CN101466130A - Control method and device for network connection - Google Patents

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CN101466130A
CN101466130A CNA2009100007902A CN200910000790A CN101466130A CN 101466130 A CN101466130 A CN 101466130A CN A2009100007902 A CNA2009100007902 A CN A2009100007902A CN 200910000790 A CN200910000790 A CN 200910000790A CN 101466130 A CN101466130 A CN 101466130A
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The invention discloses a network connection control method, which comprises the following steps: setting the network connection control policy of a mobile termination; the mobile termination detects whether the current using network connection is accordant with the network connection control policy or not; if not, the mobile termination can forwardly search the network and execute the network switching according to the network connection control policy. The invention also discloses a network connection control device which comprises a control policy setting module and a network connection establishing module; wherein, the control policy setting module is used for setting the network connection control policy of the mobile termination; and the network connection establishing module is used for detecting whether the current using network connection is accordant with the network connection control policy or not in the control policy setting module; if not, the mobile termination can forwardly search the network and execute the network switching according to the network connection control policy. The method is unnecessary to interfere in the network connection by people; and the mobile termination can be automatically updated according to the setting.

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Control method and device that network connects
Technical field
The present invention relates to moving communicating field, relate in particular to control method and device that a kind of network with portable terminal of general mobile access (UnlicensedMobile Access is called for short UMA) function connects.
Background technology
Along with the development of global communication technology, data service becomes an important motive force of development communication technologies from now on, can predict, and will have from now on the various terminals such as increasing data, services based on INTERNET will be widely used in moving, fix.And the development of technology, for move, mutual fusion between the fixed network also proposed new demand.Can satisfy portable terminal access to mobile network smoothly, can enjoy broadband service that fixed network brings again to the full becomes the basic ideas that mobile operator from now on carries out networking.And for terminal, the UMA technology that can insert diverse network becomes the critical function that each portable terminal from now on must be supported.Portable terminal uses this technology, and the data access service that the service that makes the mobile subscriber can enjoy the mobile network can be enjoyed fixed network again to be provided becomes a kind of possibility.But how connect and carry out the problem that control and management becomes a reality for network by mobile terminal.
According to traditional implementation, for portable terminal with UMA function, generally be that the user needs manually connection to want the network that uses, for example the user uses wireless network to carry out the network connection out of doors and enjoys data, services, along with the mobile subscriber moves within doors or office, might indoorly there be WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network, WLAN (wireless local area network)) or WI-FI (wireless fidelity, Wireless Fidelity) network such as, the user might need to switch on this network so that enjoy high broadband service or enjoy low network rate, so just needs the user to carry out the switching that network connects between heterogeneous networks.Obviously, this mode needs the user initiatively to carry out the intervention that network switches, and is unfavorable for that the user enjoys the access service that the advantage network is provided in real time.
Summary of the invention
The technical problem to be solved in the present invention is exactly to overcome to need the artificial problem that network by mobile terminal with UMA function is switched in the prior art, control method and device that a kind of network connects are proposed, need not the people carry out the intervention that network connects, portable terminal switches according to being provided with automatically.
In order to solve the problems of the technologies described above, the invention provides the control method that a kind of network connects, comprising:
The network connection control policy of portable terminal is set;
Whether the network that described portable terminal detects current use connects consistent with described network connection control policy, if inconsistent, then described portable terminal is according to described network connection control policy active searching network and carry out network and switch.
Further, said method also can have following characteristics:
Described network connection control policy comprises priority and the switchover policy that network connects.
Further, said method also can have following characteristics:
Described switchover policy is one of in the following way:
Detect suitable network and connect just switching of back;
Detect laggard the working of suitable network connection and know prompting;
Detect and carry out the network switching when suitable network connection and portable terminal do not have data service to download again under current network connects.
Further, said method also can have following characteristics:
After the step that the network connection control policy of portable terminal is set is carried out, after the described portable terminal turn-on data service function, carry out search and the trial foundation operation that network connects according to the priority that the network that is provided with connects, if current prepreerence network does not exist, portable terminal uses more low-level network to carry out data, services.
Further, said method also can have following characteristics:
Whether the network connection that described portable terminal detects current use is meant with described network connection control policy is consistent:
Whether the connection that described portable terminal detects current use is consistent with prepreerence network connection type in the priority that the network that is provided with connects.
