WO2015154391A1

WO2015154391A1 - Method and device for processing power consumption of radio access network

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Publication number: WO2015154391A1
Application number: PCT/CN2014/087234
Authority: WO
Inventors: 何祥; 张磊
Original assignee: 中兴通讯股份有限公司
Priority date: 2014-08-12
Filing date: 2014-09-23
Publication date: 2015-10-15
Also published as: CN105338606A

Abstract

Provided are a method and device for processing the power consumption of a radio access network. The method comprises: when a radio access network function entity of a terminal is enabled, acquiring network connection information about all applications in a list of a currently operating application, wherein the network connection information is used for reflecting whether the currently operating application has a network connection permission (S102); and according to the network connection information about all the applications, adjusting a power consumption mode of the radio access network function entity, wherein the power consumption mode is adjusted to a first power consumption mode when the network connection information about at least one application of all the applications indicates that the currently operating application doesn't have a network connection permission; otherwise, the power consumption mode is adjusted to a second power consumption mode, the power consumption under the first power consumption mode being smaller than that under the second power consumption mode (S104). By means of the technical solution provided in the present invention, the power consumption processing of a radio access network can be optimized, thereby saving the electric quantity of a terminal and increasing the endurance time of the terminal.

Description

Power consumption processing method and device for wireless network access

Technical field

The present invention relates to the field of communications, and in particular, to a power consumption processing method and apparatus for wireless network access.

Background technique

At present, with the rapid development of communication technologies, mobile Internet and related terminal products, people are increasingly using smart terminals to implement functions such as social, multimedia entertainment, and office functions other than basic communication. Gradually, smart terminals are especially The functions and usage scenarios of Android phones are also expanding in a diversified direction. One of the important business applications is wireless wireless (WIreless-Fidelity, WiFi for short).

Because the WiFi connection is simple to operate, can access the broadband network at high speed, and has the advantages of traffic cost, etc., many scenarios related to network access and data transmission are used, but since the WiFi chip is working, its power consumption is often higher. Large, this also puts higher requirements on the endurance of the mobile phone, and the endurance ability directly affects the user experience, and also affects the competitiveness of the product itself to a large extent.

There is no effective solution to the above problems in the related art.

Summary of the invention

The present invention provides a power consumption processing method and apparatus for wireless network access to solve at least the above technical problems.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method for processing power consumption of a wireless network access is provided, which includes: acquiring, when the wireless network access function entity of the terminal is enabled, network connection information of all applications in the application list currently running by the terminal, The network connection information is used to reflect whether the currently running application has network connection authority; and the power consumption mode of the wireless network access function entity is adjusted according to network connection information of all applications, where at least all the applications are used. The network connection information of an application indicates that the power consumption mode is adjusted to a first power consumption mode when the network connection permission is not provided, and otherwise, the power consumption mode is adjusted to a second power consumption mode; The power consumption of the power mode is smaller than the power consumption of the second power mode.

Preferably, the power consumption mode of the wireless network access function entity is adjusted according to the network connection information of all the applications, including: adjusting a scanning interval of the wireless access point according to network connection information of all applications, where The scan interval corresponding to the first power consumption mode is greater than the scan interval corresponding to the second power consumption mode.

Preferably, before acquiring the network connection information of all the applications in the application list, the method includes: acquiring switch state change information of the wireless network access function entity or access state information of the wireless network; and changing information according to the switch state or Entering or exiting the first power consumption mode, where the switch state information indicates that the wireless network access function entity is turned off or the wireless network access function entity has accessed the network, and exits The first power consumption mode; otherwise, entering the first power consumption mode.

Preferably, acquiring switch state change information of the wireless network access function entity or access state information of the wireless network: receiving a broadcast message from the network side; acquiring the switch state change information from the broadcast message or the Access status information.

Preferably, obtaining the network connection information of all the applications in the application list that the terminal currently runs, the method further includes: periodically updating the currently running application list, and obtaining network connection information in the updated application list.

