CN112738833B

CN112738833B - Network information updating method and device

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Publication number: CN112738833B
Application number: CN202011554023.9A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 高毅
Original assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Current assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-12-24
Filing date: 2020-12-24
Publication date: 2023-01-24
Anticipated expiration: 2040-12-24
Also published as: CN112738833A

Abstract

The disclosure relates to a network information updating method and device. The network information updating method comprises the following steps: responding to the change of the network currently accessed by the terminal to be abnormal, and if the network is a designated network, delaying to update the local network information of the terminal; wherein the network of the specified network is unstable. According to the method and the device, when the terminal is accessed to an unstable network, although the currently accessed network is changed to be abnormal, the local network information is not updated synchronously immediately, so that in the face of transient abnormality occurring accidentally in the network, resource waste caused by abnormal processing of other applications can be avoided, the situation that the applications are perceived by a user can be avoided, and user experience is improved.

Description

Network information updating method and device

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a method and an apparatus for updating network information.

Background

In the development process of mobile networks, networks in the early stage often have the problem of network instability, such as the 5G SA network which is currently being developed gradually.

For example, in the normal use process of the terminal, an accidental network disconnection may occur due to network instability, although in most cases, the network can be recovered to normal quickly, the application program and the like in the terminal are subjected to exception handling when the network is disconnected, for example, the video application may stop playing, thereby causing poor experience to the user.

Disclosure of Invention

The present disclosure provides a network information updating method and apparatus, an electronic device, and a storage medium, to solve technical problems in the related art.

According to a first aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a network information updating method, applied to a terminal, including:

responding to the change abnormality of the network currently accessed by the terminal, and if the network is a designated network, delaying to update the local network information of the terminal; wherein the network of the specified network is unstable.

According to a second aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a network information updating apparatus including:

the updating module is configured to respond to the change of a network currently accessed by the terminal into an abnormal state, and delay updating of the local network information of the terminal if the network is a designated network; wherein the network of the specified network is unstable.

According to a third aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided an electronic device comprising:

a processor;

a memory for storing processor-executable instructions;

wherein the processor implements the method of the first aspect by executing the executable instructions.

According to a fourth aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a computer readable storage medium having stored thereon computer instructions which, when executed by a processor, implement the steps of the method according to the first aspect.

In the technical scheme of the disclosure, when the terminal accesses an unstable network, the currently accessed network is changed to be abnormal, but the local network information is not immediately and synchronously updated. Therefore, the occasional transient abnormity in the network can be faced, the resource waste caused by abnormal processing of other applications can be avoided, the user can be prevented from perceiving the transient abnormity, and the user experience is improved.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the drawings needed to be used in the description of the embodiments are briefly introduced below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present disclosure, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art to obtain other drawings based on these drawings without inventive labor.

Fig. 1 is a flowchart illustrating a network information updating method according to an exemplary embodiment of the disclosure.

Fig. 2 is a flowchart illustrating another network information updating method according to an exemplary embodiment of the disclosure.

Fig. 3 is a block diagram of a network information updating apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 4 is a schematic block diagram of an apparatus for network information update according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to the exemplary embodiments, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. When the following description refers to the accompanying drawings, like numbers in different drawings represent the same or similar elements unless otherwise indicated. The implementations described in the exemplary embodiments below do not represent all implementations consistent with the present disclosure. Rather, they are merely examples of apparatus and methods consistent with certain aspects of the present disclosure, as detailed in the appended claims.

The terminology used in the present disclosure is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the disclosure. As used in this disclosure 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.

It is to be understood that although the terms first, second, third, etc. may be used herein to describe various information, such information should not be limited to these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish one type of information from another. For example, first information may also be referred to as second information, and similarly, second information may also be referred to as first information, without departing from the scope of the present disclosure. The word "if," as used herein, may be interpreted as "at … …" or "at … …" or "in response to a determination," depending on the context.

