CN112425191A

CN112425191A - Network state display control method and device

Info

Publication number: CN112425191A
Application number: CN201980045105.XA
Authority: CN
Inventors: 张涛; 夏炀; 唐凯
Original assignee: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp Ltd
Current assignee: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp Ltd
Priority date: 2018-09-04
Filing date: 2019-08-27
Publication date: 2021-02-26
Anticipated expiration: 2039-08-27
Also published as: WO2020048357A1; CN112425191B

Abstract

The embodiment of the application discloses a network state display control method and a device, wherein the method comprises the following steps: determining the current network coverage quality of the electronic equipment; and displaying the network state of the electronic equipment according to the network coverage quality. The method and the device are favorable for improving the comprehensiveness and accuracy of the network state display of the electronic equipment.

Description

Network state display control method and device

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of electronic equipment, in particular to a network state display control method and device.

Background

With the development of mobile communication technology, a user has an increasing demand for communication with an electronic device such as a mobile phone, and at present, after the electronic device in the market is powered on, the electronic device interacts with a network-side device and is attached to a cell supported by its own capability, and the network coverage quality of the electronic device is affected by factors such as distance and location, and with the upgrade of a mobile communication network, how to display a network state in a Non Stand Alone (NSA) communication system of the fifth Generation (the 5th Generation, 5G) to indicate the current network coverage quality of the electronic device in real time is a problem to be solved.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application provides a network state display control method and device, aiming to improve comprehensiveness and accuracy of network state display of electronic equipment.

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a network status display control method, which is applied to an electronic device, where the electronic device supports a dual connectivity mode, where the dual connectivity mode refers to that the electronic device establishes a first communication connection with a first network device and a second communication connection with a second network device, the first network device and the second network device are network devices in a first fifth generation 5G non-independent networking NSA network, the first network device is a fourth generation 4G base station eNB, the second network device is a 5G base station gNB, a core network of the first 5G NSA network is a 5G core network NGC, the first network device establishes a third communication connection with the second network device, and the second network device establishes a fourth communication connection with the NGC; the method comprises the following steps:

determining the current network coverage quality of the electronic equipment;

and displaying the network state of the electronic equipment according to the network coverage quality.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a network status display control apparatus, which is applied to an electronic device, where the electronic device supports a dual connection mode, where the dual connection mode refers to that the electronic device establishes a first communication connection with a first network device and a second communication connection with a second network device, the first network device and the second network device are network devices in a first fifth generation 5G non-independent networking NSA network, the first network device is a fourth generation 4G base station eNB, the second network device is a 5G base station gNB, a core network of the first 5G NSA network is a 5G core network NGC, the first network device establishes a third communication connection with the second network device, and the second network device establishes a fourth communication connection with the NGC; the apparatus comprises a processing unit and a communication unit, wherein,

the processing unit is used for determining the current network coverage quality of the electronic equipment through the communication unit; and displaying the network state of the electronic equipment according to the network coverage quality.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an electronic device, including a processor, a memory, a communication interface, and one or more programs, where the one or more programs are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the processor, and the program includes instructions for executing steps in any method of the first aspect of the embodiment of the present application.

In a fourth aspect, the present application provides a computer-readable storage medium, where the computer-readable storage medium stores a computer program for electronic data exchange, where the computer program makes a computer perform part or all of the steps described in any one of the methods of the first aspect of the present application.

In a fifth aspect, the present application provides a computer program product, wherein the computer program product includes a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program, and the computer program is operable to cause a computer to perform some or all of the steps as described in any one of the methods of the first aspect of the embodiments of the present application. The computer program product may be a software installation package.

It can be seen that, in the embodiment of the present application, the electronic device and the first and second network devices in the first 5G NSA communication system maintain a dual connection state, and in the standby state, the electronic device determines the current network coverage quality of the electronic device and displays the network state of the electronic device according to the network coverage quality. Therefore, the electronic equipment can detect the network coverage quality of the currently accessed network in real time and dynamically display the network state adaptive to the value, so that the actual network state of the electronic equipment is comprehensively and accurately indicated, and the comprehensiveness and accuracy of the network state display of the electronic equipment are improved.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present application or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present application, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to the drawings without creative efforts.

Fig. 1A is an exemplary architecture diagram of a wireless communication system provided by an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 1B is a diagram illustrating an example of an interface between an access network and a core network of a 5G NSA system according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 2A is a schematic flowchart of a network status display control method according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 2B is a diagram illustrating a network status display according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 2C is a diagram of another example of a network status display provided by an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 3 is a schematic flowchart of another network status display control method according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 4 is a schematic flowchart of another network status display control method according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic device provided in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 6 is a block diagram illustrating functional units of a network status display control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Detailed Description

In order to make the technical solutions of the present application better understood, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present application, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present application.

The terms "first," "second," and the like in the description and claims of the present application and in the above-described drawings are used for distinguishing between different objects and not for describing a particular order. Furthermore, the terms "include" and "have," as well as any variations thereof, are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusions. For example, a process, method, system, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of steps or elements is not limited to only those steps or elements listed, but may alternatively include other steps or elements not listed, or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.

