CN112640552A

CN112640552A - Method and terminal for displaying 5G state identifier

Info

Publication number: CN112640552A
Application number: CN201880097061.0A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 刘蕾; 刘继武
Original assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Current assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Priority date: 2018-08-31
Filing date: 2018-08-31
Publication date: 2021-04-09
Also published as: WO2020042181A1

Abstract

The embodiment of the application provides a method and a terminal for displaying a 5G state identifier, relates to the technical field of chips, and can solve the problems that in a double-connection scene, a user cannot accurately know whether the terminal is under double-connection or under a single 5G network, and the service experience of the terminal user is possibly highly expected. The method comprises the following steps: when the terminal resides in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) cell supporting non-independent Networking (NSA), the terminal displays a 4G state identifier of a fourth generation mobile communication technology of a first Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card in a state bar, and additionally displays a 5G state identifier of the first SIM card in the state bar when a new air interface (NR) is detected to cover the state bar. The embodiment of the application is used for displaying the 4G state identifier and the 5G state identifier under the LTE-NR dual-connection EN-DC.

Description

Method and terminal for displaying 5G state identifier

Technical Field

The present application relates to the field of chip technologies, and in particular, to a method and a terminal for displaying a status flag of a fifth Generation mobile communication technology (5-Generation mobile communication technology, 5G).

Background

With the introduction of 5G technology, when to display 5G status identifiers on the terminal side, the identifiers have been discussed many times in standard organizations such as Global Mobile provider Association (GSMA), System Association Work Group 2 (SA 2), and Radio Access Network Work Group 2 (RAN 2). Currently, GSMA has concluded that 5G state identification needs to be displayed in two scenarios: in a first scenario, a User Equipment (User Equipment) resides in an independent Evolved Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA) cell connected to a 5G core network; in a second scenario, the UE resides in a NG-RAN (Next Generation Radio Access Network) cell connected to a 5G core Network. In the first scenario, the protocol is already clear, the connected core network type is issued through a system message, and the UE displays the 5G status identifier according to the core network type. In the second scenario, when the 5G state is displayed, different operators may decide themselves according to different policies and different configurations because of the existence of a network architecture of a Non-independent Networking (NSA), such as Long Term Evolution-New Radio (LTE-NR) Dual Connectivity (E-UTRA-NR Dual Connectivity, EN-DC).

For the second scenario, as shown in table 1, the GSMA exemplifies four different configuration strategies (R2-1713952), and displays a fourth Generation mobile communication technology (4-Generation mobile communication technology, 4G) status flag or a 5G status flag in different states at one UE supporting EN-DC.

TABLE 1

As can be seen from table 1, when the 5G status flags are displayed without uniform configuration, the end users using different operators cannot obtain uniform network perception. For example, Sate2 ~ 4, users using Config A carrier see more 4G status id, and users using Config D carrier see more 5G status id. Therefore, in a dual connectivity scenario, a user cannot accurately know whether a terminal is in a dual connectivity or in a separate 5G network, and moreover, in EN-DC, a UE is attached to an Evolved Packet Core (EPC) of a Core Packet network, and an NR is used as a secondary node to share a service, and if only a 5G status identifier is displayed, the user of the terminal may have a high expectation on service experience.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application provides a method and a terminal for displaying a 5G state identifier, which can solve the problems that in a double-connection scene, a user cannot accurately know whether the terminal is under double-connection or under a single 5G network, and the service experience of the terminal user is possibly highly expected.

In a first aspect, a method for displaying a 5G status indicator is provided, including: when the terminal resides in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) cell supporting non-independent Networking (NSA), the terminal displays a 4G state identifier of a fourth generation mobile communication technology of a first Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card in a state bar, and additionally displays a 5G state identifier of the first SIM card in the state bar when a new air interface (NR) is detected to cover the state bar. Thus, when an EN-DC capable UE is attached to the EPC and resides on an E-UTRAN cell supporting EN-DC, 4G and 5G status identifiers are shown to let the user know that it is under EN-DC. Therefore, the terminal can unify the signal display mode under EN-DC, the complexity of terminal realization is reduced, and misleading of terminal users caused by different signal identifiers displayed in the same state and different configurations of different operators is avoided.

In one possible design, when the terminal resides in a LTE Long Term Evolution (LTE) cell supporting non-independent Networking (NSA), displaying, by the terminal, a 4G status identifier of the first Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) in a status bar, and additionally displaying, by the terminal, a 5G status identifier of the first SIM card in the status bar when a new air interface (NR) is detected to be covered by the terminal includes: when the terminal resides in an LTE cell supporting NSA, the terminal displays a 4G state identifier of a first SIM card in a state bar first and detects whether NR covers the terminal; when the terminal detects that NR covers the terminal, the terminal additionally displays a 5G state identifier of the first SIM card in the state bar; or when the terminal resides in an LTE cell supporting NSA and a first SIM card of the terminal is in a state of dual connection with LTE and NR, the terminal detects that the terminal is covered by NR, and the terminal additionally displays a 5G state identifier while displaying a 4G state identifier of the first SIM card in a state bar. Therefore, the terminal can display the 4G state identifier firstly and then display the 5G state identifier according to the connection state, or display the 4G state identifier and the 5G state identifier simultaneously, so that a user can accurately know that the terminal is under double connection.

