CN106604299A

CN106604299A - Wireless communication realizing method and terminal

Info

Publication number: CN106604299A
Application number: CN201610929910.7A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 车晓东
Original assignee: Nubia Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Nubia Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2016-10-31
Filing date: 2016-10-31
Publication date: 2017-04-26

Abstract

The invention comprises a wireless communication realizing method and a terminal. The terminal comprises a first processing unit, a virtual subscriber identity module (SIM) card, an application processor and a second processing unit; a first entity SIM card is connected with a second entity SIM card via the first processing unit; the application processor receives an operation instruction of a subscriber via a preset subscriber interaction interface, generates first and second control instructions according to the operation instruction of the subscriber, and transmits the first and second control instructions to the first and second processing units respectively; the first processing unit is connected with the application processor via a first interface, establishes a data service link with a first network according to the received first control instruction, and further, implements data service transmission of the first or second entity SIM card; and the second processing unit is connected with the application processor via a second interface, establishes a data service link with a second network according to the received second control instruction, and further, implements data service transmission of the virtual SIM card. According to the invention, data services of two SIM cards can be implemented at the same time, and the user experience is improved.

Description

Method and terminal for realizing wireless communication

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to, but not limited to, wireless communication technologies, and more particularly, to a method and a terminal for implementing wireless communication.

Background

With the development of mobile communication technology, advanced cellular networks (e.g., networks based on long term evolution (LTE, a standard used by some "fourth generation mobile communication network (4G)" networks)) are being deployed worldwide. Due to the introduction of the key technologies such as Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) and multiple-Input multiple-Output (MIMO), the spectrum efficiency and the data transmission rate can be significantly increased by using the advanced cellular network-related standards including 4G.

In addition, while improving network speed and frequency band utilization, the presence of a multi-mode terminal (a terminal with two Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards, e.g., a dual-card dual-standby terminal) enables a user to establish a data service link while implementing a standby of a voice service.

However, the above multi-mode terminal can only implement one of the SIM cards using a cellular network (e.g., LTE) and its data service, and the other SIM card can only use a voice service. Therefore, the terminal in the related art cannot simultaneously support two SIM cards to perform data services simultaneously, which affects the internet experience of the user.

Disclosure of Invention

The following is a summary of the subject matter described in detail herein. This summary is not intended to limit the scope of the claims.

The embodiment of the invention provides a method and a terminal for realizing wireless communication, which can realize that two SIM cards simultaneously carry out data service and improve the internet surfing experience of a user.

An embodiment of the present invention provides a terminal, including: a virtual Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card, an application processor, a first processing unit for connecting a first entity SIM card and a second entity SIM card, a second processing unit; wherein,

the virtual SIM card is connected with the second processing unit;

the application processor is used for receiving an operation instruction of a user through a preset user interaction interface, generating a first control instruction and a second control instruction according to the operation instruction of the user, transmitting the first control instruction to the first processing unit, and transmitting the second control instruction to the second processing unit;

the first processing unit is connected with the application processor through a preset first interface and used for establishing a data service link with a first network according to a received first control instruction so as to transmit data services of the first entity SIM card and the second entity SIM card;

and the second processing unit is connected with the application processor through a preset second interface and used for establishing a data service link with a second network according to the received second control instruction so as to transmit the data service of the virtual SIM card.

Optionally, the terminal further includes:

the first radio frequency is connected with the first processing unit and used for establishing a data service link between the first entity SIM card or the second entity SIM card and a first network;

and the second radio frequency is connected with the second processing unit and used for establishing a data service link between the virtual SIM card and a second network.

Optionally, the preset second interface includes one of the following interfaces: USB, Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter (UART), and Secure Digital Input and Output (SDIO).

Optionally, the application processor is further configured to,

when the package allowance of the first entity SIM card and the second entity SIM card is less than or equal to a first preset threshold value, selecting the virtual SIM card to perform data service;

when the package allowance of the virtual SIM card is smaller than or equal to a second preset threshold value, selecting the first entity SIM card or the second entity SIM card to perform data service;

and when the package allowance of the first entity SIM card or the second entity SIM card is larger than the first preset threshold value and the package allowance of the virtual SIM card is larger than the second preset threshold value, distributing the data services corresponding to the first entity SIM card or the second entity SIM card and the virtual SIM card according to a preset service distribution strategy.

Optionally, the application processor is further configured to,

sending a downloading request containing service menu data to a cloud server corresponding to the virtual SIM card through the started wireless fidelity WIFI network so as to acquire data information of the virtual SIM card from the cloud server and send the acquired data information to the second processing unit; wherein the service menu data includes: the number of the virtual SIM card and the package type of the virtual SIM card;

and the second processing unit is also used for writing the data information into the virtual SIM card and calling the data information written into the virtual SIM card so as to realize the network registration of the virtual SIM card.

Alternatively to this, the first and second parts may,

the first processing unit is further configured to read an authentication parameter of the first entity SIM card or the second entity SIM card to establish a data service link between the first entity SIM card or the second entity SIM card and the first network;

the application processor is further used for sending a downloading request containing service menu data to a cloud server corresponding to the virtual SIM card through a first network for establishing a data service link so as to acquire data information of the virtual SIM card from the cloud server and send the acquired data information to the second processing unit; wherein the service menu data includes: the number of the virtual SIM card and the package type of the virtual SIM card;

and the second processing unit is also used for writing the received data information into the virtual SIM card and calling the data information written into the virtual SIM card to realize the network registration of the virtual SIM card.