Reference herein to "an embodiment" means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment can be included in at least one embodiment of the application. The appearances of the phrase in various places in the specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment, nor are separate or alternative embodiments mutually exclusive of other embodiments. It is explicitly and implicitly understood by one skilled in the art that the embodiments described herein can be combined with other embodiments.

The electronic device according to the embodiment of the present application may be an electronic device with data transmission capability, and the electronic device may include various handheld devices with wireless communication functions, vehicle-mounted devices, wearable devices, computing devices or other processing devices connected to a wireless modem, and various forms of User Equipment (UE), Mobile Stations (MS), terminal devices (terminal device), and the like. The following describes embodiments of the present application in detail.

As shown in fig. 1A, a network to which an electronic device 101 according to an embodiment of the present invention is accessed may be a 5G NSA network, where the network specifically includes a base station 102(4G base station eNB), a base station 103(5G base station gNB), and a 5G Core network (NG Core, NGC)104, where control plane signaling may be transmitted through the base station 102, user plane data of the electronic device may be transmitted to a packet Core network EPC104 through the base station 102 and the base station 103, respectively, the packet Core network 104 supports an IMS voice service, the electronic device 101 specifically maintains a communication connection with the base station 102 and the base station 103 simultaneously through a dual connection mode, and may implement various services such as a voice call service, such as an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) voice call service, through the network. The communication system is also referred to as an Option4/Option4a architecture, wherein electronic devices are connected to the NGC through a gNB, control plane signaling and data plane signaling are both transmitted through the gNB, and the eNB is a coverage supplement to the gNB.

Referring to fig. 1B, the Option4/Option4a architectures all belong to the NSA architecture, and under the Option4/Option4a architecture, the access network is composed of two parts, which are a 4G access network and a 5G access network, respectively, where a network element of the 4G access network is an LTE eNB (4G base station), a network element of the 5G access network is an NR gbb (5G base station), and a core network of the Option4/Option4a architecture is a 5G core network NGC. The eNB serves as a Master Node (MN, Master Node) in a Dual Connectivity (DC), the eNB serves as a slave Node (SN, Secondary Node) in the DC, no interface exists between the eNB and the NGC in an Option4 architecture, a control plane interface NG2(CP) and a user plane interface NG3(UP) are supported between the gNB and the NGC, an Xn interface (specifically, a control plane interface Xn-C and a user plane interface Xn-U) is supported between the eNB and the NGC in an Option4a architecture, a user plane interface NG3(UP) is supported between the eNB and the NGC, a user plane interface NG3(UP) and a control plane interface NG2(CP) are supported between the gNB and the NGC, and an Xn interface (specifically, a user plane interface Xn-U) is supported between the eNB and the gNB.

Referring to fig. 2A, fig. 2A is a schematic flowchart illustrating a network status display control method according to an embodiment of the present application, applied to an electronic device, the electronic equipment supports a dual connection mode, wherein the dual connection mode is that the electronic equipment establishes a first communication connection with a first network device, and establishing a second communication connection with a second network device, the first network device and the second network device being network devices in a first fifth generation 5G non-independent networking, NSA, network, and the first network device is a fourth generation 4G base station eNB, the second network device is a 5G base station gNB, the core network of the first 5G NSA network is a 5G core network NGC, the first network device and the second network device establish a third communication connection, and the second network device and the NGC establish a fourth communication connection; as shown in the figure, the network state display control method includes:

step 201, an electronic device determines the current network coverage quality of the electronic device;

specifically, the electronic device is respectively attached to a serving cell of an eNB and a serving cell of a gNB of a current communication system in a dual connectivity manner.

Step 202, the electronic device displays the network state of the electronic device according to the network coverage quality.

Wherein the display of the network status associates the channel quality of the electronic device with the eNB and the gNB in view of the electronic device supporting communication connections with both the eNB and the gNB.

In one possible example, the electronic device determining a current network coverage quality of the electronic device includes: the electronic device obtains a first measurement report of a first cell and a second measurement report of a second cell, wherein the first cell is a 4G serving cell supported by the first network device, and the second cell is a 5G serving cell supported by the second network device; determining a network coverage quality of the electronic device from the first measurement report and the second measurement report.

In the first 5G NSA communication system, the first cell and the second cell are serving cells whose coverage areas are partially or completely overlapped, and the electronic device supports a dual connectivity function, so that the first cell and the second cell can be simultaneously attached.

In a specific implementation, the electronic device obtains a first measurement report through a first communication connection, and obtains a second measurement report through a second communication connection.

As can be seen, in this example, since the measurement report is the information reflecting the network coverage quality detected by the home terminal of the electronic device, the home terminal can quickly determine the current network coverage quality according to the first and second measurement reports without performing complex interaction with the network side of the electronic device, thereby improving the efficiency of detecting the network coverage quality by the electronic device.

In this possible example, the determining, by the electronic device, the network coverage quality of the electronic device from the first measurement report and the second measurement report includes: the electronic equipment determines a first measurement quantity of the first cell according to the first measurement report; determining a second measurement quantity of the second cell according to the second measurement report; and determining an average measurement quantity of the network state of the electronic equipment according to the first measurement quantity and the second measurement quantity.

