CN114650616A

CN114650616A - Network mode control method and device

Info

Publication number: CN114650616A
Application number: CN202210357244.XA
Authority: CN
Inventors: 朱岳军
Original assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Current assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-04-06
Filing date: 2022-04-06
Publication date: 2022-06-21

Abstract

The application discloses a network mode control method and device, and belongs to the technical field of mobile communication. The method comprises the following steps: acquiring transmission information in an uplink data packet transmission process under the condition that the electronic equipment establishes communication connection with a first base station; under the condition that the number of uplink data packets of the transmission information representation cache is continuously increased and the reported number of the uplink data packets is not zero, determining a parameter set, wherein the parameter set comprises: a first parameter representing the congestion time of an uplink network and a second parameter representing the duration of downlink throughput greater than a first threshold; under the condition that the parameter set meets a preset condition, setting the current network mode of the electronic equipment into a dual-connection network mode so that the electronic equipment establishes communication connection with a second base station under the condition that the electronic equipment establishes communication connection with a first base station, wherein the preset condition comprises the following steps: the first parameter is greater than or equal to the second threshold or the second parameter is greater than or equal to the third threshold.

Description

Network mode control method and device

Technical Field

The application belongs to the technical field of mobile communication, and particularly relates to a network mode control method and device.

Background

A fifth-Generation Mobile Communication Technology (5th-Generation Mobile Communication Technology, abbreviated as 5G) is a new-Generation Mobile Communication Technology, and there are two networking schemes, namely, a stand-alone networking (SA) and a Non-stand-alone Networking (NSA). Wherein, NSA is deployed based on the existing fourth Generation Mobile Communication Technology (4G for short) infrastructure, and part of services and functions continue to depend on 4G network.

Currently, most operators around the world have deployed an Enhanced Mobile Broadband (eMBB) network of NSA type, and rely on mature Long Term Evolution (LTE) network coverage, and can also exert high throughput of a 5G base station, thereby gradually forming a new communication architecture, namely a dual connectivity architecture. In the dual-connection architecture, the terminal device can be connected to two different base stations at the same time, and then communicates with the two base stations respectively, so that the requirement of a user for high-speed internet access is met at the cost of improving power consumption.

However, currently, a user usually decides whether to start the dual connectivity network mode in the terminal device autonomously, that is, the user freely selects the time for starting the dual connectivity network mode by considering the power consumption and the high speed internet access requirement comprehensively. The control of the dual-connection network mode cannot be automated, and meanwhile, the operation of opening the dual-connection network mode is complex at present, and the operation of a user is not convenient.

Disclosure of Invention

An embodiment of the present application provides a method and an apparatus for controlling a network mode, which can solve a problem that automation cannot be achieved in controlling a dual-connection network mode of an electronic device in the related art.

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a method for controlling a network mode, where the method includes:

acquiring transmission information in an uplink data packet transmission process under the condition that the electronic equipment establishes communication connection with a first base station;

determining a parameter set under the condition that the number of uplink data packets cached by the transmission information representation continuously increases and the number of reported uplink data packets is not zero, wherein the parameter set comprises: a first parameter representing the congestion time of an uplink network and a second parameter representing the duration of downlink throughput greater than a first threshold;

setting the current network mode of the electronic equipment to be a dual-connection network mode under the condition that the parameter set meets a preset condition, so that the electronic equipment establishes communication connection with a second base station under the condition that the electronic equipment establishes communication connection with the first base station, wherein the preset condition comprises: the first parameter is greater than or equal to a second threshold or the second parameter is greater than or equal to a third threshold.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a network mode control apparatus, including:

the transmission information module is used for acquiring transmission information in the transmission process of the uplink data packet under the condition that the electronic equipment establishes communication connection with the first base station;

a parameter module, configured to determine a parameter set when the number of uplink data packets buffered in the transmission information representation continuously increases and the number of reported uplink data packets is not zero, where the parameter set includes: a first parameter representing the congestion time of an uplink network and a second parameter representing the duration of downlink throughput greater than a first threshold;

a network mode control module, configured to set a current network mode of the electronic device to a dual connectivity network mode when the parameter set satisfies a preset condition, so that the electronic device establishes a communication connection with a second base station when a communication connection is established with the first base station, where the preset condition includes: the first parameter is greater than or equal to a second threshold or the second parameter is greater than or equal to a third threshold.

In a third aspect, embodiments of the present application provide an electronic device, which includes a processor and a memory, where the memory stores a program or instructions executable on the processor, and the program or instructions, when executed by the processor, implement the steps of the method according to the first aspect.

In a fourth aspect, embodiments of the present application provide a readable storage medium, on which a program or instructions are stored, which when executed by a processor implement the steps of the method according to the first aspect.

In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a chip, where the chip includes a processor and a communication interface, where the communication interface is coupled to the processor, and the processor is configured to execute a program or instructions to implement the method according to the first aspect.

In a sixth aspect, embodiments of the present application provide a computer program product, stored on a storage medium, for execution by at least one processor to implement the method according to the first aspect.