Preferably, the wireless network access function entity comprises: a wireless fidelity WiFi module.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, a power consumption processing apparatus for wireless network access is provided, including: a first acquiring module, configured to acquire a list of currently running applications of the terminal when the wireless network access function entity of the terminal is turned on Network connection information of all the applications, wherein the network connection information is used to reflect whether the currently running application has network connection authority; the first adjustment module is configured to adjust the wireless network access function according to the network connection information of all the applications a power consumption mode of the entity, wherein the power connection mode is adjusted to a first power consumption mode when the network connection information of the at least one application of the all applications indicates that the network connection permission is not provided; otherwise, the The power consumption mode is adjusted to a second power consumption mode; the power consumption of the first power consumption mode is smaller than the power consumption of the second power consumption mode.

Preferably, the first adjustment module is further configured to adjust a scanning interval of the wireless access point according to the network connection information of all the applications, wherein the scanning interval corresponding to the first power consumption mode is greater than the second The scan interval corresponding to the power consumption mode.

Preferably, the device further includes: a second acquiring module, configured to acquire switch state change information of the wireless network access function entity or access state information of the wireless network; and a second adjustment module configured to be according to the switch state The change information or the access status information enters or exits the first power consumption mode, wherein the switch state change information indicates that the wireless network access function entity is turned off or the wireless network access function entity has access to the network Exiting the first power consumption mode; otherwise, entering the first power consumption mode.

Preferably, the second obtaining module includes: a receiving unit configured to receive a broadcast message from the network side; and an acquiring unit configured to acquire the switch state change information or the access state information from the broadcast message.

The invention solves the technical problem that the power consumption mode of the wireless network access function entity is adjusted according to whether the application in the terminal has the network connection authority, and solves the technical problem that the power consumption of the wireless network is large when the wireless network is accessed, thereby It can optimize the power consumption processing of the wireless access network, save the terminal power, and increase the terminal's battery life.

DRAWINGS

The drawings described herein are intended to provide a further understanding of the invention, and are intended to be a part of the invention. In the drawing:

1 is a flowchart of a power consumption processing method for wireless network access according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a structural block diagram of a power consumption processing apparatus for wireless network access according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a block diagram showing another structure of a power consumption processing apparatus for wireless network access according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a flowchart of power consumption processing of wireless network access in the low power optimization mode according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of WiFi scan control according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

6 is a flow chart of WiFi low power mode management in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

detailed description

The invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings in conjunction with the embodiments. It should be noted that the embodiments in the present application and the features in the embodiments may be combined with each other without conflict.

The present invention provides a corresponding solution to solve the above technical problem, in view of the problem that the power consumption is large when the wireless network is accessed in the related art. The details are as follows. It should be noted that the following solutions may be applied to a terminal running one of the following operating systems, but are not limited thereto: Android system, Window operating system, UNIX system, and IOS operating system.

FIG. 1 is a flowchart of a power consumption processing method for wireless network access according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Figure 1, the method includes:

Step S102: When the wireless network access function entity of the terminal is enabled, obtain network connection information of all applications in the application list of the current running of the terminal, where the network connection information is used to reflect whether the currently running application has network connection authority;

Step S104: Adjust a power consumption mode of the wireless network access function entity according to the network connection information of all the applications, where the power connection mode is adjusted to the first time when the network connection information of the at least one application of all the applications indicates that the network connection permission is not available. a power consumption mode, otherwise, adjusting the power consumption mode to the second power consumption mode (ie, when the network connection information of at least one application in all applications indicates that the network connection right is available, the power consumption mode is adjusted to the second power consumption mode); The power consumption of the first power consumption mode is smaller than the power consumption of the second power consumption mode.

Through the above processing steps, since the power consumption mode of the wireless network access function entity can be adjusted according to the network connection information, and the network connection information of at least one application of all applications indicates that the network connection right is not available, the power consumption mode is adjusted to The first power consumption mode can solve the problem of large power consumption during wireless access, save terminal power, and improve terminal endurance.

Step S104 can be implemented in various manners, for example, the signal receiving power of the wireless network access entity can be reduced. In a preferred embodiment, the wireless access point can be adjusted according to the network connection information of all applications currently running on the terminal. The interval, wherein the scan interval corresponding to the first power consumption mode is greater than the scan interval corresponding to the second power consumption mode. Thus, since the scan time interval is increased, power consumption can be reduced. When the wireless network access entity is represented as a WiFi module, the wireless access point may be represented as a WiFi hotspot.

