CN111050377B

CN111050377B - Method for sharing network connection by mobile terminal and mobile terminal

Info

Publication number: CN111050377B
Application number: CN201910152790.8A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 方平; 庄宏成
Original assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Current assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Priority date: 2018-10-12
Filing date: 2019-02-28
Publication date: 2021-02-26
Anticipated expiration: 2039-02-28
Also published as: CN111050377A

Abstract

The embodiment of the application discloses a method for sharing network connection by a mobile terminal and the mobile terminal, wherein the method comprises the following steps: the method comprises the steps that a mobile terminal receives a first operation of a user on the mobile terminal, wherein the first operation is an operation of indicating the mobile terminal to enter a flow sharing setting; the mobile terminal responds to the first operation and displays a plurality of setting options of flow sharing; the mobile terminal receives a second operation of the user on the mobile terminal, wherein the second operation is an operation of the user for selecting one or more setting options in the plurality of setting options; and the mobile terminal responds to the second operation and starts network sharing corresponding to one or more setting options selected by the user. By adopting the embodiment of the application, a user can provide a more flexible hot spot flow sharing mode according to the service type required by the equipment to be connected.

Description

Method for sharing network connection by mobile terminal and mobile terminal

Technical Field

The present application relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a method for sharing a network connection by a mobile terminal and a mobile terminal.

Background

Due to the occurrence of network slicing in the fifth Generation Mobile communication technology (the 5th Generation Mobile communication technology, abbreviated as 5G), future operators may provide network slicing services with different service levels for different types of services, for example, Enhanced Mobile Broadband (eMBB) traffic service, which needs to provide as much bandwidth and traffic as possible; a high-reliability Low-Latency Communications (URLLC) service needs to provide data transmission with high reliability and Low Latency; large-scale machine-type communications (mtc) services need to provide massive connections for Internet of Things (IoT) communications. For different slicing services or services, due to different requirements for transmission, such as that broadband services pay more attention to bandwidth, requirements for delay and reliability are relatively low, low-delay high-reliability services require low delay and high reliability, large-scale machine communication services require massive connection, and data traffic of a single device is possibly less, so that for traffic transmission of the same size, the cost for operators to provide different types of transmission may be greatly different, and the cost for users may also be greatly different.

In addition to cellular communication, the future mobile terminal, such as a 5G mobile phone or a tablet computer with cellular communication function, may also serve as a proxy device to provide network connection service to other devices in addition to cellular communication performed by the mobile phone or the computer itself. Furthermore, in the future, services of different slice types may be supported, for example, watching movies as a mobile phone or a tablet computer, playing games, being placed in a vehicle as an agent device to provide vehicle communication services to devices in the vehicle, temporarily providing high-reliability low-delay data transmission as an emergency high-reliability transmission agent, and the like.

The current manner of sharing a network by Android devices is shown in fig. 1, and traffic sharing defaults to the same bearer or traffic, so that a mobile phone only needs to directly set a shared network as hotspot sharing (the shared network is set by configuring a WLAN hotspot), and further limits traffic of single sharing.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the present application provides a method for sharing a network connection by a mobile terminal and the mobile terminal, so that a user can provide a more flexible hot spot traffic sharing mode according to a service type required by a device to be connected.

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a method for a mobile terminal to share a network connection, which may include:

the method comprises the steps that a mobile terminal receives a first operation of a user on the mobile terminal, wherein the first operation is an operation of indicating the mobile terminal to enter a flow sharing setting;

optionally, the user may perform the first operation on a touch screen of the mobile terminal, or may perform the first operation by floating touch, tapping, shaking, voice control, or the like.

The mobile terminal responds to the first operation, and displays a plurality of setting options for flow sharing on a touch screen of the mobile terminal or any display screen of the mobile terminal with a plurality of display screens, wherein the setting options comprise setting options for sharing at least two types of network connection services, the at least two types of network connection services correspond to transmission requirements of at least two service types, and the at least two service types comprise at least one of transmission services requiring low time delay and high reliability and transmission services requiring high bandwidth;

the mobile terminal receives a second operation of the user on the mobile terminal, wherein the second operation is an operation of the user for selecting one or more setting options in the plurality of setting options;

optionally, the user may perform a second operation on the touch screen of the mobile terminal, and may also perform the second operation through floating touch, tapping, shaking, voice control, and the like.

And the mobile terminal responds to the second operation and starts network sharing corresponding to one or more setting options selected by the user.

In a possible implementation manner, the method further includes:

and the mobile terminal transmits the data to be transmitted through the shared network according to the setting options selected by the user and the network connection service types corresponding to the setting options.

In a possible implementation manner, the setting options further include a setting option that does not limit a network connection sharing manner, and if the setting option selected by the user is the setting option that does not limit the network connection sharing manner, the mobile terminal performs data transmission for the device connected to the shared network according to a manner that is optimal in cost, optimal in power consumption, or optimal in performance.

In a possible implementation manner, if the setting option selected by the user restricts the mobile terminal from providing a shared network corresponding to a network connection service type, the mobile terminal performs data transmission of a service type corresponding to the network connection service type for a device connected to the shared network.

In a possible implementation manner, if the setting option selected by the user restricts the mobile terminal from providing network sharing corresponding to at least two network connection service types, the mobile terminal selects a connection corresponding to a service type for data transmission according to the service type corresponding to data transmission initiated by a device connected to the shared network.

In one possible implementation, the at least two types of network connection services correspond to different levels of transmission requirements.

In one possible implementation, the starting of network sharing includes:

the mobile terminal indicates a connection service type of the shared network in a beacon frame broadcast in a network as a hotspot.

In a possible implementation manner, the mobile terminal adjusts the power saving operation mode according to the type of the network connection service provided by the shared network, so as to ensure that the provided network sharing can provide the network connection service of the corresponding service level.

In a possible implementation manner, the at least two service types further include:

and requiring the transmission service of the large-scale machine communication, wherein the transmission service of the large-scale machine communication requires that the number of the equipment connections provided by the mobile terminal is greater than a preset number.

In a possible implementation manner, if the type of the current network connection service is a transmission service requiring low latency and high reliability, the mobile terminal adjusts the power saving operation mode to the non-sleep mode.

In a possible implementation manner, the setting option of the size of the shared traffic includes at least one of the following sub-setting options:

the flow rate setting method comprises a sub-setting option without flow rate limitation, a sub-setting option with flow rate self-defined and a sub-setting option with flow rate corresponding to a preset numerical value.

In a possible implementation manner, the setting option of the time for sharing the traffic includes at least one of the following sub-setting options:

the time-unlimited sub-setting options, the time-customized sub-setting options and the time sub-setting options corresponding to preset numerical values.

In a possible implementation manner, the setting option of the device connection number of the shared traffic includes at least one of the following sub-setting options:

the method comprises the following steps of setting sub-setting options without limiting the connection number of the equipment, setting sub-setting options with self-defined equipment connection number and setting sub-setting options with the equipment connection number corresponding to preset numerical values.

In a possible implementation manner, if the current shared traffic reaches the traffic size limit set by the setting option, the mobile terminal closes network sharing; or

When the current sharing flow reaches a preset first threshold, the mobile terminal sends a first notification message, wherein the first notification message indicates the remaining sharing flow, the preset first threshold is smaller than or equal to the flow size limit set by a setting option, and the remaining sharing flow is equal to the difference between the flow size set by the setting option and the preset first threshold.