As can be seen, in this example, for the user plane, the intuitive manifestation of the electronic device in the network quality plane is the network speed and the stability, and particularly needs to be supported by the gNB and the eNB together, so that the network coverage quality of the electronic device can be more accurately and intuitively reflected by calculating the average measurement quantity, and the accuracy of determining the network coverage quality by the electronic device is improved.

In this possible example, the displaying, by the electronic device, the network status of the electronic device according to the network coverage quality includes: when the electronic equipment detects that the average measurement quantity is greater than or equal to a first preset threshold value, displaying a 5G network state identifier at a first preset position of a display screen of the electronic equipment; and when the average measurement quantity is detected to be smaller than the first preset threshold value and larger than a second preset threshold value, displaying a 4G network state identifier at a second preset position of a display screen of the electronic equipment.

The first preset threshold is-110 dBm, and the second preset threshold is-90 dBm. The first and second preset positions may be status bars of a display screen, and the like, and are not limited herein. The first and second preset thresholds may be thresholds of measurement quantities pre-configured according to 5G, 4G data transmission standards.

Wherein, the 5G network state identifier comprises 5G, or 5G and at least one of the following: 4G, 3G, 2G, eMBB, or include eMBB. The 4G network state identifier comprises 4G, or 4G and at least one of the following: 3G and 2G.

In the concrete implementation, as shown in fig. 2B, the first preset position and the second preset position can be set at different positions of the status bar, and the first preset position is closer to the edge of the display screen, and the second preset position is closer to the reticle position in the display screen, i.e. the effect of enhancing the real 5G network status identifier is achieved, as shown in fig. 2C, the first preset position and the second preset position can also be overlapped, and the area of the first preset position is smaller than the display area of the second preset area, so that the display effect of the 5G network status identifier is highlighted through setting modes such as font enlargement, thickening, color change, and the like, and the diversity and flexibility of the network status identifier display are improved.

It can be seen that, in this example, the electronic device may compare the threshold values, and the local end directly determines to display the network state identifier adapted to the current network state, specifically, when the network coverage quality meets the 5G requirement, the electronic device displays the 5G network state identifier, and when the network coverage quality is difficult to meet the 5G requirement but meets the 4G requirement, the electronic device displays the 4G network state identifier, thereby improving flexibility and comprehensiveness of the electronic device in displaying the network state identifier.

In one possible example, the preset parameter includes any one of:

reference signal received power, RSRP, reference signal received quality, RSRQ, reference signal strength indication, RSSI, signal to interference plus noise ratio, SINR.

In one possible example, the electronic device determining a current network coverage quality of the electronic device includes: the electronic equipment sends a first measurement report to the first network equipment, wherein the first measurement report is a measurement report of a first cell, and the first cell is a 4G serving cell supported by the first network equipment; sending a second measurement report to the second network device, where the second measurement report is a measurement report of a second cell, and the second cell is a 5G serving cell supported by the second network device; receiving first network state indication information from the second network device, where the first network state indication information is obtained by the second network device after performing the following operations: receiving the first measurement report from the first network equipment, and generating the first network state indication information according to the first measurement report and the second measurement report; and determining the current network coverage quality of the electronic equipment according to the first network state indication information.

Wherein the second network device may be pre-configured to support the function of indicating the quality of network coverage to the electronic device.

In a specific implementation, the electronic device sends the first measurement report through the first communication connection, sends the second measurement report through the second communication connection, and the first network device sends the first measurement report to the second network device through the third communication connection.

As can be seen, in this example, the electronic device may rely on a measurement report reporting mechanism, and the network side actively determines the network coverage quality and receives the indication information sent by the second network device, so that the local end does not need to perform real-time calculation, thereby reducing the processing pressure of the local end, improving the operation efficiency of the electronic device for determining the network coverage quality, reducing the calculation power consumption, and improving the endurance.

In one possible example, the electronic device determining a current network coverage quality of the electronic device includes: the electronic equipment sends a first measurement report to the first network equipment, wherein the first measurement report is a measurement report of a first cell, and the first cell is a 4G serving cell supported by the first network equipment; sending a second measurement report to the second network device, where the second measurement report is a measurement report of a second cell, and the second cell is a 5G serving cell supported by the second network device; receiving second network state indication information from the first network device, where the second network state indication information is obtained by the first network device after performing the following operations: receiving the second measurement report from the second network device, and generating the second network status indication information according to the first measurement report and the second measurement report; and determining the current network coverage quality of the electronic equipment according to the second network state indication information.

Wherein the first network device may be pre-configured to support the function of indicating the quality of network coverage to the electronic device.

In a specific implementation, the electronic device sends the first measurement report through the first communication connection, sends the second measurement report through the second communication connection, and the second network device sends the first measurement report to the first network device through the third communication connection.

As can be seen, in this example, the electronic device may rely on a measurement report reporting mechanism, and the network side actively determines the network coverage quality and receives the indication information sent by the first network device, so that the local end does not need to perform real-time calculation, thereby reducing the processing pressure of the local end, improving the operation efficiency of the electronic device for determining the network coverage quality, reducing the calculation power consumption, and improving the endurance.