In the embodiment of the application, under the condition that the electronic device and the first base station are in communication connection, whether a user has a network access requirement or not can be determined by using transmission information in the uplink data packet transmission process. When the number of the cached uplink data packets is continuously increased and the reported number of the uplink data packets is not zero, the user is considered to have the internet surfing requirement, and at the moment, a parameter set comprising a first parameter representing the congestion time of an uplink network and a second parameter representing the duration time of downlink throughput which is larger than a first threshold value is determined. The method comprises the steps of setting a preset condition based on at least one condition that a dual-connection network mode needs to be started, setting the current network mode of the electronic equipment into the dual-connection network mode under the condition that a parameter set meets the preset condition, and automatically deciding by the electronic equipment and starting the dual-connection network mode of the electronic equipment due to no operation of a user. Therefore, the control of the dual-connection network mode is automated, and meanwhile, the process of starting the dual-connection network mode is simplified. Further, since the preset conditions include: the first parameter is greater than or equal to the second threshold or the second parameter is greater than or equal to the third threshold, wherein the condition that the first parameter is greater than or equal to the second threshold can be regarded as that the uplink network is congested for a long time, and the condition that the second parameter is greater than or equal to the third threshold can be regarded as that the mobile terminal is in a large-flow use scene for a long time, so that the automatic starting of a dual-connection network mode can be realized under the condition that the uplink network is congested for a long time and is in a large-flow use scene for a long time, and the electronic device can timely recover high-speed internet surfing.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a flowchart illustrating steps of a method for controlling a network mode according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating steps of determining whether a first parameter satisfies a predetermined condition according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a process for determining a third parameter in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of an actual application of the network mode control method provided in the embodiment of the present application;

fig. 5 is a block diagram of a network mode control device according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 6 is a schematic hardware structure diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 7 is a second schematic diagram of a hardware structure of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be described clearly below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some, but not all, embodiments of the present application. All other embodiments that can be derived by one of ordinary skill in the art from the embodiments given herein are intended to be within the scope of the present disclosure.

The terms first, second and the like in the description and in the claims of the present application are used for distinguishing between similar elements and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order. It will be appreciated that the data so used may be interchanged under appropriate circumstances such that embodiments of the application may be practiced in sequences other than those illustrated or described herein, and that the terms "first," "second," and the like are generally used herein in a generic sense and do not limit the number of terms, e.g., the first term can be one or more than one. In addition, "and/or" in the specification and claims means at least one of connected objects, a character "/" generally means that a preceding and succeeding related objects are in an "or" relationship.

The network mode control method provided by the embodiment of the present application is described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings through specific embodiments and application scenarios thereof.

As shown in fig. 1, a method for controlling a network mode provided in an embodiment of the present application includes:

step 101: and acquiring transmission information in the transmission process of the uplink data packet under the condition that the electronic equipment establishes communication connection with the first base station.

In this step, the electronic device has a network communication function, and the electronic device may perform data interaction with the first base station when the electronic device establishes a communication connection with the first base station. The first base station may be any base station accessing a target network, where the electronic device is located in a cell covered by the first base station, and the electronic device and the first base station establish a communication connection through the target network. The target network may be any network, for example, a 4G network, a 5G network, or the like.

It can be understood that, during data transmission of the electronic device in the first base station, the direction of data transmission includes an uplink direction from the electronic device to the first base station and a downlink direction from the first base station to the electronic device. The transmission information here includes data transmission information in the uplink direction, i.e., transmission information during uplink packet transmission.

Step 102: and determining a parameter set under the condition that the number of uplink data packets of the transmission information representation cache is continuously increased and the number of reported uplink data packets is not zero.

In this step, the buffered uplink data packet is a data packet that needs to be transmitted uplink to the first base station. The electronic device reports the number of uplink data packets so that the first base station can allocate scheduling resources. In the transmission process of the uplink data packets, the number of the cached uplink data packets is continuously increased, and the number of the reported uplink data packets is not zero, which can indicate that the user is currently using the electronic device to surf the internet.

The parameter set includes: the first parameter is used for representing the congestion time of the uplink network, and the second parameter is used for representing the duration time of the downlink throughput which is greater than a first threshold value. The congestion duration of the uplink network is the duration of the congestion state maintained under the condition that the network is congested in the uplink direction. Wherein, the congestion of the network in the uplink direction can be understood as network overload or low transmission performance in the uplink direction; so that the first parameter may characterize the network conditions in the upstream direction to a certain extent. The duration that the downlink throughput is greater than the first threshold is the duration that the throughput of the network in the downlink direction is greater than the first threshold, where the value of the first threshold is larger, and it can be regarded that the electronic device is in a large-traffic usage scenario that the downlink throughput is greater than the first threshold. Specifically, the first threshold may be 2 mbits/sec, but is not limited thereto.

It is understood that the specific values of the first parameter and the second parameter may change with the passage of time, and therefore, the first parameter and the second parameter may be updated once every preset time period. The preset time period may be a short time period, for example, 1 second, but is not limited thereto. It should be noted that when the number of the buffered uplink data packets is not continuously increased or the reported number of the uplink data packets is zero, it indicates that the user does not use the electronic device to surf the internet, and at this time, a dual-connection network mode is not required to be set, so that subsequent steps are not required to be executed.

