CN109257809B - Communication path control method and terminal equipment - Google Patents

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CN109257809B
CN109257809B CN201811400737.7A CN201811400737A CN109257809B CN 109257809 B CN109257809 B CN 109257809B CN 201811400737 A CN201811400737 A CN 201811400737A CN 109257809 B CN109257809 B CN 109257809B
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Abstract

The embodiment of the invention provides a control method of a communication channel and terminal equipment, relates to the technical field of communication, and aims to solve the problem that the power consumption of the existing terminal equipment is large when the existing terminal equipment is connected with both a 4G network and a 5G network. The method comprises the following steps: acquiring the signal-to-noise ratio of each communication channel in M communication channels, wherein the M communication channels are communication channels of terminal equipment working in a first network, the terminal equipment is connected with the first network and a second network, the first network is different from the second network, and M is an integer greater than or equal to 2; determining N first communication paths with the minimum signal-to-noise ratios in the M communication paths according to the signal-to-noise ratio of each communication path in the M communication paths, wherein N is a positive integer and is smaller than M; and controlling the N first communication paths to be disconnected. The method can be applied to the scene that the terminal equipment is connected with both the 4G network and the 5G network.

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Communication path control method and terminal equipment
Technical Field
The embodiment of the invention relates to the technical field of communication, in particular to a communication channel control method and terminal equipment.
Background
With the advent of the network for the application of the fifth generation mobile communication technology (referred to as a 5G network for short), a scenario of joint networking of the network for the application of the fourth generation mobile communication technology (referred to as a 4G network for short) and the 5G network may exist in a mobile communication system. In a scenario of joint networking, the terminal device may establish connection with both the 4G network and the 5G network.
Generally, when the 4G network is independently networked, the terminal device may complete data transmission and control signaling transmission through the 4G network. In a 4G network, in order to meet the requirement of high throughput for data transmission, a terminal device may generally control an antenna of the terminal device to be in a high-order diversity reception state, that is, the terminal device may receive a data signal and control signaling simultaneously through multiple antennas. And when the 4G network and the 5G network are combined to form a network, the terminal equipment can complete data transmission through the 5G network and complete control signaling transmission through the 4G network.
However, in the scenario of the 4G network and the 5G network joint networking, since the 4G network is mainly used for control signaling transmission, the demand for throughput is reduced. However, if the terminal device still controls the antenna of the terminal device to be in the high-order diversity reception state, that is, multiple antennas are simultaneously in the working state, devices (such as low noise amplifiers, switches, etc.) in the reception path where the multiple antennas are located in the terminal device are also in the working state, which may generate a large amount of power consumption, thereby increasing the power consumption of the terminal device.
Disclosure of Invention
The embodiment of the invention provides a communication channel control method and terminal equipment, and aims to solve the problem that the power consumption of the existing terminal equipment is large when the existing terminal equipment is connected with both a 4G network and a 5G network.
In order to solve the technical problem, the invention is realized as follows:
in a first aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a method for controlling a communication path, which is applied to a terminal device, and the method includes: acquiring the signal-to-noise ratio of each communication channel in M communication channels, wherein the M communication channels are communication channels of terminal equipment working in a first network, the terminal equipment is connected with the first network and a second network, the first network is different from the second network, and M is an integer greater than or equal to 2; determining N first communication paths with the minimum signal-to-noise ratios in the M communication paths according to the signal-to-noise ratio of each communication path in the M communication paths, wherein N is a positive integer and is smaller than M; and controlling the N first communication paths to be disconnected.
In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a terminal device, where the terminal device includes an obtaining module, a determining module, and a control module. The acquisition module is used for acquiring the signal-to-noise ratio of each communication channel in M communication channels, wherein the M communication channels are communication channels of the terminal equipment working in a first network, the terminal equipment is connected with the first network and a second network, the first network is different from the second network, and M is an integer greater than or equal to 2. The determining module is used for determining N first communication paths with the minimum signal-to-noise ratios in the M communication paths according to the signal-to-noise ratio of each communication path in the M communication paths, wherein N is a positive integer and is smaller than M. The control module is used for controlling the disconnection of the N first communication paths.
In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a terminal device, where the terminal device includes a processor, a memory, and a computer program stored in the memory and executable on the processor, and the computer program, when executed by the processor, implements the steps of the method for controlling a communication path in the first aspect.
In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a computer-readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored, and the computer program, when executed by a processor, implements the steps of the method for controlling a communication path in the first aspect.
In the embodiment of the present invention, a signal-to-noise ratio of each of M communication paths may be obtained (the M communication paths are communication paths in which the terminal device operates in the first network, the terminal device is connected to both the first network and the second network, the first network is different from the second network, and M is an integer greater than or equal to 2), and according to the signal-to-noise ratio of each of the M communication paths, N first communication paths with the smallest signal-to-noise ratio among the M communication paths (N is a positive integer and N is less than M) are determined, and the N first communication paths are controlled to be disconnected. Through the scheme, at least one communication channel with the minimum signal-to-noise ratio in the plurality of communication channels is disconnected, so that communication can be performed through other communication channels with high signal-to-noise ratios. Since at least one communication path is disconnected and various elements (such as amplifiers, switches, filters, and the like) on the at least one communication path are turned off, a large amount of power consumption can be saved. Further, since the smaller the signal-to-noise ratio of the communication path, the worse the transmission performance of the communication path, and the smaller the contribution to the overall transmission performance of the communication path, at least one communication path having the smallest signal-to-noise ratio among the plurality of communication paths is disconnected, and the influence on the overall transmission performance of the communication path is small. Therefore, the embodiment of the invention can reduce the power consumption of the terminal equipment to a certain extent under the condition of not influencing the overall transmission performance of a communication channel.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a method for controlling a communication channel according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 2 is a hardware schematic diagram of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 3 is a second schematic diagram illustrating a method for controlling a communication channel according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 4 is a third schematic diagram illustrating a method for controlling a communication channel according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 5 is a fourth schematic diagram illustrating a method for controlling a communication channel according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 7 is a second schematic structural diagram of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 8 is a third schematic structural diagram of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 9 is a second hardware schematic diagram of the terminal device according to the embodiment of the present invention.
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The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some, not all, embodiments of the present invention. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.
The term "and/or" herein is an association relationship describing an associated object, meaning that three relationships may exist, e.g., a and/or B, may mean: a exists alone, A and B exist simultaneously, and B exists alone. The symbol "/" herein denotes a relationship in which the associated object is or, for example, a/B denotes a or B.
The terms "first" and "second," and the like, in the description and in the claims of the present invention are used for distinguishing between different objects and not for describing a particular order of the objects. For example, the first network and the second network, etc. are used to distinguish between different networks, rather than to describe a particular order of the networks.
