CN-122002492-A - Communication method and communication device

Abstract

The application provides a communication method and a communication device, and relates to the field of communication. In the method, H-EECF receives a first power consumption request message, wherein the first power consumption request message is used for requesting power consumption of a first object, when a terminal roams, first information and/or second information are acquired according to the first power consumption request message, a first power consumption response message is sent, and the first power consumption response message indicates the power consumption of the first object. The first information is related to first power consumption, the second information is related to second power consumption, the first power consumption is power consumption of the first object in the VPLMN, and the second power consumption is power consumption of the first object in the HPLMN. According to the method provided by the application, under the roaming scene of the terminal, the power consumption of the first object can be obtained by obtaining the information related to the power consumption of the first object in the VPLMN and/or the information related to the power consumption of the first object in the HPLMN, so that the power consumption obtaining under the roaming scene is realized.

Inventors

• LI MENG

Assignees

• 华为技术有限公司

Dates

Publication Date

20260508

Application Date

20241108

Claims (19)

1. 1. A method of communication, comprising: Receiving a first power consumption request message, wherein the first power consumption request message is used for requesting power consumption of a first object, and the granularity of the first object is a terminal, a session, a service or a quality of service (QoS) flow; When a terminal roams, acquiring first information and/or second information according to the first power consumption request message, wherein the first information is related to first power consumption, the second information is related to second power consumption, the first power consumption is the power consumption of the first object in a Visiting Public Land Mobile Network (VPLMN), and the second power consumption is the power consumption of the first object in a Home Public Land Mobile Network (HPLMN); A first power consumption response message is sent, the first power consumption response message indicates the power consumption of the first object, and the power consumption of the first object is determined by the first information and/or the second information.
2. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first information is the first power consumption or the first information includes power consumption generated by at least one visitor plane element, respectively, data amount transmitted by the at least one visitor plane element, respectively, power consumption generated by at least one access network device, data amount transmitted by the at least one access network device, respectively, and data amount transmitted by the at least one visitor plane element, respectively, for the first object, the at least one visitor plane element being a user plane element in the VPLMN corresponding to the first object, respectively, and/or, The second information is the second power consumption, or the second information includes power consumption generated by at least one home user plane network element respectively, data volume transmitted by the at least one home user plane network element respectively, and data volume transmitted by the at least one home user plane network element respectively for the first object, where the at least one home user plane network element is a user plane network element corresponding to the first object in the HPLMN.
3. 3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the acquiring the first information comprises: Acquiring information of a visiting place efficacy control function network element corresponding to the first object according to the first power consumption request message; According to the information of the visiting place efficacy control function network element, a second power consumption request message is sent to the visiting place efficacy control function network element, and the second power consumption request message is used for requesting the first information; And receiving a second power consumption response message from the visiting place efficacy control function network element, wherein the second power consumption response message comprises the first information.
4. 4. The method of claim 3, wherein the obtaining, according to the first power consumption request message, information of the visitor location power control function network element corresponding to the first object includes: acquiring the information of the visiting place efficacy control function network element from a home place network management function network element or a home place unified data management network element or a network storage function network element according to the first power consumption request message, or And acquiring the information of the visiting place efficacy control function network element according to the first power consumption request message and first configuration information, wherein the first configuration information indicates the corresponding relation between the public land mobile network PLMN and the visiting place efficacy control function network element.
5. 5. The method of claim 4, wherein the second power consumption request message further indicates a power save object in the first object, the power save object being a session or QoS flow, the power consumption of the first object not including the power consumption of the power save object.
6. 6. The method according to any of claims 1-5, wherein prior to said obtaining the first information and/or the second information, the method further comprises: And acquiring network element information corresponding to the first object according to the first power consumption request message, wherein the network element information comprises one or more of mobile management network element information, session management network element information or visitor location efficacy control function network element information, and the network element information indicates that the terminal is in a roaming state.
7. 7. A method of communication, comprising: Receiving a first power consumption request message, wherein the first power consumption request message is used for requesting power consumption of a first object, and the granularity of the first object is a terminal, a session or a quality of service (QoS) flow; When the terminal roams, acquiring third information and/or fourth information according to the first power consumption request message, wherein the third information is related to third power consumption, the fourth information is related to fourth power consumption, the third power consumption is the power consumption of the first object in a Home Routing (HR) session, and the fourth power consumption is the power consumption of the first object in a local traffic offload (LBO) session; And sending a first power consumption response message, wherein the first power consumption response message indicates the power consumption of the first object, and the power consumption of the first object is determined by the third information and/or the fourth information.
