CN114071634B - Multipath transmission control method and device and mobile terminal - Google Patents
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Abstract
The disclosure provides a multipath transmission control method, a multipath transmission control device and a mobile terminal. The multi-path transmission control device detects whether the first interface and the second interface meet multi-path transmission conditions based on MPTCP; if the first interface and the second interface meet the multipath transmission condition, starting a multipath transmission mode based on the first interface and the second interface; calculating a first transmission path air interface energy efficiency value of the first interface and a second transmission path air interface energy efficiency value of the second interface in a first time period; determining the transmission path air-interface energy efficiency ratio of the first interface and the second interface according to the ratio of the first transmission path air-interface energy efficiency value and the second transmission path air-interface energy efficiency value; under the condition that the air interface energy efficiency ratio of the transmission path is larger than a first threshold, stopping uplink transmission of the second interface; and stopping uplink transmission of the first interface under the condition that the air interface energy efficiency ratio of the transmission path is smaller than the second threshold. According to the method and the device, the battery energy of the mobile terminal is mainly used for transmitting the air interface transmission path with higher energy efficiency, so that the service efficiency of the battery capacity of the mobile terminal is improved.
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Technical Field
The disclosure relates to the field of communication, and in particular, to a multipath transmission control method, a multipath transmission control device and a mobile terminal.
Background
Many mobile terminals are currently equipped with multiple air network interfaces, such as a cellular network (3G/4G/5G) interface, a WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network ) interface, a bluetooth interface, etc. In order to enable parallel multipath transmission of data using multiple interfaces, there has been much research in the related art, in which MPTCP (Multi path Transmission Control Protocol ) is a parallel data transmission protocol of a transmission layer. MPTCP is an extension to standard TCP (Transmission Control Protocol ), supporting simultaneous transmission of multiple paths, thereby significantly improving the throughput of the mobile terminal.
Disclosure of Invention
The inventors have found through research that in order to achieve multipath transmission, more energy is required to maintain the connection of multiple air network interfaces simultaneously, which is a significant challenge for mobile terminal battery powered systems. The mobile device battery capacity largely determines the duration and reliability of the MPTCP connection. Therefore, optimizing the energy efficiency of a mobile device is critical to improving the user experience when using MPTCP for concurrent data transmission.
Accordingly, the present disclosure provides a multipath transmission control scheme, in which energy efficiency evaluation and comparison are performed on each path in a multipath transmission process, and the terminal battery energy is mainly used for an air interface transmission path with higher transmission energy efficiency, and the use efficiency of the mobile terminal battery capacity is improved by optimizing and selecting an uplink transmission path.
According to a first aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided a multipath transmission control method, including: detecting whether the first interface and the second interface meet multipath transmission conditions based on a multipath data transmission protocol (MPTCP); if the first interface and the second interface meet the multipath transmission condition, starting a multipath transmission mode based on the first interface and the second interface; calculating a first transmission path air interface energy efficiency value of the first interface and a second transmission path air interface energy efficiency value of the second interface in a first time period; determining the transmission path air interface energy efficiency ratio of the first interface and the second interface according to the ratio of the first transmission path air interface energy efficiency value and the second transmission path air interface energy efficiency value; stopping uplink transmission of the second interface under the condition that the air interface energy efficiency ratio of the transmission path is larger than a first threshold; and stopping uplink transmission of the first interface under the condition that the air interface energy efficiency ratio of the transmission path is smaller than a second threshold, wherein the second threshold is smaller than the first threshold.
In some embodiments, the step of detecting whether the first interface and the second interface satisfy the MPTCP based multipath transmission condition is repeated by delaying for a second period of time after stopping the uplink transmission of the first interface or the second interface.
In some embodiments, it is determined to maintain a multipath transmission mode based on the first interface and the second interface if the transmission path air interface energy efficiency ratio is not greater than the first threshold and not less than the second threshold.
In some embodiments, the step of calculating a first transmission path air interface energy efficiency value for the first interface and a second transmission path air interface energy efficiency value for the second interface over a first period of time is repeated in the event that it is determined to maintain a multipath transmission mode based on the first interface and the second interface.