Fig. 1 is a schematic flow chart of a network information updating method according to an exemplary embodiment of the disclosure. The network information updating method shown in this embodiment may be applied to a terminal, where the terminal includes, but is not limited to, an electronic device such as a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a wearable device, a sensor, and an internet of things device. The terminal may be a user equipment, and communicate with a base station and a core network, where the base station includes, but is not limited to, a 2G base station, a 3G base station, a 4G base station, a 5G base station, and a 6G base station, and the core network includes, but is not limited to, a 2G core network, a 3G core network, a 4G core network, a 5G core network, and a 6G core network.

In step S101, in response to a change of a network currently accessed by the terminal to be abnormal, if the network is a designated network, the local network information of the terminal is delayed to be updated.

Wherein the network of the specified network is unstable.

In one embodiment, after accessing a network, the terminal may determine the type of the network and determine whether the network is a designated network.

In one embodiment, the network of the given network is unstable, such as a 5G SA network that is currently in the early stages of development; alternatively, the designated network may be some other preset networks, for example, for some areas where the 4G network signal is unstable, the designated network may be set as a 5G SA network, a 4G network, or the like. Of course, with the development of mobile communication technology, any 6G network and the like that may appear in the future may be set as the specified network, and this embodiment is merely illustrative and not limiting.

In one embodiment, the local network information of the terminal can be used for interface display on one hand, such as signal strength, service state and the like of interface display; on the other hand, applications in the terminal can be notified, for example, applications such as browsers and video software are notified that the network is out of service.

In one embodiment, if the terminal determines that the current network is the designated network, the local network information may be delayed from being updated when the network changes to be abnormal, instead of immediately updating the local network information to be also in an abnormal state. For example, the terminal may still maintain local network information before the access network changes to an abnormal state, such as still maintaining an interface showing that the network is served, still showing the signal strength before, etc.

To this end, the embodiment shown in fig. 1 is completed. According to the embodiment shown in fig. 1, when the terminal accesses an unstable network, although the currently accessed network is changed to be abnormal, the local network information is not updated synchronously immediately, so that in the face of a temporary abnormality occurring in the network accidentally, resource waste caused by exception handling performed by other applications can be avoided, and a user can not perceive the abnormality, thereby improving user experience.

Fig. 2 is a schematic flow chart diagram illustrating another network information updating method according to an exemplary embodiment of the disclosure. As shown in fig. 2, the delaying updating the local network information of the terminal includes:

in step S201, within a preset duration from the time when the network is changed to be abnormal, if the network is recovered to be normal, the local network information is not updated.

Or, in step S202, within a preset time period from the network change to abnormal, if the network does not return to normal, the local network information is updated after the preset time period.

In one embodiment, the terminal may start timing when it is determined that the currently accessed network is changed to be abnormal, and detect whether the currently accessed network is recovered to be normal within a preset time length. For example, the terminal may start a timer when it is determined that the network is changed to be abnormal, where the duration of the timer is a preset duration, and determine whether the currently accessed network is normal before the timer expires.

In one embodiment, the preset time period may be predetermined, such as 2s, 5s, 10s, etc. Or the preset time duration may also be determined according to an application program currently running by the current terminal, for example, if the current terminal is using an application program sensitive to network stability, such as live broadcast software, a shorter preset time duration, such as 2s, may be set; or if the current terminal is using an application that is not sensitive to the network, such as a pre-cached video software, a longer preset duration, such as 10s, may be set.

In one embodiment, if it is detected that the network returns to normal within the preset duration, the local network information is not updated, and the previous local network information is always maintained during the abnormal period of the access network.

In one embodiment, after determining that the accessed network is restored to normal, the terminal ends the delayed updating process, and updates the local network information according to the change of the access network, for example, updates the signal strength of the local network according to the signal strength of the access network.

It should be noted that, in general, all applications in a terminal may have cache data, and may still normally run when a sudden transient abnormality is faced, so according to the method in this embodiment, on one hand, resource waste caused by network outage processing of an application may be avoided, and on the other hand, an abnormality may be processed without perception of a user, thereby improving user experience.