8. 8. The method of claim 7, wherein the third information is the third power consumption, or the third information includes a first sub-power consumption and a second sub-power consumption, the first sub-power consumption being a power consumption of a corresponding VPLMN of the third power consumption, the second sub-power consumption being a power consumption of a corresponding HPLMN of the third power consumption, and/or, The fourth information is the fourth power consumption, or the fourth information includes power consumption generated by at least one second visiting place user plane network element, data amount transmitted by the at least one second visiting place user plane network element, power consumption generated by at least one access network device, data amount transmitted by the at least one access network device, and data amount transmitted by the at least one second visiting place user plane network element as the first object, where the at least one second visiting place user plane network element is a user plane network element corresponding to the LBO session.
9. 9. The method according to claim 7 or 8, wherein the acquiring third information comprises: acquiring information of a home session management network element corresponding to the first object according to the first power consumption request message; Sending a second power consumption request message to the home session management network element according to the information of the home session management network element, wherein the second power consumption request message is used for requesting the third information; And receiving a second power consumption response message from the home session management network element, wherein the second power consumption response message comprises the third information.
10. 10. The method of any of claims 7-9, wherein the obtaining fourth information comprises: Acquiring information of a visiting place efficacy control function network element corresponding to the first object according to the first power consumption request message; According to the information of the visiting place efficacy control function network element, a third power consumption request message is sent to the visiting place efficacy control function network element, and the third power consumption request message is used for requesting the fourth information; And receiving a third power consumption response message from the visiting place efficacy control function network element, wherein the third power consumption response message comprises the fourth information.
11. 11. A method of communication, comprising: Receiving a second power consumption request message from a home efficacy control function network element, wherein the second power consumption request message is used for requesting third information, the third information is related to third power consumption, the third power consumption is the power consumption of a first object in a home routing HR session, and the granularity of the first object is a terminal, a session, a service or a quality of service QoS flow; Acquiring second sub-power consumption according to the second power consumption request message, and sending a fourth power consumption request message to a visit place session management network element corresponding to the first object, wherein the fourth power consumption request message is used for requesting first sub-power consumption, the first sub-power consumption is the power consumption of a corresponding VPLMN in the third power consumption, and the second sub-power consumption is the power consumption of a corresponding HPLMN in the third power consumption; Receiving a fourth power consumption response message from the visiting place session management network element, wherein the fourth power consumption response message indicates the first sub-power consumption; and sending a second power consumption response message to the home efficacy control function network element, wherein the second power consumption response message comprises the third information, the third information indicates the first sub-power consumption and the second sub-power consumption, or the third information indicates the third power consumption, and the third power consumption is the sum of the first sub-power consumption and the second sub-power consumption.
12. 12. A method of communication, comprising: Receiving a fourth power consumption request message from a home session management network element, wherein the fourth power consumption request message is used for requesting first sub-power consumption, the first sub-power consumption is power consumption of a corresponding VPLMN in third power consumption, the third power consumption is power consumption of a first object in a home routing HR session, and granularity of the first object is terminal, session, service or QoS flow; Acquiring the first sub-power consumption according to the fourth power consumption request message; And sending a fourth power consumption response message to the home session management network element, wherein the fourth power consumption response message indicates the first sub-power consumption.
13. 13. A method of communication, comprising: Receiving a third power consumption request message from a home efficacy control function network element, wherein the third power consumption request message is used for requesting fourth information, the fourth information is related to fourth power consumption, the fourth power consumption is the power consumption of a first object in a local traffic offload (LBO) session, and the granularity of the first object is a terminal, a session, a service or a quality of service (QoS) flow; acquiring the fourth information according to the third power consumption request message; and sending a third power consumption response message, wherein the third power consumption response message comprises the fourth information.
14. 14. The method of claim 13, wherein the fourth information comprises power consumption generated by at least one second visitor location user plane element, an amount of data transmitted by the at least one second visitor location user plane element, power consumption generated by at least one access network device, an amount of data transmitted by the at least one access network device, and an amount of data transmitted by the at least one second visitor location user plane element for the first object, the at least one second user plane element being a user plane element corresponding to the LBO session.
15. 15. A method of communication, comprising: Receiving a second power consumption request message from a home efficacy control function network element, wherein the second power consumption request message is used for requesting first information, the first information is related to first power consumption, the first power consumption is the power consumption of a first object in a VPLMN, and the granularity of the first object is a terminal, a session, a service or a quality of service (QoS) flow; Acquiring the first information according to the second power consumption request message; And sending a second power consumption response message to the home efficacy control function network element, wherein the second power consumption response message comprises the first information.
16. 16. A communication device comprising means or modules for performing the method of any of claims 1-15.
17. 17. A communications device comprising a processor coupled to a memory for storing a program or instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the device to perform the method of any of claims 1-15.
18. 18. A readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer program or instructions, which when executed, cause the computer to perform the method of any of claims 1-15.
19. 19. A computer program product comprising computer program instructions for causing a computer to perform the method of any one of claims 1-15.