In some embodiments, the first interface is one of a cellular access interface and a wireless access interface, and the second interface is the other of the cellular access interface and the wireless access interface.
In some embodiments, calculating a first transmission path air interface energy efficiency value for the first interface and a second transmission path air interface energy efficiency value for the second interface over a first time period comprises: determining the air interface energy efficiency value of the first transmission path by utilizing the ratio of the uplink data volume correctly transmitted by the first interface in the first time period to the uplink average transmitting power of the first interface in the first time period; and determining the air interface energy efficiency value of the second transmission path by using the ratio of the uplink data volume correctly transmitted by the second interface in the first time period to the uplink average transmitting power of the second interface in the first time period.
According to a second aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a multipath transmission control apparatus, including: a detection module configured to detect whether the first interface and the second interface satisfy a multipath transmission condition based on a multipath data transmission protocol MPTCP; the starting module is configured to start a multi-path transmission mode based on the first interface and the second interface if the first interface and the second interface meet the multi-path transmission condition; a first calculation module configured to calculate a first transmission path air interface energy efficiency value of the first interface and a second transmission path air interface energy efficiency value of the second interface in a first time period; the second calculation module is configured to determine the transmission path air interface energy efficiency ratio of the first interface and the second interface according to the ratio of the first transmission path air interface energy efficiency value and the second transmission path air interface energy efficiency value; the transmission control module is configured to stop uplink transmission of the second interface under the condition that the air interface energy efficiency ratio of the transmission path is larger than a first threshold; and stopping uplink transmission of the first interface under the condition that the air interface energy efficiency ratio of the transmission path is smaller than a second threshold, wherein the second threshold is smaller than the first threshold.
In some embodiments, the transmission control module is further configured to delay a second time period after stopping the uplink transmission of the first interface or the second interface, and instruct the detection module to repeatedly perform the operation of detecting whether the first interface and the second interface satisfy the MPTCP based multipath transmission condition.
In some embodiments, the transmission control module is further configured to determine to maintain a multipath transmission mode based on the first interface and the second interface if the transmission path air interface energy efficiency ratio is not greater than the first threshold and not less than the second threshold.
In some embodiments, the transmission control module is further configured to instruct the first calculation module to perform the operation of calculating the first transmission path air interface energy efficiency value of the first interface and the second transmission path air interface energy efficiency value of the second interface in a first time period, if it is determined to maintain the multipath transmission mode based on the first interface and the second interface.
In some embodiments, the first interface is one of a cellular access interface and a wireless access interface, and the second interface is the other of the cellular access interface and the wireless access interface.
In some embodiments, the first computing module is configured to determine the first transmission path air interface energy efficiency value using a ratio of an amount of uplink data correctly transmitted by the first interface during the first time period to an uplink average transmit power of the first interface during the first time period; and determining the second transmission path null energy efficiency value by using the ratio of the amount of uplink data correctly transmitted by the second interface in the first time period to the uplink average transmission power of the second interface in the first time period.
According to a third aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a multipath transmission control apparatus, including: a memory configured to store instructions; a processor coupled to the memory, the processor configured to perform a method according to any of the embodiments described above based on instructions stored in the memory.
According to a fourth aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a mobile terminal, comprising: the multipath transmission control device as in any one of the embodiments above; a first interface configured to access one of a cellular access interface of a cellular network or a wireless access interface of a wireless local area network; a second interface configured to access the other of the cellular access interface of the cellular network or the wireless access interface of the wireless local area network.
According to a fifth aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a computer readable storage medium, wherein the computer readable storage medium stores computer instructions which, when executed by a processor, implement a method as in any of the embodiments described above.
Other features of the present disclosure and its advantages will become apparent from the following detailed description of exemplary embodiments of the disclosure, which proceeds with reference to the accompanying drawings.