Alternatively to this, the first and second parts may,

the first processing unit is further configured to read an authentication parameter of the first entity SIM card or the second entity SIM card to establish a data service link between the first entity SIM card or the second entity SIM card and the first network; sending the received data information to a second processing unit through a pre-established data transmission channel;

the application processor is further used for sending a downloading request containing service menu data to a cloud server corresponding to the virtual SIM card through a first network for establishing a data service link so as to acquire data information of the virtual SIM card from the cloud server and send the acquired data information to the first processing unit; wherein the service menu data includes: the number of the virtual SIM card and the package type of the virtual SIM card;

the second processing unit is further configured to write the received data information of the virtual SIM card into the virtual SIM card, and call the data information of the virtual SIM card to implement network registration of the virtual SIM card.

On the other hand, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a method for implementing wireless communication, where a terminal includes a virtual SIM card, and the method includes:

receiving an operation instruction of a user through a user interaction interface, and generating a first control instruction and a second control instruction according to the operation instruction of the user;

establishing a data service link between a first processing unit and a first network according to a first control instruction so as to transmit data services of a first entity SIM card or a second entity SIM card;

establishing a data service link between the second processing unit and a second network according to the second control instruction so as to transmit the data service of the virtual SIM card;

the first processing unit is used for being connected with the first entity SIM card and the second entity SIM card, and the first processing unit is connected with the application processor through a preset first interface; the virtual SIM card is connected with a second processing unit, and the second processing unit is connected with the application processor through a preset second interface.

Optionally, the method further includes:

Optionally, before the data service link is established, the method further includes:

sending a downloading request containing service menu data to a cloud server corresponding to the virtual SIM card through the first network, the WIFI network or the operator network so as to acquire data information of the virtual SIM card from the cloud server; wherein the service menu data includes: the number of the virtual SIM card and the package type of the virtual SIM card;

writing the acquired data information of the virtual SIM card into the virtual SIM card;

and calling the data information written into the virtual SIM card to realize the network registration of the virtual SIM card.

Compared with the related art, the technical scheme of the application comprises the following steps: a virtual Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card, an application processor, a first processing unit and a second processing unit for connecting a first physical SIM card and a second physical SIM card; the first entity SIM card and the second entity SIM card are both connected with the first processing unit; the virtual SIM card is connected with the second processing unit; the application processor is used for receiving an operation instruction of a user through a preset user interaction interface, generating a first control instruction and a second control instruction according to the operation instruction of the user, transmitting the first control instruction to the first processing unit and transmitting the second control instruction to the second processing unit; the first processing unit is connected with the application processor through a preset first interface and used for establishing a data service link with a first network according to the received first control instruction so as to transmit the data service of the entity SIM card; and the second processing unit is connected with the application processor through a preset second interface and used for establishing a data service link with a second network according to the received second control instruction so as to transmit the data service of the virtual SIM card. The embodiment of the invention realizes that two SIM cards simultaneously carry out data service, and improves the use experience of users.

Other aspects will be apparent upon reading and understanding the attached drawings and detailed description.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of an optional mobile terminal for implementing various embodiments of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a diagram of a wireless communication system for the mobile terminal shown in FIG. 1;

fig. 3 is a block diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention

Fig. 5 is a block diagram of a terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a block diagram of a terminal according to still another embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a flowchart of a method for implementing wireless communication according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a method for implementing wireless communication according to another embodiment of the invention.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that the embodiments and features of the embodiments in the present application may be arbitrarily combined with each other without conflict.

A mobile terminal implementing various embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description, suffixes such as "module", "component", or "unit" used to denote elements are used only for facilitating the explanation of the present invention, and have no specific meaning in themselves. Thus, "module" and "component" may be used in a mixture.

The mobile terminal may be implemented in various forms. For example, the terminal described in the present invention may include a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone, a smart phone, a notebook computer, a digital broadcast receiver, a PDA (personal digital assistant), a PAD (tablet computer), a PMP (portable multimedia player), a navigation device, and the like, and a stationary terminal such as a digital TV, a desktop computer, and the like. In the following, it is assumed that the terminal is a mobile terminal. However, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that the configuration according to the embodiment of the present invention can be applied to a fixed type terminal in addition to elements particularly used for moving purposes.

Fig. 1 is a schematic hardware structure of an optional mobile terminal for implementing various embodiments of the present invention.

The mobile terminal 100 may include a wireless communication unit 110, an a/V (audio/video) input unit 120, a user input unit 130, an output unit 150, a memory 160, a controller 180, and a power supply unit 190, etc. Fig. 1 illustrates a mobile terminal having various components, but it is to be understood that not all illustrated components are required to be implemented. More or fewer components may alternatively be implemented. Elements of the mobile terminal will be described in detail below.

The wireless communication unit 110 typically includes one or more components that allow radio communication between the mobile terminal 100 and a wireless communication system or network. For example, the wireless communication unit may include at least one of a mobile communication module 112, a wireless internet module 113, and a short-range communication module 114.

The mobile communication module 112 transmits and/or receives radio signals to and/or from at least one of a base station (e.g., access point, node B, etc.), an external terminal, and a server. Such radio signals may include voice call signals, video call signals, or various types of data transmitted and/or received according to text and/or multimedia messages.