Description

Communication method and communication device Technical Field The present application relates to the field of communications, and more particularly, to a communication method and a communication apparatus. Background The problem of network energy saving is one of important contents of network technology research. The network energy conservation problem relates to the collection, computation and opening of power consumption (or referred to as energy consumption). For power consumption opening, a scenario is currently included in which opening to a Network Function (NF) and opening to an application function (application function, AF) are performed. For power consumption calculation, the current standard defines a power consumption calculation flow in a non-roaming scenario. However, in practical applications, roaming scenarios exist, and because roaming scenarios are different from network architectures of non-roaming scenarios, power consumption calculation in non-roaming scenarios is not suitable for roaming scenarios. Disclosure of Invention The application provides a communication method and a communication device, which can realize power consumption acquisition in roaming scenes. In a first aspect, a communication method is provided that may be applied to a home efficacy control function network element. For example, the method may be performed by a home capability control function network element, may be performed by a component (such as a processor, a chip, or a system-on-chip) of the home capability control function network element, or may be implemented by a logic module or software that can implement all or part of the home capability control function network element function. The method comprises the steps of receiving a first power consumption request message, wherein the first power consumption request message is used for requesting power consumption of a first object, acquiring first information and/or second information according to the first power consumption request message when a terminal roams, and sending a first power consumption response message, wherein the first power consumption response message indicates the power consumption of the first object. Wherein the granularity of the first object is a terminal, session, service or quality of service (quality of service, qoS) flow. Illustratively, one service corresponds to one or more QoS flows. The session may be, for example, a packet data unit (PACKET DATA unit, PDU) session. The first information is related to a first power consumption, the second information is related to a second power consumption, the first power consumption is the power consumption of the first object in a visited (visited/visit) public land mobile network (public land mobile network, PLMN), the second power consumption is the power consumption of the first object in a home (home) PLMN, and the power consumption of the first object is determined by the first information and/or the second information. Illustratively, the sum of the first power consumption and the second power consumption is the power consumption of the first object. The visited PLMN is abbreviated as VPLMN and the home PLMN is abbreviated as HPLMN. The power consumption of the first object in the VPLMN may be understood as the power consumption due to the serving of the relevant network element in the first object VPLMN, which may comprise the visited user plane network element and the access network device serving the first object. The power consumption of the first object in the HPLMN may be understood as the power consumption due to the serving of the relevant network element in the first object HPLMN, which may comprise the home user plane network element serving the first object. According to the method provided by the application, under the roaming scene of the terminal, the power consumption of the first object can be obtained by obtaining the information related to the power consumption of the first object in the VPLMN and/or the information related to the power consumption of the first object in the HPLMN, so that the power consumption obtaining under the roaming scene is realized. It can be appreciated that, in the case where the granularity of the first object is the granularity of the terminal, if the sessions corresponding to the first object are local traffic offload (LBO) sessions, the power consumption of the first object is the first power consumption, and if the sessions corresponding to the first object include the home routing (home routed, HR) session, the power consumption of the first object is the sum of the first power consumption and the second power consumption. If the granularity of the first object is the session, the power consumption of the first object is the first power consumption if the first object is the LBO session, and the power consumption of the first object is the sum of the first power consumption and the second power consumption if the first object is the