阅读说明：本技术 切换状态的方法、网络设备和终端设备 (State switching method, network equipment and terminal equipment ) 是由 杨宁 *** 于 2017-09-08 设计创作，主要内容包括：提供了一种切换状态的方法、网络设备和终端设备。该方法应用于处于非激活状态的第一终端设备,该非激活状态指该第一终端设备与网络设备处于断开状态,且该第一终端设备和该网络设备保留有该第一终端设备的上下文信息；该方法包括：生成指示信息,该指示信息用于指示该第一终端设备释放上下文信息,或者,该指示信息用于指示该第一终端设备不释放上下文信息；向该第一终端设备发送该指示信息。本发明是实施例的切换状态的方法,网络设备通过批量卸载具有某些特征的处于非激活状态的终端设备,能够有效释放网络资源,提高用户体验。(A method for switching states, a network device and a terminal device are provided. The method is applied to a first terminal device in an inactive state, wherein the inactive state means that the first terminal device and a network device are in a disconnected state, and context information of the first terminal device is reserved by the first terminal device and the network device; the method comprises the following steps: generating indication information, wherein the indication information is used for indicating the first terminal device to release the context information, or the indication information is used for indicating the first terminal device not to release the context information; and sending the indication information to the first terminal equipment. According to the method for switching the states, the network equipment can effectively release network resources and improve user experience by unloading the terminal equipment in the non-activated state with certain characteristics in batch.)

A method for switching states is applied to a first terminal device in an inactive state, wherein the inactive state means that the first terminal device and a network device are in a disconnected state, and context information of the first terminal device is reserved by the first terminal device and the network device;

the method comprises the following steps:

generating indication information, wherein the indication information is used for indicating the first terminal device to release the context information, or the indication information is used for indicating the first terminal device not to release the context information;

and sending the indication information to the first terminal equipment.

The method of claim 1, wherein the generating the indication information comprises:

generating a bit sequence, wherein the bit sequence comprises at least one bit, the at least one bit corresponds to at least one terminal device group, data carried on each bit is used for indicating whether a terminal device in the corresponding terminal device group releases context information, and a first terminal device group in the at least one terminal device group comprises the first terminal device;

wherein the sending the indication information to the first terminal device includes:

transmitting the bit sequence to the first terminal device.

The method of claim 2, wherein the generating the bit sequence comprises:

the bit sequence is generated as follows:

when determining that the terminal equipment in the first terminal equipment group releases the context information, setting a value carried on a first bit corresponding to the first terminal equipment group to be 1, and when determining that the terminal equipment in the first terminal equipment group does not release the context information, setting the value carried on the first bit to be 0.

The method according to claim 2 or 3,

different characteristic information is configured between the at least one terminal device group, the terminal devices in each terminal device group are configured with the same characteristic information, and the characteristic information is information which is acquired by the network device from core network equipment or terminal devices and is used for representing the attribute of the terminal device.

The method according to claim 4, wherein the feature information comprises any one of the following information:

the service type, the access grade value, the service habit behavior, the device type, the affiliated network slice information, the service quality, the user priority and the user grade corresponding to the terminal device can be supported by the terminal device.

The method according to any one of claims 2 to 5, further comprising:

sending criterion information to the first terminal device, wherein the criterion information is used for the first terminal device to determine whether to release the context information.

The method of claim 6, wherein the criterion information comprises a first threshold value, such that the first terminal device releases context information when it is determined that the indication information indicates that the first terminal device releases context information and a remainder of an identity of the first terminal device and a second threshold value is equal to the first threshold value.

The method of claim 7, wherein the criteria information further comprises the second threshold.

The method according to claim 1, wherein the indication information is a first identification stamp for identifying the first terminal device;

wherein the sending the indication information to the first terminal device includes:

and when the first terminal equipment is determined to be instructed to release the context information, sending the first identification stamp to the first terminal equipment.

The method of claim 9, wherein the first identifying stamp corresponds to at least one of:

the service type, the access grade value, the service habit behavior, the device type, the affiliated network slice information, the service quality, the user priority and the user grade corresponding to the first terminal device can be supported by the first terminal device.

The method of claim 9 or 10, wherein the identification stamp is configured with identification information of the network device.

The method according to any of claims 1 to 11, wherein said sending said indication information to said first terminal device comprises:

sending a system message to the first terminal device, wherein the system message comprises the indication information and the identification information of the network device; or sending a paging message to the first terminal device, where the paging message includes the indication information and the identification information of the network device.

The method of claim 1, wherein the sending the indication information to the first terminal device comprises:

and sending a paging message to the first terminal device, wherein the paging message comprises the identification information of the first terminal device and the indication information.

A method for switching states is applied to a first terminal device in an inactive state, wherein the inactive state means that the first terminal device and a network device are in a disconnected state, and context information of the first terminal device is reserved by the first terminal device and the network device;

the method comprises the following steps:

receiving indication information sent by the network device, where the indication information is used to indicate the first terminal device to release context information, or the indication information is used to indicate the first terminal device not to release context information;

and determining whether to release the context information according to the indication information.

