TECHNICAL FIELD

The present disclosure relates to the field of communication systems, and more particularly, to a method and an apparatus for negotiation of user equipment (UE) policy delivery.

BACKGROUND

Current mechanisms tend to lack negotiation for UE policy delivery between a UE and a network, which may incur a duplicated UE policy distribution, and thus too much related signaling occurs.

SUMMARY

An object of the present disclosure is to propose a method and an apparatus for negotiation of UE policy delivery between a UE and a network.

In a first aspect of the present disclosure, a UE for negotiation of UE policy delivery includes a memory, a transceiver, and a processor coupled to the memory and the transceiver. The processor is configured to generate a first indicator being associated with a capability of the UE and control the transceiver to report, to a network node, the first indicator being associated with support for the UE triggering a UE policy configuration, and/or UE assistant information for a UE policy distribution.

In a second aspect of the present disclosure, a method for negotiation of UE policy delivery of a UE includes generating a first indicator being associated with a capability of the UE and reporting, to a network node, the first indicator being associated with support for the UE triggering a UE policy configuration, and/or UE assistant information for a UE policy distribution.

In a third aspect of the present disclosure, a network node for negotiation of UE policy delivery includes a memory, a transceiver, and a processor coupled to the memory and the transceiver. The processor is configured to control the transceiver to receive a first indicator being associated with a capability of a UE and support for the UE triggering a UE policy configuration, and/or UE assistant information for a UE policy distribution from the UE.

In a forth aspect of the present disclosure, a method for negotiation of UE policy delivery of a network node includes receiving a first indicator being associated with a capability of a UE and support for the UE triggering a UE policy configuration, and/or UE assistant information for a UE policy distribution from the UE.

In a fifth aspect of the present disclosure, a UE for negotiation of UE policy delivery includes a memory, a transceiver, and a processor coupled to the memory and the transceiver. The processor is configured to trigger a UE policy configuration request according to system information when a network node allows the UE to trigger the UE policy configuration request, and/or control the transceiver to receive, the system information including a UE policy identifier and/or indication (ID), a policy rule ID, and/or an application ID from the network node.

In a sixth aspect of the present disclosure, a method for negotiation of UE policy delivery of a UE includes triggering a UE policy configuration request according to system information when a network node allows the UE to trigger the UE policy configuration request, and/or receiving, the system information including a UE policy identifier and/or indication (ID), a policy rule ID, and/or an application ID from the network node.

In a seventh aspect of the present disclosure, a network node for negotiation of UE policy delivery includes a memory, a transceiver, and a processor coupled to the memory and the transceiver. The processor is configured to allow a UE to trigger a UE policy configuration request according to system information, and/or control the transceiver to transmit, to the UE, the system information including a UE policy identifier and/or indication (ID), a policy rule ID, and/or an application ID.

In an eighth aspect of the present disclosure, a method for negotiation of UE policy delivery of a network node includes allowing a UE to trigger a UE policy configuration request according to system information, and/or transmitting, to the UE, the system information including a UE policy identifier and/or indication (ID), a policy rule ID, and/or an application ID.

In a ninth aspect of the present disclosure, a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium has stored thereon instructions that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform the above method.

In a tenth aspect of the present disclosure, a terminal device includes a processor and a memory configured to store a computer program. The processor is configured to execute the computer program stored in the memory to perform the above method.

In an eleventh aspect of the present disclosure, a network node includes a processor and a memory configured to store a computer program. The processor is configured to execute the computer program stored in the memory to perform the above method.

