least one waypoint included in the second movement path and/or an accurate waypoint among at least one waypoint.
- the second moving path generated by the above-mentioned device based on the above-mentioned fourth information or the above-mentioned sixth information may not be unique, so the above-mentioned device may estimate a part of it; the second moving path generated by the above-mentioned device based on the above-mentioned fourth information or the above-mentioned sixth information may also be unique, so the above-mentioned device indicates to the access network device that the second moving path is an estimate or an accurate information, which is beneficial to the configuration of the network.
- the second information is also used to indicate the average speed of the device moving between the starting point and the end point of the second moving path, or the second information is also used to indicate the distance the device moves between the starting point and the end point of the second moving path, or the second information is also used to indicate the average speed of the device moving between two adjacent waypoints of the second moving path, or the second information is also used to indicate the distance the device moves between two adjacent waypoints of the second moving path.
- the second information may further indicate an emergency landing point among at least one waypoint included in the second flight path.
- the access network device can be assisted to further determine whether the above device moves along a straight line, a curve or other manners.
- the communication device provided in the fifth aspect is used to execute the method provided in the first aspect.
- the device may include a module or unit for executing the first aspect and any possible implementation manner of the first aspect.
- a communication device comprising: a processing unit, configured to adjust a configuration of a network according to a first moving path of a terminal device; an interface unit, configured to receive first information sent by the terminal device, the first information being used to indicate a second moving path; the processing unit is further configured to adjust a configuration of the network according to the second moving path.
- the first information may be carried in a terminal equipment assistance message (UEAssistantInfomation).
- the first information may also be a flight path report.
- the above-mentioned device adjusts the network configuration according to the above-mentioned second moving path, which can be: the above-mentioned device monitors multiple terminal devices according to the second moving path of the terminal device to prevent collision between the terminal devices, or the above-mentioned device adjusts the beam direction of the base station according to the second moving path of the terminal device, etc.
- the present application does not limit the network configuration that needs to be adjusted, and the network configuration made using the second moving path of the present application is within the protection scope of the present application.
- the terminal device can report the updated mobile path in a timely manner, which helps to configure the network in a timely and accurate manner.
- the interface unit before the interface unit is used to receive the first information sent by the terminal device, the interface unit is also used to receive second information sent by the terminal device, and the second information is used to indicate that the first moving path is updated.
- the above-mentioned second information can be carried in a terminal equipment assistance message (UEAssistantInfomation) or a terminal equipment information response message (UEInformationResponse).
- UEAssistantInfomation a terminal equipment assistance message
- UEInformationResponse a terminal equipment information response message
- the above-mentioned terminal device may also indicate to the above-mentioned device the moving path to be executed next, for example, continuing to execute the first moving path before the moving path is updated.
- the above-mentioned terminal device may also indicate to the above-mentioned device that the flight mission of the terminal device is cancelled.
- the terminal device can promptly report the indication information of the mobile path change (ie, the above second information) to prevent the above device from misjudging the network configuration.
- the interface unit is further used to send third information to the terminal device, where the third information is used to indicate that the terminal device is allowed to report the second information.
- the third information mentioned above may be carried in other configuration messages (otherConfig).
- the second information may be reported to the apparatus spontaneously by the terminal device after the mobile path is updated, or may be reported based on a request from the apparatus, which is not limited in the present application.
- the above-mentioned device may request the above-mentioned terminal device to report the above-mentioned second information when there is a relevant service demand for network configuration, or the above-mentioned device may periodically request the above-mentioned terminal device to report the above-mentioned second information, and this application does not limit this.
- the above-mentioned device can request the above-mentioned terminal device to report the indication information of the mobile path update when the above-mentioned device needs it, thereby avoiding the above-mentioned device from receiving the indication information of the mobile path update when the above-mentioned terminal device does not need to report the information, thereby saving signaling overhead.
- the above-mentioned interface unit is also used to send fourth information to the above-mentioned terminal device, and the fourth information is used to request the above-mentioned terminal device to send the above-mentioned first information, and the first information is determined based on the above-mentioned fourth information.
- the fourth information mentioned above can be carried in other configuration messages (otherConfig) or terminal equipment information request messages (UEInformationRequest).
- otherConfig other configuration messages
- UEInformationRequest terminal equipment information request messages
- the first information may be reported to the apparatus spontaneously by the terminal device after the mobile path is updated, or may be reported based on a request from the apparatus, which is not limited in the present application.
- the above-mentioned device may request the above-mentioned terminal device to report the above-mentioned first information when there is a relevant service demand for network configuration, or the above-mentioned device may periodically request the above-mentioned terminal device to report the above-mentioned first information, and this application does not limit this.
- the above-mentioned interface unit is also used to send fifth information to a second access network device, the fifth information including the above-mentioned first information and/or the above-mentioned second information, and the second access network device is an access network device after the above-mentioned terminal device undergoes access network device switching.
- the fifth information may be carried in a switching request message.
- the above-mentioned device when the above-mentioned terminal device switches from the above-mentioned device to the above-mentioned second access network device, the above-mentioned device carries the received first information and/or the above-mentioned second information in the switching request message and sends it to the above-mentioned second access network device to prevent the second access network device from failing to receive the mobile path update information of the above-mentioned terminal device in time.
- the fourth information is also used to request the terminal device to report a portion of the second moving path that is different from the first moving path.
- the updated second moving path can also be indicated to the apparatus, and resource occupation can also be reduced.
- the first moving path or the second moving path includes at least one waypoint, which is used to indicate a moving position of the terminal device on the first moving path or the second moving path
- the fourth information includes at least one of the following information of the second moving path:
- Starting point end point
- number of waypoints distribution of waypoints, interval between waypoints, acceleration or deceleration of waypoints, circling time of waypoints, circling speed of waypoints, average speed between starting point and end point, distance between starting point and end point, number of waypoints corresponding to different distances between starting point and end point, average speed between two adjacent waypoints, distance between two adjacent waypoints.
- the number of waypoints corresponding to the distances between the different starting and end points may be: when the distance between the starting and end points is 1 kilometer, the second moving path includes at least two waypoints; when the distance between the starting and end points is 2 kilometers, the second moving path includes at least three waypoints, etc.
- This application does not limit the specific corresponding values.
- the terminal device By carrying the above information, the terminal device indicates the above second moving path or the above first moving path based on the above required information, so that the above second moving path or the above first moving path reported by the terminal device can be more easily and accurately identified by the above apparatus.
- the first information is also used to indicate whether the second moving path is estimated or accurate.
- the first information may also indicate an estimated waypoint among at least one waypoint included in the second movement path and/or an accurate waypoint among at least one waypoint.
- the second moving path generated by the terminal device based on the fourth information or the sixth information may not be unique, so the terminal device may estimate a part of it; the second moving path generated by the terminal device based on the fourth information or the sixth information may also be unique, so the terminal device indicates to the above-mentioned device whether the second moving path is an estimate or an accurate information, which is beneficial to the configuration of the network.
- the second information is also used to indicate the average speed of the terminal device moving between the starting point and the end point of the second moving path, or the second information is also used to indicate the distance moved by the terminal device between the starting point and the end point of the second moving path, or the second information is also used to indicate the average speed of the terminal device moving between two adjacent waypoints of the second moving path, or the second information is also used to indicate the distance moved by the terminal device between two adjacent waypoints of the second moving path.
- the second information may further indicate an emergency landing point among at least one waypoint included in the second flight path.
- the above device can be assisted to further determine whether the terminal device moves along a straight line, a curve or other ways.
- the communication device provided in the sixth aspect is used to execute the method provided in the second aspect.
- the device may include a module or unit for executing the second aspect and any possible implementation manner of the second aspect.
- a communication device comprising: an interface unit, configured to receive fifth information of a first access network device, the fifth information comprising first information and/or second information, the first information being used to indicate a second moving path after the first moving path of the terminal device is updated, the second information being used to indicate that the first moving path is updated, the device being an access network device after the access network device of the terminal device is switched, and the first access network device being an access network device before the access network device of the terminal device is switched.
- the interface unit is further configured to send sixth information to the first access network device, the sixth information being used to request the first information; and the interface unit is further configured to receive the first information of the terminal device, the first information being determined based on the sixth information.
- the fifth information may be carried in a switching request message.
- the sixth information may be carried by the apparatus in a switching request confirmation message and sent to the first access network device, and carried by the first access network device in an RRC reconfiguration message and sent to the terminal device.
- the terminal device may also indicate to the first access network device or the device the moving path to be executed next, for example, continuing to execute the first moving path before the moving path is updated.
- the terminal device may also indicate to the first access network device or the device that the flight mission of the terminal device is cancelled.
- the above-mentioned terminal device switches from the above-mentioned first access network device to the above-mentioned device
- the above-mentioned first access network device carries the received first information and/or the above-mentioned second information in the switching request message and sends it to the above-mentioned device to prevent the above-mentioned device from failing to receive the mobile path update information of the above-mentioned terminal device in time.
- the sixth information is also used to request the terminal device to report the part of the second moving path that is different from the first moving path.
- the updated second moving path can also be indicated to the apparatus, and resource occupation can also be reduced.
- the first moving path or the second moving path includes at least one waypoint, which is used to indicate a moving position of the terminal device on the first moving path or the second moving path
- the sixth information includes at least one of the following information of the second moving path:
- Starting point end point
- number of waypoints distribution of waypoints, interval between waypoints, acceleration or deceleration of waypoints, circling time of waypoints, circling speed of waypoints, average speed between starting point and end point, distance between starting point and end point, number of waypoints corresponding to different distances between starting point and end point, average speed between two adjacent waypoints, distance between two adjacent waypoints.
- the number of waypoints corresponding to the distances between the different starting and end points may be: when the distance between the starting and end points is 1 kilometer, the second moving path includes at least two waypoints; when the distance between the starting and end points is 2 kilometers, the second moving path includes at least three waypoints, etc.
- This application does not limit the specific corresponding values.
- the terminal device By carrying the above information, the terminal device indicates the above second moving path or the above first moving path based on the above required information, so that the above second moving path or the above first moving path reported by the terminal device can be more easily and accurately identified by the above apparatus.
- the first information is also used to indicate whether the second moving path is estimated or accurate.
- the first information may also indicate an estimated waypoint among at least one waypoint included in the second movement path and/or an accurate waypoint among at least one waypoint.
- the second moving path generated by the terminal device based on the sixth information may not be unique, so the terminal device may estimate a part of it; the second moving path generated by the terminal device based on the sixth information may also be unique, so the terminal device indicates to the above-mentioned device that the second moving path is an estimate or an accurate information, which is beneficial to the configuration of the network.
- the second information is also used to indicate the average speed of the terminal device moving between the starting point and the end point of the second moving path, or the second information is also used to indicate the distance moved by the terminal device between the starting point and the end point of the second moving path, or the second information is also used to indicate the average speed of the terminal device moving between two adjacent waypoints of the second moving path, or the second information is also used to indicate the distance moved by the terminal device between two adjacent waypoints of the second moving path.
- the second information may further indicate an emergency landing point among the at least two waypoints included in the second flight path.
- the above device can be assisted to further determine whether the terminal device moves along a straight line, a curve or other ways.
- the communication device provided in the seventh aspect is used to execute the method provided in the third aspect.
- the device may include a device for executing A module or unit of the third aspect and any possible implementation manner of the third aspect.