The wireless internet module 113 supports wireless internet access of the mobile terminal. The module may be internally or externally coupled to the terminal. The wireless internet access technology to which the module relates may include WLAN (wireless LAN) (Wi-Fi), Wibro (wireless broadband), Wimax (worldwide interoperability for microwave access), HSDPA (high speed downlink packet access), and the like.

The short-range communication module 114 is a module for supporting short-range communication. Some examples of short-range communication technologies include bluetooth (TM), Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), infrared data association (IrDA), Ultra Wideband (UWB), zigbee (TM), and the like.

The a/V input unit 120 is used to receive an audio or video signal. The a/V input unit 120 may include a camera 121 and a microphone 122, and the camera 121 processes image data of still pictures or video obtained by an image capturing apparatus in a video capturing mode or an image capturing mode. The processed image frames may be displayed on the display unit 151. The image frames processed by the cameras 121 may be stored in the memory 160 (or other storage medium) or transmitted via the wireless communication unit 110, and two or more cameras 121 may be provided according to the construction of the mobile terminal. The microphone 122 may receive sounds (audio data) via the microphone in a phone call mode, a recording mode, a voice recognition mode, or the like, and can process such sounds into audio data. The processed audio (voice) data may be converted into a format output transmittable to a mobile communication base station via the mobile communication module 112 in case of a phone call mode. The microphone 122 may implement various types of noise cancellation (or suppression) algorithms to cancel (or suppress) noise or interference generated in the course of receiving and transmitting audio signals.

The user input unit 130 may generate key input data according to a command input by a user to control various operations of the mobile terminal. The user input unit 130 allows a user to input various types of information, and may include a keyboard, dome sheet, touch pad (e.g., a touch-sensitive member that detects changes in resistance, pressure, capacitance, and the like due to being touched), scroll wheel, joystick, and the like. In particular, when the touch pad is superimposed on the display unit 151 in the form of a layer, a touch screen may be formed.

In addition, when the mobile terminal 100 is connected with an external cradle, the interface unit 170 may serve as a path through which power is supplied from the cradle to the mobile terminal 100 or may serve as a path through which various command signals input from the cradle are transmitted to the mobile terminal. Various command signals or power input from the cradle may be used as signals for recognizing whether the mobile terminal is accurately mounted on the cradle. The output unit 150 is configured to provide output signals (e.g., audio signals, video signals, alarm signals, vibration signals, etc.) in a visual, audio, and/or tactile manner. The output unit 150 may include a display unit 151, an audio output module 152, and the like.

The display unit 151 may display information processed in the mobile terminal 100. For example, when the mobile terminal 100 is in a phone call mode, the display unit 151 may display a User Interface (UI) or a Graphical User Interface (GUI) related to a call or other communication (e.g., text messaging, multimedia file downloading, etc.). When the mobile terminal 100 is in a video call mode or an image capturing mode, the display unit 151 may display a captured image and/or a received image, a UI or GUI showing a video or an image and related functions, and the like.

Meanwhile, when the display unit 151 and the touch pad are overlapped with each other in the form of a layer to form a touch screen, the display unit 151 may serve as an input device and an output device. The display unit 151 may include at least one of a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD), a thin film transistor LCD (TFT-LCD), an Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) display, a flexible display, a three-dimensional (3D) display, and the like. Some of these displays may be configured to be transparent to allow a user to view from the outside, which may be referred to as transparent displays, and a typical transparent display may be, for example, a TOLED (transparent organic light emitting diode) display or the like. Depending on the particular desired implementation, the mobile terminal 100 may include two or more display units (or other display devices), for example, the mobile terminal may include an external display unit (not shown) and an internal display unit (not shown). The touch screen may be used to detect a touch input pressure as well as a touch input position and a touch input area.

The audio output module 152 may convert audio data received by the wireless communication unit 110 or stored in the memory 160 into an audio signal and output as sound when the mobile terminal is in a call signal reception mode, a call mode, a recording mode, a voice recognition mode, a broadcast reception mode, or the like. Also, the audio output module 152 may provide audio output related to a specific function performed by the mobile terminal 100 (e.g., a call signal reception sound, a message reception sound, etc.). The audio output module 152 may include a speaker, a buzzer, and the like.

The memory 160 may store software programs and the like for processing and controlling operations performed by the controller 180, or may temporarily store data (e.g., a phonebook, messages, still images, videos, and the like) that has been or will be output. Also, the memory 160 may store data regarding various ways of vibration and audio signals output when a touch is applied to the touch screen.

The memory 160 may include at least one type of storage medium including a flash memory, a hard disk, a multimedia card, a card-type memory (e.g., SD or DX memory, etc.), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a Static Random Access Memory (SRAM), a read-only memory (ROM), an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), a programmable read-only memory (PROM), a magnetic memory, a magnetic disk, an optical disk, and the like. Also, the mobile terminal 100 may cooperate with a network storage device that performs a storage function of the memory 160 through a network connection.

The controller 180 generally controls the overall operation of the mobile terminal. For example, the controller 180 performs control and processing related to voice calls, data communications, video calls, and the like. The controller 180 may perform a pattern recognition process to recognize a handwriting input or a picture drawing input performed on the touch screen as a character or an image.