In an embodiment, if the network does not return to normal within the preset duration, the terminal updates the local network information after the preset duration.

After the preset delay time is exceeded, if the access network is still in an abnormal state, it may be considered that the current abnormality is not an occasional transient abnormality, for example, may be caused by a base station failure, and therefore, local network information needs to be updated. Therefore, the local network information can be updated to be the abnormal condition corresponding to the access network, and the abnormal information can be displayed to the user through the interface; or may be notified to the application and allow the application to perform exception handling as per a conventional procedure.

It should be noted that, regardless of whether the terminal does not update the local network information after the network recovers to normal or the terminal updates the local network information after a preset time, the process of delaying the update is considered to be finished, and subsequently, the terminal updates the local network information in real time according to the change of the access network instead of always delaying the update.

To this end, the embodiment shown in fig. 2 is completed. According to the embodiment shown in fig. 2, for the occasional transient abnormality of the network, the terminal can process the abnormality without perception of the user, so that the user experience is improved; and aiming at the long-time abnormity of the network, the terminal can update the local network information in time.

In one embodiment, a network change may include two aspects, one being a network status change and the other being a signal strength change of the network.

In one embodiment, the change of the network currently accessed by the terminal to be abnormal includes: the network status of the network changes to out-of-service and/or the signal strength of the network changes to zero. It will be appreciated that both of these anomalies will result in the termination being disconnected.

In one embodiment, said not updating said local network information comprises: determining that the network state of the local network is a served network state and/or determining that the signal strength of the local network is unchanged. The updating the local network information includes: determining a network status of the local network as out-of-service, and/or determining a signal strength of the local network as zero.

Aiming at the two abnormal conditions of the access network, the terminal can perform corresponding delay updating.

For example, when the terminal determines that the network state of the access network is changed to be out of service, if the network state of the access network is restored to be in service within a preset time period, the terminal always maintains the state of the local network as in service; and if the network state of the access network is still out of service after the preset time, the terminal changes the local network state into out of service after the preset time.

Or, under the condition that the terminal determines that the network signal intensity of the access network is changed to zero, if the network signal intensity of the access network is changed to be greater than zero within a preset time length, the terminal always keeps the local network signal intensity to be the previous value during the time when the signal intensity of the access network is changed to zero; and if the signal intensity of the access network is still zero after the preset time length, the terminal changes the signal intensity of the local network to zero after the preset time length.

Or, the access network may also report the above two aspects of abnormalities at the same time, and the terminal also performs processing on the two aspects at the same time, which is not described herein again.

The method for updating network information in the above embodiment may be applied to various scenarios, for example, may be applied to a multi-card terminal, and a specific embodiment is described below in conjunction with the following description.

In one embodiment, the terminal is a multi-card terminal and is provided with a first SIM card and a second SIM card, wherein a network to which the second SIM card is currently accessed is a designated network.

It should be noted that, the first SIM card and the second SIM card are only used for distinguishing different SIM cards in the description, and are not intended to specifically limit the SIM cards.

In one embodiment, in response to a change of a network currently accessed by the terminal to an abnormal network, if the network is a designated network, delaying updating of local network information of the terminal includes:

and when the first SIM card executes the voice call service, in response to the change of the currently accessed network of the second SIM card to be abnormal, delaying the updating of the local network information corresponding to the second SIM card in the terminal.

Usually, the first SIM card and the second SIM card belong to different networks, and when the network accessed by the second SIM card is changed to be abnormal, the first SIM card can still perform normal voice call service. Or, the first SIM card and the second SIM card belong to the same network, but under the conditions of unstable network, unstable connection between the network and the terminal, and the like, the first SIM card may still perform normal voice call service when the second SIM card determines that the network is changed to be abnormal.

It will be appreciated that, for a user, during a voice call service, other operations are not typically performed, for example, the user may pause an application such as video software during the voice call service. When the network accessed by the second SIM card is temporarily abnormal, the user does not need to process the situation in time.