In a preferred implementation process, the following processing may be performed before step S102: acquiring switch state change information of the wireless network access function entity or access state information of the wireless network; entering or according to the switch state change information or the access state information Exiting the foregoing first power consumption mode, wherein when the switch state change information indicates that the wireless network access function entity is turned off or the wireless network access function entity has accessed the network, the first power consumption mode is exited; otherwise, the first power consumption is entered. mode. It can also be seen from the above process that the first power consumption mode in the low power mode can be set as the initial default mode of the wireless network access entity when turned on to better reduce power consumption. At this time, adjusting the power consumption mode to the first power consumption mode in step S102 may be performed to maintain the first power consumption mode, but is not limited thereto.

In the foregoing process, the switch state change information of the foregoing wireless network access function entity or the access state information of the wireless network may be obtained by, but not limited to: receiving a broadcast message from the network side; from the above broadcast message Obtaining the above switch state change information or the foregoing access state information.

In a preferred embodiment, the application list may be updated. In this case, step S102 may be in the following form, but is not limited thereto: periodically update the current running application list, and obtain the network in the updated application list. Connection information.

In this embodiment, a power consumption processing device for wireless network access is also provided, which is used to implement the foregoing method. As shown in FIG. 2, the device includes:

The first obtaining module 20 is configured to: when the wireless network access function entity of the terminal is enabled, obtain network connection information of all applications in the application list currently running by the terminal, where the network connection information is used to reflect whether the current running application has a network. Connection permission

The first adjustment module 22 is connected to the first obtaining module 20, and is configured to adjust a power consumption mode of the wireless network access function entity according to the network connection information of all the applications, where the network connection of at least one of the foregoing applications is The information indicates that the power consumption mode is adjusted to the first power consumption mode when the network connection permission is not available, otherwise, the power consumption mode is adjusted to the second power consumption mode; the power consumption of the first power consumption mode is less than the second power consumption mode. Mode power consumption.

Through the functions implemented by the above modules, the power consumption of the terminal in the wireless access network can be reduced, and the endurance capability of the terminal can be improved.

In a preferred embodiment, the first adjustment module 22 is further configured to adjust a scan interval of the wireless access point according to the network connection information of all the applications, where the scan interval corresponding to the first power consumption mode is greater than the second work. The scan interval corresponding to the consumption mode.

As shown in FIG. 3, the power consumption processing apparatus for wireless network access provided in a preferred embodiment of the present invention may further include:

The second obtaining module 24 is configured to acquire switch state change information of the wireless network access function entity or access state information of the wireless network;

The second adjustment module 26 is connected to the second obtaining module 24, and is configured to enter or exit the first power consumption mode according to the switch state change information or the access state information, wherein the switch state change information indicates that the wireless network is turned off. When the access function entity or the foregoing wireless network access function entity has accessed the network, the first power consumption mode is exited; otherwise, the first power consumption mode is entered.

In a preferred embodiment, the second obtaining module 24 comprises a processing unit: a receiving unit 240 configured to receive a broadcast message from the network side; an obtaining unit 242 coupled to the receiving unit 240, configured to obtain the above from the broadcast message Switch status change information or the above access status information

It should be noted that each of the above modules may be implemented by software or hardware. For the latter, the following forms may be implemented, but are not limited thereto: each of the above modules is located in a different processor, or each of the above modules is located. In the same processor.

In order to better understand the above embodiments, the following detailed description will be given in conjunction with the preferred embodiments.

The following embodiments are described by taking the WiFi scanning policy optimization of the intelligent terminal based on the Android system as an example. The main design idea of the embodiment is to dynamically obtain the specific permission attribute of the current user running program list, correspondingly control the underlying WiFi scanning time interval, and perform timing update and synchronous refreshing, so that when the running state of the current application changes, In time, according to the latest application permission information, it is determined whether the scan parameter needs to be adjusted. In addition, the WiFi low power mode can be dynamically managed according to a number of specific system broadcast messages.

A reference example of a common use scenario of the present invention will be described first.

After the user turns on the WiFi, connect to a hotspot, start an application (such as a video client) to go online, and after a while, quit the application, but does not turn off the WiFi; then go to another place, open the other without using WiFi and the network The local application, such as calculator, notepad, etc., is far away from the hotspot (out of range), the connection between the mobile phone and the hotspot will be disconnected, and the system will automatically start periodic scanning. In fact, in combination with the application that the user is actually running, the WiFi scan at this time has substantially no practical meaning for the current operation of the user. In this case, the scanning interval can be increased, and the power consumption due to the background scanning is reduced.