The power supply unit 190 receives external power or internal power and provides appropriate power required to operate various elements and components under the control of the controller 180.

The various embodiments described herein may be implemented in a computer-readable medium using, for example, computer software, hardware, or any combination thereof. For a hardware implementation, the embodiments described herein may be implemented using at least one of an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), a Digital Signal Processor (DSP), a Digital Signal Processing Device (DSPD), a Programmable Logic Device (PLD), a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), a processor, a controller, a microcontroller, a microprocessor, an electronic unit designed to perform the functions described herein, and in some cases, such embodiments may be implemented in the controller 180. For a software implementation, the implementation such as a process or a function may be implemented with a separate software module that allows performing at least one function or operation. The software codes may be implemented by software applications (or programs) written in any suitable programming language, which may be stored in the memory 160 and executed by the controller 180.

Up to this point, mobile terminals have been described in terms of their functionality. Hereinafter, a slide-type mobile terminal among various types of mobile terminals, such as a folder-type, bar-type, swing-type, slide-type mobile terminal, and the like, will be described as an example for the sake of brevity. Accordingly, the present invention can be applied to any type of mobile terminal, and is not limited to a slide type mobile terminal.

The mobile terminal 100 as shown in fig. 1 may be configured to operate with communication systems such as wired and wireless communication systems and satellite-based communication systems that transmit data via frames or packets.

A communication system in which a mobile terminal according to the present invention is operable will now be described with reference to fig. 2.

Such communication systems may use different air interfaces and/or physical layers. For example, the air interface used by the communication system includes, for example, Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA), Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA), Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), and Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) (in particular, Long Term Evolution (LTE)), global system for mobile communications (GSM), and the like. By way of non-limiting example, the following description relates to a CDMA communication system, but such teachings are equally applicable to other types of systems.

Referring to fig. 2, the CDMA wireless communication system may include a plurality of mobile terminals 100, a plurality of Base Stations (BSs) 270, Base Station Controllers (BSCs) 275, and a Mobile Switching Center (MSC) 280. The MSC280 is configured to interface with a Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) 290. The MSC280 is also configured to interface with a BSC275, which may be coupled to the base station 270 via a backhaul. The backhaul may be constructed according to any of several known interfaces including, for example, E1/T1, ATM, IP, PPP, frame Relay, HDSL, ADSL, or xDSL. It will be understood that a system as shown in fig. 2 may include multiple BSCs 2750.

Each BS270 may serve one or more sectors (or regions), each sector covered by a multi-directional antenna or an antenna pointing in a particular direction being radially distant from the BS 270. Alternatively, each partition may be covered by two or more antennas for diversity reception. Each BS270 may be configured to support multiple frequency allocations, with each frequency allocation having a particular frequency spectrum (e.g., 1.25MHz,5MHz, etc.).

The intersection of partitions with frequency allocations may be referred to as a CDMA channel. The BS270 may also be referred to as a Base Transceiver Subsystem (BTS) or other equivalent terminology. In such a case, the term "base station" may be used to generically refer to a single BSC275 and at least one BS 270. The base stations may also be referred to as "cells". Alternatively, each sector of a particular BS270 may be referred to as a plurality of cell sites.

As shown in fig. 2, a Broadcast Transmitter (BT)295 transmits a broadcast signal to the mobile terminal 100 operating within the system. A broadcast receiving module 111 as shown in fig. 1 is provided at the mobile terminal 100 to receive a broadcast signal transmitted by the BT 295. In fig. 2, several Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites 300 are shown. The satellite 300 assists in locating at least one of the plurality of mobile terminals 100.

In fig. 2, a plurality of satellites 300 are depicted, but it is understood that useful positioning information may be obtained with any number of satellites. The GPS module 115 as shown in fig. 1 is generally configured to cooperate with satellites 300 to obtain desired positioning information. Other techniques that can track the location of the mobile terminal may be used instead of or in addition to GPS tracking techniques. In addition, at least one GPS satellite 300 may selectively or additionally process satellite DMB transmission.

As a typical operation of the wireless communication system, the BS270 receives reverse link signals from various mobile terminals 100. The mobile terminal 100 is generally engaged in conversations, messaging, and other types of communications. Each reverse link signal received by a particular base station 270 is processed within the particular BS 270. The obtained data is forwarded to the associated BSC 275. The BSC provides call resource allocation and mobility management functions including coordination of soft handoff procedures between BSs 270. The BSCs 275 also route the received data to the MSC280, which provides additional routing services for interfacing with the PSTN 290. Similarly, the PSTN290 interfaces with the MSC280, the MSC interfaces with the BSCs 275, and the BSCs 275 accordingly control the BS270 to transmit forward link signals to the mobile terminal 100.

Based on the above mobile terminal hardware structure and communication system, the present invention provides various embodiments of the method.