In a possible implementation manner, if the time of the current shared flow reaches the time set by the setting option, the mobile terminal closes the network sharing; or

When the current flow sharing time reaches a preset time threshold, the preset time threshold is less than or equal to the time set by the setting option, and the mobile terminal sends a second notification message, wherein the second notification message comprises a time point about to close the sharing network or residual duration information about the time point or the distance from the time point to close the sharing network.

In a possible implementation manner, if the connection number of the devices currently sharing the traffic reaches the connection number of the devices set by the setting option, the mobile terminal refuses other devices which are not currently accessing the shared network to access the shared network; or

And if the connection quantity of the current flow sharing equipment reaches the connection quantity of the equipment set by the setting option, the mobile terminal receives a transmission request sent by other equipment which does not access the sharing network at present, and then sends a third notification message, wherein the third notification message indicates that the connection quantity of the equipment reaches a preset value.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a mobile terminal, which may include:

a memory to store instructions;

a processor, configured to invoke the instruction in the memory, and execute the method according to the first aspect of the embodiment of the present application or any implementation manner of the first aspect.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a mobile terminal, which may include:

a processor, a memory, and a transceiver;

the transceiver is used for receiving and transmitting data;

the memory is to store instructions;

the processor is configured to call the instruction in the memory, and execute the method according to the first aspect of the present application or any implementation manner of the first aspect.

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a mobile terminal configured to perform the method according to the first aspect of the embodiments of the present application or any implementation manner of the first aspect.

In a fifth aspect, embodiments of the present application provide a computer program product, which includes a computer program, when the computer program is executed on a computer, the computer will implement the method according to the first aspect of the embodiments of the present application or any implementation manner of the first aspect.

In a sixth aspect, embodiments of the present application provide a computer program, which, when executed on a computer, will enable the computer to implement the method according to the first aspect of the embodiments or any implementation manner of the first aspect of the present application.

In a seventh aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a computer-readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored, where the computer program, when executed on a computer, will make the computer implement the method according to the first aspect of the embodiment of the present application or any implementation manner of the first aspect.

In an eighth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an apparatus, including: a processing module and a communication interface, wherein the processing module is configured to perform the method according to the first aspect of the present application or any implementation manner of the first aspect.

In a possible implementation manner, the apparatus further includes a storage module, the storage module is configured to store instructions, and the processing module is configured to execute the instructions stored by the storage module, and the execution of the instructions stored in the storage module causes the processing module to execute the method according to the first aspect or any implementation manner of the first aspect of the embodiment of the present application.

In one possible implementation, the apparatus is a chip or a system of chips.

In a ninth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a frame structure, including: and the network connection indication information is used for indicating one or more network connection services shared by the mobile terminal.

In a tenth aspect, embodiments of the present application provide a Graphical User Interface (GUI) stored in an electronic device, the electronic device including a touch screen, a memory, and one or more processors configured to execute one or more computer programs stored in the memory, the GUI comprising:

a first GUI displayed on the touch screen, the first GUI including a first menu for setting a traffic sharing mode;

and displaying a second GUI on the touch screen in response to a touch event aiming at the first menu, wherein the second GUI comprises a plurality of setting options, the plurality of setting options comprise setting options sharing at least two types of network connection services, the at least two types of network connection services correspond to the transmission requirements of at least two service types, and the at least two service types comprise at least one of transmission services requiring low delay and high reliability and transmission services requiring high bandwidth.

In an eleventh aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a mobile terminal, which may include:

the receiving and sending unit is used for receiving a first operation of a user on a touch screen of the mobile terminal, wherein the first operation is an operation for indicating the mobile terminal to enter a flow sharing setting;

a processing unit, configured to display, in response to the first operation, multiple setting options for traffic sharing on the touch screen, where the multiple setting options include setting options for sharing at least two types of network connection services, where the at least two types of network connection services correspond to transmission requirements of at least two service types, and the at least two service types include at least one of a transmission service requiring low latency and high reliability and a transmission service requiring high bandwidth;

the receiving and sending unit is further used for receiving a second operation of the user on the touch screen, wherein the second operation is an operation of the user for selecting one or more setting options in the plurality of setting options;

the processing unit is further used for responding to the second operation and starting network sharing corresponding to one or more setting options selected by the user.

In one possible implementation, the processing unit is further configured to:

and according to the setting option selected by the user, data to be transmitted through the shared network are transmitted according to the network connection service type corresponding to the setting option.

In a possible implementation manner, if the setting option selected by the user restricts the mobile terminal from providing a shared network corresponding to a network connection service type, the processing unit is further configured to perform data transmission of a service type corresponding to the network connection service type for a device connected to the shared network.

In a possible implementation manner, if the setting option selected by the user restricts the mobile terminal from providing network sharing corresponding to at least two network connection service types, the processing unit is further configured to select a connection corresponding to a service type for data transmission according to the service type corresponding to data transmission initiated by a device connected to the shared network.

In a possible implementation manner, the transceiver unit is further configured to:

the connection service type of the shared network is indicated in a beacon frame broadcast in the network where it is a hotspot.

In a possible implementation manner, the processing unit is further configured to adjust a power saving operation mode according to a type of the network connection service provided by the shared network, so as to ensure that the provided network share can provide the network connection service of a corresponding service level.

In a possible implementation manner, if the type of the current network connection service is a transmission service requiring low latency and high reliability, the processing unit is further configured to adjust a power saving operation mode of the mobile terminal to be an unsynchronized mode.

In one possible implementation, the plurality of setting options further includes at least one of the following setting options:

the size of the shared traffic, the time of the shared traffic, or the number of device connections sharing the traffic.

The setting option of the size of the shared traffic comprises at least one of the following sub-setting options:

In a possible implementation manner, if the size of the current shared traffic reaches the traffic size limit set by the setting option, the processing unit is further configured to close network sharing; or

In a possible implementation manner, if the time of the current shared traffic reaches the time set by the setting option, the processing unit is further configured to close network sharing; or

When the current time for sharing the traffic reaches a preset time threshold, the preset time threshold is less than or equal to the time set by the setting option, and the transceiver unit is further configured to send a second notification message, where the second notification message includes a time point at which the shared network is to be closed or remaining duration information from which the shared network is closed.

In a possible implementation manner, if the connection number of the devices currently sharing the traffic reaches the connection number of the devices set by the setting option, the processing unit is further configured to deny access to the shared network by other devices that are not currently accessing the shared network; or

If the connection number of the devices sharing the flow currently reaches the connection number of the devices set by the setting option, the transceiver unit receives a transmission request sent by other devices which do not access the sharing network currently, and the transceiver unit is further configured to send a third notification message, where the third notification message indicates that the connection number of the devices has reached the preset value.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments or the background art of the present application, the drawings required to be used in the embodiments or the background art of the present application will be described below.