Further, said method also can have following characteristics:
Described portable terminal is according to described network connection control policy active searching network and carry out network and switch and to be meant:
The priority that described portable terminal connects according to the network that is provided with, active searching can be used around current and connect the network with higher priority than current network, and attempt connecting, can normally set up if connect, then initiatively switch on the suitable network according to the switchover policy that is provided with.
Further, said method also can have following characteristics:
After portable terminal moves to a new target area, whether the network that described portable terminal detects current use connects consistent with described network connection control policy, if it is inconsistent, then portable terminal carries out the search of network in real time, if have the network that meets network connection control policy in the fresh target zone, then terminal selects this network to carry out data, services, if current network conditions does not satisfy the requirement of network connection control policy, portable terminal continues to search for attempting being connected setting up to be operated.
Further, said method also can have following characteristics:
During described search by mobile terminal network, if detected current operable network does not possess the ability of packet-switched services, then described portable terminal is directly ignored this network.
In order to solve the problems of the technologies described above, the control device that the present invention also provides a kind of network to connect, described device is arranged in portable terminal, comprising: control strategy is provided with module and is connected with network and sets up module,
Described control strategy is provided with the network connection control policy that module is used to be provided with described portable terminal;
Described network connects to be set up network that module is used for detecting current use and whether connects that the network connection control policy of module is set is consistent with described control strategy, if inconsistent, then according to described network connection control policy active searching network and carry out network and switch.
Further, said apparatus also can have following characteristics:
Described control strategy is provided with in the man-machine interface that module is positioned at portable terminal, is used for the user and is provided with and the storage networking connection control policy.
Further, said apparatus also can have following characteristics:
Described network connection is set up module and also is used for after portable terminal turn-on data service function, the priority that network connection in the module is set according to control strategy is carried out search and the trial foundation operation that network connects, if current prepreerence network does not exist, portable terminal uses more low-level network to carry out data, services.
Further, said apparatus also can have following characteristics:
Described network connects sets up the priority that module also is used for being provided with according to control strategy the network connection of module, active searching can be used around current and connect the network with higher priority than current network, and attempt connecting, can normally set up if connect, then the switchover policy that initiatively is provided with in the module according to control strategy switches on the suitable network.
Further, said apparatus also can have following characteristics:
Described network connects sets up the time interval granularity that module also is used for initiatively adjusting search:
When connecting with described control strategy, the network of the current use of portable terminal network connection control policy in the module is set when inconsistent, if portable terminal is constant a regional holding position, then described network connection is set up module and is used for connecting every a period of time search primary network, and extend blanking time gradually; If portable terminal moves to a new target area, then described network connection is set up module and is used for searching in real time available network.
Adopt the method for the invention and device, the user only need carry out the simple scheduled operation that some networks connect, just can reach effectively controlling in real time that network connects, guarantee that the user moves to the requirement of enjoying associated network services behind the suitable zone as early as possible by looking for net in the relevant search of portable terminal background process and attempting setting up the operation that network is connected.
The present invention compares with existing realization technology, both avoided the weak point of traditional implementation, need not on mobile device, to carry out extra protocol development again, saved the development time, and have good versatility, a standard, can be widely used in having in the mobile device of general access function, as products such as mobile phone, data network interface cards.
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Core concept of the present invention is that portable terminal is according to network connection control policy, at the suitable available network of backstage active searching and carry out network and connect the judgement of setting up, the selection suitable network connects, thereby guarantees that the user can switch on the suitable network fast.
Be the ACTIVE CONTROL operation that realizes that network connects, the connection control policy that on portable terminal, provides the user to set, portable terminal carries out the search of network of relation and attempts setting up network according to Search Results connecting on the backstage after start then, can correctly set up if connect, then the network of being correlated with according to network connection control policy connects handover operation, thereby realizes the active control function for the network connection.
The present invention is described in detail below in conjunction with drawings and the specific embodiments.