In a second aspect, a method for displaying a 5G status indicator is provided, including: when the terminal resides in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) cell supporting non-independent Networking (NSA), the terminal displays the 4G state identifier and the 5G state identifier of the first SIM card in a state bar. Therefore, as long as the terminal is under EN-DC, the terminal can display the 4G state identifier and the 5G state identifier, so that a user can accurately know that the terminal is under dual connection.

In one possible design, the method further includes: and the terminal displays the identification of the 4G signal strength and the identification of the 5G signal strength of the first SIM card in the status bar. The respective signal strengths of the user cargo values LTE and NR can be made to know the specific wireless network situation.

In a third aspect, a communication apparatus applied to a terminal is provided, where the communication apparatus includes a processor and a memory, where the memory stores computer instructions, and when the computer instructions are executed, the processor is configured to perform: and when the terminal is determined to reside in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) cell supporting the non-independent Networking (NSA), indicating the terminal to display a fourth generation mobile communication technology 4G state identifier of a first Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card in a state bar, and additionally displaying a fifth generation mobile communication technology 5G state identifier when detecting that a new air interface (NR) is covered.

In one possible design, the processor is specifically configured to perform: when the terminal is determined to reside in an LTE cell supporting NSA, indicating the terminal to display a 4G state identifier of a first SIM card in a state bar, and detecting whether NR covers the terminal; when NR coverage is detected, indicating the terminal to additionally display a 5G state identifier of the first SIM card in the state bar; or when the terminal is determined to be in the LTE cell supporting NSA and the first SIM card is in a state of being in double connection with LTE and NR, determining that NR coverage exists, and indicating the terminal to additionally display a 5G state identifier UI interface while displaying a 4G state identifier in the state bar.

In a fourth aspect, a communication apparatus is provided, which is applied to a terminal, and includes a processor and a memory, where the memory stores computer instructions, and when the computer instructions are executed, the processor is configured to perform: and when the terminal is resided in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) cell supporting the non-independent Networking (NSA), indicating the terminal to display a fourth generation mobile communication technology 4G state identifier and a fifth generation mobile communication technology 5G state identifier of the first Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card in a state bar.

In one possible design, the processor is further configured to perform: and indicating the terminal to display the identification of the 4G signal strength and the identification of the 5G signal strength of the first SIM card in the status bar.

In a fifth aspect, a terminal is provided, comprising a processor and a display, wherein: the processor is used for indicating the display to display a fourth generation mobile communication technology 4G state identifier of a first subscriber identity module SIM card in the terminal in a state bar when the terminal is determined to be resident in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) cell supporting non-independent Networking (NSA); the display is used for displaying the 4G state identification on the state bar; the processor is further used for indicating the display to additionally display the 5G state identifier of the first SIM card in the state bar when detecting that a new air interface NR covers the display; the display is also used for additionally displaying the 5G state identification of the first SIM card in the state bar.

In one possible design, the processor is configured to, when it is determined that the terminal is camped on an LTE cell supporting NSA, instruct the display to display a 4G status identifier of the first SIM card first in a status bar of the terminal, and detect whether there is NR coverage; when the terminal is determined to be covered by NR, indicating the display to additionally display the 5G state identifier of the first SIM card in the state bar; or the processor is used for determining that the NR coverage is detected when the terminal is determined to be in the LTE cell supporting NSA and the first SIM card of the terminal is in a state of double connection with LTE and NR, and indicating the display to additionally display the 5G state identifier while the 4G state identifier of the first SIM card is displayed in the state bar.

In a sixth aspect, there is provided a terminal comprising a processor and a display, wherein: the processor is used for indicating the display to display a fourth generation mobile communication technology 4G state identifier and a fifth generation mobile communication technology 5G state identifier of a first subscriber identity module SIM card in the terminal in a state bar of the terminal when the terminal is determined to be resident in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) cell supporting non-independent Networking (NSA); the display is used for displaying the 4G state mark and the 5G state mark in the state bar.

In one possible design, the display is further configured to display, in the status bar, an indication of the 4G signal strength and an indication of the 5G signal strength of the first SIM card.

In a seventh aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a computer storage medium for storing computer software instructions for the terminal, which includes a program designed to execute the above aspects.

In an eighth aspect, embodiments of the present application provide a computer program product containing instructions that, when executed on a computer, cause the computer to perform the method of the above aspects.

Through the above description of displaying the 4G state identifier and the 5G state identifier under EN-DC, compared with the case of displaying only the 4G state identifier or the 5G state identifier in table 1, the embodiment of the present application can implement simultaneous display of the 4G state identifier and the 5G state identifier, and can avoid the disadvantage that when a terminal is attached to an EPC and NR shares a service, only the 5G identifier is displayed, so that a user may have a too high expectation on the service. When the 4G state identifier and the 5G state identifier are displayed, a user can accurately know that the terminal is under double connection and when the 4G state identifier and the 5G state identifier are displayed.