Fig. 3 is a block diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 3, including: a virtual Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card, an application processor, a first processing unit for connecting a first entity SIM card and a second entity SIM card, a second processing unit; wherein,

the virtual SIM card is connected with the second processing unit;

here, the second processing unit according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a Modem (Modem); accordingly, the virtual SIM card may be implemented using a related art, which substantially includes: a SIM card which is realized by realizing a virtual Chip Operating System (vscos) at a drive (Drv) side of a Modem User Identification Module (UIM) of a second processing unit and storing data information of the SIM card in an Encryption File System (EFS) of the Modem;

the application processor is used for receiving an operation instruction of a user through a preset user interaction interface, generating a first control instruction and a second control instruction according to the operation instruction of the user, transmitting the first control instruction to the first processing unit and transmitting the second control instruction to the second processing unit;

it should be noted that, the operation instruction in the embodiment of the present invention may be received and processed by an application layer in the application processor; after a first control instruction and a second control instruction are generated according to the received operation instruction, the first control instruction can be transmitted to the first processing unit through a preset first interface, and the second control instruction can be transmitted to the second processing unit through a preset second interface;

the first processing unit is connected with the application processor through a preset first interface and used for establishing a data service link with a first network so as to transmit data services of the first entity SIM card or the second entity SIM card;

here, the preset first interface may include: a Shared Memory (SMD) interface; the preset first interface can be other interfaces as long as the preset first interface meets the requirements of the communication protocol;

and the second processing unit is connected with the application processor through a preset second interface and used for establishing a data service link with a second network so as to transmit the data service of the virtual SIM card.

Optionally, the preset second interface in the embodiment of the present invention includes one of the following interfaces: USB, Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter (UART), Secure Digital Input Output (SDIO). Here, the preset second interface may be other interfaces as long as the preset second interface meets the requirement of the communication protocol;

it should be noted that, the connection between the embodiment of the present invention and the application processor may include: the method comprises the steps that the method is connected with a hardware driver (namely a driver layer) in a core (kernel) layer in an application Processor (AP, App Processor) of the terminal, and if a first interface is an SMD (surface mounted device), the butted hardware driver is an SMD driver; correspondingly connected above the SMD driver are the TCP/IP route and QMI transport protocol (transport protocol defined in the related art) parts; the same goes for the second interface, and if the second interface is USB, the USB driver in kernel is docked. After the data service link is established, the first entity SIM card or the second entity SIM card carries out data service through the data channel established by the first interface, and the virtual SIM card carries out data service through the data channel established by the second interface.

On the other hand, the first processing unit and the second processing unit of the embodiment of the present invention may include a Modem; the first processing unit and the second processing unit can be connected through a GPIO port, and the definition and the transmission of control signals between the two processing units are realized through connection. The control signal may include: dormancy, awakening, synchronous control, control of chip starting sequence during startup and shutdown, and the like. The embodiment of the present invention may implement the execution of the control signal by one of the processing units, for example, the first processing unit executes the control of the first processing unit and the second processing unit.

In the embodiment of the invention, the first entity SIM card, the second entity SIM card and the virtual SIM card can correspond to different or same technical standards. In alternative examples, the technology standard may be a second generation Mobile Communication (2G) technology (e.g., Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM), General Packet Radio Service (GPRS), Enhanced data rate for GSM Evolution (EDGE)), a 3G Communication technology (e.g., Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA), Time Division-synchronous code Division Multiple Access (TDS-CDMA), a 4G Communication technology (e.g., Access, Long Term Evolution (LTE), Time Division Long Term Evolution (TD-LTE), or any other Mobile Communication technology (e.g., 4G, 4.5G, etc.).

The first network and the second network are determined according to the technical standards supported by the first entity SIM card, the second entity SIM card and the virtual SIM card; the network corresponding to the first entity SIM card or the second entity SIM card may be a network of a different operator, and the first network is used to represent a network established by the first processing unit. The first network and the second network can be networks of the same system or networks of different systems; the first network and the second network may be any one of the following networks: LTE, GSM, GPRS, CDMA, EDGE, WLAN, CDMA-2000, TD-SCDMA, WCDMA, etc.

Optionally, the application processor of the embodiment of the present invention is further configured to,

and performing service distribution on the data service of the terminal according to the package information of the virtual SIM card, the first entity SIM card and the second entity SIM card.

Optionally, the performing, by the application processor, service allocation on the data service of the terminal according to the package information of the virtual SIM card, the first entity SIM card, and the second entity SIM card includes:

when the package allowance of the first entity SIM card and the second entity SIM card is less than or equal to a first preset threshold value, selecting a virtual SIM card to perform data service;

when the package allowance of the virtual SIM card is smaller than or equal to a second preset threshold value, selecting a first entity SIM card or a second entity SIM card to perform data service;

and when the package allowance of the first entity SIM card or the second entity SIM card is larger than a first preset threshold value and the package allowance of the virtual SIM card is larger than a second preset threshold value, distributing the data services corresponding to the first entity SIM card or the second entity SIM card and the virtual SIM card according to a preset service distribution strategy.

Optionally, the application processor in the embodiment of the present invention may be further configured to perform service distribution on the data service of the terminal according to the network quality of the first network and the second network, and/or the package information of the virtual SIM card, the first entity SIM card, and the second entity SIM card. In particular, the method comprises the following steps of,

and when the package allowance of the first entity SIM card or the second entity SIM card is larger than a first preset threshold value and the package allowance of the virtual SIM card is larger than a second preset threshold value, distributing the data services corresponding to the first entity SIM card or the second entity SIM card and the virtual SIM card according to the signal intensity of the first network and the second network, the network speed and the link delay length according to a preset service distribution strategy.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the first preset threshold and the second preset threshold are designed and implemented according to the package type of the user and the use habit of the user; taking the network quality including the signal strength as an example, the preset service allocation policy may include: distributing more data services to the SIM cards with strong signal strength and distributing less data services to the SIM cards with relatively low signal strength according to the signal strength of the first network and the second network; the specific quantity of the distributed data services can be obtained by analyzing and obtaining corresponding numerical values according to statistical results after the download speeds of the SIM cards under different signal strengths are counted, so that the data download of the same data service can be completed simultaneously when the two SIM cards download the distributed data services. When the network quality is one or more of the signal intensity, the network speed and the link delay length, the data service can be allocated based on the principle of allocating the data service according to the signal intensity.