As shown in Figure 1, the method for the embodiment of the invention comprises the steps:
Step 101 is provided with the network connection control policy of portable terminal;
Described network connection control policy can comprise: priority and switchover policy that network connects;
Can go up the control strategy that increases about the network connection at portable terminal MMI (Man Machine Interface, man-machine interface) module is set;
The user can be provided with module by described control strategy self-defining network connection control policy is set, such as being provided with according to user's oneself hobby, the height of rate etc.; The network connection control policy of acquiescence also can be set on the portable terminal;
For example, the priority that the network connection is set is: wireless public UMTS (UniversalMobile Telecommunications System behind the first WI-FI, universal mobile telecommunications system) mobile network, switchover policy can be: detect and just switch, detect suitable network after suitable network connects and connect laggard working and know prompting or detect that suitable network connects and the active user carries out network again when not having data service to download and connects strategies such as switching under old network connects;
By realizing the handover operation that portable terminal is correlated with quickly and easily to the priority of the connection of the network on the portable terminal and the setting of switchover policy;
Step 102, after the portable terminal turn-on data service function, carrying out the current backstage that can use network to connect according to the priority of the network connection that is provided with searches for and attempts to set up to operate, if current prepreerence network does not exist, portable terminal can use more low-level network to carry out data, services;
For satisfying the quick judgement that whether can effectively connect for the network that searches, portable terminal can be handled according to the different network characteristic that searches, for example work as the detected current operable wireless network of portable terminal and do not possess PS (Packet Switched, packet switching) Fu Wu ability, portable terminal can directly be ignored this network, thereby realizes the effective of search;
Step 103, when portable terminal has been under the network connection state, whether the network that portable terminal detects current use connects consistent with described network connection control policy, if inconsistent, then carries out next step;
Wherein, whether the described portable terminal network that detects current use connects and to be meant with described network connection control policy is consistent: the connection that described portable terminal detects current use whether with priority that the network that is provided with is connected in prepreerence network connection type unanimity;
Step 104, described portable terminal is according to described network connection control policy active searching network and carry out the network switching, returns execution in step 103;
The priority that described portable terminal connects according to the network that is provided with, active searching can be used around current and connect the network with higher priority than current network, and attempt connecting, can normally set up if connect, then initiatively switch on the suitable network, thereby realize that the user can use new network to connect rapidly according to the switchover policy that is provided with.
When portable terminal use more low-level network carry out data, services need search in real time current around operable network and when attempting connecting, as portable terminal under the constant situation in regional holding position, for fear of frequently searching net, can be once every a period of time search, extend blanking time gradually; After portable terminal moves to a new target area, (the high network of priority level that promptly might current use is connected no longer available if that the network of current use connects is inconsistent with described network connection control policy, perhaps have the network of higher level to connect and can switch) can in time switch in the suitable network connection for satisfying portable terminal, portable terminal will carry out the search operation of available network in real time on the backstage, so that can fast detecting arrive suitable available network; If have the network that meets network connection control policy in the fresh target zone, then terminal at first selects this network to carry out data, services, when if current network conditions does not satisfy requiring of network connection control policy, portable terminal continues to search for attempting being connected setting up to be operated.
As shown in Figure 2, the control device that the network of the embodiment of the invention connects is arranged in portable terminal, comprising: control strategy is provided with module and is connected with network and sets up module,
Wherein, described control strategy is provided with the network connection control policy that module is used to be provided with portable terminal;
Described network connects to be set up network that module is used for detecting current use and whether connects that the network connection control policy of module is set is consistent with described control strategy, if inconsistent, then according to described network connection control policy active searching network and carry out network and switch.
Described control strategy is provided with on the MMI that module is positioned at portable terminal, and the user can be provided with on this module and the storage networking connection control policy, described control strategy be provided with in the module also can the memory mobile terminal acquiescence network connection control policy.
Described network connection is set up module and also is used for after portable terminal turn-on data service function, the priority that network connection in the module is set according to control strategy is carried out search and the trial foundation operation that network connects, if current prepreerence network does not exist, portable terminal uses more low-level network to carry out data, services.
Described network connects sets up the priority that module also is used for being provided with according to control strategy the network connection of module, active searching can be used around current and connect the network with higher priority than current network, and attempt connecting, can normally set up if connect, then the switchover policy that initiatively is provided with in the module according to control strategy switches on the suitable network.
Described network connects sets up the time interval granularity that module also is used for initiatively adjusting search, when portable terminal use more low-level network carry out data, services need search in real time current around operable network and when attempting connecting, as portable terminal under the constant situation in regional holding position, for fear of frequently searching net, can be once every a period of time search, extend blanking time gradually; After portable terminal moves to a new target area, (the high network of priority level that promptly might current use is connected no longer available if that the network of current use connects is inconsistent with described network connection control policy, perhaps have the network of higher level to connect and can switch) can in time switch in the suitable network connection for satisfying portable terminal, described network connects sets up the search operation that module also is used for carrying out in real time available network, so that can fast detecting arrive suitable available network; If have the network that meets network connection control policy in the fresh target zone, then at first select this network to carry out data, services, if current network conditions is not when satisfying requiring of network connection control policy, described network connects to be set up module and continues to search for again and attempt being connected setting up and operate.