In the embodiments of the present invention, words such as "exemplary" or "for example" are used to mean serving as examples, illustrations or descriptions. Any embodiment or design described as "exemplary" or "e.g.," an embodiment of the present invention is not necessarily to be construed as preferred or advantageous over other embodiments or designs. Rather, use of the word "exemplary" or "such as" is intended to present concepts related in a concrete fashion.
In the description of the embodiments of the present invention, unless otherwise specified, "a plurality" means two or more, for example, a plurality of processing units means two or more processing units, and the like.
The embodiment of the invention provides a method for controlling communication paths and terminal equipment, which can acquire the signal-to-noise ratio of each communication path in M communication paths (the M communication paths are the communication paths of the terminal equipment in a first network, the terminal equipment is connected with both the first network and a second network, the first network is different from the second network, M is an integer greater than or equal to 2), determine N first communication paths (N is a positive integer and N is less than M) with the minimum signal-to-noise ratio in the M communication paths according to the signal-to-noise ratio of each communication path in the M communication paths, and control the N first communication paths to be disconnected. Through the scheme, at least one communication channel with the minimum signal-to-noise ratio in the plurality of communication channels is disconnected, so that communication can be performed through other communication channels with high signal-to-noise ratios. Since at least one communication path is disconnected and various elements (such as amplifiers, switches, filters, and the like) on the at least one communication path are turned off, a large amount of power consumption can be saved. Further, since the smaller the signal-to-noise ratio of the communication path, the worse the transmission performance of the communication path, and the smaller the contribution to the overall transmission performance of the communication path, at least one communication path having the smallest signal-to-noise ratio among the plurality of communication paths is disconnected, and the influence on the overall transmission performance of the communication path is small. Therefore, the embodiment of the invention can reduce the power consumption of the terminal equipment to a certain extent under the condition of not influencing the overall transmission performance of a communication channel.
The terminal equipment in the embodiment of the invention can be a mobile terminal or a non-mobile terminal. For example, the mobile terminal may be a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, a palm top computer, a vehicle-mounted terminal, a wearable device, an ultra-mobile personal computer (UMPC), a netbook or a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), and the like, and the non-mobile terminal may be a Personal Computer (PC), a Television (TV), a teller machine or a self-service machine, and the like, and the embodiment of the present invention is not particularly limited.
The execution main body of the method for controlling a communication path provided in the embodiment of the present invention may be the terminal device, or may also be a functional module and/or a functional entity capable of implementing the method for controlling a communication path in the terminal device, which may be specifically determined according to actual use requirements, and the embodiment of the present invention is not limited. The following describes an exemplary method for controlling a communication path according to an embodiment of the present invention, taking a terminal device as an example.
As shown in fig. 1, an embodiment of the present invention provides a method for controlling a communication path, which may include S100 to S102 described below.
S100, the terminal equipment acquires the signal-to-noise ratio of each communication channel in the M communication channels.
The M communication paths may be communication paths in which the terminal device operates in a first network, the terminal device may be connected to both the first network and a second network, the first network and the second network may be different, and M may be an integer greater than or equal to 2.
In the embodiment of the invention, when the terminal equipment is connected with both the first network and the second network, the terminal equipment can complete control signaling transmission through the first network and complete data transmission through the second network.
Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the first network may be a 4G network, and the second network may be a 5G network. The terminal device may use a Multiple Input and Multiple Output (MIMO) technology and a high-order diversity technology to implement control signaling transmission through the 4G network, that is, the terminal device may use a 4G network application frequency to receive or transmit control signaling (also referred to as a 4G signal) through multiple communication paths. And, the terminal device may implement data transmission through the 5G network, that is, the terminal device may receive or transmit a data signal using the 5G network application frequency. For convenience of explanation and understanding, in the embodiment of the present invention, the first network is a 4G network, and the second network is a 5G network.
Exemplarily, fig. 2 shows a hardware structure diagram of a terminal device provided in an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 2, the terminal device 20 may include therein a calculation and processing unit 21, a 4G module 22 connected to the calculation and processing unit 21, and a 5G module 23 connected to the calculation and processing unit 21. The 4G module 22 may include a plurality of (for example, M) antennas 221 and a plurality of (for example, M) communication paths 222 where the plurality of antennas 221 are located, and the plurality of antennas 221 may be connected to the calculation and processing unit 21 through the plurality of communication paths 222, respectively. In this way, the terminal device 20 may implement control signaling transmission through the 4G network by using the 4G module 22, and implement data transmission through the 5G network by using the 5G module 23.
Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the antenna may be used to receive or transmit a 4G signal. The communication path may include a low noise amplifier, a switch, and the like, where the low noise amplifier may be configured to amplify the received or transmitted 4G signal, and the switch may be configured to switch the received or transmitted 4G signal in different frequency bands. The computing and processing unit may include a baseband processing module configured to perform baseband processing functions such as encoding, multiplexing, modulating, and spreading on the 4G signal.
In the embodiment of the present invention, the SNR refers to a ratio of an average power of a signal to an average power of noise, and is denoted as SNR or S/N. The larger the signal-to-noise ratio, the larger the contribution of the useful signal and the smaller the noise contribution. Alternatively, the signal-to-noise ratio can be measured in decibels (dB), i.e.: signal-to-noise ratio (dB) ═ 10 log10(S/N) (dB). For example, when S/N is 10, the signal-to-noise ratio is 10 dB; when S/N is 1000, the signal-to-noise ratio is 30 dB.
In the embodiment of the present invention, it is assumed that the terminal device is connected to both the 4G network and the 5G network, and the communication path in which the terminal device operates in the 4G network is M communication paths, the terminal device may obtain (detect by the signal-to-noise ratio detection unit in the 4G module) the signal-to-noise ratio of each of the M communication paths, and then the terminal device may determine, according to the signal-to-noise ratio of each of the M communication paths, the N first communication paths having the smallest signal-to-noise ratio among the M communication paths.
In the embodiment of the present invention, before acquiring the signal-to-noise ratio of each of the M communication paths, the terminal device may first determine whether the terminal device is connected to both the 4G network and the 5G network, and then determine whether to acquire the signal-to-noise ratio of each of the M communication paths according to a determination result. In practical implementation, the terminal device may detect whether the terminal device is connected to the 5G network while being connected to the 4G network. If the terminal device detects that the terminal device establishes connection with the 5G network, the terminal device can acquire the signal-to-noise ratio of each communication channel in the M communication channels.
S101, the terminal equipment determines N first communication paths with the minimum signal-to-noise ratios in the M communication paths according to the signal-to-noise ratio of each communication path in the M communication paths.
