CN114158087A

CN114158087A - Base station control method, device and storage medium

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Publication number: CN114158087A
Application number: CN202111430411.0A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 李�一; 龙青良; 宋春涛; 郑雨婷; 朱小萌; 肖天; 刘光海; 薛永备; 程新洲
Original assignee: China United Network Communications Group Co Ltd
Current assignee: China United Network Communications Group Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-11-29
Filing date: 2021-11-29
Publication date: 2022-03-08
Anticipated expiration: 2041-11-29
Also published as: CN114158087B

Abstract

The application provides a base station control method, a base station control device and a storage medium, relates to the technical field of communication, and can solve the problem that the working mode of a dual-mode base station cannot be reasonably controlled at present. The method comprises the following steps: acquiring a plurality of measurement reports of a target base station; the working modes of the target base station comprise: an independent networking SA single mode working mode and an SA and non-independent networking NSA dual mode working mode; determining a fraction of a first measurement report of a plurality of measurement reports; the first measurement report is a measurement report sent by a terminal in a non-independent networking NSA working mode; and determining the working mode of the target base station according to the ratio of the first measurement report. The embodiment of the application can reasonably control the working mode of the dual-mode base station.

Description

Base station control method, device and storage medium

Technical Field

The present application relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a base station control method, apparatus, and storage medium.

Background

At present, in order to meet different network communication requirements of a terminal, an operator may provide a communication access service for the terminal by using a base station capable of supporting different network communications. For example, a dual mode base station capable of supporting non-standalone Networking (NSA) and standalone networking (SA). However, the current dual-mode base station defaults to execute a working mode of turning on all network systems that can be supported, which causes the running power consumption of the base station to be too high, and reduces the service life of the base station. If the dual-mode base station directly closes one of the network systems, part of the terminals may not be able to access the closed network, thereby affecting the user experience.

Therefore, a technical scheme for reasonably controlling the working mode of the dual-mode base station is still lacking at present.

Disclosure of Invention

The application provides a base station control method, a base station control device and a storage medium, which can reasonably control the working mode of a dual-mode base station.

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

in a first aspect, the present application provides a base station control method, including: acquiring a plurality of measurement reports of a target base station; the working modes of the target base station comprise: an independent networking SA single mode working mode and an SA and non-independent networking NSA dual mode working mode; determining a fraction of a first measurement report of a plurality of measurement reports; the first measurement report is a measurement report sent by a terminal in a non-independent networking NSA working mode; and determining the working mode of the target base station according to the ratio of the first measurement report.

The scheme at least has the following beneficial effects: the base station control device obtains a plurality of detection reports of a target base station and determines the proportion of a first measurement report in the plurality of detection reports, so that the working mode of the target base station is determined according to the proportion of the first measurement report. Wherein the ratio of the first measurement report may indirectly characterize the proportion of terminals in the target base station that use the NSA network. Therefore, the base station control device can reasonably control the working mode of the base station, and further reduce the operation power consumption of the target base station under the condition of ensuring the use experience of a user, thereby prolonging the service life of the base station.

With reference to the first aspect, in a possible implementation manner, the method further includes: and determining the working mode of the target base station as an SA single mode working mode under the condition that the occupation ratio of the first measurement report is less than or equal to a first threshold value.

With reference to the first aspect, in a possible implementation manner, the method further includes: determining a fraction of a second measurement report of the plurality of measurement reports if the fraction of the first measurement report is greater than a first threshold; the second measurement report is the measurement report of which the signal strength is greater than a preset threshold value in the first measurement report; and determining the working mode of the target base station according to the ratio of the second measurement report.

With reference to the first aspect, in a possible implementation manner, the method further includes: and determining the working mode of the target base station to be an SA single mode working mode under the condition that the occupation ratio of the second measurement report is less than or equal to a second threshold value.

With reference to the first aspect, in a possible implementation manner, the method further includes: and determining the working mode of the target base station to be an SA and NSA dual-mode working mode under the condition that the occupation ratio of the second measurement report is larger than a second threshold value.

In a second aspect, the present application provides a base station control apparatus, comprising: a communication unit and a processing unit; a communication unit for acquiring a plurality of measurement reports of a target base station; the working modes of the target base station comprise: an independent networking SA single mode working mode and an SA and non-independent networking NSA dual mode working mode; a processing unit for determining a fraction of a first measurement report of a plurality of measurement reports; the first measurement report is a measurement report sent by a terminal in a non-independent networking NSA working mode; and the processing unit is further used for determining the working mode of the target base station according to the ratio of the first measurement report.

With reference to the second aspect, in a possible implementation manner, the processing unit is specifically configured to: and determining the working mode of the target base station as an SA single mode working mode under the condition that the occupation ratio of the first measurement report is less than or equal to a first threshold value.

With reference to the second aspect, in a possible implementation manner, the processing unit is specifically configured to: determining a fraction of a second measurement report of the plurality of measurement reports if the fraction of the first measurement report is greater than a first threshold; the second measurement report is the measurement report of which the signal strength is greater than a preset threshold value in the first measurement report; and determining the working mode of the target base station according to the ratio of the second measurement report.

