US 11,115,916 B2 · Data transmission method, terminal, and access-network network element

Abstract

A data transmission method, a terminal, and an access-network network element are disclosed. An interface is disposed on a policy client of UE and an operating system or an application layer of the UE. The interface is used to provide the operating system or the application layer with a policy related to the operating system or the application layer, and collect, from the operating system or the application layer, information required for a report. In this way, a dedicated transport channel is implemented by a bottom layer of the UE, reports and policies are transmitted on the dedicated transport channel, and during implementation, a protocol is not coupled with the application layer or the operating system, so that the system is simple to implement.

Claims10

Dependent claims

A data transmission method, comprising:

receiving, by a hardware layer of a terminal, a policy from a policy control function (PCF) through a dedicated transport channel between the PCF and the terminal, the dedicated transport channel implemented by the hardware layer, and dedicated to transmitting policies from the PCF to the terminal;
and
sending, by a policy client on the hardware layer, a policy related to an operating system of the terminal to the operation system through an interface between the policy client and the operating system;
or
sending, by the policy client, a policy related to an application layer of the terminal to the application layer through an interface between the policy client and the application layer.

2 more elements

A terminal, comprising:

a hardware layer, an application layer, an operating system and one of:
an interface between a policy client on the hardware layer of the terminal and the application layer, or an interface between the policy client and the operating system;
wherein the hardware layer is configured to receive a policy from a policy control function (PCF) through a dedicated transport channel between the PCF and the terminal, the dedicated transport channel is implemented by the hardware layer of the terminal, and is dedicated to transmitting a policy from the PCF to the terminal;
wherein the policy client is configured to send a policy related to the operating system to the operating system through the interface between the policy client and the operating system, or to send a policy related to the application layer to the application layer through the interface between the policy client and the application layer.

1 more element

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

16/533,039Filed 6 Aug 2019 · continuation

Priority

7 Feb 2017

Published

US 2019/0364496 A128 Nov 2019

Granted

7 Sep 2021

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification13 codes

H04W 48/16
Access restriction ; Network selection; Access point selection: discovering, processing access restriction or access information
H04W 48/18
Access restriction ; Network selection; Access point selection: selecting a network or a communication service
H04M 15/66
Arrangements for metering, time-control or time indication ; Metering, charging or billing arrangements for voice wireline or wireless…: policy…
H04W 8/08
Processing of mobility data, e.g. registration information at HLR [Home Location Register] or VLR [Visitor Location Register]; Transfer of…:…

Data transmission method, terminal, and access-network network element

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