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fig. 1 is a flow diagram of a method of multipath transmission control in accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure;
fig. 2 is a flow chart of a method of multipath transmission control in accordance with another embodiment of the present disclosure;
fig. 3 is a schematic structural view of a multi-path transmission control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;
fig. 4 is a schematic structural view of a multi-path transmission control apparatus according to another embodiment of the present disclosure;
fig. 5 is a schematic structural view of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
It should be understood that the dimensions of the various elements shown in the figures are not drawn to actual scale. Further, the same or similar reference numerals denote the same or similar members.
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Various exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The description of the exemplary embodiments is merely illustrative, and is in no way intended to limit the disclosure, its application, or uses. The present disclosure may be embodied in many different forms and is not limited to the embodiments described herein. These embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the disclosure to those skilled in the art. It should be noted that: the relative arrangement of parts and steps, the composition of materials, and the numerical values set forth in these examples should be construed as merely illustrative, and not limiting unless specifically stated otherwise.
The use of the terms "comprising" or "including" and the like in this disclosure means that elements preceding the term encompass the elements recited after the term, and does not exclude the possibility of also encompassing other elements.
All terms (including technical or scientific terms) used in this disclosure have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this disclosure belongs, unless specifically defined otherwise. It will be further understood that terms, such as those defined in commonly used dictionaries, should be interpreted as having a meaning that is consistent with their meaning in the context of the relevant art and will not be interpreted in an idealized or overly formal sense unless expressly so defined herein.
Techniques, methods, and apparatus known to one of ordinary skill in the relevant art may not be discussed in detail, but are intended to be part of the specification where appropriate.
Fig. 1 is a flow chart illustrating a method of multipath transmission control according to one embodiment of the present disclosure. In some embodiments, the following multipath transmission control method steps are performed by a multipath transmission control device.
In step 101, it is detected whether the first interface and the second interface satisfy a multipath transmission condition based on MPTCP.
In some embodiments, the first interface is one of a cellular access interface and a wireless access interface, and the second interface is the other of the cellular access interface and the wireless access interface. For example, the first interface is a cellular access interface for accessing a cellular network and the second interface is a wireless access interface for accessing a wireless local area network.
In some embodiments, if the mobile terminal accesses the corresponding network through the first interface and the second interface, respectively, it is determined that the first interface and the second interface satisfy the multipath transmission condition based on MPTCP.
In step 102, if the first interface and the second interface satisfy the multipath transmission condition, a multipath transmission mode based on the first interface and the second interface is started.
In step 103, a first transmission path air interface energy efficiency value of the first interface and a second transmission path air interface energy efficiency value of the second interface are calculated in a first time period.
In some embodiments, the first transmission path air interface energy efficiency value is determined using a ratio of an amount of uplink data correctly transmitted by the first interface during the first time period to an uplink average transmit power of the first interface during the first time period. And determining the air interface energy efficiency value of the second transmission path by using the ratio of the uplink data quantity correctly transmitted by the second interface in the first time period and the uplink average transmitting power of the second interface in the first time period.
Here, the amount of uplink data correctly transmitted by the first interface and the second interface in the first time period refers to the amount of uplink data correctly transmitted by the PDCP (Packet Data Convergence Protocol ) layer of the first interface and the second interface in the first time period.
In step 104, the transmission path air-interface energy efficiency ratio of the first interface and the second interface is determined according to the ratio of the first transmission path air-interface energy efficiency value and the second transmission path air-interface energy efficiency value.
In step 105, if the transmission path air interface energy efficiency ratio is greater than the first threshold, the uplink transmission of the second interface is stopped.
It should be noted that, if the air interface energy efficiency ratio of the transmission path is greater than the first threshold, it indicates that the network access energy efficiency characteristic of the first interface is significantly greater than the network access energy efficiency characteristic of the second interface, and in this case, the battery power of the mobile terminal may be mainly used for uplink transmission of the first interface.
In step 106, if the transmission path air interface energy efficiency ratio is smaller than a second threshold, uplink transmission of the first interface is stopped, wherein the second threshold is smaller than the first threshold.
It should be noted that, if the air interface energy efficiency ratio of the transmission path is smaller than the second threshold, it indicates that the network access energy efficiency characteristic of the second interface is significantly greater than the network access energy efficiency characteristic of the first interface, and in this case, the battery power of the mobile terminal may be mainly used for uplink transmission of the second interface.