Step 103: and under the condition that the parameter set meets the preset condition, setting the current network mode of the electronic equipment into a dual-connection network mode so that the electronic equipment establishes communication connection with the second base station under the condition that the electronic equipment establishes communication connection with the first base station.

It should be noted that the preset conditions include: the first parameter is greater than or equal to the second threshold or the second parameter is greater than or equal to the third threshold. Therefore, in the case where the first parameter is greater than or equal to the second threshold or the second parameter is greater than or equal to the third threshold, it is considered that the parameter set satisfies the preset condition. Here, the case where the first parameter is greater than or equal to the second threshold is regarded as the uplink network congestion being longer. Therefore, the second threshold is a time value used for measuring whether the uplink network congestion time is longer, and may be, for example, 30 seconds, 50 seconds, 1 minute, and the like, but is not limited thereto. Similarly, the third threshold is a time value used for measuring whether the duration of the large flow usage scenario is long, and may be, for example, 30 seconds, 50 seconds, 1 minute, and the like, but is not limited thereto.

It can be understood that, when the electronic device is in the dual connectivity network mode, the electronic device may communicate with the first base station and the second base station at the same time, where the first base station and the second base station are base stations accessing different networks. Here, the Dual Connectivity network mode in the electronic device may be a Dual Connectivity function implemented based on an endec (UMTS evolved terrestrial radio access network new radio Dual Connectivity, EUTRA NR Dual-Connectivity) architecture, but is not limited thereto. The UMTS may be referred to as Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System), and under the EN-DC architecture, a network accessed by the first base station is a 4G network, and a network accessed by the second base station is a 5G network.

In the embodiment of the application, under the condition that the electronic device and the first base station are in communication connection, whether a user has a network access requirement or not can be determined by using transmission information in the uplink data packet transmission process. When the number of the buffered uplink data packets is continuously increased and the number of the reported uplink data packets is not zero, the user is considered to have the internet surfing requirement, and at this time, a parameter set comprising a first parameter representing the congestion time of an uplink network and a second parameter representing the duration time of downlink throughput greater than a first threshold value is determined. The method comprises the steps of setting a preset condition based on at least one condition that a dual-connection network mode needs to be started, setting the current network mode of the electronic equipment into the dual-connection network mode under the condition that a parameter set meets the preset condition, and automatically deciding by the electronic equipment and starting the dual-connection network mode of the electronic equipment due to no operation of a user. Therefore, the control of the dual-connection network mode is automated, and meanwhile, the process of starting the dual-connection network mode is simplified. Further, since the preset conditions include: the first parameter is greater than or equal to the second threshold or the second parameter is greater than or equal to the third threshold, wherein the condition that the first parameter is greater than or equal to the second threshold can be regarded as that the uplink network is congested for a long time, and the condition that the second parameter is greater than or equal to the third threshold can be regarded as that the uplink network is in a large-flow use scene for a long time, so that the automatic starting of the dual-connection network mode can be realized under the condition that the uplink network is congested for a long time and is in a large-flow use scene for a long time, and the electronic device can timely recover high-speed internet access.

Optionally, determining a first parameter in the parameter set includes:

and acquiring the timing duration of the target discarding timer.

It should be noted that, when the timing time of the target discard timer reaches the timing time length, the electronic device discards the buffered uplink data packet. The timing duration is a preset duration. For example, the target Discard Timer may be a Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) Discard Timer, that is, a PDCP Discard Timer. The timing duration can be '300 ms', '1500 ms' or 'infinity', and when the timing duration is configured to be '300 ms', the PDCP Discard Timer is considered to be timed out once when the timing duration reaches 300 ms; when the timing duration is configured as "initial", the PDCP Discard Timer timing time reaches a default duration, which is considered to be timeout once, and the default duration may be 65535 ms. It is understood that the PDCP Discard Timer may be reset to restart timing after each timeout.

Starting a target timer in a target situation, wherein the target situation comprises: any one of the conditions that the timing duration is less than the duration threshold, the overtime times of the target discarding timer are greater than or equal to the target times, the timing duration is equal to the duration threshold, and the number of the cached uplink data packets is greater than or equal to the target number;

it should be noted that the target timer is used to record the duration of the network congestion state, and therefore, the target timer will start timing when the network congestion state is detected. In the case where the timing length of the target discard timer is configured as the length threshold, timeout may not occur. Continuing with the example of PDCP Discard Timer, when the timing duration is configured as "limits", no timeout may occur. The congestion state start time may therefore be determined based on the number of timeouts in the event that the target drop timer would time out. And under the condition that the target discarding timer does not time out, determining the starting time of the congestion state based on the number of the buffered uplink data packets. For example, when the number of uplink packets buffered in the PDCP layer reaches 100, it is regarded that the network starts to be congested, and the time at this time is taken as the congestion state start time.

Here, in the case that the target Discard Timer is the PDCP Discard Timer, different timing durations thereof correspond to different target times. For example, the target number of times set for the timing length of "300 ms" may be 5 times, and the target number of times set for the timing length of "1500 ms" may be 1 time. Preferably, the target Timer may be an integer multiple of the PDCP Discard Timer.

The timing time of the target timer is determined as a first parameter.

