CN115119301A

CN115119301A - Information processing method and device, communication equipment and storage medium

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Publication number: CN115119301A
Application number: CN202110308136.9A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 陈龙
Original assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Current assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-03-23
Filing date: 2021-03-23
Publication date: 2022-09-27
Anticipated expiration: 2041-03-23
Also published as: CN115119301B

Abstract

The disclosed embodiments relate to an information processing method and apparatus, a communication device, and a storage medium. The information processing method may include: determining an optimal threshold according to the minimum value of at least two reporting threshold values of one frequency point; wherein one of the reporting thresholds is provided by an alternative network; the reporting threshold is used for the UE to determine whether to report the measurement result of the frequency point to the corresponding alternative network; wherein the alternative network is: a network on which the UE has the capability to camp; if the target network with the provided reporting threshold value higher than the preferred threshold value exists in the alternative networks, reporting the preferred threshold value to the target network.

Description

Information processing method and device, communication equipment and storage medium

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to the field of electronic technologies, and in particular, to an information processing method and apparatus, a communication device, and a storage medium.

Background

Different networks may share the same frequency point for User Equipment (UE) to reside. However, different networks using the same frequency point exist UE which can be connected to the frequency point of two networks at the same time at the same location, but the UE may have differences in network residence possibilities between different networks, and such differences may cause the UE of the user to experience poorly and the residence probability of the corresponding network to be low.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the disclosure provides an information processing method and device, communication equipment and a storage medium.

A first aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure provides an information processing method, which is applied to a user equipment UE, and the method includes:

determining an optimal threshold according to the minimum value of at least two reporting threshold values of one frequency point; wherein, one reporting threshold is provided by one alternative network; the reporting threshold is used for the UE to determine whether to report the measurement result of the frequency point to the corresponding alternative network; the alternative network is as follows: a network on which the UE has the capability to camp;

if the target network with the reporting threshold higher than the preferred threshold exists in the alternative networks, reporting the preferred threshold to the target network.

Based on the above scheme, the method further comprises:

receiving an update message returned by the target network based on the reported preferred threshold value;

and determining the updated reporting threshold value of the target network according to the updating message.

Based on the above scheme, the update message is: and carrying the radio resource control connection configuration message of the updated reporting threshold.

Based on the above scheme, the reporting the preferred threshold to the target network includes:

and reporting the preferred threshold to the target network through a tracking area updating request message.

Based on the above scheme, the determining the preferred threshold according to the minimum value of the at least two reporting threshold values of one frequency point includes:

and taking the minimum value of the at least two reporting threshold values of the frequency point as the optimal threshold value.

Based on the above scheme, the taking the minimum value of the at least two reporting threshold values of the frequency point as the preferred threshold value includes:

and when the minimum value of the at least two reporting threshold values of the frequency point is within a preset interval, taking the minimum value of the at least two reporting threshold values of the frequency point as the optimal threshold value.

A second aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure provides an information processing method, which is applied in a base station of a target network, and the method includes:

issuing a reporting threshold value;

receiving a reported optimal threshold, wherein the optimal threshold is lower than the reporting threshold and is determined according to the minimum value of the reporting thresholds issued by at least two alternative networks; the optimal threshold is used for updating the reporting threshold of the target network; the alternative network is a network where the UE has the capability to camp on; the target network is a partial network of the alternative network.

Based on the above scheme, the method further comprises:

and issuing an updating message for updating the reporting threshold of the target network according to the optimal threshold.

Based on the above solution, the receiving the reported preferred threshold includes:

receiving the preferred threshold carried by the tracking area update request message.

A third aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure provides an information processing apparatus, which is applied in a user equipment UE, and the apparatus includes:

the first determining module is used for determining an optimal threshold according to the minimum value of at least two reporting threshold values of one frequency point; wherein one of the reporting thresholds is provided by an alternative network; the reporting threshold is used for the UE to determine whether to report the measurement result of the frequency point to the corresponding alternative network; the alternative network is as follows: a network on which the UE has the capability to camp;

a reporting module, configured to report the preferred threshold to a target network if the target network exists in the candidate networks, where the provided reporting threshold is higher than the preferred threshold.

Based on the above scheme, the apparatus further comprises:

a first receiving module, configured to receive an update message returned by the target network based on the reported preferred threshold;

and the updating module is used for determining the updated reporting threshold value of the target network according to the updating message.

Based on the above scheme, the reporting module is specifically configured to report the preferred threshold to the target network through a tracking area update request message.

Based on the above scheme, the first determining module is specifically configured to use a minimum value of at least two reporting thresholds of the frequency point as the preferred threshold.

Based on the foregoing scheme, the determining module is specifically configured to use the minimum value of the at least two reporting threshold values of the frequency point as the preferred threshold value when the minimum value of the at least two reporting threshold values of the frequency point is located in the preset interval.

A fourth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure provides an information processing apparatus, which is applied in a base station of a target network, and the apparatus includes:

the issuing module is used for issuing the reporting threshold value;

a second receiving module, configured to receive a reported preferred threshold, where the preferred threshold is lower than the reporting threshold, and the preferred threshold is determined according to a minimum value of the reporting thresholds issued by at least two candidate networks; the optimal threshold is used for updating the reporting threshold of the target network; the alternative network is a network where the UE has the capability to camp on; the target network is a partial network of the alternative network.

Based on the above scheme, the issuing module is further configured to issue an update message for updating the reporting threshold of the target network according to the preferred threshold.