The method of claim 14, wherein the receiving the indication information sent by the network device comprises:

receiving a bit sequence sent by the network device, where the bit sequence includes at least one bit, the at least one bit corresponds to at least one terminal device group, and data carried on each bit is used to indicate whether a terminal device in the corresponding terminal device group releases context information;

determining a first terminal device group to which the first terminal device belongs, wherein the at least one terminal device group comprises the first terminal device group;

acquiring a numerical value loaded on a first bit corresponding to the first terminal equipment group;

wherein the determining whether to release the context information according to the indication information includes:

and determining whether to release the context information according to the numerical value carried on the first bit.

The method of claim 15, wherein the determining whether to release the context information according to the value carried in the first bit comprises:

when the value carried on the first bit is 1, determining to release the context information; or, when the value carried on the first bit is 0, determining not to release the context information.

The method according to claim 15 or 16,

different characteristic information is configured between the at least one terminal device group, the terminal devices in each terminal device group are configured with the same characteristic information, and the characteristic information is information which is acquired by the network device from core network equipment or terminal devices and is used for representing the attribute of the terminal device.

The method according to claim 17, wherein the feature information comprises any one of the following information:

the service type, the access grade value, the service habit behavior, the device type, the affiliated network slice information, the service quality, the user priority and the user grade corresponding to the terminal device can be supported by the terminal device.

The method according to any one of claims 15 to 18, further comprising:

and receiving criterion information sent by the network equipment, wherein the criterion information is used for the first terminal equipment to determine whether to release the context information.

The method of claim 19, wherein the criteria information comprises a first threshold;

wherein the determining whether to release the context information according to the indication information includes:

and when the numerical value carried on the first bit is 1 and the remainder of the identifier of the first terminal equipment and the second threshold is equal to the first threshold, determining to release the context information.

The method of claim 20, wherein the criteria information further comprises the second threshold.

The method according to claim 14, wherein the indication information is a first identification stamp for identifying the first terminal device;

wherein the determining whether to release the context information according to the indication information includes:

and when the first identification stamp sent by the network equipment is received, determining to release the context information.

The method of claim 22,

the first identification stamp corresponds to at least one of the following information:

the service type, the access grade value, the service habit behavior, the device type, the affiliated network slice information, the service quality, the user priority and the user grade corresponding to the first terminal device can be supported by the first terminal device.

The method of claim 22 or 23, wherein the identification stamp is configured with identification information of the network device.

The method according to any one of claims 14 to 24, wherein the receiving the indication information sent by the network device comprises:

receiving a system message sent by the network equipment, wherein the system message comprises the indication information and the identification information of the network equipment; or receiving a paging message sent by the network device, where the paging message includes the indication information and the identification information of the network device.

The method of claim 14, wherein the receiving the indication information sent by the network device comprises:

and receiving a paging message sent by the network equipment, wherein the paging message comprises the identification information of the first terminal equipment and the indication information.

A network device, comprising:

a generating unit, configured to generate indication information, where the indication information is used to indicate a first terminal device to release context information, or the indication information is used to indicate that the first terminal device does not release context information, where the first terminal device is in an inactive state, where the inactive state indicates that the first terminal device and a network device are in a disconnected state, and the first terminal device and the network device retain the context information of the first terminal device;

and the transceiver unit is used for sending the indication information to the first terminal equipment.

The network device of claim 27, wherein the generating unit is specifically configured to:

generating a bit sequence, wherein the bit sequence comprises at least one bit, the at least one bit corresponds to at least one terminal device group, data carried on each bit is used for indicating whether a terminal device in the corresponding terminal device group releases context information, and a first terminal device group in the at least one terminal device group comprises the first terminal device; wherein the transceiver unit is specifically configured to:

transmitting the bit sequence to the first terminal device.

The network device of claim 28, wherein the generating unit is more specifically configured to:

the bit sequence is generated as follows:

when determining that the terminal equipment in the first terminal equipment group releases the context information, setting a value carried on a first bit corresponding to the first terminal equipment group to be 1, and when determining that the terminal equipment in the first terminal equipment group does not release the context information, setting the value carried on the first bit to be 0.

The network device of claim 28 or 29,

different characteristic information is configured between the at least one terminal device group, the terminal devices in each terminal device group are configured with the same characteristic information, and the characteristic information is information which is acquired by the network device from core network equipment or terminal devices and is used for representing the attribute of the terminal device.

The network device of claim 30, wherein the feature information comprises any one of the following:

the service type, the access grade value, the service habit behavior, the device type, the affiliated network slice information, the service quality, the user priority and the user grade corresponding to the terminal device can be supported by the terminal device.

