# US 12,009,980 B2 · Method and device for configuring terminal policy, terminal, base station and storage medium > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,009,980 B2 - Document ID: US12009980B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/224,443 - Filed: 2021-04-07 - Published: 2021-07-22 - Granted: 2024-06-11 - Earliest claimed: 2019-05-05 - Assignees: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp., Ltd. - Applicants: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp., Ltd. - Inventors: Yang Xu; Shukun Wang - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12009980B2 ## CPC - H04W 4/24: Accounting or billing - H04L 12/1407: {Policy-and-charging control [PCC] architecture} - H04L 41/0894: Policy-based network configuration management - H04M 15/66: {Policy and charging system} - H04M 17/10: {Account details or usage} - H04M 17/103: {using SIMs (USIMs) or calling cards} - H04W 4/50: Service provisioning or reconfiguring - H04W 8/22: Processing or transfer of terminal data, e.g. status or physical capabilities - H04W 76/10: Connection setup - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) ## Abstract A user equipment strategy configuration method and apparatus, a user equipment, a base station, and a storage medium are provided. The method includes: in an idle state, a user equipment sends an RRC establishment request to a base station; the user equipment sends an NAS message to the base station, wherein at least one of the RRC establishment request and the NAS message comprises a preset parameter, and the preset parameter indicates use for configuring a user equipment strategy; and/or in a connected state, send the NAS message to the base station by means of an SRB, wherein the NAS message comprises the preset parameter, and the preset parameter indicates use for configuring the user equipment strategy. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for configuring a terminal policy, wherein the method is applied to a terminal, and the method comprises: in an idle state, sending a radio resource control (RRC) setup request to a base station, wherein the RRC setup request is used for requesting to establish, resume or reestablish an RRC connection; in response to establish, resume or reestablish the RRC connection, sending a non-access stratum (NAS) message to the base station, wherein the NAS message contains a first container, and the first container comprises a preset parameter, and the preset parameter indicates to configure a terminal policy; and/or, in a connected state, sending a NAS message to a base station through a signaling radio bearer (SRB), wherein the NAS message contains a second container, and the second container comprises a preset parameter, and the preset parameter indicates to configure a terminal policy, wherein the first container and the second container containing the preset parameter are configured to cause, a packet control function, PCF, entity to write the terminal policy into the container, wherein when requesting configuration of the terminal policy, a new value for a UE policy delivery message type field of the first container and the second container is specified as the preset parameter, wherein the newly added field value used as the preset parameter in the UE policy delivery message type field is 00000101, and wherein the first container and the second container are transmitted transparently from the terminal to the PCF entity through an access and mobility management function, AMF, entity, and an updated terminal policy is received by the terminal from the PCF entity. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein in the idle state, the NAS message is contained in an RRC setup complete message. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein when a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card of the terminal is unchanged, the first container and the second container of the NAS message contains a policy identifier, and the policy identifier is used for indicating policy information and/or a policy type which are stored locally in the terminal; and when the SIM card of the terminal is changed, the policy identifier and the policy information corresponding to the policy identifier, which are stored locally in the terminal, are cleared, and the first container and the second container of the NAS message does not contain the policy identifier. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the RRC setup request comprises a first parameter, and the first parameter indicates that a cause for establishing an RRC connection is to configure the terminal policy. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The method according to claim 4, wherein the first parameter is determined by a NAS of the terminal and indicated to an access stratum (AS). ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the NAS message is an existing NAS message; and the preset parameter comprises a third parameter, and the third parameter is located in a Service Type field of the NAS message. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the NAS message is a new NAS message; and the preset parameter comprises a fourth parameter, and the fourth parameter is located in a Message Type field of the NAS message. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the preset parameter comprises a third parameter and a fourth parameter, wherein the fourth parameter is located in a Message Type field of the NAS message, and the third parameter is located in a Service Type field of the NAS message. ### Claim 9 A terminal, comprising a processor and a transmitter, wherein the processor control the transmitter to: send, under an idle state, a radio resource control (RRC) setup request to a base station, wherein the RRC setup request is used for requesting to establish, resume or reestablish an RRC connection, in response to establish, resume or reestablish the RRC connection, send a non-access stratum (NAS) message to the base station, wherein the NAS message contains a first container, and the first container comprises a preset parameter, and the preset parameter indicates to configure the terminal policy; and/or, send, under a connected state, a NAS message to a base station through a signaling radio bearer (SRB), wherein the NAS message contains a second container, and the second container comprises a preset parameter, and the preset parameter indicates to configure the terminal policy, wherein the first container and the second container containing the preset parameter are configured to cause, a packet control function, PCF, entity to write the terminal policy into the container, wherein when requesting configuration of the terminal policy, a new value for a UE policy delivery message type field of the first container and the second container is specified as the preset parameter, wherein the newly added field value used as the preset parameter in the UE policy delivery message type field is 00000101, and wherein the first container and the second container are transmitted transparently from the terminal to the PCF entity through an access and mobility management function, AMF, entity, and an updated terminal policy is received by the terminal from the PCF entity. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The terminal according to claim 9, wherein in the idle state, the NAS message is contained in an RRC setup complete message. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The terminal according to claim 9, wherein when a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card of the terminal is unchanged, the first container and the second container of the NAS message contains a policy identifier, and the policy identifier is used for indicating policy information and/or a policy type which are stored locally in the terminal; and when the SIM card of the terminal is changed, the policy identifier and the policy information corresponding to the policy identifier, which are stored locally in the terminal, are cleared, and the first container and the second container of the NAS message does not contain the policy identifier. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The terminal according to claim 9, wherein the RRC setup request comprises a first parameter, and the first parameter indicates that a cause for establishing an RRC connection is to configure the terminal policy. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The terminal according to claim 12, wherein the first parameter is determined by a NAS of the terminal and indicated to an access stratum (AS). ### Claim 14 (depends on 9) The terminal according to claim 9, wherein the NAS message is an existing NAS message; and the preset parameter comprises a third parameter, and the third parameter is located in a Service Type field of the NAS message. ### Claim 15 (depends on 9) The terminal according to claim 9, wherein the NAS message is a new NAS message; and the preset parameter comprises a fourth parameter, and the fourth parameter is located in a Message Type field of the NAS message. ### Claim 16 (depends on 9) The terminal according to claim 9, wherein the preset parameter comprises a third parameter and a fourth parameter, wherein the fourth parameter is located in a Message Type field of the NAS message, and the third parameter is located in a Service Type field of the NAS message.