Optionally, the terminal in the embodiment of the present invention further includes:

It should be noted that, when the first processing unit and the second processing unit perform a data service, referring to a protocol in the related art, processing may be performed by operating corresponding protocol stacks. In addition, the radio access technologies involved in the first radio frequency and the second radio frequency may include LTE, GSM, GPRS, CDMA, EDGE, WLAN, CDMA-2000, TD-SCDMA, WCDMA, etc.

The terminal of the embodiment of the invention can comprise a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone and a tablet, and can also be a network node such as a wireless router. Fig. 4 is a block diagram of a terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention, and as shown in fig. 4, the terminal added with the first radio frequency and the second radio frequency on the basis of fig. 3 may be a network node, for example, a wireless router provided with a virtual SIM card, a first entity SIM card, and a second entity SIM card.

sending a downloading request containing service menu data to a cloud server corresponding to the virtual SIM card through a started wireless fidelity (WIFI) network so as to acquire data information of the virtual SIM card from the cloud server; sending the acquired data information to a second processing unit;

wherein, the service menu data includes: the number of the virtual SIM card and the package type of the virtual SIM card, which may include: determining different packages according to the number of available short messages, the available call duration, the available flow and the like;

the second processing unit is further used for writing the data information into the virtual SIM card and calling the data information written into the virtual SIM card to realize network registration of the virtual SIM card.

Here, the data information may include: imsi (international Mobile Subscriber identity), ki (Subscriber authentication key), iccid (integrated Circuit Card identifier), pin (personal Identification number), puk (pin Unlocking key);

it should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the selectable number and the selectable package can be displayed through one service interaction interface, after the number and the package are selected, a download request is sent through a determination key, fig. 5 is a schematic view of an interaction interface of service menu data in the embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 5, a selected mobile phone number and a package type are indicated by a left diagonal display frame in fig. 5, and sending of the service menu data is triggered through the determination key; and after receiving the service menu data, the cloud server allocates corresponding data information for the selected number and the package, and the application processor sends the obtained data information to the second processing unit.

Alternatively, in the embodiments of the present invention,

the application processor is further used for sending a downloading request containing service menu data to a cloud server corresponding to the virtual SIM card through a first network for establishing a data service link so as to acquire data information of the virtual SIM card from the cloud server and send the acquired data information to the second processing unit; wherein, the service menu data includes: the number of the virtual SIM card and the package type of the virtual SIM card;

the second processing unit is further configured to write the received data information into the virtual SIM card, and call the data information written into the virtual SIM card, so as to implement network registration of the virtual SIM card.

Alternatively to this, the first and second parts may,

Here, the pre-established data transmission channel may be an analog serial port, and may include: the analog sending serial port and the analog receiving serial port.

It should be noted that, according to the communication processing flow in the related art, the entity SIM card performing the data service may establish a call connection through the first network based on the first processing unit to perform a voice call; the virtual SIM card performing the data service may establish a call connection through the second network based on the second processing unit to perform a voice call.

In the embodiment of the present invention, referring to the related art, the first processing unit is further loaded with a first protocol stack, and the second processing unit is correspondingly loaded with a second protocol stack, where the protocol stacks are used to implement a data service. The first entity SIM card (or the second entity SIM card) and the virtual SIM card can simultaneously carry out data service transmission, wherein when one SIM card carries out data service transmission, other SIM cards can carry out voice transmission.

In addition, the terminal according to the embodiment of the present invention may further include:

the microphone is used for acquiring voice signals;

the coder-decoder is used for carrying out analog-to-digital conversion on the voice signals collected by the microphone;

the first processing unit further includes:

the digital signal processing unit is used for carrying out audio processing on the signals subjected to analog-to-digital conversion by the coder-decoder and transmitting the signals to the first protocol stack;

the first radio frequency transmits the signal processed by the first protocol stack to the first network.

Similarly, the second processing unit may also include: the digital signal processing unit is used for carrying out audio processing on the signals subjected to the analog-to-digital conversion of the coder-decoder and transmitting the signals to the second protocol stack;

and the second radio frequency transmits the signal processed by the second protocol stack to the second network.

The digital signal processing unit is used for carrying out audio processing on the signal processed by the first protocol stack and transmitting the signal to the coder-decoder;

the coder and the decoder are used for carrying out analog-to-digital conversion on the signals from the digital signal processing unit;

the terminal of the embodiment of the invention also comprises:

and the receiver is used for outputting the voice signal processed by the coder and the decoder.

According to the embodiment of the invention, the data service link is established through the first entity SIM card (or the second entity SIM card) and the virtual SIM card, so that the data service can be simultaneously carried out on the two SIM cards, and the use experience of a user is improved.