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Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a network architecture according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 3 is a schematic flowchart illustrating a process of displaying a 5G status flag according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of a terminal displaying a 4G status identifier according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 5 is a schematic diagram illustrating a terminal displaying a 4G state identifier + a 5G state identifier according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 6 is a schematic diagram illustrating a terminal displaying a 3G state identifier, a 4G state identifier +5G state identifier according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 7 is a schematic diagram illustrating that a terminal according to an embodiment of the present application respectively displays a 4G status identifier and a 5G status identifier;

fig. 8 is a schematic diagram illustrating that a terminal displays a 3G status identifier, and respectively displays a 4G status identifier and a 5G status identifier according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 11 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 12 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

For ease of understanding, some of the concepts related to the present application are illustratively presented for reference. As follows:

NSA: co-sited and non co-sited deployments may be selected. For example, the 5G base station can be deployed as a macro station co-sited with the existing LTE base station to provide overlapping coverage; the 5G base station can also be used as a micro station, is deployed with the existing LTE base station in a co-station or non-co-station mode, and solves indoor or hot spot coverage.

Double connection: according to the definition of the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3 GPP), dual connectivity is an operation in which two terminals in RRC _ connection-CTED state communicate using radio resources provided by at least two network nodes (Master nodes, MN) and Secondary Nodes (SN) connected through non-ideal backhaul links, the roles of the two network nodes in dual connectivity are different, MN is a radio side anchor point of the UE, providing a unique control panel connection for the terminal to the core network, and SN provides an additional radio resource for the UR for transmission of user data and signaling.

LTE-NR Dual-connection EN-DC: the two nodes in the dual connection use different wireless access technologies, one node is LTE and the other is NR, but it is not limited that the node of which access technology is MN, and MN and SN interact signaling, data, and the like through an Xx interface.

The technical scheme provided by the application can be applied to how the terminal displays the 4G state identifier and the 5G state identifier under the LTE-NR dual-connection scene of NSA. It can also be applied to other NSA scenarios, such as NR-LTE Dual Connectivity (NE-DC) and LTE-NR Dual Connectivity (NG-RAN E-UTRA-NR Dual Connectivity, NGEN-DC) with 5G core networks. The embodiment of the present application takes an LTE-NR dual connectivity scenario as an example for explanation.

The technical scheme provided by the application can be applied to a network architecture as shown in fig. 1, and can include an LTE base station 10, an NR base station 11 and a terminal 12, wherein in an LTE-NR dual-connection scenario, the LTE base station and the NR base station are deployed at the same site, and the NR base station is used as a macro station and deployed at the same site as an existing LTE base station to provide overlapping coverage. The deployment frequency bands of NR and LTE may be different, and the deployment frequency band of NR may be higher than that of LTE, so the path loss of wireless signal propagation is large, and the coverage of NR cell is smaller than that of LTE cell.

The terminal 12 may be a User Equipment (UE), an access terminal, a UE unit, a UE station, a mobile station, a remote terminal, a mobile device, a UE terminal, a wireless communication device, a UE agent, a UE device, or the like. An access terminal may be a cellular telephone, a cordless telephone, a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) phone, a Wireless Local Loop (WLL) station, a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), a handheld device with wireless communication capabilities, a computing device or other processing device connected to a wireless modem, a vehicle mounted device, a wearable device, a terminal in a future 5G network or a terminal in a future evolved PLMN network, etc.

In one example, terminal 12 may be implemented by a structure as shown in FIG. 2. Taking the terminal 12 as a mobile phone as an example, fig. 2 shows a general hardware architecture of the mobile phone for explanation. The handset shown in fig. 2 may include: radio Frequency (RF) circuitry 210, memory 220, other input devices 230, display screen 240, sensors 250, audio circuitry 260, I/O subsystem 270, processor 280, and power supply 290. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the configuration of the handset shown in fig. 2 is not intended to be limiting and may include more or fewer components than those shown, or some components may be combined, some components may be separated, or a different arrangement of components may be used. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the display screen 240 belongs to a User Interface (UI), and the display screen 240 may include a display panel 241 and a touch panel 242. And the handset may include more or fewer components than shown. Although not shown, the mobile phone may further include a camera, a bluetooth module, and other functional modules or devices, which are not described herein again.