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating option settings in a network sharing method of a conventional mobile phone;

fig. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a method for sharing a network connection by a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 3a is a schematic diagram illustrating an option setting of network sharing according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 3b is a schematic diagram illustrating an option setting of a network connection service for network sharing according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 4a is a schematic diagram illustrating setting of a shared traffic size in network sharing according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 4b is a schematic diagram of setting a shared time in network sharing according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 4c is a schematic diagram illustrating setting of the number of device connections in network sharing according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 5 is a schematic diagram illustrating a format of a beacon frame according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of an alternative arrangement of a network connection service for network sharing according to the present application;

fig. 7 is a schematic composition diagram of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 8 is a schematic composition diagram of another mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 9 is a schematic composition diagram of another mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

Embodiments of the present application are described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application.

The terms "including" and "having," and any variations thereof, in the description and claims of this application and the drawings described above, are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusions. For example, a process, method, system, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of steps or elements is not limited to only those steps or elements listed, but may alternatively include other steps or elements not listed, or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.

First, a system architecture or scenario example of a possible application of the embodiment of the present application is described:

the application scenario of the embodiment of the application provides a network sharing service for opening the AP hot spot of the mobile phone when the user uses the 5G mobile terminal, such as the mobile phone, and can provide different network sharing modes for different services operated by the equipment needing to be connected. For example, a user who needs to watch web news or videos can be set to share the eMBB service or share common network traffic through the hotspot sharing network service; if the shared network service requires low-delay and high-reliability service transmission when the shared network service is used for vehicle-mounted communication equipment or robot communication or game service, the shared URLLC flow can be set; if the IoT equipment is shared with the network service, the mMTC connection sharing service can be selected. When the sharing mode is set, the size of the shared traffic, or the size of the number of the shared connection devices, or the length of the shared time, etc., or a combination of the above modes may also be set.

The embodiment of the application relates to a physical component:

the embodiment of the present application mainly relates to a mobile terminal, such as a mobile phone or a tablet computer, and further relates to a cellular communication module and a Wireless-Fidelity (WiFi) module therein. The cellular communication module provides connectivity for the mobile terminal to the cellular network, while the WiFi module provides connectivity for the mobile terminal to other devices of the local network. The mobile terminal shares the connection of the cellular network through the WiFi module to perform data transmission to other equipment of the local network, wherein the data transmission comprises uplink, downlink or combination of uplink and downlink.

Besides the WiFi module, the WiFi module may also be a bluetooth module, a Near Field Communication (NFC) module, or another short-range communication module, or even a module capable of supporting a cellular communication mode, which is used for providing local network sharing, as long as a network connection can be provided for other devices.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present application, the Mobile terminal may be a smart Phone (such as an Android Phone, an iOS Phone, a Windows Phone, etc.) or a tablet computer, and may also be a palm computer, a notebook computer, a Mobile Internet device (MID for short), a wearable device, etc., which has a necessary communication module and can provide network sharing for other Devices. The above-mentioned mobile terminals are only examples, not exhaustive, and include but are not limited to the above-mentioned mobile terminals. In the embodiment of the application, a network sharing mode is provided for a 5G mobile terminal (a mobile phone or a tablet personal computer, etc.), so that a user can provide a more flexible hot spot traffic sharing mode according to a service type required by a device to be connected. For convenience of description and understanding, the mobile phone is mainly taken as an example for illustration.

Referring to fig. 2, fig. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a method for sharing network connection by a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure; in this embodiment, a method for sharing a network by a mobile terminal is provided, where the mobile terminal displays a network sharing mode, and the mobile terminal receives a user operation and shares the network according to a setting selected by the user operation.

The specific implementation is as follows:

s201, a mobile terminal receives a first operation of a user on the mobile terminal, wherein the first operation is an operation of indicating the mobile terminal to enter a flow sharing setting.

Alternatively, existing mobile terminals are generally provided with a touch screen, and thus touch operations are widely used. The first operation of the mobile terminal by the user may be a first operation on a touch screen of the mobile terminal. Of course, in addition, the first operation may also be a suspension operation, a tapping operation, a shaking operation, a voice operation, a key operation, and the like, which is not limited in this embodiment.

S202, the mobile terminal responds to the first operation and displays a plurality of setting options of flow sharing.

Alternatively, the setting options may be displayed on a touch screen of the mobile terminal. When the mobile terminal has two or more screens, the two or more screens can be displayed on any one or more screens, and the embodiment of the application is not limited in any way.

Optionally, the plurality of setting options include setting options that share at least two types of network connection services, where the at least two types of network connection services correspond to transmission requirements of at least two service types, and the at least two service types include at least one of a transmission service that requires low latency and high reliability and a transmission service that requires high bandwidth.

Wherein, the low time delay and high reliability are equal to the high reliability and low time delay, which all correspond to the transmission requirement of URLLC service.

Optionally, the at least two service types further include:

The plurality of setting options may include two or more setting options. Wherein one setting option is a setting option for selecting a type of network connection service that needs to be shared. In the setting option, at least two types of network connection services may be included for the user to select, for example, a low-latency high-reliability traffic option corresponding to the low-latency high-reliability network connection service, an internet of things connection traffic corresponding to the internet of things network connection service, and the like may be included.

The shared traffic is a shared network connection, and the shared network connection service corresponds to a shared traffic type.

In one possible implementation, see fig. 3a and 3b, fig. 3a is a schematic diagram of an option setting for network sharing; FIG. 3b is a schematic diagram of an option setup of a network connection service for network sharing; as shown in fig. 3a, the terminal responds to the first operation and then performs a setup interface of the shared network connection, which includes whether to turn on the WLAN hotspot switch of the mobile terminal, which is exemplified by the huabei Mate 10. Specific setting options include "configure WLAN hotspot," which can be used to set the name and password of the hotspot. The "network sharing restriction" may be used to set the type of network connection service provided, and the like. The "single traffic limit" may limit the traffic of a single share. The "management device list" may enable management of devices accessing the hotspot, such as invite to join, delete, deny to join, and individual flow control and network connection service control.

When the user selects the option of the network sharing control for setting, as shown in fig. 3b, a manner for the mobile terminal to set the network sharing may be provided, including providing a plurality of different types of network connection services for selection in the network sharing. The different types of network connection services mainly refer to different requirements for network transmission, such as different requirements for delay, bandwidth, reliability, connection number, and the like, and examples of the different types of network connection services include common data traffic, low-delay high-reliability traffic, and internet of things connection traffic, but are not limited to the examples listed here, and names of the listed different types of network connection services may be adjusted, that is, other similar names may be used. In particular, in implementation, specific names of various different types of network connection services are provided, which may be names that are easier to understand by a user or service type names that are named by an operator according to business promotion needs, such as common data traffic, which may also be referred to as eMBB traffic; the low-delay and high-reliability traffic can also be called game traffic, or car networking traffic, or industrial internet traffic, and the like; internet of things connection traffic, which may also be referred to as IoT connection traffic, or sensor connection traffic, etc. In the name of the network sharing option, there may be no expression of "traffic", such as "traffic" may be replaced by "service".

In a possible embodiment, after configuring information such as a hotspot name and a password of a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) hotspot, and when further setting some limiting conditions of network sharing (or traffic sharing), a user may perform a first operation on the mobile terminal, that is, click on a "network sharing limiting" menu (the menu name may also be other names, such as "network sharing setting", "shared network mode", "shared traffic type", "traffic sharing setting", and the like) in a first interface (as shown in fig. 3 a) displayed on the mobile terminal, the menu may be set in the same interface as the "configure WLAN hotspot" menu, or may be set as a next-level menu within the "configure WLAN hotspot" menu, and in response to the first operation, a second interface (or referred to as a pop-up window, as shown in fig. 3 b), a plurality of network sharing restriction options (also referred to as network sharing setting options or traffic sharing setting options) are displayed on the second interface, and these options provide a plurality of traffic of different service types for the user to select, and the user may select one of them (select one option) when setting the network sharing mode, for example, low-latency high-reliability service traffic, or may select two or more of them (select multiple options) at the same time, for example, normal data traffic and low-latency high-reliability traffic.