Based on the above scheme, the issuing module is specifically configured to issue the updated reporting threshold through the rrc connection configuration message according to the preferred threshold.

Based on the foregoing solution, the second receiving module is specifically configured to receive the preferred threshold carried by the tracking area update request message.

A fifth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an electronic device, including:

a memory for storing processor-executable instructions;

a processor coupled to the memory;

wherein the processor is configured to perform the method as provided in any of the above first or second aspects.

A sixth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure provides a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, where computer-executable instructions are stored in the computer-readable storage medium, and when executed by a processor, implement the method provided in any of the foregoing first aspect or second aspect.

The technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the disclosure can have the following beneficial effects:

in the embodiment of the disclosure, an optimal threshold is determined according to the minimum value of the reporting threshold of the same frequency point used by at least two alternative networks, and then the optimal threshold is reported to a target network with the reporting threshold higher than the optimal threshold; therefore, the target network can determine and timely adjust the reporting threshold value according to the self requirement, so that the phenomenon that the UE does not report the target network which is detected to be actually suitable for the UE to reside because of the higher reporting threshold value is reduced, the phenomenon that the residence rate of the target network is low because of the condition is reduced, and the phenomenon that the residence rate is different because of different reporting threshold values on the same frequency point of different alternative networks is further reduced.

It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only and are not restrictive of the disclosure.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments consistent with the invention and together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the invention.

Fig. 1 is a flowchart illustrating an information processing method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 2 is a flowchart illustrating an information processing method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an information processing method according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

Fig. 4A is a schematic diagram illustrating an effect of a log of a UE according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 4B is a schematic diagram illustrating an effect of a log according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 4C is a schematic diagram illustrating an effect of a log of a UE according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 4D is a schematic diagram illustrating an effect of a log according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of an information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of an information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a UE according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a base station according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to the exemplary embodiments, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. When the following description refers to the accompanying drawings, like numbers in different drawings represent the same or similar elements unless otherwise indicated. The embodiments described in the following exemplary embodiments do not represent all embodiments consistent with the present invention. Rather, they are merely examples of apparatus and methods consistent with certain aspects of the invention, as detailed in the appended claims.

As shown in fig. 1, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an information processing method, which is applied to a UE, and the method includes:

s110: determining an optimal threshold according to the minimum value of at least two reporting threshold values of one frequency point; wherein, one reporting threshold is provided by one alternative network; the reporting threshold is used for the UE to determine whether to report the measurement result of the frequency point to the corresponding alternative network; the alternative network is as follows: a network on which the UE has the capability to camp;

s120: if the target network with the reporting threshold higher than the preferred threshold exists in the alternative networks, reporting the preferred threshold to the target network.

The UE provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure includes but is not limited to at least one of the following terminals: the system comprises a mobile phone, a tablet personal computer, wearable equipment, vehicle-mounted equipment, Internet of things equipment, an intelligent terminal, a ground mobile robot, a low-altitude flying robot and the like.

In the disclosed embodiments, the UE may be a terminal capable of camping on two different networks. The UE includes, but is not limited to: multi-card multi-standby UE. The card includes, but is not limited to, various types of Subscriber Identity Modules (SIMs).

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the at least two networks may be networks provided by different communication operators, for example, taking the continental china as an example, the at least two networks may be: telecommunication, Unicom and Mobile operators provide different mobile communication networks.

One reporting threshold value of the frequency point corresponds to one alternative network; the plurality of reporting thresholds corresponds to a plurality of alternative networks. The alternative network here may be a network where the UE has the capability to camp on.

For example, if the UE is installed with subscriber identity modules SIM of network a and network B, the UE may be considered as capable of camping on network a and network B. Correspondingly, network a and network B are alternative networks here.

In an embodiment, the at least two alternative networks sharing the same frequency point may be two alternative networks sharing a base station, or two alternative networks using different base stations of the same frequency point.

Generally, at least two alternative networks sharing a base station may be considered to share all frequency points used by the shared base station due to the sharing of the base station.

For example, in the fifth generation mobile communication (5), taking different networks deployed by different operators in continental china as an example ^th Generation, 5G), telecommunication's 5G New Radio (NR) fractional frequencyThe point and at least a portion of the frequency points of the communicated 5G NRs are the same. For example, the same frequency point in the 5G NR frequency points shared by the network deployed for telecommunication and the network deployed for connectivity includes, but is not limited to, frequency point 627264.

If the reporting thresholds of at least two alternative networks that the same UE can access are different on the same frequency point, there is a case that the UE has an opportunity to camp on the frequency point of one alternative network, and does not have an opportunity to camp on the frequency point of another alternative network, so that the difference in the camping rates of different networks on the same frequency point may be caused, and a user may perceive the difference in the camping availability of different networks, thereby causing a complaint that the user experiences poor use of one of the networks.

The target network is one of the at least two alternative networks, and the at least two alternative networks can also comprise other networks with reporting threshold values equal to or lower than the preferred threshold value; the other network is different from the target network.

In this embodiment of the present disclosure, if the UE is capable of residing in at least two candidate networks, and if the reporting thresholds of the same frequency point shared by the at least two candidate networks are different, the UE may determine an optimal threshold according to a minimum value of the reporting thresholds, and report the optimal threshold to a target network whose current reporting threshold is higher than the optimal threshold, so that the network may further determine whether the reporting threshold needs to be adjusted, so as to improve the possibility of residing in the network by a user. Illustratively, the network determines whether to adjust the reporting threshold according to the load condition of the network itself. For example, if the current target network is overloaded and the reporting threshold is lowered, more UEs may access the target network, which may cause more congestion, and the target network may not adjust the reporting threshold at this time. Assuming that the current load rate of the target network is relatively low and the reporting threshold is adjusted down to the preferred threshold, which can also ensure relatively good communication quality, the target network may adjust down its reporting threshold according to the preferred threshold.