In the embodiment of the application, the congestion state of the network can be rapidly monitored by using the target discarding timer in the mobile communication network, so that the congestion time can be accurately timed.

Optionally, after determining the counted time of the target timer as the first parameter, the method further includes:

and stopping the target timer under the condition that the number of the buffered uplink data packets is equal to zero.

It should be noted that the uplink data packet exchanged here may be an uplink data packet buffered by the PDCP layer, and may also be understood as an uplink data packet in a PDCP queue. When the number of the changed uplink data packets becomes zero, it indicates that all buffered data is currently transmitted or the cell is changed or the current link is re-established. Here, the target timer may also be stopped when the packet buffered by another protocol layer is zero. Such as data packets buffered by the media access control layer. It is understood that by stopping the target timer and restarting the target timer if the condition is met, the cumulative duration of the network congestion can be determined, and the cumulative duration is taken as the network congestion duration. Of course, the target timer may also be reset, that is, the target timer is cleared, the duration of the network congestion is determined at this time, and the duration of the network congestion is taken as the network congestion duration.

In the embodiment of the application, the target timer is stopped when all the current cache data are sent out or the cell is changed or the current link is reestablished, so that the accuracy of the first parameter can be ensured.

when the first parameter is equal to a second threshold value, switching a target zone bit from a first identifier to a second identifier, wherein the target zone bit is used for representing the congestion condition of the uplink network;

the first parameter is greater than or equal to a second threshold, including: the target flag bit is currently the second flag.

It should be noted that, when the target flag bit is the first identifier, it represents that the uplink network is not congested; and when the target zone bit is the second identifier, representing that the uplink network is congested. Here, the target flag may be stored in a database of the LTE non-access stratum. Specifically, when the target flag bit is the first flag, 0 is stored, and when the target flag bit is the second flag, 1 is stored.

In the embodiment of the application, the congestion condition of the uplink network can be identified by using the target zone bit, so that the congestion condition of the uplink network can be determined quickly and accurately by using the target zone bit.

As shown in fig. 2, a flowchart of a step of determining whether a first parameter satisfies a preset condition in a method for controlling a network mode according to an embodiment of the present application includes:

step 201: and starting.

Step 202: the electronic device performs Data traffic in the cell, and a Data PDN (Packet Data Network) is already established.

Step 203: judging whether the current situation is a target situation, specifically, checking a value of a PDCP Discard Timer of network radio resource bearer configuration, where the network configuration includes: 300ms, 1500ms and infinity. If the network is configured to be 300ms, judging whether the timeout times of the current PDCP Discard Timer reach a first time threshold value; if the network is configured to 1500ms, judging whether the timeout times of the current PDCP Discard Timer reach a second time threshold value; if the network is configured with the definition, it is determined whether the number of the current PDCP buffer packets reaches the packet threshold, i.e. PB _ size ═ packet threshold. If so, go to step 204, otherwise end. It should be noted that the magnitude of the first time threshold, the second time threshold and the packet threshold determines the sensitivity of determining congestion, and the larger the value is, the lower the sensitivity is, and the smaller the value is, the higher the sensitivity is. Here, the specific values of the first time threshold, the second time threshold and the packet threshold may be customized according to actual situations. For example, the first time threshold is 5 times, the second time threshold is 1 time, and the packet threshold is 1000 bytes, but is not limited thereto.

Step 204: a target timer is started. Here, a target timer may be set for different network configurations, respectively. For example, the network is configured to be 300ms, and when the number of times of the PDCP Discard Timer timeout reaches the first time threshold, the target Timer a is started. And configuring the network to be initial, and starting a target timer B when the number of the current PDCP cache data packets reaches a data packet threshold value. After the target timer is started, when PB _ size becomes 0, indicating that all buffered data is currently sent out or cell change or current link re-establishment, the target timer is stopped.

Step 205: and judging whether the target timer is overtime, if so, executing the step 206, and if not, ending.

Step 206: and setting the uplink congestion Flag (Flag) of the LTE cell to be 1.

Step 207: and (6) ending.

Optionally, the continuously increasing of the number of uplink data packets and the reporting of the number of uplink data packets being not zero includes:

the number of data packets to be sent buffered in the uplink PDCP queue is continuously increased, and the number of data packets reported by a Buffer Status Report (BSR) is not zero.

It should be noted that the uplink PDCP queue is a PDCP queue in the uplink direction, and is a queue used for buffering uplink IP packets. Under the condition that the data packets to be sent buffered in the uplink PDCP queue continuously increase, the situation shows that the user is probably surfing the Internet currently. The electronic device reports to the first base station through the BSR, and how much data needs to be sent in its uplink buffer, so that the first base station determines how much uplink resources are allocated to the electronic device. Here, the number of data packets reported by the BSR is the specific parameter value of the BSR size parameter, where the BSR is reported through the mac layer.

In the embodiment of the application, whether the user uses the electronic equipment to surf the internet can be accurately judged based on the uplink PDCP queue and the number of the data packets reported by the BSR.

Optionally, the parameter set further includes: a third parameter characterizing whether the electronic device can establish communication connection with the second base station; the preset conditions further include: the third parameter characterizes that the electronic device is capable of establishing a communication connection with the second base station.

