USER EQUIPMENT PAIRING PROCESSING METHOD, NETWORK SIDE DEVICE, AND USER EQUIPMENT

• US 20160198512A1
• Filed: 03/17/2016
• Published: 07/07/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/17/2012
• 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: ZHU, Song, LI, Yue, GUO, Xiaolong
• Granted Patent: US 9,635,697 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0869 for achieving mutual authentication cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for mutual authentication H04L9/3273
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/062 Pre-authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/10 Scheduling measurement reports ; Arrangements for measurement reports
• 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 76/11 Allocation or use of connection identifiers
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provide a user equipment pairing processing method, a network side device, and a user equipment. The method includes: acquiring, by a network side device, pairing request information of a beneficial user equipment and a candidate support user equipment that are to be paired; and implementing, by the network side device, pairing of the beneficial user equipment and the candidate support user equipment according to the pairing request information, and sending a pairing success message to the beneficial user equipment and the candidate support user equipment. In the technical solutions provided by the embodiments of the present invention, user pairing in cooperative communication is implemented.

Claims

1. A user equipment pairing processing method, comprising:

sending, by a radio access network device, a pairing request message to a core network device, wherein the pairing request message carries pairing request information of a beneficial user equipment and the candidate support user equipment, the pairing request information comprises an identifier of the beneficial user equipment and an identifier of the candidate support user equipment, or the pairing request information comprises an identifier of the beneficial user equipment, an identifier of the candidate support user equipment, and a common pairing identifier; and

receiving, by the radio access network device, pairing permission indication information from the core network device, about pairing of the beneficial user equipment and the candidate support user equipment.

2. The user equipment pairing processing method according to claim 1, wherein before the sending, by the radio access network device, the pairing request message to the core network device, the method further comprises:

receiving, by the radio access network device, another pairing request message from the beneficial user equipment, and a pairing success request message from the candidate support user equipment; and

acquiring, by the radio access network device according to the pairing request message and the pairing success request message, the pairing request information of the beneficial user equipment and the candidate support user equipment.

3. The user equipment pairing processing method according to claim 2, wherein before the receiving the pairing success request message from the candidate support user equipment, the method further comprises:

acquiring, by the radio access network device, a first pairing identifier of the beneficial user equipment after confirming permission of pairing of the beneficial user equipment according to the identifier of the beneficial user equipment, and

sending, by the radio access network device, to the beneficial user equipment, the pairing success request message carrying the first pairing identifier of the beneficial user equipment.

4. The user equipment pairing processing method according to claim 1, wherein before the sending, by the radio access network device, a pairing request message to the core network device, the method further comprises:

receiving, by the radio access network device, another pairing request message from the beneficial user equipment, wherein the another pairing request message carries geographic location information of the beneficial user equipment, and

receiving, by the radio access network device, a measurement report message from a user equipment near the geographic location information of the beneficial user equipment,

acquiring, by the radio access network device, the identifier of the beneficial user equipment according to the another pairing request message, and

acquiring, by the radio access network device, the identifier of the candidate support user equipment according to the measurement report message.

5. The user equipment pairing processing method according to claim 4, wherein before the receiving, by the radio access network device, the measurement report message from the user equipment near the geographic location information of the beneficial user equipment, the method further comprises:

acquiring, by the radio access network device, a first pairing identifier of the beneficial user equipment, and

sending, by the radio access network device, to the user equipment near the geographic location information of the beneficial user equipment, a measurement request message carrying the first pairing identifier.

6. A radio access network device, comprising:

a processor, a transmitter coupled to the processor and a receiver coupled to the processor;

wherein

the transmitter is configured to send a pairing request message to a core network device, wherein the pairing request message carries pairing request information of a beneficial user equipment and the candidate support user equipment, the pairing request information comprises an identifier of the beneficial user equipment and an identifier of the candidate support user equipment, or the pairing request information comprises an identifier of the beneficial user equipment, an identifier of the candidate support user equipment, and a common pairing identifier; and

the receiver is configured to receive pairing permission indication information from the core network device, about pairing of the beneficial user equipment and the candidate support user equipment.

7. The radio access network device according to claim 6, wherein

the receiver is configured to receive another pairing request message from the beneficial user equipment, and a pairing success request message from the candidate support user equipment before the transmitter sends the pairing request message to the core network device;

and

the processor is configured to acquire according to the pairing request message and the pairing success request message, the pairing request information of the beneficial user equipment and the candidate support user equipment.

8. The radio access network device according to claim 7, wherein

the processor is configured to acquire a first pairing identifier of the beneficial user equipment after confirming permission of pairing of the beneficial user equipment according to the identifier of the beneficial user equipment before the receiver receives the pairing success request message from the candidate support user equipment, and

the transmitter is configured to send to the beneficial user equipment, the pairing success request message carrying the first pairing identifier of the beneficial user equipment.

9. The radio access network device according to claim 6, wherein

the receiver is configured to, before the transmitter sends the pairing request message to the core network device, receive another pairing request message from the beneficial user equipment wherein the another pairing request message carries geographic location information of the beneficial user equipment, and a measurement report message from a user equipment near the geographic location information of the beneficial user equipment;

the processor is configured to acquire the identifier of the beneficial user equipment according to the another pairing request message, and the identifier of the candidate support user equipment according to the measurement report message.

10. The radio access network device according to claim 9, wherein

the processor is configured to acquire a first pairing identifier of the beneficial user equipment before the receiver receives the measurement report message from the user equipment near the geographic location information of the beneficial user equipment, and

the transmitter is configured to send to the user equipment near the geographic location information of the beneficial user equipment, a measurement request message carrying the first pairing identifier.