The reporting threshold may be: a Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) or a Reference Signal Received Quality (RSRQ).

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the preferred threshold is a reporting threshold that is newly determined by the UE side.

The reporting threshold is as follows: the signal quality of reference signals transmitted by neighboring cells is signaled for B1 measurements and a threshold for B1 events is performed. Exemplarily, if RSRP measured on a reference signal of a neighboring cell is higher than a value corresponding to a reporting threshold, reporting the measurement result; or reporting the measurement result if the RSRQ obtained by measuring the signal quality of the adjacent cell is higher than the value corresponding to the reporting threshold.

The UE carries the RSRP value or RSRQ value of the measured reference signal in the reporting result.

In one embodiment, the preferred threshold may be directly equal to the minimum of the reporting thresholds.

In one embodiment, as shown in fig. 2, the method further comprises:

s130: receiving an update message returned by the target network based on the reported preferred threshold value;

s140: and determining the updated reporting threshold value of the target network according to the updating message.

The update message may include: an update indication, configured to indicate whether the UE updates the reporting threshold of the target network to the preferred threshold.

In another embodiment, the update message may include: and reporting the updated threshold value.

In some cases, after receiving the preferred threshold reported by the UE, the target network may issue an update message to instruct the UE to update its reporting threshold to the preferred threshold; or sending a rejection message to indicate the UE to maintain the current reporting threshold; or, the target network may discard the preferred threshold reported by the UE, and at this time, the UE will not receive any message returned for the preferred threshold, and the UE will continue to maintain the current reporting threshold by default.

Illustratively, for example, if the target network finds that the reporting threshold is adjusted down to the preferred threshold, which may affect the communication quality of the access target network, the target network may issue a reject message or directly discard the preferred threshold reported by the UE without returning the preferred threshold reported by the UE. The preferred threshold value reported by the issued rejection message or the directly discarded UE is different modes for informing the UE not to adjust the reporting threshold value. The UE is definitely indicated not to adjust the reporting threshold value by sending down the rejection message, and the UE can be informed not to adjust the reporting threshold value and save signaling overhead by discarding the non-reply message of the optimal threshold value.

And if the target network finds that the communication quality of the UE accessing the target network is not influenced by the fact that the reporting threshold is reduced to the optimized threshold, the target network issues an updating message. The update message may be a message with only an indication of the update.

If a cell of the target network where the UE is located has access to a large number of UEs, and then the reporting threshold is adjusted according to the preferred threshold, more UEs may be accessed to the cell, and then the cell is overloaded, so that the communication quality of the access target network is reduced, and therefore the target network may refuse to adjust the reporting threshold, and the like in this case, otherwise, the lower-adjustment of the reporting threshold may be accepted, so that more UEs are accessed, and the actual capacity of the target network is improved.

If the UE receives the update message from the target network, the reporting threshold value used for judging whether the measurement result is reported or not is updated according to the update message.

The update message may be carried in any downlink signaling, for example, any downlink physical layer signaling or RRC signaling.

In some embodiments, the updated reporting threshold may be carried in a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection configuration (RRCConnectionReconfiguration) message. Illustratively, the update message is: and carrying the radio resource control connection configuration message of the updated reporting threshold. As such, in one embodiment, the S130 may include: and receiving the updated reporting threshold carried by the target network in the radio resource control connection configuration message.

In some embodiments, the UE may send the preferred threshold to the target network using any uplink signaling, for example, the UE may use uplink physical layer signaling and/or higher layer signaling for reporting, for example, the UE may use uplink control information of the physical layer to carry the preferred threshold, and may also use RRC signaling to carry the preferred threshold. Exemplarily, the S120 may include: and reporting the preferred threshold to the target network through a tracking area updating request message.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the preferred threshold and/or the updated reporting threshold may be carried in an uplink signaling and/or a downlink signaling of a related technology, such as a radio resource control connection configuration message, so that a new reporting signaling does not need to be introduced, thereby having a characteristic of strong compatibility with the related technology.

In an embodiment, the determining a preferred threshold according to a minimum value of at least two reporting threshold values of a frequency point includes:

The reporting threshold value is generally issued by a network, and generally, the reporting threshold value issued by the network is tested according to the deployment parameter of the network and/or the actual network communication; therefore, under some simplified processing conditions, the UE may directly compare the sizes of multiple reporting thresholds of the same frequency point, and then directly take the minimum value of the reporting thresholds as the preferred threshold.

In other embodiments, when the UE selects the preferred threshold, in order to ensure that the determined preferred threshold ensures the communication quality, it may need to consider that the UE itself is in the communication capability and may also need to consider the signal transmission capabilities of different networks, so that the UE may determine the preferred threshold according to a minimum value of multiple reporting thresholds provided by different networks of the same frequency point and by combining the determination manner. Exemplary S110 may include: and when the minimum value of the at least two reporting threshold values of the frequency point is located in a preset interval, taking the minimum value of the at least two reporting threshold values of the frequency point as the optimal threshold value.

For example, if the minimum value is outside the preset interval, the UE may not determine the preferred threshold or select the minimum reporting threshold located in the preset interval as the preferred threshold.