- a communication device wherein a terminal device is dually connected with the device and a second access device, and the device is a primary station and the second access network device is a secondary station, and the device comprises: an interface unit, configured to receive a subscription message of the terminal device sent by a mobile management entity, wherein the subscription message comprises a subscription message of the device and a subscription message of the second access network device.
- a processing unit configured to determine a subscription message of the second access network device in the subscription message.
- the interface unit is also configured to send the subscription message of the second access network device to the second access network device.
- the above-mentioned device can avoid the situation where the above-mentioned second access network device is unable to configure the obtained subscription message of the terminal device.
- a communication device which may be a terminal device, or a component of a terminal device (such as a processor, a chip, or a chip system), or a logic module or software that can implement all or part of the functions of the terminal device.
- the device has the function of implementing the above-mentioned first aspect and various possible implementation methods of the first aspect.
- the function can be implemented by hardware, or by hardware executing corresponding software.
- the hardware or software includes one or more modules corresponding to the above-mentioned functions.
- the device includes: an interface unit and a processing unit, the interface unit may be at least one of a transceiver, a receiver, and a transmitter, and the interface unit may include a radio frequency circuit or an antenna.
- the processing unit may be a processor.
- the device also includes a storage unit, which may be, for example, a memory. When a storage unit is included, the storage unit is used to store programs or instructions.
- the processing unit is connected to the storage unit, and the processing unit may execute programs, instructions, or instructions derived from other sources stored in the storage unit, so that the device executes the above-mentioned first aspect, and the communication method of various possible implementations of the first aspect.
- the device may be a terminal device.
- the chip when the device is a chip, the chip includes: an interface unit and a processing unit, and the interface unit may be, for example, an input/output interface, a pin or a circuit on the chip.
- the processing unit may be, for example, a processor.
- the processing unit may execute instructions so that the chip in the terminal device executes the above-mentioned first aspect and any possible communication method of the first aspect.
- the processing unit may execute instructions in a storage unit, and the storage unit may be a storage module in the chip, such as a register, a cache, etc.
- the storage unit may also be located in the communication device but outside the chip, such as a read-only memory (ROM) or other types of static storage devices that can store static information and instructions, a random access memory (RAM), etc.
- ROM read-only memory
- RAM random access memory
- the processor mentioned in any of the above places can be a general-purpose central processing unit (CPU), a microprocessor, an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), or one or more integrated circuits for controlling the execution of programs of the above-mentioned communication methods.
- CPU central processing unit
- ASIC application-specific integrated circuit
- a communication device which may be a first access network device, or a component of the first access network device (such as a processor, a chip, or a chip system), or a logic module or software that can implement all or part of the functions of the first access network device.
- the device has the function of implementing the above-mentioned second aspect, fourth aspect, and various possible implementation methods of the second aspect and fourth aspect.
- the function can be implemented by hardware, or it can be implemented by hardware executing corresponding software.
- the hardware or software includes one or more modules corresponding to the above-mentioned functions.
- the device includes: an interface unit.
- the device also includes a processing unit.
- the interface unit may be, for example, at least one of a transceiver, a receiver, and a transmitter, and the interface unit may include a radio frequency circuit or an antenna.
- the processing unit may be a processor.
- the device further includes a storage unit, which may be, for example, a memory.
- a storage unit When a storage unit is included, the storage unit is used to store programs or instructions.
- the processing unit is connected to the storage unit, and the processing unit may execute the program, instruction, or other instructions stored in the storage unit, so that the device performs the method of the second aspect, the fourth aspect, or any one of the second aspect and the fourth aspect.
- the chip when the device is a chip, the chip includes: an interface unit, and optionally, the chip also includes a processing unit.
- the interface unit may be, for example, an input/output interface, a pin, or a circuit on the chip.
- the processing unit may be, for example, a processor.
- the processing module may execute a program or an instruction to enable the chip in the first access network device to execute the second aspect, the fourth aspect, and any possible implementation of the second aspect and the fourth aspect.
- the processing unit may execute instructions in a storage unit, which may be a storage module within the chip, such as a register, a cache, etc.
- the storage unit may also be located within the communication device but outside the chip, such as a read-only memory (ROM) or other types of static storage devices that can store static information and instructions, a random access memory (RAM), etc.
- ROM read-only memory
- RAM random access memory
- the processor mentioned in any of the above places can be a general-purpose central processing unit (CPU), a microprocessor, an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), or one or more integrated circuits for controlling the execution of programs of the above-mentioned communication methods.
- CPU central processing unit
- ASIC application-specific integrated circuit
- a communication device which may be a second access network device, or a component of the second access network device (such as a processor, a chip, or a chip system), or a logic module or software that can implement all or part of the functions of the second access network device.
- the device has the function of implementing the third aspect above, and various possible implementation methods.
- the function can be implemented by hardware, or by hardware executing corresponding software.
- the hardware or software includes one or more modules corresponding to the above functions.
- the device includes: an interface unit.
- the device also includes a processing unit.
- the interface unit may be, for example, at least one of a transceiver, a receiver, and a transmitter, and the interface unit may include a radio frequency circuit or an antenna.
- the processing unit may be a processor.
- the device further includes a storage unit, which may be, for example, a memory.
- a storage unit which may be, for example, a memory.
- the storage unit is used to store programs or instructions.
- the processing unit is connected to the storage unit, and the processing unit may execute the program, instruction, or other instructions stored in the storage unit, so that the device performs the third aspect above, or any one of the methods thereof.
- the chip when the device is a chip, the chip includes: an interface unit, and optionally, the chip also includes a processing unit.
- the interface unit may be, for example, an input/output interface, a pin, or a circuit on the chip.
- the processing unit may be, for example, a processor.
- the processing module may execute a program or an instruction to enable the chip in the second access network device to execute the third aspect and any possible communication method.
- the processing unit may execute instructions in a storage unit, which may be a storage module within the chip, such as a register, a cache, etc.
- the storage unit may also be located within the communication device but outside the chip, such as a read-only memory (ROM) or other types of static storage devices that can store static information and instructions, a random access memory (RAM), etc.
- ROM read-only memory
- RAM random access memory
- the processor mentioned in any of the above places can be a general-purpose central processing unit (CPU), a microprocessor, an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), or one or more integrated circuits for controlling the execution of programs of the above-mentioned communication methods.
- CPU central processing unit
- ASIC application-specific integrated circuit
- a computer storage medium in which program code is stored, and the program code is used to indicate instructions for executing the methods in the above-mentioned first aspect, second aspect, third aspect, fourth aspect and any possible implementation of the first aspect, second aspect, third aspect and fourth aspect.
- a computer program product comprising computer instructions or computer codes is provided, which, when running on a computer, enables the computer to execute the methods in the above-mentioned first aspect, second aspect, third aspect, fourth aspect and any possible implementation manner of the first aspect, second aspect, third aspect and fourth aspect.
- a communication system which includes a device having functions for implementing the methods of the first aspect and various possible designs, a device having functions for implementing the methods of the second aspect and various possible designs, a device having functions for implementing the methods of the third aspect and various possible designs, and a device having functions for implementing the methods of the fourth aspect and various possible designs.
- the device having functions for implementing the methods of the first aspect and various possible designs may be a terminal device
- the device having functions for implementing the methods of the second and fourth aspects and various possible designs may be a first access network device
- the device having functions for implementing the methods of the third aspect and various possible designs may be a second access network device.
- beneficial effects of other aspects can refer to the beneficial effects described in the first aspect, the second aspect, the third aspect, and the fourth aspect.
- the indication information of the mobile path update or the updated mobile path can be reported to the access network device in a timely manner, so that the access network device can obtain the mobile path update information in a timely manner and optimize the network configuration.
- FIG1 is a diagram of an application scenario provided by the present application.
- FIG2 is a schematic diagram of a network architecture provided by the present application.
- FIG3 is a schematic diagram of a method for reporting flight path updates provided by the present application.
- FIG4 is a schematic diagram of another method for reporting flight path updates provided by the present application.
- FIG5 is a schematic diagram of a method for reporting flight path updates in a switching scenario provided by the present application.
- FIG6 is a schematic diagram of a network architecture of an EN-DC dual connection provided in the present application.
- FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of a method for managing subscription messages provided by the present application.
- FIG8 is a schematic block diagram of a communication device provided in the present application.
- FIG. 9 is a schematic block diagram of a communication device provided in the present application.
- At least one (item) means one or more
- plural means two or more.
- “And/or” is used to describe the association relationship of associated objects, indicating that three relationships may exist.
- a and/or B can mean: only A exists, only B exists, and A and B exist at the same time, where A and B can be singular or plural.
- the character “/” generally indicates that the previous and next associated objects are in an “or” relationship.
- “At least one of the following items” or similar expressions refers to any combination of these items, including any combination of single items or plural items.
- At least one of a, b or c can mean: a, b, c, "a and b", “a and c", “b and c", or "a and b and c", where a, b, c can be single or multiple.
- GSM global system for mobile communications
- CDMA code division multiple access
- WCDMA wideband code division multiple access
- GPRS general packet radio service
- LTE long term evolution
- FDD frequency division duplex
- FDD time division duplex
- lex TDD
- UMTS universal mobile telecommunication system
- E-UTRAN evolved UMTS terrestrial radio access network
- WiMAX worldwide interoperability for microwave access
- 5G fifth generation
- NR new radio
- 3GPP 3rd generation partnership project
- 3GPP standard group has formulated the next generation mobile communication network architecture (next generation system), called 5G network architecture.
- This architecture not only supports the wireless technology defined by 3GPP standard group (such as LTE, etc.) to access 5G core network (5GC), but also supports non-3GPP access technology to access 5GC through non-3GPP interworking function (N3IWF), trusted non-3GPP gateway function (TNGF), trusted WLAN interworking function (TWIF) or next generation access gateway (NG-PDG).
- N3IWF non-3GPP interworking function
- TNGF trusted non-3GPP gateway function
- TWIF trusted WLAN interworking function
- NG-PDG next generation access gateway
- the core network function is divided into user plane function (UPF) and control plane function (CP).
- UPF is mainly responsible for packet forwarding, quality of service (QoS) control, billing information statistics, etc.
- CP is mainly responsible for user registration and authentication, mobility management, and issuing data packet forwarding strategies and QoS control strategies to U
- the terminal device in the embodiments of the present application may refer to an uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV), a user equipment (UE), an access terminal, a terminal in V2X communication, a mobile station, a mobile station, a mobile device, a wireless communication device, etc.
- UAV uncrewed aerial vehicle
- UE user equipment
- V2X communication a terminal in V2X communication
- mobile station a mobile station
- mobile device a wireless communication device, etc.
- the terminal device in the embodiment of the present application is connected to the radio access network (RAN) device by wireless means, and the radio access network device is connected to the core network device by wireless or wired means.
- the core network device and the radio access network device can be independent and different physical devices, or the functions of the core network device and the logical functions of the radio access network device can be integrated on the same physical device, or the functions of part of the core network device and part of the radio access network device can be integrated on one physical device.
- the core network equipment includes, for example, a mobility management entity (MME), a broadcast multicast service center (BMSC), etc., or may also include corresponding functional entities in the 5G system, such as core network control plane (CP) or user plane (UP) network functions, such as SMF, access and mobility management function AMF, user plane function (UPF), etc.
- CP core network control plane
- UP user plane
- SMF access and mobility management function AMF
- UPF user plane function
- the core network control plane can also be understood as the core network control plane function (CPF) entity.
- CPF core network control plane function
- FIG1 is a schematic diagram of an application scenario applicable to the present application provided by the present application.
