Security message transmission method and apparatus

• US 10,405,340 B2
• Filed: 09/29/2016
• Issued: 09/03/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 04/01/2014
• 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: Ma, Jie
• Primary Examiner(s): D Agosta, Stephen M
• Application Number:
  US15/280,024
• Publication Number:
  US 20170019917A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,069 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/554 involving event detection and direct action
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2111 Location-sensitive, e.g. geographical location, GPS
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/091 Traffic information broadcasting broadcasting communication H04H
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/16 Anti-collision systems road vehicle drive control systems for predicting or avoiding probable or impending collision otherwise than by control of a particular sub-unit B60W30/08
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/163 involving continuous checking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2101/622 Layer-2 addresses, e.g. medium access control [MAC] addresses
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/226 Delivery according to priorities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/04 for providing a confidential data exchange among entities communicating through data packet networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/027 using movement velocity, acceleration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/06 Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]; Services to user groups; One-way selective calling services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/40 for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/46 for vehicle-to-vehicle communication [V2V]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/23 in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/30 Resource management for broadcast services

Abstract

The present invention relates to a security message transmission method and apparatus. The method includes: generating, by a vehicle terminal, a first security message, where the first security message carries message type information; adding priority indication information of the security message to a geographic information layer according to the message type information, and obtaining a second security message; determining, at a Media Access Control (MAC) layer, a transmission path of the security message according to the priority indication information; and sending the second security message to a recipient by using a physical layer corresponding to the determined transmission path, so that the recipient performs forwarding processing on the second security message. According to the present invention, a security message is forwarded to a vehicle terminal within a predetermined distance range in a manner of combining a VDC technology and an LTE cellular network.

Claims

1. A security message transmission method, comprising:

generating, by a vehicle terminal, a first security message, wherein the first security message carries message type information;

adding priority indication information of the first security message to a geographic information layer of a protocol stack of the vehicle terminal according to the message type information to thereby obtain a second security message, the geographic information layer being provided above a Packet Data Convergence Control (PDCP) layer of the protocol stack;

adding current geographic location (GEO) information and movement attribute information of the vehicle terminal to the geographic information layer, the GEO information including longitude information, latitude information, and altitude information of the vehicle terminal, and the movement attribute information including driving speed information and driving direction information;

determining, at a Media Access Control (MAC) layer of the protocol stack, a transmission path of the second security message according to the priority indication information; and

sending the second security message to a recipient by using a physical layer of the protocol stack corresponding to the determined transmission path, so that the recipient performs forwarding processing on the second security message according to the GEO information and/or the movement attribute information.

2. A security message transmission method, comprising:

generating, by a vehicle terminal, a first security message, wherein the first security message carries message type information;

adding priority indication information of the first security message to a geographic information layer of a protocol stack of the vehicle terminal according to the message type information to thereby obtain a second security message, the geographic information layer being provided above a Packet Data Convergence Control (PDCP) layer of the protocol stack;

determining, at a Media Access Control (MAC) layer of the protocol stack, a transmission path of the second security message according to the priority indication information; and

sending the second security message to a recipient by using a physical layer of the protocol stack corresponding to the determined transmission path, so that the recipient performs forwarding processing on the second security message,

wherein the determining, at the MAC layer, the transmission path of the second security message according to the priority indication information comprises;

if the priority indication information indicates that the second security message has a high priority;

transmitting the second security message to a neighboring vehicle terminal by using a vehicle direct communication (VDC) specialized resource or transmitting the second security message to the neighboring vehicle terminal by using the VDC specialized resource and further transmitting the second security message to a base station by using the VDC specialized resource;

or

if the priority indication information indicates that the second security message has a low priority;

transmitting the second security message to a base station by using a cellular network.