Wherein N may be a positive integer, and N may be less than M.
In the embodiment of the present invention, after acquiring the signal-to-noise ratio of each of the M communication paths, the terminal device may compare the signal-to-noise ratios of the respective communication paths in the M communication paths, and determine the N first communication paths with the smallest signal-to-noise ratio in the M communication paths.
Illustratively, taking M equal to 4 and N equal to 1 as an example, the terminal device may obtain respective signal-to-noise ratios of 4 communication paths (e.g., communication path 1, communication path 2, communication path 3, and communication path 4), for example, the signal-to-noise ratios of the communication path 1, communication path 2, communication path 3, and communication path 4 are 20dB, 18dB, 25dB, and 14dB, respectively. Then, the terminal device may compare the signal-to-noise ratios of the four communication paths, and may determine that the signal-to-noise ratio of the four communication paths is 14dB minimum, and then the terminal device may determine that the communication path with the smallest signal-to-noise ratio of the four communication paths is communication path 4 (i.e., the first communication path described above).
S102, the terminal equipment controls the N first communication paths to be disconnected.
In the embodiment of the present invention, after determining the N first communication paths with the smallest signal-to-noise ratio among the M communication paths, the terminal device may control the N first communication paths to be disconnected, that is, all elements (such as an amplifier, a switch, a filter, and the like) in the N first communication paths are turned off, so that a large amount of power consumption may be saved. Since the smaller the signal-to-noise ratio of the communication path in the 4G module of the terminal device is, the worse the transmission performance of the communication path is, the smaller the contribution to the overall transmission performance of the 4G module is, at least one communication path with the smallest signal-to-noise ratio among the plurality of communication paths is disconnected, and the smaller the influence on the overall transmission performance of the communication path is. Therefore, the embodiment of the invention can reduce the power consumption of the terminal equipment to a certain extent under the condition of not influencing the overall transmission performance of a communication channel.
Illustratively, still taking M equal to 4 and N equal to 1 as an example, after determining the communication path with the smallest signal-to-noise ratio among the four communication paths as the communication path 4, the terminal device turns off all the elements (such as amplifiers, switches, filters, and the like) in the communication path 4, and communicates (such as receives or transmits 4G signals) through the remaining three communication paths (i.e., the communication path 1, the communication path 2, and the communication path 3), so that the power consumption of the terminal device can be reduced to some extent.
The method for controlling a communication path according to the embodiment of the present invention can obtain a signal-to-noise ratio of each communication path in M communication paths (where M communication paths are communication paths in which a terminal device operates in a first network, the terminal device is connected to both the first network and a second network, and M is an integer greater than or equal to 2, where M is different from the second network), determine N first communication paths (N is a positive integer and N is less than M) having the smallest signal-to-noise ratio in the M communication paths according to the signal-to-noise ratio of each communication path in the M communication paths, and control the N first communication paths to be disconnected. Through the scheme, at least one communication channel with the minimum signal-to-noise ratio in the plurality of communication channels is disconnected, so that communication can be performed through other communication channels with high signal-to-noise ratios. Since at least one communication path is disconnected and various elements (such as amplifiers, switches, filters, and the like) on the at least one communication path are turned off, a large amount of power consumption can be saved. Further, since the smaller the signal-to-noise ratio of the communication path, the worse the transmission performance of the communication path, and the smaller the contribution to the overall transmission performance of the communication path, at least one communication path having the smallest signal-to-noise ratio among the plurality of communication paths is disconnected, and the influence on the overall transmission performance of the communication path is small. Therefore, the embodiment of the invention can reduce the power consumption of the terminal equipment to a certain extent under the condition of not influencing the overall transmission performance of a communication channel.
Optionally, in the embodiment of the present invention, after controlling the N first communication paths in the M communication paths to be disconnected, the terminal device may determine, according to communication performance parameters (for example, throughput, signal-to-noise ratio, and the like) of the remaining M-N communication paths, whether the terminal device can meet the basic communication requirement by using the M-N communication paths for communication. For example, the terminal device may determine whether the terminal device can meet the transmission requirement of the control signaling by using the M-N communication paths to receive or send the 4G signal.
Exemplarily, referring to fig. 1, as shown in fig. 3, after the above S102, the method for controlling a communication path according to an embodiment of the present invention may further include the following S103 and S104a/S104 b.
S103, the terminal equipment judges whether the first throughput of the M-N communication channels is larger than or equal to a first throughput threshold value or not, and judges whether the first signal-to-noise ratio of each communication channel in the M-N communication channels is larger than or equal to a first signal-to-noise ratio threshold value or not.
In an embodiment of the present invention, the first throughput is a total throughput of M-N communication paths detected by a terminal device, and the first throughput threshold is a throughput threshold preset for the M-N communication paths. The terminal device may compare the detected total throughput of the M-N communication paths to a first throughput threshold to determine whether the first throughput is greater than or equal to the first throughput threshold.
In this embodiment of the present invention, the first signal-to-noise ratio is a signal-to-noise ratio of each of M-N communication paths detected by the terminal device, and the first signal-to-noise ratio threshold is a signal-to-noise ratio threshold preset for one communication path. The terminal device may compare the signal-to-noise ratio of each of the M-N communication paths to a first signal-to-noise ratio threshold to determine whether the first throughput is greater than or equal to the first throughput threshold.
In this embodiment of the present invention, if the terminal device determines that the first throughput of the M-N communication paths is greater than or equal to the first throughput threshold, and the first signal-to-noise ratio of each of the M-N communication paths is greater than or equal to the first signal-to-noise ratio threshold, the terminal device performs S104a described below. If the terminal device determines that the first throughput of the M-N communication paths is less than the first throughput threshold or that the first signal-to-noise ratio of any of the M-N communication paths is less than the first signal-to-noise ratio threshold, the terminal device performs S104b described below.
S104a, the terminal device communicates by adopting the M-N communication channels.
In the embodiment of the present invention, if the first throughput of the M-N communication paths is greater than or equal to the first throughput threshold, and the first signal-to-noise ratio of each of the M-N communication paths is greater than or equal to the first signal-to-noise ratio threshold, it indicates that the terminal device can meet the basic communication requirement by using the M-N communication paths for communication. That is, the disconnection of the N first communication paths among the M communication paths has a small influence on the overall transmission performance of the communication paths and is negligible. In this manner, the terminal device can communicate using the M-N communication paths.
S104b, the terminal device controls the N second communication paths to connect, and uses the M communication paths to communicate.