Optionally, the at least two or more types of network connection services correspond to different levels of transmission requirements.

S203, the mobile terminal receives a second operation of the user on the mobile terminal, wherein the second operation is the operation of selecting one or more setting options in the plurality of setting options by the user.

Alternatively, the second operation of the mobile terminal by the user may be a second operation on a touch screen of the mobile terminal. Of course, in addition, the second operation may also be a suspension operation, a tapping operation, a shaking operation, a voice operation, a key operation, and the like, which is not limited in this embodiment.

Optionally, when the user selects one or more network connection services in network sharing, further limited setting may be performed on a specific network sharing service, and optionally, the setting options further include at least one of the following setting options: the size of the shared traffic, the time of the shared traffic, or the number of device connections sharing the traffic. The setting option of the size of the shared traffic comprises at least one of the following sub-setting options: the flow rate setting method comprises a sub-setting option without flow rate limitation, a sub-setting option with flow rate self-defined and a sub-setting option with flow rate corresponding to a preset numerical value. The setting option of the time for sharing the traffic comprises at least one of the following sub-setting options: the time-unlimited sub-setting options, the time-customized sub-setting options and the time sub-setting options corresponding to preset numerical values. The setting option of the connection number of the devices sharing the traffic comprises at least one of the following sub-setting options: the method comprises the following steps of setting sub-setting options without limiting the connection number of the equipment, setting sub-setting options with self-defined equipment connection number and setting sub-setting options with the equipment connection number corresponding to preset numerical values.

Referring to fig. 4a, fig. 4b and fig. 4c specifically, fig. 4a is a schematic diagram illustrating setting of a shared traffic size in network sharing, fig. 4b is a schematic diagram illustrating setting of a shared time in network sharing, and fig. 4c is a schematic diagram illustrating setting of a device connection number in network sharing; as shown in fig. 4a, for example, for the normal network traffic data, the traffic size of the one-time sharing may be further set, for example, 10MB, 20MB, 50MB, etc. (for example, after the user selects the "normal data traffic" option in the second interface shown in fig. 3b, a third interface shown in fig. 4a is displayed on the mobile terminal, and the setting options of multiple traffic sizes are displayed on the third interface for the user to select); as shown in fig. 4b, for low latency highly reliable network traffic, the limitation of sharing may be a time dimension, e.g., 10 minutes, 20 minutes, etc., since resource reservation may be required; as shown in fig. 4c, the traffic limitation for the internet of things may be the limitation on the number of device connections, because such connections have low traffic and low transmission requirements, and the requirement on the network is to maintain as many network connection devices as possible. Fig. 4a gives an example of sharing of traffic corresponding to different network traffic connections.

Here, the setting is generally set for single network sharing, but it may be a shared traffic limit within a certain time, for example, a traffic that can be shared every day, a traffic that can be shared every week, a traffic that can be shared every month, or the like.

4a, 4b and 4c show that each flow has only one dimension of limitation, such as the size, time, or number of connections of the flow, but in practical implementation, it is further possible to perform two-dimensional or more-dimensional limitation on one flow, such as low-latency and highly reliable flow limitation, which may be the flow sharing of 100MB, but also limit the sharing time to 20 minutes, and when one of the limitations is reached, the sharing is stopped; or stopping network sharing when two dimensions, or time and traffic size reach the limit condition. The description of the drawings is omitted here.

S204, the mobile terminal responds to the second operation and starts network sharing corresponding to the selected one or more setting options.

That is, after the user completes the setting of the network traffic sharing, the mobile terminal can start the network hotspot according to the setting of the user, so that other devices can be connected to use the shared network service.

For other devices connected to the mobile terminal device, and implementing network data transmission through the mobile terminal, the relationship between the data transmission and the network service sharing mode set by the user may include the following:

1. the user sets the mobile terminal device not to limit the network connection sharing mode, so the mobile terminal transmits the data to be transmitted by connecting other devices according to the mode of the mobile terminal device.

a) Possible implementations are: the mobile terminal provides connection transmission for the connected equipment in a cheapest way; or, in the optimal power consumption mode, the mobile terminal provides the connection data transmission service for the connected devices in the most power-saving mode; or, in a performance-optimized manner, the mobile terminal provides a connection transfer service to other connected devices through the connection with the best performance.

2. The user sets the mobile terminal device to provide a network connection service sharing, and the service limit transmitted by the mobile terminal to the connected device may be as follows:

a) option (Option) 1: only providing transmission of services corresponding to the type of the network connection shared by the mobile terminal equipment, and not providing data transmission of other services; for example, when the mobile terminal shares the transmission of the low-latency high-reliability service, the mobile terminal only transmits the service data which other devices require to be transmitted in a low-latency high-reliability manner, but does not transmit other types of data such as normal data. The determination of the data type of the other device may be determined by the service level of the packet in WiFi, for example, providing transmission for high priority data and not providing transmission for other data types.

b) Option 2: the data type of the other terminals connected is not limited, and any type of data may be transmitted as long as the other terminals are successfully connected to the mobile terminal device. For example, although the mobile terminal shares low-latency high-reliability traffic, common data, internet of things data and data with low-latency high-reliability requirements can be transmitted through a network connection shared by the mobile terminal.

3. The user sets the mobile terminal device to provide the sharing of two network connection services, and the service limit transmitted by the mobile terminal to the connected device may be as follows:

a) option 1: providing a service corresponding to the type of the network connection shared by the mobile terminal equipment for transmission through the corresponding service connection, and not providing data transmission for other services; for example, when the mobile terminal shares the transmission of the low-latency high-reliability service, the mobile terminal transmits the transmission of the low-latency high-reliability service through the network connection; when the mobile terminal also shares the data of the common data traffic, the common data traffic of other devices is transmitted through the connection corresponding to the common data traffic. For the traffic of the internet of things, the mobile terminals are not shared, so that the data of the type cannot be transmitted.

b) Option 2: the data type of other connected terminals is not limited, any type of data can be transmitted as long as other devices are successfully connected to the mobile terminal device, and the mobile terminal automatically selects a proper connection to provide transmission according to the grade required by the data to be transmitted. For example, when the mobile terminal shares the transmission of the low-latency high-reliability service, the mobile terminal transmits the transmission of the low-latency high-reliability service through the network connection; when the mobile terminal also shares the data of the common data flow, the common data flow of other equipment is transmitted through the connection corresponding to the common data flow; of course, the ordinary traffic data may also be transmitted through a low-latency high-reliability connection, and is automatically selected by the mobile terminal, which may be considered comprehensively according to the lowest cost or the lowest power saving factor. For the internet of things traffic, if the internet of things traffic can be transmitted through the common traffic, the mobile terminal can transmit the traffic through the common data traffic, and other types of transmission can be performed without limitation or determined by the mobile terminal according to the conditions of the mobile terminal.