3. A security message transmission method comprising:

generating, by a vehicle terminal, a first security message, wherein the first security message carries message type information;

adding priority indication information of the first security message to a geographic information layer of a protocol stack of the vehicle terminal according to the message type information to thereby obtain a second security message, the geographic information layer being provided above a Packet Data Convergence Control (PDCP) layer of the protocol stack;

determining, at a Media Access Control (MAC) layer of the protocol stack, a transmission path of the second security message according to the priority indication information; and

sending the second security message to a recipient by using a physical layer of the protocol stack corresponding to the determined transmission path, so that the recipient performs forwarding processing on the second security message,

wherein

when the second security message is a time-validity security message, a shorter valid time of the time-validity security message indicates a higher priority of the time-validity security message; and

when the valid time of the time-validity security message is zero, the time-validity security message is discarded.

4. A security message transmission method, comprising:

receiving, by a base station, a message sent by a vehicle terminal;

after it is determined, at a Media Access Control (MAC) layer, that a message type of the message is a security message, obtaining, at a geographic information layer, priority indication information and location information of the security message;

determining, according to the priority indication information, a forwarding area corresponding to the security message; and

sending the security message in a broadcast manner within the forwarding area according to the location information, so that a vehicle terminal within the forwarding area can receive the security message,

wherein the sending the security message in the broadcast manner within the forwarding area according to the location information comprises;

determining, according to the location information and the forwarding area, whether the entire forwarding area is coverage of the base station,

if the entire forwarding area is the coverage of the base station, sending the security message in the broadcast manner in the base station; and

if the forwarding area further comprises coverage of a neighboring base station, sending the security message to the neighboring base station by using an X2 interface, and sending the security message in the broadcast manner within the coverage of the base station and the neighboring base station.

5. The security message transmission method according to claim 4, wherein the sending the security message in the broadcast manner in the base station comprises:

sending the security message in the broadcast manner by using a broadcast channel BCH of the base station;

or

sending the security message in the broadcast manner by using a physical downlink security message channel (PDSMCH) of the base station.

6. The security message transmission method according to claim 5, wherein the sending the security message in the broadcast manner by using a PDSMCH of the base station comprises:

performing scrambling processing on downlink control information by using security message temporary identifier information, and sending, by using a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), the scrambled downlink control information and the security message indicated by the downlink control information;

or

sending the security message in the broadcast manner by using a paging Paging2 message, wherein the Paging2 message carries security message temporary identifier information and resource scheduling information.

7. The security message transmission method according to claim 4, wherein the determining, according to the priority indication information, the forwarding area corresponding to the security message comprises:

querying a forwarding area mapping table, to obtain the forwarding area corresponding to the priority indication information;

or

determining the message type of the security message according to the priority indication information, and querying a forwarding area mapping table, to obtain the forwarding area corresponding to the message type.

8. A security message transmission apparatus for a vehicle terminal, comprising:

a generation unit, configured to generate a first security message, wherein the first security message carries message type information;

an adding unit, configured to;

add priority indication information of the first security message to a geographic information layer of a protocol stack of the vehicle terminal according to the message type information to thereby obtain a second security message, the geographic information layer being provided above a Packet Data Convergence Control (PDCP) layer of the protocol stack, and

add current geographic location (GEO) information and movement attribute information of the vehicle terminal to the geographic information layer, the GEO information including longitude information, latitude information, and altitude information of the vehicle terminal, and the movement attribute information including driving speed information and driving direction information;

a determining unit, configured to determine, at a Media Access Control (MAC) layer of the protocol stack, a transmission path of the second security message according to the priority indication information; and

a sending unit, configured to send the second security message to a recipient by using a physical layer of the protocol stack corresponding to the determined transmission path, so that the recipient performs forwarding processing on the second security message according to the GEO information and/or the movement attribute information.

9. A security message transmission apparatus for a vehicle terminal, comprising:

a generation unit, configured to generate a first security message, wherein the first security message carries message type information;

an adding unit, configured to add priority indication information of the first security message to a geographic information layer of a protocol stack of the vehicle terminal according to the message type information to thereby obtain a second security message, the geographic information layer being provided above a Packet Data Convergence Control (PDCP) layer of the protocol stack;

a determining unit, configured to determine, at a Media Access Control (MAC) layer of the protocol stack, a transmission path of the second security message according to the priority indication information; and

a sending unit, configured to send the second security message to a recipient by using a physical layer of the protocol stack corresponding to the determined transmission path, so that the recipient performs forwarding processing on the second security message,

wherein the determining unit is configured to;

if the priority indication information indicates that the second security message has a high priority;

transmit the second security message to a neighboring vehicle terminal by using a vehicle direct communication (VDC) specialized resource or transmit the second security message to the neighboring vehicle terminal by using the VDC specialized resource and further transmit the second security message to a base station by using the VDC specialized resource;

or

if the priority indication information indicates that the second security message has a low priority;

transmit the second security message to a base station by using a cellular network.