The network device according to any of claims 28 to 31, wherein the transceiver unit is further configured to:

sending criterion information to the first terminal device, wherein the criterion information is used for the first terminal device to determine whether to release the context information.

The network device of claim 32, wherein the criterion information comprises a first threshold value, such that the first terminal device releases context information when it is determined that the indication information indicates that the first terminal device releases context information and a remainder of an identity of the first terminal device and a second threshold value is equal to the first threshold value.

The network device of claim 33, wherein the criteria information further comprises the second threshold.

The network device of claim 27, wherein the indication information is a first identification stamp for identifying the first terminal device; wherein the transceiver unit is specifically configured to:

and when the first terminal equipment is determined to be instructed to release the context information, sending the first identification stamp to the first terminal equipment.

The network device of claim 35, wherein the first identifying stamp corresponds to at least one of:

the service type, the access grade value, the service habit behavior, the device type, the affiliated network slice information, the service quality, the user priority and the user grade corresponding to the first terminal device can be supported by the first terminal device.

The network device of claim 35 or 36, wherein the identification stamp is configured with identification information of the network device.

The network device according to any of claims 27 to 37, wherein the transceiver unit is specifically configured to:

sending a system message to the first terminal device, wherein the system message comprises the indication information and the identification information of the network device; or sending a paging message to the first terminal device, where the paging message includes the indication information and the identification information of the network device.

The network device according to claim 27, wherein the transceiver unit is specifically configured to:

and sending a paging message to the first terminal device, wherein the paging message comprises the identification information of the first terminal device and the indication information.

A terminal device, comprising:

a transceiver unit, configured to receive indication information sent by the network device, where the indication information is used to indicate the first terminal device to release context information, or the indication information is used to indicate the first terminal device not to release context information, where the first terminal device is in an inactive state, where the inactive state indicates that the first terminal device and the network device are in a disconnected state, and the first terminal device and the network device retain the context information of the first terminal device;

and the processing unit is used for determining whether to release the context information according to the indication information.

The terminal device according to claim 40, wherein the transceiver unit is specifically configured to:

receiving a bit sequence sent by the network device, where the bit sequence includes at least one bit, the at least one bit corresponds to at least one terminal device group, and data carried on each bit is used to indicate whether a terminal device in the corresponding terminal device group releases context information;

wherein the processing unit is specifically configured to:

determining a first terminal device group to which the first terminal device belongs, wherein the at least one terminal device group comprises the first terminal device group;

acquiring a numerical value loaded on a first bit corresponding to the first terminal equipment group;

and determining whether to release the context information according to the numerical value carried on the first bit.

The terminal device of claim 41, wherein the processing unit is further configured to:

when the value carried on the first bit is 1, determining to release the context information; or, when the value carried on the first bit is 0, determining not to release the context information.

The terminal device according to claim 41 or 42,

different characteristic information is configured between the at least one terminal device group, the terminal devices in each terminal device group are configured with the same characteristic information, and the characteristic information is information which is acquired by the network device from core network equipment or terminal devices and is used for representing the attribute of the terminal device.

The terminal device according to claim 43, wherein the feature information comprises any one of the following information:

the service type, the access grade value, the service habit behavior, the device type, the affiliated network slice information, the service quality, the user priority and the user grade corresponding to the terminal device can be supported by the terminal device.

The terminal device according to any of claims 41 to 44, wherein the transceiver unit is further configured to:

and receiving criterion information sent by the network equipment, wherein the criterion information is used for the first terminal equipment to determine whether to release the context information.

The terminal device of claim 45, wherein the criterion information comprises a first threshold; wherein the processing unit is more specifically configured to:

and when the numerical value carried on the first bit is 1 and the remainder of the identifier of the first terminal equipment and the second threshold is equal to the first threshold, determining to release the context information.

The terminal device of claim 46, wherein the criteria information further comprises the second threshold.

The terminal device according to claim 40, wherein the indication information is a first identification stamp for identifying the first terminal device; wherein the processing unit is more specifically configured to:

and when the first identification stamp sent by the network equipment is received, determining to release the context information.

The terminal device of claim 48,

the first identification stamp corresponds to at least one of the following information:

the service type, the access grade value, the service habit behavior, the device type, the affiliated network slice information, the service quality, the user priority and the user grade corresponding to the first terminal device can be supported by the first terminal device.

The terminal device of claim 48 or 49, wherein the identification stamp is configured with identification information of the network device.

The terminal device according to any one of claims 40 to 50, wherein the transceiver unit is specifically configured to:

receiving a system message sent by the network equipment, wherein the system message comprises the indication information and the identification information of the network equipment; or receiving a paging message sent by the network device, where the paging message includes the indication information and the identification information of the network device.

The terminal device according to claim 40, wherein the transceiver unit is specifically configured to:

and receiving a paging message sent by the network equipment, wherein the paging message comprises the identification information of the first terminal equipment and the indication information.