Exemplarily, a plurality of signal quality intervals are provided in the UE, and the UE may determine, according to its own signal quality when residing in each alternative network, a signal quality interval in which the reporting threshold of a certain alternative network or all alternative networks can provide high-quality communication.

Assuming that the UE is configured with 4 intervals, according to the historical data of the UE residing in the network or the residence configuration of the UE, when the reporting threshold of each network at the same frequency point is located in the second interval or the third interval in which the signal qualities in the 4 intervals are sequentially ranked, it may be considered that the minimum value may be used as the preferred threshold, that is, the second interval and/or the third interval is one of the preset intervals.

Illustratively, the parking configuration includes at least: the UE detects a minimum value of signal quality of a reference signal of a cell while the cell continues to camp on. In summary, the camping configuration may be used for the UE to determine whether to continue camping in the cell according to the measurement result of the corresponding cell, otherwise, the UE may select another cell for camping.

As shown in fig. 3, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an information processing method, which is applied to a base station of a target network, and the method includes:

s210: issuing a reporting threshold value;

s220: receiving a reported optimal threshold value, wherein the optimal threshold value is lower than the reported threshold value, and the optimal threshold value is determined by the minimum value of the reported threshold values issued by at least two alternative networks; the optimal threshold is used for updating the reporting threshold of the target network; the alternative network is a network where the UE has the capability to camp on; the target network is a partial network of the alternative network.

In one embodiment, the reporting threshold is issued by the base station to the UE, so that the UE determines whether the measurement result of the B1 measurement performed according to the B1 measurement instruction needs to be reported.

If at least one alternative network sharing the same frequency point with the target network and the reporting threshold value issued by the shared same frequency point is lower than the reporting threshold value issued by the target network, the UE determines the optimal threshold value according to the minimum value of a plurality of reporting threshold values of the same frequency band shared by the at least two alternative networks; and reporting the preferred threshold to the target network, so in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the base station of the target network receives the preferred threshold reported by the UE.

In an embodiment, after receiving the preferred threshold, the base station of the target network may directly update the reporting threshold of the base station according to the preferred threshold, or may not, that is, directly ignore the preferred threshold reported by the UE.

However, through the reception of the optimal threshold, the base station of the target network has a chance to update the reporting threshold of the base station to be consistent with the reporting threshold provided by the second network, thereby reducing the reduction of the residence probability of the target network caused by the overhigh reporting threshold.

In one embodiment, the method further comprises:

In an embodiment, the update message may be only a message carrying an update indication, and the UE directly uses the preferred threshold as the reporting threshold after the update of the target network after receiving the update message. Illustratively, the update message may carry an Acknowledgement (ACK). And after receiving the updating message carrying the ACK, the UE directly updates the optimal threshold value to the reporting threshold value of the target network.

In one embodiment, after receiving the preferred threshold, the base station may directly update the received preferred threshold to the reporting threshold, and thus, the update message is: and carrying the radio resource control connection configuration message of the updated reporting threshold.

And sending the updated reporting threshold by using the RRC connection configuration message as the updating message, so that the updated reporting threshold can be carried by using the message provided in the related technology, thereby having the characteristic of strong compatibility with the prior art.

The preferred threshold carried by the update message is determined according to the preferred threshold reported by the UE.

In an embodiment, the updated reporting threshold carried by the update message may be: the UE reports the optimal threshold; alternatively, the updated reporting threshold determined according to the preferred threshold but different from the preferred threshold may be located at: the preferred threshold value and the reporting threshold value before updating.

In an embodiment, after receiving the preferred threshold reported by the UE, the base station of the target network further determines whether the preferred threshold can be directly used as the updated reporting threshold. For example, the target network may determine whether to update the reporting threshold according to the network deployment of the target network and/or the number of UEs currently accessed to the target network, and if the reporting threshold needs to be updated, it may further determine whether to directly use the received preferred threshold as the updated reporting threshold according to the network deployment of the target network and/or the number of UEs currently accessed to the target network.

Illustratively, the target network determines whether to adjust the reporting threshold according to the own distribution network requirements. For example, if the current target network is overloaded and the reporting threshold is lowered, more UEs may access the target network, which may cause more congestion, and the target network may not adjust the reporting threshold at this time. Assuming that the current load ratio of the target network is relatively small, and the reporting threshold is adjusted down to the preferred threshold, which may also ensure relatively good communication quality, the target network may adjust down its own reporting threshold according to the preferred threshold.

The network deployment comprises: the number of base stations deployed by the target network, the relative positions between adjacent base stations, and/or the operating parameters deployed for a single base station, etc.

The ginseng at least comprises: antenna parameters of a base station, the antenna parameters comprising: the number of antennas, the height of the antennas and/or the downtilt angle of the antennas, etc.

The maximum access UE number allowed by a cell can be determined according to network deployment; according to the number of the currently accessed UEs and the maximum number of the accessed UEs, the load rate of a cell of a target network in an area where the UEs are located can be determined, if the load rate is higher than the load rate threshold, the reporting threshold is continuously adjusted downwards, so that more UEs can be accessed, and further the phenomenon of poor communication quality is caused, the reporting threshold can be refused to be adjusted downwards at the moment, namely, the reporting threshold is refused to be determined again according to the optimal threshold.