For the limitation of the shared traffic, specifically, for example, when the user selects to share the low-latency high-reliability traffic and the sharing time is limited to 10 minutes, the mobile terminal starts the network for sharing, which may be to start an AP hotspot of WiFi and wait for another device to connect to the device through WiFi. After 10 minutes, closing the sharing of the WiFi AP hot spot; another is to turn off the sharing of the AP hotspot after 10 minutes of the time when the device is connected. Or the sharing is the flow size, and the sharing is stopped when the transmitted data reaches the corresponding flow size; in practical implementation, it may further perform two-dimensional or more-dimensional restriction on a flow, for example, for a low-latency high-reliability flow restriction, it may be that a flow of 100MB is shared, but at the same time, the sharing time is also limited to 20 minutes, and when one of the restrictions is reached, the sharing is stopped; or stopping network sharing when two dimensions, or time and traffic size are reached. The description of the drawings is omitted here.

Optionally, the mobile terminal may adjust the power saving operation mode according to the type of the network connection service provided by the shared network, so as to ensure that the provided network share can provide the network connection service of the corresponding service level.

For example, if the type of the current network connection service is a transmission service requiring low latency and high reliability, the mobile terminal adjusts the power saving operation mode to the non-sleep mode. In addition to the above-mentioned connection to the sharing device via WiFi, other devices may also be connected to the sharing device via bluetooth, NFC, or other communication protocols such as Relay (Relay) standard defined by the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3 GPP) standard organization, so as to implement network transmission.

When the limiting condition set in the setting option is reached, the mobile terminal may close the network sharing, or may also notify the device having accessed the shared network in advance that the network sharing is about to end, and further, may also perform a pre-notification according to the network sharing condition.

For example, optionally, if the size of the current shared traffic reaches the traffic size limit set by the setting option, the mobile terminal closes network sharing; or

For another example, if the time of the current shared traffic reaches the time set by the setting option, the mobile terminal closes the network sharing; or

When the current flow sharing time reaches a preset time threshold, the preset time threshold is less than or equal to the time set by the setting option, and the mobile terminal sends a second notification message, wherein the second notification message comprises a time point about to close the sharing network or residual duration information about the time point or the distance from the time point to close the sharing network. I.e. the second notification message may be used to indicate that the shared network is about to be shut down.

For another example, if the connection number of the devices currently sharing the traffic reaches the connection number of the devices set by the setting option, the mobile terminal refuses other devices which are not currently accessing the shared network to access the shared network; or

In addition, for some devices with long-term access but low frequency and/or data transmission, the priority of accessing the shared network can be reduced. In addition, the network sharing mode in this embodiment may select a network sharing corresponding to one network access service during single setting, or may select two or more network access services during single setting and set respective limiting conditions for network sharing that is sequentially switched.

Optionally, on the basis of this embodiment, a feature that some other processing is performed after the shared network is turned on may also be added, for example, after the mobile terminal turns on a hotspot of an Access Point (AP), indication information of a type of the shared network connection may be added in a WiFi Beacon frame broadcast by the AP hotspot to indicate which type or types of network connection services the mobile terminal shares, for example, an indication byte is carried in the Beacon, where each bit is used to indicate sharing of a connection of a corresponding type. Specifically, fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of a format of a beacon frame provided in the embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 5, one of them includes 8 bits from B0 to B7, where the B0 bit is 1, indicating that the mobile terminals share the normal network traffic, and the B0 bit is 0, indicating that the mobile terminals do not share the normal network traffic; when the B1 bit is 1, the mobile terminal is indicated to share the low-delay high-reliability traffic, and when the B1 bit is 0, the mobile terminal does not share the low-delay high-reliability traffic; when the B2 bit is 1, the mobile terminal is indicated to share the connection traffic of the Internet of things, and when the B2 bit is 0, the mobile terminal does not share the connection traffic of the Internet of things; the B3-B7 bits hold (Reserved) bits. It should be noted that fig. 5 shows only an exemplary embodiment. Other types of traffic connections that carry information in the Beacon message to indicate network sharing directly or indirectly are included in embodiments of the present invention.

The equipment connected to the mobile terminal can judge the connection type provided by the mobile terminal by receiving the Beacon frame and analyzing the network connection indication information in the Beacon frame, so that the data to be transmitted is determined to be set to be a reasonable type and transmitted through the network connection shared by the mobile terminal.

Further, if the mobile terminal sets a working mode of the shared hotspot and needs to match the shared network connection type, the transmission quality of the service is ensured, for example, if the mobile terminal is in a low-delay high-reliability transmission mode, the hotspot needs to work in a non-sleep mode, so that the requirement of low delay is ensured.

By explicitly indicating the type of network connection provided in the beacon frame, the type of shared network connection may be provided to other devices connected, thereby informing the other network devices of matching the set network sharing type for data transmission.

In summary, the present embodiment provides a method for a mobile terminal to share a network, where the mobile terminal may display a setting option for traffic sharing, including sharing one or more types of network connection services, and receive a network connection sharing setting selected by a user, so as to start network connection service sharing. The method for sharing the network can further comprise that the mobile terminal device transmits data to the device which transmits data through the shared network according to the corresponding network connection service type according to the received hotspot sharing setting; further, the mobile terminal indicates the type of the shared network connection in the Beacon broadcasted in the network as the hot spot; further, when the mobile terminals share the URLLC traffic type, an operating mode of the hot spot, such as an unsmooth sleep mode, is set to meet the transmission service level requirement of the URLLC traffic. Further, the method further includes setting a transmission mode of the shared network traffic, for example, not limiting a service type of the connection or limiting that only the corresponding service type can be passed. Further, in the method, different types of sharing parameters are set, such as how much traffic is shared, or the number of shared connections, or the time of shared connections, etc. Therefore, the flexible network sharing mode can be provided for different service types needing network equipment, so that users can more conveniently provide different network sharing modes for different service types, and the control of the network sharing mode is more flexible. Compared with the prior art that only one network traffic sharing mode can be provided, the embodiment provides network connection sharing aiming at different service types, and realizes more flexible network sharing and control modes. The invention can be applied to the sharing of the cellular network, and the access mode of the cellular network is not limited, for example, the invention can comprise 4G, 5G and networks which can provide various service connection qualities in the future.

Referring to fig. 6, fig. 6 is a schematic view illustrating an option configuration of another network connection service for network sharing according to an embodiment of the present application. This embodiment provides a simpler way of sharing network connections than the embodiment shown in fig. 3 b.

The specific arrangement is shown in figure 6. Compared to the embodiment shown in fig. 3b, cost-optimized, power-optimized, performance-optimized and unlimited options are provided in the network connection sharing approach. In the implementation, one or more of the above methods may be used, or other guidance principles may be used, and the method for sharing the network connection may be set in view of the user's attention, which is not limited herein. For example, cost-optimized means that data transmitted through a shared network is transmitted in the most economical way, for example, ordinary traffic transmission is used when it is cheapest to transmit, and then ordinary traffic transmission is used; the optimal power consumption mode may be IoT connection transmission, which has not so high real-time requirement, and the sharing device may accumulate some data and then transmit the data, and then transmit the data in IoT connection mode; the optimal performance means that the data transmitted through the shared network of the mobile terminal is guaranteed to have optimal performance, for example, the optimal transmission performance can be realized by transmitting in a low-latency high-reliability manner, and then when the performance is set to be optimal, the data can be transmitted in a low-latency high-reliability connection manner. The unlimited options are more than not limiting the transmitted data, and may be determined by the device itself according to the comprehensive performance, or may be determined by comprehensively considering the optimal cost, the optimal performance, the optimal power consumption, and possibly other factors to determine what connection is used for transmission.