In some embodiments, the first threshold and the second threshold may be flexibly set according to a user requirement, or may be set according to a remaining battery power of the mobile terminal.
In the multipath transmission control method provided in the foregoing embodiments of the present disclosure, the battery power of the mobile terminal is mainly used for an air interface transmission path with higher transmission energy efficiency. Through the optimized selection of the uplink transmission path, the service efficiency of the battery capacity of the mobile terminal is improved.
Fig. 2 is a flow chart illustrating a method of multipath transmission control according to another embodiment of the present disclosure. In some embodiments, the following multipath transmission control method steps are performed by a multipath transmission control device.
In step 201, it is detected whether the first interface and the second interface satisfy a multipath transmission condition based on MPTCP.
In some embodiments, the first interface is one of a cellular access interface and a wireless access interface, and the second interface is the other of the cellular access interface and the wireless access interface. For example, the first interface is a cellular access interface for accessing a cellular network and the second interface is a wireless access interface for accessing a wireless local area network.
In some embodiments, if the mobile terminal accesses the corresponding network through the first interface and the second interface, respectively, it is determined that the first interface and the second interface satisfy the multipath transmission condition based on MPTCP.
In step 202, if the first interface and the second interface satisfy the multipath transmission condition, a multipath transmission mode based on the first interface and the second interface is started.
In step 203, a first transmission path air interface energy efficiency value of the first interface and a second transmission path air interface energy efficiency value of the second interface are calculated in a first time period.
In some embodiments, the first transmission path air interface energy efficiency value is determined using a ratio of an amount of uplink data correctly transmitted by the first interface during the first time period to an uplink average transmit power of the first interface during the first time period. And determining the air interface energy efficiency value of the second transmission path by using the ratio of the uplink data quantity correctly transmitted by the second interface in the first time period and the uplink average transmitting power of the second interface in the first time period.
Here, the amount of uplink data correctly transmitted by the first interface and the second interface in the first time period refers to the amount of uplink data correctly transmitted by the PDCP layer in the first time period by the first interface and the second interface.
In step 204, the transmission path air interface energy efficiency ratio of the first interface and the second interface is determined according to the ratio of the first transmission path air interface energy efficiency value and the second transmission path air interface energy efficiency value.
In step 205, it is determined whether the transmission path air interface energy efficiency ratio is greater than a first threshold.
If the transmission path air interface energy efficiency ratio is greater than the first threshold, step 206 is performed. If the transmission path air interface energy efficiency ratio is not greater than the first threshold, step 207 is performed.
At step 206, the uplink transmission of the second interface is stopped and delayed for a second period of time, and then step 201 is returned.
In step 207, it is determined whether the transmission path air interface energy efficiency ratio is less than a second threshold, wherein the second threshold is less than the first threshold.
If the transmission path air interface energy efficiency ratio is smaller than the second threshold, step 208 is performed. If the transmission path air interface energy efficiency ratio is not less than the second threshold, step 209 is performed.
At step 208, the uplink transmission of the first interface is stopped and delayed for a second period of time, and then step 201 is returned.
In step 209, it is determined to maintain a multipath transmission mode based on the first interface and the second interface. And then returns to step 203.
Based on the multipath transmission control method of the embodiment, the situation that the uplink energy efficiency is low when the mobile terminal is positioned in the cell edge area of the cellular network can be effectively avoided, and the situation that the energy efficiency is low when the mobile terminal is positioned in the wireless local area network with weak signals or congestion can be avoided, so that the overall energy efficiency is improved.
Fig. 3 is a schematic structural view of a multi-path transmission control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in fig. 3, the multipath transmission control device includes a detection module 31, a start module 32, a first calculation module 33, a second calculation module 34, and a transmission control module 35.
The detection module 31 is configured to detect whether the first interface and the second interface satisfy a multipath transmission condition based on MPTCP.
In some embodiments, the first interface is one of a cellular access interface and a wireless access interface, and the second interface is the other of the cellular access interface and the wireless access interface. For example, the first interface is a cellular access interface for accessing a cellular network and the second interface is a wireless access interface for accessing a wireless local area network.