- the embodiment of the present application is applied to the scenario of UAV flight.
- UAV As a new type of aircraft, UAV has become more and more popular nowadays due to its flexibility and convenience.
- the wide coverage of cellular networks can provide UAV with important support such as high reliability, high security, and continuous mobility.
- UAV mainly flies above RAN, connects to RAN through the air interface, and UAV can receive signals from multiple RANs.
- UAV can receive signals from RAN1, RAN2, and RAN3.
- the flight path of UAV can be represented by waypoints as shown in FIG1 .
- the flight path of UAV in FIG1 can be represented by waypoint 1, waypoint 2, waypoint 3, waypoint 4, waypoint 5, waypoint 6, etc.
- FIG2 shows a schematic diagram of a network architecture provided by an embodiment of the present application.
- the network architecture may include: Terminal equipment, access management network element, session management network element, user plane network element, unified data management network element, policy control network element, authentication server, network slice selection function, application network element, (wireless) access network equipment, data network, network open network element, and some network elements not shown, such as network storage network element.
- the network architecture involved in the embodiments of the present application may be a fifth generation system (5GS), and the network elements in the 5GS may also be referred to as 5G core network elements.
- 5GS fifth generation system
- 5G core network elements 5G core network elements
- Access management network element mainly used for mobility management and access management.
- the access management network element can be the access and mobility management function (AMF), which mainly performs mobility management, access authentication/authorization and other functions.
- AMF access and mobility management function
- PCF policy control function
- NAS non-access stratum
- MM mobility management
- SM session management
- N2 next generation, NG 2 interface
- Session management network element mainly used for session management, allocation and management of Internet protocol (IP) addresses of terminal devices, selection of endpoints for manageable user plane functions, policy control and charging function interfaces, and downlink data notification, etc.
- IP Internet protocol
- SMF Session management network element
- Policy control network element including terminal contract data management function, policy control function, billing policy control function, quality of service (QoS) control, etc., a unified policy framework used to guide network behavior, and provide policy rule information for control plane functional network elements (such as AMF, SMF network elements, etc.).
- QoS quality of service
- the policy control network element may be a policy control function (PCF) network element, which may be responsible for user policy management, including both mobility-related policies and PDU session-related policies, such as QoS policies and charging policies.
- PCF policy control function
- Network slice selection function network element responsible for selecting network slices for terminal devices.
- this application network element can be a network slice selection function (NSSF) network element. That is, NSSF can be understood as the name of the network slice selection function network element in the 5G architecture.
- the network slice selection function network element mainly includes the following functions: selecting a group of network slice instances for the UE, determining the allowed network slice selection assistance information (NSSAI), and determining the AMF set that can serve the UE.
- NSSAI network slice selection assistance information
- Authentication server performs security authentication of users.
- the authentication server can be an authentication server function network element (AUSF), which mainly includes the following functions: authentication server function, interacting with UDM to obtain terminal device information, and performing authentication-related functions, such as generating intermediate keys, etc.
- AUSF authentication server function network element
- Unified data management network element responsible for the management of user identification, contract data, authentication data, and user service network element registration management.
- the unified data management network element can be unified data management (UDM), which mainly includes the following functions: unified data management, support for authentication credentials processing in 3GPP authentication and key negotiation mechanism, user identity processing, access authorization, registration and mobility management, contract management and short message management, etc.
- UDM unified data management
- the network open network element can be a network open function (NEF) network element, which is mainly used to expose the services and capabilities of the 3GPP network function to the AF, and also allows the AF to provide information to the 3GPP network function.
- NEF can be understood as the naming of the capability open network element in the 5G architecture.
- the capability open network element mainly includes the following functions: secure open 3GPP network function to provide services and capabilities, such as: internal open, or open to third parties, etc.; conversion or translation of information interacting with the AF and information interacting with the internal network function, such as: AF service identification and internal 5G core network information such as data network name (data network name, DNN), single network slice selection assistance information (single network slice selection assistance information, S-NSSAI), etc.
- secure open 3GPP network function to provide services and capabilities, such as: internal open, or open to third parties, etc.
- conversion or translation of information interacting with the AF and information interacting with the internal network function such as: AF service identification and internal 5G core network information such as data network name (data network name, DNN), single network slice selection assistance information (single network slice selection assistance information, S-NSSAI), etc.
- Network storage network element Provides storage and selection functions for other core network elements.
- this network element can be a network function repository function (NRF), which mainly includes the following functions: service discovery function, maintaining the NF text of available network function (NF) instances and the services they support.
- NRF network function repository function
- the application network element can be an application function (AF) network element, which represents the application function of a third party or operator. It is the interface for the 5G network to obtain external application data. It is mainly used to convey the requirements of the application side to the network side.
- the AF network element mainly includes the following functions: interacting with the 3GPP core network to provide business or services, including: interacting with NEF, interacting with the policy architecture, etc.
- User plane network element As the interface with the data network, it completes user plane data forwarding, session/flow-level billing statistics, and bandwidth Restriction and other functions. That is, packet routing and forwarding and quality of service (QoS) processing of user plane data.
- the network element may be a UPF network element.
- R Radio access network
- R Access network equipment can also be called access equipment.
- R)AN can manage wireless resources, provide access services for user equipment, and complete the forwarding of user equipment data between user equipment and the core network.
- R)AN can also be understood as a base station in the network.
- the access network device in the embodiment of the present application can be any communication device with wireless transceiver function for communicating with the terminal device.
- the access network device includes but is not limited to: evolved Node B (eNB), radio network controller (RNC), Node B (NB), base station controller (BSC), base transceiver station (BTS), home evolved Node B (HeNB, or home Node B, HNB), baseband unit (BBU), wireless fidelity (wireless
- the invention may be an access point (AP), a wireless relay node, a wireless backhaul node, a transmission point (TP) or a transmission and reception point (TRP) in a wireless fidelity (WIFI) system, and may also be a 5G, such as a gNB in an NR system, or a transmission point (TRP or TP), one or a group of (including multiple antenna panels) antenna panels of a base station in a 5G system, or may also be a network node constituting a gNB or a transmission point, such as
- the gNB may include a centralized unit (CU) and a DU.
- the gNB may also include an active antenna unit (AAU).
- the CU implements some functions of the gNB, and the DU implements some functions of the gNB.
- the CU is responsible for processing non-real-time protocols and services, and implements the functions of the radio resource control (RRC) and packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) layers.
- the DU is responsible for processing physical layer protocols and real-time services, and implements the functions of the radio link control (RLC), media access control (MAC) and physical (PHY) layers.
- the AAU implements some physical layer processing functions, RF processing and related functions of active antennas.
- the information of the RRC layer is generated by the CU, and will eventually be encapsulated by the PHY layer of the DU to become the PHY layer information, or, it is converted from the PHY layer information. Therefore, in this architecture, high-level signaling such as RRC layer signaling can also be considered to be sent by the DU, or, sent by the DU+AAU.
- the access network device may be a device including one or more of a CU node, a DU node, and an AAU node.
- the CU may be classified as an access network device in an access network (radio access network, RAN), or the CU may be classified as an access network device in a core network (CN), and this application does not limit this.
- Data network provides, for example, operator services, Internet access or third-party services, including servers, which implement video source encoding, rendering, etc.
- the data network can be a data network (DN).
- the above-mentioned functional network element can be a network element in a hardware device, a software function running on dedicated hardware, or a virtualized function instantiated on a platform (e.g., a cloud platform).
- the above-mentioned functional network element can be divided into one or more services, and further, there may be services that exist independently of the network function.
- an instance of the above-mentioned functional network element, or an instance of a service included in the above-mentioned functional network element, or an instance of a service that exists independently of the network function can be referred to as a service instance.
- the terminal device can access 5GS through the access network device, the terminal device can communicate with the AMF network element through the next generation network (next generation, NG) 1 interface (referred to as N1) , the access network device communicates with the AMF network element through the NG2 interface (referred to as N2) , the access network device communicates with the UPF network element through the NG3 interface (referred to as N3) , the AMF network element communicates with the SMF network element through the NG11 interface (referred to as N11) , and the AMF network element communicates with the UPF network element through the NG8 interface (referred to as N8) M network elements communicate with AUSF network elements through NG12 interface (N12 for short), AMF network elements communicate with PCF network elements through NG15 interface (N15 for short), SMF network elements communicate with PCF network elements through NG7 interface (N7 for short), SMF network elements communicate with UPF network elements through NG4 interface (N4 for short), NEF network elements communicate with
- system architecture involved in Figure 2 may also include other network elements, such as network slice selection function (NSSF), unified data repository (UDR) or network repository function (NRF) and other network elements or devices, without specific limitation.
- NSSF network slice selection function
- UDR unified data repository
- NEF network repository function
- each network element shown in Figure 2 is only a name, and the name does not limit the function of the network element itself.
- the above-mentioned network elements may also have other names, and the embodiments of the present application do not specifically limit this.
- some or all of the above-mentioned network elements may use the terminology in 5G, or may be other names, etc., which are uniformly explained here and will not be repeated below.
- the embodiments of the present application are not limited to the system architecture shown in FIG. 2.
- the communication system to which the present application can be applied may include more or fewer network elements or devices.
- the devices or network elements in FIG. 2 may be hardware, or functionally divided software, or a combination of the two.
- the devices or network elements in FIG. 2 may communicate with each other through other devices or network elements.
- network element in this article can also be called a network function instance (network function instance), network function (network function, NF), equipment, device or module, etc., which is not specifically limited in this application.
- the embodiments of the present application describe the technical solution of the present application in detail by taking UAV as an example of a terminal device, but the terminal device of the present application is not limited to UAV, and other terminal devices that can implement the technical solution of the present application are also included in the protection scope of the present application.
- UAVs When performing corresponding tasks, UAVs may fly along a fixed path, such as conducting power network inspections.
- RRC radio resource control
- the UAVs When UAVs generally establish radio resource control (RRC), reestablish RRC, or reconfigure RRC with RAN, the UAVs carry the indication information of the current flight path information available (flightPathInfoAvailable) in the RRC Setup Complete (RRCSetupComplete) message, the RRC Recovery Complete (RRCResumeComplete) message, the RRC Reconfiguration Complete (RRCReconfigurationComplete) message in the RAN switching scenario, or the RRC Reestablishment Complete (RRCReestablishmentComplete) message.
- RRCSetupComplete the RRC Setup Complete
- RRCResumeComplete the RRC Recovery Complete
- RRCReconfigurationComplete RRC Reconfiguration Complete
- RRCReestablishmentComplete the RRC Reestablishment Complete
- the present application provides a method by which UAVs can report flight path updates in a timely manner, as shown in FIG3.
- Step S310 UAV sends information #1 to RAN, and RAN receives the information #1 accordingly.
- the above-mentioned RAN may be an example of a first access network device.
- the information #1 is used to indicate to the RAN that the current flight path of the UAV is available, or, the information #1 is used to indicate that the information of the current flight path of the UAV stored by the RAN is available (flightPathInfoAvailable), or, the information #1 is used to indicate to the RAN that the flight path of the UAV has not changed or been updated.
- the above-mentioned flight path may be an example of a moving path, and the present application does not limit the moving path of the terminal device to the flight path.
- the above information #1 can be carried in an RRC setup complete (RRCSetupComplete) message, an RRC recovery complete (RRCResumeComplete) message, an RRC reconfiguration complete (RRCReconfigurationComplete) message or an RRC reestablishment complete (RRCReestablishmentComplete) message, etc.