In one embodiment, the preset duration for delaying the update in the terminal is usually greater than the call duration of the user. Therefore, if the network accessed by the second SIM card is temporarily abnormal, the user can still normally use the SIM card after the call is ended, so that the user can not perceive the abnormality, and the user experience is improved; if the network accessed by the second SIM card is not recovered to be normal, the user can know that the network is abnormal after the call is finished and carry out corresponding processing.

Corresponding to the foregoing embodiments of the network information updating method, the present disclosure also provides embodiments of a network information updating apparatus.

Fig. 3 is a schematic flow chart illustrating a network information updating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The network information updating device shown in this embodiment can be applied to a terminal, where the terminal includes, but is not limited to, an electronic device such as a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a wearable device, a sensor, and an internet of things device. The terminal may communicate with a base station and a core network as a user equipment, where the base station includes but is not limited to a 2G base station, a 3G base station, a 4G base station, and a 5G base station, and the core network includes but is not limited to a 2G core network, a 3G core network, a 4G core network, and a 5G core network.

As shown in fig. 3, the network information updating apparatus may include:

an updating module 301, configured to, in response to a change of a network currently accessed by the terminal to an abnormal state, delay updating local network information of the terminal if the network is a specified network; wherein the network of the specified network is unstable.

Optionally, the update module 301 is specifically configured to:

within a preset time length from the network change to be abnormal, if the network is recovered to be normal, the local network information is not updated; or if the network does not return to normal, updating the local network information after the preset time.

Optionally, the changing of the network currently accessed by the terminal to be abnormal includes:

the network status of the network changes to out-of-service and/or the signal strength of the network changes to zero.

Optionally, when the updating module 301 is configured not to update the local network information, it is specifically configured to: determining that the network state of the local network is served and/or determining that the signal strength of the local network is unchanged; the update module, when configured to update the local network information, is specifically configured to: determining a network status of the local network as out-of-service, and/or determining a signal strength of the local network as zero.

Optionally, the terminal is provided with a first SIM card and a second SIM card, where a network to which the second SIM card is currently accessed is a designated network;

the update module 301 is specifically configured to: and when the first SIM card executes the voice call service, in response to the change of the currently accessed network of the second SIM card to be abnormal, delaying the updating of the local network information corresponding to the second SIM card in the terminal.

Optionally, the designated network is a 5G SA network.

With regard to the apparatus in the above embodiments, the specific manner in which each module performs operations has been described in detail in the embodiments of the related method, and will not be described in detail here.

For the device embodiments, since they substantially correspond to the method embodiments, reference may be made to the partial description of the method embodiments for relevant points. The above-described embodiments of the apparatus are merely illustrative, wherein the modules described as separate parts may or may not be physically separate, and the parts displayed as modules may or may not be physical modules, may be located in one place, or may be distributed on a plurality of network modules. Some or all of the modules may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of the present embodiment. One of ordinary skill in the art can understand and implement it without inventive effort.

Correspondingly, the present disclosure also provides an electronic device, comprising: a processor; a memory for storing processor-executable instructions; wherein the processor is configured to implement the network information updating method as in any of the above embodiments.

Accordingly, the present disclosure also provides an electronic device comprising a memory, and one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory, and the one or more programs configured to be executed by the one or more processors comprise instructions for implementing the network information updating method as described in any of the above embodiments.

Fig. 4 is a block diagram illustrating an apparatus 400 for implementing a network information update method according to an example embodiment. For example, the apparatus 400 may be a mobile phone, a computer, a digital broadcast terminal, a messaging device, a game console, a tablet device, a medical device, an exercise device, a personal digital assistant, and the like.

Referring to fig. 4, the apparatus 400 may include one or more of the following components: processing components 402, memory 404, power components 406, multimedia components 408, audio components 410, input/output (I/O) interfaces 412, sensor components 414, and communication components 416.