In some embodiments, if the mobile terminal accesses the corresponding network through the first interface and the second interface, respectively, it is determined that the first interface and the second interface satisfy the multipath transmission condition based on MPTCP.
The enabling module 32 is configured to enable a multipath transmission mode based on the first interface and the second interface if the first interface and the second interface meet a multipath transmission condition.
The first calculation module 33 is configured to calculate a first transmission path air interface energy efficiency value of the first interface and a second transmission path air interface energy efficiency value of the second interface during a first time period.
In some embodiments, the first calculation module 33 is configured to determine the first transmission path air interface energy efficiency value using a ratio of an amount of uplink data correctly transmitted by the first interface during the first time period to an uplink average transmit power of the first interface during the first time period; and the second transmission path air interface energy efficiency value is determined by utilizing the ratio of the uplink data quantity correctly transmitted by the second interface in the first time period and the uplink average transmitting power of the second interface in the first time period.
Here, the amount of uplink data correctly transmitted by the first interface and the second interface in the first time period refers to the amount of uplink data correctly transmitted by the PDCP layer in the first time period by the first interface and the second interface.
The second calculation module 34 is configured to determine a transmission path air interface energy efficiency ratio of the first interface to the second interface according to a ratio of the first transmission path air interface energy efficiency value and the second transmission path air interface energy efficiency value.
The transmission control module 35 is configured to stop uplink transmission of the second interface if the transmission path air interface energy efficiency ratio is greater than the first threshold; and stopping uplink transmission of the first interface under the condition that the air interface energy efficiency ratio of the transmission path is smaller than a second threshold, wherein the second threshold is smaller than the first threshold.
It should be noted that, if the air interface energy efficiency ratio of the transmission path is greater than the first threshold, it indicates that the network access energy efficiency characteristic of the first interface is significantly greater than the network access energy efficiency characteristic of the second interface, and in this case, the battery power of the mobile terminal may be mainly used for uplink transmission of the first interface.
In addition, if the transmission path air interface energy efficiency ratio is smaller than the second threshold, the network access energy efficiency characteristic of the second interface is obviously larger than that of the first interface, and in this case, the battery power of the mobile terminal can be mainly used for uplink transmission of the second interface.
In some embodiments, the first threshold and the second threshold may be flexibly set according to a user requirement, or may be set according to a remaining battery power of the mobile terminal.
In some embodiments, the transmission control module 35 is further configured to delay the second time period after stopping the uplink transmission of the first interface or the second interface, and instruct the detection module 31 to repeatedly perform the operation of detecting whether the first interface and the second interface satisfy the MPTCP based multipath transmission condition.
In some embodiments, the transmission control module 35 is further configured to determine to maintain the multi-path transmission mode based on the first interface and the second interface and instruct the first calculation module 33 to perform the operation of calculating the first transmission path air-interface energy efficiency value of the first interface and the second transmission path air-interface energy efficiency value of the second interface in the first time period, if the transmission path air-interface energy efficiency ratio is not greater than the first threshold and not less than the second threshold.
Fig. 4 is a schematic structural view of a multi-path transmission control apparatus according to another embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in fig. 4, the multipath transmission control device includes a memory 41 and a processor 42.
The memory 41 is used to store instructions. The processor 42 is coupled to the memory 41. The processor 42 is configured to perform methods as referred to by any of the embodiments of fig. 1 or 2 based on the instructions stored by the memory.
As shown in fig. 4, the multipath transmission control apparatus further includes a communication interface 43 for information interaction with other devices. Meanwhile, the multipath transmission control device further comprises a bus 44, and the processor 42, the communication interface 43 and the memory 41 complete communication with each other through the bus 44.
The Memory 41 may include a high-speed RAM (Random Access Memory ) and may further include a Non-Volatile Memory (NVM). Such as at least one disk storage. The memory 41 may also be a memory array. The memory 41 may also be partitioned and the blocks may be combined into virtual volumes according to certain rules.