It should be noted that due to the limitations of the electronic device or the limitations of the first base station, the electronic device may not be able to establish a communication connection with the second base station. Therefore, to avoid the dual connectivity function (dual connectivity network mode) being turned on, the electronic device cannot establish a communication connection with the second base station. And taking whether the electronic equipment can establish communication connection with the second base station as one of judgment conditions for starting the dual connection function.

In the embodiment of the application, when judging whether to start the dual connectivity function of the electronic device, whether the electronic device can establish communication connection with the second base station is taken as one of the judgment conditions, so that the situation that the electronic device cannot establish communication connection with the second base station after the dual connectivity function is started can be reduced.

Optionally, determining a third parameter in the parameter set includes:

acquiring first condition information representing whether a first network can be used as an anchor point network of a second network, second condition information representing whether the electronic equipment has a dual-connection network mode, and third condition information representing whether the second network allows the electronic equipment to access, wherein the first network is a network accessed by a first base station, and the second network is a network accessed by a second base station;

a third parameter is determined based on the first condition information, the second condition information, and the third condition information.

It should be noted that the first condition information may indicate whether the first network is capable of supporting the electronic device to simultaneously access different base stations in the dual connectivity function. The second status information may indicate whether the electronic device is in a dual connectivity network mode. The third condition information may specify whether the first network allows the electronic device to simultaneously access different base stations with the dual connectivity function. The third parameter meets the predetermined condition only if the first network has the capability of supporting the electronic device to simultaneously access different base stations in the dual connectivity network mode, and the electronic device has the dual connectivity network mode, and the first network allows the electronic device to simultaneously access different base stations in the dual connectivity network mode, that is, the third parameter indicates that the electronic device can establish a communication connection with the second base station. Specifically, the third parameter is a first value when the first network can be used as an anchor network of the second network, the electronic device has a dual connectivity network mode, and the second network allows the electronic device to access, and the third parameter is a second value when the first network cannot be used as the anchor network of the second network, and the electronic device does not have the dual connectivity network mode or the second network does not allow the electronic device to access. Correspondingly, the electronic device can establish a communication connection with the second base station, and the method comprises the following steps: the third parameter is currently the first value.

The process of determining the third parameter is described below with a specific example, and the subsequent endec capability is the dual connectivity function, i.e., the dual connectivity network mode described above. As shown in fig. 3, includes:

step 301: start of

Step 302: the electronic device performs initial registration or location update in the LTE cell.

Step 303: if the SIB2 (system message 2) carries the first information, step 304 is executed if the first information is carried, and step 307 is executed otherwise. The first message is an upper layer indication-r15 ═ true, which indicates that the current network can be used as an anchor network of the endec network, that is, the LTE network and an NR (New Radio) network can be connected at the same time, and data transmission is performed at the same time.

Step 304: it is determined whether the electronic device itself supports dual connectivity, if so, step 305 is performed, otherwise, step 307 is performed. Specifically, a request is first made to a NAS (Non-access stratum) module to query the DCNR capability of the electronic device. If the terminal preferred network mode contains NR, the modem has turned on the capability of Option3, and the electronic device initiates registration in the LTE anchor cell that supports the endec combination, the terminal reports to the network the capability containing DCNR capability (DCNR ═ 1), that means that the electronic device supports endec.

Step 305: if the first network issues the second message, go to step 306 if yes, otherwise go to step 307. The first network is a network to which the LTE cell belongs. And determining whether the first network allows the electronic equipment to access or not by whether the second message is issued or not. Specifically, whether the first network has limitation of accessing the dual connectivity network is inquired to an MM (mobile management) module. After receiving the Attach Accept message or the TAU Accept message, if the retrictdcnr is 0 or does not carry the field, the electronic device indicates that the first network allows the electronic device to access.

Step 306: updating the ENDC capability to support. Namely, upperLayerIndication-r15 ═ true & UE ENDC Support ═ true & NW DCNR recovery ═ false, and NAS ENDC Support ═ true is updated. Specifically, updating the ENDC capability support condition stored in the database of the LTE non-access layer can be used for reporting a 5G signal icon to an upper system interface by a modem, and can also be used for acquiring the real-time ENDC support condition of the current electronic equipment and the first network by other modules.

Step 307: updating the ENDC capability to not support.

Step 308: and (6) ending.

In the embodiment of the application, considering from the electronic device itself and the network itself, the third parameter is determined based on whether the first network can be used as the first status information of the anchor point network of the second network, whether the electronic device has the second status information of the dual connectivity network mode, and whether the second network allows the electronic device to access the third status information, so that a situation that the electronic device cannot establish communication connection with the second base station after the dual connectivity network mode is opened can be avoided.

Optionally, in a case that the dual connectivity network mode in the electronic device is a dual connectivity function implemented based on the enic architecture, setting a current network mode of the electronic device to the dual connectivity network mode includes:

requesting to query a current ENDC B1 measurement switch state of an RRC (Radio Resource Control) module at the PDCP module;

and under the condition that the measuring switch state of the ENDC B1 is in the closed state, updating the current ENDC B1 measuring switch state to be in the open state, so that the electronic equipment can normally report a B1 measuring report of NR (noise ratio) to enable the electronic equipment to establish communication connection with the second base station.