The maximum access UE number allowed by a cell can be determined according to network deployment; according to the number of currently accessed UEs and the maximum number of the accessed UEs, the load rate of the cell of the target network in the area where the UEs are located can be determined, and if the load rate is smaller than or equal to the load rate threshold, the reporting threshold can be adjusted downwards, so that more UEs can be accessed, and the UE access rate of the target network is improved.

In some embodiments, the receiving the reported preferred threshold includes: receiving the preferred threshold carried by the tracking area update request message.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, when the UE updates the tracking area, the UE reports the preferred threshold through the tracking area request message. In an embodiment, the tracking area update request message carries an optimal threshold, so that the base station receives the optimal threshold when updating the tracking area of the UE, and the UE reports the optimal threshold without additional signaling, thereby reducing the number of messages sent by the UE and saving signaling overhead.

In other embodiments, the preferred threshold may also be carried in an uplink signaling arbitrarily reported by the UE, and is not limited to the tracking area update request message.

Based on any of the above embodiments, the following description will be given by taking examples of different reporting thresholds of B1 events sent by different networks using the same frequency point.

When building a communication network, in order to save costs, a plurality of operators may sometimes share the same base station. Exemplarily, in continental china, there are some shared base stations for telecommunications and communications carriers, and two networks are simultaneously operated on the shared base stations. Two networks operated by the base station are shared and share the same frequency point. The same frequency points include but are not limited to: any one 5G frequency point.

For example, communication operators in continental china illustrate that, in order to save 5G construction cost before the communication and the telecommunication, there is a scheme of sharing a base station, so that under the condition of a terminal with dual cards of the communication and the telecommunication, frequency points of NR in NR measurement and control issued by a network are the same, but reporting thresholds of NR RSRP are different. The situation that the link can register the 5G but the telecommunication can not register the 5G at the same NR frequency point can be caused.

As shown in the logs shown in fig. 4A and 4B, when the link and the telecommunication are in different cells and frequency points of Long Term Evolution (L TE), since the reporting thresholds of NR-RSRP-r15 are different from the reporting threshold of B1-threshold dnr-r15 in a B1 NR measurement and control issued by a network, the value requires that the NR signal strength measured by the terminal is always greater than the threshold set by NR-RSRP-r15 within a period of time, that is, the smaller the value, the higher the probability of the terminal reporting the NR measurement result is, and the higher the probability of the terminal registrar 5G is.

Illustratively, referring to fig. 4A, in a communication network provided with connectivity: on LTE B3 (frequency point: 1650), the frequency point NR issued by the network: 627264, the reporting threshold of nr-RSRP-r15 is 38-156-118 dbm. 38 in the log is a relative value of a reporting threshold; 156 is a reference value for calculating the reporting threshold. And subtracting the reference value from the relative value to obtain the value of the reporting threshold value actually indicated by the base station.

Referring to fig. 4B, in a telecommunication provided communication network: on LTE B1 (frequency point: 100)), the NR frequency point issued by the network: 627264, nr-RSRP-r15 is 46-156 ═ 110 dbm.

This reporting threshold difference may result in: under the same NR frequency point, the link meets the threshold value, the upper 5G can be registered, but the telecommunication is impossible. Therefore, the user may complain that the terminal is not registered in the 5G coverage area for 5G, and the experience is poor.

Referring to fig. 4C, for a network provided with connectivity: -456/4 ═ 114dbm (5G signal strength actually measured by the terminal), and the reporting threshold is: -118 dbm.

Measurement results for a telecommunication provided network: -455/4 ═ 114dbm (5G signal strength actually measured by the terminal), and the reporting threshold is 110 dbm.

Here, -456 and-455 may be calculated values based on the detection, and then by dividing the calculated values of the detection by the calculated parameter (4), a value of the finally measured signal intensity will be obtained.

Because the reporting thresholds of B1 RSRP set by the unicom and the telecommunication network are different, the measurement result is reported by the unicom card, and the network may add a Secondary Cell Group (SCG), but because the B1 RS RP threshold of the telecommunication network is large, the NR result measured by the terminal does not meet the reporting condition, and the measurement result is not reported to the network.

In view of this, referring to fig. 4D, information such as NR cells/frequency points and corresponding RSRP measurement results that the UE will detect is shown.

The UE can record the same NR frequency point by a database, and the network issues the B1 measurement quality of the B1 event. The UE takes the minimum value in the reporting threshold values of the NR RSRPs as an optimal threshold value, when the reporting threshold value of the NR RSRP in a B1 event in NR measurement and control messages issued by different networks with the same NR frequency point is higher, the UE informs the corresponding network of the optimal threshold value of the NR RSRP, the network acquires the latest reporting threshold value of the NR RSRP, and then the network side can carry a new reporting threshold value of B1-ThresholdNR-r15 in RRCConnection Reconfiguration when the network side subsequently issues the NR measurement and control. The report threshold of NR-RSRP-r15 may be an optimal threshold (i.e., an optimal NR RSRP value) reported by the UE, and B1 event measurement and B1 event reporting are performed based on the updated report threshold, so that the UE can meet measurement and control conditions more easily and report NR measurement results.

Of course, the minimum value of the reporting threshold value of the B1 NR RSRP issued by the network may be directly used as the preferred threshold value, or judgment may be further added to judge whether the minimum value of the reporting threshold value of the current B1 NR RSRP is reasonable, and if so, the minimum value of the reporting threshold value of the B1 NR RSRP is used as the preferred threshold value. Such as whether the latest value of 5G signal strength is still reasonable, if it is set too poor, it may result in releasing SCG due to the signal difference even if 5G resides.