In the embodiment of the present invention, if the first throughput of the M-N communication paths is smaller than the first throughput threshold, or the first signal-to-noise ratio of any one of the M-N communication paths is smaller than the first signal-to-noise ratio threshold, it indicates that the terminal device cannot meet the basic communication requirement by using the M-N communication paths for communication. That is, the disconnection of the N first communication paths among the M communication paths has a large influence on the overall transmission performance of the communication paths and cannot be ignored. In this way, the terminal device may reconnect the N disconnected second communication paths, and at this time, the M communication paths are all in the working state, so that the terminal device may communicate using the M communication paths.
Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, since the signal-to-noise ratio of each of the M communication paths may generally change (for example, increase or decrease), the terminal device may perform the above-mentioned S100-S103 and S104a/S104b at regular intervals (i.e., periodically) in the case of using the M communication paths for communication. For example, as shown in fig. 3, the terminal device may return to S100 described above after a preset period of time has elapsed after S104b described above, and perform S100-S103 and S104a/S104b described above.
According to the method for controlling the communication paths, the terminal device can judge whether the basic communication requirements can be met by the terminal device when the terminal device adopts the M-N communication paths for communication according to the communication performance parameters (such as throughput, signal-to-noise ratio and the like) of the rest M-N communication paths after controlling the N first communication paths in the M communication paths to be disconnected, so that the effectiveness of the terminal device in communication through the M-N communication paths is improved.
Optionally, with reference to fig. 3, as shown in fig. 4, after the above-mentioned S104a, the method for controlling a communication path according to the embodiment of the present invention may further include S105 and S106a (not shown in fig. 4)/S106 b described below.
S105, the terminal equipment judges whether M-N is equal to 1 or not.
In this embodiment of the present invention, if the terminal device determines that M-N is not equal to 1, the terminal device executes S106a described below. If the terminal device judges that M-N is equal to 1, the terminal device executes S106b described below.
S106, 106a, the terminal device determines N second communication paths with the minimum signal-to-noise ratio in the M-N communication paths according to the signal-to-noise ratio of each communication path in the M-N communication paths, and controls the N second communication paths to be disconnected.
In the embodiment of the invention, on the premise of meeting the basic communication requirement, the terminal equipment can adopt communication channels as few as possible for communication so as to reduce the power consumption of the terminal equipment. Therefore, when the terminal device communicates through a plurality of communication paths, in the same manner as in S101 to S102, the signal-to-noise ratios of the respective communication paths in the M-N communication paths in operation are compared, the N second communication paths with the smallest signal-to-noise ratio among the M-N communication paths are determined, and the N second communication paths are disconnected, so that the terminal device can communicate through the remaining M-2N communication paths.
S106a is a further operation based on S101 to S102, and is different in that S101 to S102 are for M communication paths and S106a is for M to N communication paths. Therefore, the description of S106a may refer specifically to the detailed description of S101-S102. Accordingly, the actions after S106a are all described with respect to M-N communication paths, and reference may be made to the detailed description of S103-S105. Therefore, as shown in fig. 4, if the terminal device determines that M-N is not equal to 1, the terminal device returns to continue executing S101-S105. Further, in S105, if the terminal device determines that the number of communication paths is not equal to 1, the terminal device returns again to continue executing S101-S105 until the terminal device determines that the number of communication paths is equal to 1.
Optionally, in the embodiment of the present invention, after the above-mentioned S106a, the method for controlling a communication path according to the embodiment of the present invention may further include the following S107 and S108.
S107, the terminal device judges whether the third throughput of the M-2N communication paths is smaller than a third throughput threshold or whether a third signal-to-noise ratio of any one of the M-2N communication paths is smaller than a third signal-to-noise ratio threshold.
In this embodiment of the present invention, if the terminal device determines that the third throughput of the M-2N communication paths is smaller than the third throughput threshold, or the third signal-to-noise ratio of any one of the M-2N communication paths is smaller than the third signal-to-noise ratio threshold, the terminal device executes S108 described below. If the terminal device determines that the third throughput of the M-2N communication paths is greater than or equal to the third throughput threshold, and the third signal-to-noise ratio of each of the M-2N communication paths is greater than or equal to the third signal-to-noise ratio threshold, the terminal device executes the foregoing S105.
In an embodiment of the present invention, the third throughput is a total throughput of M-2N communication paths detected by the terminal device, and the third throughput threshold is a throughput threshold preset for the M-2N communication paths. The terminal device may compare the detected total throughput of the M-2N communication paths with a third throughput threshold to determine whether the third throughput is greater than or equal to the third throughput threshold.
In this embodiment of the present invention, the third signal-to-noise ratio is a signal-to-noise ratio of each of M-2N communication paths detected by the terminal device, and the third signal-to-noise ratio threshold is a signal-to-noise ratio threshold preset for one communication path. The terminal device may compare the signal-to-noise ratio of each of the M-2N communication paths to a third signal-to-noise ratio threshold to determine whether the third throughput is greater than or equal to the third throughput threshold.
The third throughput threshold may be different from or the same as the first throughput threshold; the third snr threshold may be different from or the same as the first snr threshold, and may be determined according to actual requirements. Optionally, the terminal device may set a corresponding throughput threshold and a signal-to-noise ratio threshold based on the number of communication paths. Specifically, if the number of the communication paths that are working in the M communication paths is M-N, the terminal device may use a corresponding first throughput threshold and a corresponding first signal-to-noise ratio threshold as reference values; if the number of the communication paths in operation in the M communication paths is M-2N, the terminal device may use the corresponding third throughput threshold and third snr threshold as reference values. In the embodiment of the present invention, an example is given by taking an example that M-N communication paths and M-2N communication paths correspond to different throughput thresholds and signal-to-noise ratio thresholds, it can be understood that M-3N communication paths, M-4N communication paths, and other different numbers of communication paths may respectively correspond to different throughput thresholds and signal-to-noise ratio thresholds, which may be determined specifically according to actual use requirements, and the embodiment of the present invention is not limited.
And S108, the terminal equipment controls the connection of the N second communication channels and adopts the M-N communication channels for communication.
In the embodiment of the present invention, after controlling the disconnection of the N second communication paths in the M-N communication paths, if the terminal device determines that the overall communication performance of the remaining M-2N communication paths cannot meet the communication requirement, the N disconnected second communication paths may be reconnected, and at this time, the M-N communication paths are in a working state, so that the terminal device may adopt the M-N communication paths for communication.
The above-mentioned S106a and S107 to S108 will be exemplarily described below by taking M equal to 4 and N equal to 1 as an example.