- Step S312 RAN sends information #2 to UAV.
- UAV receives the information #2.
- the above information #2 is used to request the UAV to report the current flight path.
- the current flight path can be recorded as flight path #1, and the flight path #1 can be an example of the first moving path.
- the above information #2 may be a UE information request message (UEInformationRequest), or the above information #1 may be a flight path request message (flightPathInfoReq).
- UEInformationRequest UEInformationRequest
- flight path request message flight path request message
- Step S314 UAV sends information #3 to RAN, and RAN receives the information #3 accordingly.
- the above-mentioned information #3 may include information on the current flight path of the UAV.
- the above information #3 may be a UE information response message (UEInformationResponse), or the above information #3 may be a flight path report message (flightPathInfoReport).
- UEInformationResponse UEInformationResponse
- flight path report message flightPathInfoReport
- the above-mentioned flight path information may also be a flight path report.
- step S316 the RAN sends information #4 to the UAV, and the UAV receives the information #4 accordingly.
- the above-mentioned information #4 may be an example of the third information.
- the above information #4 is used to indicate that the UAV can perform flight path update and available indication, that is, reporting of information #5.
- the above information #4 may be sent by RAN through other configuration messages (otherConfig).
- Step S318 When the current flight path of the UAV is updated, the UAV sends information #5 to the RAN. Specifically, the RAN receives the information #5.
- the updated flight path may be recorded as flight path #2, and the flight path #2 may be an example of the second movement path.
- the above-mentioned information #5 may be an example of the second information.
- the above information #5 is used to indicate that the flight path of the UAV has been updated, or the above information #5 is used to indicate to the RAN that the updated flight path is available.
- the above information #5 is also used to indicate the average speed of the UAV moving between the start point and the end point of flight path #2, or the above information #5 is also used to indicate the distance moved by the UAV between the start point and the end point of flight path #2, or the above information #5 is also used to indicate the average speed of the UAV moving between two adjacent waypoints of flight path #2, or the above information #5 is also used to indicate the distance moved by the UAV between two adjacent waypoints of flight path #2, etc.
- the above information #5 may be sent by the UAV in UE Assistant Information (UEAssistantInformation).
- UAV UE Assistant Information
- the UAV may also indicate to the RAN the flight path to be executed next, for example, continuing to execute the flight path #1 before the flight path update.
- the UAV may also indicate to the RAN that the flight mission of the UAV is cancelled.
- the above information #5 may also include at least one of the following information #1:
- the number of waypoints that change is how many waypoints the UAV indicates to the RAN will change; the waypoints that change are the waypoints that the UAV indicates to the RAN will change; the ratio of waypoints that change is the ratio of the waypoints that the UAV indicates to the RAN will change, and the ratio of the waypoints that change may be the ratio of the number of waypoints that change to the total number of waypoints in the flight path #1 of the UAV, or the ratio of the waypoints that change may also be the ratio of the number of waypoints that change to the number of waypoints remaining during the flight of the UAV; the number of waypoints that change in the time for the UAV to arrive at the waypoint is how many waypoints the UAV indicates to the RAN
- the UAV arrival time of the waypoints will be changed; the waypoints whose arrival time of the UAV is changed are the waypoints indicated by the UAV to the RAN whose arrival time of the UAV is changed; the proportion of the waypoints
- the above information #5 may also include at least one of the following information #2:
- the RAN may determine whether to instruct the UAV to update the flight path based on the above information #5.
- RAN may also configure multiple sets of information #8 based on information #2 in the above information #5. For example, when the height of the UAV corresponding to information #2 in information #5 reported by the UAV is 100m, RAN configures a set of information #8 corresponding to the height of the UAV of 100m for the UAV; when the height of the UAV corresponding to information #2 in information #5 reported by the UAV is 200m, RAN configures a set of information #8 corresponding to the height of the UAV of 200m for the UAV.
- the multiple sets of information #8 configured by RAN may be included in the same configuration information or in different configuration information. The specific description of information #8 is as follows.
- the above information #5 can be carried in other messages, such as an RRC reconfiguration completion message.
- the RAN may send information #8 to the UAV.
- the information #8 may be referred to as flight path update configuration information, and may be carried in an RRC reconfiguration message or a separate signaling, which is not limited in the present application.
- the information #8 may be an example of the seventh information.
- the information #8 may include at least one of the following three aspects:
- the first type of information is the information limiting the number of waypoints that have changed:
- the above-mentioned first threshold value can be set to 3.
- the UAV triggers the reporting of the above-mentioned information #3.
- the number of waypoints in the flight path #1 of the UAV is 20.
- the above-mentioned first threshold value can be a limitation on the number of waypoints in the above-mentioned flight path #1, or it can be a limitation on the number of remaining waypoints during the flight of the UAV. This application does not limit this.
- the UAV when the number of waypoints changed by the UAV does not exceed the above-mentioned first threshold, the UAV does not trigger reporting of the updated flight path #2; when the number of waypoints changed by the UAV exceeds the above-mentioned first threshold, the UAV triggers reporting of the updated flight path #2.
- the second threshold value can be set to 10%.
- the proportion of changed waypoints can be the proportion of the number of changed waypoints to the total number of waypoints in the UAV's flight path #1, or the proportion of changed waypoints can also be the proportion of the number of changed waypoints of the UAV to the number of remaining waypoints during the flight of the UAV, and the present application does not limit this.
- the UAV when the proportion of changed waypoints does not exceed the above second threshold, the UAV does not trigger reporting of the updated flight path #2; when the proportion of changed waypoints exceeds the above second threshold, the UAV triggers reporting of the updated flight path #2.
- RAN specifies some of the waypoints in the flight path #1 of the UAV.
- the UAV triggers the reporting of the above information #3.
- the number of waypoints in the flight path #1 of the UAV is 20, and RAN specifies waypoint 1, waypoint 3, waypoint 7, and waypoint 10 among the 20 waypoints in the flight path #1.
- the UAV triggers the reporting of the above information #3.
- the waypoints specified by RAN are the waypoints of interest to RAN.
- the UAV when some or all of the waypoints specified by the RAN do not change, the UAV does not trigger reporting of the updated flight path #2; when some or all of the waypoints specified by the RAN change, the UAV triggers reporting of the updated flight path #2.
- the second information is the restriction information on the changed waypoint location:
- the first position deviation may be set to 50 meters (m).
- the UAV triggers reporting of the information #3.
- the RAN may indicate the first area to the UAV, and when the UAV reaches a waypoint beyond the first area, the UAV triggers reporting of the above information #3.
- the third type of information is the time limit for the UAV to reach the waypoint:
- the third threshold may be set to 3.
- the number of waypoints whose arrival time of the UAV changes is 4, the UAV triggers reporting of the information #3.
- the number of waypoints on the flight path #1 of the UAV is 20.
- the third threshold may be a restriction on the number of waypoints whose arrival time of the UAV changes on the flight path #1, or a restriction on the number of waypoints whose arrival time of the UAV changes to the remaining waypoints during the flight. This application does not impose any limitation on this.
- the UAV when the number of waypoints whose arrival time of the UAV has changed does not exceed the third threshold, the UAV does not trigger reporting of the updated flight path #2; when the number of waypoints whose arrival time of the UAV has changed exceeds the third threshold, the UAV triggers reporting of the updated flight path #2.
- the number of waypoints that change when the UAV arrives at the waypoint may be the same as or different from the number of waypoints that change in the first aspect described above, and this application does not limit this.
- restriction information on the number of waypoints that have changed in the first aspect and/or, for the location of the waypoints that have changed, reference may be made to the restriction information on the location of the waypoints that have changed in the second aspect, which will not be repeated here.
- the fourth threshold may be set to 10%.
- the UAV triggers reporting of the above information #3; wherein the proportion of waypoints whose arrival time at the UAV has changed may be the proportion of the number of waypoints whose arrival time at the UAV has changed to the total number of waypoints on flight path #1, or the proportion of waypoints whose arrival time at the UAV has changed may also be the proportion of the number of waypoints whose arrival time at the UAV has changed to the number of remaining waypoints during the flight of the UAV, and this application does not impose any limitation on this.
- the UAV when the proportion of waypoints whose arrival time of the UAV has changed does not exceed the fourth threshold, the UAV does not trigger reporting of the updated flight path #2; when the proportion of waypoints whose arrival time of the UAV has changed exceeds the fourth threshold, the UAV triggers reporting of the updated flight path #2.
- restriction information on the number of waypoints that have changed in the first aspect and/or, for the location of the waypoints that have changed, reference may be made to the restriction information on the location of the waypoints that have changed in the second aspect, which will not be repeated here.
- the RAN specifies some of the waypoints in the flight path #1 of the UAV.
- the UAV triggers the reporting of the above information #3.
- the number of waypoints in the flight path #1 of the UAV is 20, and the RAN Specify waypoint 1, waypoint 3, waypoint 7, and waypoint 10 among the 20 waypoints of the flight path #1.
- the UAV triggers the reporting of the above information #3.
- the waypoints specified by the RAN are the waypoints of interest to the RAN.
- the UAV when the UAV arrival time of some or all of the waypoints specified by the RAN does not change, the UAV does not trigger reporting of the updated flight path #2; when the UAV arrival time of some or all of the waypoints specified by the RAN changes, the UAV triggers reporting of the updated flight path #2.
- the first time deviation may be set to 5 minutes (min).
- the UAV triggers reporting of the information #3.
- the RAN can indicate to the UAV the load status of the RAN in different time periods.
- the UAV triggers the reporting of the above information #3; or, when the time when the UAV arrives at the waypoint is in a time period of high load state of the RAN, the UAV does not trigger the reporting of the above information #3.
- the above information #8 can be carried in the RRC reconfiguration message.
- the triggering condition for the UAV to report the updated flight path #2 can be restricted, thereby avoiding the UAV from frequently updating the flight path and saving air interface resources.
- step S320 when the RAN learns that the updated flight path of the UAV is available, the RAN repeats the above steps S312 and S314 to obtain the information of the flight path of the UAV.
- the information #2 in the above step S320 may be an example of the fourth information
- the information #3 in the above step S320 may be an example of the first information.
- the information #2 in step S320 can be used to instruct the UAV to perform differential reporting.
- the information #2 in step S320 can be used to instruct the UAV to report the information of the flight path that is different from the latest flight path.
- the UAV may autonomously perform differential reporting without RAN instructions.
- the first differential reporting method reporting a sequence of fixed length.
- the reported sequence length can be designed to be the maximum number of waypoints.
- the maximum number of waypoints included in the reported flight path is 20, and the sequence length for differential reporting is 20.
- This application does not limit the maximum number of waypoints, and the following description takes the maximum number of waypoints as 20 as an example.
- the bits in the sequence correspond one-to-one to the waypoints of the flight path. If the number of waypoints A in the flight path is less than the maximum number of waypoints N, or if the number of waypoints A in the flight path is less than the number of bits N in the sequence, then the first A bits of the N bits in the sequence can be used to represent the A waypoints of the flight path. Optionally, the last A bits of the N bits in the sequence can also be used to represent the A waypoints of the flight path, or the middle A bits of the N bits in the sequence can also be used to represent the A waypoints of the flight path.
- the present application does not limit the A bits in the sequence representing A waypoints, and the following description takes the example of the first A bits of the N bits in the sequence representing the A waypoints of the flight path.
- the first moving path includes M waypoints
- the second moving path includes P waypoints.