The transmission method may further be combined with the time limitation, the traffic size limitation, the number limitation of the connected devices, and the like in the embodiments shown in fig. 4a, 4b, and 4c, so as to implement a more flexible network connection sharing control method. And will not be described in detail herein.

Other explanations of the data transmission after the setting in this embodiment, such as the foregoing setting manner, can refer to the description in the embodiment shown in fig. 2, and are not expanded in detail.

Please refer to fig. 7, which is a schematic composition diagram of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. Can include the following steps:

a transceiver unit 100, configured to receive a first operation performed by a user on the mobile terminal, where the first operation is an operation for instructing the mobile terminal to enter a traffic sharing setting;

a processing unit 200, configured to display, in response to the first operation, a plurality of setting options for traffic sharing, where the plurality of setting options include setting options for sharing at least two types of network connection services, where the at least two types of network connection services correspond to transmission requirements of at least two service types, and the at least two service types include at least one of a transmission service requiring low latency and high reliability and a transmission service requiring high bandwidth;

the transceiver unit 100 is further configured to receive a second operation of the mobile terminal by the user, where the second operation is an operation of the user selecting one or more setting options in the plurality of setting options;

the processing unit 200 is further configured to open a network share corresponding to the one or more setting options selected by the user in response to the second operation.

Optionally, the processing unit 200 is further configured to:

Optionally, the setting options further include a setting option that does not limit a network connection sharing mode, and if the setting option selected by the user is the setting option that does not limit the network connection sharing mode, the mobile terminal performs data transmission for the device connected to the shared network according to a mode that is optimal in cost, optimal in power consumption, or optimal in performance.

Optionally, if the setting option selected by the user restricts the mobile terminal from providing a shared network corresponding to a network connection service type, the processing unit is further configured to perform data transmission of a service type corresponding to the network connection service type for a device connected to the shared network.

Optionally, if the setting option selected by the user restricts the mobile terminal from providing network sharing corresponding to at least two network connection service types, the processing unit is further configured to select a connection corresponding to the service type for data transmission according to the service type corresponding to data transmission initiated by the device that has connected to the shared network.

Optionally, the at least two types of network connection services correspond to different levels of transmission requirements.

Optionally, the transceiver unit 100 is further configured to:

and indicating the connection service type of the shared network in a beacon frame broadcasted in the network with the mobile terminal as the hotspot.

Optionally, the processing unit 200 is further configured to adjust a power saving operation mode according to a type of the network connection service provided by the shared network, so as to ensure that the provided network share can provide the network connection service of the corresponding service level.

Optionally, the at least two service types further include:

Optionally, if the type of the current network connection service is a transmission service requiring low latency and high reliability, the processing unit 200 is further configured to adjust a power saving operation mode of the mobile terminal to be an hibernation-free mode.

Optionally, the plurality of setting options further comprises at least one of the following setting options:

Optionally, the setting option of the size of the shared traffic includes at least one of the following sub-setting options:

Optionally, the setting option of the time for sharing the traffic includes at least one of the following sub-setting options:

Optionally, the setting option of the number of device connections for sharing traffic includes at least one of the following sub-setting options:

Optionally, if the size of the current shared traffic reaches the traffic size limit set by the setting option, the processing unit 200 is further configured to close network sharing; or

When the current shared traffic reaches a preset first threshold, the transceiver unit 100 is further configured to send a first notification message, where the first notification message indicates remaining shared traffic, the preset first threshold is smaller than or equal to a traffic size limit set by a setting option, and the remaining shared traffic is equal to a difference between the traffic size set by the setting option and the preset first threshold.

Optionally, if the time of the current shared traffic reaches the time set by the setting option, the processing unit 200 is further configured to close network sharing; or

When the current time for sharing the traffic reaches the preset time threshold, where the preset time threshold is less than or equal to the time set by the setting option, the transceiver unit 100 is further configured to send a second notification message, where the second notification message includes a time point at which the shared network is to be closed or remaining duration information from which the shared network is closed.

Optionally, if the connection number of the devices currently sharing the traffic reaches the connection number of the devices set by the setting option, the processing unit 200 is further configured to deny other devices that are not currently accessing the shared network from accessing the shared network; or

If the connection number of the devices sharing the traffic currently reaches the connection number of the devices set by the setting option, and the transceiver unit 100 receives a transmission request sent by other devices that do not access the shared network currently, the transceiver unit is further configured to send a third notification message, where the third notification message indicates that the connection number of the devices has reached the preset value.

The mobile terminal has the function of realizing the behavior of the mobile terminal in any of the above method embodiments. The functions can be realized by hardware, and the functions can also be realized by executing corresponding software by hardware. The hardware or software includes one or more modules corresponding to respective sub-functions of the above-described functions. Alternatively, the mobile terminal may be a user equipment.

Please refer to fig. 8, which is a schematic composition diagram of another mobile terminal provided in the embodiment of the present application; as shown in fig. 8, the mobile terminal may include a processor 110 and a memory 120. The processor 110 and the memory 120 are connected by a bus, the memory 120 is used for storing instructions, and the processor 110 is used for executing the instructions stored by the memory 120 to realize the steps in the corresponding method of fig. 2.

Further, the mobile terminal may further include a transceiver 130. Wherein the processor 110, the memory 120, and the transceiver 130 may be connected by a bus.

The processor 110 is configured to execute the instructions stored in the memory 120 to control the transceiver 130 to receive signals and control the transceiver 130 to transmit signals, so as to complete the steps performed by the mobile terminal in the above-mentioned method. Where the transceivers 130 may be the same or different physical entities. May be collectively referred to as a transceiver 130 when they are the same physical entity, and may be referred to as a receiver and a transmitter, respectively, when they are different physical entities. The memory 120 may be integrated in the processor 110 or may be provided separately from the processor 110.

As an implementation, the function of the transceiver 130 may be realized by a transceiver circuit or a dedicated chip for transceiving. The processor 110 may be considered to be implemented by a dedicated processing chip, processing circuit, processor, or a general-purpose chip.

As another implementation manner, it may be considered that the terminal provided in the embodiment of the present application is implemented by using a general-purpose computer. Program code that implements the functions of the processor 110 and the transceiver 130 is stored in the memory, and the general-purpose processor 110 implements the functions of the processor 110 and the transceiver 130 by executing the code in the memory.

For the concepts, explanations, detailed descriptions and other steps related to the technical solutions provided in the embodiments of the present application related to the mobile terminal, please refer to the descriptions of the foregoing methods or other embodiments, which are not described herein again.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that fig. 8 shows only one memory and processor for ease of illustration. In an actual controller, there may be multiple processors and memories. The memory may also be referred to as a storage medium or a storage device, and the like, which is not limited in this application.