In one possible example, the electronic device displaying the network status of the electronic device according to the network coverage quality includes: the electronic equipment queries a preconfigured network status identifier list by taking the determined network coverage quality as a query identifier, and acquires a network identifier corresponding to the determined network coverage quality, wherein the network status identifier list comprises a corresponding relation between the network coverage quality and the network identifier; and displaying the inquired network identification at a first preset position of a display screen of the electronic equipment.

The network status identifier list may be configured for the electronic device in advance by the network side and issued to the electronic device at the stage of starting up and registering the electronic device, or may be installed in an SIM card of the subscriber identity module, and the electronic device automatically reads the SIM card after inserting the SIM card, or may be configured in advance before the electronic device leaves the factory.

Therefore, in this example, after the electronic device determines the network coverage quality according to the indication information, the network state identifier to be displayed can be quickly determined only by looking up the table, so that convenience and efficiency of displaying the network state identifier by the electronic device are improved.

In one possible example, after the electronic device displays the network status of the electronic device according to the network coverage quality, the method further includes: and when the electronic equipment detects that the electronic equipment is in an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) voice service state, displaying a service identifier of the IMS voice service adapting to the network state on a service interface.

Because the voice service is one of the important functions of the electronic device, the electronic device displays a dedicated service state identifier to indicate the current communication state for the voice service.

In a specific implementation, if the network state identifier currently displayed by the electronic device is a 5G network state identifier, the adapted service identifier displayed on the service interface is VoNR or Vo5G, or the like. And if the network state identifier currently displayed by the electronic equipment is a 4G network state identifier, the adaptive service identifier displayed on the service interface is VoLTE and the like.

Therefore, in this example, the electronic device can adaptively display the service identifier of the IMS voice service according to the currently displayed network status identifier, thereby improving the accuracy and flexibility of service identifier display.

Consistent with the embodiment shown in fig. 2A, please refer to fig. 3, where fig. 3 is a schematic flowchart of a network status display control method provided in an embodiment of the present application, and is applied to the electronic device shown in fig. 1A, where the electronic device supports a dual connection mode, the dual connection mode refers to that the electronic device establishes a first communication connection with a first network device and a second communication connection with a second network device, the first network device and the second network device are network devices in a first fifth generation 5G non-independent networking NSA network, the first network device is a fourth generation 4G base station eNB, the second network device is a 5G base station gNB, a core network of the first 5G NSA network is a 5G core network NGC, and the first network device establishes a third communication connection with the second network device, the second network equipment and the NGC establish a fourth communication connection; as shown in the figure, the network state display control method includes:

step 301, an electronic device sends a first measurement report to the first network device, where the first measurement report is a measurement report of a first cell, and the first cell is a 4G serving cell supported by the first network device;

step 302, the electronic device sends a second measurement report to the second network device, where the second measurement report is a measurement report of a second cell, and the second cell is a 5G serving cell supported by the second network device;

step 303, the electronic device receives first network status indication information from the second network device, where the first network status indication information is obtained after the second network device performs the following operations: receiving the first measurement report from the first network equipment, and generating the first network state indication information according to the first measurement report and the second measurement report;

step 304, the electronic device determines the current network coverage quality of the electronic device according to the first network status indication information.

Step 305, the electronic device queries a preconfigured network status identifier list by using the determined network coverage quality as a query identifier, and obtains a network identifier corresponding to the determined network coverage quality, where the network status identifier list includes a corresponding relationship between the network coverage quality and the network identifier;

step 306, the electronic device displays the queried network identifier at a first preset position of a display screen of the electronic device.

In addition, the electronic device can rely on a measurement report reporting mechanism, the network side actively determines the network coverage quality, and receives the indication information sent by the second network device, so that the local end does not need to calculate in real time, the processing pressure of the local end is reduced, the operation efficiency of the electronic device for determining the network coverage quality is improved, the calculation power consumption is reduced, and the cruising is improved.

In addition, after the electronic equipment determines the network coverage quality according to the indication information, the network state identifier to be displayed can be quickly determined only by looking up the table, so that the convenience and the efficiency of the electronic equipment for displaying the network state identifier are improved.

Referring to fig. 4, in accordance with the embodiment shown in fig. 2A, fig. 4 is a schematic flowchart of a network status display control method provided in an embodiment of the present application, applied to an electronic device, the electronic equipment supports a dual connection mode, wherein the dual connection mode is that the electronic equipment establishes a first communication connection with a first network device, and establishing a second communication connection with a second network device, the first network device and the second network device being network devices in a first fifth generation 5G non-independent networking, NSA, network, and the first network device is a fourth generation 4G base station eNB, the second network device is a 5G base station gNB, the core network of the first 5G NSA network is a 5G core network NGC, the first network device and the second network device establish a third communication connection, and the second network device and the NGC establish a fourth communication connection; as shown in the figure, the network state display control method includes:

step 401, an electronic device sends a first measurement report to a first network device, where the first measurement report is a measurement report of a first cell, and the first cell is a 4G serving cell supported by the first network device;

step 402, the electronic device sends a second measurement report to the second network device, where the second measurement report is a measurement report of a second cell, and the second cell is a 5G serving cell supported by the second network device;

step 403, the electronic device receives second network status indication information from the first network device, where the second network status indication information is obtained by the first network device after performing the following operations: receiving the second measurement report from the second network device, and generating the second network status indication information according to the first measurement report and the second measurement report;

step 404, the electronic device determines the current network coverage quality of the electronic device according to the second network status indication information.