Illustratively, several intervals of reporting thresholds can be defined in the UE, and the several intervals of reporting thresholds are divided by using (-140d bm, -125dbm, -115dbm, -110dbm, -102dbm) as interval boundaries. If the minimum value of the reporting threshold value of the B1 NR RS RP is lower than-125 dbm, the minimum value of the reporting threshold value of the B1 NR RSRP cannot be used as a preferred threshold value, otherwise, the value can be used as the preferred threshold value.

Exemplarily, the reporting threshold value originally issued by the target network is assumed to be-110 dbm; the reporting threshold value originally issued by the second network is-118 dbm; and the thresholds issued by the target network and the second network are for the same frequency point, for example, the NR frequency point in 5G. If the handset measures-114 dbm within a period of time, the UE will report the measurement result to the second network, but will not report the measurement result to the target network. However, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, if it is found that the reporting thresholds issued by the target network and the second network for the same frequency point are not consistent, the-118 dbm of the second network is reported to the target network, so as to trigger the target network to update the reporting threshold to-118 dbm, and after the reporting threshold of the target network is updated, if the UE continuously measures that the signal value of the corresponding frequency point is-114 dbm within a period of time, both the target network and the second network receive the measurement result reported by the UE.

In one embodiment, the UE may carry the preferred threshold via a Tracking Area Update (TAU) request message.

There are various ways of using the TAU message to carry the preferred threshold, for example, a proprietary field carrying the preferred threshold is set in the TAU request message; alternatively, the preference threshold is carried using reserved bits of an existing field in the TAU request message.

As shown in fig. 5, an information processing apparatus provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure is applied to a user equipment UE, and the apparatus includes:

a first determining module 510, configured to determine a preferred threshold according to a minimum value of at least two reporting threshold values of a frequency point; wherein one of the reporting thresholds is provided by an alternative network; the reporting threshold is used for the UE to determine whether to report the measurement result of the frequency point to the corresponding alternative network; the alternative network is as follows: the UE has the capability of a camped network;

a reporting module 520, configured to report the preferred threshold to a target network if the target network exists in the candidate networks, where the provided reporting threshold is higher than the preferred threshold.

In one embodiment, the first determining module 510 and the reporting module 520 can be program modules; the program modules may be capable of performing the functions described herein after execution by a processor.

In another embodiment, the first determining module 510 and the reporting module 520 can be a soft-hard combining module; the soft and hard combining module includes but is not limited to: various programmable arrays. The programmable arrays include, but are not limited to: complex programmable arrays and/or field programmable arrays.

In another embodiment, the first determining module 510 and the reporting module 520 can be hardware-only modules; the pure hardware modules include, but are not limited to: an application specific integrated circuit.

In one embodiment, the apparatus further comprises:

In one embodiment, the update message is: and the radio resource control connection configuration message carrying the updated reporting threshold value.

In an embodiment, the reporting module 520 is specifically configured to report the preferred threshold to the target network through a tracking area update request message.

In an embodiment, the first determining module 510 is specifically configured to use a minimum value of at least two reporting threshold values of the frequency point as the preferred threshold value.

In an embodiment, the determining module is specifically configured to, when the minimum value of the at least two reporting threshold values of the frequency point is located in a preset interval, take the minimum value of the at least two reporting threshold values of the frequency point as the preferred threshold value.

As shown in fig. 6, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an information processing apparatus, which is applied in a base station of a target network, and the method includes:

an issuing module 610, configured to issue a reporting threshold;

a second receiving module 620, configured to receive a reported preferred threshold, where the preferred threshold is lower than the reporting threshold, and the preferred threshold is determined according to a minimum value of the reporting thresholds issued by at least two candidate networks; the preferred threshold is used for updating the reporting threshold of the target network; the alternative network is a network where the UE has the capability to camp on; the target network is a partial network of the alternative network.

In one embodiment, the issuing module 610 and the second receiving module 620 may be program modules; the program modules may be capable of performing the functions described herein after being executed by a processor.

In another embodiment, the issuing module 610 and the second receiving module 620 may be a soft and hard combining module; the soft and hard combining module includes but is not limited to: various programmable arrays. The programmable array includes, but is not limited to: complex programmable arrays and/or field programmable arrays.

In yet another embodiment, the issuing module 610 and the second receiving module 620 may be hardware-only modules; the pure hardware modules include, but are not limited to: an application specific integrated circuit.

In an embodiment, the issuing module 610 is further configured to issue an update message for updating the reporting threshold of the target network according to the preferred threshold.

In an embodiment, the issuing module 610 is specifically configured to issue the updated reporting threshold through a radio resource control connection configuration message according to the preferred threshold.

In an embodiment, the second receiving module 620 is specifically configured to receive the preferred threshold carried by the tracking area update request message.

An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a communication device, including:

a memory for storing processor-executable instructions;

a processor connected with the memory;

wherein the processor is configured to execute the information processing method provided by any of the foregoing technical solutions, for example, to execute at least one of the methods shown in fig. 1, fig. 2 to fig. 3.

The communication device may be a UE or a base station.

The processor may include various types of storage media, non-transitory computer storage media capable of continuing to remember to store the information thereon after a power loss to the communication device.

Fig. 7 is a block diagram illustrating a UE 800 according to an example embodiment. For example, the UE 800 may be a mobile phone, a mobile computer, or the like.