For example, after disconnecting the communication channel 4 with the smallest noise ratio among the 4 communication paths (e.g., the communication path 1, the communication path 2, the communication path 3, and the communication path 4), the terminal device may determine that the number of the communication paths in operation (i.e., M-N is 3) is greater than 1, then determine that one of the communication paths 1, 2, and 3 with the smallest noise ratio is the communication path 2, and control the communication path 2 to be disconnected.
Further, if the terminal device determines that the throughput of the 2 communication paths is less than the third throughput threshold, or the signal-to-noise ratio of any one of the 2 communication paths is less than the third signal-to-noise ratio threshold, the terminal device may reconnect the disconnected communication path 2(N second communication paths), so that the terminal device may adopt a smaller number of communication paths (i.e., communication path 1, communication path 2, and communication path 3) for communication on the premise of ensuring that the basic communication requirement is met, thereby reducing the power consumption of the terminal device.
In addition, if the terminal device determines that the throughput of the 2 communication paths is greater than or equal to the third throughput threshold, and the signal-to-noise ratio of each of the 2 communication paths is greater than or equal to the third signal-to-noise ratio threshold, it indicates that communication path 1 and communication path 3(M-N ═ 2, i.e., 2 communication paths) can satisfy the basic communication requirement.
S106, 106b, the terminal device adjusts the working parameters of the M-N communication channels.
The operating parameter may include at least one of a duty cycle and an operating duration, and the operating duration may be an operating duration in each duty cycle.
In the embodiment of the invention, on the premise of meeting the basic communication requirement, the terminal equipment can adopt one communication channel for communication, and further, the terminal equipment can adjust the working parameters of the communication channel and adjust the working mode of the communication channel from a continuous working mode to an intermittent working mode so as to reduce the power consumption of the terminal equipment.
It should be noted that, the foregoing describes an exemplary case where the terminal device adjusts the operating parameters of the communication path when communicating through one communication path, and it is understood that in the embodiment of the present invention, the terminal device may also adjust the operating parameters of multiple communication paths when communicating through multiple communication paths, so as to reduce power consumption of the terminal device. The method can be determined according to actual use requirements, and the embodiment of the invention is not limited.
Optionally, in the embodiment of the present invention, the S106b may be specifically implemented by any one of the following S106b1, S106b2, and S106b 3.
S106b1, the terminal device adjusts the duty cycle of the M-N communication channels from a first cycle to a second cycle, where the second cycle is smaller than the first cycle.
S106b2, the terminal device adjusts the working time length of the M-N communication channels from a first time length to a second time length, and the second time length is larger than the first time length.
S106b3, the terminal device adjusts the work periods of the M-N communication paths from the first period to the second period, and adjusts the work duration of the M-N communication paths from the first duration to the second duration.
In the embodiment of the invention, the terminal equipment can reduce the work period of the M-N communication channels, or increase the work duration of the M-N communication channels, or both reduce the work period of the M-N communication channels and increase the work duration of the M-N communication channels. The method can be determined according to actual use requirements, and the embodiment of the invention is not limited.
It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the terminal device may alternatively execute the above S106a and S106b, that is, the terminal device may execute the above S106a, or the terminal device may execute the above S106 b.
The method for controlling the communication channel provided by the embodiment of the invention can disconnect at least one communication channel with a smaller signal-to-noise ratio in the plurality of communication channels on the premise of meeting the basic communication requirement, so that the communication can be realized through a smaller number of communication channels, and the power consumption of the terminal equipment can be reduced. In addition, the control method of the communication channel can also reduce the power consumption of the terminal equipment by changing the working parameters of the communication channel.
Optionally, with reference to fig. 4, as shown in fig. 5, after the above step S106a, the method for controlling a communication path according to the embodiment of the present invention may further include the following steps S109 and S110.
S109, the terminal device judges whether the second throughput of the M-N communication channels is larger than or equal to a second throughput threshold value or not, and whether the second signal-to-noise ratio of each communication channel in the M-N communication channels is larger than or equal to a second signal-to-noise ratio threshold value or not.
In the embodiment of the present invention, the terminal device may determine, according to communication performance parameters (for example, throughput, signal-to-noise ratio, and the like) of a communication path in operation (at this time, M-N is equal to 1), whether the terminal device can meet the basic communication requirement by using the communication path for communication. The second throughput threshold and the second signal-to-noise ratio threshold are preset throughput thresholds and signal-to-noise ratio thresholds for one communication channel, respectively.
Specifically, if the terminal device determines that the second throughput of the M-N communication paths is greater than or equal to the second throughput threshold and the second signal-to-noise ratio of the M-N communication paths is greater than or equal to the second signal-to-noise ratio threshold, the terminal device executes S110 described below. If the terminal device determines that the second throughput of the M-N communication paths is smaller than the second throughput threshold, or the second signal-to-noise ratio of any one of the M-N communication paths is smaller than the second signal-to-noise ratio threshold, the terminal device executes S106b described above.
And S110, the terminal equipment adopts the M-N communication channels for communication.
In the embodiment of the present invention, if the first throughput of one communication path in operation (at this time, M-N is equal to 1) is greater than or equal to the first throughput threshold, and the first signal-to-noise ratio of each communication path in the communication path is greater than or equal to the first signal-to-noise ratio threshold, it indicates that the terminal device can meet the basic communication requirement by using the communication path for communication. In this manner, the terminal device can communicate using the communication path.
In addition, under the condition that the basic communication requirement cannot be met by the terminal device adopting the communication channel for communication, the terminal device can enable the terminal device to adopt the communication channel for communication to meet the basic communication requirement by adjusting the working parameters of the communication channel.
According to the control method of the communication channel provided by the embodiment of the invention, the terminal equipment can meet the basic communication requirement by adopting the communication channel to carry out communication through changing the working parameters of the communication channel, so that the power consumption of the terminal equipment can be reduced.
As shown in fig. 6, an embodiment of the present invention provides a terminal device 600, where the terminal device 600 may include an obtaining module 601, a determining module 602, and a control module 603. An obtaining module 601, configured to obtain a signal-to-noise ratio of each of M communication paths, where the M communication paths may be communication paths in which a terminal device operates in a first network, the terminal device may be connected to both the first network and a second network, the first network is different from the second network, and M may be an integer greater than or equal to 2. A determining module 602, configured to determine, according to the signal-to-noise ratio of each communication path in the M communication paths obtained by the obtaining module 601, N first communication paths with the smallest signal-to-noise ratio in the M communication paths, where N is a positive integer and N is smaller than M. A control module 603, configured to control the disconnection of the N first communication paths determined by the determination module 602.
Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, after the control module 603 controls the N first communication paths to be disconnected, the first throughput of the M-N communication paths is greater than or equal to a first throughput threshold, and the first signal-to-noise ratio of each of the M-N communication paths is greater than or equal to a first signal-to-noise ratio threshold.