Further, processor 280 is coupled to RF circuitry 210, memory 220, audio circuitry 260, I/O subsystem 270, and power supply 290, respectively. The I/O subsystem 270 is coupled to the other input devices 230, the display screen 240, and the sensor 250, respectively. The RF circuit 210 may be used for receiving and transmitting signals during a message transmission or a call, and in particular, receives downlink information of a base station and then processes the received downlink information to the processor 280. Memory 220 may be used to store software programs and modules. The processor 280 executes various functional applications and data processing of the cellular phone by executing software programs and modules stored in the memory 220. In this embodiment, the processor 280 may be configured to detect whether there is an NR override and instruct the display screen 240 to display a 4G status indicator and/or a 5G status indicator, etc. in the status bar via the I/O subsystem 270. Other input devices 230 may be used to receive entered numeric or character information and generate key signal inputs relating to user settings and function controls of the handset. The display screen 240 may be used to display information input by or provided to the user and various menus of the mobile phone, and may also accept user input, and in this embodiment, the display screen 240 may display a 4G status indicator and/or a 5G status indicator, etc. in the status bar according to the instruction of the processor 280. The sensor 250 may be a light sensor, motion sensor, or other sensor. Audio circuitry 260 may provide an audio interface between the user and the handset. The I/O subsystem 270 is used to control input and output peripherals, which may include other device input controllers, sensor controllers, and display controllers. The processor 280 is a control center of the mobile phone, connects various parts of the entire mobile phone by using various interfaces and lines, and performs various functions of the mobile phone and processes data by operating or executing software programs and/or modules stored in the memory 220 and calling data stored in the memory 220, thereby performing overall monitoring of the mobile phone. A power supply 290 (e.g., a battery) is used to power the various components described above, and preferably, the power supply may be logically coupled to the processor 280 via a power management system, such that the functions of managing charging, discharging, and power consumption may be performed via the power management system.

The basic principle of the embodiment of the application can be as follows: for an LTE cell where the terminal resides in NSA, the terminal displays a 4G status identifier of a first Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card in a status bar, and displays a 5G status identifier of the first SIM card in the status bar when NR coverage is detected. Therefore, the terminal has unified network perception on how to display the 4G state identifier and the 5G state identifier, and whether to display the 5G state identifier while displaying the 4G state identifier is also determined according to whether NR coverage is actually detected, so that the complexity of terminal implementation can be reduced, different configurations of different operators are avoided, and different signal identifiers are displayed in the same state, so that a terminal user is misled.

The following provides a detailed description of examples of the present application.

When an EN-DC capable terminal is attached to the EPC and resides on an E-UTRAN cell supporting EN-DC, 4G status flags and 5G status flags can be displayed in order for the user to know that the user is under EN-DC. Specifically, an embodiment of the present application provides a method for displaying a 5G status identifier, as shown in fig. 3, including: 301. and when the terminal is resided in an LTE cell supporting NSA, the terminal displays the 4G state identification of the first SIM card in a state bar.

When the terminal is in an idle state or a connected state, and is attached to the EPC in an LTE cell supporting NSA, that is, a UE of an EN-DC capable cell resides on an E-UTRAN cell supporting EN-DC, the terminal may display a 4G status identifier in a status bar, as shown in fig. 4, the 4G status identifier, time, and battery level are displayed in the status bar.

The 4G state in fig. 4 is schematically indicated, and is not limited to the image in fig. 4, and may be another image, and the present application is not limited thereto.

It should be noted that, for example, when the terminal is a mobile phone, in this embodiment of the application, the terminal displays the 4G status identifier and/or the 5G status identifier, for one SIM card in the mobile phone card slot, and when the dual identifier is displayed, it is to be avoided that the user is regarded as two SIM cards, i.e., 4G and 5G. In the embodiment of the present application, this SIM card is referred to as a first SIM card.

302. The terminal detects whether there is NR coverage.

When detecting no NR coverage, the terminal does not execute step 303, i.e., only displays the 4G status identifier and does not display the 5G status identifier.

303. And when the terminal detects that the NR is covered, additionally displaying the 5G state identification of the first SIM card in the state bar.

This can be explained in two cases. In one case, when the terminal resides in an LTE cell supporting NSA, whether in a connected state or an idle state, the 4G state identifier of the first SIM card may be displayed in the status bar first, and whether there is NR coverage is detected; when the terminal detects that the NR is covered, the terminal additionally displays the 5G state identification of the first SIM card in the state bar. That is, in this case, the terminal displays the 4G status flag first, and additionally displays the 5G status flag when NR coverage is detected. In another case, when the terminal resides in an LTE cell supporting NSA and a first SIM card of the terminal is in a dual-connection state with LTE and NR, the terminal detects that there is NR coverage, and further, the terminal additionally displays a 5G status identifier while displaying a 4G status identifier of the first SIM card in a status bar, in this case, that is, the terminal may directly and simultaneously display the 4G status identifier and the 5G status identifier in the dual-connection state with LTE and NR, as shown in fig. 5, the terminal displays the 4G status identifier and the 5G status identifier in the status bar. The 4G state flag +5G state flag shown in fig. 5 is illustrative, and is not limited to the image in fig. 5, and may be another image, and the present application is not limited thereto.

When the terminal is a dual-card terminal, if one SIM card is a 3G network, a 3G network identifier needs to be displayed in a status bar of the terminal; another first SIM card meets the above situation, the first SIM card also needs to display the 4G state identifier and the 5G state identifier at the same time, as shown in fig. 6, a schematic diagram of the terminal having two SIM cards and needing to display the 3G state identifier, the 4G state identifier +5G state identifier at the same time, where the 4G state identifier +5G state identifier is displayed on the left side of the 3G state identifier in the state bar, the display of the 4G and 5G state identifiers also reflects the signal strength of the 4G network and the 5G network, and meanwhile, the 3G state identifier also reflects the signal strength of the 3G network. Of course, the position of the 3G status flag may be interchanged left and right with the position of the 4G +5G status flag.

