CN-122028013-A - Communication method and device

Abstract

The application provides a communication method and a communication device, wherein in the method, the activation of a first AIoT device can be determined, and a first message can be sent to activate the first AIoT device, so that a simple mechanism for activating the first AIoT device is provided, the gap that AIoT devices in a temporary deactivation state cannot be activated is made up, and the first AIoT device can be activated in time. And determining to activate the first AIoT device, which may avoid the situation of repeatedly activating or unnecessarily activating the first AIoT device, is beneficial to reducing unnecessary activation overhead.

Inventors

• HAN ZHILIN
• XU YISHAN

Assignees

• 华为技术有限公司

Dates

Publication Date

20260512

Application Date

20241108

Claims (20)

1. 1. A communication method, applied to a first communication device or a chip in a first communication device, the method comprising: Determining to activate first environment internet of things AIoT equipment; a first message is sent, the first message indicating activation of the first AIoT device.
2. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein activating the first AIoT device comprises enabling the first AIoT device to respond to paging and/or perform operations.
3. 3. The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein determining to activate the first environmental internet of things AIoT device comprises: determining to perform an operation on the first AIoT device when the first AIoT device is in a temporary inactive state, wherein in the temporary inactive state the AIoT device does not respond to at least one of paging or performing an operation, or, A second message is received, the second message indicating activation of the first AIoT device.
4. 4. A method according to claim 3, characterized in that the method further comprises: acquiring the state of the first AIoT device, and determining that the first AIoT device is in the temporary deactivation state.
5. 5. The method of claim 4, wherein obtaining the status of the first AIoT device comprises: acquiring the state of the first AIoT device based on pre-stored first information, wherein the first information includes an identification of the first AIoT device and a state of the first AIoT device associated with the identification of the first AIoT device, or, And receiving second information, wherein the second information indicates that the state of the first AIoT equipment is the temporary inactivation state.
6. 6. The method of any of claims 3-5, wherein prior to receiving the second message, the method further comprises: Receiving a third message, the third message indicating to perform an operation on the first AIoT device; And sending a fourth message when the first AIoT device is in the temporary deactivation state, wherein the fourth message is used for confirming whether the first AIoT device is activated.
7. 7. The method of any of claims 1-6, wherein the first message activates the first AIoT device, comprising: the first message indicates activation of the first AIoT device by a first instruction, the first instruction being sent after the first message.
8. 8. The method of claim 7, wherein the first instruction is further to instruct performing an operation on the first AIoT device.
9. 9. The method of any of claims 1-6, wherein the first message indicates the activation of the first AIoT device, comprising: the first message includes first indication information indicating activation of the first AIoT devices.
10. 10. The method of claim 9, wherein the step of providing the first layer comprises, The first indication information is an identification of the first AIoT devices.
11. 11. The method of any of claims 1-6 and 9-10, wherein the first message further indicates to perform an operation on the first AIoT device.
12. 12. The method according to any one of claims 1-11, wherein after sending the first message, the method further comprises: A fifth message is received, the fifth message indicating that the first AIoT device has been activated.
13. 13. The method according to any of claims 1-12, wherein the first communication device comprises AIoT a management network element, a server or an application network element.
14. 14. A communication method, applied to a chip in a first environment internet of things AIoT device or a first AIoT device, the method comprising: receiving a sixth message, the sixth message indicating activation of the first AIoT device; In response to receiving the sixth message, the first AIoT device is enabled to respond to paging and/or perform operations.
15. 15. The method of claim 14, wherein the sixth message indicates to activate the first AIoT device, comprising: The sixth message indicates that the first AIoT device is activated by a second instruction, which is received after the sixth message.
16. 16. The method of claim 15, wherein the second instruction is further to instruct performing an operation on the first AIoT device.
17. 17. The method of claim 14, wherein the sixth message indicates to activate the first AIoT device, comprising: The sixth message includes second indication information indicating activation of the first AIoT device.
18. 18. The method of claim 17, wherein the step of determining the position of the probe is performed, The second indication information is an identification of the first AIoT devices.
19. 19. The method of any one of claims 14, 16, and 17, wherein the sixth message further indicates to perform an operation on the first AIoT device.
20. 20. The method according to any one of claims 14-19, wherein after receiving the sixth message, the method further comprises: A fifth message is sent indicating that the first AIoT device has been activated.

Description

Communication method and device Technical Field The present application relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a communications method and apparatus. Background The third generation partnership project (3rd generation partnership project,3GPP) proposes the environment internet of things (ambient internet of things, a-IoT or AIoT), which is otherwise referred to as the environment energy enabled internet of things (IoT) or the passive internet of things (P-IoT). The environment internet of things comprises AIoT devices, readers (which may also be referred to as readers) and servers. The server may perform different operations on AIoT devices, such as deactivation operations, through the reader, even if AIoT devices can be temporarily deactivated. In AIoT the device is in a temporary inactive state, AIoT device does not respond to paging of the network. In the state of temporary deactivation of the device, there is no corresponding solution at present how to activate AIoT the device in the temporary deactivated state. Disclosure of Invention The application provides a communication method and a communication device, which are used for providing a mechanism for activating AIoT equipment. In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a communication method. The method may be applied in the first communication device or in a chip of the first communication device. The first communication device is, for example, a network-side device, which is also referred to as a network device, for example. The network device is, for example, the network device itself, or other devices comprising the functionality of the network device, or a circuit, or a system-on-chip (or chip) or other functional module capable of implementing the functionality of the network device, the system-on-chip or functional module being, for example, provided in the network device. The network device may be an application network element, a server or an ambient physical network management network element. The application network element is for example an application function (application function, AF). The server may be, for example, an application server (application server, AS), such AS an application server of an enterprise, or the like. The environmental physical network management network element is used for managing AIoT devices, such as environmental internet of things management functions (ambient IoT management function, AIoTMF/AIoTF). A chip such as a modem (modem) chip, or a system on chip (SoC) chip or a system in package (SYSTEMIN PACKAGE, SIP) chip containing a modem core, etc. For simplicity of description, the method is hereinafter exemplified as applied to the first communication device. The method includes determining to activate a first environment internet of things AIoT device and sending a first message indicating to activate a first AIoT device. Alternatively, activating (active) the first AIoT device may be understood as enabling (enabling) the first AIoT device to respond to paging and/or perform operations, or to enable the first AIoT device to be in an enabled state (or active state). In the embodiment of the application, a mechanism for activating the first AIoT device is provided, and the first AIoT device is activated through the first message without involving a complex interaction process, so that the complexity for activating the first AIoT device is low, and the first AIoT device can be activated in time. And, before activating the first AIoT device, it may be determined to activate the first AIoT device, so that a situation of repeatedly activating or unnecessarily activating the first AIoT device may be avoided, which is beneficial to reducing unnecessary activation overhead. In one possible implementation, the determination of activating the first environment internet of things AIoT device includes a first mode of determining to perform an operation on the first AIoT device if the first AIoT device is in a temporary inactive state, and a second mode of receiving a second message indicating activation of the first AIoT device if the AIoT device does not respond to at least one of paging or performing the operation. In this way, in the first mode, the first communication device may sense that the first AIoT device is currently in the temporary inactive state, so as to determine to activate the first AIoT device, and may determine more accurately whether to activate the first AIoT device, so that unnecessary or repeated activation is avoided. In the second mode, the first AIoT equipment can be determined to be activated based on the indication of the second message without the first communication equipment, and the determination mode is simple, so that the processing capacity of the first communication equipment is reduced. In one possible embodiment, the method further comprises acquiring a status of the first AIoT device, determining that the first AIoT d