The processing component 402 generally controls overall operation of the apparatus 400, such as operations associated with display, telephone calls, data communications, camera operations, and recording operations. The processing component 402 may include one or more processors 420 to execute instructions to perform all or a portion of the steps of the network information update method described above. Further, the processing component 402 can include one or more modules that facilitate interaction between the processing component 402 and other components. For example, the processing component 402 may include a multimedia module to facilitate interaction between the multimedia component 408 and the processing component 402.

The memory 404 is configured to store various types of data to support operations at the apparatus 400. Examples of such data include instructions for any application or method operating on the device 400, contact data, phonebook data, messages, pictures, videos, and so forth. The memory 404 may be implemented by any type or combination of volatile or non-volatile storage devices, such as Static Random Access Memory (SRAM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), programmable read-only memory (PROM), read-only memory (ROM), magnetic memory, flash memory, magnetic or optical disks.

Power supply components 406 provide power to the various components of device 400. The power components 406 may include a power management system, one or more power supplies, and other components associated with generating, managing, and distributing power for the device 400.

The multimedia component 408 includes a screen that provides an output interface between the device 400 and the user. In some embodiments, the screen may include a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) and a Touch Panel (TP). If the screen includes a touch panel, the screen may be implemented as a touch screen to receive an input signal from a user. The touch panel includes one or more touch sensors to sense touch, slide, and gestures on the touch panel. The touch sensor may not only sense the boundary of a touch or slide action, but also detect the duration and pressure associated with the touch or slide operation. In some embodiments, the multimedia component 408 includes a front facing camera and/or a rear facing camera. The front camera and/or the rear camera may receive external multimedia data when the apparatus 400 is in an operation mode, such as a photographing mode or a video mode. Each front camera and rear camera may be a fixed optical lens system or have a focal length and optical zoom capability.

The audio component 410 is configured to output and/or input audio signals. For example, audio component 410 includes a Microphone (MIC) configured to receive external audio signals when apparatus 400 is in an operational mode, such as a call mode, a recording mode, and a voice recognition mode. The received audio signals may further be stored in the memory 404 or transmitted via the communication component 416. In some embodiments, audio component 410 also includes a speaker for outputting audio signals.

The I/O interface 412 provides an interface between the processing component 402 and peripheral interface modules, which may be keyboards, click wheels, buttons, etc. These buttons may include, but are not limited to: a home button, a volume button, a start button, and a lock button.

The sensor component 414 includes one or more sensors for providing various aspects of state assessment for the apparatus 400. For example, the sensor assembly 414 may detect an open/closed state of the apparatus 400, the relative positioning of the components, such as a display and keypad of the apparatus 400, the sensor assembly 414 may also detect a change in the position of the apparatus 400 or a component of the apparatus 400, the presence or absence of user contact with the apparatus 400, orientation or acceleration/deceleration of the apparatus 400, and a change in the temperature of the apparatus 400. The sensor assembly 414 may include a proximity sensor configured to detect the presence of a nearby object in the absence of any physical contact. The sensor assembly 414 may also include a light sensor, such as a CMOS or CCD image sensor, for use in imaging applications. In some embodiments, the sensor assembly 414 may also include an acceleration sensor, a gyroscope sensor, a magnetic sensor, a pressure sensor, or a temperature sensor.

The communication component 416 is configured to facilitate wired or wireless communication between the apparatus 400 and other devices. The apparatus 400 may access a wireless network based on a communication standard, such as WiFi,2G or 3g,4g LTE, 5G NR (New Radio), or a combination thereof. In an exemplary embodiment, the communication component 416 receives broadcast signals or broadcast related information from an external broadcast management system via a broadcast channel. In an exemplary embodiment, the communication component 416 further includes a Near Field Communication (NFC) module to facilitate short-range communications. For example, the NFC module may be implemented based on Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology, infrared data association (IrDA) technology, ultra Wideband (UWB) technology, bluetooth (BT) technology, and other technologies.