Step 405, the electronic device queries a preconfigured network status identifier list with the determined network coverage quality as a query identifier, and obtains a network identifier corresponding to the determined network coverage quality, where the network status identifier list includes a corresponding relationship between the network coverage quality and the network identifier;

step 406, the electronic device displays the queried network identifier at a first preset position of a display screen of the electronic device.

In addition, the electronic device can rely on a measurement report reporting mechanism, actively determine the network coverage quality by the network side, and receive the indication information sent by the first network device, so that the local end does not need to calculate in real time, the processing pressure of the local end is reduced, the operation efficiency of the electronic device for determining the network coverage quality is improved, the calculation power consumption is reduced, and the cruising is improved.

In accordance with the embodiments shown in fig. 2A, fig. 3, and fig. 4, referring to fig. 5, fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic device 500 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, as shown, the electronic device 500 supports a dual connectivity mode, in which the electronic device 500 establishes a first communication connection with a first network device, and establishing a second communication connection with a second network device, the first network device and the second network device being network devices in a first fifth generation 5G non-independent networking, NSA, network, and the first network device is a fourth generation 4G base station eNB, the second network device is a 5G base station gNB, the core network of the first 5G NSA network is a 5G core network NGC, the first network device and the second network device establish a third communication connection, and the second network device and the NGC establish a fourth communication connection; the electronic device 500 comprises an application processor 510, a memory 520, a communication interface 530, and one or more programs 521, wherein the one or more programs 521 are stored in the memory 520 and configured to be executed by the application processor 510, and wherein the one or more programs 521 comprise instructions for:

determining the current network coverage quality of the electronic equipment;

In one possible example, in the determining the current network coverage quality of the electronic device, the instructions in the program are specifically configured to: acquiring a first measurement report of a first cell and a second measurement report of a second cell, wherein the first cell is a 4G serving cell supported by the first network device, and the second cell is a 5G serving cell supported by the second network device; and determining a network coverage quality of the electronic device from the first measurement report and the second measurement report.

In one possible example, in the determining the network coverage quality of the electronic device from the first measurement report and the second measurement report, the instructions in the program are specifically configured to: determining a first measurement quantity of the first cell according to the first measurement report; and determining a second measurement quantity of the second cell according to the second measurement report; and determining an average measurement quantity of the network state of the electronic equipment according to the first measurement quantity and the second measurement quantity.

In one possible example, in the aspect of displaying the network status of the electronic device according to the network coverage quality, the instructions in the program are specifically configured to: when the average measurement quantity is detected to be larger than or equal to a first preset threshold value, displaying a 5G network state identifier at a first preset position of a display screen of the electronic equipment; and when the average measurement quantity is detected to be smaller than the first preset threshold value and larger than a second preset threshold value, displaying a 4G network state identifier at a second preset position of a display screen of the electronic equipment.

In one possible example, the preset parameter includes any one of:

In one possible example, in the determining the current network coverage quality of the electronic device, the instructions in the program are specifically configured to: sending a first measurement report to the first network device, where the first measurement report is a measurement report of a first cell, and the first cell is a 4G serving cell supported by the first network device; sending a second measurement report to the second network device, where the second measurement report is a measurement report of a second cell, and the second cell is a 5G serving cell supported by the second network device; and receiving first network state indication information from the second network device, wherein the first network state indication information is obtained by the second network device after performing the following operations: receiving the first measurement report from the first network equipment, and generating the first network state indication information according to the first measurement report and the second measurement report; and determining the current network coverage quality of the electronic equipment according to the first network state indication information.

In one possible example, in the determining the current network coverage quality of the electronic device, the instructions in the program are specifically configured to: sending a first measurement report to the first network device, where the first measurement report is a measurement report of a first cell, and the first cell is a 4G serving cell supported by the first network device; sending a second measurement report to the second network device, where the second measurement report is a measurement report of a second cell, and the second cell is a 5G serving cell supported by the second network device; and receiving second network state indication information from the first network device, wherein the second network state indication information is obtained by the first network device after performing the following operations: receiving the second measurement report from the second network device, and generating the second network status indication information according to the first measurement report and the second measurement report; and determining the current network coverage quality of the electronic equipment according to the second network state indication information.

In one possible example, in the aspect of displaying the network status of the electronic device according to the network coverage quality, the instructions in the program are specifically configured to: taking the determined network coverage quality as a query identifier, querying a preconfigured network status identifier list to obtain a network identifier corresponding to the determined network coverage quality, wherein the network status identifier list comprises a corresponding relation between the network coverage quality and the network identifier; and displaying the inquired network identification at a first preset position of a display screen of the electronic equipment.

In one possible example, the program further includes instructions for: after the network state of the electronic equipment is displayed according to the network coverage quality, when the electronic equipment is detected to be in an IMS voice service state, a service identifier of the IMS voice service adapting to the network state is displayed on a service interface.