Fig. 6 is a block diagram of a terminal according to still another embodiment of the present invention, and as shown in fig. 6, a microphone, a codec, a digital signal processing unit, a receiver, and the like are added to the terminal based on the structure of fig. 5; fig. 6 can be understood as a handset or tablet containing one virtual SIM card and two physical SIM cards.

Fig. 7 is a flowchart of a method for implementing wireless communication according to an embodiment of the present invention, where a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a virtual SIM card, as shown in fig. 7, the method includes:

700, receiving an operation instruction of a user through a user interaction interface, and generating a first control instruction and a second control instruction according to the operation instruction of the user;

step 701, establishing a data service link between a first processing unit and a first network according to a first control instruction, so as to transmit a data service of a first entity SIM card or a second entity SIM card;

step 702, establishing a data service link between the second processing unit and the second network according to the second control instruction, so as to transmit the data service of the virtual SIM card;

the first processing unit is connected with the first entity SIM card and the second entity SIM card, and the first processing unit is connected with the application processor through a preset first interface; the virtual SIM card is connected with the second processing unit, and the second processing unit is connected with the application processor through a preset second interface.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the first processing unit and the second processing unit may include a Modem; the first processing unit and the second processing unit can be connected through GPIO, and the definition and the transmission of control signals between the two processing units are realized through connection. The control signals include: dormancy, awakening, synchronous control, control of chip starting sequence during startup and shutdown, and the like. The embodiment of the present invention may implement the execution of the control signal by one of the processing units, for example, the first processing unit executes the control of the first processing unit and the second processing unit.

Here, the first physical SIM card, the second physical SIM card, and the virtual SIM card may correspond to different or the same technical standards. In alternative examples, the technology standard may be 2G technology GPRS, EDGE, 3G communication technology, TDS-CDMA, 4G communication technology, TD-LTE, or any other mobile communication technology (e.g., 4G, 4.5G, etc.).

The first network and the second network are determined according to the technical standards supported by the first entity SIM card, the second entity SIM card and the virtual SIM card, and the first network and the second network can be networks of the same system or networks of different network systems; the first network and the second network may be any one of the following networks: LTE, GSM, GPRS, CDMA, EDGE, WLAN, CDMA-2000, TD-SCDMA, WCDMA, etc.

In this embodiment of the present invention, the terminal may include: the first radio frequency is connected with the first processing unit and used for establishing a data service link between the first entity SIM card or the second entity SIM card and a first network; and the second radio frequency is connected with the second processing unit and used for establishing a data service link between the virtual SIM card and a second network. When the first processing unit and the second processing unit perform data service, the first processing unit and the second processing unit refer to a protocol in the related art and can perform processing by operating corresponding protocol stacks. The radio access technologies involved in the first radio frequency and the second radio frequency may include LTE, GSM, GPRS, CDMA, EDGE, WLAN, CDMA-2000, TD-SCDMA, WCDMA, etc.

It should be noted that the terminal in the embodiment of the present invention may include a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone and a tablet, and may also be a network node such as a wireless router.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the preset second interface includes one of the following interfaces: USB, UART, SDIO. The preset second interface can be other interfaces as long as the preset second interface meets the requirements of the communication protocol;

optionally, the method in the embodiment of the present invention further includes:

Optionally, the embodiment of the present invention may perform data service allocation by combining package information and network quality; in particular, the method comprises the following steps of,

and when the package allowance of the first entity SIM card or the second entity SIM card is larger than a first preset threshold value and the package allowance of the virtual SIM card is larger than a second preset threshold value, distributing the corresponding data services of the first entity SIM card (or the second entity SIM card) and the virtual SIM card according to the signal intensity of the first network and the second network, the network speed and the link delay length according to a preset service distribution strategy.

Optionally, before establishing the data service link, the method according to the embodiment of the present invention further includes:

sending a downloading request containing service menu data to a cloud server corresponding to the virtual SIM card through a first network, a WIFI network or an operator network so as to acquire data information of the virtual SIM card from the cloud server; wherein, the service menu data includes: the number of the virtual SIM card and the package type of the virtual SIM card;

It should be noted that, according to the communication processing flow in the related art, a first entity SIM card or a second entity SIM card performing a data service may establish a call connection through a first network based on a first processing unit to perform a voice call; the virtual SIM card performing the data service may establish a call connection through the second network based on the second processing unit to perform a voice call.

the microphone is used for acquiring voice signals;

the first processing unit further includes:

in this embodiment, the terminal in this embodiment further includes:

Fig. 8 is a flowchart of a method for implementing wireless communication according to another embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 8, including:

step 800, sending a downloading request containing service menu data to a cloud server corresponding to the virtual SIM card through a first network, a wireless fidelity (WIFI) network or an operator network so as to acquire data information of the virtual SIM card from the cloud server; wherein, the service menu data includes: the number of the virtual SIM card and the package type of the virtual SIM card;

step 801, writing the acquired data information of the virtual SIM card into the virtual SIM card;

step 802, calling data information written into the virtual SIM card to realize network registration of the virtual SIM card;

it should be noted that, in addition, the network registration of the first entity SIM card and the second entity SIM card may be implemented by referring to the flow in the related art; in addition, according to the communication processing flow in the related art, a first entity SIM card (or a second entity SIM card) performing a data service may establish a call connection through a first network based on the first processing unit to perform a voice call; the virtual SIM card performing the data service may establish a call connection through the second network based on the second processing unit to perform a voice call.