- the P bits in the N bits correspond to the P waypoints one by one.
- the UAV determines at least one bit according to the M waypoints and the P waypoints; the UAV sets the at least one bit to a first value, and sets the bits in the N bits except the at least one bit to a second value.
- the first value may be 1, and the second value may be 0, which is not limited in the present application.
- the UAV compares the difference between the updated flight path (i.e., the second moving path mentioned above) and the last reported flight path (i.e., the first moving path mentioned above). If a waypoint in the updated flight path changes, the bit in the sequence corresponding to the waypoint is set to 1; if a waypoint in the updated flight path does not change, the bit in the sequence corresponding to the waypoint is set to 0.
- the change of the above-mentioned waypoint may be: the waypoint position of the waypoint changes, the time for the UAV to arrive at the waypoint changes, the order in which the UAV arrives at the waypoint changes, the waypoint is deleted in the second moving path, the waypoint is added in the second moving path, etc.
- changes to a waypoint in the updated flight path can be divided into the following three situations:
- the UAV sets the bits corresponding to the changed waypoints in the updated flight path to 1, and sets the bits corresponding to the unchanged waypoints in the updated flight path to 0.
- the number of waypoints in the flight path is 10, where the UAV finds through comparison that waypoints 3, 5, and 7 in the updated flight path have changed. Then the sequence of differential reporting by the UAN is shown in Table 1 below.
- the information design may be performed in the following form #1, which is an example, and the present application does not limit the specific form of the information design:
- FlightPathInfoBitmap represents the sequence shown in Table 1 above.
- flightPath is a sequence, including the waypoints that have changed.
- the waypoints that have changed are waypoint 3, waypoint 5, and waypoint 7, so flightPath includes the three waypoints that have changed: waypoint 3, waypoint 5, and waypoint 7.
- wayPointLocation represents the information of the waypoints that have changed.
- the waypoints that have changed are waypoint 3, waypoint 5, and waypoint 7, so wayPointLocation includes the updated waypoint information of waypoint 3, waypoint 5, and waypoint 7.
- wayPointLocation includes the updated positions of waypoint 3, waypoint 5, and waypoint 7 and/or the updated time when the UAV arrives at waypoint 3, waypoint 5, and waypoint 7, etc.
- wayPointLocation includes the waypoint information of five waypoints, that is, the waypoint information of all waypoints from waypoint 3 to waypoint 7.
- the waypoint information of waypoint 3, waypoint 5, and waypoint 7 is different from the waypoint information of waypoint 3, waypoint 5, and waypoint 7 in the last reported flight path
- the waypoint information of waypoint 4 and waypoint 6 is the same as the waypoint information of waypoint 4 and waypoint 6 in the last reported flight path.
- the UAV starts from the bits corresponding to the reduced waypoints in the updated flight path and sets the bits corresponding to the subsequent waypoints to 1.
- the number of waypoints in the last reported flight path is 10, waypoint 3 in the last reported flight path is deleted, and the number of waypoints in the updated flight path is 9.
- the UAV finds through comparison that waypoints 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 in the updated flight path have changed. Then the sequence of differential reporting by UAN is shown in Table 2 below.
- the wayPointLocation in the above form #1 of the information design includes the updated waypoint information of seven waypoints, namely, the updated waypoint information of waypoint 3, waypoint 4, waypoint 5, waypoint 6, waypoint 7, waypoint 8, and waypoint 9.
- the UAV sets the bits corresponding to the subsequent waypoints to 1, starting from the bits corresponding to the added waypoints in the updated flight path.
- the number of waypoints in the last reported flight path is 10, and between waypoints 9 and 10 in the last reported flight path, A new waypoint 11 is added during the flight, and the number of waypoints in the updated flight path is 11.
- the UAV finds through comparison that waypoints 10 and 11 in the updated flight path have changed. Then the sequence of differential reporting by the UAN is shown in Table 3 below.
- the wayPointLocation in the above form #1 of the information design includes updated waypoint information of two waypoints, namely, updated waypoint information of waypoint 10 and waypoint 11.
- the second differential reporting method reporting a sequence of variable length.
- the reported sequence length N is determined based on the number of waypoints M of the last reported flight path or the number of waypoints P of the updated flight path, rather than reporting a fixed-length sequence.
- the maximum length of the reported sequence is the maximum number of waypoints. Exemplarily, according to current requirements, the maximum number of waypoints included in the reported flight path is 20, and the maximum length of the variable-length sequence for differential reporting is 20. This application does not limit the maximum number of waypoints.
- the bits in the sequence correspond one-to-one to the waypoints of the flight path.
- the UAV compares the updated flight path with the last reported flight path. If a waypoint in the updated flight path changes, the bit in the sequence corresponding to the waypoint is set to 1; if a waypoint in the updated flight path does not change, the bit in the sequence corresponding to the waypoint is set to 0.
- the change of the above-mentioned waypoint may be: the waypoint position of the waypoint changes, the time when the UAV arrives at the waypoint changes, the order in which the UAV arrives at the waypoint changes, the bit corresponding to the waypoint changes, etc.
- changes to a waypoint in the updated flight path can be divided into the following three situations:
- the UAV sets the bits corresponding to the changed waypoints in the updated flight path to 1, and sets the bits corresponding to the unchanged waypoints in the updated flight path to 0.
- the number of waypoints in the flight path is 10, where the UAV finds through comparison that waypoints 3, 5, and 7 in the updated flight path have changed. Then the sequence of differential reporting by the UAN is shown in Table 4 below.
- the information design may be performed in the following form #2, which is an example, and the present application does not limit the specific form of the information design:
- FlightPathInfoBitmap represents the sequence shown in Table 4 above.
- flightPath is a sequence, including the changed waypoints.
- the changed waypoints are waypoint 3, waypoint 5, and waypoint 7, so flightPath includes the three changed waypoints: waypoint 3, waypoint 5, and waypoint 7.
- wayPointLocation represents the information of the changed waypoints.
- the changed waypoints are waypoint 3, waypoint 5, and waypoint 7, so wayPointLocation includes the updated waypoint information of the three waypoints, that is, the updated waypoint information of waypoint 3, waypoint 5, and waypoint 7.
- wayPointLocation includes the updated positions of waypoint 3, waypoint 5, and waypoint 7 and/or the updated time of the UAV arriving at waypoint 3, waypoint 5, and waypoint 7, etc.
- maxWayPoint represents the maximum number of waypoints included in the reported flight path, that is, the maximum length of the reported variable sequence length.
- wayPointLocation includes the waypoint information of five waypoints, that is, the waypoint information of all waypoints from waypoint 3 to waypoint 7.
- the waypoint information of waypoint 3, waypoint 5, and waypoint 7 is different from the waypoint information of waypoint 3, waypoint 5, and waypoint 7 in the last reported flight path
- the waypoint information of waypoint 4 and waypoint 6 is different from the waypoint information of waypoint 6 in the last reported flight path. 4.
- the waypoint information of waypoint 6 is the same.
- the UAV starts from the bits corresponding to the reduced waypoints in the updated flight path and sets the bits corresponding to the subsequent waypoints to 1.
- the number of waypoints in the last reported flight path is 10, waypoint 3 in the last reported flight path is deleted, and the number of waypoints in the updated flight path is 9.
- the UAV finds through comparison that waypoints 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 in the updated flight path have changed. Then the sequence of differential reporting by UAN is shown in Table 5 below.
- the wayPointLocation in the above form #1 of the information design includes the updated waypoint information of seven waypoints, namely, the updated waypoint information of waypoint 3, waypoint 4, waypoint 5, waypoint 6, waypoint 7, waypoint 8, and waypoint 9.
- the UAV sets the bits corresponding to the subsequent waypoints to 1, starting from the bits corresponding to the added waypoints in the updated flight path.
- the number of waypoints in the last reported flight path is 10, and a new waypoint 11 is added between waypoint 9 and waypoint 10 in the last reported flight path.
- the number of waypoints in the updated flight path is 11.
- the UAV finds through comparison that waypoints 10 and 11 in the updated flight path have changed. Then the sequence reported by the UAN is shown in Table 6 below. At this time, one bit is added to the length of the sequence reported by the UAV.
- the flightPath in the above form #2 of information design includes updated waypoint information of two waypoints, namely, updated waypoint information of waypoint 10 and waypoint 11.
- the UAV can indicate the changed waypoint information to the RAN, realize the update of the flight path, and save signaling overhead.
- the waypointInLastReportedFlightPath is the waypoint index in the last reported flight path, which is used to indicate the waypoint in the last reported flight path.
- the information design may be performed in the following form #3, which is an example, and the present application does not limit the specific form of the information design:
- FlightPathInfoBitmap represents the sequence shown in Tables 1 to 6 above.
- flightPath is a sequence including the changed waypoints.
- wayPointLocation represents the information of the changed waypoints.
- waypointInLastReportedFlightPath is the last The index of the waypoint in the reported flight path, used to indicate the waypoint in the last reported flight path. For example, setting waypointInLastReportedFlightPath to 3 indicates the third waypoint in the last reported flight path.
- Table 2 above shows that the number of waypoints in the updated flight path is reduced compared to the number of waypoints in the last reported flight path.
- the number of waypoints in the last reported flight path is 10, and waypoint 3 in the last reported flight path is deleted, and the number of waypoints in the updated flight path is 9.
- flightPath includes the changed waypoints of waypoint 3, waypoint 4, waypoint 5, waypoint 6, waypoint 7, waypoint 8, and waypoint 9.
- wayPointLocation includes updated waypoint information of seven waypoints, namely, updated waypoint information of waypoint 3, waypoint 4, waypoint 5, waypoint 6, waypoint 7, waypoint 8, and waypoint 9, as shown in Table 7 below.
- the above table 7 contains wayPointLocation information.
- the updated waypoint information of waypoint 3, waypoint 4, waypoint 5, waypoint 6, waypoint 7, waypoint 8, and waypoint 9 in the updated flight path is the same as the waypoint 4, waypoint 5, waypoint 6, waypoint 7, waypoint 8, waypoint 9, and waypoint 10 in the last reported flight path.
- RAN obtains the waypoint information of waypoint 4, waypoint 5, waypoint 6, waypoint 7, waypoint 8, waypoint 9, and waypoint 10 in the last reported flight path as the waypoint information of the changed waypoint 3, waypoint 4, waypoint 5, waypoint 6, waypoint 7, waypoint 8, and waypoint 9 included in the flightPath, without the need for the UAV to re-report.
- the UAV can refer to the waypoint information of the waypoint in the previously reported flight path, without the need for the UAV to re-report the waypoint information of the waypoint, thereby reducing signaling overhead.
- the information #2 in the above step S320 may also include the specification of RAN for the UAV to report the current flight path.
- the information #2 may also include at least one of the following information about the task performed by the UAV:
- the UAV defines the current location as the starting point of the task being performed.
- the distribution of the waypoints can be that the waypoints included in the flight path can be evenly distributed or unevenly distributed. Evenly distributed, etc.
- the time of the subsequent waypoints when the corresponding time of the starting waypoint is a relative time, the time of the subsequent waypoints all adopts the relative time; or, when the corresponding time of the starting waypoint is an absolute time, the time of the subsequent waypoints all adopts the absolute time.
- the above-mentioned number of waypoints may include the above-mentioned starting point and end point, or may not include the above-mentioned starting point and end point, and this application does not limit this.
- the RAN can obtain the indication information of the update of the flight path of the UAV in a timely manner, which can prevent the RAN from misjudging the flight path of the UAV.