The above description has introduced the solution of the embodiment of the present application mainly from the perspective of the method-side implementation process. It is understood that the electronic device comprises corresponding hardware structures and/or software modules for performing the respective functions in order to realize the above-mentioned functions. Those of skill in the art will readily appreciate that the present application is capable of hardware or a combination of hardware and computer software implementing the various illustrative elements and algorithm steps described in connection with the embodiments provided herein. Whether a function is performed as hardware or computer software drives hardware depends upon the particular application and design constraints imposed on the solution. Skilled artisans may implement the described functionality in varying ways for each particular application, but such implementation decisions should not be interpreted as causing a departure from the scope of the present application.

In the embodiment of the present application, the electronic device may be divided into the functional units according to the method example, for example, each functional unit may be divided corresponding to each function, or two or more functions may be integrated into one processing unit. The integrated unit can be realized in a form of hardware, and can also be realized in a form of a software functional unit. It should be noted that the division of the unit in the embodiment of the present application is schematic, and is only a logic function division, and there may be another division manner in actual implementation.

Fig. 6 is a block diagram showing functional units of a network status display control apparatus 600 according to an embodiment of the present application. The network status display control apparatus 600 is applied to an electronic device, the electronic device supports a dual connection mode, the dual connection mode refers to that the electronic device establishes a first communication connection with a first network device and a second communication connection with a second network device, the first network device and the second network device are network devices in a first fifth generation 5G non-independent networking NSA network, the first network device is a fourth generation 4G base station eNB, the second network device is a 5G base station gNB, a core network of the first 5G NSA network is a 5G core network NGC, the first network device establishes a third communication connection with the second network device, and the second network device establishes a fourth communication connection with the NGC; the network status display control apparatus 600 includes a processing unit 601 and a communication unit 602, wherein,

the processing unit 601 is configured to determine, through the communication unit, a current network coverage quality of the electronic device; and displaying the network state of the electronic equipment according to the network coverage quality.

The network status display control apparatus 600 may further include a storage unit 603 for storing program codes and data of the electronic device. The processing unit 601 may be a processor, the communication unit 602 may be a touch display screen or a transceiver, and the storage unit 603 may be a memory.

In one possible example, in the aspect of determining the current network coverage quality of the electronic device, the processing unit 601 is specifically configured to: acquiring a first measurement report of a first cell and a second measurement report of a second cell, wherein the first cell is a 4G serving cell supported by the first network equipment, and the second cell is a 5G serving cell supported by the second network equipment; and determining a network coverage quality of the electronic device from the first measurement report and the second measurement report.

In one possible example, in terms of the determining the network coverage quality of the electronic device according to the first measurement report and the second measurement report, the processing unit 601 is specifically configured to: determining a first measurement quantity of the first cell according to the first measurement report; and determining a second measurement quantity of the second cell according to the second measurement report; and determining an average measurement quantity of the network state of the electronic equipment according to the first measurement quantity and the second measurement quantity.

In one possible example, in terms of displaying the network status of the electronic device according to the network coverage quality, the processing unit 601 is specifically configured to: when the average measurement quantity is detected to be larger than or equal to a first preset threshold value, displaying a 5G network state identifier at a first preset position of a display screen of the electronic equipment; and when the average measurement quantity is detected to be smaller than the first preset threshold value and larger than a second preset threshold value, displaying a 4G network state identifier at a second preset position of a display screen of the electronic equipment.

In one possible example, the preset parameter includes any one of:

In one possible example, in the aspect of determining the current network coverage quality of the electronic device, the processing unit 601 is specifically configured to: sending a first measurement report to the first network device, where the first measurement report is a measurement report of a first cell, and the first cell is a 4G serving cell supported by the first network device; sending a second measurement report to the second network device, where the second measurement report is a measurement report of a second cell, and the second cell is a 5G serving cell supported by the second network device; and receiving first network state indication information from the second network device, wherein the first network state indication information is obtained by the second network device after performing the following operations: receiving the first measurement report from the first network equipment, and generating the first network state indication information according to the first measurement report and the second measurement report; and determining the current network coverage quality of the electronic equipment according to the first network state indication information.

In one possible example, in the aspect of determining the current network coverage quality of the electronic device, the processing unit 601 is specifically configured to: sending a first measurement report to the first network device, where the first measurement report is a measurement report of a first cell, and the first cell is a 4G serving cell supported by the first network device; sending a second measurement report to the second network device, where the second measurement report is a measurement report of a second cell, and the second cell is a 5G serving cell supported by the second network device; and receiving second network state indication information from the first network device, wherein the second network state indication information is obtained by the first network device after performing the following operations: receiving the second measurement report from the second network device, and generating the second network status indication information according to the first measurement report and the second measurement report; and determining the current network coverage quality of the electronic equipment according to the second network state indication information.

In one possible example, in terms of displaying the network status of the electronic device according to the network coverage quality, the processing unit 601 is specifically configured to: taking the determined network coverage quality as a query identifier, querying a preconfigured network status identifier list to obtain a network identifier corresponding to the determined network coverage quality, wherein the network status identifier list comprises a corresponding relation between the network coverage quality and the network identifier; and displaying the inquired network identification at a first preset position of a display screen of the electronic equipment.

In one possible example, after the processing unit 601 displays the network status of the electronic device according to the network coverage quality, the processing unit is further configured to: when it is detected that the electronic device is in an IMS voice service state, a service identifier of the IMS voice service adapted to the network state is displayed on a service interface through the communication unit 602.

