Connection establishment method and user equipment

• US 10,674,481 B2
• Filed: 03/13/2017
• Issued: 06/02/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 11/22/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Godo Kaisha IP Bridge 1 (IP Bridge, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Chai, Li, Lin, Bo
• Primary Examiner(s): Orgad, Edan
• Assistant Examiner(s): Maglo, Emmanuel K
• Application Number:
  US15/457,664
• Publication Number:
  US 20170188339A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,177 Days
• Field of Search: 370329, 370331
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/04 Wireless resource allocation
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a connection establishment method and a user equipment. The connection establishment method includes: acquiring, by a second user equipment supporting a device to device (D2D) function, first user equipment information of a first user equipment supporting the D2D function; and initiating, by the second user equipment, a connection establishment process with a network-side device after the second user equipment determines that a connection with the first user equipment is established according to the first user equipment information, and sending the first user equipment information to the network-side device in the connection establishment process, so that a connection is established between the network-side device and the first user equipment. The present disclosure can realize establishment of a DPS bearer between the user equipments supporting the D2D function, realize communication between the user equipments supporting the D2D function and further realize resource controllability of a network.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

sending, by a first user equipment (UE), an attach request message to a base station for triggering the base station to allocate a resource for broadcasting information of the first UE, wherein the attach request message triggers the base station to send an initial UE message that includes the attach request message in a non-access-stratum protocol data unit (NAS-PDU) information element of the initial UE message to a mobility management entity, the attach request message comprises a device-to-device (D2D) capability of the first UE and an indication for a bearer for a D2D connection, the initial UE message indicates the mobility management entity to send an initial context setup request message that includes an attach accept message in a NAS-PDU information element of the initial context setup request message to the base station, and the initial context setup request message indicates that a D2D function is supported in a UE radio capability information element of the initial context setup request message;

in response to sending the attach request message, receiving, by the first UE from the base station, information about the resource for broadcasting the information of the first UE; and

broadcasting, by the first UE, the information of the first UE on the resource for establishing the D2D connection with a second UE, wherein the information of the first UE comprises an identifier of the first UE and a service code of the first UE, and the service code of the first UE indicates application layer service information.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein a protocol stack of an air interface between the first UE and the second UE comprises a user plane protocol stack, wherein the user plane protocol stack comprises at least one of internet protocol, media access control-d (MAC-d) information, and physical layer information.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the resource for establishing the D2D connection with the second UE comprises an acquired resource in a discontinuous transmission (DTX) cycle.

4. A user equipment (UE), comprising:

a storage medium including executable instructions; and

a processor, wherein the executable instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the UE to;

send an attach request message to a base station for triggering the base station to allocate a resource for broadcasting information of the UE, wherein the attach request message triggers the base station to send an initial UE message that includes the attach request message in a non-access-stratum protocol data unit (NAS-PDU) information element of the initial UE message to a mobility management entity, the attach request message comprises a device-to-device (D2D) capability of the UE and an indication for a bearer for a D2D connection, the initial UE message indicates the mobility management entity to send an initial context setup request message that includes an attach accept message in a NAS-PDU information element of the initial context setup request message to the base station, and the initial context setup request indicates that a D2D function is supported in a UE radio capability information element of the initial context setup request message;

in response to sending the attach request message, receive information about the resource for broadcasting the information of the UE; and

broadcast the information of the UE on the resource for establishing the D2D connection with another UE, wherein the information of the UE comprises an identifier of the UE and a service code of the UE, and the service code of the UE indicates application layer service information.

5. The UE of claim 4, wherein a protocol stack of an air interface between the UE and the another UE comprises a user plane protocol stack, wherein the user plane protocol stack comprises at least one of internet protocol, media access control-d (MAC-d) information, and physical layer information.

6. The UE of claim 4, wherein the resource for establishing the D2D connection comprises an acquired resource in a discontinuous transmission (DTX) cycle.

7. An apparatus configured in a user equipment (UE), comprising:

a storage medium storing executable instructions; and

a processor, wherein the executable instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the UE to;

send an attach request message to a base station for triggering the base station to allocate a resource for broadcasting information of the UE, wherein the attach request message triggers the base station to send an initial UE message that includes the attach request message in a non-access-stratum protocol data unit (NAS-PDU) information element of the initial UE message to a mobility management entity, the attach request message comprises a device-to-device (D2D) capability of the UE and an indication for a bearer for a D2D connection, the first message indicates the mobility management entity to send an initial context setup request message that includes an attach accept message in a NAS-PDU information element of the initial context setup request message to the base station, and the initial context setup request message indicates that a D2D function is supported in a UE radio capability information element of the initial context setup request message;

in response to sending the attach request message, receive information about the resource for broadcasting the information of the UE; and

broadcast the information of the UE on the resource for establishing the D2D connection with another UE, wherein the information of the UE comprises an identifier of the UE and a service code of the UE, wherein the resource is allocated by the base station, and the service code of the UE indicates application layer service information.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein a protocol stack of an air interface between the UE and the another UE comprises a user plane protocol stack, wherein the user plane protocol stack comprises at least one of internet protocol, media access control-d (MAC-d) information, and physical layer information.

9. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the resource for establishing the D2D connection comprises an acquired resource in a discontinuous transmission (DTX) cycle.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause a user equipment (UE) to carry out steps of:

sending an attach request message for triggering the base station to allocate a resource for broadcasting information of the UE, wherein the attach request message triggers the base station to send an initial UE message that includes the attach request message in a non-access-stratum protocol data unit (NAS-PDU) information element of the initial UE message to a mobility management entity, the attach request message comprises a device-to-device (D2D) capability of the UE and an indication for a bearer for a D2D connection, the initial UE message indicates the mobility management entity to send an initial context setup request message that includes an attach accept message in a NAS-PDU information element of the initial context setup request message to the base station, and the initial context setup request message indicates that a D2D function is supported in a UE radio capability information element of the initial context setup request message;

in response to sending the attach request message, receiving information about the resource for broadcasting the information of the UE; and

broadcasting information of the UE on the resource for establishing the D2D connection with another UE, wherein the information of the UE comprises an identifier of the UE and a service code of the UE, and the service code of the UE indicates application layer service information.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein a protocol stack of an air interface between the UE and the another UE comprises a user plane protocol stack, wherein the user plane protocol stack comprises at least one of internet protocol, media access control-d (MAC-d) information, and physical layer information.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the resource for establishing the D2D connection comprises an acquired resource in a discontinuous transmission (DTX) cycle.