Optionally, with reference to fig. 6, as shown in fig. 7, the terminal device provided in the embodiment of the present invention may further include an adjusting module 604. The determining module 602 is further configured to, after the controlling module 603 controls the N first communication paths to be disconnected, determine, if M-N is not equal to 1, the N second communication paths with the smallest signal-to-noise ratio among the M-N communication paths according to the signal-to-noise ratio of each of the M-N communication paths. The control module 603 is further configured to control the N second communication paths to be disconnected after the determining module 602 determines the N second communication paths with the smallest signal-to-noise ratio among the M-N communication paths. The adjusting module 604 is further configured to, after the controlling module 603 controls the N first communication paths to be disconnected, if M-N is equal to 1, adjust an operating parameter of the M-N communication paths, where the operating parameter includes at least one of a duty cycle and an operating duration, and the operating duration is an operating duration in each duty cycle.
Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the adjusting module 604 is specifically configured to adjust the duty cycles of the M-N communication paths from a first cycle to a second cycle, where the second cycle is smaller than the first cycle; or, the working time length of the M-N communication channels is adjusted from a first time length to a second time length, and the second time length is greater than the first time length; or, the work periods of the M-N communication paths are adjusted from the first period to the second period, and the work duration of the M-N communication paths is adjusted from the first duration to the second duration.
Optionally, with reference to fig. 7, as shown in fig. 8, the terminal device provided in the embodiment of the present invention may further include a communication module 605. A communication module 605, configured to, after the adjusting module 604 adjusts the operating parameters of the M-N communication paths, adopt the M-N communication paths for communication if a second throughput of the M-N communication paths is greater than or equal to a second throughput threshold and a second signal-to-noise ratio of the M-N communication paths is greater than or equal to a second signal-to-noise ratio threshold.
Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the control module 603 is further configured to, after controlling the N second communication paths to be disconnected, if a third throughput of the M-2N communication paths is smaller than a third throughput threshold, or a third signal-to-noise ratio of any one of the M-2N communication paths is smaller than a third signal-to-noise ratio threshold, control the N second communication paths to be connected. The communication module 605 is further configured to use the M-N communication paths for communication after the control module 603 controls the N second communication paths to be connected.
The terminal device provided by the embodiment of the present invention can implement each process implemented by the terminal device in the above method embodiments, and is not described here again to avoid repetition.
The terminal device provided in the embodiment of the present invention may obtain a signal-to-noise ratio of each communication path in M communication paths (where the M communication paths are communication paths in which the terminal device operates in a first network, the terminal device is connected to both the first network and a second network, and M is an integer greater than or equal to 2, where the first network is different from the second network), determine, according to the signal-to-noise ratio of each communication path in the M communication paths, N first communication paths (N is a positive integer and N is less than M) in which the signal-to-noise ratio in the M communication paths is minimum, and control the N first communication paths to be disconnected. Through the scheme, the terminal equipment provided by the embodiment of the invention can be used for communication through other communication paths with higher signal-to-noise ratios by disconnecting at least one communication path with the smallest signal-to-noise ratio among the plurality of communication paths. Since at least one communication path is disconnected and various elements (such as amplifiers, switches, filters, and the like) on the at least one communication path are turned off, a large amount of power consumption can be saved. Further, since the smaller the signal-to-noise ratio of the communication path, the worse the transmission performance of the communication path, and the smaller the contribution to the overall transmission performance of the communication path, at least one communication path having the smallest signal-to-noise ratio among the plurality of communication paths is disconnected, and the influence on the overall transmission performance of the communication path is small. Therefore, the terminal device provided by the embodiment of the invention can reduce the power consumption of the terminal device to a certain extent under the condition of not influencing the overall transmission performance of a communication channel.
Fig. 9 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of a terminal device for implementing various embodiments of the present invention. As shown in fig. 9, the terminal device 800 includes but is not limited to: a radio frequency unit 801, a network module 802, an audio output unit 803, an input unit 804, a sensor 805, a display unit 806, a user input unit 807, an interface unit 808, a memory 809, a processor 810, and a power supply 811. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the terminal device configuration shown in fig. 9 does not constitute a limitation of the terminal device, and that the terminal device may include more or fewer components than shown, or combine certain components, or a different arrangement of components. In the embodiment of the present invention, the terminal device includes, but is not limited to, a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, a palm computer, a vehicle-mounted terminal, a wearable device, a pedometer, and the like.
The processor 810 is configured to obtain a signal-to-noise ratio of each of M communication paths, where the M communication paths are communication paths in which the terminal device operates in a first network, the terminal device is connected to both the first network and a second network, the first network is different from the second network, and M is an integer greater than or equal to 2; determining N first communication paths with the minimum signal-to-noise ratios in the M communication paths according to the signal-to-noise ratio of each communication path in the M communication paths, wherein N is a positive integer and is smaller than M; and controlling the N first communication paths to be disconnected.
The embodiment of the invention provides a terminal device, which can acquire a signal-to-noise ratio of each communication path in M communication paths (the M communication paths are communication paths in which the terminal device works in a first network, the terminal device is connected with both the first network and a second network, the first network is different from the second network, and M is an integer greater than or equal to 2), determine N first communication paths (N is a positive integer and N is less than M) with the minimum signal-to-noise ratio in the M communication paths according to the signal-to-noise ratio of each communication path in the M communication paths, and control the N first communication paths to be disconnected. Through the scheme, the terminal equipment provided by the embodiment of the invention can be used for communication through other communication paths with higher signal-to-noise ratios by disconnecting at least one communication path with the smallest signal-to-noise ratio among the plurality of communication paths. Since at least one communication path is disconnected and various elements (such as amplifiers, switches, filters, and the like) on the at least one communication path are turned off, a large amount of power consumption can be saved. Further, since the smaller the signal-to-noise ratio of the communication path, the worse the transmission performance of the communication path, and the smaller the contribution to the overall transmission performance of the communication path, at least one communication path having the smallest signal-to-noise ratio among the plurality of communication paths is disconnected, and the influence on the overall transmission performance of the communication path is small. Therefore, the terminal device provided by the embodiment of the invention can reduce the power consumption of the terminal device to a certain extent under the condition of not influencing the overall transmission performance of a communication channel.
It should be understood that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the radio frequency unit 801 may be used for receiving and sending signals during a message sending and receiving process or a call process, and specifically, receives downlink data from a base station and then processes the received downlink data to the processor 810; in addition, the uplink data is transmitted to the base station. In general, radio frequency unit 801 includes, but is not limited to, an antenna, at least one amplifier, a transceiver, a coupler, a low noise amplifier, a duplexer, and the like. Further, the radio frequency unit 801 can also communicate with a network and other devices through a wireless communication system.