Further, the processor 42 may be a central processing unit, or may be an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit ), or one or more integrated circuits configured to implement embodiments of the present disclosure.
The present disclosure also provides a computer-readable storage medium. The computer readable storage medium stores computer instructions that, when executed by a processor, implement a method as referred to in any of the embodiments of fig. 1 or 2.
Fig. 5 is a schematic structural view of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in fig. 5, the mobile terminal 50 includes a first interface 51, a second interface 52, and a multipath transmission control device 53. The multipath transmission control device 53 is a multipath transmission control device according to any one of the embodiments shown in fig. 3 and 4.
The first interface 51 is configured to access one of a cellular access interface of a cellular network or a wireless access interface of a wireless local area network and the second interface 52 is configured to access the other of the cellular access interface of the cellular network or the wireless access interface of the wireless local area network. For example, the first interface 51 is a cellular access interface for accessing a cellular network, and the second interface 52 is a wireless access interface for accessing a wireless local area network.
In some embodiments, the first transmission path air interface energy efficiency value of the first interface 51 in the first time period and the second transmission path air interface energy efficiency value of the second interface 52 in the first time period are calculated. And determining the transmission path air-interface energy efficiency ratio of the first interface and the second interface according to the ratio of the first transmission path air-interface energy efficiency value and the second transmission path air-interface energy efficiency value. If the transmission path air interface energy efficiency ratio is greater than the first threshold, it means that the network access energy efficiency characteristic of the first interface 51 is significantly greater than the network access energy efficiency characteristic of the second interface 52, in which case the battery power of the mobile terminal can be mainly used for uplink transmission of the first interface 51. If the transmission path air interface energy efficiency ratio is smaller than the second threshold, it means that the network access energy efficiency characteristic of the second interface 52 is significantly larger than that of the first interface 51, in which case the battery power of the mobile terminal can be mainly used for uplink transmission of the second interface. The battery energy of the mobile terminal is mainly used for transmitting an air interface transmission path with higher energy efficiency, so that the use efficiency of the battery capacity of the mobile terminal is improved.
In some embodiments, the functional modules described above may be implemented as general-purpose processors, programmable logic controllers (Programmable Logic Controller, abbreviated as PLCs), digital signal processors (Digital Signal Processor, abbreviated as DSPs), application specific integrated circuits (Application Specific Integrated Circuit, abbreviated as ASICs), field programmable gate arrays (Field-Programmable Gate Array, abbreviated as FPGAs) or other programmable logic devices, discrete gate or transistor logic devices, discrete hardware components, or any suitable combination thereof for performing the functions described herein.
Thus, embodiments of the present disclosure have been described in detail. In order to avoid obscuring the concepts of the present disclosure, some details known in the art are not described. How to implement the solutions disclosed herein will be fully apparent to those skilled in the art from the above description.
Although some specific embodiments of the present disclosure have been described in detail by way of example, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that the above examples are for illustration only and are not intended to limit the scope of the present disclosure. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the foregoing embodiments may be modified and equivalents substituted for elements thereof without departing from the scope and spirit of the disclosure. The scope of the present disclosure is defined by the appended claims.
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1. A multipath transmission control method, comprising:
detecting whether the first interface and the second interface meet multipath transmission conditions based on a multipath data transmission protocol (MPTCP);
if the first interface and the second interface meet the multipath transmission condition, starting a multipath transmission mode based on the first interface and the second interface;
calculating a first transmission path air interface energy efficiency value of the first interface and a second transmission path air interface energy efficiency value of the second interface in a first time period;
determining the transmission path air interface energy efficiency ratio of the first interface and the second interface according to the ratio of the first transmission path air interface energy efficiency value and the second transmission path air interface energy efficiency value;
stopping uplink transmission of the second interface under the condition that the air interface energy efficiency ratio of the transmission path is larger than a first threshold;
stopping uplink transmission of the first interface under the condition that the air interface energy efficiency ratio of the transmission path is smaller than a second threshold, wherein the second threshold is smaller than the first threshold;
wherein calculating a first transmission path air interface energy efficiency value of the first interface and a second transmission path air interface energy efficiency value of the second interface in a first time period includes:
determining the air interface energy efficiency value of the first transmission path by utilizing the ratio of the uplink data volume correctly transmitted by the first interface in the first time period to the uplink average transmitting power of the first interface in the first time period;
and determining the air interface energy efficiency value of the second transmission path by using the ratio of the uplink data volume correctly transmitted by the second interface in the first time period to the uplink average transmitting power of the second interface in the first time period.
