CN113556804A

CN113556804A - Communication network setting method and terminal device

Info

Publication number: CN113556804A
Application number: CN202010334755.0A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王琪; 黄伟; 庄宏成
Original assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Current assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-04-24
Filing date: 2020-04-24
Publication date: 2021-10-26
Also published as: WO2021213055A1

Abstract

The embodiment of the application provides a communication network setting method and terminal equipment, wherein data transmission is carried out between the terminal equipment and first network equipment through a first channel, and the method comprises the following steps: responding to a first state of a first path, and detecting whether a first preset condition is met, wherein the first preset condition is used for indicating that the data transmission bandwidth of the first path is reduced or stopping data transmission by using the first path, and the first state is an activated state; in response to the first preset condition being met, setting the communication status of the first path to a second status, the second status being one of: the terminal equipment is in a deactivated state, a disconnected state or a low-bandwidth data transmission state, so that the power consumption of the terminal equipment can be reduced, and the endurance of the terminal equipment is improved.

Description

Communication network setting method and terminal device

Technical Field

The embodiment of the application relates to the technical field of electronic equipment, in particular to a communication network setting method and terminal equipment.

Background

With the development of scientific technology, the communication technology is dramatically improved. Through the development of long-term evolution, in the current wireless communication technology, a low-frequency base station and a plurality of high-frequency base stations are generally deployed in the same area. In general, a low frequency base station can cover a wide area range, which is used for data transmission of lower frequency, such as a low frequency band in 4G communication or 5G communication. Each high frequency base station typically covers a small area that is used for high frequency data transmission, such as 5G high frequency communication. The terminal equipment can be simultaneously accessed to the low-frequency base station and one of the high-frequency base stations, and data transmission is carried out between the low-frequency base station and the high-frequency base station in a double-connection mode.

The terminal device performs data transmission in a dual-connection (DC) manner, which greatly increases the power consumption of the terminal device. Secondly, during high-frequency communication, in order to improve the signal intensity of a receiving end, each high-frequency base station needs to perform beam scanning regularly, the terminal device needs to perform beam matching with the high-frequency base station regularly, and a matching result is reported to the high-frequency base station. This approach also increases the power consumption of the terminal device.

In summary, for a terminal device with dual connectivity function, how to flexibly perform network configuration on the terminal device to reduce power consumption thereof becomes an urgent problem to be solved.

Disclosure of Invention

By adopting the communication network setting method and the terminal equipment, the frequency of the terminal equipment adopting the high-frequency channel communication can be reduced or the high-frequency channel connection of the terminal equipment can be disconnected under the condition that the high-frequency communication is not needed or the high-frequency communication effect is not ideal, so that the power consumption of the terminal equipment is reduced, and the cruising ability of the terminal equipment is favorably improved.

In order to achieve the purpose, the technical scheme is as follows:

in a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a communication network setting method, where the communication network setting method is applied to a terminal device, and data transmission is performed between the terminal device and a first network device through a first path, and the communication network setting method includes: responding to a first state of the first path, and detecting whether a first preset condition is met, wherein the first preset condition is used for indicating that the data transmission bandwidth of the first path is reduced or stopping data transmission by using the first path, and the first state is an activated state; in response to the first preset condition being met, setting the communication status of the first pathway to a second status, the second status being one of: a deactivated state, a disconnected state, or a low bandwidth data transfer state.

In the embodiment, by setting the network for the UE, in a scenario that the UE does not need to use a high-frequency communication path or a scenario that the high-frequency communication path is unstable and network switching needs to be performed continuously, the frequency that the UE uses the high-frequency communication path for communication is reduced, or the high-frequency path connection of the UE is disconnected, or the measurement period of the UE on the CSI-RS and the SSB is reduced, so that the power consumption of the terminal device is reduced, and the improvement of the cruising ability of the terminal device is facilitated.

Based on the first aspect, in a possible implementation manner, the first preset condition includes at least one of the following:

the current time is in a trough time period when the user uses the terminal device, the service priority of the terminal application started by the terminal device is a low service priority, the flow use information corresponding to the first channel is higher than a preset flow threshold, the current displacement speed of the terminal device is higher than a preset speed threshold, the residual electric quantity of the terminal device is smaller than a preset residual electric quantity threshold, the current temperature of the terminal device is larger than a preset temperature threshold, or the duration of the terminal device in a screen-off state is larger than a preset duration threshold.

Based on the first aspect, in a possible implementation manner, the first preset condition is set by the terminal device based on a usage habit of a user to the terminal device, a current working condition of the terminal device, and a current state of the terminal device; wherein the usage habit of the user on the terminal equipment comprises at least one of the following: peak usage periods and valley usage periods of the terminal device, a type of terminal application installed by the terminal device, or a start frequency of the terminal application installed by the terminal device; the current working condition of the terminal equipment comprises at least one of the following conditions: a terminal application started by the terminal device, a flow consumed by the terminal device, a remaining capacity of the terminal device, or a temperature of the terminal device; the current state of the terminal equipment comprises at least one of the following items: the displacement state of the terminal equipment or the on-off state of the screen of the terminal equipment.

Based on the first aspect, in a possible implementation manner, the setting the communication state of the first path to the second state includes: and sending indication information indicating that the first path is set to a deactivation state to the first network equipment.

Based on the first aspect, in a possible implementation manner, the sending, to the first network device, indication information indicating that the first path is set to a deactivated state includes: and sending the SCG failure message which does not carry the cell information to the first network equipment.

Based on the first aspect, in a possible implementation manner, the setting the communication state of the first path to the second state includes: an information masking mode for the first path is initiated to disconnect the first path.

Based on the first aspect, in a possible implementation manner, the setting the communication state of the first path to the second state includes: adding Information for indicating to reduce the number of carrier units or Information for indicating to reduce the bandwidth in an updating Assistance field in UE Assistance Information; and sending the UE Assistant Information to the first network equipment so that the first network equipment reduces the bandwidth of the first path.

Based on the first aspect, in a possible implementation manner, the setting the communication state of the first path to the second state includes: and sending indication information for indicating that the communication state of the first path is set to the second state to the first network equipment, so that the first network equipment sets the communication state of the first path to the second state.

Based on the first aspect, in a possible implementation manner, the sending, to the first network device, indication information for indicating that the communication state of the first path is set to the second state includes: adding a field for setting the state in the UE Assistant Information; and sending the UE Assistance Information added with the field for setting the state to the first network equipment.

Based on the first aspect, in a possible implementation manner, the terminal device and the second network device perform data transmission through a second path, where a data transmission rate of the second path is lower than a data transmission rate of the first path, and before setting a communication state of the first path to a second state, the method further includes: detecting whether the current communication state of the second path is in the first state; and when the current communication state of the second path is detected to be in the second state, switching the current communication state of the second path from the second state to the first state.

In general, when the communication state of the first path is set to the second state, if the communication state of the second path is also set to the second state, the user cannot perform data transmission with the network device. In a scenario, such as the first-path communication signal is weak, which results in slow data transmission in the first path, the user may need to use a low-frequency signal for data transmission with the network device. As such, the user experience is severely impacted. By detecting the communication state of the second channel, the second channel can normally transmit data when the first channel is disconnected or deactivated, and the improvement of user experience is facilitated.

Based on the first aspect, in a possible implementation manner, after the setting the communication state of the first path to the second state, the method further includes: detecting whether a second preset condition is met, wherein the second preset condition is used for indicating that the data transmission bandwidth of the first channel is increased or the first channel is enabled to carry out data transmission; and responding to the second preset condition, and switching the communication state of the first passage from the second state to the first state.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a terminal device, where the terminal device includes: the terminal device and the first network device perform data transmission through a first channel, and the terminal device includes: one or more processors and memory coupled to the processors for storing one or more programs, the one or more processors for executing the one or more programs to perform the following acts: responding to a first state of the first path, and detecting whether a first preset condition is met, wherein the first preset condition is used for indicating that the data transmission bandwidth of the first path is reduced or stopping data transmission by using the first path, and the first state is an activated state; in response to the first preset condition being met, setting the communication status of the first pathway to a second status, the second status being one of: a deactivated state, a disconnected state, or a low bandwidth data transfer state.

Based on the second aspect, in a possible implementation manner, the first preset condition includes at least one of the following: the current time is in a trough time period when the user uses the terminal device, the service priority of the terminal application started by the terminal device is a low service priority, the flow use information corresponding to the first channel is higher than a preset flow threshold, the current displacement speed of the terminal device is higher than a preset speed threshold, the residual electric quantity of the terminal device is smaller than a preset residual electric quantity threshold, the current temperature of the terminal device is larger than a preset temperature threshold, or the duration of the terminal device in a screen-off state is larger than a preset duration threshold.