The terminal device 800 provides the user with wireless broadband internet access through the network module 802, such as helping the user send and receive e-mails, browse webpages, access streaming media, and the like.
The audio output unit 803 may convert audio data received by the radio frequency unit 801 or the network module 802 or stored in the memory 809 into an audio signal and output as sound. Also, the audio output unit 803 may also provide audio output related to a specific function performed by the terminal apparatus 800 (e.g., a call signal reception sound, a message reception sound, etc.). The audio output unit 803 includes a speaker, a buzzer, a receiver, and the like.
The input unit 804 is used for receiving an audio or video signal. The input unit 804 may include a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) 8041 and a microphone 8042, and the graphics processor 8041 processes image data of a still picture or video obtained by an image capturing apparatus (e.g., a camera) in a video capturing mode or an image capturing mode. The processed image frames may be displayed on the display unit 806. The image frames processed by the graphics processor 8041 may be stored in the memory 809 (or other storage medium) or transmitted via the radio frequency unit 801 or the network module 802. The microphone 8042 can receive sound, and can process such sound into audio data. The processed audio data may be converted into a format output transmittable to a mobile communication base station via the radio frequency unit 801 in case of a phone call mode.
The terminal device 800 also includes at least one sensor 805, such as light sensors, motion sensors, and other sensors. Specifically, the light sensor includes an ambient light sensor that can adjust the brightness of the display panel 8061 according to the brightness of ambient light, and a proximity sensor that can turn off the display panel 8061 and/or the backlight when the terminal device 800 moves to the ear. As one of the motion sensors, the accelerometer sensor can detect the magnitude of acceleration in each direction (generally three axes), detect the magnitude and direction of gravity when stationary, and can be used to identify the terminal device posture (such as horizontal and vertical screen switching, related games, magnetometer posture calibration), vibration identification related functions (such as pedometer, tapping), and the like; the sensors 805 may also include fingerprint sensors, pressure sensors, iris sensors, molecular sensors, gyroscopes, barometers, hygrometers, thermometers, infrared sensors, etc., which are not described in detail herein.
The display unit 806 is used to display information input by the user or information provided to the user. The display unit 806 may include a display panel 8061, and the display panel 8061 may be configured in the form of a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD), an organic light-emitting diode (OLED), or the like.
The user input unit 807 is operable to receive input numeric or character information and generate key signal inputs related to user settings and function control of the terminal device. Specifically, the user input unit 807 includes a touch panel 8071 and other input devices 8072. The touch panel 8071, also referred to as a touch screen, may collect touch operations by a user on or near the touch panel 8071 (e.g., operations by a user on or near the touch panel 8071 using a finger, a stylus, or any other suitable object or accessory). The touch panel 8071 may include two portions of a touch detection device and a touch controller. The touch detection device detects the touch direction of a user, detects a signal brought by touch operation and transmits the signal to the touch controller; the touch controller receives touch information from the touch sensing device, converts the touch information into touch point coordinates, sends the touch point coordinates to the processor 810, receives a command from the processor 810, and executes the command. In addition, the touch panel 8071 can be implemented by various types such as a resistive type, a capacitive type, an infrared ray, and a surface acoustic wave. In addition to the touch panel 8071, the user input unit 807 can include other input devices 8072. In particular, other input devices 8072 may include, but are not limited to, a physical keyboard, function keys (e.g., volume control keys, switch keys, etc.), a trackball, a mouse, and a joystick, which are not described in detail herein.
Further, the touch panel 8071 can be overlaid on the display panel 8061, and when the touch panel 8071 detects a touch operation on or near the touch panel 8071, the touch operation is transmitted to the processor 810 to determine the type of the touch event, and then the processor 810 provides a corresponding visual output on the display panel 8061 according to the type of the touch event. Although in fig. 9, the touch panel 8071 and the display panel 8061 are two independent components to implement the input and output functions of the terminal device, in some embodiments, the touch panel 8071 and the display panel 8061 may be integrated to implement the input and output functions of the terminal device, and this is not limited herein.
The interface unit 808 is an interface for connecting an external device to the terminal apparatus 800. For example, the external device may include a wired or wireless headset port, an external power supply (or battery charger) port, a wired or wireless data port, a memory card port, a port for connecting a device having an identification module, an audio input/output (I/O) port, a video I/O port, an earphone port, and the like. The interface unit 808 may be used to receive input (e.g., data information, power, etc.) from an external device and transmit the received input to one or more elements within the terminal apparatus 800 or may be used to transmit data between the terminal apparatus 800 and an external device.
The memory 809 may be used to store software programs as well as various data. The memory 809 may mainly include a storage program area and a storage data area, wherein the storage program area may store an operating system, an application program required by at least one function (such as a sound playing function, an image playing function, etc.), and the like; the storage data area may store data (such as audio data, a phonebook, etc.) created according to the use of the cellular phone, and the like. Further, the memory 809 can include high speed random access memory, and can also include non-volatile memory, such as at least one magnetic disk storage device, flash memory device, or other volatile solid state storage device.
The processor 810 is a control center of the terminal device, connects various parts of the whole terminal device by using various interfaces and lines, and performs various functions of the terminal device and processes data by running or executing software programs and/or modules stored in the memory 809 and calling data stored in the memory 809, thereby performing overall monitoring of the terminal device. Processor 810 may include one or more processing units; optionally, the processor 810 may integrate an application processor and a modem processor, wherein the application processor mainly handles operating systems, user interfaces, application programs, and the like, and the modem processor mainly handles wireless communications. It will be appreciated that the modem processor described above may not be integrated into processor 810.
Terminal device 800 may also include a power supply 811 (e.g., a battery) for powering the various components, and optionally, power supply 811 may be logically coupled to processor 810 via a power management system to manage charging, discharging, and power consumption management functions via the power management system.
In addition, the terminal device 800 includes some functional modules that are not shown, and are not described in detail here.
Optionally, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a terminal device, which includes the processor 810 shown in fig. 9, a memory 809, and a computer program stored in the memory 809 and capable of running on the processor 810, where the computer program, when executed by the processor 810, implements each process of the above-mentioned embodiment of the method for controlling a communication path, and can achieve the same technical effect, and is not described herein again to avoid repetition.
The embodiment of the present invention further provides a computer-readable storage medium, where a computer program is stored on the computer-readable storage medium, and when the computer program is executed by a processor, the computer program implements each process of the embodiment of the control method for a communication path, and can achieve the same technical effect, and in order to avoid repetition, details are not repeated here. The computer-readable storage medium may include a read-only memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a magnetic or optical disk, and the like.