In a possible implementation manner, when the terminal status bar simultaneously displays the 4G status identifier and the 5G status identifier, the 4G status identifier and the 5G status identifier may be respectively displayed, as shown in fig. 7, a display image of the 4G status identifier in fig. 7 may include an identifier of signal strength of the 4G network, and a display image of the 5G status identifier may include an identifier of signal strength of the 5G network. Similarly, when the terminal is a dual-card terminal, if one SIM card is a 3G network and the other first SIM card is in accordance with the situation of displaying the 4G status identifier and the 5G status identifier at the same time, the terminal displaying the 3G status identifier, the 4G status identifier, and the 5G status identifier may be as shown in fig. 8.

Of course, when the terminal resides in an LTE cell supporting NSA, the terminal displays the 4G status identifier of the first SIM card in the status bar, but does not detect NR coverage or does not detect NR coverage, the 5G status identifier of the first SIM card is not additionally displayed in the status bar.

Therefore, how the terminal displays the 4G status indicator and the 5G status indicator can be summarized as shown in table 2.

TABLE 2

Thus, when an EN-DC capable UE is attached to the EPC and resides on an E-UTRAN cell supporting EN-DC, 4G and 5G status identifiers are shown to let the user know that it is under EN-DC. Therefore, the terminal can unify the signal display mode under EN-DC, the complexity of terminal realization is reduced, and misleading of terminal users caused by different signal identifiers displayed in the same state and different configurations of different operators is avoided.

The embodiment of the present application further provides a method for displaying a 5G status identifier, including: when the terminal resides in an LTE cell supporting NSA, the terminal displays the 4G state identifier and the 5G state identifier of the first SIM card in a state bar.

That is, when an EN-DC capable terminal is attached to the EPC and resides on an EN-DC capable E-UTRAN cell, regardless of whether the terminal is in an idle state or a connected state, and regardless of the configuration, for a first SIM of the terminal, a 4G state identifier and a 5G state identifier are displayed on a User Interface (UI) of the terminal, as shown in any one of fig. 5, 6, 7, and 8.

If the method is described in a table form, it is different from the display mode of the status indicator in table 1, and the method in the embodiment of the present application can be summarized as shown in table 3.

TABLE 3

In this way, when a terminal supporting EN-DC is attached to the EPC and resides on an E-UTRAN cell supporting EN-DC, the terminal can display in a unified manner to reduce the complexity of terminal implementation.

The embodiment of the present application further provides a method for displaying a 5G status indicator, and the method of the present embodiment may also be adopted when the 4G status indicator and the 5G status indicator are displayed in the foregoing embodiment. The method can comprise the following steps:

when the terminal resides in an LTE cell supporting NSA, the terminal needs to display a 5G state identifier of a first SIM card according to an operator configuration strategy, and the terminal displays the 5G state identifier while displaying a 4G state identifier of the first SIM card.

The operator configuration policy may be pre-configured in the terminal, or may be issued by the base station side, and the application is not limited.

That is to say, when an EN-DC capable terminal is attached to the EPC and resides in an E-UTRAN cell supporting EN-DC, the terminal may display the 4G status identifier and the 5G status identifier when the terminal needs to display the 5G status identifier of the first SIM card according to an operator configuration policy.

The possible designs set forth below are all for the first SIM card in the terminal.

In one possible design, if a first policy of the operator configuration policies is configured in the terminal, the first policy indicating that the 4G status identifier and the 5G status identifier are displayed when the terminal is in a connected state and the terminal is in an LTE cell supporting NSA and has both LTE and NR connections, then the terminal displays the 4G status identifier and the 5G status identifier in its status bar if the terminal conforms to the design of the first policy.

In one possible design, if a second policy of the operator configuration policies is configured in the terminal, where the second policy indicates that the terminal is in an idle state, and when an LTE cell supporting NSA detects coverage of NR, a 4G status identifier and a 5G status identifier are displayed; or when the terminal is in a connected state and the terminal is in an LTE cell supporting NSA and has LTE and NR dual connection at the same time, displaying the 4G state identifier and the 5G state identifier. Then the terminal displays the 4G status flag and the 5G status flag in its status bar when it meets either of the second policies.

In one possible design, if a third policy of the operator policies is configured in the terminal, where the third policy indicates that the terminal is in a connected state or an idle state, and when an LTE cell supporting NSA detects coverage of NR, a 4G status identifier and a 5G status identifier are displayed; or when the terminal is in a connected state and the terminal is in an LTE cell supporting NSA and has LTE and NR dual connection at the same time, displaying the 4G state identifier and the 5G state identifier. Then the terminal displays the 4G status flag and the 5G status flag in its status bar when it meets either of the third policies.