- the above method also makes some specifications for the information of the flight path reported by the UAV to avoid the RAN from being unable to accurately identify the flight path reported by the UAV.
- the present application may also provide another method by which the UAV can timely report flight path updates, as shown in FIG4 .
- Steps S410 to S414 may refer to the above-mentioned steps S310 to S314, and this application will not elaborate on them.
- Step S416 RAN sends information #6 to UAV.
- UAV receives the information #6.
- the above-mentioned information #6 may also be an example of the fourth information.
- the information #6 is used to indicate that the UAV can report flight path updates.
- the above information #6 may be sent by RAN through other configuration messages (otherConfig).
- the above information #6 may also include RAN specifications for the UAV to report the current flight path.
- the information #2 may also include at least one of the following information about the task performed by the UAV:
- the UAV defines the current location as the starting point of the task being performed.
- the distribution of the waypoints may be that the positions of the waypoints included in the flight path may be evenly distributed or unevenly distributed.
- the time of the subsequent waypoints when the corresponding time of the starting waypoint is a relative time, the time of the subsequent waypoints all adopts the relative time; or, when the corresponding time of the starting waypoint is an absolute time, the time of the subsequent waypoints all adopts the absolute time.
- the above-mentioned number of waypoints may include the above-mentioned starting point and end point, or may not include the above-mentioned starting point and end point, and this application does not limit this.
- whether the above information #6 includes the specification of RAN reporting the current flight path of the UAV can be indicated by 1 bit.
- the bit is 1, it indicates that the above information #6 includes the specification of RAN reporting the current flight path of the UAV; when the bit is 0, it indicates that the above information #6 does not include the specification of RAN reporting the current flight path of the UAV.
- the number of bits and the specific value of the bits can be flexibly set, and this application does not limit this.
- Step S418 When the current flight path of the UAV is updated, the UAV sends information #7 to the RAN based on the above information #6. Specifically, the RAN receives the information #7.
- the above-mentioned information #7 may also be an example of the first information.
- the above-mentioned information #7 includes information of the flight path that the UAV updates is available.
- the above information #7 may be sent by the UAV in UE assistant information (UEAssistantInformation).
- the information #7 may be used to instruct the UAV to perform differential reporting.
- the information #7 may be used to instruct the UAV to report information about a flight path that is different from the latest flight path.
- the RAN can obtain the updated UAV flight path information in a timely manner, so as to make a timely judgment on the UAV flight path.
- the above method also makes some specifications for the flight path information reported by the UAV to avoid the RAN being unable to accurately identify the flight path reported by the UAV.
- the RAN serving the UAV may be switched.
- the target RAN will be unable to obtain the current flight path information of the UAV, and thus unable to accurately control the UAV.
- the present application provides a method for updating a flight path in a RAN handover scenario, as shown in FIG5 .
- Step S510 The source RAN of the UAV configures a measurement process for the UAV, and the UAV sends a measurement report to the source RAN, which receives the measurement report. measurement report.
- the above-mentioned source RAN may also be an example of the first access network device.
- Step S512 The source RAN of the UAV decides to switch to the RAN serving the UAV based on the above measurement report and the like.
- Step S514 The source RAN sends a handover request message to the target RAN, where the handover request message includes information (HandoverPreparationInformation) for handover preparation of the target RAN.
- the target RAN receives the handover request message.
- the target RAN may be an example of a second access network device.
- the switching request message may carry the fifth information.
- the handover request message includes the information about the flight path of the UAV. If the source RAN has indication information that the flight path of the UAV is available, but does not have information about the flight path of the UAV, the handover request message includes indication information that the flight path of the UAV is available.
- the source RAN stores information indicating that the flight path of the UAV is available, and the source RAN stores at least one of the following information #1 included in the above information #5:
- the above-mentioned switching request message includes the indication information that the flight path of the UAV is available and at least one of the above-mentioned information #1 included in the above-mentioned information #5.
- the source RAN also stores at least one of the following information #2 included in the above information #5:
- the switching request message includes the indication information that the flight path of the UAV is available and the at least one of the information #1 and the at least one of the information #2 included in the information #5.
- Step S516 The target RAN performs access control.
- Step S518 The target RAN prepares for handover and sends a handover request confirmation message to the source RAN.
- the message carries information for the UAV to perform handover.
- the source RAN receives the handover request confirmation message.
- the above-mentioned switching request confirmation message may carry the sixth information.
- the switching request confirmation message also includes the information #2, where the information #2 is used to request the UAV to report the current flight path.
- the information #2 may also include the target RAN's specification for the UAV to report the current flight path.
- the information #2 may also include at least one of the following information about the task performed by the UAV:
- the UAV defines the current location as the starting point of the task being performed.
- the distribution of the waypoints may be that the positions of the waypoints included in the flight path may be evenly distributed or unevenly distributed.
- the time of the subsequent waypoints when the corresponding time of the starting waypoint is a relative time, the time of the subsequent waypoints all adopts the relative time; or, when the corresponding time of the starting waypoint is an absolute time, the time of the subsequent waypoints all adopts the absolute time.
- the above-mentioned number of waypoints may include the above-mentioned starting point and end point, or may not include the above-mentioned starting point and end point, and this application does not limit this.
- the above information #2 also includes information for instructing the UAV to perform differential reporting. That is, the above information #2 can be used to instruct the UAV to report the information of the flight path that is different from the latest flight path.
- the information #2 may also include the above-mentioned information #8.
- the UAV reports the updated flight path #2, thereby minimizing the triggering of useless flight path updates by the target RAN.
- Step S520 The source RAN triggers or starts a Uu interface handover with the UAV.
- Step S522 The source RAN sends an RRC reconfiguration message to the UAV.
- the RRC reconfiguration message includes identification information of the target cell, etc.
- the above RRC reconfiguration message also includes the above information #2.
- step S524 the source RAN sends an early status transfer message to the target RAN, where the message is used to instruct the target RAN to clean up the data packets that have been sent by the source RAN and are stored in the target RAN.
- Step S526 The source RAN sends a serial number status transfer message (serial number status transfer) to the target RAN, where the serial number status transfer message includes information such as the packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) sequence number of the UAV.
- the target RAN receives the serial number status transfer message.
- PDCP packet data convergence protocol
- Step S528 The UAV switches to the target RAN.
- Step S530 The UAV sends an RRC reconfiguration success message to the target RAN.
- the above RRC reconfiguration success message may carry the first information.
- the above RRC reconfiguration success message may include information about the current flight path of the UAV.
- Step S532 The target RAN sends a handover success message to the source RAN.
- Step S534 The source RAN sends a serial number status transfer message (serial number status transfer) to the target RAN again.
- the target RAN receives the serial number status transfer message.
- Step S536 The target RAN sends a path switching request message for data transmission from the UAV to the target RAN to the AMF network element.
- the AMF network element receives the path switching request message.
- the path switching request message includes relevant information of the PDU session that needs to be switched, etc.
- Step S540 The AMF network element sends a path switching request confirmation message to the target RAN.
- Step S542 The target RAN sends a UAV context release message to the source RAN.
- the target RAN obtains the information of the UAV's flight path as early as possible, avoiding the target RAN requesting the UAV's flight path again when the UAV accesses. This can not only reduce the delay in updating the flight path in a switching scenario, but also save signaling overhead.
- the deployment process from the LTE stage to the NR stage will go through many intermediate stages, and further evolve to the independent networking deployment of NR.
- the most common deployment method in the intermediate stage is the dual connectivity (E-UTRAN-NR dual connectivity, EN-DC) architecture of 4G base stations (e.g., eNB) and 5G base stations (e.g., gNB), as shown in Figure 6.
- EPC evolved packet core
- eNB provides control plane signaling management, and all control plane signaling relies on eNB for forwarding.
- gNB assists in the transmission of user plane data.
- the air interface signaling interaction from gNB to UAV mainly depends on eNB.
- eNB can be considered as a router between gNB and UAV to transmit control signaling.
- eNB can be considered as the master eNB (MeNB).
- the agreement signed between the UAV and the operator when accessing the network is a UAV subscription message, which includes the authorization of the UAV, etc.
- the base station can determine whether the UAV is legal based on the UAV subscription message and send corresponding configuration messages to the UAV.
- the present application provides a method for managing UAV subscription messages, as shown in FIG7 .
- Step S710 The MME of the 4G core network obtains the subscription message of the UAV.
- Step S712 the MME sends the subscription message of the UAV to the main base station MeNB.
- the MeNB receives the subscription message of the UAV.
- the above-mentioned UAV subscription message includes the UAV's LTE subscription message and the UAV's NR subscription message.
- step S714 after judgment, the MeNB uses the LTE subscription message of the UAV for its own processing and sends the NR subscription message of the UAV to the gNB. Accordingly, the gNB receives the NR subscription message of the UAV.
- the MeNB can send a request message to the gNB through the secondary gNB (SgNB).
- SgNB secondary gNB
- Step S716 the gNB determines the configuration information of the UAV based on the NR subscription message of the UAV, and sends the configuration information of the UAV to the MeNB.
- the configuration information of the above-mentioned UAV can be sent to MeNB via the SgNB add request confirmation message.
- Step S718 The MeNB sends the configuration information of the UAV to the UAV via an RRC reconfiguration message.
- Step S720 The UAV executes the RRC reconfiguration message and feeds back an RRC reconfiguration completion message to the MeNB.
- FIG 8 shows a schematic block diagram of an apparatus 100 for sending information according to an embodiment of the present application.
- the apparatus 100 for sending information may correspond to (for example, may be configured on or may itself be) the UAV, RAN, source RAN, target RAN, AMF, UPF, MME, MeNB and gNB described in the embodiments of Figures 3, 4, 5 and 7 above.
- each module or unit in the apparatus 100 for sending information is used to execute each action or processing procedure performed by the UAV, RAN, source RAN, target RAN, AMF, UPF, MME, MeNB and gNB described in the embodiments of Figures 3, 4, 5 and 7 above.
- each module or unit in the apparatus 100 for sending information is used to execute each action or processing procedure performed by the UAV, RAN, source RAN, target RAN, AMF, UPF, MME, MeNB and gNB described in the embodiments of Figures 3, 4, 5 and 7 above.
- its detailed description is omitted.
- the device 100 may be the UAV, RAN, source RAN, target RAN, AMF, UPF, MME, MeNB and gNB described in the embodiments of Figures 3, 4, 5 and 7.
- the device 100 may include: a processor and a transceiver, and the processor and the transceiver are communicatively connected.
- the device further comprises a memory, and the memory is communicatively connected to the processor.
- the processor, the memory and the transceiver can be communicatively connected, the memory can be used to store programs or instructions, and the processor is used to execute the programs or instructions stored in the memory to control the transceiver to send information or signals.
- the interface unit in the device 100 shown in FIG. 8 may correspond to the transceiver, and the processing unit in the device 100 shown in FIG. 8 may correspond to the processor.
- the device 100 may be a chip (or a chip system) installed in the UAV, RAN, source RAN, target RAN, AMF, UPF, MME, MeNB and gNB described in the embodiments of Figures 3, 4, 5 and 7.
- the device 100 may include: a processor and an input/output interface.
- the processor may be connected to the UAV, RAN, source RAN, target RAN, AMF, UPF, MME, MeNB and gNB transceivers described in the embodiments of Figures 3, 4, 5 and 7 through the input/output interface.
- the device further includes a memory, which is connected to the processor.