In the embodiment of the application, when the measuring switch state of the ENDC B1 is in the closed state, the switch state is adjusted to be in the open state, and then the establishment of the communication connection between the electronic equipment and the second base station is realized by reporting a B1 measuring report of NR.

As shown in fig. 4, a schematic diagram of an actual application of the network mode control method provided in the embodiment of the present application is shown, where the dual connectivity function is an endec function, that is, the dual connectivity network mode. Specifically, the actual application steps include:

step 401: and starting.

Step 402: the electronic device is camped on an LTE cell.

Step 403: and judging whether the LTE network is configured with the ENDC cell for the electronic equipment, if so, ending, and otherwise, executing a step 404.

Step 404: and judging whether the electronic equipment is in an RRC (radio resource control) connection state, if so, executing the step 405, and if not, ending. When the electronic device is in the RRC idle state, to avoid excessive eddc NR measurements, increase power consumption, the NR B1 measurement of the eddc is turned off by default.

Step 405: and judging whether an uplink data packet is sent, if so, executing the step 406, and if not, ending. Specifically, if the data bearer continues to have an uplink IP data packet entering the PDCP queue, and the BSR size of the mac layer of the current data bearer is not 0, it indicates that there is an uplink data packet to be sent currently.

Step 406: and entering 'LTE cell congestion judgment' and large-flow use scene judgment. The process of "LTE cell congestion determination" is described in detail with reference to fig. 2.

Step 407: and judging whether the preset conditions are met, if so, executing step 408, and if not, ending. Specifically, if the congestion Flag is 1, it indicates that the current LTE has more uplink data to send, but the LTE network does not have enough uplink resource scheduling, so that the uplink data packet cannot be sent out in time, and therefore, it may be determined whether the congestion Flag is 1, and the congestion Flag is considered to meet the preset condition when the congestion Flag is 1. If the congestion Flag bit Flag is 0, it indicates that the uplink of the current LTE cell is not congested, but the uplink is not congested, and if the downlink network scheduling resources are insufficient, the video playing is slowed down; at this time, if it is monitored that the throughput of the downlink PDCP carried by the data is greater than or equal to 2 mbits/sec and lasts for 5 seconds, it is indicated that a large traffic application scenario is currently in progress. Therefore, the congestion flag bit is 0, and the downlink PDCP throughput is greater than or equal to 2 mbits/s, the predetermined condition is also considered to be met.

Step 408: and updating the current ENDC B1 strategy switch state to be on, namely, starting the ENDC function.

Step 409: and (6) ending.

In the embodiment of the application, balance can be achieved between power consumption and data experience. When the LTE cell signal is not good during the data service, the ENDC is automatically started to accelerate the network, and when the user encounters data cutoff and pause, the high-speed internet access is timely recovered. When the data service is not used or the LTE data is not blocked, the LTE single connection is kept, the standby power consumption of the terminal can be reduced, and the endurance of the electronic equipment is improved.

In the network mode control method provided in the embodiment of the present application, the execution subject may be a network mode control device, or a control module in the network mode control device for executing the network mode control method. In the embodiment of the present application, a method for a network mode control device to execute a network mode is taken as an example, and the network mode control device provided in the embodiment of the present application is described.

As shown in fig. 5, an embodiment of the present application further provides a network mode control apparatus, where the apparatus includes:

a transmission information module 51, configured to acquire transmission information in a transmission process of an uplink data packet when the electronic device establishes a communication connection with a first base station;

a parameter module 52, configured to determine a parameter set when the number of uplink data packets buffered in the transmission information representation continuously increases and the number of reported uplink data packets is not zero, where the parameter set includes: a first parameter representing the congestion time of an uplink network and a second parameter representing the duration time of downlink throughput which is greater than a first threshold;

a network mode control module 53, configured to set a current network mode of the electronic device to a dual connectivity network mode when the parameter set satisfies a preset condition, so that the electronic device establishes a communication connection with the second base station when a communication connection is established with the first base station, where the preset condition includes: the first parameter is greater than or equal to the second threshold or the second parameter is greater than or equal to the third threshold.

Optionally, the parameter module 52 includes:

the time length obtaining unit is used for obtaining the timing time length of the target discarding timer, wherein the electronic equipment discards the cached uplink data packet when the timing time of the target discarding timer reaches the timing time length;

a first timer unit for starting a target timer in a target situation, wherein the target situation comprises: any one of the case that the timing duration is less than the duration threshold, the overtime times of the target discarding timer are greater than or equal to the target times, the timing duration is equal to the duration threshold, and the number of the cached uplink data packets is greater than or equal to the target number;

and the second timer unit is used for determining the timing time of the target timer as the first parameter.

Optionally, the apparatus further comprises:

and the stopping module is used for stopping the target timer under the condition that the number of the buffered uplink data packets is equal to zero.

Optionally, the parameter module 52 includes:

the system comprises a status information unit, a first base station and a second base station, wherein the status information unit is used for acquiring first status information which represents whether a first network can be used as an anchor point network of the second network, second status information which represents whether an electronic device has a dual-connection network mode, and third status information which represents whether the second network allows the electronic device to access, wherein the first network is accessed by the first base station, and the second network is accessed by the second base station;

a parameter unit to determine a third parameter based on the first condition information, the second condition information, and the third condition information.