Referring to fig. 7, UE 800 may include one or more of the following components: a processing component 802, a memory 804, a power component 806, a multimedia component 808, an audio component 810, an input/output (I/O) interface 812, a sensor component 814, and a communication component 816.

The processing component 802 generally controls overall operation of the UE 800, such as operations associated with display, telephone calls, data communications, camera operations, and recording operations. The processing component 802 may include one or more processors 820 to execute instructions to perform all or a portion of the steps of the methods described above. Further, the processing component 802 can include one or more modules that facilitate interaction between the processing component 802 and other components. For example, the processing component 802 can include a multimedia module to facilitate interaction between the multimedia component 808 and the processing component 802.

The memory 804 is configured to store various types of data to support operation at the device 800. Examples of such data include instructions for any application or method operating on the UE 800, contact data, phonebook data, messages, pictures, videos, and so forth. The memory 804 may be implemented by any type or combination of volatile or non-volatile memory devices such as Static Random Access Memory (SRAM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), programmable read-only memory (PROM), read-only memory (ROM), magnetic memory, flash memory, magnetic or optical disks.

Power components 806 provide power to the various components of UE 800. Power components 806 may include a power management system, one or more power sources, and other components associated with generating, managing, and distributing power for UE 800.

The multimedia component 808 includes a screen that provides an output interface between the UE 800 and the user. In some embodiments, the screen may include a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) and a Touch Panel (TP). If the screen includes a touch panel, the screen may be implemented as a touch panel to receive an input signal from a user. The touch panel includes one or more touch sensors to sense touch, slide, and gestures on the touch panel. The touch sensor may not only sense the boundary of a touch or slide action, but also detect the duration and pressure associated with the touch or slide operation. In some embodiments, the multimedia component 808 includes a front facing camera and/or a rear facing camera. The front camera and/or the rear camera may receive external multimedia data when the device 800 is in an operating state, such as a shooting state or a video state. Each front camera and rear camera may be a fixed optical lens system or have a focal length and optical zoom capability.

The audio component 810 is configured to output and/or input audio signals. For example, the audio component 810 includes a Microphone (MIC) configured to receive external audio signals when the UE 800 is in an operating state, such as a call state, a recording state, and a voice recognition state. The received audio signals may further be stored in the memory 804 or transmitted via the communication component 816. In some embodiments, the audio component 810 also includes a speaker for outputting audio signals.

The I/O interface 812 provides an interface between the processing component 802 and peripheral interface modules, which may be keyboards, click wheels, buttons, etc. These buttons may include, but are not limited to: a home button, a volume button, a start button, and a lock button.

The sensor component 814 includes one or more sensors for providing various aspects of state assessment for the UE 800. For example, the sensor assembly 814 may detect an open/closed state of the device 800, the relative positioning of components, such as a display and keypad of the UE 800, the sensor assembly 814 may also detect a change in the position of the UE 800 or a component of the UE 800, the presence or absence of user contact with the UE 800, the orientation or acceleration/deceleration of the UE 800, and a change in the temperature of the UE 800. The sensor assembly 814 may include a proximity sensor configured to detect the presence of a nearby object without any physical contact. The sensor assembly 814 may also include a light sensor, such as a CMOS or CCD image sensor, for use in imaging applications. In some embodiments, the sensor assembly 814 may also include an acceleration sensor, a gyroscope sensor, a magnetic sensor, a pressure sensor, or a temperature sensor.

The communication component 816 is configured to facilitate communications between the UE 800 and other devices in a wired or wireless manner. The UE 800 may access a wireless network based on a communication standard, such as Wi-Fi, 2G, or 3G, or a combination thereof. In an exemplary embodiment, the communication component 816 receives a broadcast signal or broadcast related information from an external broadcast management system via a broadcast channel. In an exemplary embodiment, the communication component 816 further includes a Near Field Communication (NFC) module to facilitate short range communication. For example, the NFC module may be implemented based on Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology, infrared data association (IrDA) technology, Ultra Wideband (UWB) technology, Bluetooth (BT) technology, and other technologies.

In an exemplary embodiment, the UE 800 may be implemented by one or more Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), Digital Signal Processors (DSPs), Digital Signal Processing Devices (DSPDs), Programmable Logic Devices (PLDs), Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), controllers, micro-controllers, microprocessors, or other electronic components for performing the above-described methods.

As shown in fig. 8, an embodiment of the present disclosure illustrates a structure of a base station. For example, the communication device 900 may be provided as a network-side device. The communication device may be the aforementioned access device and/or core network device.

Referring to fig. 8, communications device 900 includes a processing component 922, which further includes one or more processors and memory resources, represented by memory 932, for storing instructions, such as applications, that may be executed by processing component 922. The application programs stored in the memory 932 may include one or more modules that each correspond to a set of instructions. Furthermore, the processing component 922 is configured to execute instructions to perform any of the methods described above as applied to the access device, e.g., the methods shown in fig. 1-3.

The communication device 900 may also include a power component 926 configured to perform power management of the communication device 900, a wired or wireless network interface 950 configured to connect the communication device 900 to a network, and an input/output (I/O) interface 958. The communication device 900 may operate based on an operating system stored in memory 932, such as Windows Server (TM), Mac OS XTM, UnixTM, LinuxTM, FreeBSDTM, or the like.

In an exemplary embodiment, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions, such as the memory 804 comprising instructions, executable by the processor 820 of the UE 800 to perform the above-described method is also provided. For example, the non-transitory computer readable storage medium may be a ROM, a Random Access Memory (RAM), a CD-ROM, a magnetic tape, a floppy disk, an optical data storage device, and the like.