It should be noted that, in this document, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising an … …" does not exclude the presence of other like elements in a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element.
Through the above description of the embodiments, those skilled in the art will clearly understand that the method of the above embodiments can be implemented by software plus a necessary general hardware platform, and certainly can also be implemented by hardware, but in many cases, the former is a better implementation manner. Based on such understanding, the technical solution of the present invention or portions thereof contributing to the prior art may be embodied in the form of a software product, which is stored in a storage medium (such as ROM/RAM, magnetic disk, optical disk) and includes instructions for enabling a terminal device (such as a mobile phone, a computer, a server, an air conditioner, or a network device) to execute the method disclosed in the embodiments of the present invention.
While the present invention has been described with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments, which are illustrative and not restrictive, and it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications can be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

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1. A control method of a communication path is applied to a terminal device, and is characterized in that the method comprises the following steps:
acquiring a signal-to-noise ratio of each communication channel in M communication channels working in a first network under the condition that control signaling is transmitted through the first network and data is transmitted through a second network, wherein the M communication channels are communication channels of the terminal equipment working in the first network, the terminal equipment is connected with both the first network and the second network, the first network is different from the second network, and M is an integer greater than or equal to 2;
determining N first communication paths with the minimum signal-to-noise ratios in the M communication paths according to the signal-to-noise ratio of each communication path in the M communication paths, wherein N is a positive integer and is smaller than M;
and controlling the N first communication paths to be disconnected.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein after controlling the N first communication paths to be disconnected, a first throughput of the M-N communication paths is greater than or equal to a first throughput threshold, and a first signal-to-noise ratio of each of the M-N communication paths is greater than or equal to a first signal-to-noise ratio threshold.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein after said controlling said N first communication paths to be disconnected, said method further comprises:
if M-N is not equal to 1, determining N second communication paths with the minimum signal-to-noise ratios in the M-N communication paths according to the signal-to-noise ratio of each communication path in the M-N communication paths, and controlling the N second communication paths to be disconnected;
and if the M-N is equal to 1, adjusting the working parameters of the M-N communication channels, wherein the working parameters comprise at least one of working cycles and working duration, and the working duration is the working duration in each working cycle.
4. The method of claim 3, wherein said adjusting the operating parameters of said M-N communication paths comprises:
adjusting the work cycle of the M-N communication channels from a first cycle to a second cycle, wherein the second cycle is smaller than the first cycle;
and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,
and adjusting the working time lengths of the M-N communication channels from a first time length to a second time length, wherein the second time length is greater than the first time length.
5. The method of claim 3 or 4, wherein after said adjusting the operating parameters of said M-N communication paths, said method further comprises:
and if the second throughput of the M-N communication channels is greater than or equal to a second throughput threshold and the second signal-to-noise ratio of the M-N communication channels is greater than or equal to a second signal-to-noise ratio threshold, adopting the M-N communication channels for communication.
6. The method according to claim 3, wherein after said controlling said N second communication paths to be disconnected, said method further comprises:
and if the third throughput of the M-2N communication paths is smaller than a third throughput threshold, or the third signal-to-noise ratio of any one of the M-2N communication paths is smaller than a third signal-to-noise ratio threshold, controlling the N second communication paths to be connected, and adopting the M-N communication paths for communication.
7. The terminal equipment is characterized by comprising an acquisition module, a determination module and a control module;
the obtaining module is configured to obtain a signal-to-noise ratio of each communication path in M communication paths operating in a first network when a control signaling is transmitted through the first network and data is transmitted through a second network, where the M communication paths are communication paths in which the terminal device operates in the first network, the terminal device is connected to both the first network and the second network, the first network is different from the second network, and M is an integer greater than or equal to 2;
the determining module is configured to determine, according to the signal-to-noise ratio of each of the M communication paths obtained by the obtaining module, N first communication paths with the smallest signal-to-noise ratio among the M communication paths, where N is a positive integer and is smaller than M;
the control module is configured to control the disconnection of the N first communication paths determined by the determination module.
8. The terminal device of claim 7, wherein after controlling the N first communication paths to be disconnected, a first throughput of the M-N communication paths is greater than or equal to a first throughput threshold, and a first signal-to-noise ratio of each of the M-N communication paths is greater than or equal to a first signal-to-noise ratio threshold.
9. The terminal device of claim 8, wherein the terminal device further comprises an adjustment module;
the determining module is further configured to determine, after the control module controls the N first communication paths to be disconnected, if M-N is not equal to 1, N second communication paths with minimum signal-to-noise ratios among the M-N communication paths according to the signal-to-noise ratio of each of the M-N communication paths;
the control module is further configured to control the N second communication paths to be disconnected after the determination module determines the N second communication paths with the smallest signal-to-noise ratios among the M-N communication paths;
the adjusting module is further configured to, after the control module controls the N first communication paths to be disconnected, if M-N is equal to 1, adjust working parameters of the M-N communication paths, where the working parameters include at least one of a working period and a working duration, and the working duration is a working duration in each working period.
10. The terminal device according to claim 9, wherein the adjusting module is specifically configured to adjust the duty cycles of the M-N communication channels from a first cycle to a second cycle, where the second cycle is smaller than the first cycle; and/or adjusting the working time lengths of the M-N communication channels from a first time length to a second time length, wherein the second time length is greater than the first time length.
11. The terminal device according to claim 9 or 10, characterized in that the terminal device further comprises a communication module;
the communication module is configured to, after the adjustment module adjusts the operating parameters of the M-N communication paths, adopt the M-N communication paths for communication if a second throughput of the M-N communication paths is greater than or equal to a second throughput threshold and a second signal-to-noise ratio of the M-N communication paths is greater than or equal to a second signal-to-noise ratio threshold.
12. The terminal device according to claim 11, wherein the control module is further configured to, after controlling the N second communication paths to be disconnected, if a third throughput of the M-2N communication paths is smaller than a third throughput threshold, or a third signal-to-noise ratio of any one of the M-2N communication paths is smaller than a third signal-to-noise ratio threshold, control the N second communication paths to be connected;
the communication module is further configured to adopt the M-N communication paths for communication after the control module controls the N second communication paths to be connected.
13. A terminal device, characterized by comprising a processor, a memory and a computer program stored on the memory and executable on the processor, the computer program, when executed by the processor, implementing the steps of the method of controlling a communication path according to any one of claims 1 to 6.
14. A computer-readable storage medium, characterized in that a computer program is stored on the computer-readable storage medium, which computer program, when being executed by a processor, carries out the steps of the method of controlling a communication path according to any one of claims 1 to 6.
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