ProSe information transmission method, terminal, and communications device

• US 10,314,085 B2
• Filed: 05/16/2014
• Issued: 06/04/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 05/16/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Ouyang, Guowei, Jin, Hui, Yi, Qiang
• Primary Examiner(s): Jiang, Charles C
• Assistant Examiner(s): Clark, Rosene
• Application Number:
  US15/311,599
• Publication Number:
  US 20170086232A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,845 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/26 Cell enhancers or enhancement, e.g. for tunnels, building shadow
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/00 Connection management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/005 Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/042 Public Land Mobile systems, e.g. cellular systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/04 adapted for relaying to or from another terminal or user

Abstract

A ProSe information transmission method for a second terminal discovering a first terminal in a roaming state. The method includes: a first ProSe entity receives a first message sent by a first terminal, where the first message carries a ProSe application identity APP ID; sends a second message carrying the ProSe APP ID to a second ProSe entity; receives a third message carrying a first identity sent by the second ProSe entity, the first identity is a codeword or mask allocated to the ProSe APP ID by the second ProSe entity, and the first identity includes a PLMN ID of the VPLMN; generates a second identity according to the first identity, where the second identity includes the first identity and a PLMN ID of an HPLMN of the first terminal; and sends a fourth message to the first terminal, where the fourth message carries the second identity.

Claims

1. A proximity service (ProSe) information transmission method implemented by a first ProSe entity, the method comprising:

receiving from a first terminal a first message comprising a ProSe application identity (APP ID), wherein the first ProSe entity is in a home public land mobile network (HPLMN) of the first terminal;

sending to a second ProSe entity a second message comprising the ProSe APP ID, wherein the second ProSe entity is in a visited public land mobile network (VPLMN) of the first terminal;

receiving from the second ProSe entity a third message comprising a first identity, wherein the first identity is a codeword or a mask allocated to the ProSe APP ID by the second ProSe entity and comprises a first public land mobile network identity (PLMN ID) of the VPLMN;

generating a second identity according to the first identity, wherein the second identity comprises the first identity and a second PLMN ID of the HPLMN; and

sending to the first terminal a fourth message comprising the second identity, wherein, before the generating the second identity, the method further comprises;

acquiring first indication information indicating whether the first terminal is in a roaming state; and

determining, according to second indication information and when the first indication information indicates that the first terminal is in the roaming state, that the first terminal supports broadcasting of the second identity, wherein the second indication information indicates whether the first terminal can support broadcasting of the second identity.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein, when the first identity is the codeword, the generating the second identity comprises generating the second identity according to the codeword, and wherein the second identity comprises the codeword and the second PLMN ID.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein, when the first identity is the mask, wherein the generating the second identity comprises allocating the codeword to the mask and generating the second identity according to the codeword, and wherein the second identity comprises the codeword and the second PLMN ID.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first message further comprises a first terminal identity of the first terminal, and wherein, before the sending the second message, the method further comprises:

acquiring first authentication information of the first terminal according to the first terminal identity, wherein the first authentication information indicates whether the first terminal can perform broadcasting; and

determining, according to the first authentication information, that the first terminal can perform broadcasting.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the second message further comprises the first terminal identity for the second ProSe entity to determine, according to the first terminal identity, whether the first terminal can perform broadcasting in the VPLMN, and wherein the receiving the third message comprises receiving the third message when the second ProSe entity determines that the first terminal can perform broadcasting in the VPLMN.

6. A proximity service (ProSe) information transmission method implemented by a second ProSe entity, the method comprising:

receiving from a first ProSe entity a second message comprising a ProSe application identity (APP ID), wherein the first ProSe entity is in a home public land mobile network (HPLMN) of a first terminal, and wherein the second ProSe entity is in a visited public land mobile network (VPLMN) of the first terminal;

allocating a corresponding codeword or a mask to the ProSe APP ID, wherein the codeword or the mask comprises a first public land mobile network identity (PLMN ID) of the VPLMN;

sending to the first ProSe entity a third message comprising a first identity, wherein the first identity is the codeword or the mask;

receiving, from a second terminal after the second terminal acquires a second identity generated by the first ProSe entity according to the first identity, a fifth message comprising the second identity, wherein the second identity comprises the first identity and a second PLMN ID of the HPLMN;

sending to the first ProSe entity and according to the second PLMN ID, a seventh message comprising the second identity;

receiving, from the first ProSe entity after the first ProSe entity determines the ProSe APP ID according to the second identity, an eighth message comprising the ProSe APP ID; and

sending to the second terminal a sixth message comprising the ProSe APP ID.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the ProSe APP ID comprises a second PLMN ID of the HPLMN, and wherein, after the allocating the corresponding codeword or the mask, the method further comprises:

storing a correspondence between the second PLMN ID and the codeword;

receiving, from a second terminal after the second terminal acquires a third identity, a fifth message comprising the third identity, wherein the third identity is the codeword;

determining the second PLMN ID according to the correspondence;

sending, according to the second PLMN ID, a seventh message comprising the third identity;

receiving, from the first ProSe entity after the first ProSe entity determines the ProSe APP ID according to the third identity, an eighth message comprising the ProSe APP ID; and

sending to the second terminal a sixth message comprising the ProSe APP ID.

8. A first proximity service (ProSe) entity comprising:

a processor;

a receiver coupled to the processor and configured to receive from a first terminal a first message comprising a ProSe application identity (APP ID), wherein the first ProSe entity is in a home public land mobile network (HPLMN) of the first terminal; and

a transmitter coupled to the processor and configured to transmit to a second ProSe entity a second message comprising the ProSe APP ID, wherein the second ProSe entity is in a visited public land mobile network (VPLMN) of the first terminal,

wherein the receiver is further configured to receive from the second ProSe entity a third message comprising a first identity, wherein the first identity is a codeword or a mask allocated to the ProSe APP ID by the second ProSe entity, and wherein the first identity comprises a first public land mobile network identity (PLMN ID) of the VPLMN,

wherein the processor is configured to generate, according to the first identity, a second identity comprising the first identity and a second PLMN ID of the HPLMN of the first terminal,

wherein the transmitter is further configured to transmit to the first terminal a fourth message comprising the second identity, and

wherein the processor is further configured to;

acquire, before the generating the second identity, first indication information indicating whether the first terminal is in a roaming state; and

determine, according to second indication information and when the first indication information indicates that the first terminal is in the roaming state, that the first terminal supports broadcasting of the second identity, wherein the second indication information indicates whether the first terminal can support broadcasting of the second identity.

9. The first ProSe entity of claim 8, wherein, when the first identity is the codeword, the processor is further configured to generate the second identity according to the codeword, and wherein the second identity comprises the codeword and the second PLMN ID.

10. The first ProSe entity of claim 8, wherein, when the first identity is the mask, the processor is further configured to:

allocate the codeword to the mask; and

generate the second identity according to the codeword, wherein the second identity comprises the codeword and the second PLMN ID.

11. The first ProSe entity of claim 8, wherein the first message further comprises a first terminal identity of the first terminal, and wherein the processor is further configured to:

acquire, before the transmitter transmits the second message, first authentication information of the first terminal according to the first terminal identity, wherein the first authentication information indicates whether the first terminal can perform broadcasting; and

determine, according to the first authentication information, that the first terminal can perform broadcasting.

12. The first ProSe entity of claim 11, wherein the second message further comprises the first terminal identity for the second ProSe entity to determine, according to the first terminal identity, whether the first terminal can perform broadcasting in the VPLMN, and wherein the receiver is further configured to receive the third message when it is determined that the first terminal can perform broadcasting in the VPLMN.