In one possible design, if a fourth policy of the operator policies is configured in the terminal, where the fourth policy indicates that the terminal is in an idle state or a connected state, in an LTE cell supporting NSA but does not detect an NR coverage condition, the terminal displays the 4G state identifier and the 5G state identifier even when the terminal is in the connected state or the idle state, in an LTE cell supporting NSA and detects that there is an NR coverage, the 4G state identifier and the 5G state identifier are displayed; or when the terminal is in a connected state and the terminal is in an LTE cell supporting NSA and has LTE and NR dual connection at the same time, displaying the 4G state identifier and the 5G state identifier. Then the terminal displays the 4G status flag and the 5G status flag in its status bar when it meets either of the fourth policies.

The first policy, the second policy, the third policy, and the fourth policy may further include a case of separately displaying a 4G status identifier or a 5G status identifier, and each policy in this embodiment may be as shown in table 4.

TABLE 4

The above description mainly introduces the scheme provided in the embodiments of the present application from the perspective of the terminal. It is understood that the terminal includes corresponding hardware structures and/or software modules for performing the respective functions in order to implement the above-described functions. Those of skill in the art would readily appreciate that the various illustrative elements and algorithm steps described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein may be implemented as hardware or combinations of hardware and computer software. Whether a function is performed as hardware or computer software drives hardware depends upon the particular application and design constraints imposed on the solution. 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 embodiment of the present application, the terminal may be divided into the functional modules according to the method example, for example, each functional module may be divided corresponding to each function, or two or more functions may be integrated into one processing module. The integrated module can be realized in a hardware mode, and can also be realized in a software functional module mode. It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present application, the division of the module is schematic, and is only one logic function division, and there may be another division manner in actual implementation.

In the case of dividing the functional modules by corresponding functions, fig. 9 shows a possible structural diagram of the terminal according to the above embodiment, and the terminal 90 includes: a detection unit 901 and a display unit 902. The detecting unit 901 is used to support the terminal to execute the process 302 in fig. 3 and to support the processes in the other method embodiments to detect whether there is an NR, and the displaying unit 902 is used to support the terminal to execute the

processes

301 and 303 in fig. 3 and to display the 4G status identifier and the 5G status identifier in the other method embodiments. All relevant contents of each step related to the above method embodiment may be referred to the functional description of the corresponding functional module, and are not described herein again.

In the case of integrated units, fig. 10 shows a possible structural diagram of the terminal involved in the above-described embodiment. The terminal 100 includes: a processing module 1002 and a display module 1003. The processing module 1002 is used for controlling and managing the actions of the terminal.

In this embodiment, the processing module 1002 may be configured to determine that the terminal is camped on an LTE cell of an NSA, the displaying module 1003 may be configured to display a 4G status identifier of the first SIM card in a status bar, the processing module 1002 may be configured to detect whether there is an NR coverage, and the displaying module 1003 may be configured to display a 5G status identifier of the first SIM card in the status bar when it is detected that there is an NR coverage.

In one possible design, when the processing unit 1002 is configured to determine that the terminal is camped on the LTE cell supporting the NSA, the display module 1003 may be configured to display the 4G status identifier of the first SIM card in a status bar, and the processing unit 1002 is configured to detect whether there is the NR coverage; when the NR is detected to be covered, the display module 1003 may be configured to additionally display the 5G status identifier of the first SIM card in the status bar; or

When the processing unit 1002 is configured to determine that a terminal resides in the LTE cell supporting the NSA and the first SIM card of the terminal is in a dual-connection state with the LTE and the NR, it is determined that the NR coverage is detected, and the display module 1003 may be configured to additionally display the 5G status identifier while the status bar displays the 4G status identifier of the first SIM card.

Or, in this embodiment of the application, when the processing module 1002 is configured to determine that the terminal is camped on an LTE cell supporting NSA, the display module 1003 is configured to display the 4G status identifier and the 5G status identifier of the first SIM card in the status bar.

In one possible design, the display module 1003 is configured to display the identifier of the 4G signal strength and the identifier of the 5G signal strength of the first SIM card in the status bar.

As applied to the above-described method embodiments, for example, the processing module 1002 is configured to enable the terminal to perform the process 302 of fig. 3, and/or other processes for the techniques described herein. The display module 1003 is used to support the terminal to display the 4G status identifier and/or the 5G status identifier, such as the

processes

301 and 303 shown in fig. 3. The terminal may further comprise a storage module 1001 for storing program codes and data of the terminal.

The Processing module 1002 may be a Processor or a controller, such as a Central Processing Unit (CPU), a general-purpose Processor, a Digital Signal Processor (DSP), an Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) or other Programmable logic device, a transistor logic device, a hardware component, or any combination thereof. Which may implement or perform the various illustrative logical blocks, modules, and circuits described in connection with the disclosure. The processor may also be a combination of computing functions, e.g., comprising one or more microprocessors, DSPs, and microprocessors, among others. The display module 1003 may be a display or a display screen.

When the processing module 1002 is a processor and the display module 1003 is a display, the terminal according to the embodiment of the present application may be the terminal shown in fig. 11.