Referring to fig. 9, an embodiment of the present application further provides an apparatus, including: a processing module 210 and a communication interface 220, the processing module being capable of executing the method flows related to the mobile terminal in any of the above method embodiments. Further, the apparatus further includes a storage module 230 (e.g., a memory), the storage module 230 is configured to store instructions, the processing module 210 is configured to execute the instructions stored in the storage module 230, and execution of the instructions stored in the storage module 230 causes the processing module 210 to execute the method flow related to the mobile terminal in any of the above method embodiments. The apparatus may be a chip or a system of chips.

The embodiment of the present application further provides a computer-readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored, where the computer program, when executed by a computer, implements the method flow related to the mobile terminal in any of the above method embodiments. In particular, the computer may be the mobile terminal described above.

The present application further provides a computer program or a computer program product including the computer program, where when the computer program is executed on a computer, the computer is caused to implement the method flows related to the mobile terminal in any of the above method embodiments. In particular, the computer may be the mobile terminal described above.

An embodiment of the present application further provides a frame structure, including: and the network connection indication information is used for indicating one or more network connection services shared by the mobile terminal. For a specific structure, reference may be made to fig. 5 and the description of the method embodiment, which are not repeated herein.

This application embodiment also provides a Graphical User Interface (GUI) stored in an electronic device, the electronic device including a touch screen, a memory, one or more processors to execute one or more computer programs stored in the memory, the GUI comprising:

For a specific display interface, reference may be made to the descriptions of fig. 3a to fig. 4b and fig. 6, which are not described herein again.

It should be understood that the Processor mentioned in the embodiments of the present Application may be a Central Processing Unit (CPU), and may also be other general-purpose processors, Digital Signal Processors (DSP), Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASIC), Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA) or other Programmable logic devices, discrete Gate or transistor logic devices, discrete hardware components, and the like. A general purpose processor may be a microprocessor or the processor may be any conventional processor or the like.

It will also be appreciated that the memory referred to in the embodiments of the application may be either volatile memory or nonvolatile memory, or may include both volatile and nonvolatile memory. The non-volatile Memory may be a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Programmable ROM (PROM), an Erasable PROM (EPROM), an Electrically Erasable PROM (EEPROM), or a flash Memory. Volatile Memory can be Random Access Memory (RAM), which acts as external cache Memory. By way of example, but not limitation, many forms of RAM are available, such as Static random access memory (Static RAM, SRAM), Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), Synchronous Dynamic random access memory (Synchronous DRAM, SDRAM), Double Data Rate Synchronous Dynamic random access memory (DDR SDRAM), Enhanced Synchronous SDRAM (ESDRAM), Synchronous link SDRAM (SLDRAM), and Direct Rambus RAM (DR RAM).

It should be noted that the memory described herein is intended to comprise, without being limited to, these and any other suitable types of memory.

It should also be understood that the reference herein to first, second, and various numerical designations is merely a convenient division to describe and is not intended to limit the scope of the present application.

In the present application, "and/or" describes an association relationship of associated objects, which means that there may be three relationships, for example, a and/or B, which may mean: a exists alone, A and B exist simultaneously, and B exists alone, wherein A and B can be singular or plural. The character "/" generally indicates that the former and latter associated objects are in an "or" relationship.

In the present application, "at least one" means one or more, "a plurality" means two or more. "at least one of the following" or similar expressions refer to any combination of these items, including any combination of the singular or plural items. For example, "at least one (a), b, or c", or "at least one (a), b, and c", may each represent: a, b, c, a-b (i.e., a and b), a-c, b-c, or a-b-c, wherein a, b, and c may be single or plural, respectively.

It should be understood that, in various embodiments of the present application, the sequence numbers of the above-mentioned processes do not mean the execution sequence, some or all of the steps may be executed in parallel or executed sequentially, and the execution sequence of each process should be determined by its function and inherent logic, and should not constitute any limitation to the implementation process of the embodiments of the present application.

Those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that the various illustrative elements and algorithm steps described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein may be implemented as electronic hardware or combinations of computer software and electronic hardware. Whether such functionality is implemented as hardware or software depends upon the particular application and design constraints imposed on the implementation. Skilled artisans may implement the described functionality in varying ways for each particular application, but such implementation decisions should not be interpreted as causing a departure from the scope of the present application.

It is clear to those skilled in the art that, for convenience and brevity of description, the specific working processes of the above-described systems, apparatuses and units may refer to the corresponding processes in the foregoing method embodiments, and are not described herein again.

In the several embodiments provided in the present application, it should be understood that the disclosed system, apparatus and method may be implemented in other ways. For example, the above-described apparatus embodiments are merely illustrative, and for example, the division of the units is only one logical division, and other divisions may be realized in practice, for example, a plurality of units or components may be combined or integrated into another system, or some features may be omitted, or not executed. In addition, the shown or discussed mutual coupling or direct coupling or communication connection may be an indirect coupling or communication connection through some interfaces, devices or units, and may be in an electrical, mechanical or other form.

The units described as separate parts may or may not be physically separate, and parts displayed as units may or may not be physical units, may be located in one place, or may be distributed on a plurality of network units. Some or all of the units can be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of the embodiment.

In addition, functional units in the embodiments of the present application may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may exist alone physically, or two or more units are integrated into one unit.

The functions, if implemented in the form of software functional units and sold or used as a stand-alone product, may be stored in a computer readable storage medium. Based on such understanding, the technical solution of the present application or portions thereof that substantially contribute to the prior art may be embodied in the form of a software product stored in a storage medium and including instructions for causing a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, a network device or a terminal device, etc.) to execute all or part of the steps of the method according to the embodiments of the present application. And the aforementioned storage medium includes: various media capable of storing program codes, such as a usb disk, a removable hard disk, a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a magnetic disk, or an optical disk.

Relevant parts among the method embodiments of the application can be mutually referred; the apparatus provided in the respective apparatus embodiments is adapted to perform the method provided in the respective method embodiments, so that the respective apparatus embodiments may be understood with reference to the relevant parts in the relevant method embodiments.

The device structure diagrams given in the device embodiments of the present application only show simplified designs of the corresponding devices. In practical applications, the apparatus may comprise any number of transmitters, receivers, processors, memories, etc. to implement the functions or operations performed by the apparatus in the embodiments of the apparatus of the present application, and all apparatuses that can implement the present application are within the scope of the present application.

The names of the messages/frames/indication information, modules or units, etc. provided in the embodiments of the present application are only examples, and other names may be used as long as the roles of the messages/frames/indication information, modules or units, etc. are the same.

The terminology used in the embodiments of the present application is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. As used in the examples of this application and the appended claims, the singular forms "a", "an", and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It should also be understood that the term "and/or" as used herein refers to and encompasses any and all possible combinations of one or more of the associated listed items. The character "/" herein generally indicates that the former and latter associated objects are in an "or" relationship.

The word "if" or "if" as used herein may be interpreted as "at … …" or "when … …" or "in response to a determination" or "in response to a detection", depending on the context. Similarly, the phrases "if determined" or "if detected (a stated condition or event)" may be interpreted as "when determined" or "in response to a determination" or "when detected (a stated condition or event)" or "in response to a detection (a stated condition or event)", depending on the context.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that all or part of the steps in the method for implementing the above embodiments may be implemented by instructing the relevant hardware through a program, which may be stored in a storage medium readable by a device and includes all or part of the steps when executed, such as: FLASH, EEPROM, etc.