The embodiment of the disclosure provides a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, and when instructions in the storage medium are executed by a processor of a processor, the processor can execute the information processing method provided by any of the foregoing embodiments, and can execute at least one of the methods as shown in any of fig. 1 to fig. 3.

For example, the processor, when executing the instructions of the non-transitory computer readable storage medium, is capable of implementing at least a method as applied in a UE or a base station of a target network.

The information processing method applied to the User Equipment (UE) can comprise the following steps: determining an optimal threshold according to the minimum value of at least two reporting threshold values of one frequency point; wherein one of the reporting thresholds is provided by an alternative network; the alternative network is as follows: a network on which the UE has the capability to camp; the reporting threshold is used for the UE to determine whether to report the measurement result of the frequency point to the corresponding alternative network; and if the target network with the reporting threshold higher than the preferred threshold exists in the alternative network, the target network reports the preferred threshold to the target network.

As can be appreciated, the method further comprises:

As can be appreciated, the update message is: and carrying the radio resource control connection configuration message of the updated reporting threshold.

It is to be understood that said reporting the preferred threshold to the target network includes: and reporting the preferred threshold to the target network through a tracking area updating request message.

It can be understood that, the determining a preferred threshold according to a minimum value of at least two reporting threshold values of a frequency point includes: and taking the minimum value of the at least two reporting threshold values of the frequency point as the optimal threshold value.

It can be understood that, the taking the minimum value of the at least two reporting threshold values of the frequency point as the preferred threshold value includes: and when the minimum value of the at least two reporting threshold values of the frequency point is within a preset interval, taking the minimum value of the at least two reporting threshold values of the frequency point as the optimal threshold value.

The information processing method applied to the base station of the target network can comprise the following steps: issuing a reporting threshold value; receiving a reported preferred threshold, wherein the preferred threshold is lower than the reporting threshold, and the preferred threshold is determined according to the minimum value of the reporting thresholds issued by at least two alternative networks; the optimal threshold is used for updating the reporting threshold of the target network; the alternative network is a network where the UE has the capability to camp on; the target network is a partial network of the alternative network.

As can be appreciated, the method further comprises: and issuing an updating message for updating the reporting threshold of the target network according to the optimal threshold.

It should be understood that the preferred threshold for receiving reports includes: receiving the preferred threshold carried by the tracking area update request message.

Other embodiments of the invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the invention disclosed herein. This application is intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptations of the invention following, in general, the principles of the invention and including such departures from the present disclosure as come within known or customary practice within the art to which the invention pertains. It is intended that the specification and examples be considered as exemplary only, with a true scope and spirit of the invention being indicated by the following claims.

It will be understood that the invention is not limited to the precise arrangements described above and shown in the drawings and that various modifications and changes may be made without departing from the scope thereof. The scope of the invention is limited only by the appended claims.

Claims

1. An information processing method applied to User Equipment (UE), the method comprising:

determining an optimal threshold according to the minimum value of at least two reporting threshold values of one frequency point; wherein one of the reporting thresholds is provided by an alternative network; the reporting threshold is used for the UE to determine whether to report the measurement result of the frequency point to the corresponding alternative network; the alternative network is as follows: a network on which the UE has the capability to camp;

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the update message is: and carrying the radio resource control connection configuration message of the updated reporting threshold.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein reporting the preferred threshold to the target network comprises:

5. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the determining a preferred threshold according to a minimum value of at least two reporting threshold values of a frequency point comprises:

and taking the minimum value of the at least two reporting threshold values of the frequency points as the optimal threshold value.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the taking a minimum value of the at least two reporting thresholds of the frequency point as the preferred threshold comprises:

and when the minimum value of the at least two reporting threshold values of the frequency point is located in a preset interval, taking the minimum value of the at least two reporting threshold values of the frequency point as the optimal threshold value.

7. An information processing method, applied in a base station of a target network, the method comprising:

issuing a reporting threshold value;

receiving a reported optimal threshold value, wherein the optimal threshold value is lower than the reported threshold value and is determined according to the minimum value of the reported threshold values issued by at least two alternative networks; the optimal threshold is used for updating the reporting threshold of the target network; the alternative network is a network where the UE has the capability to camp on; the target network is a partial network of the alternative network.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

9. The method of claim 7 or 8, wherein the receiving the reported preferred threshold comprises:

10. An information processing apparatus, applied to a User Equipment (UE), the apparatus comprising:

11. The apparatus of claim 10, further comprising:

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the update message is: and carrying the radio resource control connection configuration message of the updated reporting threshold.

13. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the reporting module is specifically configured to report the preferred threshold to the target network through a tracking area update request message.

14. The apparatus according to any one of claims 10 to 13, wherein the first determining module is specifically configured to use a minimum value of at least two reporting threshold values of the frequency point as the preferred threshold value.

15. The apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the determining module is specifically configured to, when a minimum value of the at least two reporting threshold values of the frequency point is within a preset interval, use the minimum value of the at least two reporting threshold values of the frequency point as the preferred threshold value.

16. An information processing apparatus applied in a base station of a target network, the apparatus comprising:

the issuing module is used for issuing the reporting threshold;

17. A communication device, comprising:

a memory for storing processor-executable instructions;

a processor coupled to the memory;

wherein the processor is configured to perform a method as provided in any one of claims 1 to 6 or 7 to 9.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored therein computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, implement the method provided in any one of claims 1 to 6 or 7 to 9.