Referring to fig. 11, the terminal 110 includes: a processor 1101 and a display 1102, and a bus 1103. Wherein the processor 1101 and the display 1102 are interconnected via a bus 1103; the bus 1103 may be a Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) bus, an Extended Industry Standard Architecture (EISA) bus, or the like. The bus may be divided into an address bus, a data bus, a control bus, etc. For ease of illustration, only one thick line is shown in FIG. 11, but this is not intended to represent only one bus or type of bus.

In this embodiment, the processor 1101 may be configured to instruct the display to display the 4G status identifier of the first SIM card in the terminal in a status bar when it is determined that the terminal is camped on an LTE cell supporting NSA; the display 1102 is configured to display the 4G status identifier in the status bar; the processor 1101 is further configured to instruct the display to additionally display the 5G state identifier of the first SIM card in the state bar when detecting that a new air interface NR covers the display; the display 1102 is further configured to additionally display a 5G status identifier of the first SIM card in the status bar.

Specifically, the processor 1101 is configured to, when it is determined that the terminal is camped on the LTE cell supporting the NSA, instruct the display 1102 to display the 4G status identifier of the first SIM card in a status bar of the terminal first, and detect whether there is the NR coverage; when the terminal is determined to be covered by the NR, indicating the display to additionally display the 5G state identifier of the first SIM card in the state bar; or

The processor 1101 is configured to, when it is determined that the terminal is camped on the LTE cell supporting the NSA and the first SIM card of the terminal is in a dual connection state with the LTE and the NR, determine that the NR coverage is detected, and instruct the display 1102 to additionally display the 5G status identifier while the 4G status identifier of the first SIM card is displayed in the status bar.

Alternatively, in this embodiment of the present application, the processor 1101 is configured to, when it is determined that the terminal is camped on an LTE cell supporting NSA, instruct the display 1102 to display a 4G status identifier and a 5G status identifier of a first SIM card in the terminal in a status bar of the terminal. The display 1102 is configured to display the 4G status identifier and the 5G status identifier in the status bar.

In one possible design, the display 1102 is further configured to display an indication of 4G signal strength and an indication of 5G signal strength of the first SIM card in the status bar.

The embodiment of the present application further provides a communication apparatus 12 applied to a terminal, as shown in fig. 12, the communication apparatus 12 includes a processor 121, a memory 122, and a bus 123, where the memory 122 stores computer instructions, and when the computer instructions are executed, the processor 121 is configured to perform: and when determining that the terminal is resident in an LTE cell supporting NSA, indicating the terminal to display a 4G state identifier of a first SIM card in a state bar, and additionally displaying a 5G state identifier when detecting that a new air interface NR covers the terminal.

In one possible design, processor 121 is specifically configured to perform: when the terminal is determined to reside in the LTE cell supporting the NSA, indicating the terminal to display the 4G state identifier of the first SIM card in a state bar first, and detecting whether the NR covers the terminal; when the NR coverage is detected, indicating the terminal to additionally display the 5G state identifier of the first SIM card in the state bar; or

And when the terminal is determined to be resident in the LTE cell supporting the NSA and the first SIM card is in a state of double connection with the LTE and the NR, determining that the NR is covered, and indicating the terminal to additionally display the 5G state identifier UI interface while displaying the 4G state identifier in the state bar.

An embodiment of the present application further provides a communication apparatus, to which the device structure of fig. 12 is applied, the communication apparatus includes a processor and a memory, where the memory stores computer instructions, and when the computer instructions are executed, the processor is configured to perform: and when the terminal is resided in an LTE cell supporting NSA, indicating the terminal to display the 4G state identifier and the 5G state identifier of the first SIM card in a state bar.

The processor is further configured to perform: and indicating the terminal to display the 4G signal strength identifier and the 5G signal strength identifier of the first SIM card in the status bar.

The steps of a method or algorithm described in connection with the disclosure herein may be embodied in hardware or in software instructions executed by a processor. The software instructions may be comprised of corresponding software modules that may be stored in Random Access Memory (RAM), flash Memory, Read Only Memory (ROM), Erasable Programmable ROM (EPROM), Electrically Erasable Programmable ROM (EEPROM), registers, a hard disk, a removable disk, a compact disc Read Only Memory (CD-ROM), or any other form of storage medium known in the art. An exemplary storage medium is coupled to the processor such the processor can read information from, and write information to, the storage medium. Of course, the storage medium may also be integral to the processor. The processor and the storage medium may reside in an ASIC. Additionally, the ASIC may reside in a core network interface device. Of course, the processor and the storage medium may reside as discrete components in a core network interface device.

Those skilled in the art will recognize that in one or more of the examples described above, the functions described herein may be implemented in hardware, software, firmware, or any combination thereof. When implemented in software, the functions may be stored on or transmitted over as one or more instructions or code on a computer-readable medium. Computer-readable media includes both computer storage media and communication media including any medium that facilitates transfer of a computer program from one place to another. A storage media may be any available media that can be accessed by a general purpose or special purpose computer.