In the present invention, portable terminal can connect priority according to the network of prior setting, active searching is also set up suitable network and is connected on the backstage, along with the user moves, if connecting, new target zone network satisfies the network connection request that the user sets, portable terminal initiatively switches on the suitable network, guarantees that the user can enjoy the suitable network service in real time.
Certainly; the present invention also can have other various embodiments; under the situation that does not deviate from spirit of the present invention and essence thereof; those of ordinary skill in the art can make various corresponding changes and distortion according to the present invention, but these corresponding changes and distortion all should belong to the protection range of the appended claim of the present invention.

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1, a kind of control method of network connection comprises:
The network connection control policy of portable terminal is set;
Whether the network that described portable terminal detects current use connects consistent with described network connection control policy, if inconsistent, then described portable terminal is according to described network connection control policy active searching network and carry out network and switch.
2, the method for claim 1 is characterized in that, described network connection control policy comprises priority and the switchover policy that network connects.
3, method as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that, described switchover policy one of in the following way:
Detect suitable network and connect just switching of back;
Detect laggard the working of suitable network connection and know prompting;
Detect and carry out the network switching when suitable network connection and portable terminal do not have data service to download again under current network connects.
4, method as claimed in claim 2, it is characterized in that, after the step that the network connection control policy of portable terminal is set is carried out, after the described portable terminal turn-on data service function, carry out search and the trial foundation operation that network connects according to the priority that the network that is provided with connects, if current prepreerence network does not exist, portable terminal uses more low-level network to carry out data, services.
5, method as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that, whether the network connection that described portable terminal detects current use is meant with described network connection control policy is consistent:
Whether the connection that described portable terminal detects current use is consistent with prepreerence network connection type in the priority that the network that is provided with connects.
6, method as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that, described portable terminal is according to described network connection control policy active searching network and carry out network and switch and to be meant:
The priority that described portable terminal connects according to the network that is provided with, active searching can be used around current and connect the network with higher priority than current network, and attempt connecting, can normally set up if connect, then initiatively switch on the suitable network according to the switchover policy that is provided with.
7, the method for claim 1, it is characterized in that, after portable terminal moves to a new target area, whether the network that described portable terminal detects current use connects consistent with described network connection control policy, if it is inconsistent, then portable terminal carries out the search of network in real time, if have the network that meets network connection control policy in the fresh target zone, then terminal selects this network to carry out data, services, if current network conditions does not satisfy the requirement of network connection control policy, portable terminal continues to search for attempting being connected setting up to be operated.
As any described method in the claim 1~7, it is characterized in that 8, during described search by mobile terminal network, if detected current operable network does not possess the ability of packet-switched services, then described portable terminal is directly ignored this network.
9, the control device that connects of a kind of network, described device is arranged in portable terminal, it is characterized in that, and described device comprises: control strategy is provided with module and is connected with network and sets up module,
Described control strategy is provided with the network connection control policy that module is used to be provided with described portable terminal;
Described network connects to be set up network that module is used for detecting current use and whether connects that the network connection control policy of module is set is consistent with described control strategy, if inconsistent, then according to described network connection control policy active searching network and carry out network and switch.
10, device as claimed in claim 9 is characterized in that, described control strategy is provided with in the man-machine interface that module is positioned at portable terminal, is used for the user and is provided with and the storage networking connection control policy.
11, device as claimed in claim 9, it is characterized in that, described network connection is set up module and also is used for after portable terminal turn-on data service function, the priority that network connection in the module is set according to control strategy is carried out search and the trial foundation operation that network connects, if current prepreerence network does not exist, portable terminal uses more low-level network to carry out data, services.
12, device as claimed in claim 9, it is characterized in that, described network connects sets up the priority that module also is used for being provided with according to control strategy the network connection of module, active searching can be used around current and connect the network with higher priority than current network, and attempt connecting, can normally set up if connect, then the switchover policy that initiatively is provided with in the module according to control strategy switches on the suitable network.
13, device as claimed in claim 9 is characterized in that, described network connects sets up the time interval granularity that module also is used for initiatively adjusting search:
When connecting with described control strategy, the network of the current use of portable terminal network connection control policy in the module is set when inconsistent, if portable terminal is constant a regional holding position, then described network connection is set up module and is used for connecting every a period of time search primary network, and extend blanking time gradually; If portable terminal moves to a new target area, then described network connection is set up module and is used for searching in real time available network.
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