In an exemplary embodiment, the apparatus 400 may be implemented by one or more Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), digital Signal Processors (DSPs), digital Signal Processing Devices (DSPDs), programmable Logic Devices (PLDs), field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), controllers, micro-controllers, microprocessors or other electronic components for performing the above-described network information updating method.

In an exemplary embodiment, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions, such as the memory 404 comprising instructions, executable by the processor 420 of the apparatus 400 to perform the network information update method described above is also provided. For example, the non-transitory computer readable storage medium may be a ROM, a Random Access Memory (RAM), a CD-ROM, a magnetic tape, a floppy disk, an optical data storage device, and the like.

Other embodiments of the disclosure will be apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the disclosure disclosed herein. This disclosure is intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptations of the disclosure following, in general, the principles of the disclosure and including such departures from the present disclosure as come within known or customary practice within the art to which the disclosure pertains. It is intended that the specification and examples be considered as exemplary only, with a true scope and spirit of the disclosure being indicated by the following claims.

It will be understood that the present disclosure is not limited to the precise arrangements described above and shown in the drawings and that various modifications and changes may be made without departing from the scope thereof. The scope of the present disclosure is limited only by the appended claims.

The above description is only exemplary of the present disclosure and should not be taken as limiting the disclosure, as any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present disclosure should be included in the scope of the present disclosure.

Claims

1. A network information updating method is applied to a terminal, and the method comprises the following steps:

responding to the change of the currently accessed network of the terminal to be abnormal, if the network is an appointed network and the appointed network is a 5G SA network, delaying the updating of the local network information of the terminal; the local network information of the terminal is used for informing whether an application program in the terminal performs exception handling or not;

wherein the network of the specified network is unstable.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the delaying updating the local network information of the terminal comprises:

within a preset time length from the network change to be abnormal, if the network is recovered to be normal, the local network information is not updated;

or if the network does not return to normal, updating the local network information after the preset time.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the network currently accessed by the terminal changes to be abnormal, and the method comprises:

4. The method of claim 3,

the not updating the local network information includes: determining that the network state of the local network is served and/or determining that the signal strength of the local network is unchanged;

the updating the local network information includes: determining a network status of the local network as out-of-service, and/or determining a signal strength of the local network as zero.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the terminal is provided with a first SIM card and a second SIM card, and the network currently accessed by the second SIM card is a designated network;

responding to the change of the network currently accessed by the terminal to be abnormal, if the network is a designated network, delaying to update the local network information of the terminal, wherein the method comprises the following steps:

and when the first SIM card executes the voice call service, in response to the fact that the currently accessed network of the second SIM card is changed to be abnormal, delaying to update the local network information corresponding to the second SIM in the terminal.

6. A network information updating apparatus, applied to a terminal, the apparatus comprising:

the updating module is configured to respond to the change of a currently accessed network of the terminal into an abnormal network, and delay updating of the local network information of the terminal if the network is a designated network and the designated network is a 5G SA network; the local network information of the terminal is used for informing whether an application program in the terminal performs exception handling or not;

wherein the network of the specified network is unstable.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the update module is specifically configured to:

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the network currently accessed by the terminal changes to be abnormal, and wherein the method comprises:

9. The apparatus of claim 8,

the update module, when configured to not update the local network information, is specifically configured to: determining that the network state of the local network is served and/or determining that the signal strength of the local network is unchanged;

the update module, when configured to update the local network information, is specifically configured to: determining a network status of the local network as out-of-service, and/or determining a signal strength of the local network as zero.

10. The device according to claim 9, wherein the terminal is provided with a first SIM card and a second SIM card, and the network currently accessed by the second SIM card is a designated network;

the update module is specifically configured to:

11. An electronic device, comprising:

a processor;

a memory for storing processor-executable instructions;

wherein the processor implements the method of any one of claims 1-5 by executing the executable instructions.

12. A computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon computer instructions, which when executed by a processor, perform the steps of the method according to any one of claims 1-5.