The above description is only an embodiment of the present application, but the scope of the present application is not limited thereto, and any changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the present disclosure should 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

A method for displaying a fifth generation mobile communication technology 5G status indicator, comprising:

when a terminal resides in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) cell supporting non-independent Networking (NSA), the terminal displays a fourth generation mobile communication technology (4G) state identifier of a first Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card in a state bar, and additionally displays a 5G state identifier of the first SIM card in the state bar when a new air interface (NR) is detected to cover the state bar.
The method according to claim 1, wherein the displaying the 4G status identifier of the first SIM card in a status bar when the terminal resides in an LTE Long Term Evolution (LTE) cell supporting non-independent Networking (NSA), and the additionally displaying the 5G status identifier of the first SIM card in the status bar when a new air interface (NR) coverage is detected comprises:

when the terminal resides in the LTE cell supporting the NSA, the terminal displays the 4G state identifier of the first SIM card in a state bar first and detects whether the NR covers the terminal; when the terminal detects that the NR is covered, the terminal additionally displays the 5G state identifier of the first SIM card in the state bar; or

When the terminal resides in the LTE cell supporting the NSA and the first SIM card of the terminal is in a dual-connection state with the LTE and the NR, the terminal detects that the NR covers the terminal, and the terminal additionally displays the 5G status identifier while displaying the 4G status identifier of the first SIM card in the status bar.
A method for displaying a fifth generation mobile communication technology 5G status indicator, comprising:

when the terminal resides in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) cell supporting non-independent Networking (NSA), the terminal displays a fourth generation mobile communication technology 4G state identifier and a fifth generation mobile communication technology 5G state identifier of a first Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card in a state bar.
The method of displaying a 5G status indicator according to any of claims 1-3, further comprising:

and the terminal displays the 4G signal intensity identification and the 5G signal intensity identification of the first SIM card in the status bar.
A communication apparatus for a terminal, the communication apparatus comprising a processor and a memory, the memory storing computer instructions, the processor being configured to perform, when the computer instructions are executed: and when determining that the terminal is resident in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) cell supporting non-independent Networking (NSA), indicating the terminal to display a fourth generation mobile communication technology 4G state identifier of a first Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card in a state bar, and additionally displaying a fifth generation mobile communication technology 5G state identifier when detecting that a new air interface (NR) is covered.
The communications apparatus of claim 5, wherein the processor is specifically configured to perform:

when the terminal is determined to reside in the LTE cell supporting the NSA, indicating the terminal to display the 4G state identifier of the first SIM card in a state bar first, and detecting whether the NR covers the terminal; when the NR coverage is detected, indicating the terminal to additionally display the 5G state identifier of the first SIM card in the state bar; or

And when the terminal is determined to be resident in the LTE cell supporting the NSA and the first SIM card is in a state of double connection with the LTE and the NR, determining that the NR is covered, and indicating the terminal to additionally display the 5G state identifier UI interface while displaying the 4G state identifier in the state bar.
A communication apparatus for a terminal, the communication apparatus comprising a processor and a memory, the memory storing computer instructions, the processor being configured to perform, when the computer instructions are executed:

when the terminal resides in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) cell supporting non-independent Networking (NSA), the terminal is indicated to display a fourth generation mobile communication technology 4G state identifier and a fifth generation mobile communication technology 5G state identifier of a first Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card in a state bar.
The communications device of any one of claims 5-7, wherein the processor is further configured to perform:

and indicating the terminal to display the 4G signal strength identifier and the 5G signal strength identifier of the first SIM card in the status bar.
A terminal, comprising a processor and a display, wherein:

the processor is configured to, when it is determined that the terminal is camped on a long term evolution LTE cell supporting non-independent networking, instruct the display to display, in a status bar, a fourth generation mobile communication technology 4G status identifier of a first subscriber identity module SIM card in the terminal;

the display is used for displaying the 4G state identification on the state bar;

the processor is further configured to instruct the display to additionally display the 5G state identifier of the first SIM card in the state bar when detecting that a new air interface NR covers the display;

the display is also used for additionally displaying the 5G state identifier of the first SIM card in the state bar.
The terminal of claim 9, wherein the processor is configured to, when it is determined that the terminal is camped on the LTE cell supporting the NSA, instruct the display to display the 4G status identifier of the first SIM card in a status bar of the terminal first, and detect whether there is coverage by the NR; when the terminal is determined to be covered by the NR, indicating the display to additionally display the 5G state identifier of the first SIM card in the state bar; or

The processor is configured to, when it is determined that the terminal is camped on the LTE cell supporting the NSA and the first SIM card of the terminal is in a dual connection state with the LTE and the NR, determine that the NR coverage is detected, and instruct the display to additionally display the 5G status identifier while displaying the 4G status identifier of the first SIM card in the status bar.
A terminal, comprising a processor and a display, wherein:

the processor is configured to, when it is determined that the terminal is camped on a long term evolution LTE cell supporting non-independent networking, instruct the display to display, in a status bar of the terminal, a fourth-generation mobile communication technology 4G status identifier and a fifth-generation mobile communication technology 5G status identifier of a first subscriber identity module SIM card in the terminal;

the display is used for displaying the 4G state identifier and the 5G state identifier on the state bar.
The terminal of any of claims 9-11, wherein the display is further configured to display, in the status bar, an indication of 4G signal strength and an indication of 5G signal strength of the first SIM card.