Based on the second aspect, in a possible implementation manner, the first preset condition is set by the terminal device based on a usage habit of a user to the terminal device, a current working condition of the terminal device, and a current state of the terminal device; wherein the usage habit of the user on the terminal equipment comprises at least one of the following: peak usage periods and valley usage periods of the terminal device, a type of terminal application installed by the terminal device, or a start frequency of the terminal application installed by the terminal device; the current working condition of the terminal equipment comprises at least one of the following conditions: a terminal application started by the terminal device, a flow consumed by the terminal device, a remaining capacity of the terminal device, or a temperature of the terminal device; the current state of the terminal equipment comprises at least one of the following items: the displacement state of the terminal equipment or the on-off state of the screen of the terminal equipment.

Based on the second aspect, in a possible implementation manner, the setting the communication state of the first path to the second state includes: and sending indication information indicating that the first path is set to a deactivation state to the first network equipment.

Based on the second aspect, in a possible implementation manner, the sending, to the first network device, indication information indicating that the first path is set to a deactivated state includes: and sending the SCG failure message which does not carry the cell information to the first network equipment.

Based on the second aspect, in a possible implementation manner, the setting the communication state of the first path to the second state includes: an information masking mode for the first path is initiated to disconnect the first path.

Based on the second aspect, in a possible implementation manner, the setting the communication state of the first path to the second state includes: adding Information for indicating to reduce the number of carrier units or Information for indicating to reduce the bandwidth in an updating Assistance field in UE Assistance Information; and sending the UE Assistant Information to the first network equipment so that the first network equipment reduces the bandwidth of the first path.

Based on the second aspect, in a possible implementation manner, the setting the communication state of the first path to the second state includes: and sending indication information for indicating that the communication state of the first path is set to the second state to the first network equipment, so that the first network equipment sets the communication state of the first path to the second state.

Based on the second aspect, in a possible implementation manner, the sending, to the first network device, indication information for indicating that the communication state of the first path is set to the second state includes: adding a field for setting the state in the UE Assistant Information; and sending the UE Assistance Information added with the field for setting the state to the first network equipment.

Based on the second aspect, in a possible implementation manner, the terminal device and the second network device perform data transmission through a second path, where a data transmission rate of the second path is lower than a data transmission rate of the first path, and before setting the communication state of the first path to the second state, the method further includes: detecting whether the current communication state of the second path is in the first state; and when the current communication state of the second path is detected to be in the second state, switching the current communication state of the second path from the second state to the first state.

Based on the second aspect, in a possible implementation manner, after the setting the communication state of the first path to the second state, the method further includes: detecting whether a second preset condition is met, wherein the second preset condition is used for indicating that the data transmission bandwidth of the first channel is increased or the first channel is enabled to carry out data transmission; and responding to the second preset condition, and switching the communication state of the first passage from the second state to the first state.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a communication network setting apparatus, where the apparatus has a function of implementing the behavior of the electronic device in the method of the first aspect. The functions can be realized by hardware, and the functions can also be realized by executing corresponding software by hardware. The hardware or software includes one or more unit modules corresponding to the above functions, for example, a control unit or module, a switching unit or module, and a display unit or module.

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a computer-readable storage medium, where instructions are stored, and when the instructions are executed on a computer, the computer-readable storage medium is configured to execute the display control method according to any one of the first aspect.

In a fifth aspect, embodiments of the present application provide a computer program or a computer program product, which when executed on a computer, causes the computer to implement the graph display control method of any one of the above first aspects.

It should be understood that the second to fifth aspects of the present application are consistent with the technical solution of the first aspect of the present application, and the beneficial effects obtained by the aspects and the corresponding possible implementation are similar, and are not described again.

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FIG. 1 is a diagram of a system architecture 100 applied to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of a network device using multiple beams to transmit signals and a terminal device using multiple beams to receive signals according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 3 is a schematic hardware structure diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 4 is a schematic flow chart of a communication network setting method provided by the embodiment of the application;

5 a-5 b are schematic diagrams of interaction scenarios between a user and a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 6 is a schematic flow chart illustrating a method for determining whether a first predetermined condition is satisfied by using multiple joint detections according to an embodiment of the present application;

7 a-7 b are schematic diagrams of interaction scenarios between a further user and a terminal device provided by an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 8 is a further schematic flow chart of a communication network setting method provided by the embodiment of the present application;

fig. 9 is a further schematic flow chart of a communication network setting method provided in the embodiment of the present application;

fig. 10 is a schematic block diagram of a communication network setting apparatus provided in an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

The technical scheme of the embodiment of the application can be applied to various communication systems, for example: a Long Term Evolution (LTE) system, a new radio interface (NR) system, an LTE Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) system, an LTE Time Division Duplex (TDD) system, a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS), a future fifth generation (5th generation, 5G) system, a combination of the above systems, and the like.

The terminal device in the embodiment of the present application may also be referred to as: user Equipment (UE), Mobile Station (MS), Mobile Terminal (MT), access terminal, subscriber unit, subscriber station, mobile station, remote terminal, mobile device, user terminal, wireless communication device, user agent, or user device, etc.

The terminal device may be a device providing voice/data connectivity to a user, e.g. a handheld device, a vehicle mounted device, etc. with wireless connection capability. Currently, some examples of terminals are: a mobile phone (mobile phone), a tablet computer, a notebook computer, a palm computer, a Mobile Internet Device (MID), a wearable device, a Virtual Reality (VR) device, an Augmented Reality (AR) device, a wireless terminal in industrial control (industrial control), a wireless terminal in self driving (self driving), a wireless terminal in remote operation (remote local supply), a wireless terminal in smart grid (smart grid), a wireless terminal in transportation security (transportation safety), a wireless terminal in city (city), a wireless terminal in smart home (smart home), a cellular phone, a cordless phone, a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) phone, a wireless local loop (wireless local) phone, a personal digital assistant (WLL) station, a handheld personal communication device with wireless communication function, a wireless terminal in industrial control (industrial control), a wireless terminal in transportation security (personal control), a wireless terminal in city (smart home), a wireless terminal in smart home (smart home), a cellular phone, a cordless phone, a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) phone, a wireless local loop (personal digital assistant (PDA) phone, a wireless local communication device with wireless communication function, a wireless communication device, a, The present invention also provides a computing device or other processing device connected to a wireless modem, a vehicle-mounted device, a wearable device, a terminal device in a future 5G network or a terminal device in a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) for future evolution, and the like, which is not limited in this embodiment.

The network devices (the first network device and the second network device) in this embodiment may be devices for communicating with a terminal device, where the network devices may also be referred to as access network devices or radio access network devices, and may be evolved node bs (enbs) or eNodeB in an LTE system, and may also be wireless controllers in a Cloud Radio Access Network (CRAN) scenario, or the access devices may be relay stations, access points, vehicle-mounted devices, wearable devices, and access devices in a future 5G network or access devices in a future evolved PLMN network, and may be Access Points (APs) in a WLAN, and may be gnbs in a new radio system (NR) system.

In addition, in this embodiment of the present application, the Network devices (the first Network device and the second Network device) may also be devices in a RAN (Radio Access Network), or RAN nodes that Access the terminal device to a wireless Network. For example, by way of example and not limitation, network devices may be enumerated: a gbb, a Transmission Reception Point (TRP), an evolved Node B (eNB), a Radio Network Controller (RNC), a Node B (NB), a Base Station Controller (BSC), a Base Transceiver Station (BTS), a home base station (e.g., home evolved Node B, or home Node B, HNB), a Base Band Unit (BBU), or a wireless fidelity (Wifi) Access Point (AP), etc.

The access network device provides service for a cell, and a terminal device communicates with the access network device through a transmission resource (e.g., a frequency domain resource, or a spectrum resource) used by the cell, where the cell may be a cell corresponding to the access network device (e.g., a base station), and the cell may belong to a macro base station or a base station corresponding to a small cell (small cell), where the small cell may include: urban cell (metro cell), micro cell (microcell), pico cell (pico cell), femto cell (femto cell), etc., and these small cells have the characteristics of small coverage and high transmission power, and are suitable for providing high-rate data transmission service.

Referring to fig. 1, fig. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating a system architecture 100 applied to an embodiment of the present application.

In fig. 1, network device 101, network device 102, and network device 103 are shown. The network device 101 may be a low frequency base station. The cell covered by it may be a macro cell, for example. The network device 102 and the network device 103 may be high frequency base stations, and their corresponding cells may be small cells. It should be noted that the service area provided by network device 101 may cover the service areas provided by network device 102 and network device 103.

Network device 101 may be used to provide mid-frequency or low-frequency services including, but not limited to, mid-band and low-band in 4G networks, 5G networks. In this case, the first network device may be a radio access network device of an LTE system or may be a radio access network device of an NR system. When the first network device is a radio access network device of the NR system, it is used to provide a low band and a middle band of 5G. Network device 101 may also be referred to as a low frequency network device. Network devices 102, 103 may be used to provide high frequency services including, but not limited to: high band in 5G networks. At this time, the network devices 102 and 103 may be radio access network devices of the NR system. Network devices 102, 103 may also be referred to as high frequency network devices.

Fig. 1 schematically shows that the area served by one low frequency network device covers the area served by two high frequency network devices. It should be noted that, in an area, an area served by the low-frequency network device may cover an area served by more or fewer high-frequency network devices, which is not limited in this embodiment.

In a possible implementation manner, when the network device 101 is a network device of an LTE system, the network device 102, and the network device 103 are network devices of an NR system, the network devices may be connected to the core network in a non-independent networking manner. For example, network device 101, network device 102, and network device 103 all access to a 4G core network or a 5G core network to form a dual connection.

In a possible implementation manner, when the network device 101 is a network device of an LTE system, the network device 102, and the network device 103 are network devices of an NR system, the network devices may be connected to the core network in an independent networking manner. For example, the first network device may access a 4G core network, and the second network device may access a 5G core network.

In one possible implementation, when the network device 101 is a network device of an NR system, the network device 102, and the network device 103 are also network devices of the NR system, the network device 101, the network device 102, and the network device 103 may all access to a 5G core network.

As shown in fig. 1, a plurality of terminal apparatuses UE (UE201, UE202, UE203, UE204) are distributed in the macro cell and the small cell. When a UE enters a macro cell but does not enter a small cell, such as UE201, it may access network device 101 for data transmission with network device 101. When a UE enters a small cell, for example, UE202, may access network device 101 or network device 103 to perform data transmission with one of the network devices; UE202 may also access network device 101 and network device 103 simultaneously, and perform data transmission with network device 101 and network device 103 simultaneously.

Radio frequency units may be respectively disposed in the network device 101, the network device 102, and the network device 103, and the network device 101 may transmit data to the UE through the radio frequency units, or may receive data from the UE through the radio frequency units. Also, a radio unit, such as UE202, may be disposed in the UE, and may transmit data to network device 101 and network device 103 through the radio unit, or receive data from network device 101 and network device 103 through the radio unit. Thus, a path for data transmission is formed between the UE and the network device 101. Similarly, a path for data transmission may be formed between the UE202 and the network device 103.

In general, the network device 102 and the network device 103 may periodically perform beam scanning (beam scanning), and transmit a Synchronization Signal Block (SSB) and a Channel State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS) in different beam directions. After entering the small cell, the UE also needs to use different receiving beams to receive the SSB and the CSI-RS sent by the second network device, and selects an optimal receiving/transmitting beam pair for subsequent Signal transmission and reception according to the Received SSB and CSI-RS Signal quality, such as Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) or Signal-to-Interference-plus-Noise Ratio (SINR). Meanwhile, the UE reports the measurement result to the high-frequency network device of the current small cell, so that the network device can select a suitable downlink transmission beam for subsequent signal transmission. As shown in fig. 2, fig. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating that the network device 103 employs multi-beam transmission signals and the UE202 employs multi-beam reception signals.

Generally, a UE typically has higher power consumption when communicating with a network device, such as through a high frequency band in 5G. In addition, when the user uses the UE, the mismatch alignment of the transmit and receive beams may be caused due to movement, rotation, and the like of the UE. The UE needs to use different receiving beams to measure CSI-RS and SSB of the high frequency network device on different downlink transmitting beams at a certain period, so as to select an optimal downlink transmitting beam and an optimal downlink receiving beam. Because the UE needs to periodically adopt different receiving beams to measure the CSI-RS and the SSB, the UE generates larger power consumption, and the cruising ability of the UE is greatly reduced. In the embodiment, by setting the network for the UE, in a scenario that the UE does not need to use a high-frequency communication path or a scenario that the high-frequency communication path is unstable and network switching needs to be performed continuously, the frequency that the UE uses the high-frequency communication path for communication is reduced, or the high-frequency path connection of the UE is disconnected, or the measurement period of the UE on the CSI-RS and the SSB is reduced, so that the power consumption of the terminal device is reduced, and the improvement of the cruising ability of the terminal device is facilitated.

Continuing to refer to fig. 3, a schematic structural diagram of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present application is shown. The terminal device 200 may include a processor 110, an external memory interface 120, an internal memory 121, a Universal Serial Bus (USB) interface 130, a charging management module 140, a power management module 141, a battery 142, an antenna 1, an antenna 2, a mobile communication module 150, a wireless communication module 160, an audio module 170, a speaker 170A, a receiver 170B, a microphone 170C, an earphone interface 170D, a sensor module 180, a button 190, a motor 191, an indicator 192, a camera 193, a display screen 194, a Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) card interface 195, and the like.

It is to be understood that the illustrated structure of the embodiment of the present application does not constitute a specific limitation to the terminal device 200. In other embodiments of the present application, terminal device 200 may include more or fewer components than shown, or some components may be combined, some components may be split, or a different arrangement of components. The illustrated components may be implemented in hardware, software, or a combination of software and hardware.

Processor 110 may include one or more processing units, such as: the processor 110 may include an Application Processor (AP), a modem processor, a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU), an Image Signal Processor (ISP), a controller, a video codec, a Digital Signal Processor (DSP), a baseband processor, and/or a neural-Network Processing Unit (NPU), etc. Wherein the different processing units may be separate components or may be integrated in one or more processors. In some embodiments, terminal device 200 may also include one or more processors 110. The controller can generate an operation control signal according to the instruction operation code and the time sequence signal to complete the control of instruction fetching and instruction execution. In other embodiments, a memory may also be provided in processor 110 for storing instructions and data. Illustratively, the memory in the processor 110 may be a cache memory. The memory may hold instructions or data that have just been used or recycled by the processor 110. If the processor 110 needs to reuse the instruction or data, it can be called directly from the memory. This avoids repeated accesses and reduces the latency of the processor 110, thereby improving the efficiency with which the terminal device 200 processes data or executes instructions.

In some embodiments, processor 110 may include one or more interfaces. The interface may include an inter-integrated circuit (I2C) interface, an inter-integrated circuit audio (I2S) interface, a Pulse Code Modulation (PCM) interface, a universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter (UART) interface, a Mobile Industry Processor Interface (MIPI), a general-purpose input/output (GPIO) interface, a SIM card interface, and/or a USB interface, etc. The USB interface 130 is an interface conforming to the USB standard specification, and may specifically be a Mini USB interface, a Micro USB interface, a USB Type C interface, or the like. The USB interface 130 may be used to connect a charger to charge the terminal device 200, and may also be used to transmit data between the terminal device 200 and a peripheral device. The USB interface 130 may also be used to connect to a headset to play audio through the headset.

It should be understood that the interface connection relationship between the modules illustrated in the embodiment of the present application is only an exemplary illustration, and does not constitute a limitation on the structure of the terminal device 200. In other embodiments of the present application, the terminal device 200 may also adopt different interface connection manners or a combination of multiple interface connection manners in the above embodiments.

The charging management module 140 is configured to receive charging input from a charger. The charger may be a wireless charger or a wired charger. In some wired charging embodiments, the charging management module 140 may receive charging input from a wired charger via the USB interface 130. In some wireless charging embodiments, the charging management module 140 may receive a wireless charging input through a wireless charging coil of the terminal device 200. The charging management module 140 may also supply power to the electronic device through the power management module 141 while charging the battery 142.

The power management module 141 is used to connect the battery 142, the charging management module 140 and the processor 110. The power management module 141 receives input from the battery 142 and/or the charge management module 140 and provides power to the processor 110, the internal memory 121, the external memory, the display 194, the camera 193, the wireless communication module 160, and the like. The power management module 141 may also be used to monitor parameters such as battery capacity, battery cycle count, battery state of health (leakage, impedance), etc. In some other embodiments, the power management module 141 may also be disposed in the processor 110. In other embodiments, the power management module 141 and the charging management module 140 may be disposed in the same device.

The wireless communication function of the terminal device 200 may be implemented by the antenna 1, the antenna 2, the mobile communication module 150, the wireless communication module 160, a modem processor, a baseband processor, and the like.

The antennas 1 and 2 are used for transmitting and receiving electromagnetic wave signals. Each antenna in terminal device 200 may be used to cover a single or multiple communication bands. Different antennas can also be multiplexed to improve the utilization of the antennas. For example: the antenna 1 may be multiplexed as a diversity antenna of a wireless local area network. In other embodiments, the antenna may be used in conjunction with a tuning switch.

The mobile communication module 150 may provide a solution including 2G/3G/4G/5G wireless communication applied on the terminal device 200. The mobile communication module 150 may include at least one filter, a switch, a power amplifier, a Low Noise Amplifier (LNA), and the like. The mobile communication module 150 may receive the electromagnetic wave from the antenna 1, filter, amplify, etc. the received electromagnetic wave, and transmit the electromagnetic wave to the modem processor for demodulation. The mobile communication module 150 may also amplify the signal modulated by the modem processor, and convert the signal into electromagnetic wave through the antenna 1 to radiate the electromagnetic wave. In some embodiments, at least some of the functional modules of the mobile communication module 150 may be disposed in the processor 110. In some embodiments, at least some of the functional modules of the mobile communication module 150 may be disposed in the same device as at least some of the modules of the processor 110.

Alternatively, the mobile communication module 150 may include a solution for supporting wireless communication of 4G and 5G at the same time. Which may include a first path for communicating with 5G access network devices and a second path for communicating with 4G access network devices. The terminal device 200 may support simultaneous communication with the 4G access network device and the 5G access network device by using the first path and the second path, or may support communication with the corresponding access network device by using one of the paths.

The wireless communication module 160 may provide a solution for wireless communication applied to the terminal device 200, including Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs) (e.g., wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) networks), bluetooth (bluetooth, BT), Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), Frequency Modulation (FM), Near Field Communication (NFC), Infrared (IR), and the like.

The wireless communication module 160 receives electromagnetic waves via the antenna 2, performs frequency modulation and filtering processing on electromagnetic wave signals, and transmits the processed signals to the processor 110. The wireless communication module 160 may also receive a signal to be transmitted from the processor 110, perform frequency modulation and amplification on the signal, and convert the signal into electromagnetic waves through the antenna 2 to radiate the electromagnetic waves.

The terminal device 200 implements a display function by the GPU, the display screen 194, and the application processor, etc. The GPU is a microprocessor for image processing, and is connected to the display screen 194 and an application processor. The GPU is used to perform mathematical and geometric calculations for graphics rendering. The processor 110 may include one or more GPUs that execute program instructions to generate or alter display information.

The display screen 194 is used to display images, video, and the like. The display screen 194 includes a display panel. The display panel may be a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD), an organic light-emitting diode (OLED), an active-matrix organic light-emitting diode (active-matrix organic light-emitting diode, AMOLED), a flexible light-emitting diode (FLED), a miniature, a Micro-oeld, a quantum dot light-emitting diode (QLED), or the like. In some embodiments, the terminal device 200 may include 1 or more display screens 194.

In some embodiments of the present application, the display screen 194 in fig. 1 may be bent when the display panel is made of OLED, AMOLED, FLED, or the like. Here, the display 194 may be bent in such a manner that the display may be bent at any position to any angle and may be held at the angle, for example, the display 194 may be folded right and left from the middle. Or can be folded from the middle part up and down. In this application, a display that can be folded is referred to as a foldable display. The touch display screen may be a single screen, or a display screen formed by combining multiple screens together, which is not limited herein.

The terminal apparatus 200 may implement a photographing function through the ISP, the camera 193, the video codec, the GPU, the display screen 194, the application processor, and the like.

The ISP is used to process the data fed back by the camera 193. For example, when a photo is taken, the shutter is opened, light is transmitted to the camera photosensitive element through the lens, the optical signal is converted into an electrical signal, and the camera photosensitive element transmits the electrical signal to the ISP for processing and converting into an image visible to naked eyes. The ISP can also carry out algorithm optimization on the noise, brightness and skin color of the image. The ISP can also optimize parameters such as exposure, color temperature and the like of a shooting scene. In some embodiments, the ISP may be provided in camera 193.

The camera 193 is used to capture still images or video. The object generates an optical image through the lens and projects the optical image to the photosensitive element. The photosensitive element may be a Charge Coupled Device (CCD) or a complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) phototransistor. The light sensing element converts the optical signal into an electrical signal, which is then passed to the ISP where it is converted into a digital image signal. And the ISP outputs the digital image signal to the DSP for processing. The DSP converts the digital image signal into image signal in standard RGB, YUV and other formats. In some embodiments, the terminal device 200 may include 1 or more cameras 193.

The digital signal processor is used for processing digital signals, and can process digital image signals and other digital signals. For example, when the terminal device 200 selects a frequency point, the digital signal processor is used to perform fourier transform or the like on the frequency point energy.

Video codecs are used to compress or decompress digital video. The terminal device 200 may support one or more video codecs. In this way, the terminal device 200 can play or record video in a plurality of encoding formats, such as: moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) 1, MPEG2, MPEG3, MPEG4, and the like.

The NPU is a neural-network (NN) computing processor, which processes input information quickly by referring to a biological neural network structure, for example, by referring to a function of transmitting services between neurons in the human brain, and can also learn by itself continuously. The NPU can implement applications such as intelligent recognition of the terminal device 200, for example: image recognition, face recognition, speech recognition, text understanding, and the like.

The external memory interface 120 may be used to connect an external memory card, such as a Micro SD card, to extend the storage capability of the terminal device 200. The external memory card communicates with the processor 110 through the external memory interface 120 to implement a data storage function. For example, files such as music, video, etc. are saved in an external memory card.

Internal memory 121 may be used to store one or more computer programs, including instructions. The processor 110 may execute the above-mentioned instructions stored in the internal memory 121, so as to enable the terminal device 200 to perform the method for displaying the off-screen display provided in some embodiments of the present application, and various applications and data processing. The internal memory 121 may include a program storage area and a data storage area. Wherein, the storage program area can store an operating system; the storage program area may also store one or more applications (e.g., gallery, contacts, etc.), and the like. The storage data area may store data (such as photos, contacts, etc.) created during use of the terminal device 200, and the like. Further, the internal memory 121 may include a high-speed random access memory, and may also include a non-volatile memory, such as one or more magnetic disk storage components, flash memory components, Universal Flash Storage (UFS), and the like. In some embodiments, the processor 110 may cause the terminal device 200 to execute the method for displaying the off-screen display provided in the embodiment of the present application and other applications and data processing by executing instructions stored in the internal memory 121 and/or instructions stored in a memory provided in the processor 110. The terminal device 200 may implement an audio function through the audio module 170, the speaker 170A, the receiver 170B, the microphone 170C, the earphone interface 170D, and the application processor. Such as music playing, recording, etc.

The sensor module 180 may include a pressure sensor 180A, a gyro sensor 180B, an air pressure sensor 180C, a magnetic sensor 180D, an acceleration sensor 180E, a distance sensor 180F, a proximity light sensor 180G, a fingerprint sensor 180H, a temperature sensor 180J, a touch sensor 180K, an ambient light sensor 180L, a bone conduction sensor 180M, and the like.

The pressure sensor 180A is used for sensing a pressure signal, and converting the pressure signal into an electrical signal. In some embodiments, the pressure sensor 180A may be disposed on the display screen 194. The pressure sensor 180A can be of a wide variety, such as a resistive pressure sensor, an inductive pressure sensor, a capacitive pressure sensor, and the like. The capacitive pressure sensor may be a sensor comprising at least two parallel plates having an electrically conductive material. When a force acts on the pressure sensor 180A, the capacitance between the electrodes changes. The terminal device 200 determines the intensity of the pressure from the change in the capacitance. When a touch operation is applied to the display screen 194, the terminal apparatus 200 detects the intensity of the touch operation based on the pressure sensor 180A. The terminal device 200 may also calculate the touched position from the detection signal of the pressure sensor 180A. In some embodiments, the touch operations that are applied to the same touch position but different touch operation intensities may correspond to different operation instructions. For example: and when the touch operation with the touch operation intensity smaller than the first pressure threshold value acts on the short message application icon, executing an instruction for viewing the short message. And when the touch operation with the touch operation intensity larger than or equal to the first pressure threshold value acts on the short message application icon, executing an instruction of newly building the short message.

The gyro sensor 180B may be used to determine the motion attitude of the terminal device 200. In some embodiments, the angular velocity of the terminal device 200 about three axes (i.e., X, Y, and Z axes) may be determined by the gyro sensor 180B. The gyro sensor 180B may be used for photographing anti-shake. Illustratively, when the shutter is pressed, the gyro sensor 180B detects the shake angle of the terminal device 200, calculates the distance to be compensated for by the lens module according to the shake angle, and allows the lens to counteract the shake of the terminal device 200 through a reverse movement, thereby achieving anti-shake. The gyroscope sensor 180B may also be used for navigation, somatosensory gaming scenes.

The acceleration sensor 180E can detect the magnitude of acceleration of the terminal device 200 in various directions (generally, three axes). The magnitude and direction of gravity can be detected when the terminal device 200 is stationary. The method can also be used for recognizing the posture of the electronic equipment, and is applied to horizontal and vertical screen switching, pedometers and other applications.

The ambient light sensor 180L is used to sense the ambient light level. The terminal device 200 may adaptively adjust the brightness of the display screen 194 according to the perceived ambient light level. The ambient light sensor 180L may also be used to automatically adjust the white balance when taking a picture. The ambient light sensor 180L may also cooperate with the proximity light sensor 180G to detect whether the terminal device 200 is in a pocket to prevent accidental touches.

The fingerprint sensor 180H is used to collect a fingerprint. The terminal device 200 can utilize the collected fingerprint characteristics to realize fingerprint unlocking, access to an application lock, fingerprint photographing, fingerprint incoming call answering and the like.

The temperature sensor 180J is used to detect temperature. In some embodiments, the terminal device 200 executes the temperature processing policy using the temperature detected by the temperature sensor 180J. For example, when the temperature reported by the temperature sensor 180J exceeds the threshold, the terminal device 200 performs a reduction in performance of a processor located near the temperature sensor 180J, so as to reduce power consumption and implement thermal protection. In other embodiments, the terminal device 200 heats the battery 142 when the temperature is below another threshold to avoid the terminal device 200 shutting down abnormally due to low temperature. In other embodiments, when the temperature is lower than a further threshold, the terminal device 200 performs boosting on the output voltage of the battery 142 to avoid abnormal shutdown due to low temperature.

The touch sensor 180K is also referred to as a "touch panel". The touch sensor 180K may be disposed on the display screen 194, and the touch sensor 180K and the display screen 194 form a touch screen, which is also called a "touch screen". The touch sensor 180K is used to detect a touch operation applied thereto or nearby. The touch sensor can communicate the detected touch operation to the application processor to determine the touch event type. Visual output associated with the touch operation may be provided through the display screen 194. In other embodiments, the touch sensor 180K may be disposed on the surface of the terminal device 200 at a different position than the display screen 194.

The keys 190 include a power-on key, a volume key, and the like. The keys 190 may be mechanical keys. Or may be touch keys. The terminal device 200 may receive a key input, and generate a key signal input related to user setting and function control of the terminal device 200.

The communication network setting method described in the present application will be described in detail based on the system architecture 100 shown in fig. 1 to which the present application is applied and the internal structure of the terminal device 200 shown in fig. 3. It should be noted that the communication network setting method described in the present application is applied to a terminal device. In the following embodiments, the first network device is the network device 102 or 103 shown in fig. 1, and the second network device may be the network device 101 shown in fig. 1. The first path described below refers to a path through which the network device 102 or the network device 103 shown in fig. 1 communicates with the UE, and the second path described below refers to a path through which the network device 101 shown in fig. 1 communicates with the UE. For convenience of description, hereinafter, 4G refers to a low-band or middle-band communication network, and 5G refers to a high-band communication network.

Continuing to refer to fig. 4, a schematic flow chart of a communication network setting method 400 provided by the embodiment of the present application is shown, where the method 400 can be executed by the terminal device shown in fig. 1.

S401, responding to the first state of the first channel, and detecting whether a first preset condition is met.

Wherein the first state is an active state. In the active state, the terminal device may measure the quality of the SSB and CSI-RS signals sent by the first network device, and periodically report the measurement result to the first network device, so as to communicate with the first network device through the first path.

The first preset condition is used for indicating that the data transmission by the first path is stopped or the bandwidth of the first path is reduced.

Specifically, the first preset condition includes at least one of the following: the current time is in a trough time period when the user uses the terminal device, the service priority of the terminal application currently started by the terminal device is lower than a preset priority threshold, the flow use information corresponding to the first channel is higher than a preset flow threshold, the current displacement speed of the terminal device is higher than a preset speed threshold, the residual electric quantity of the terminal device is smaller than a preset residual electric quantity threshold, the current temperature of the terminal device is larger than a preset temperature threshold, or the duration of the terminal device in a screen-off state is larger than a preset duration threshold.

In a possible implementation manner, the first preset condition may be set by the terminal device based on a usage habit of the user on the terminal device, a current working condition of the terminal device, and a current state of the terminal device.

The usage habit of the user on the terminal device may include, but is not limited to: the terminal application starting frequency may be, for example, a peak usage period and a valley usage period each day, a type of terminal application installed in the terminal device, or a starting frequency of each terminal application, where the starting frequency of the terminal application refers to a starting frequency within a preset time period from the current time (for example, a starting frequency within three months). The operation of the terminal device may include, but is not limited to: a terminal application started by the terminal device, a flow consumed by the terminal device, a remaining capacity of the terminal device, or a temperature of the terminal device. The state of the terminal device may include, but is not limited to: a displacement state (e.g., a stationary state or a moving state) of the terminal device or a screen on-off state of the terminal device.

When the terminal device detects that one or more of the first preset conditions are satisfied, step S402 may be executed. When the terminal device detects that the plurality of first preset conditions are not met, the communication state of the first path can be continuously maintained in the first state.

S402, setting the communication state of the first path to be a second state.

In one possible implementation, the second state is a state in which data transmission is stopped. The second state may include one of: a deactivated state or an open state. In the deactivated state, the terminal device may measure the quality of the SSB and CSI-RS signals sent by the first network device, but data transmission between the terminal and the first network device is not possible. In the disconnected state, the terminal device cannot measure the quality of the SSB and CSI-RS signals transmitted by the first network device.

As an example, the terminal device may send indication information indicating that the first path is set to the deactivated state to the first network device, so that the first network device releases the first path and releases the cell measurement. For example, the terminal device may send an SCG Failure message to the first network device, where the MeasResultSCG-Failure message does not carry measurement results of any cell.

As another example, the terminal device may start the first communication network information shielding mode, that is, at this time, the terminal device does not perform cell measurement on the first network device any more, so that the first path is directly disconnected.

In one possible implementation, the second state is a state in which data transmission is performed using a low frequency bandwidth.

In a specific implementation, the terminal device may be set in the UE Assistance Information. Among them, the terminal device may add Information (e.g., reduced maxccs Information) indicating to reduce the number of carrier components or Information (e.g., reduced maxbw-FR2 Information) indicating to reduce the Bandwidth (BW) in an updating Assistance field in the UE Assistance Information. Then, the UE Assistance Information is sent to the first network device, so that the first network device reduces the number of carrier units or the bandwidth of the first path. Thereby enabling the first path to use a low frequency bandwidth for data transmission.

In a possible implementation manner, the terminal device may directly set the operating state of the first path to the second state.

Specifically, when the terminal device detects that the transmission rate of communication data required by the currently started terminal application is lower than a preset transmission rate threshold, the current time is in a trough period when the user uses the terminal device, the duration of the terminal device in the screen-off state is greater than a preset duration threshold, or the current displacement speed of the terminal device is higher than one or more of preset speed thresholds, the communication state of the first path may be directly set to the second state.

In a possible implementation manner, the terminal device may also notify the user through the GUI when the first condition is satisfied, and may set the operating state of the first path to the second state when the operating state of the first path is instructed to be set to the second state in response to the user operating the GUI.

Specifically, when the terminal device detects that the traffic usage value corresponding to the first path is higher than the preset traffic threshold, the remaining power of the terminal device is smaller than the preset remaining power threshold, or the current temperature of the terminal device is higher than one or more of the preset temperature thresholds, the terminal device may set the operating state of the first path to the second state based on the indication information sent by the user through the terminal in a manner of notifying the user.

As shown in fig. 5 a-5 b, which illustrate schematic interaction scenario diagrams for a user interacting with a terminal device via a GUI to determine whether to turn off 5G cellular data.

Taking the flow rate reaching the preset flow rate threshold as an example, when the terminal device detects that the 5G cellular data flow rate used by the user reaches the preset flow rate threshold, the terminal device may notify the user through the GUI shown in fig. 5a, so that the user may select whether to close the 5G cellular data. When the user clicks the "yes" button through the GUI, as shown in fig. 5b, the terminal device may close the 5G cellular network at this time.

As an example, the terminal may provide the user whether to turn on the traffic monitoring function to turn off the traffic of the video channel when the traffic reaches a preset traffic threshold. After the user selects to start the flow detection function, the terminal can determine whether the flow reaches the preset flow threshold value by detecting the flow corresponding to the first channel.

In some scenarios, the user may not need to set the function of starting the flow detection in advance, and when the terminal detects that the flow of the first path reaches the preset flow threshold, the terminal may notify the user whether to close the first path through the GUI. When the user sends an instruction indicating to close the first path through the GUI interface, it may be determined that the condition for closing the first path is satisfied.

In a possible implementation manner, the terminal device may send, to the first network device, indication information indicating that the state of the first path is set to the second state, so that the first network device sets the communication state of the first path to the second state.

In a specific implementation, the terminal device may be set in the UE Assistance Information. Wherein, the terminal device may add a field for indicating the state setting in the UE Assistance Information. This field may be set with a 1-bit bitmap. For example, "logic 0" indicates that the state of the first lane is set to the first state; a "logic 1" indicates that the state of the first path is set to the second state. When the terminal detects that the first preset condition is currently satisfied, the field indicating the state setting may be set to "logic 1". Then, the UE Assistance Information is sent to the first network device, so that the first network device sets the state of the first path to the second state. As an example, after receiving indication information indicating that the state of the first path is set to the second state, the first network device may release the first path and release cell measurement; or, the number of carrier elements or bandwidth of the first path is reduced.

In this embodiment, by setting the first path to the second state, the number of times of measuring the SSB and CSI-RS signals may be reduced or the measurement of the SSB and CSI-RS signals may be stopped under the condition that the terminal device does not need to use the first path for communication, and the first path communication signal is weak, the terminal electric quantity is low, or the terminal power consumption is large, so that the power consumption of the terminal device is reduced, which is beneficial to improving the cruising ability of the terminal device.

In a specific application scenario, the terminal device may determine whether to set the communication state of the first path to the second state by detecting a service priority of a currently started terminal application. When the terminal device detects that the service priority of the currently started terminal application is a low service priority, the communication state of the first path may be set to the second state.

The service priority of the terminal application may also be set by the user.

In addition, the service priority of the terminal application can be determined based on the transmission rate of the communication data required by the terminal application when operating. When the communication data transmission rate required by the terminal application during operation is greater than a preset data transmission rate threshold, setting the service priority of the terminal application to be a lower service priority; and when the communication data transmission rate required by the terminal application in operation is less than the preset data transmission rate threshold, setting the service priority of the terminal application as a high-level service priority. Wherein, when the traffic priority applied by the terminal is a low traffic priority, it may be determined that a condition for setting the communication status of the first path to the second status is satisfied.

Further, the service priority of the terminal application may be determined based on the frequency of use of the terminal application by the user. In a specific implementation, the terminal application whose usage number is less than the preset threshold within a preset time period (for example, three months) from the current time may be set as the low service priority, and the terminal application whose communication data transmission rate required by the terminal application is greater than the preset threshold and whose usage number is greater than the preset threshold within the preset time period from the current time is set as the high service priority.

In this embodiment, whether to set the communication state of the first path to the second state may be determined by adopting a manner of joint detection of a plurality of first preset conditions. One specific implementation may refer to steps S601-S602 shown in fig. 6.

S601: and detecting whether the current displacement speed of the terminal equipment is higher than a preset speed threshold value.

Under the high-speed moving state, the terminal is in a cell which needs to be changed continuously. That is, the terminal device needs to continuously measure the SSB and CSI-RS signals and continuously report the SSB and CSI-RS signals to the first terminal device. This affects the stability of the first pass communication. For example, when the terminal device is traveling on a high-speed train or driving a car on a highway, when switching from a cell covered by a first network device to another cell covered by another first network device, there may be no high-frequency network coverage at a cell boundary, and the first path cannot transmit signals. In addition, the continuous measurement and report of the SSB and CSI-RS signals greatly increase the power consumption of the terminal equipment.

When the terminal device detects that the speed is higher than the preset speed threshold, it can be determined that the terminal is currently in a fast moving state. At this time, the communication state of the first path may be set to the second state.

In a possible implementation manner, the terminal device may measure the current displacement speed in real time, so as to determine whether the current displacement speed is higher than a preset speed threshold.

In a possible implementation manner, the terminal device may obtain ticket purchase information of the user and determine the riding time period information. The user can determine whether the current position is within the riding time period based on the riding time period information so as to determine whether the displacement speed of the terminal equipment is higher than a preset speed threshold.

When the terminal device detects that the current displacement speed of the terminal device is lower than the preset speed threshold, it indicates that the terminal device is stationary or moving at a low speed, and then step S602 is executed.

S602, detecting whether the communication data transmission rate required by the terminal application started by the terminal equipment currently is lower than a preset transmission rate threshold value.

When it is detected that the communication data transmission rate required by the terminal application currently started by the terminal device is higher than the preset transmission rate threshold, it indicates that the user is likely to use the first channel for data transmission, such as playing video online, playing network games, and the like, and at this time, if the first channel is disconnected, the data transmission may be affected, and at this time, the communication state of the first channel may be maintained as the first state.

When it is detected that the transmission rate of communication data required by the terminal application currently started by the terminal device is lower than a preset transmission rate threshold, the communication state of the first path may be set to the second state.

Further, in order to improve the detection accuracy, after the step S602, the terminal may further perform a step of detecting whether a duration that the screen of the terminal device is in the off state is greater than a preset duration threshold, or whether the current time is within a peak time period when the user uses the terminal device, and when the duration that the screen of the terminal device is detected to be in the off state is greater than the preset duration threshold or the current time is detected to be within a trough time period when the user uses the terminal device, the communication state of the first channel may be set to the second state.

Whether the communication state of the first access is set to be the second state or not is determined by adopting a mode of joint detection of a plurality of first preset conditions, so that the opportunity of stopping the first access for data transmission is more reasonable, the situation that the terminal equipment needs higher communication speed at present but stops the first access for data transmission is avoided, and the user experience can be improved. It should be noted that, when the method of jointly detecting the first preset conditions is adopted, the sequence of the detected first preset conditions may be interchanged, which may be set based on the needs of the scene and the habits of the user.

In a possible implementation manner, the content included in the first preset condition and the detection sequence of each first preset condition may also be set by the user himself.

As an example, refer to fig. 7 a-7 b, which schematically show scene diagrams of a user setting a first preset condition through a Graphical User Interface (GUI). Fig. 7a shows a GUI interface for cellular network settings, in which settings may be included whether 4G cellular data is enabled and whether 5G cellular data is enabled. When the user selects to enable the 5G cellular data, a setting to turn off the 5G cellular data may be further displayed in the GUI interface, as shown in fig. 7 b. Each first preset condition is preceded by a button for user selection, and when the user clicks the button ahead to select the first preset condition, the hook alignment shown in fig. 7b can appear. In addition, the user can further set a preset threshold corresponding to the first preset condition. In fig. 7b, when the user selects the four first preset conditions of "displacement speed is higher than 80 km/h", "5G flow rate is higher than 2G", "remaining capacity is less than 20%", and "duration of the screen being in the off state is greater than 1 min", the threshold value can be adjusted by the corresponding threshold adjusting button behind each preset condition. Furthermore, the user can also adjust the sequence of the four first preset conditions in a dragging manner to adjust the first preset condition which is satisfied first. For example, according to the setting sequence of the first preset condition shown in fig. 7b, when "displacement velocity higher than 80 km/h" is satisfied, an instruction to convert the first state of the first path to the second state is triggered; when the displacement speed is not higher than 80km/h but the 5G flow utilization is higher than 2G, an instruction for converting the first state of the first path into the second state can be triggered, and so on, and the description is omitted.

Continuing to refer to fig. 8, a further schematic flow chart diagram of a method 800 for setting up a communication network according to an embodiment of the present application is shown. The method 800 may be performed by the terminal device shown in fig. 1.

S801, responding to the first state of the first channel, and detecting whether a first preset condition is met.

The specific implementation of detecting whether the first preset condition is met may refer to the specific description of step S401 in the communication network setting method 400 shown in fig. 4, and is not described herein again. The terminal device may execute step S802 when detecting that the first preset condition is satisfied.

S802, detecting whether the current communication state of the second path is in the first state.

The second path is a path in which the terminal device communicates with the second network device. And when the terminal equipment detects that the second path is in the first state at present, keeping the current communication state of the second path unchanged. When the terminal device detects that the communication state of the second path is the second state, step S803 is executed.

S803, the communication state of the second channel is switched from the second state to the first state.

S804, the communication state of the first channel is switched from the first state to the second state.

The specific implementation of step S804 may refer to the related description of step S402 shown in fig. 4, and is not described herein again.

As can be seen from fig. 8, unlike the communication network setting method 400 shown in fig. 4, the present implementation further provides a step of detecting the communication state of the second path before switching the communication state of the first path from the first state to the second state. In general, when the communication state of the first path is set to the second state, if the communication state of the second path is also set to the second state, the user cannot perform data transmission with the network device. In a scenario, such as the first-path communication signal is weak, which results in slow data transmission in the first path, the user may need to use a low-frequency signal for data transmission with the network device. As such, the user experience is severely impacted. By detecting the communication state of the second channel, the second channel can normally transmit data when the first channel is disconnected or deactivated, and the improvement of user experience is facilitated.

Continuing to refer to fig. 9, a further schematic flow chart diagram of a method 900 for setting up a communication network is provided in an embodiment of the present application. The method 900 may be performed by the terminal device shown in fig. 1.

S901, responding to the first path being in the first state at present, and detecting whether a first preset condition is met.

The terminal device may execute step S902 when detecting that the first preset condition is satisfied.

S902, the communication state of the first channel is switched from the first state to the second state.

The specific implementation of detecting whether the first preset condition is met in S901 may refer to the specific description of step S401 in the communication network setting method 400 shown in fig. 4, and the specific implementation of S902 may refer to the specific description of step S402 shown in fig. 4, which is not described herein again.

And S903, detecting whether a second preset condition is met.

The second preset condition is used for indicating the terminal equipment to utilize the first path for communication.

Alternatively, the second preset condition may be set by the user himself.

Optionally, the second preset condition may be set by the terminal device based on a usage habit of the user on the terminal device, a current working condition of the terminal device, and a current state of the terminal device.

Specifically, the second preset condition includes at least one of the following: the current time is in a peak time period when the user uses the terminal device, the service priority of the terminal application currently started by the terminal device is a high service priority, the current displacement speed of the terminal device is changed from being larger than a preset speed threshold value to being smaller than a preset speed threshold value, the terminal electric quantity is larger than a preset residual electric quantity threshold value, and the data flow corresponding to the second channel is larger than a preset flow threshold value.

Step S704 may be performed when the terminal device detects that one or more second preset conditions are met. When the terminal device detects that any one of the second preset conditions is not met, the first path can be enabled to continue to maintain the second state.

S904, the communication state of the first channel is switched from the second state to the first state.

Specifically, when the terminal device detects that the transmission rate of the communication data required by the currently started terminal application is greater than or equal to a preset transmission rate threshold, the current time is in a peak time period when the user uses the terminal device, or the current displacement speed of the terminal device is changed from being greater than the preset speed threshold to being smaller than the preset speed threshold, the communication state of the first path may be directly set to the first state.

In a possible implementation manner, the terminal device may also notify the user through the GUI interface when the second condition is satisfied, and when the operation on the GUI interface by the user is an instruction to set the operating state of the first path to the first state, the operating state of the first path may be set to the first state at this time, and a switching manner of the switching manner is similar to switching the operating state of the first path from the first state to the second state, which is not described herein again.

For the trough periods and the peak periods described in the embodiments shown in fig. 4, 8, and 9, in some alternative implementations, the trough periods and the peak periods are determined based on the time usage trajectory of the terminal device by the user.

Specifically, the terminal may obtain a time usage trajectory of the terminal device by the user within a preset time period. The preset time period may be, for example, a time period of three months from the current time. A temporal usage of the electronic device by the user is then determined based on the historical usage profile. The time usage may include time usage of the electronic device by a user during a day, time usage of the electronic device during a week, and the like. The time use condition herein specifically refers to which time period is the peak time period and the trough time period of the user using the terminal device, which day or days in the week the frequency of the user using the terminal device is higher, and which day or days in the week the frequency of the user using the terminal device is lower.

The time usage trajectory can be determined by the power consumption condition of the electronic device or the screen lighting time length of the electronic device. Taking the power consumption situation as an example, when the power consumption of the terminal device in a certain period is higher than the preset power consumption threshold, it may be determined that the period belongs to the peak time period of use of the terminal device, and when the power consumption of the terminal device in a certain period is lower than the preset power consumption threshold, it may be determined that the period belongs to the trough time period of use of the terminal device.

In a specific implementation, the user may count the power consumption of the terminal device every day in the above three months, for example. And the time periods with the power consumption larger than the preset power consumption threshold value are gathered into a first type, and the time periods with the power consumption smaller than the preset power consumption threshold value are gathered into a second type. Then, the time periods with the power consumption larger than the preset power consumption threshold value can be further clustered, and the time periods belonging to the same time period can be grouped into one type. Similarly, the time periods with the power consumption less than the preset power consumption threshold value can be further clustered, and the time periods belonging to the same time period can be grouped into one category. Thereby, at least one peak period and at least one valley period of the daily use of the terminal device by the user can be determined. For example, the terminal device counts that the power consumption in the two time periods is greater than a preset power consumption threshold value in 7:00-9:00 and 18:00-22:00 based on statistics of power consumption conditions in three months, and determines the two time periods as peak time periods used by the electronic device; and counting that the power consumption in the two time periods of 22:00-7:00 and 9:00-18:00 is smaller than a preset power consumption threshold value, and determining the two time periods as the trough time periods used by the electronic equipment.

For the communication data transmission rate required by the terminal application running in the embodiments shown in fig. 4, 8 and 9:

in a first possible implementation, the communication data transmission rate required by the terminal application when operating is determined based on the historical usage information of each terminal application. The historical usage information of the terminal application herein may include, but is not limited to: the terminal application is started at a frequency within a preset time period (for example, within three months), and the time length and data traffic used in each operation are determined.

Specifically, for each terminal application, a ratio of the historical data traffic to the operating time length may be determined based on the historical data traffic used by the terminal application during each operation and the operating time length of each operation, a preset number of ratios may be selected according to the number of the ratios from large to small, then an average value may be obtained for the preset number of ratios, and the obtained average value may be determined as the communication data transmission rate required by the terminal application during the operation.

In a second possible implementation, the communication data transmission rate required by the terminal application when running is determined based on the application class of the terminal application.

In general, applications that communicate primarily in the form of text information require lower data transfer rates than applications that communicate in the form of image information. For example, the communication data transmission rate required by the chat type application or the news reading type application is lower than that required by the online shopping type application; the communication data transmission rate required by the online shopping application is lower than that required by the online game application. In addition, there are applications that do not require networking, but are primarily local, that do not typically require data transmission using a communication network (e.g., stand-alone type gaming applications, local art type applications). Therefore, the terminal device may first classify the applications based on the name or identification of the installed applications, and determine which of the native applications, the text information communication type applications, the still image information communication type applications (e.g., web shopping type applications), and the moving image information communication type applications (e.g., online videos, web games) it belongs to. The applications are classified into low data transmission rate type applications and high data transmission rate type applications, and a preset transmission rate threshold value for distinguishing the low data transmission rate type applications from the high data transmission rate type applications is set. Wherein the low data transmission rate class application is less than the predetermined transmission rate threshold and the high data transmission rate class application is greater than the predetermined transmission rate threshold. As an example, a native application, a text information communication type application, and a still image information communication type application may be classified as a low data transmission rate type application; the moving picture information communication type application is classified into a high data transmission rate type application. Thus, it can be determined whether the communication data transmission rate required for the operation of each terminal application is greater than a preset transmission rate threshold value based on the category to which the terminal application belongs.

It should be noted that the classification method provided in this embodiment is illustrative, and different categories may be set according to the needs of a scene, and different data transmission rate thresholds are set according to the different categories, which is not specifically limited herein.

In a third possible implementation manner, the communication data transmission rate required by the terminal application when running is determined based on the application class of the terminal application, the installation time of the terminal application, and the historical usage information of each terminal application.

Specifically, it may be determined whether each terminal application belongs to the high data transmission rate class application or the low data transmission rate class application through the second implementation manner described above. Then, for each high data transmission rate class application, the communication data transmission rate required by the terminal application when operating is further determined by combining the historical usage information of the terminal application determined in the first implementation manner.

As an example, for a terminal application whose starting frequency within a preset time period is less than a preset frequency threshold, whose installation time is greater than a preset time threshold from the current time, and whose duration of each operation is less than a preset duration threshold, it may be set as the low data transmission rate type application; for terminal applications in which the starting frequency within a preset time period is less than a preset frequency threshold and the installation time is less than a preset time threshold from the current time, the terminal applications can be set as the high data transmission rate type applications; for a terminal application in which the start frequency in a preset time period is greater than a preset frequency threshold and the data traffic consumed during each operation is less than a preset threshold, the terminal application may be set as the low data transmission rate type application; for terminal applications in which the start frequency in the preset time period is greater than the preset frequency threshold and the data traffic used in each operation is greater than the preset threshold, the terminal applications may be set as the high data transmission rate type applications. Then, the communication data transmission rate of the determined low data transmission rate application is set to be smaller than a preset transmission rate threshold value, and the communication data transmission rate of the determined high data transmission rate application is set to be larger than the preset transmission rate threshold value.

For the preset time length threshold described in the embodiments shown in fig. 4, 8, and 9, the preset time length threshold may be determined by the application run by the terminal before the screen is turned off, the time information when the screen is turned off, and the usage habit of the user. The preset duration threshold may include a plurality of thresholds.

Specifically, when the application run by the terminal before the screen is turned off is the low data transmission frequency application, a first time length threshold in the preset time length thresholds may be adopted, and the first time length threshold generally has a shorter time length. For example, 1 second.

When the application running by the terminal before the screen is turned off is the high data transmission frequency application, the time information during the screen turning off can be further determined, and a second preset time threshold value in the preset time threshold values is adopted based on the time information during the screen turning off. The second duration threshold may comprise a plurality.

And the mapping relation between the time information during screen-off and the second duration threshold is set based on the use habit of the user for the high data transmission rate application in each time period. The usage habits indicate whether the user will restart the application within a short time after the screen is turned off or will not restart the application for a longer time after the screen is turned off. Specifically, the terminal device may determine a usage habit of the user on the electronic device in the peak period and the trough period, and then set the second duration threshold based on the usage habit. For example, during a peak period, the screen will usually be lit again for a short time to launch an application, and the second duration threshold for that period is set for a longer duration, e.g., 2 minutes; during a trough period (e.g., 1 am), the screen is no longer lit or an application is launched, typically for a long period of time, and the second duration threshold for that period is set to a shorter duration, e.g., 30 seconds.

It should be noted that the trough time period, the peak time period, the communication data transmission rate required by the terminal application, and the time length threshold for triggering the transition from the first state to the second state after the screen is turned off may be changed, and may be updated and adjusted based on the usage habit of the terminal device by the user.

It will be appreciated that the electronic device, in order to implement the above-described functions, comprises corresponding hardware and/or software modules for performing the respective functions. The present application is capable of being implemented in hardware or a combination of hardware and computer software in conjunction with the exemplary algorithm steps described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein. 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, with the embodiment described in connection with the particular application, but such implementation decisions should not be interpreted as causing a departure from the scope of the present application.

In this embodiment, the electronic device may be divided into functional modules according to the above 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 may be implemented in the form of hardware. It should be noted that the division of the modules in this embodiment is schematic, and is only a logic function division, and there may be another division manner in actual implementation.

In the case of dividing each functional module by corresponding functions, fig. 10 shows a schematic diagram of a possible composition of the communication network setting apparatus 1000 involved in the above embodiments, and as shown in fig. 10, the apparatus 1000 may include: a transceiving unit 1100 and a processing unit 1200.

The processing unit 1200 may control the transceiver unit 1100 to implement the methods described in the embodiments illustrated in the above-described flow 400, flow 800, and flow 900, and/or other processes for the techniques described herein.

It should be noted that 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.

The apparatus 1000 provided in this embodiment is configured to execute the method for setting the communication network, so that the same effect as that of the implementation method can be achieved.

In case an integrated unit is employed, the apparatus 1000 may comprise a processing module, a storage module and a communication module. The processing module may be configured to control and manage operations of the apparatus 1000, and for example, may be configured to support the apparatus 1000 to execute steps performed by each unit. The memory modules may be used to support the device 1000 in executing stored program codes and data, etc. A communication module, which can be used for the apparatus 1000 to communicate with other devices.

The processing module may be a processor or a controller. Which may implement or perform the various illustrative logical blocks, modules, and circuits described in connection with the disclosure. A processor may also be a combination of computing functions, e.g., a combination of one or more microprocessors, a Digital Signal Processing (DSP) and a microprocessor, or the like. The storage module may be a memory. The communication module may specifically be a radio frequency circuit, a bluetooth chip, a Wi-Fi chip, or other devices that interact with other electronic devices.

In an embodiment, when the processing module is a processor and the storage module is a memory, the apparatus 1000 according to the embodiment may be the terminal device 100 having the structure shown in fig. 3.

It should be noted that the related functions implemented by the processing unit 1200 in fig. 10 may be implemented by the processor 110 in fig. 3, and the related functions implemented by the transceiver unit 1100 in fig. 10 may be implemented by the processor 110 in fig. 3 controlling the antenna 160.

The present embodiment also provides a computer storage medium, where computer instructions are stored in the computer storage medium, and when the computer instructions are run on an electronic device, the electronic device is caused to execute the above related method steps to implement the method for establishing a network connection in the above embodiments.

The present embodiment also provides a computer program product, which when running on a computer, causes the computer to execute the relevant steps described above, so as to implement the method for establishing a network connection in the above embodiments.

In addition, embodiments of the present application also provide an apparatus, which may be specifically a chip, a component or a module, and may include a processor and a memory connected to each other; the memory is used for storing computer execution instructions, and when the device runs, the processor can execute the computer execution instructions stored in the memory, so that the chip can execute the method for establishing the network connection in the above method embodiments.

The electronic device, the computer storage medium, the computer program product, or the chip provided in this embodiment are all configured to execute the corresponding method provided above, so that the beneficial effects achieved by the electronic device, the computer storage medium, the computer program product, or the chip may refer to the beneficial effects in the corresponding method provided above, and are not described herein again.

Through the description of the above embodiments, those skilled in the art will understand that, for convenience and simplicity of description, only the division of the above functional modules is used as an example, and in practical applications, the above function distribution may be completed by different functional modules as needed, that is, the internal structure of the device may be divided into different functional modules to complete all or part of the above described functions.

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

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

In addition, functional units in the embodiments of the present application may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may exist alone physically, or two or more units are integrated into one unit. The integrated unit can be realized in a form of hardware, and can also be realized in a form of a software functional unit.

The integrated unit, if implemented in the form of a software functional unit and sold or used as a stand-alone product, may be stored in a readable storage medium. Based on such understanding, the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application may be essentially or partially contributed to by the prior art, or all or part of the technical solutions may be embodied in the form of a software product, where the software product is stored in a storage medium and includes several instructions to enable a device (which may be a single chip, a chip, or the like) or a processor (processor) to execute all or part of the steps of the methods of the embodiments of the present application. And the aforementioned storage medium includes: various media capable of storing program codes, such as a usb disk, a removable hard disk, a Read Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a magnetic disk, or an optical disk.

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

Claims

1. A communication network setting method is applied to a terminal device, and data transmission is carried out between the terminal device and a first network device through a first channel, and the method is characterized by comprising the following steps:

responding to a first state of the first path, and detecting whether a first preset condition is met, wherein the first preset condition is used for indicating that the data transmission bandwidth of the first path is reduced or stopping data transmission by using the first path, and the first state is an activated state;

in response to the first preset condition being met, setting the communication status of the first pathway to a second status, the second status being one of: a deactivated state, a disconnected state, or a low bandwidth data transfer state.

2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that said first preset condition comprises at least one of:

3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the first preset condition is set by the terminal device based on the usage habit of the terminal device by the user, the current working condition of the terminal device and the current state of the terminal device; wherein the content of the first and second substances,

the usage habit of the user on the terminal equipment comprises at least one of the following items: peak usage periods and valley usage periods of the terminal device, a type of terminal application installed by the terminal device, or a start frequency of the terminal application installed by the terminal device;

the current working condition of the terminal equipment comprises at least one of the following conditions: a terminal application started by the terminal device, a flow consumed by the terminal device, a remaining capacity of the terminal device, or a temperature of the terminal device;

the current state of the terminal equipment comprises at least one of the following items: the displacement state of the terminal equipment or the on-off state of the screen of the terminal equipment.

4. The method according to any one of claims 1-3, wherein the second state is a deactivated state, and wherein setting the communication state of the first pathway to the second state comprises:

and sending indication information indicating that the first path is set to a deactivation state to the first network equipment.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the sending the indication information indicating that the first path is set to the deactivated state to the first network device comprises:

and sending the SCG failure message which does not carry the cell information to the first network equipment.

6. The method according to any one of claims 1-3, wherein the second state is an off state, and wherein setting the communication state of the first path to the second state comprises:

an information masking mode for the first path is initiated to disconnect the first path.

7. The method according to any one of claims 1-3, wherein the second state is a low bandwidth data transfer state, and wherein setting the communication state of the first path to the second state comprises:

adding Information for indicating to reduce the number of carrier units or Information for indicating to reduce the bandwidth in an updating Assistance field in UE Assistance Information;

and sending the UE Assistant Information to the first network equipment so that the first network equipment reduces the bandwidth of the first path.

8. The method according to any of claims 1-3, wherein said setting the communication state of the first pathway to a second state comprises:

and sending indication information for indicating that the communication state of the first path is set to the second state to the first network equipment, so that the first network equipment sets the communication state of the first path to the second state.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the sending, to the first network device, indication information indicating that the communication status of the first path is set to the second status comprises:

adding a field for setting the state in the UE Assistant Information;

and sending the UE Assistance Information added with the field for setting the state to the first network equipment.

10. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the terminal device and the second network device perform data transmission via a second path, the data transmission rate of the second path is lower than the data transmission rate of the first path, and before the communication state of the first path is set to the second state, the method further comprises:

detecting whether the current communication state of the second path is in the first state;

and when the current communication state of the second path is detected to be in the second state, switching the current communication state of the second path from the second state to the first state.

11. The method according to any one of claims 1-10, wherein after setting the communication status of the first pathway to the second state, the method further comprises:

detecting whether a second preset condition is met, wherein the second preset condition is used for indicating that the data transmission bandwidth of the first channel is increased or the first channel is enabled to carry out data transmission;

and responding to the second preset condition, and switching the communication state of the first passage from the second state to the first state.

12. A communication network setting apparatus, characterized by comprising means for performing the method of any of the preceding claims 1-11.

13. A terminal device, wherein data transmission is performed between the terminal device and a first network device through a first path, the terminal device comprising: one or more processors and memory coupled to the processors for storing one or more programs, the one or more processors for executing the one or more programs to perform the following acts:

14. The terminal device according to claim 13, wherein the first preset condition comprises at least one of:

15. The terminal device according to claim 13 or 14, wherein the first preset condition is set by the terminal device based on a usage habit of a user on the terminal device, a current working condition of the terminal device and a current state of the terminal device; wherein the content of the first and second substances,

16. The terminal device according to any of claims 13-15, wherein the second state is a deactivated state, and wherein setting the communication state of the first path to the second state comprises:

17. The terminal device of claim 16, wherein the sending, to the first network device, indication information indicating that the first path is set to the deactivated state comprises:

18. The terminal device according to any of claims 13-15, wherein the second state is a disconnected state, and wherein setting the communication state of the first path to the second state comprises:

19. The terminal device according to any of claims 13-15, wherein the second state is a low bandwidth data transmission state, and wherein setting the communication state of the first path to the second state comprises:

20. The terminal device according to any of claims 13-15, wherein said setting the communication status of the first path to the second state comprises:

21. The terminal device according to claim 20, wherein the sending, to the first network device, indication information indicating that the communication status of the first path is set to the second status comprises:

adding a field for setting the state in the UE Assistant Information;

22. The terminal device according to any one of claims 13 to 21, wherein the terminal device performs data transmission with a second network device via a second path, a data transmission rate of the second path is lower than a data transmission rate of the first path, and before the communication state of the first path is set to the second state, the method further comprises:

23. The terminal device according to any of claims 13-22, wherein after setting the communication status of the first path to the second state, the method further comprises:

24. A computer storage medium comprising computer instructions that, when run on a terminal device, cause the terminal device to perform the method of any one of claims 1-11.

25. A computer program product, characterized in that, when the computer program product is run on a computer, it causes the computer to perform the method according to any of claims 1-11.