2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
and delaying a second time period after stopping the uplink transmission of the first interface or the second interface, and repeatedly executing the step of detecting whether the first interface and the second interface meet the MPTCP-based multipath transmission condition.
3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:
and determining to maintain a multi-path transmission mode based on the first interface and the second interface under the condition that the transmission path air interface energy efficiency ratio is not greater than the first threshold and is not less than the second threshold.
4. A method according to claim 3, further comprising:
and repeatedly executing the steps of calculating the first transmission path air interface energy efficiency value of the first interface and the second transmission path air interface energy efficiency value of the second interface in a first time period under the condition that the multi-path transmission mode based on the first interface and the second interface is determined to be maintained.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein,
the first interface is one of a cellular access interface and a wireless access interface, and the second interface is the other of the cellular access interface and the wireless access interface.
6. A multipath transmission control device, comprising:
a detection module configured to detect whether the first interface and the second interface satisfy a multipath transmission condition based on a multipath data transmission protocol MPTCP;
the starting module is configured to start a multi-path transmission mode based on the first interface and the second interface if the first interface and the second interface meet the multi-path transmission condition;
a first calculation module configured to calculate a first transmission path air interface energy efficiency value of the first interface and a second transmission path air interface energy efficiency value of the second interface in a first time period, wherein the first transmission path air interface energy efficiency value is determined by using a ratio of an uplink data amount correctly transmitted by the first interface in the first time period to an uplink average transmission power of the first interface in the first time period; the method further comprises determining the second transmission path null energy efficiency value by utilizing the ratio of the uplink data quantity correctly transmitted by the second interface in the first time period to the uplink average transmitting power of the second interface in the first time period;
the second calculation module is configured to determine the transmission path air interface energy efficiency value of the first interface and the second interface according to the ratio of the first transmission path air interface energy efficiency value to the second transmission path air interface energy efficiency value;
the transmission control module is configured to stop uplink transmission of the second interface under the condition that the air interface energy efficiency value of the transmission path is larger than a first threshold; and stopping uplink transmission of the first interface under the condition that the transmission path air interface energy efficiency value is smaller than a second threshold, wherein the second threshold is smaller than the first threshold.
7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein,
the transmission control module is further configured to delay a second time period after stopping the uplink transmission of the first interface or the second interface, and instruct the detection module to repeatedly perform the operation of detecting whether the first interface and the second interface satisfy the multipath transmission condition based on MPTCP.
8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein,
the transmission control module is further configured to determine to maintain a multipath transmission mode based on the first interface and the second interface if the transmission path air interface energy efficiency ratio is not greater than the first threshold and not less than the second threshold.
9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein,
the transmission control module is further configured to instruct the first calculation module to perform the operation of calculating the first transmission path air interface energy efficiency value of the first interface and the second transmission path air interface energy efficiency value of the second interface in a first time period, if it is determined to maintain the multipath transmission mode based on the first interface and the second interface.
10. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein,
the first interface is one of a cellular access interface and a wireless access interface, and the second interface is the other of the cellular access interface and the wireless access interface.
11. A multipath transmission control device, comprising:
a memory configured to store instructions;
a processor coupled to the memory, the processor configured to perform the method of any of claims 1-5 based on instructions stored by the memory.
12. A mobile terminal, comprising:
a multi-path transmission control apparatus as claimed in any one of claims 6 to 11;
a first interface configured to access one of a cellular access interface of a cellular network or a wireless access interface of a wireless local area network;
a second interface configured to access the other of the cellular access interface of the cellular network or the wireless access interface of the wireless local area network.
13. A computer readable storage medium storing computer instructions which, when executed by a processor, implement the method of any one of claims 1-5.
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