- the processor, the memory and the transceiver may be connected to each other in a communication manner.
- the memory may be used to store programs or instructions, and the processor may be used to execute the programs or instructions stored in the memory to control the transceiver to send information or signals.
- the interface unit in the device 100 shown in FIG. 8 may correspond to the input/output interface
- the processing unit in the device 100 shown in FIG. 8 may correspond to the processor
- FIG 9 shows a schematic block diagram of an apparatus 200 for receiving information according to an embodiment of the present application.
- the apparatus 200 for receiving information may correspond to (for example, may be configured to implement) the UAV, RAN, source RAN, target RAN, AMF, UPF, MME, MeNB and gNB described in the embodiments of Figures 3, 4, 5 and 7 above, and each module or unit in the apparatus 200 for receiving information is used to execute each action or processing procedure performed by the UAV, RAN, source RAN, target RAN, AMF, UPF, MME, MeNB and gNB described in the embodiments of Figures 3, 4, 5 and 7 above.
- each module or unit in the apparatus 200 for receiving information is used to execute each action or processing procedure performed by the UAV, RAN, source RAN, target RAN, AMF, UPF, MME, MeNB and gNB described in the embodiments of Figures 3, 4, 5 and 7 above.
- each module or unit in the apparatus 200 for receiving information is used to execute each action or processing procedure performed by the UAV
- the device 200 may be the UAV, RAN, source RAN, target RAN, AMF, UPF, MME, MeNB and gNB described in the embodiments of Figures 3, 4, 5 and 7.
- the device 200 may include: a processor and a transceiver, the processor and the transceiver are communicatively connected, and optionally, the device further includes a memory, the memory is communicatively connected to the processor.
- the processor, the memory and the transceiver may be communicatively connected, the memory may be used to store programs or instructions, and the processor is used to execute the programs or instructions stored in the memory to control the transceiver to receive information or signals.
- the interface unit in the device 200 shown in FIG. 9 may correspond to the transceiver, and the processing unit in the device 200 shown in FIG. 9 may correspond to the processor.
- the device 200 may be a chip (or a chip system) installed in the UAV, RAN, source RAN, target RAN, AMF, UPF, MME, MeNB and gNB described in the embodiments of Figures 3, 4, 5 and 7.
- the device 200 may include: a processor and an input/output interface.
- the processor may be connected to the UAV, RAN, source RAN, target RAN, AMF, UPF, MME, MeNB and gNB transceivers described in the embodiments of Figures 3, 4, 5 and 7 through the input/output interface.
- the device further includes a memory, which is connected to the processor.
- the processor, the memory and the transceiver may be connected to each other in a communication manner.
- the memory may be used to store programs or instructions, and the processor may be used to execute the programs or instructions stored in the memory to control the transceiver to receive information or signals.
- the interface unit in the device 200 shown in FIG. 9 may correspond to the input interface
- the processing unit in the device 200 shown in FIG. 9 may correspond to the processor
- the disclosed systems, devices and methods can be implemented in other ways.
- the device embodiments described above are only schematic.
- the division of the units is only a logical function division. There may be other division methods in actual implementation, such as multiple units or components can be combined or integrated into another system, or some features can be ignored or not executed.
- Another point is that the mutual coupling or direct coupling or communication connection shown or discussed can be through some interfaces, indirect coupling or communication connection of devices or units, which can be electrical, mechanical or other forms.
- the units described as separate components may or may not be physically separated, and the components shown as units may or may not be physical units, that is, they may be located in one place or distributed on multiple network units. Some or all of the units may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of this embodiment.
- each functional unit in each embodiment of the present application may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may exist physically separately, or two or more units may be integrated into one unit.
- the functions are implemented in the form of software functional units and sold or used as independent products, they can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium.
- the technical solution of the present application can be essentially or partly embodied in the form of a software product that contributes to the prior art.
- the computer software product is stored in a storage medium and includes several instructions for a computer device (which can be a personal computer, server, or network device, etc.) to perform all or part of the steps of the methods described in each embodiment of the present application.
- the aforementioned storage media include: U disk, mobile hard disk, read-only memory (ROM), random access memory (RAM), disk or optical disk, and other media that can store program codes.
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- 一种通信方法,其特征在于,所述方法包括:终端设备按照第一移动路径在第一时段内移动;当所述终端设备的所述第一移动路径发生更新时,所述终端设备向第一接入网设备发送第一信息,所述第一信息用于指示第二移动路径,所述第二移动路径是所述终端设备的移动路径发生更新后的移动路径。
- 根据权利要求1所述的方法,其特征在于,在所述终端设备向所述第一接入网设备发送所述第一信息之前,所述方法还包括:所述终端设备向所述第一接入网设备发送第二信息,所述第二信息用于指示所述第一移动路径发生更新。
- 根据权利要求1或2所述的方法,其特征在于,所述终端设备向所述第一接入网设备发送所述第一信息包括:所述终端设备接收所述第一接入网设备的第四信息,所述第四信息用于请求所述终端设备发送所述第一信息;所述终端设备根据所述第四信息确定所述第一信息;所述终端设备向所述第一接入网设备发送所述第一信息。
- 根据权利要求1至3中任一项所述的方法,其特征在于,所述第一信息携带在终端设备信息响应消息中,所述第二信息携带在终端设备辅助消息或终端设备信息响应消息中。
- 根据权利要求3或4所述的方法,其特征在于,所述第四信息携带在其它配置消息或终端设备信息请求消息中。
- 根据权利要求1至5中任一项所述的方法,其特征在于,所述方法还包括:所述终端设备接收来自于第二接入网设备的第六信息,所述第六信息用于请求所述第一信息,所述第二接入网设备是所述终端设备发生接入网设备切换后的接入网设备;所述终端设备根据所述第六信息向所述第二接入网设备发送所述第一信息。
- 根据权利要求1至6中任一项所述的方法,其特征在于,所述第一信息用于指示所述第二移动路径包括:所述第一信息包括N个比特位,所述第二移动路径包括P个航点,所述N个比特位中的P个比特位与所述P个航点一一对应,所述第一信息通过所述N个比特位指示所述第二移动路径。
- 根据权利要求7所述的方法,其特征在于,所述第一移动路径包括M个航点,所述M个航点中的每个航点对应一个比特位,所述方法还包括:所述终端设备根据所述P个航点和所述M个航点确定至少一个比特位,所述至少一个比特位对应的至少一个航点发生改变;所述终端设备将所述至少一个比特位设置为第一值,并将所述N个比特位中除所述至少一个比特位之外的比特位设置为第二值。
- 根据权利要求8所述的方法,其特征在于,所述至少一个航点发生改变包括以下至少一项:所述至少一个航点的航点位置发生改变、所述终端设备到达所述至少一个航点的时间发生改变、所述至少一个航点的顺序发生改变、所述至少一个比特位对应的所述至少一个航点在所述第二移动路径中被删除、所述至少一个比特位对应的所述至少一个航点在所述第二移动路径中被添加。