Embodiments of the present application also provide a computer storage medium, where the computer storage medium stores a computer program for electronic data exchange, the computer program enabling a computer to execute part or all of the steps of any one of the methods described in the above method embodiments, and the computer includes an electronic device.

Embodiments of the present application also provide a computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a computer program operable to cause a computer to perform some or all of the steps of any of the methods as described in the above method embodiments. The computer program product may be a software installation package, the computer comprising an electronic device.

It should be noted that, for simplicity of description, the above-mentioned method embodiments are described as a series of acts or combination of acts, but those skilled in the art will recognize that the present application is not limited by the order of acts described, as some steps may occur in other orders or concurrently depending on the application. Further, those skilled in the art should also appreciate that the embodiments described in the specification are preferred embodiments and that the acts and modules referred to are not necessarily required in this application.

In the foregoing embodiments, the descriptions of the respective embodiments have respective emphasis, and for parts that are not described in detail in a certain embodiment, reference may be made to related descriptions of other embodiments.

In the embodiments provided in the present application, it should be understood that the disclosed apparatus may be implemented in other manners. For example, the above-described embodiments of the apparatus are merely illustrative, and for example, the above-described division of the units is only one type of division of logical functions, and other divisions may be realized in practice, for example, a plurality of units or components may be combined or integrated into another system, or some features may be omitted, or not executed. In addition, the shown or discussed mutual coupling or direct coupling or communication connection may be an indirect coupling or communication connection of some interfaces, devices or units, and may be an electric or other form.

The units described as separate parts may or may not be physically separate, and parts displayed as units may or may not be physical units, may be located in one place, or may be distributed on a plurality of network units. Some or all of the units can be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of the embodiment.

In addition, functional units in the embodiments of the present application may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may exist alone physically, or two or more units are integrated into one unit. The integrated unit can be realized in a form of hardware, and can also be realized in a form of a software functional unit.

The integrated unit may be stored in a computer readable memory if it is implemented in the form of a software functional unit and sold or used as a stand-alone product. Based on such understanding, the technical solution of the present application may be substantially implemented or a part of or all or part of the technical solution contributing to the prior art may be embodied in the form of a software product stored in a memory, and including several instructions for causing a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device) to execute all or part of the steps of the above-mentioned method of the embodiments of the present application. And the aforementioned memory comprises: a U-disk, a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a removable hard disk, a magnetic or optical disk, and other various media capable of storing program codes.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that all or part of the steps in the methods of the above embodiments may be implemented by associated hardware instructed by a program, which may be stored in a computer-readable memory, which may include: flash Memory disks, Read-Only memories (ROMs), Random Access Memories (RAMs), magnetic or optical disks, and the like.

The foregoing detailed description of the embodiments of the present application has been presented to illustrate the principles and implementations of the present application, and the above description of the embodiments is only provided to help understand the method and the core concept of the present application; meanwhile, for a person skilled in the art, according to the idea of the present application, there may be variations in the specific embodiments and the application scope, and in summary, the content of the present specification should not be construed as a limitation to the present application.

Claims

A network identification display control method is applied to electronic equipment, wherein the electronic equipment supports a dual connection mode, the dual connection mode refers to that the electronic equipment establishes a first communication connection with first network equipment and a second communication connection with second network equipment, the first network equipment and the second network equipment are network equipment in a first fifth generation 5G non-independent networking NSA network, the first network equipment is a fourth generation 4G base station eNB, the second network equipment is a 5G base station gNB, a core network of the first 5G NSA network is a 5G core network NGC, the first network equipment establishes a third communication connection with the second network equipment, and the second network equipment establishes a fourth communication connection with the NGC; the method comprises the following steps:

determining the current network coverage quality of the electronic equipment;

and displaying the network state of the electronic equipment according to the network coverage quality.
The method of claim 1, wherein the determining the current network coverage quality of the electronic device comprises:

acquiring a first measurement report of a first cell and a second measurement report of a second cell, wherein the first cell is a 4G serving cell supported by the first network equipment, and the second cell is a 5G serving cell supported by the second network equipment;

determining a network coverage quality of the electronic device from the first measurement report and the second measurement report.
The method of claim 2, wherein the first cell and the second cell are serving cells with partially or completely overlapping coverage areas.
The method of claim 1, wherein the determining the network coverage quality of the electronic device from the first measurement report and the second measurement report comprises:

determining a first measurement quantity of the first cell according to the first measurement report;

determining a second measurement quantity of the second cell according to the second measurement report;

and determining an average measurement quantity of the network state of the electronic equipment according to the first measurement quantity and the second measurement quantity.
The method of claim 4, wherein displaying the network status of the electronic device according to the network coverage quality comprises:

when the average measurement quantity is detected to be larger than or equal to a first preset threshold value, displaying a 5G network state identifier at a first preset position of a display screen of the electronic equipment;

and when the average measurement quantity is detected to be smaller than the first preset threshold value and larger than a second preset threshold value, displaying a 4G network state identifier at a second preset position of a display screen of the electronic equipment.
The method of claim 5, wherein the 5G network status identifier comprises 5G, or 5G and at least one of: 4G, 3G, 2G, eMBB, or include eMBB;