The following further describes with reference to the accompanying drawings:

The flow shown in Figure 4 includes the initialization of the low-power mode and the main flow of the program information in the running. As shown in Figure 4:

S401-S402: The mobile phone is turned on, and the system enters the standby state after completing the initialization;

S403: Initialize the WiFi low power mode according to the WiFi on state and the connection state; specifically, if the WiFi is already turned on and is not connected to a hot spot, enter the WiFi low power mode, and set related variables; otherwise, the related variable is reset. (Do not enter WiFi low power mode). Here, the low power consumption mode is a prerequisite for various judgment processing described below.

S404: Determine the current running mode. If the WiFi low power mode has been entered, proceed to the next step to obtain the running program permission information.

S405: In the WiFi low power mode, obtain a list of currently running applications, and sequentially query the permissions of each application. If the current program has neither WIFI rights nor INTERNET network rights, continue to judge the next one. Application, otherwise set the current WiFi scan cycle to the default value and then go to S407; if you traverse all applications, there is no WIFI permission, INTERNET network permissions, go to S406;

S406: Since the currently running program does not have WIFI authority and network authority, the WiFi scanning operation may increase the time interval, that is, set a longer scanning period, for example, 5 minutes;

S407: Update the timer related control object (for example, send a delay message), so that after a period of time, the steps of S404-S407 described above may be automatically performed.

S408: The process is processed and returned.

The process shown in FIG. 5 includes an application information query and a WiFi scan cycle setting operation, as shown in FIG. 5, and includes the following processes:

S501: Get a list of currently running applications (can be completed by objects such as ActivityManager and PackageInfo);

S502: Loop through the list and query the permission information used by the application one by one (can be completed by the PackageManager);

S503: determining whether there is WIFI permission in the permission information of the current application (such as "android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE"), if there is no such permission, proceed to the next step, otherwise go directly to S507;

S504: determining whether there is network authority (such as "android.permission.INTERNET") in the permission information of the current application, if there is no such permission, proceed to the next step, otherwise go directly to S507;

S505: Determine whether the entire running program list has been traversed. If the traversal has been completed, proceed to the next step, otherwise go to S502 to continue the traversal operation.

S506: Modify the WiFi scanning period to be changed to a longer time parameter (for example, 5 minutes);

S507: Restore the default WiFi scanning period, so that the system scanning operation is performed according to the default configuration.

The process shown in Figure 6 includes the processing of related broadcast messages and the setting of state variables, as follows:

S601: Registering a broadcast receiver (BroadcastReceiver), and registering a broadcast message of a WiFi switch state and a network connection change;

S602: When the WiFi switch state changes, or the network connection state changes, the broadcast receiver receives a corresponding message (Intent);

S603: determining whether the WiFi is closed message, if the WiFi is turned off, then going to S605, exiting the low power mode, because in this case, there is no need to traverse the permission information of the query running program, otherwise continue to the next step;

S604: determining whether the WiFi network connection (Connected) message, if it is connected, since the Android system does not continue the scanning operation after the WiFi connection, so also go to S605, exit the low power mode; otherwise, go to S606;

S605: exit the low power mode, and set a corresponding state variable;

S606: Enter a low power mode and set a corresponding state variable.

It should be noted that, after entering the low power mode, the scan control process in this embodiment determines whether it is necessary to modify the scan period parameter according to the authority information of the actually running program, or restore the default scan period, which is a dynamic process.

The low power optimization method in the embodiment of the present invention is applicable to, but not limited to, a terminal such as a smart phone or a tablet computer.

The above preferred embodiment provided by the present invention achieves the following beneficial effects: optimizing the periodic WiFi scanning policy and notifying the WiFi low power mode according to related system broadcast messages without affecting the user's regular use. Management to achieve the purpose of saving electricity and increasing battery life, thereby enhancing user experience and comprehensive product competitiveness.

In another embodiment, software is also provided for performing the technical solutions described in the above embodiments and preferred embodiments.