- 根据权利要求7至9中任一项所述的方法,其特征在于,N的值为所述第一移动路径或所述第二移动路径所能包括航点数量的最大值。
- 根据权利要求7至9中任一项所述的方法,其特征在于,当P与M相等或P小于M时,N的值为M;以及当P大于M时,N的值为P。
- 根据权利要求8至11中任一项所述的方法,其特征在于,所述第一信息还包括设置为所述第一值的比特位对应的一个或多个航点的索引,所述索引用于查询所述第一移动路径中的所述一个或多个航 点的信息。
- 根据权利要求12所述的方法,其特征在于,每个设置为所述第一值的比特位对应的是航点的索引或航点的信息。
- 根据权利要求3至13中任一项所述的方法,其特征在于,所述第四信息或所述第六信息还用于请求所述终端设备上报所述第二移动路径不同于所述第一移动路径的部分。
- 根据权利要求1至14中任一项所述的方法,其特征在于,所述第一移动路径或所述第二移动路径包括至少一个航点,所述航点用于表示所述终端设备在所述第一移动路径或所述第二移动路径上的移动位置,所述第四信息或所述第六信息包括所述第二移动路径的以下至少一项信息:起点、终点、航点数量、航点分布情况、航点间隔、航点的加速情况或减速情况、航点的盘旋时间、航点的盘旋速度、起点和终点之间的平均速度、起点和终点之间的距离、不同的起点和终点之间的距离所对应的航点数量、相邻两个航点之间的平均速度、相邻两个航点之间的距离。
- 根据权利要求1至15中任一项所述的方法,其特征在于,所述第一信息还用于指示所述第二移动路径是估计的或精确的。
- 根据权利要求2至16中任一项所述的方法,其特征在于,所述第二信息还用于指示所述终端设备在所述第二移动路径的起点和终点之间移动的平均速度,或者,所述第二信息还用于指示所述终端设备在所述第二移动路径的起点和终点之间移动的距离,或者,所述第二信息还用于指示所述终端设备在所述第二移动路径的相邻两个航点之间移动的平均速度,或者,所述第二信息还用于指示所述终端设备在所述第二移动路径的相邻两个航点之间移动的距离。
- 根据权利要求2至17中任一项所述的方法,其特征在于,所述第二信息包括以下至少一项信息:发生更新的航点数量、发生更新的航点、发生更新的航点比例、所述终端设备到达航点的时间发生改变的航点数量、所述终端设备到达航点的时间发生改变的航点、所述终端设备到达航点的时间发生改变的航点比例、所述终端设备到达航点的最大位置偏差、所述终端设备到达航点的最大时间偏差。
- 根据权利要求18所述的方法,其特征在于,所述第二信息还包括以下至少一项信息:所述终端设备发送所述第二信息时的所述终端设备的速度、高度、位置。
- 根据权利要求1至19中任一项所述的方法,其特征在于,所述方法还包括:所述终端设备接收来自所述第一接入网设备的第七信息,所述第七信息包括以下至少一项信息:发生更新的航点数量的第一阈值、所述第一接入网设备指定的航点、发生更新的航点比例的第二阈值、所述终端设备到达航点的时间发生改变的航点数量的第三阈值、所述终端设备到达航点的时间发生改变的航点、所述终端设备到达航点的时间发生改变的航点比例的第四阈值、所述终端设备到达航点的第一位置偏差、所述终端设备到达航点的第一区域、所述终端设备到达航点的第一时间偏差、所述第一接入网设备在不同时间段的负载状况,所述第一区域用于限制所述终端设备到达航点的区域范围。
- 根据权利要求20所述的方法,其特征在于,所述方法还包括:所述终端设备发送所述第一移动路径,所述第七信息是在所述终端设备发送所述第一移动路径之后接收到的。
- 一种通信方法,其特征在于,所述方法包括:第一接入网设备接收第一移动路径,所述第一移动路径是所述终端设备的移动路径发生更新前的移动路径;所述第一接入网设备接收所述终端设备发送的第一信息,所述第一信息用于指示第二移动路径,所述第二移动路径是所述终端设备的移动路径发生更新后的移动路径。
- 根据权利要求22所述的方法,其特征在于,在所述第一接入网设备接收所述终端设备发送的所述第一信息之前,所述方法还包括:所述第一接入网设备接收所述终端设备发送的第二信息,所述第二信息用于指示所述第一移动路径发生更新。
- 根据权利要求22或23所述的方法,其特征在于,所述方法还包括:所述第一接入网设备向所述终端设备发送第四信息,所述第四信息用于请求所述终端设备发送所述第一信息,所述第一信息是基于所述第四信息确定的。
- 根据权利要求22至24中任一项所述的方法,其特征在于,所述第一信息携带在终端设备信息响应消息中,所述第二信息携带在终端设备辅助消息或终端设备信息响应消息中。
- 根据权利要求24或25所述的方法,其特征在于,所述第四信息携带在其它配置消息或终端设备信息请求消息中。
- 根据权利要求22至26中任一项所述的方法,其特征在于,所述方法还包括:所述第一接入网设备向第二接入网设备发送第五信息,所述第五信息包括所述第一信息和/或所述第二信息,所述第二接入网设备是所述终端设备发生接入网设备切换后的接入网设备。
- 根据权利要求22至27中任一项所述的方法,其特征在于,所述第一信息用于指示所述第二移动路径包括:所述第一信息包括N个比特位,所述第二移动路径包括P个航点,所述N个比特位中的P个比特位与所述P个航点一一对应,所述第一信息通过所述N个比特位指示所述第二移动路径。
- 根据权利要求28所述的方法,其特征在于,所述第一移动路径包括M个航点,所述M个航点中的每个航点对应一个比特位,所述N个比特中的至少一个比特位为第一值,所述N个比特位中除所述至少一个比特位之外的比特位为第二值,所述至少一个比特位是根据所述P个航点和所述M个航点确定的,所述至少一个比特位对应的至少一个航点发生改变。
- 根据权利要求29所述的方法,其特征在于,所述至少一个航点发生改变包括以下至少一项:所述至少一个航点的航点位置发生改变、所述终端设备到达所述至少一个航点的时间发生改变、所述至少一个航点的顺序发生改变、所述至少一个比特位对应的所述至少一个航点在所述第二移动路径中被删除、所述至少一个比特位对应的所述至少一个航点在所述第二移动路径中被添加。
- 根据权利要28至30中任一项所述的方法,其特征在于,N的值为所述第一移动路径或所述第二移动路径所能包括航点数量的最大值。
- 根据权利要求28至30中任一项所述的方法,其特征在于,当P与M相等或P小于M时,N的值为M;以及当P大于M时,N的值为P。
- 根据权利要求29至32中任一项所述的方法,其特征在于,所述第一信息还包括所述第一值的比特位对应的一个或多个航点的索引,所述索引用于查询所述第一移动路径中的所述一个或多个航点的信息。
- 根据权利要求33所述的方法,其特征在于,每个所述第一值的比特位对应的是航点的索引或航点的信息。
- 根据权利要求24至34中任一项所述的方法,其特征在于,所述第四信息还用于请求所述终端设备上报所述第二移动路径不同于所述第一移动路径的部分。
- 根据权利要求22至35中任一项所述的方法,其特征在于,所述第一移动路径或所述第二移动路径包括至少一个航点,所述航点用于表示所述终端设备在所述第一移动路径或所述第二移动路径上的移动位置,所述第四信息包括所述第二移动路径的以下至少一项信息:起点、终点、航点数量、航点分布情况、航点间隔、航点的加速情况或减速情况、航点的盘旋时间、航点的盘旋速度、起点和终点之间的平均速度、起点和终点之间的距离、不同的起点和终点之间的距离所对应的航点数量、相邻两个航点之间的平均速度、相邻两个航点之间的距离。
- 根据权利要求22至36中任一项所述的方法,其特征在于,所述第一信息还用于指示所述第二移动路径是估计的或精确的。
- 根据权利要求23至37中任一项所述的方法,其特征在于,所述第二信息还用于指示所述终端设备在所述第二移动路径的起点和终点之间移动的平均速度,或者,所述第二信息还用于指示所述终端设备在所述第二移动路径的起点和终点之间移动的距离,或者,所述第二信息还用于指示所述终端设备在所述第二移动路径的相邻两个航点之间移动的平均速度,或者,所述第二信息还用于指示所述终端设备在所述第二移动路径的相邻两个航点之间移动的距离。
- 根据权利要求23至38中任一项所述的方法,其特征在于,所述第二信息包括以下至少一项信息:发生更新的航点数量、发生更新的航点、发生更新的航点比例、所述终端设备到达航点的时间发生改变的航点数量、所述终端设备到达航点的时间发生改变的航点、所述终端设备到达航点的时间发生改变的航点比例、所述终端设备到达航点的最大位置偏差、所述终端设备到达航点的最大时间偏差。
- 根据权利要求39所述的方法,其特征在于,所述第二信息还包括以下至少一项信息:所述终端设备发送所述第二信息时的所述终端设备的速度、高度、位置。
- 根据权利要求22至40中任一项所述的方法,其特征在于,所述方法还包括:所述第一接入网设备向所述终端设备发送第七信息,所述第七信息包括以下至少一项信息:发生更新的航点数量的第一阈值、所述第一接入网设备指定的航点、发生更新的航点比例的第二阈值、所述终端设备到达航点的时间发生改变的航点数量的第三阈值、所述终端设备到达航点的时间发生改变的航点、所述终端设备到达航点的时间发生改变的航点比例的第四阈值、所述终端设备到达航点的第一位置偏差、所述终端设备到达航点的第一区域、所述终端设备到达航点的第一时间偏差、所述第一接入网设备在不同时间段的负载状况,所述第一区域用于限制所述终端设备到达航点的区域范围。
- 根据权利要求41所述的方法,其特征在于,所述第七信息是在所述第一接入网设备接收到所述第一移动路径之后发送的。
- 一种通信方法,其特征在于,所述方法包括:第二接入网设备接收第一接入网设备的第五信息,所述第五信息包括第一信息和/或第二信息,所述第一信息用于指示终端设备的第一移动路径发生更新后的第二移动路径,所述第二信息用于指示所述第一移动路径发生更新,所述第二接入网设备是所述终端设备发生接入网设备切换后的接入网设备,所述第一接入网设备是所述终端设备发生接入网设备切换前的接入网设备;若所述第五信息包括所述第二信息,则所述第二接入网设备向所述第一接入网设备发送第六信息,所述第六信息用于请求所述第一信息;以及所述第二接入网设备接收所述终端设备的所述第一信息,所述第一信息是基于所述第六信息确定的。
- 根据权利要求43所述的方法,其特征在于,所述第一信息用于指示所述终端设备的第一移动路径发生更新后的所述第二移动路径包括:所述第一信息包括N个比特位,所述第二移动路径包括P个航点,所述N个比特位中的P个比特位与所述P个航点一一对应,所述第一信息通过所述N个比特位指示所述第二移动路径。
- 根据权利要求44所述的方法,其特征在于,所述第一移动路径包括M个航点,所述M个航点中的每个航点对应一个比特位,所述N个比特位中的至少一个比特位为第一值,所述N个比特位中除所述至少一个比特位之外的比特位为第二值,所述至少一个比特位是根据所述P个航点和所述M个航点确定的,所述至少一个比特位对应的至少一个航点发生改变。
- 根据权利要求45所述的方法,其特征在于,所述至少一个航点发生改变包括:所述至少一个航点的航点位置发生改变、所述终端设备到达所述至少一个航点的时间发生改变、所述至少一个航点的顺序发生改变、所述至少一个比特位对应的所述至少一个航点在所述第二移动路径中被删除、所述至少一个比特位对应的所述至少一个航点在所述第二移动路径中被添加。
- 根据权利要44至46中任一项所述的方法,其特征在于,N的值为所述第一移动路径或所述第二移动路径所能包括航点数量的最大值。
- 根据权利要求44至46中任一项所述的方法,其特征在于,当P与M相等或P小于M时,N的值为M;以及当P大于M时,N的值为P。
- 根据权利要求45至48中任一项所述的方法,其特征在于,所述第一信息还包括所述第一值的比特位对应的一个或多个航点的索引,所述索引用于查询所述第一移动路径中的所述一个或多个航点的信息。
- 根据权利要求49所述的方法,其特征在于,每个设置为所述第一值的比特位对应的是航点的索引或航点的信息。
- 根据权利要求43至50中任一项所述的方法,其特征在于,所述第六信息还用于请求所述终端设备上报所述第二移动路径不同于所述第一移动路径的部分。
- 根据权利要求43至51中任一项所述的方法,其特征在于,所述第一移动路径或所述第二移动路径包括至少一个航点,所述航点用于表示所述终端设备在所述第一移动路径或所述第二移动路径上的移动位置,所述第六信息包括所述第二移动路径的以下至少一项信息:起点、终点、航点数量、航点分布情况、航点间隔、航点的加速情况或减速情况、航点的盘旋时间、航点的盘旋速度、起点和终点之间的平均速度、起点和终点之间的距离、不同的起点和终点之间的距离 所对应的航点数量、相邻两个航点之间的平均速度、相邻两个航点之间的距离。
- 根据权利要求43至52中任一项所述的方法,其特征在于,所述第一信息还用于指示所述第二移动路径是估计的或精确的。
- 根据权利要求43至53中任一项所述的方法,其特征在于,所述第二信息还用于指示所述终端设备在所述第二移动路径的起点和终点之间移动的平均速度,或者,所述第二信息还用于指示所述终端设备在所述第二移动路径的起点和终点之间移动的距离,或者,所述第二信息还用于指示所述终端设备在所述第二移动路径的相邻两个航点之间移动的平均速度,或者,所述第二信息还用于指示所述终端设备在所述第二移动路径的相邻两个航点之间移动的距离。
- 根据权利要求根据权利要求43至54中任一项所述的方法,其特征在于,所述第二信息包括以下至少一项信息:发生更新的航点数量、发生更新的航点、发生更新的航点比例、所述终端设备到达航点的时间发生改变的航点数量、所述终端设备到达航点的时间发生改变的航点、所述终端设备到达航点的时间发生改变的航点比例、所述终端设备到达航点的最大位置偏差、所述终端设备到达航点的最大时间偏差。
- 根据权利要求55所述的方法,其特征在于,所述第二信息还包括以下至少一项信息:所述第二信息对应的所述终端设备的速度、高度、位置。
- 根据权利要求43至56中任一项所述的方法,其特征在于,所述方法还包括:所述第二接入网设备向所述终端设备发送第七信息,所述第七信息包括以下至少一项信息:发生更新的航点数量的第一阈值、所述第二接入网设备指定的航点、发生更新的航点比例的第二阈值、所述终端设备到达航点的时间发生改变的航点数量的第三阈值、所述终端设备到达航点的时间发生改变的航点、所述终端设备到达航点的时间发生改变的航点比例的第四阈值、所述终端设备到达航点的第一位置偏差、所述终端设备到达航点的第一区域、所述终端设备到达航点的第一时间偏差、所述第二接入网设备在不同时间段的负载状况,所述第一区域用于限制所述终端设备到达航点的区域范围。
- 根据权利要求57所述的方法,其特征在于,所述第七信息是在所述第二接入网设备接收到所述终端设备发送的所述第一移动路径之后发送的。
- 一种通信装置,其特征在于,包括:处理器,所述处理器与存储器耦合,所述存储器用于存储程序或指令,当所述程序或指令被所述处理器执行时,使得所述装置执行如权利要求1至58中任一项所述的通信的方法。
- 一种计算机可读存储介质,其特征在于,所述计算机可读存储介质上存储有计算机程序,当所述计算机程序在计算机上运行时,使得所述计算机执行如权利要求1至58中任一项所述的通信的方法。
- 一种计算机程序产品,其特征在于,包括计算机程序代码,当所述计算机程序代码被运行时,实现如权利要求1至58中任一项所述的通信方法。
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