The above-mentioned embodiments, the purpose, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention have been described in further detail, it should be understood that various embodiments may be combined, and the above-mentioned embodiments are only examples of the present invention and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, and any combination, modification, equivalent replacement, improvement, etc. made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the scope of the present invention.

It should be understood that, in the embodiment of the present Application, the processor may be a Central Processing Unit (CPU), and the processor may also be other general-purpose processors, Digital Signal Processors (DSPs), Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), Field-Programmable Gate arrays (FPGAs) or other Programmable logic devices, discrete Gate or transistor logic devices, discrete hardware components, and the like.

The memory may include both read-only memory and random access memory, and provides instructions and data to the processor. The portion of memory may also include non-volatile random access memory.

The bus may include a power bus, a control bus, a status signal bus, and the like, in addition to the data bus. But for clarity of illustration the various buses are labeled as buses in the figures.

In implementation, the steps of the above method may be performed by integrated logic circuits of hardware in a processor or instructions in the form of software. The steps of a method disclosed in connection with the embodiments of the present application may be directly implemented by a hardware processor, or may be implemented by a combination of hardware and software modules in a processor. The software module may be located in ram, flash memory, rom, prom, or eprom, registers, etc. storage media as is well known in the art. The storage medium is located in a memory, and a processor reads information in the memory and completes the steps of the method in combination with hardware of the processor. To avoid repetition, it is not described in detail here.

According to the method provided by the embodiment of the present application, the embodiment of the present application further provides a system, which includes the MEC host, the mobile terminal, and the migration destination MEC host.

In the embodiments of the present application, the sequence numbers of the above-mentioned processes do not mean the execution sequence, and the execution sequence of each process should be determined by its function and inherent logic, and should not constitute any limitation to the implementation process of the embodiments of the present application.

Those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that the various illustrative logical blocks and steps (step) described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein may be implemented as electronic hardware or combinations of computer software and electronic hardware. Whether such functionality is implemented as hardware or software depends upon the particular application and design constraints imposed on the implementation. Skilled artisans may implement the described functionality in varying ways for each particular application, but such implementation decisions should not be interpreted as causing a departure from the scope of the present application.

In the above embodiments, the implementation may be wholly or partially realized by software, hardware, firmware, or any combination thereof. When implemented in software, may be implemented in whole or in part in the form of a computer program product. The computer program product includes one or more computer instructions. When loaded and executed on a computer, cause the processes or functions described in accordance with the embodiments of the application to occur, in whole or in part. The computer may be a general purpose computer, a special purpose computer, a network of computers, or other programmable device. The computer instructions may be stored in a computer readable storage medium or transmitted from one computer readable storage medium to another, for example, from one website site, computer, server, or data center to another website site, computer, server, or data center via wired (e.g., coaxial cable, fiber optic, Digital Subscriber Line (DSL)) or wireless (e.g., infrared, wireless, microwave, etc.). The computer-readable storage medium can be any available medium that can be accessed by a computer or a data storage device, such as a server, a data center, etc., that incorporates one or more of the available media. The usable medium may be a magnetic medium (e.g., floppy disk, hard disk, magnetic tape), an optical medium (e.g., DVD), or a semiconductor medium (e.g., solid state disk), among others.

The above description is only for the specific embodiments of the present application, but the scope of the present application is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art can easily conceive of the changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the present application, and shall be covered by the scope of the present application. Therefore, the protection scope of the present application shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Claims

1. A method for sharing network connection by a mobile terminal is characterized by comprising the following steps:

the mobile terminal responds to the first operation and displays a plurality of setting options for flow sharing, wherein the setting options comprise setting options for sharing at least two types of network connection services, the at least two types of network connection services correspond to transmission requirements of at least two service types, and the at least two service types comprise at least one of transmission services requiring low time delay and high reliability and transmission services requiring high bandwidth;

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the setting options further include a setting option not limiting a network connection sharing manner, and if the setting option selected by the user is the setting option not limiting the network connection sharing manner, the mobile terminal performs data transmission for the device connected to the shared network according to a cost-optimized, power-optimized or performance-optimized manner.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein if the setting option selected by the user restricts the mobile terminal from providing the shared network corresponding to one network connection service type, the mobile terminal performs data transmission of a service type corresponding to the one network connection service type for the device connected to the shared network.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein if the setting option selected by the user restricts the mobile terminal from providing network sharing corresponding to at least two network connection service types, the mobile terminal selects a connection corresponding to a service type for data transmission according to the service type corresponding to data transmission initiated by a device connected to the shared network.

6. The method of any of claims 1-5, wherein the at least two types of network connection services correspond to different levels of transmission requirements.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the opening network sharing comprises:

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the mobile terminal adjusts the power saving operation mode according to a type of the network connection service provided by the shared network, so as to ensure that the provided network share can provide the network connection service of a corresponding service level.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least two traffic types further comprise:

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of setting options further comprises at least one of the following setting options:

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the setting option of the size of the shared traffic comprises at least one of the following sub-setting options:

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the setting option of the time to share traffic comprises at least one of the following sub-setting options:

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the setting option for the number of device connections sharing traffic comprises at least one of the following sub-setting options:

14. The method of claim 10, wherein if the current sharing traffic reaches a traffic size limit set by a setting option, the mobile terminal closes network sharing; or

15. The method of claim 10, wherein if the time of the current shared traffic reaches the time set by the setting option, the mobile terminal closes the network sharing; or

16. The method according to claim 10, wherein if the number of device connections of the current shared traffic reaches the number of device connections set by the setting option, the mobile terminal refuses other devices that are not currently accessing the shared network to access the shared network; or

17. A mobile terminal, characterized in that the mobile terminal comprises: a processor, a memory, and a transceiver;

the transceiver is used for receiving and transmitting data;

the memory is to store instructions;

the processor is configured to call the instructions in the memory to perform the method of any of claims 1-16.

18. A Graphical User Interface (GUI) stored in an electronic device comprising a touch screen, a memory, one or more processors to execute one or more computer programs stored in the memory, the GUI comprising:

displaying a second GUI on the touch screen in response to a touch event for the first menu, the second GUI including a plurality of setting options, the plurality of setting options including a setting option sharing at least two types of network connection services, the at least two types of network connection services corresponding to transmission requirements of at least two traffic types, the at least two traffic types including at least one of a transmission service requiring low latency and high reliability, and a transmission service requiring high bandwidth;

in response to a touch event for a plurality of setting options on the second GUI, displaying a second menu corresponding to one or more setting options selected by a user on the touch screen, the second menu for displaying any one of the following setting options: the size of the shared traffic, the time of the shared traffic, or the number of device connections sharing the traffic.

19. A mobile terminal, comprising:

the receiving and sending unit is used for receiving a first operation of a user on the mobile terminal, wherein the first operation is an operation for indicating the mobile terminal to enter a flow sharing setting;

a processing unit, configured to display, in response to the first operation, a plurality of setting options for traffic sharing, where the plurality of setting options include setting options for sharing at least two types of network connection services, where the at least two types of network connection services correspond to transmission requirements of at least two service types, and the at least two service types include at least one of a transmission service requiring low latency and high reliability and a transmission service requiring high bandwidth;

the transceiver unit is further configured to receive a second operation of the mobile terminal by the user, where the second operation is an operation of the user selecting one or more setting options in the plurality of setting options;