In another embodiment, a storage medium is further provided, wherein the software includes the above-mentioned software, including but not limited to: an optical disk, a floppy disk, a hard disk, an erasable memory, and the like.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the various modules or steps of the present invention described above can be implemented by a general-purpose computing device that can be centralized on a single computing device or distributed across a network of multiple computing devices. Alternatively, they may be implemented by program code executable by the computing device such that they may be stored in the storage device by the computing device and, in some cases, may be different from the order herein. The steps shown or described are performed, or they are separately fabricated into individual integrated circuit modules, or a plurality of modules or steps thereof are fabricated as a single integrated circuit module. Thus, the invention is not limited to any specific combination of hardware and software.

The above are only the preferred embodiments of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the present invention, and various modifications and changes can be made to the present invention. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions, improvements, etc. made within the spirit and scope of the present invention are intended to be included within the scope of the present invention.

Industrial applicability

According to the foregoing technical solution provided by the embodiment of the present invention, the technical means for adjusting the power consumption mode of the wireless network access function entity according to whether the application has the network connection authority in the terminal is used, and the power consumption of the wireless network when the wireless network is accessed is solved in the related art. Larger technical problems, so that the power consumption of the wireless access network can be optimized, the terminal power is saved, and the terminal's battery life is increased.

Claims

A power consumption processing method for wireless network access, comprising:

When the wireless network access function entity of the terminal is enabled, the network connection information of all the applications in the application list is currently obtained, where the network connection information is used to reflect whether the currently running application has network connection authority;

Adjusting, according to the network connection information of all the applications, a power consumption mode of the wireless network access function entity, where the network connection information of the at least one application of the all applications indicates that the network connection permission is not available, The power consumption mode is adjusted to a first power consumption mode, otherwise, the power consumption mode is adjusted to a second power consumption mode; and the power consumption of the first power consumption mode is smaller than the power consumption of the second power consumption mode.
The method according to claim 1, wherein the power consumption mode of the wireless network access function entity is adjusted according to the network connection information of all the applications, including:

The scanning interval of the wireless access point is adjusted according to the network connection information of all the applications, wherein the scanning interval corresponding to the first power consumption mode is greater than the scanning interval corresponding to the second power consumption mode.
The method according to claim 1, wherein before obtaining the network connection information of all applications in the application list of the terminal currently running, the method comprises:

Obtaining switch state change information of the wireless network access function entity or access state information of the wireless network;

Entering or exiting the first power consumption mode according to the switch state change information or the access state information, where the switch state change information indicates to turn off a wireless network access function entity or the wireless network access function When the entity has accessed the network, the first power consumption mode is exited; otherwise, the first power consumption mode is entered.
The method according to claim 3, wherein the switch state change information of the wireless network access function entity or the access state information of the wireless network is obtained:

Receiving broadcast messages from the network side;

Obtaining the switch state change information or the access state information from the broadcast message.
The method of claim 1, wherein obtaining network connection information of all applications in the application list of the terminal currently running, further comprising:

Periodically updating the currently running application list and obtaining network connection information in the updated application list.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the wireless network access function entity comprises:

Wireless fidelity WiFi module.
A power consumption processing device for wireless network access, comprising:

The first obtaining module is configured to: when the wireless network access function entity of the terminal is enabled, obtain network connection information of all applications in the application list currently running by the terminal, where the network connection information is used to reflect whether the currently running application has a network Connection permission

a first adjustment module, configured to adjust a power consumption mode of the wireless network access function entity according to the network connection information of all the applications, where the network connection information of the at least one application of the all applications indicates that the network connection is not available The power consumption mode is adjusted to the first power consumption mode, and the power consumption mode is adjusted to the second power consumption mode; the power consumption of the first power consumption mode is less than the second power consumption Mode power consumption.
The device according to claim 7, wherein the first adjustment module is further configured to adjust a scanning interval of the wireless access point according to network connection information of all applications, wherein the first power consumption mode corresponds to The scan interval is greater than the scan interval corresponding to the second power consumption mode.
The apparatus according to claim 7, further comprising:

a second acquiring module, configured to acquire switch state change information of the wireless network access function entity or access state information of the wireless network;

a second adjustment module, configured to enter or exit the first power consumption mode according to the switch state change information or the access state information, where the switch state change information indicates that the wireless network access function entity is turned off or When the wireless network access function entity has accessed the network, exiting the first power consumption mode; otherwise, entering the first power consumption mode.
The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the second acquisition module comprises:

a receiving unit, configured to receive a broadcast message from a network side;

And an acquiring unit, configured to acquire the switch state change information or the access state information from the broadcast message.