the 4G network state identifier comprises 4G, or 4G and at least one of the following: 3G and 2G.
The method according to any one of claims 2-6, wherein the preset parameter comprises any one of:

reference signal received power, RSRP, reference signal received quality, RSRQ, reference signal strength indication, RSSI, signal to interference plus noise ratio, SINR.
The method of claim 1, wherein the determining the current network coverage quality of the electronic device comprises:

sending a first measurement report to the first network device, where the first measurement report is a measurement report of a first cell, and the first cell is a 4G serving cell supported by the first network device;

sending a second measurement report to the second network device, where the second measurement report is a measurement report of a second cell, and the second cell is a 5G serving cell supported by the second network device;

receiving first network state indication information from the second network device, where the first network state indication information is obtained by the second network device after performing the following operations: receiving the first measurement report from the first network equipment, and generating the first network state indication information according to the first measurement report and the second measurement report;

and determining the current network coverage quality of the electronic equipment according to the first network state indication information.
The method of claim 1, wherein the determining the current network coverage quality of the electronic device comprises:

sending a first measurement report to the first network device, where the first measurement report is a measurement report of a first cell, and the first cell is a 4G serving cell supported by the first network device;

sending a second measurement report to the second network device, where the second measurement report is a measurement report of a second cell, and the second cell is a 5G serving cell supported by the second network device;

receiving second network state indication information from the first network device, where the second network state indication information is obtained by the first network device after performing the following operations: receiving the second measurement report from the second network device, and generating the second network status indication information according to the first measurement report and the second measurement report;

and determining the current network coverage quality of the electronic equipment according to the second network state indication information.
The method of claim 8 or 9, wherein displaying the network status of the electronic device according to the network coverage quality comprises:

taking the determined network coverage quality as a query identifier, querying a preconfigured network status identifier list to obtain a network identifier corresponding to the determined network coverage quality, wherein the network status identifier list comprises a corresponding relation between the network coverage quality and the network identifier;

and displaying the inquired network identification at a first preset position of a display screen of the electronic equipment.
The method of claim 10, wherein after displaying the network status of the electronic device according to the network coverage quality, the method further comprises:

and when detecting that the electronic equipment is in an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) voice service state, displaying a service identifier of the IMS voice service adapting to the network state on a service interface.
A network state display control device is applied to an electronic device, wherein the electronic device supports a dual connection mode, the dual connection mode refers to that the electronic device establishes a first communication connection with a first network device and a second communication connection with a second network device, the first network device and the second network device are network devices in a first fifth generation 5G non-independent networking NSA network, the first network device is a fourth generation 4G base station eNB, the second network device is a 5G base station gNB, a core network of the first 5G NSA network is a 5G core network NGC, the first network device establishes a third communication connection with the second network device, and the second network device establishes a fourth communication connection with the NGC; the apparatus comprises a processing unit and a communication unit, wherein,

the processing unit is used for determining the current network coverage quality of the electronic equipment through the communication unit; and displaying the network state of the electronic equipment according to the network coverage quality.
The apparatus according to claim 12, wherein in the determining, by the communication unit, the current network coverage quality of the electronic device, the processing unit is specifically configured to: acquiring a first measurement report of a first cell and a second measurement report of a second cell through the communication unit, wherein the first cell is a 4G serving cell supported by the first network device, and the second cell is a 5G serving cell supported by the second network device; and determining a network coverage quality of the electronic device from the first measurement report and the second measurement report.
The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the first cell and the second cell are serving cells with partially or completely overlapping coverage areas.
The apparatus of claim 12, wherein in the determining the network coverage quality of the electronic device from the first measurement report and the second measurement report, the processing unit is specifically configured to: determining a first measurement quantity of the first cell according to the first measurement report; and determining a second measurement quantity of the second cell according to the second measurement report; and determining an average measurement quantity of the network state of the electronic equipment according to the first measurement quantity and the second measurement quantity.
The apparatus according to claim 15, wherein in said displaying the network status of the electronic device according to the network coverage quality, the processing unit is specifically configured to: when the average measurement quantity is detected to be larger than or equal to a first preset threshold value, displaying a 5G network state identifier at a first preset position of a display screen of the electronic equipment; and when the average measurement quantity is detected to be smaller than the first preset threshold value and larger than a second preset threshold value, displaying a 4G network state identifier at a second preset position of a display screen of the electronic equipment.
The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the 5G network status identifier comprises 5G, or 5G and at least one of: 4G, 3G, 2G, eMBB, or include eMBB;

the 4G network state identifier comprises 4G, or 4G and at least one of the following: 3G and 2G.
The apparatus according to any one of claims 13-17, wherein the preset parameter comprises any one of:

reference signal received power, RSRP, reference signal received quality, RSRQ, reference signal strength indication, RSSI, signal to interference plus noise ratio, SINR.
An electronic device comprising a processor, a memory, a communication interface, and one or more programs stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the processor, the programs comprising instructions for performing the steps in the method of any of claims 1-11.
A computer-readable storage medium, characterized in that a computer program for electronic data exchange is stored, wherein the computer program causes a computer to perform the method according to any one of claims 1-11.