Step 803, receiving an operation instruction of a user through a user interaction interface, and generating a first control instruction and a second control instruction according to the operation instruction of the user;

step 804, establishing a data service link between the first processing unit and the first network according to the first control instruction, so as to transmit the data service of the first entity SIM card or the second entity SIM card;

step 805, establishing a data service link between the second processing unit and the second network according to the second control instruction, so as to perform data service transmission of the virtual SIM card.

The first network and the second network are determined according to technical standards supported by the entity SIM card and the virtual SIM card, and the first network and the second network can be networks of the same system or networks of different network systems; the first network and the second network may be any one of the following networks: LTE, GSM, GPRS, CDMA, EDGE, WLAN, CDMA-2000, TD-SCDMA, WCDMA, etc.

In this embodiment of the present invention, the terminal may include: the first radio frequency is connected with the first processing unit and used for establishing a data service link between the first entity SIM card or the second entity SIM card and a first network; the second radio frequency is connected with the second processing unit and used for establishing a data service link between the virtual SIM card and a second network. When the first processing unit and the second processing unit perform data service, the first processing unit and the second processing unit refer to a protocol in the related art and can perform processing by operating corresponding protocol stacks. The radio access technologies involved in the first radio frequency and the second radio frequency may include LTE, GSM, GPRS, CDMA, EDGE, WLAN, CDMA-2000, TD-SCDMA, WCDMA, etc.

It should be noted that the terminal in the embodiment of the present invention may be a mobile terminal including a mobile phone and a tablet, or may be a network node such as a wireless router.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the preset second interface includes one of the following interfaces: USB, UART, SDIO. The preset second interface may be other interfaces, as long as the communication protocol requirements are met,

and when the package allowance of the first entity SIM card or the second entity SIM card is larger than a first preset threshold value and the package allowance of the virtual SIM card is larger than a second preset threshold value, distributing the corresponding data services of the first entity SIM card or the second entity SIM card and the virtual SIM card according to a preset service distribution strategy.

and when the package allowance of the first entity SIM card or the second entity SIM card is larger than a first preset threshold value and the package allowance of the virtual SIM card is larger than a second preset threshold value, distributing the corresponding data services of the first entity SIM card or the second entity SIM card and the virtual SIM card according to the signal intensity of the first network and the second network, the network speed and the link delay length according to a preset service distribution strategy.

In the embodiment of the present invention, referring to the related art, the first processing unit is further loaded with a first protocol stack, and the second processing unit is correspondingly loaded with a second protocol stack, where the protocol stacks are used to implement a data service. The first entity SIM card (or the second entity SIM card) and the virtual SIM card can simultaneously carry out data service transmission, wherein, when one SIM card carries out data service transmission, the other SIM card can carry out voice transmission.

the microphone is used for acquiring voice signals;

the first processing unit further includes:

in this embodiment, the terminal in this embodiment further includes:

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that all or part of the steps of the above methods may be implemented by a program instructing associated hardware (e.g., a processor) to perform the steps, and the program may be stored in a computer readable storage medium, such as a read only memory, a magnetic or optical disk, and the like. Alternatively, all or part of the steps of the above embodiments may be implemented using one or more integrated circuits. Accordingly, each module/unit in the above embodiments may be implemented in hardware, for example, by an integrated circuit to implement its corresponding function, or in software, for example, by a processor executing a program/instruction stored in a memory to implement its corresponding function. The present invention is not limited to any specific form of combination of hardware and software.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the above description is only for the convenience of understanding the present invention, and is not intended to limit the present invention. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

Claims

1. A terminal, comprising: the system comprises a virtual Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card, an application processor, a first processing unit and a second processing unit, wherein the first processing unit and the second processing unit are used for connecting a first entity SIM card and a second entity SIM card; wherein,

the virtual SIM card is connected with the second processing unit;

the first processing unit is connected with the application processor through a preset first interface and used for establishing a data service link with a first network according to a received first control instruction so as to transmit the data service of the first entity SIM card or the second entity SIM card;

2. The terminal of claim 1, further comprising:

3. The terminal according to claim 1, wherein the preset second interface comprises one of: USB, Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter (UART), and Secure Digital Input and Output (SDIO).

4. A terminal according to any of claims 1 to 3, wherein the application processor is further configured to,

5. A terminal according to any of claims 1 to 3,

the application processor is further configured to send a download request including service menu data to a cloud server corresponding to the virtual SIM card through the opened WIFI network, so as to acquire data information of the virtual SIM card from the cloud server, and send the acquired data information to the second processing unit; wherein the service menu data includes: the number of the virtual SIM card and the package type of the virtual SIM card;

6. A terminal according to any of claims 1 to 3,

the application processor is further configured to send a download request including service menu data to a cloud server corresponding to the virtual SIM card through a first network in which the data service link is established, so as to acquire data information of the virtual SIM card from the cloud server, and send the acquired data information to the second processing unit; wherein the service menu data includes: the number of the virtual SIM card and the package type of the virtual SIM card;

7. A terminal according to any of claims 1 to 3,

8. A method for implementing wireless communication, wherein a terminal includes a virtual SIM card, comprising:

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

10. The method of claim 8 or 9, wherein prior to establishing the data service link, the method further comprises: