CN113709800A

CN113709800A - Network detection method, device, user equipment, LTE base station and storage medium

Info

Publication number: CN113709800A
Application number: CN202111066802.9A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 刘永琪
Original assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Current assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-09-13
Filing date: 2021-09-13
Publication date: 2021-11-26

Abstract

The disclosure relates to a network detection method, a device, user equipment, an LTE base station and a storage medium, wherein the network detection method comprises the following steps: receiving measurement configuration information in response to receiving system information of a secondary card aiming at the equipment, wherein an SIB2 of the system information does not contain an upper layer indication, and the measurement configuration information comprises an NR frequency point and a reporting condition; and according to the measurement configuration information, if the LTE base station is determined to support LTE-NR dual connection within a set time length, displaying that the network icon corresponding to the auxiliary card is a 5G icon, and the LTE base station is the LTE base station corresponding to the current cell where the auxiliary card resides. In the method, even if the LTE base station does not contain the upper layer indication in the system information SIB2, the user equipment can judge whether the LTE base station supports LTE-NR dual connection according to the measurement configuration information, and if the LTE base station does support the LTE-NR dual connection, the equipment still displays the 5G icon of the secondary card, so that the user can know the current network capability of the secondary card, and the use experience of the user is improved.

Description

Network detection method, device, user equipment, LTE base station and storage medium

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to the field of network detection technologies, and in particular, to a network detection method, an apparatus, a user equipment, an LTE base station, and a storage medium.

Background

In the actual network test of 5G in China, it is found that a large number of LTE base stations do not set ULI (abbreviation of upper layer indication-r15) as true in the System Information SIB2, that is, the System Information SIB2(System Information Block 2) does not carry ULI, but sends down measurement configuration Information carrying NR (New Radio, New air interface) frequency points, and adds LTE-NR connection to the device according to a measurement report reported by the device, that is, such LTE base stations actually support LTE-NR dual connection.

In addition, more and more user equipments (such as mobile phones) support dual-card dual-standby, but one card needs to be set as a main card and the other card as a sub-card. The main card is mainly used for processing data services, and the auxiliary card only needs to work in an idle standby state to receive incoming calls and short/multimedia messages. However, the communication service used by the user is the data service with the highest proportion, and the method has great significance in order to provide continuous high-speed 5G data service for the user and display the 4G/5G capacity state of the dual-card in the form of a network icon for the user to select the best data card.

The current network icon display scheme of the secondary card continues to use the network icon display scheme of the primary card, but the actual situation of the dual-card operation is that the secondary card is attached to LTE, and after the EPC (Evolved Packet Core, i.e. 4G Core network) is successfully registered, RRC (Radio Resource Control) connection is immediately and actively released. In this case, the LTE base station cannot add an LTE-NR connection to the Secondary card, and cannot add NR SCG (the SCGs are collectively referred to as a Secondary Cell Group, and a Secondary Cell Group), which results in that the Secondary card cannot generate history cache information of NR SCG. Therefore, in the case that the system information of the secondary card does not include the ULI indicated by the upper layer, the secondary card cannot display the 5G icon, that is, when the LTE base station supporting LTE-NR dual connectivity does not set the ULI to true in the SIB2 system information of the LTE base station, the secondary card cannot correctly display the 5G icon corresponding to the LTE base station.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to overcome the problems in the related art, the present disclosure provides a network detection method, apparatus, user equipment, LTE base station, and storage medium.

According to a first aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a network detection method applied to a user equipment, the method including:

receiving measurement configuration information in response to receiving system information of a secondary card of the device, wherein an SIB2 of the system information does not contain an upper layer indication, and the measurement configuration information comprises an NR frequency point and a reporting condition;

and according to the measurement configuration information, if the LTE base station is determined to support LTE-NR dual connection within a set time length, displaying that the network icon corresponding to the secondary card is a 5G icon, wherein the LTE base station is the LTE base station corresponding to the current cell where the secondary card resides.

Optionally, the determining that the LTE base station supports LTE-NR dual connectivity includes:

according to the NR frequency point, measuring an NR cell meeting the reporting condition, and sending a measurement report to the LTE base station, wherein the measurement report is used for indicating the equipment to detect the NR cell meeting the measurement configuration information;

receiving a synchronization reconfiguration cell to determine that the LTE base station supports LTE-NR dual connectivity, wherein the synchronization reconfiguration cell is used to indicate random access to the NR cell, the synchronization reconfiguration cell being generated by the LTE base station in response to receiving the measurement report.

Optionally, after determining that the LTE base station supports LTE-NR dual connectivity within a set time duration according to the measurement configuration information, the method further includes:

sending reconfiguration complete information in response to receiving the synchronization reconfiguration cell.

Optionally, the method comprises:

after receiving the measurement configuration information, starting a timer, wherein the timing duration of the timer is the set duration;

and stopping the timer for timing after the LTE base station is determined to support LTE-NR dual connection or after the reconfiguration completion information is sent.

Optionally, the method comprises:

and within the set duration, if the base station is not determined to support LTE-NR dual connection, displaying that the network icon corresponding to the secondary card is a 4G icon.

Optionally, the non-determination that the base station supports LTE-NR dual connectivity includes:

and according to the NR frequency point, not measuring the NR cell which meets the reporting condition, or not receiving the synchronous reconfiguration cell.

Alternatively,

the determining that the LTE base station supports LTE-NR dual connection within a set time length according to the measurement configuration information includes:

and after determining that the current cell does not belong to a set cell list, determining that the base station supports LTE-NR dual-connection according to the measurement configuration information within the set time length.

Optionally, after determining that the LTE base station supports LTE-NR dual connectivity, the method includes:

adding the current cell to the set cell list.

Alternatively,

after receiving the measurement configuration information, the method further includes:

and after the current cell is determined to belong to the set cell list, displaying the network icon corresponding to the auxiliary card as a 5G icon.

According to a second aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a network detection method applied to an LTE base station, the method including:

sending measurement configuration information in response to sending system information aiming at a secondary card, wherein the measurement configuration information comprises an NR frequency point and a reporting condition, and an SIB2 of the system information does not contain an upper layer indication;

receiving a measurement report, wherein the measurement report is generated by the device measuring an NR cell meeting the reporting condition according to the NR frequency point, and the measurement report is used for indicating the device to detect the NR cell meeting the measurement configuration information;

in response to receiving the measurement report, transmitting a synchronization reconfiguration information element to cause the device to determine that the LTE base station supports LTE-NR dual connectivity, the synchronization reconfiguration information element to indicate random access to an NR cell.

Optionally, after the sending of the sync reconfiguration information element in response to receiving the measurement report, the method includes:

receiving reconfiguration complete information generated by the device in response to receiving the synchronization reconfiguration cell. .

According to a third aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a network detection apparatus, applied to a user equipment, the apparatus including:

a first receiving module, configured to receive measurement configuration information in response to receiving system information of a secondary card for the device, where an SIB2 of the system information does not include an upper layer indication, and the measurement configuration information includes an NR frequency point and a reporting condition;

and the display module is used for displaying that the network icon corresponding to the auxiliary card is a 5G icon if the LTE base station supports LTE-NR dual connection within a set time length according to the measurement configuration information, and the LTE base station is the LTE base station corresponding to the current cell where the auxiliary card resides.

Optionally, the apparatus comprises a first sending module, wherein,

the first sending module is configured to measure, according to the NR frequency point, an NR cell meeting the reporting condition, and send a measurement report to the LTE base station, where the measurement report is used to indicate that the device detects an NR cell meeting the measurement configuration information;

the first receiving module is configured to receive a synchronization reconfiguration cell to determine that the LTE base station supports LTE-NR dual connectivity, where the synchronization reconfiguration cell is used to indicate random access to the NR cell, and the synchronization reconfiguration cell is generated by the LTE base station in response to receiving the measurement report.

Optionally, the first sending module is configured to:

Optionally, the apparatus comprises:

a timing module, configured to start a timer after receiving the measurement configuration information, where a timing duration of the timer is the set duration;

the method further includes stopping the timer after the determination that the LTE base station supports LTE-NR dual connectivity is made or after the sending of reconfiguration complete information is made.

Optionally, the display module is configured to:

Optionally, the apparatus comprises:

and the determining module is used for determining that the base station supports LTE-NR dual-connection according to the measurement configuration information within the set time length after the current cell is determined not to belong to the set cell list.

Optionally, the apparatus includes an adding module, configured to:

adding the current cell to the set cell list.

Optionally, the determining module is configured to determine that the current cell belongs to the set cell list;

and the display module is used for displaying the network icon corresponding to the auxiliary card as a 5G icon after the current cell is determined to belong to the set cell list.

According to a fourth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a network detection apparatus, applied to an LTE base station, the apparatus including:

a second sending module, configured to send measurement configuration information in response to sending system information for a secondary card, where the measurement configuration information includes an NR frequency point and a reporting condition, and an SIB2 of the system information does not include an upper layer indication;

a second receiving module, configured to receive a measurement report, where the measurement report is generated by the device measuring, according to the NR frequency point, an NR cell meeting the reporting condition, and the measurement report is used to indicate that the device detects an NR cell meeting the measurement configuration information;

the second sending module is further configured to send, in response to receiving the measurement report, a synchronization reconfiguration cell to enable the device to determine that the LTE base station supports LTE-NR dual connectivity, where the synchronization reconfiguration cell is used to indicate random access to an NR cell.

Optionally, the second receiving module is configured to:

receiving reconfiguration complete information generated by the device in response to receiving the synchronization reconfiguration cell.

According to a fifth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a user equipment, including:

a first processor;

a first memory for storing the first processor-executable instructions;

wherein the first processor is configured to perform the method of any of the first aspects

According to a sixth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided an LTE base station, including:

a second processor;

a second memory for storing the second processor-executable instructions;

wherein the second processor is configured to perform the method of any of the second aspects.

According to a seventh aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, wherein instructions, when executed by a first processor of a user equipment, enable the user equipment to perform the method according to any one of the first aspect.

According to an eighth aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, wherein instructions, when executed by a second processor of an LTE base station, enable the LTE base station to perform the method according to any one of the second aspects.

The technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the disclosure can have the following beneficial effects: in the method, even if the LTE base station does not contain the upper layer indication in the system information SIB2, the user equipment can judge whether the LTE base station supports LTE-NR dual connection according to the measurement configuration information, and if the LTE base station does support the LTE-NR dual connection, the equipment still displays the 5G icon of the secondary card, so that the user can know the current network capability of the secondary card, and the use experience of the user is improved.

It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only and are not restrictive of the disclosure.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments consistent with the present disclosure and together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the disclosure.

Fig. 1 is a flow chart illustrating a network detection method according to an example embodiment.

Fig. 1a is a flow chart illustrating a network detection method according to an example embodiment.

Fig. 2 is a flow chart illustrating a network detection method according to an example embodiment.

Fig. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a network detection device according to an example embodiment.

Fig. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a network detection device according to an example embodiment.

Fig. 5 is a block diagram illustrating a user device, according to an example embodiment.

Fig. 6 is a block diagram of an LTE base station shown in accordance with an example embodiment.

Detailed Description

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

In the related art, a commonly adopted display scheme of the 5G icon is Config a + D or Config D. Config a + D refers to displaying a 5G icon according to the rule of Config a when the User Equipment (UE) is in an RRC IDLE state (RRC _ IDLE). The 5G icon is displayed according to the rule of Config D when the UE is in an RRC CONNECTED state (RRC _ CONNECTED). The rule of the secondary card in the RRC _ IDLE displaying the 5G icon is generally according to the Config D rule.

When the System Information SIB2(System Information Block, System Information Block 2) of the LTE cell in which the secondary card resides has an ULI (generally, the ULI in SIB2 is true), the secondary card reports the 5G capability of the secondary card to an Application Processor (AP) according to the Config D rule, and displays that the network icon corresponding to the secondary card is a 5G icon. When the ul (abbreviation of ultra layer indication-r15) is not set as true in the system information SIB2 of the LTE cell where the secondary card resides, but when the LTE base station sends measurement configuration information to the secondary card, because the secondary card has no data connection requirement, the UE may directly release the RRC connection of the secondary card, and may not perform measurement of an NR frequency point according to the measurement configuration information, which may result in that the secondary card may not actually determine whether the LTE base station corresponding to the current cell where the secondary card resides supports LTE-NR dual connection.

Therefore, it can be known that, assuming that the LTE base station corresponding to the current cell where the secondary card resides supports LTE-NR dual connectivity, but the LTE base station does not set ULI as true in the system information SIB2, that is, the system information SIB2 does not carry ULI, the secondary card does not perform measurement of NR frequency points according to measurement configuration information, so that the device does not display a 5G icon of the secondary card.

The disclosure provides a network detection method applied to user equipment. In the method, the user equipment receives measurement configuration Information in response to receiving System Information for a secondary card, wherein an Upper Layer Indication (ULI) is not set to true in an SIB2(System Information Block, System Information Block 2) of the System Information. After the measurement configuration information is received, measurement can be performed according to the NR frequency point and the reporting condition in the measurement configuration information to determine whether the LTE base station corresponding to the current cell where the equipment resides supports LTE-NR dual connection, and if the LTE base station supports LTE-NR dual connection within a set time length, the equipment can display a 5G icon corresponding to the auxiliary card.

In the method, even if the LTE base station does not contain the ULI in the system information SIB2, the user equipment can judge whether the LTE base station supports LTE-NR dual connection according to the measurement configuration information, and if the LTE base station does support the LTE-NR dual connection, the equipment still displays the 5G icon of the secondary card, so that the user can know the current network capability of the secondary card, and the use experience of the user is improved.

In one exemplary embodiment, a network detection method is provided and applied to a device, which may be referred to as a User Equipment (UE). Referring to fig. 1, the method may include:

s110, receiving measurement configuration information in response to the received system information aiming at the auxiliary card;

and S120, according to the measurement configuration information, if the LTE base station is determined to support LTE-NR dual connection within a set time length, displaying a network icon corresponding to the auxiliary card as a 5G icon.

The device in the method is generally a User Equipment (UE) capable of supporting dual 5G, that is, both a primary card and a secondary card of the device can support access of a 5G network. In general, the secondary card supports non-independent Networking (NSA).

In step S110, the SIB2 of the system message does not include an upper layer indication, which is generally referred to as ULI (upper layer indication-R15) and may also be referred to as R15 upper layer indication. The device generally refers to User Equipment (UE), and since the secondary card of the UE does not need to perform data service, the secondary card of the UE may generally reside in a cell corresponding to the LTE base station, and the cell in which the secondary card of the UE resides may be recorded as a current cell.

When the secondary card resides in the current cell, the LTE base station may send system information to the UE, and if the SIB2 of the system information does not carry the ULI, it is equivalent to indicating that the current cell where the secondary card resides of the UE does not support the 5G access capability, and the LTE base station does not support LTE-NR dual connectivity.

It should be noted that, unless otherwise specified, the LTE base station in the present disclosure generally refers to an LTE base station corresponding to a current cell.

Since the secondary card of the UE supports access to the 5G network, the secondary card carries an indication that DCNR (Dual Connectivity E-UTRAN and NR, the chinese name is generally: Dual Connectivity Evolved UMTS terrestrial radio access network and new radio) is support (DCNR ═ 1) to the LTE base station during registration with EPC (Evolved Packet Core, i.e. 4G Core network), and the indication is generally denoted as Attach Request (DCNR: support). After receiving the Attach Request (DCNR: support), the LTE bs may send information for indicating that the indication is received to the UE, where the information is generally denoted as Attach Accept. After receiving the Attach Accept, the UE may send information indicating completion of EPC registration to the LTE base station, and the information is generally denoted as Attach Complete. And the UE and the LTE base station finish the registration of the EPC through the three times of information interaction.

After EPC registration is successful, and before RRC connection has not been released, the LTE base station may send measurement configuration information to the UE, so that the UE receives the measurement configuration information. The measurement configuration information generally includes an NR (New Radio, or New air interface) frequency point and a reporting condition. The measurement configuration information is generally carried by RRC connection reconfiguration information, and the information is generally denoted as rrcconnectionreconfiguration (nr meas cfg).

In step S120, a timer (e.g., denoted as T) may be used_{RRCReleaseDelay}) And controlling the set time length. For example, when the UE receives the measurement configuration information, a timer may be started, and a timing duration of the timer may be set as the set duration. The set duration may be determined empirically or according to the actual needs of the user, which is not described herein.

After the timer is started, if the LTE base station is determined to support LTE-NR dual connection according to the measurement configuration information when the timer is in a starting state, the specification is that the LTE base station is determined to support LTE-NR dual connection according to the measurement configuration information within a set time length, and a network icon corresponding to a secondary card of the UE can be displayed as a 5G icon so as to prompt a user that the secondary card can support the access of a 5G network in a current cell.

Assuming that the network currently accessed by the main card is a 4G network, when the user sees that the network icon corresponding to the secondary card displayed by the UE is a 5G network, if the user wants to use the 5G network, the current secondary card can be adjusted to be the main card, and the data service of the secondary card is used.

In the case of example 1, the following examples,

the UE is a mobile phone, and two SIM cards, denoted as SIM1 and SIM2, are installed in the mobile phone. In the current state, the SIM1 is set as a primary card, the SIM2 is set as a secondary card, and the network icon corresponding to the primary card is a 4G icon, the network icon corresponding to the secondary card is a 5G icon, which indicates that the network accessed by the SIM1 is a 4G network, and the SIM2 can support access to a 5G network. The user may adjust the settings of the primary and secondary cards, setting the SIM1 as the secondary card, and the SIM2 as the primary card, the user may utilize the SIM2 for data services in a 5G network.

In the method, even if the LTE base station does not set ULI to be true in system information SIB2 of the LTE base station, the secondary card can judge whether the LTE base station supports LTE-NR dual connection according to the measurement configuration information, and if the fact that the LTE base station supports LTE-NR dual connection is determined, the device still displays a 5G icon of the secondary card, so that a user can know the current network capability of the secondary card, and the use experience of the user is improved.

In one exemplary embodiment, a network detection method is provided and applied to a device, which may be referred to as a User Equipment (UE). In the method, according to the determination that the LTE base station supports LTE-NR dual connectivity, the method may include:

s210, according to the NR frequency point, measuring an NR cell meeting the reporting condition, and sending a measurement report to the LTE base station;

and S220, receiving the synchronization reconfiguration cell to determine that the LTE base station supports LTE-NR dual connection.

In step S210, after the UE measures the NR cell meeting the reporting condition according to the NR frequency point within the set duration, a Measurement Report may be sent to the LTE base station, where the Measurement Report is generally denoted as Measurement Report (eventB1_ NR), and is used to indicate that the device (e.g., the UE) detects the NR cell meeting the Measurement configuration information. That is, the measurement report is used to report the NR B1 event to the LTE base station, where the signal strength of the inter-system neighbor to the B1 event is stronger than the absolute threshold.

For example, when the UE receives the measurement configuration information, a timer may be started, and a timing duration of the timer may be set as the set duration. Before the timer is not stopped, if the UE measures the NR cells meeting the reporting condition according to the NR frequency point, a Measurement Report (eventB1_ NR) can be sent to the LTE base station.

In step S220, the synchronization reconfiguration information may be generated by the LTE base station in response to receiving the measurement report. The synchronization reconfiguration cell is used to indicate random access to the NR cell. If the LTE base station receives a Measurement Report (e.g., Measurement Report (eventB1_ NR)), the LTE base station may issue RRC connection reconfiguration information to the UE again according to the Measurement Report, and the information carries a synchronization reconfiguration cell, so that the UE receives the synchronization reconfiguration cell.

The synchronization reconfiguration cell is generally denoted as a reconfiguration within the same cell, and is used to instruct the UE to perform the NR cell start random access. Generally, rrcconnectionreconfiguration (reconfigurationWithSync) is recorded as carrying reconfigurationWithSync information.

If the UE receives the synchronous reconfiguration cell within the set time length, the LTE base station can be determined to support LTE-NR dual connection, the auxiliary card can report the capacity for indicating the auxiliary card to support 5G network access to the application program processor, and the application program processor can control the network icon corresponding to the auxiliary card to be displayed as a 5G icon.

It should be noted that, after determining that the LTE base station supports LTE-NR dual connectivity within a set time duration according to the measurement configuration information, the method may further include:

s230, responding to the received synchronous reconfiguration cell, sending reconfiguration completion information.

The reconfiguration complete information is generally denoted as rrcconnectionreconfiguration complete. According to the relevant protocol, after the UE receives a synchronization reconfiguration cell (e.g., rrcconnectionreconfiguration (reconfiguration within sync)) sent by the LTE base station, it generally needs to feed back reconfiguration completion information to the LTE base station to notify the LTE base station that the secondary card receives the synchronization reconfiguration cell. The reconfiguration complete information may simply indicate a response to receipt of the sync reconfiguration cell and does not indicate that the secondary card has actually completed the reconfiguration.

In the case of example 1, the following examples,

the device is a mobile phone, and the auxiliary card of the mobile phone supports the access of a non-independent networking 5G network.

A cell where a secondary card of a mobile phone resides is recorded as a current cell, an LTE base station corresponding to the current cell actually supports LTE-NR dual connectivity, but the LTE base station does not set ULI (short for upperlayer indication-r15) as true in System Information SIB2 thereof, that is, the ULI is not carried in System Information SIB2(System Information Block, System Information Block 2).

After the secondary card resides in the current cell, the LTE base station sends system information to the secondary card of the mobile phone, and the SIB2 of the system information does not carry the ULI. After receiving the system information, the secondary card may send an Attach Request (DCNR: support) to the LTE base station in response to receiving the system information. After receiving the Attach Request (DCNR: support), the LTE base station may send the Attach Accept to the secondary card in response to receiving the Attach Request (DCNR: support). After the secondary card receives the Attach Accept, the secondary card can respond to the received Attach Accept and send an Attach Complete to the LTE base station. At this point, the secondary card completes EPC registration.

After receiving the Attach Accept, the LTE bs may send rrcconnectionreconfiguration (nr meas cfg) to the secondary card before the RRC connection is not released. After the sub-card receives the information, a timer with a set time length (for example, 1 minute) can be started, and the timer starts to time.

After the timer is started, the secondary card performs measurement according to the measurement configuration information in the rrcconnectionreconfiguration (nr meas cfg). If the NR cell meeting the reporting condition is measured before the timer is stopped, a Measurement Report (eventB1_ NR) can be sent to the LTE base station. After receiving the information, the LTE base station may send rrcconnectionreconfiguration (reconfiguration within sync) to the secondary card according to the information. If the secondary card receives rrcconnectionreconfiguration (reconfiguration withsync) before the timer stops, it may be determined that the secondary card supports access to the 5G network in the current cell, and it may be determined that the LTE-NR dual connectivity is supported by the LTE base station.

And after the secondary card determines that the LTE base station supports LTE-NR dual connection, the timing of the timer can be stopped. Meanwhile, the capability of indicating that the auxiliary card supports 5G network access can be reported to an application processor of the mobile phone, namely, the auxiliary card is resident in the current cell and has 5G network access capability, and the application processor can control the network icon corresponding to the auxiliary card to be displayed as a 5G icon.

In addition, when the secondary card receives rrcconnectionreconfiguration (reconfiguration within sync), rrcconnectionreconfiguration complete is generally fed back to the LTE base station to inform the LTE base station that the secondary card has received rrcconnectionreconfiguration (reconfiguration within sync).

After the secondary card sends rrcconnectionreconfiguration complete to the LTE base station, the procedure of RRC connection release may be entered. For example, the secondary card may send Request information for RRC connection release to the LTE base station, and set an Active flag in the Request information to zero, which may be generally denoted as Tracking Area Update Request (Active flag: 0). After receiving the request message, the LTE base station may release the RRC connection of the secondary card, and may feed back information indicating Tracking Area Update to the secondary card, where the information may be generally denoted as Tracking Area Update. After receiving the Tracking Area Update, the secondary card generally feeds back the Tracking Area Update Complete to the LTE base station in response to the Tracking Area Update, so as to inform the LTE base station that the secondary card receives the Tracking Area Update, and completes the corresponding operation indicated by the Tracking Area Update. And at this point, releasing the RRC connection of the secondary card is completed, and the whole registration process of the EPC is finished.

In this example, the set time duration is controlled by setting a timer, and the display of the network icon corresponding to the secondary card is controlled according to the determination result in the set time duration.

In the case of example 2, the following example was carried out,

this example 2 is different from the above example 1 in that, in example 2, the timer count is stopped after the secondary card transmits rrcconnectionreconfiguration complete to the LTE base station.

In the example 3, the first and second images are,

the difference between this example 3 and the above example 1 is that, in example 3, after the RRC connection release of the secondary card is completed and the whole registration process of the EPC is completed, the secondary card reports the capability of indicating that the secondary card supports 5G network access to the application processor of the mobile phone, that is, the secondary card resides in the current cell and has 5G network access capability, and the application processor can control the network icon corresponding to the secondary card to be displayed as the 5G icon.

In the method, if the LTE base station supports LTE-NR dual connection, even if the LTE base station does not set ULI as true in system information SIB2 of the LTE base station, the secondary card can determine that the LTE base station indeed supports LTE-NR dual connection according to the measurement configuration information, so that a network icon of the secondary card can be still displayed as a 5G icon, a user can know the current network capability of the secondary card conveniently, and the use experience of the user is improved.

In one exemplary embodiment, a network detection method is provided and applied to a device. The device may be a User Equipment (UE). The method can comprise the following steps:

s310, receiving measurement configuration information in response to receiving system information aiming at the auxiliary card;

and S320, if the base station is not determined to support LTE-NR dual connection within the set duration, the network icon corresponding to the auxiliary card of the display device is a 4G icon.

In step S310, the SIB2 of the system message does not include an upper layer indication, and the measurement configuration information includes an NR frequency and a reporting condition.

In step S320, the determining that the base station supports LTE-NR dual connectivity may include: and according to the NR frequency point, not measuring the NR cell which accords with the reporting condition. That is, if no NR cell meeting the reporting condition is measured according to the NR frequency point within the set time period, it is determined that no NR cell meeting the reporting condition is measured according to the NR frequency point within the set time period, and the network icon corresponding to the secondary card of the display device is a 4G icon.

Not determining that the base station supports LTE-NR dual connectivity may further include: no sync reconfiguration cell is received. That is, if the sync reconfiguration cell is not received within the set time length, the network icon corresponding to the secondary card of the display device is a 4G icon.

It should be noted that, if the secondary card does not measure the NR cell meeting the reporting condition according to the NR frequency, the secondary card does not send a measurement report for indicating that the device (e.g., UE) detects the NR cell meeting the measurement configuration information to the LTE base station. Accordingly, the LTE base station does not generate and transmit the synchronization reconfiguration cell, and the secondary card does not receive the synchronization reconfiguration cell.

In the case of example 1, the following examples,

The cell where the secondary card of the mobile phone resides is recorded as the current cell, and the LTE base station does not set ULI (abbreviation of upperlayer indication-r15) as true in the System Information SIB2, that is, the System Information SIB2(System Information Block, System Information Block 2) does not carry ULI.

After receiving the Attach Accept, the LTE bs may send rrcconnectionreconfiguration (nr meas cfg) to the secondary card before the RRC connection is not released. After the sub-card receives the information, a timer with a set time length (for example, 1 minute) can be started, and the timer starts to time. After the timer is started, the secondary card performs measurement according to the measurement configuration information in the rrcconnectionreconfiguration (nr meas cfg).

If the NR cell meeting the reporting condition is not measured before the timer is stopped, it indicates that the procedure of determining whether the LTE base station supports LTE-NR dual connectivity is abnormal, and the procedure of RRC connection release may be directly entered. The secondary card may send Request information for RRC connection release to the LTE base station, and set an Active flag in the Request information to zero, where the Request information may be generally denoted as a Tracking Area Update Request (Active flag: 0). After receiving the request message, the LTE base station may release the RRC connection of the secondary card, and may feed back information indicating Tracking Area Update to the secondary card, where the information may be generally denoted as Tracking Area Update. After receiving the Tracking Area Update, the secondary card generally feeds back the Tracking Area Update Complete to the LTE base station in response to the Tracking Area Update, so as to inform the LTE base station that the secondary card receives the Tracking Area Update, and completes the corresponding operation indicated by the Tracking Area Update. And at this point, releasing the RRC connection of the secondary card is completed, and the whole registration process of the EPC is finished.

When the RRC connection of the secondary card is released and the whole registration process of the EPC is completed, the secondary card may report, to an application processor of the mobile phone, a capability indicating that the secondary card supports 4G network access, that is, the secondary card resides in the current cell and does not have 5G network access capability, and the application processor may control a network icon corresponding to the secondary card to be displayed as a 4G icon.

In the case of example 2, the following example was carried out,

the difference between this example 2 and the above example 1 is that in example 2, before the timer stops, the NR cell meeting the reporting condition is measured, but before the timer stops, the rrcconnectionreconfiguration (reconfiguration withsync) sent by the LTE base station is not received, which indicates that the flow of determining whether the LTE base station supports LTE-NR dual connectivity is abnormal, and the secondary card may directly enter the flow of RRC connection release.

In the example 3, the first and second images are,

the difference between this example 3 and the above example 1 is that, in example 3, if an NR cell meeting the reporting condition is not measured before the timer is stopped, it is described that the determination whether the LTE base station supports LTE-NR dual connectivity is abnormal, and the capability indicating that the secondary card supports 4G network access may be directly reported to the application processor of the mobile phone, that is, the secondary card resides in the current cell and does not have 5G network access capability, and the application processor may control the network icon corresponding to the secondary card to be displayed as a 4G icon.

In the method, even if the LTE base station does not set ULI as true in the system information SIB2 of the LTE base station, the secondary card can judge whether the LTE base station supports LTE-NR dual connection according to the measurement configuration information, and if the LTE base station does not support LTE-NR dual connection within a set time length, the device can display a 4G icon of the secondary card, so that a user can know the current network capability of the secondary card, and the use experience of the user is improved.

In one exemplary embodiment, a network detection method is provided and applied to a device, which may be referred to as a User Equipment (UE). Referring to fig. 1a, the method may include:

s410, in response to receiving system information aiming at the auxiliary card, receiving measurement configuration information;

s420, judging whether the current cell where the auxiliary card of the equipment resides belongs to a set cell list or not; if the determination result is negative, go to step S430; if yes, go to step S440;

s430, judging whether the LTE base station supports LTE-NR dual connection according to the measurement configuration information within a set time length; if yes, go to step S440; if the determination result is negative, executing step S450;

and S440, displaying the network icon corresponding to the auxiliary card as a 5G icon.

And S450, displaying the network icon corresponding to the auxiliary card as a 4G icon.

In step S410, the SIB2 of the system message does not include an upper layer indication, and the measurement configuration information includes an NR frequency and a reporting condition.

In the method, step S440 and step S450 are alternatively executed according to the judgment result.

If it is determined in step S420 that the current cell where the secondary card of the device resides belongs to the set cell list, step S440 is directly performed, so that the network icon corresponding to the secondary card is displayed as a 5G icon.

If it is determined in step S420 that the current cell where the secondary card of the device resides does not belong to the set cell list, step S430 is performed. Then, according to the judgment result of the step S430, the step S440 or the step S450 is alternatively performed.

If in step S430, it is determined that the LTE base station supports LTE-NR dual connectivity within the set duration, step S440 is executed to display a network icon corresponding to the secondary card as a 5G icon. If it is not determined in step S430 that the LTE base station supports LTE-NR dual connectivity within the set duration, step S450 is executed to display a network icon corresponding to the secondary card as a 4G icon.

In the method, a set cell list can be set in the equipment before or after the equipment leaves a factory. The set cell list may be an empty list that does not include any cells or a list that includes more than one cell. The cells in the cell list are set to be cells capable of supporting a 5G network. The cells in the set cell list may be obtained from other devices or the cloud, or may be added manually by the user, which is not described herein.

If the LTE base station is determined to support LTE-NR dual connection according to the measurement configuration information within the set duration, the current cell can be added into the set cell list. When the sub card resides in the current cell again, the current cell can be directly determined to belong to the set cell list, and the network icon of the sub card is directly controlled to be displayed as a 5G icon.

In the case of example 1, the following examples,

the set cell list comprises a cell A, a cell B and a cell C, the current cell where the secondary card resides is the cell A, the current cell can be determined to belong to the set cell list, and the network icon corresponding to the secondary card is directly displayed as a 5G icon.

In the case of example 2, the following example was carried out,

the set cell list comprises a cell A, a cell B and a cell C, and the current cell where the secondary card resides is a cell D, so that the current cell can be determined not to belong to the set cell list.

In this example, within a set duration, it is determined that the LTE base station supports LTE-NR dual connectivity according to the measurement configuration information, and the cell D may be added to the set cell list to update the set cell list, and a network icon corresponding to the secondary card is displayed as a 5G icon.

When the secondary card resides in the cell D again, it can be determined that the current cell belongs to the set cell list, and it is no longer determined whether the LTE base station supports LTE-NR dual connectivity according to the measurement configuration information, but the network icon corresponding to the secondary card can be directly displayed as a 5G icon.

In the example 3, the first and second images are,

In this example, within a set duration, if it is not determined that the LTE base station supports LTE-NR dual connectivity according to the measurement configuration information, the cell D is not added to the set cell list, and a network icon corresponding to the secondary card is displayed as a 4G icon.

And when the secondary card resides in the cell D again, determining that the current cell does not belong to the set cell list, if the current cell does not belong to the set cell list in the following process, determining that the LTE base station supports LTE-NR dual connection according to the measurement configuration information, not adding the cell D to the set cell list, and displaying a network icon corresponding to the secondary card as a 4G icon.

In the method, even if the LTE base station does not set ULI as true in the system information SIB2 of the LTE base station, as long as the secondary card receives the measurement configuration information sent by the LTE base station, the secondary card can judge whether the LTE base station supports LTE-NR dual connection according to the measurement configuration information, and then the network icon of the secondary card is displayed according to the judgment result, so that a user can know the actual network capability of the secondary card when the secondary card resides in the current cell, and the use experience of the user is improved.

In addition, in the method, when the LTE base station is judged to support LTE-NR dual connection according to the measurement configuration information within the set duration, the current cell can be added to the set cell list. When the current cell is resided in the current cell subsequently, the fact that the current cell belongs to the set cell list can be determined, whether the LTE base station supports LTE-NR dual connection or not is judged according to the measurement configuration information, the process of registering EPR by the auxiliary card is simplified, the auxiliary card can directly report 5G access capability to the application processor, and the network icon corresponding to the auxiliary card is displayed as a 5G icon.

Therefore, the method can simplify the flow of the network detection method under partial scenes to a certain extent by setting the cell list, and improve the network detection efficiency.

In one exemplary embodiment, a network detection method is provided and applied to an LTE base station. The method can be used in conjunction with the method described above for the device to implement network detection. Referring to fig. 2, the method may include:

s510, sending measurement configuration information;

s520, receiving a measurement report;

s530, in response to receiving the measurement report, sending a synchronization reconfiguration cell so that the equipment determines that the LTE base station supports LTE-NR dual connection.

In step S510, the measurement configuration information includes the NR frequency point and the reporting condition, and the measurement configuration information is generated in response to transmitting system information for the secondary card, where the SIB2 of the system information does not include an upper layer indication.

In this step, when the LTE base station actually supports LTE-NR dual connectivity but the SIB2 of the system information does not carry ULI, after the LTE base station sends to the device that the system information SIB2 for the secondary card does not include an upper layer indication, based on the system information, the LTE base station may send measurement configuration information to the device after EPC registration is successful and before RRC connection is not released, where the measurement configuration information generally includes an NR (New Radio, or New air interface) frequency point and a reporting condition. The measurement configuration information is generally carried by RRC connection reconfiguration information, and the information is generally denoted as rrcconnectionreconfiguration (nr meas cfg).

After receiving the measurement configuration information, a device (e.g., UE) may determine whether the LTE base station supports LTE-NR dual connectivity based on the measurement configuration information.

In step S520, a measurement report is generated by the device according to the NR frequency point, where the measurement report is used to indicate that the device detects an NR cell that meets the measurement configuration information.

In this step, if the device (e.g., UE) measures an NR cell meeting the reporting condition according to the NR frequency point within the set duration, a measurement report may be sent to the LTE base station, and the LTE base station may receive the measurement report. The Measurement Report is generally denoted as Measurement Report (eventB1_ NR), and is used to indicate that a device (e.g., UE) detects an NR cell that meets Measurement configuration information, that is, the Measurement Report is used to Report an NR B1 event to an LTE base station, where a signal of a B1 event to an inter-system neighboring cell is stronger than an absolute threshold.

In step S530, after receiving the measurement report, the LTE base station generates and transmits a synchronization reconfiguration cell in response to the measurement report, where the synchronization reconfiguration cell is used to instruct random access to the NR cell. The synchronization reconfiguration cell is generally carried by the RRC connection reconfiguration information. That is, after receiving the measurement report, the LTE base station may feed back RRC connection reconfiguration information, which may carry synchronization reconfiguration information, which may be generally referred to as rrcconnectionreconfiguration (reconfiguration _ create sync), to the UE.

If the UE receives the rrcconnectionreconfiguration (reconfiguration within the set duration), the UE may receive the synchronization reconfiguration cell, determine that the secondary card of the UE resides in the current cell to support the access of the 5G network, and determine that the LTE base station supports LTE-NR dual connectivity, so that the network icon of the secondary card may still be displayed as a 5G icon, so that the user may know the current network capability of the secondary card, and improve the user experience.

In addition, if the LTE base station does not receive the measurement report, it indicates that the UE does not measure the NR cell that meets the reporting condition, and the LTE base station does not send the synchronization reconfiguration cell to the UE, and the device can determine that the LTE base station does not support LTE-NR dual connection, so that the network icon of the secondary card can still be displayed as a 4G icon, so that the user can know the current network capability of the secondary card, and the user experience is improved.

It should be noted that the LTE base station may set the set duration.

For example, after the LTE base station transmits the measurement configuration information, a timer is started at the LTE base station, and a timing duration of the timer is also set as the set duration. If the LTE base station receives the measurement report before the timer is stopped, the synchronization reconfiguration cell can be sent to the UE in response to the measurement report. If the LTE base station does not receive the measurement report before the timer is stopped, or the LTE base station receives the measurement report after the timer is stopped, the LTE base station does not send the synchronization reconfiguration cell any more.

It should be noted that, if the LTE base station receives the measurement report before the timer is stopped, but the LTE base station does not successfully transmit the synchronization reconfiguration cell before the timer is stopped, the LTE base station does not transmit the synchronization reconfiguration cell any more.

In addition, after transmitting a synchronization reconfiguration information element for indicating random access to the NR cell in response to receiving the measurement report, the method may include: receiving reconfiguration complete information.

Wherein the reconfiguration information complete information is generated by the device in response to receiving the synchronization reconfiguration cell.

For example, when the secondary card receives rrcconnectionreconfiguration (reconfiguration within sync), rrcconnectionreconfiguration complete is generally fed back to the LTE base station to inform the LTE base station that the secondary card received rrcconnectionreconfiguration (reconfiguration within sync).

It should be noted that, in the method, the LTE base station may receive the reconfiguration complete information, and may generally receive request information for RRC connection release, so as to enter a procedure of RRC connection release of the secondary card.

For example, after the secondary card sends the reconfiguration complete information, it may send Request information for RRC connection release to the LTE base station, and set an Active flag in the Request information to zero, where the Request information may be generally denoted as a Tracking Area Update Request (Active flag: 0). After receiving the request message, the LTE base station may release the RRC connection of the secondary card, and may feed back information indicating Tracking Area Update to the secondary card, where the information may be generally denoted as Tracking Area Update. After receiving the Tracking Area Update, the secondary card generally feeds back the Tracking Area Update Complete to the LTE base station in response to the Tracking Area Update, so as to inform the LTE base station that the secondary card receives the Tracking Area Update, and completes the corresponding operation indicated by the Tracking Area Update. And at this point, releasing the RRC connection of the secondary card is completed, and the whole registration process of the EPC is finished.

It should be noted that, if the LTE base station does not receive the measurement report, the LTE base station may also receive request information for RRC connection release, so as to enter a procedure of RRC connection release of the secondary card.

For example, the secondary card does not receive the synchronous reconfiguration cell within the set duration, the secondary card does not send reconfiguration completion information, but can directly send Request information for RRC connection release to the LTE base station, and an Active flag in the Request information is set to zero, where the Request information may be generally denoted as a Tracking Area Update Request (Active flag:0), so as to complete the RRC connection release of the secondary card and ensure that the entire registration process of the EPC is completed.

In the method, even if the ULI of the LTE base station is not set to be true in the system information SIB2 of the LTE base station, as long as the secondary card receives the measurement configuration information sent by the LTE base station, the secondary card can judge whether the LTE base station supports LTE-NR dual connection according to the measurement configuration information, and then a network icon of the secondary card can be displayed according to the judgment result, so that a user can know the actual network capacity of the secondary card when the secondary card resides in the current cell, and the use experience of the user is improved. In addition, whether the LTE base station supports LTE-NR dual connectivity is determined as described above, the release of RRC connection of the secondary card may be completed to ensure that the entire registration procedure of the EPC is completed.

In one exemplary embodiment, a network detection apparatus is provided and is applied to a device, which may generally include a User Equipment (UE). The device is used for implementing the network detection method applied to the equipment. Referring to fig. 3, the apparatus may include a first receiving module 101 and a display module 102, wherein,

a first receiving module 101, configured to receive measurement configuration information in response to receiving system information of a secondary card for a device, where an SIB2 of the system information does not include an upper layer indication, and the measurement configuration information includes an NR frequency point and a reporting condition;

the display module 102 is configured to determine, according to the measurement configuration information, that the LTE base station supports LTE-NR dual connectivity within a set time period, display that a network icon corresponding to the secondary card is a 5G icon, and the LTE base station is an LTE base station corresponding to a current cell where the secondary card resides.

In one exemplary embodiment, a network detection apparatus is provided and is applied to a device, which may generally include a User Equipment (UE). Referring to fig. 3, the apparatus may include a first transmit module 104, wherein,

a first sending module 104, configured to measure, according to the NR frequency point, an NR cell meeting the reporting condition, and send a measurement report to the LTE base station, where the measurement report is used to indicate that the device detects an NR cell meeting measurement configuration information;

a first receiving module 101, configured to receive a synchronization reconfiguration cell to determine that the LTE base station supports LTE-NR dual connectivity, where the synchronization reconfiguration cell is used to indicate random access to an NR cell, and the synchronization reconfiguration cell is generated by the LTE base station in response to receiving the measurement report.

The apparatus may include a determining module 103, and if the first receiving module 101 receives the synchronization reconfiguration cell, the determining module 103 may determine that the LTE base station supports LTE-NR dual connectivity.

In one exemplary embodiment, a network detection apparatus is provided and is applied to a device, which may generally include a User Equipment (UE). Referring to fig. 3, in the apparatus, a first sending module 104 is configured to:

in response to receiving the synchronization reconfiguration cell, transmitting reconfiguration complete information.

In one exemplary embodiment, a network detection apparatus is provided and is applied to a device, which may generally include a User Equipment (UE). Referring to fig. 3, the apparatus may include a timing module 105, wherein the timing module 105 is configured to:

after receiving the measurement configuration information, starting a timer, wherein the timing duration of the timer is set duration;

In one exemplary embodiment, a network detection apparatus is provided and is applied to a device, which may generally include a User Equipment (UE). Referring to fig. 3, in the apparatus, the display module 102 may be configured to:

and within the set duration, if the base station is not determined to support LTE-NR dual connection, displaying that the network icon corresponding to the auxiliary card is a 4G icon.

In one exemplary embodiment, a network detection apparatus is provided and is applied to a device, which may generally include a User Equipment (UE). Referring to fig. 3, the apparatus may include a determining module 103, wherein the determining module 103 may be configured to:

and after determining that the current cell does not belong to the set cell list, determining that the base station supports LTE-NR dual-connection according to the measurement configuration information within a set time duration.

In one exemplary embodiment, a network detection apparatus is provided and is applied to a device, which may generally include a User Equipment (UE). Referring to fig. 3, the apparatus may include an adding module 106, wherein the adding module 106 may be configured to:

and adding the current cell into the set cell list.

In one exemplary embodiment, a network detection apparatus is provided and is applied to a device, which may generally include a User Equipment (UE). Referring to fig. 3, in the apparatus,

a determining module 103, configured to determine that the current cell belongs to the set cell list;

and the display module 102 is configured to display a network icon corresponding to the secondary card as a 5G icon after determining that the current cell belongs to the set cell list.

In one exemplary embodiment, a network detection apparatus is provided, which is applied to an LTE base station. The device is used for implementing the network detection method applied to the LTE base station. Referring to fig. 4, the apparatus may include a second transmitting module 201 and a second receiving module 202, wherein,

a second sending module 201, configured to send, in response to sending system information for a secondary card, measurement configuration information, where the measurement configuration information includes an NR frequency point and a reporting condition, and an SIB2 of the system information does not include an upper layer indication;

a second receiving module 202, configured to receive a measurement report, where the measurement report is generated by the device measuring, according to an NR frequency point, an NR cell meeting a reporting condition, and the measurement report is used to indicate that the device detects an NR cell meeting measurement configuration information;

the second sending module 201 is further configured to send, in response to receiving the measurement report, a synchronization reconfiguration cell to enable the apparatus to determine that the LTE base station supports LTE-NR dual connectivity, where the synchronization reconfiguration cell is used to indicate random access to an NR cell.

In one exemplary embodiment, a network detection apparatus is provided, which is applied to an LTE base station. Referring to fig. 4, in the apparatus, the second receiving module 202 may be configured to:

receiving reconfiguration complete information, the reconfiguration information complete information generated by the device in response to receiving the synchronization reconfiguration cell.

In one exemplary embodiment, a device is provided, which may be a User Equipment (UE) in general, such as a cell phone, laptop, tablet, wearable device, and the like.

Referring to fig. 5, user device 400 may include one or more of the following components: a processing component 402, a first memory 404, a power component 406, a multimedia component 408, an audio component 410, an interface for input/output (I/O) 412, a sensor component 414, and a communication component 416.

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

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

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

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

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

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

The sensor component 414 includes one or more sensors for providing various aspects of status assessment for the user device 400. For example, sensor component 414 can detect an open/closed state of user device 400, the relative positioning of components, such as a display and keypad of user device 400, sensor component 414 can also detect a change in position of user device 400 or a component of user device 400, the presence or absence of user contact with user device 400, orientation or acceleration/deceleration of user device 400, and a change in temperature of user device 400. The sensor assembly 414 may include a proximity sensor configured to detect the presence of a nearby object without any physical contact. The sensor assembly 414 may also include a light sensor, such as a CMOS or CCD image sensor, for use in imaging applications. In some embodiments, the sensor assembly 414 may also include an acceleration sensor, a gyroscope sensor, a magnetic sensor, a pressure sensor, or a temperature sensor.

The communication component 416 is configured to facilitate communications between the user device 400 and other devices in a wired or wireless manner. The device 700 may access a wireless network based on a communication standard, such as WiFi, 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G, or a combination thereof. In an exemplary embodiment, the communication component 416 receives broadcast signals or broadcast related information from an external broadcast management system via a broadcast channel. In an exemplary embodiment, the communication component 416 further includes a Near Field Communication (NFC) module to facilitate short-range communications. For example, the NFC module may be implemented based on Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology, infrared data association (IrDA) technology, Ultra Wideband (UWB) technology, Bluetooth (BT) technology, and other technologies.

In an exemplary embodiment, the user device 400 may be implemented by one or more Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), Digital Signal Processors (DSPs), Digital Signal Processing Devices (DSPDs), Programmable Logic Devices (PLDs), Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), controllers, micro-controllers, microprocessors or other electronic components for performing the above-described methods.

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

In one exemplary embodiment, an LTE base station is provided. The LTE base station does not set ULI (abbreviation of upperlayer indication-r15) as true in System Information SIB2, that is, the System Information SIB2(System Information Block 2) does not carry ULI, but the LTE base station issues measurement configuration Information carrying NR (New Radio, New air interface) frequency points.

Referring to fig. 6, the LTE base station 500 may include a second processor 501 and a second memory 502, where the second memory 502 is used for storing instructions executable by the second processor 501, such as the application program. The number of the second processors 501 may be set to be one or more as needed. The number of the second memories 502 may be set to one or more as necessary. Which may store one or more application programs. The second processor 501 is configured to execute instructions to perform the method described above as applied to the LTE base station 500.

As will be appreciated by one skilled in the art, embodiments of the present disclosure may be provided as a method, apparatus (device), or computer program product. Accordingly, the present disclosure may take the form of an entirely hardware embodiment, an entirely software embodiment or an embodiment combining software and hardware aspects. Furthermore, the present disclosure may take the form of a computer program product embodied on one or more computer-usable storage media having computer-usable program code embodied in the medium. Computer storage media includes volatile and nonvolatile, removable and non-removable media implemented in any method or technology for storage of information such as computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules or other data, including, but not limited to, RAM, ROM, EEPROM, flash memory or other memory technology, CD-ROM, Digital Versatile Disks (DVD) or other optical disk storage, magnetic cassettes, magnetic tape, magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices, or any other medium which can be configured to store the desired information and which can be accessed by a computer, and the like. In addition, communication media typically embodies computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules or other data in a modulated data signal such as a carrier wave or other transport mechanism and includes any information delivery media as known to those skilled in the art.

In one exemplary embodiment, a non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions that when executed by a second processor of an LTE base station, enable the LTE base station to perform the above-described method applied to the LTE base station is provided. For example, the non-transitory computer readable storage medium may be a ROM, a Random Access Memory (RAM), a CD-ROM, a magnetic tape, a floppy disk, an optical data storage device, and the like.

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

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

Claims

1. A network detection method is applied to user equipment, and is characterized in that the method comprises the following steps:

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining that the LTE base station supports LTE-NR dual connectivity comprises:

3. The method of claim 2, wherein after determining that an LTE base station supports LTE-NR dual connectivity within a set time duration according to the measurement configuration information, the method further comprises:

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the method comprises:

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the method comprises:

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the non-determination that the base station supports LTE-NR dual connectivity comprises:

7. The method of claim 2,

8. The method of claim 7, wherein after determining that the LTE base station supports LTE-NR dual connectivity, the method comprises:

adding the current cell to the set cell list.

9. The method of claim 7,

10. A network detection method is applied to an LTE base station, and is characterized by comprising the following steps:

11. The method of claim 10, wherein after sending a synchronization reconfiguration cell in response to receiving the measurement report, the method comprises:

12. A network detection device applied to User Equipment (UE), the device comprising:

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the apparatus comprises a first sending module, wherein,

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the first sending module is configured to:

15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the apparatus comprises:

16. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the display module is configured to:

17. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the apparatus comprises:

18. The apparatus of claim 17, comprising an add module to:

adding the current cell to the set cell list.

19. The apparatus of claim 17,

the determining module is configured to determine that the current cell belongs to the set cell list;

20. A network detection device applied to an LTE base station is characterized by comprising:

21. The apparatus of claim 20, wherein the second receiving module is configured to:

22. A user equipment, the user equipment comprising:

a first processor;

a first memory for storing the first processor-executable instructions;

wherein the first processor is configured to perform the method of any one of claims 1 to 9.

23. An LTE base station, comprising:

a second processor;

a second memory for storing the second processor-executable instructions;

wherein the second processor is configured to perform the method of claim 10 or 11.

24. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium, wherein instructions in the storage medium, when executed by a first processor of a user device, enable the user device to perform the method of any of claims 1 to 9.

25. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium, wherein instructions in the storage medium, when executed by a second processor of an LTE base station, enable the LTE base station to perform the method of claim 10 or 11.