The network mode control device in the embodiment of the present application may be an electronic device, or may be a component in the electronic device, such as an integrated circuit or a chip. The electronic device may be a terminal, or may be a device other than a terminal. The electronic Device may be, for example, a Mobile phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, a palm top computer, a vehicle-mounted electronic Device, a Mobile Internet Device (MID), an Augmented Reality (AR)/Virtual Reality (VR) Device, a robot, a wearable Device, an ultra-Mobile personal computer (UMPC), a netbook or a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), and the like, and may also be a server, a Network Attached Storage (NAS), a Personal Computer (PC), a Television (TV), a teller machine, a self-service machine, and the like, and the embodiments of the present application are not particularly limited.

The network mode control device in the embodiment of the present application may be a device having an operating system. The operating system may be an Android operating system (Android), an iOS operating system, or other possible operating systems, which is not specifically limited in the embodiments of the present application.

The network mode control device provided in the embodiment of the present application can implement each process implemented in the method embodiments of fig. 1 to fig. 4, and implement the same technical effect, and is not described herein again to avoid repetition.

Optionally, as shown in fig. 6, an electronic device 600 is further provided in an embodiment of the present application, and includes a processor 601 and a memory 602, where a program or an instruction that can be executed on the processor 601 is stored in the memory 602, and when the program or the instruction is executed by the processor 601, the steps of the foregoing network mode control method embodiment are implemented, and the same technical effects can be achieved, and are not described again here to avoid repetition.

It should be noted that the electronic device in the embodiment of the present application includes the mobile electronic device and the non-mobile electronic device described above.

Fig. 7 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of an electronic device implementing an embodiment of the present application.

The electronic device 700 includes, but is not limited to: a radio frequency unit 701, a network module 702, an audio output unit 703, an input unit 704, a sensor 705, a display unit 706, a user input unit 707, an interface unit 708, a memory 709, and a processor 710.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the electronic device 700 may also include a power supply (e.g., a battery) for powering the various components, and the power supply may be logically coupled to the processor 710 via a power management system, such that the functions of managing charging, discharging, and power consumption may be performed via the power management system. The electronic device structure shown in fig. 7 does not constitute a limitation of the electronic device, and the electronic device may include more or less components than those shown, or combine some components, or arrange different components, and thus, the description is omitted here.

The processor 710 is configured to acquire transmission information in a transmission process of an uplink data packet when the electronic device establishes a communication connection with a first base station;

the processor 710 is further configured to determine a parameter set when the number of uplink data packets buffered by the transmission information representation continuously increases and the number of reported uplink data packets is not zero, where the parameter set includes: a first parameter representing the congestion time of an uplink network and a second parameter representing the duration time of downlink throughput which is greater than a first threshold;

the processor 710 is further configured to set the current network mode of the electronic device to a dual connectivity network mode if the parameter set satisfies a preset condition, so that the electronic device establishes a communication connection with the second base station if the electronic device establishes a communication connection with the first base station, where the preset condition includes: the first parameter is greater than or equal to the second threshold or the second parameter is greater than or equal to the third threshold.

It should be understood that in the embodiment of the present application, the input Unit 704 may include a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) 7041 and a microphone 7042, and the Graphics Processing Unit 7041 processes image data of still pictures or videos obtained by an image capturing device (e.g., a camera) in a video capturing mode or an image capturing mode. The display unit 706 may include a display panel 7061, and the display panel 7061 may be configured in the form of a liquid crystal display, an organic light emitting diode, or the like. The user input unit 707 includes at least one of a touch panel 7071 and other input devices 7072. The touch panel 7071 is also referred to as a touch screen. The touch panel 7071 may include two parts of a touch detection device and a touch controller. Other input devices 7072 may include, but are not limited to, a physical keyboard, function keys (e.g., volume control keys, switch keys, etc.), a trackball, a mouse, and a joystick, which are not described in detail herein.

The memory 709 may be used to store software programs as well as various data. The memory 709 may mainly include a first storage area for storing a program or an instruction and a second storage area for storing data, wherein the first storage area may store an operating system, an application program or an instruction (such as a sound playing function, an image playing function, and the like) required by at least one function, and the like. Further, memory 709 may include volatile memory or non-volatile memory, or memory x09 may include both volatile and non-volatile memory. The non-volatile Memory may be a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Programmable ROM (PROM), an Erasable PROM (EPROM), an Electrically Erasable PROM (EEPROM), or a flash Memory. The volatile Memory may be a Random Access Memory (RAM), a Static Random Access Memory (Static RAM, SRAM), a Dynamic Random Access Memory (Dynamic RAM, DRAM), a Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (Synchronous DRAM, SDRAM), a Double Data Rate Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (Double Data Rate SDRAM, ddr SDRAM), an Enhanced Synchronous SDRAM (ESDRAM), a Synchronous Link DRAM (SLDRAM), and a Direct Memory bus RAM (DRRAM). The memory 709 in the embodiments of the present application includes, but is not limited to, these and any other suitable types of memory.