10. A security message transmission apparatus for a vehicle terminal, comprising:

a generation unit, configured to generate a first security message, wherein the first security message carries message type information;

an adding unit, configured to add priority indication information of the first security message to a geographic information layer of a protocol stack of the vehicle terminal according to the message type information to thereby obtain a second security message, the geographic information layer being provided above a Packet Data Convergence Control (PDCP) layer of the protocol stack;

a determining unit, configured to determine, at a Media Access Control (MAC) layer of the protocol stack, a transmission path of the second security message according to the priority indication information; and

a sending unit, configured to send the second security message to a recipient by using a physical layer of the protocol stack corresponding to the determined transmission path, so that the recipient performs forwarding processing on the second security message,

wherein

when the second security message is a time-validity security message, a shorter valid time of the time-validity security message indicates a higher priority of the time-validity security message; and

when the valid time of the time-validity security message is zero, the time-validity security message is discarded.

11. A security message transmission apparatus, comprising:

a receiving unit, configured to receive a message sent by a vehicle terminal;

an obtaining unit, configured to;

after it is determined, at a Media Access Control (MAC) layer, that a message type of the message is a security message, obtain, at a geographic information layer, priority indication information and location information of the security message;

a determining unit, configured to determine, according to the priority indication information, a forwarding area corresponding to the security message; and

a sending unit, configured to;

determine, according to the location information and the forwarding area, whether the entire forwarding area is coverage of a base station,

if the entire forwarding area is the coverage of the base station, send the security message in the broadcast manner in the base station so that a vehicle terminal within the forwarding area can receive the security message, and

if the forwarding area further comprises coverage of a neighboring base station, send the security message to the neighboring base station by using an X2 interface, and send the security message in the broadcast manner within the coverage of the base station and the neighboring base station, so that the vehicle terminal within the forwarding area can receive the security message from at least one of the base station and the neighboring base station.

12. The security message transmission apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the sending unit is configured to:

send the security message in the broadcast manner by using a broadcast channel BCH of the base station;

or

send the security message in the broadcast manner by using a physical downlink security message channel (PDSMCH) of the base station.

13. The security message transmission apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the sending unit is configured to:

perform scrambling processing on downlink control information by using security message temporary identifier information, and send, by using a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), the scrambled downlink control information and the security message indicated by the downlink control information;

or

send the security message in the broadcast manner by using a paging Paging2 message, wherein the Paging2 message carries security message temporary identifier information and resource scheduling information.

14. The security message transmission apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the determining unit is configured to:

query a forwarding area mapping table, to obtain the forwarding area corresponding to the priority indication information;

or

determine the message type of the security message according to the priority indication information, and query a forwarding area mapping table, to obtain the forwarding area corresponding to the message type.

15. A security message transmission method, comprising:

generating, by a vehicle terminal, a first security message, wherein the first security message carries message type information;

adding priority indication information of the first security message to a geographic information layer of a protocol stack of the vehicle terminal according to the message type information to thereby obtain a second security message, the geographic information layer being provided above a Packet Data Convergence Control (PDCP) layer of the protocol stack;

passing the second security message through at least one of the PDCP layer and a radio link control layer of the protocol stack in a transparent manner to transmit the second security message to a Media Access Control (MAC) layer, without performing header compression with respect to the second security message;

determining, at the MAC layer of the protocol stack, a transmission path of the second security message according to the priority indication information; and

sending the second security message to a recipient by using a physical layer of the protocol stack corresponding to the determined transmission path, so that the recipient performs forwarding processing on the second security message.