Processor 710 may include one or more processing units; optionally, the processor 710 integrates an application processor, which primarily handles operations involving the operating system, user interface, and applications, and a modem processor, which primarily handles wireless communication signals, such as a baseband processor. It will be appreciated that the modem processor described above may not be integrated into processor 710.

The embodiment of the present application further provides a readable storage medium, where a program or an instruction is stored on the readable storage medium, and when the program or the instruction is executed by a processor, the program or the instruction implements each process of the above-mentioned embodiment of the network mode control method, and can achieve the same technical effect, and in order to avoid repetition, details are not repeated here.

The processor is the processor in the electronic device described in the above embodiment. The readable storage medium includes a computer readable storage medium, such as a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a magnetic disk or an optical disk, and so on.

The embodiment of the present application further provides a chip, where the chip includes a processor and a communication interface, the communication interface is coupled to the processor, and the processor is configured to execute a program or an instruction to implement each process of the foregoing network mode control method embodiment, and can achieve the same technical effect, and in order to avoid repetition, the details are not repeated here.

It should be understood that the chips mentioned in the embodiments of the present application may also be referred to as system-on-chip, system-on-chip or system-on-chip, etc.

Embodiments of the present application provide a computer program product, where the program product is stored in a storage medium, and the program product is executed by at least one processor to implement the processes of the foregoing network mode control method embodiments, and can achieve the same technical effects, and in order to avoid repetition, details are not repeated here.

It should be noted that, in this document, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising an … …" does not exclude the presence of other like elements in a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element. Further, it should be noted that the scope of the methods and apparatus of the embodiments of the present application is not limited to performing the functions in the order illustrated or discussed, but may include performing the functions in a substantially simultaneous manner or in a reverse order based on the functions involved, e.g., the methods described may be performed in an order different than that described, and various steps may be added, omitted, or combined. In addition, features described with reference to certain examples may be combined in other examples.

Through the above description of the embodiments, those skilled in the art will clearly understand that the method of the above embodiments can be implemented by software plus a necessary general hardware platform, and certainly can also be implemented by hardware, but in many cases, the former is a better implementation manner. Based on such understanding, the technical solutions of the present application may be embodied in the form of a computer software product, which is stored in a storage medium (such as ROM/RAM, magnetic disk, optical disk) and includes instructions for enabling a terminal (such as a mobile phone, a computer, a server, or a network device) to execute the method according to the embodiments of the present application.

While the present embodiments have been described with reference to the accompanying drawings, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the precise embodiments described above, which are meant to be illustrative and not restrictive, and that various changes may be made therein by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

Claims

1. A method for controlling a network mode, the method comprising:

2. The method of claim 1, wherein determining a first parameter of the set of parameters comprises:

acquiring the timing duration of a target discarding timer, wherein the electronic equipment discards the cached uplink data packet when the timing duration of the target discarding timer reaches the timing duration;

starting a target timer in a target situation, wherein the target situation comprises: the timing duration is less than a duration threshold, the overtime frequency of the target discarding timer is greater than or equal to the target frequency, the timing duration is equal to the duration threshold, and the number of the cached uplink data packets is greater than or equal to the target number;

determining the timing time of the target timer as the first parameter.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein after the determining the timing time of the target timer as the first parameter, the method further comprises:

and stopping the target timer when the number of buffered uplink data packets is equal to zero.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the set of parameters further comprises: a third parameter characterizing whether the electronic device can establish a communication connection with the second base station; the preset conditions further include: the third parameter characterizes that the electronic device is capable of establishing a communication connection with the second base station.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein determining the third parameter of the set of parameters comprises:

acquiring first condition information representing whether a first network can be used as an anchor point network of a second network, second condition information representing whether the electronic equipment has a dual-connection network mode, and third condition information representing whether the second network allows the electronic equipment to access, wherein the first network is accessed by the first base station, and the second network is accessed by the second base station;

determining the third parameter based on the first condition information, the second condition information, and the third condition information.

6. A network mode control device, comprising:

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the parameter module comprises:

the device comprises a time length obtaining unit, a time length obtaining unit and a time length obtaining unit, wherein the time length obtaining unit is used for obtaining the timing time length of a target discarding timer, and the electronic equipment discards the cached uplink data packet when the timing time of the target discarding timer reaches the timing time length;

a first timer unit configured to start a target timer in a target situation, wherein the target situation comprises: the timing duration is less than a duration threshold, the overtime times of the target discarding timer are greater than or equal to the target times, the timing duration is equal to the duration threshold, and the number of the cached uplink data packets is greater than or equal to the target number;

8. The apparatus of claim 7, further comprising:

9. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the set of parameters further comprises: a third parameter characterizing whether the electronic device can establish a communication connection with the second base station; the preset conditions further include: the third parameter characterizes that the electronic device is capable of establishing a communication connection with the second base station.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the parameter module comprises:

a status information unit, configured to obtain first status information indicating whether a first network is capable of serving as an anchor network of a second network, second status information indicating whether the electronic device has a dual connectivity network mode, and third status information indicating whether the second network allows the electronic device to access, where the first network is a network to which the first base station is accessed, and the second network is a network to which the second base station is accessed;

a parameter unit to determine the third parameter based on the first condition information, the second condition information, and the third condition information.