With reference to the second aspect, in a possible implementation manner, the processing unit is specifically configured to: and determining the working mode of the target base station to be an SA single mode working mode under the condition that the occupation ratio of the second measurement report is less than or equal to a second threshold value.

With reference to the second aspect, in a possible implementation manner, the processing unit is specifically configured to: and determining the working mode of the target base station to be an SA and NSA dual-mode working mode under the condition that the occupation ratio of the second measurement report is larger than a second threshold value.

In a third aspect, the present application provides a base station control apparatus, comprising: a processor and a communication interface; the communication interface is coupled to a processor for executing a computer program or instructions for implementing the base station control method as described in the first aspect and any possible implementation form of the first aspect.

In a fourth aspect, the present application provides a computer-readable storage medium having stored therein instructions that, when executed on a terminal, cause the terminal to perform the base station control method as described in the first aspect and any one of the possible implementations of the first aspect.

In a fifth aspect, the present application provides a computer program product comprising instructions that, when run on a base station control apparatus, cause the base station control apparatus to perform the base station control method as described in the first aspect and any one of the possible implementations of the first aspect.

In a sixth aspect, the present application provides a chip comprising a processor and a communication interface, the communication interface being coupled to the processor, the processor being configured to execute a computer program or instructions to implement the base station control method as described in the first aspect and any possible implementation manner of the first aspect.

In particular, the chip provided herein further comprises a memory for storing computer programs or instructions.

It should be noted that all or part of the above computer instructions may be stored on the first computer readable storage medium. The first computer readable storage medium may be packaged with or separately from a processor of the apparatus, which is not limited in this application.

Reference may be made to the detailed description of the first aspect for the description of the second to sixth aspects of the invention; in addition, for the beneficial effects described in the second to sixth aspects, reference may be made to the beneficial effect analysis of the first aspect, and details are not repeated here.

In the present application, the names of the above-mentioned base station control apparatuses do not limit the devices or functional modules themselves, and in actual implementation, the devices or functional modules may appear by other names. Insofar as the functions of the respective devices or functional blocks are similar to those of the present invention, they are within the scope of the claims of the present invention and their equivalents.

These and other aspects of the invention will be more readily apparent from the following description.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a measurement report MR provided in an embodiment of the present application;

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

fig. 3 is a flowchart of a base station control method according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 4 is a flowchart of another base station control method according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 5 is a flowchart of another base station control method according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a base station control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of another base station control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a chip according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present application, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present application.

The term "and/or" herein is merely an association describing an associated object, meaning that three relationships may exist, e.g., a and/or B, may mean: a exists alone, A and B exist simultaneously, and B exists alone.

The terms "first" and "second" and the like in the description and drawings of the present application are used for distinguishing different objects or for distinguishing different processes for the same object, and are not used for describing a specific order of the objects.

Furthermore, the terms "including" and "having," and any variations thereof, as referred to in the description of the present application, are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusions. For example, a process, method, system, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of steps or elements is not limited to only those steps or elements but may alternatively include other steps or elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.

It should be noted that in the embodiments of the present application, words such as "exemplary" or "for example" are used to indicate examples, illustrations or explanations. Any embodiment or design described herein as "exemplary" or "e.g.," is not necessarily to be construed as preferred or advantageous over other embodiments or designs. Rather, use of the word "exemplary" or "such as" is intended to present concepts related in a concrete fashion.

In the description of the present application, the meaning of "a plurality" means two or more unless otherwise specified.

Hereinafter, terms related to the embodiments of the present application are explained for the convenience of the reader.

(1) Dual-mode base station

The dual-mode base station refers to a base station capable of simultaneously supporting two network systems, for example, an NSA/SA dual-mode base station is a base station simultaneously supporting an NSA network and an SA network.

(2) Measurement Report (MR)

The terminal reports the MR to the base station regularly, the MR comprises real-time performance data of network communication, and the MR can be used for determining various parameter information of the network communication.

In the following, the MR will be described in detail by taking a fifth-generation mobile communication technology (5th-generation mobile communication technology, 5G) as an example:

as shown in fig. 1, fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an MR according to an embodiment of the present application. In connection with table 1, the MR (i.e., bulkpmmratafile) includes a fileHeader tag and a gNB tag, which in turn includes a plurality of measurement tags including smr tags and a plurality of object tags each including a v tag. The description of each tag can refer to table 1, and is not repeated here.

Table 1 measurement report label description

In combination with table 2, the object tag specifically includes the following attributes: the measurement object identifier, the AMF UE NGAP application program identifier, the AMF area identifier, the AMF group identifier, the AMF identifier, the sample measurement time of the sample data measurement object UE and the sample data measurement event type. The description of each attribute can refer to table 2, and is not repeated here.

TABLE 2 object tag Attribute Specification

(3) Network handover event

The network switching event is a network switching event for triggering the terminal. The network switching event of the terminal includes a class a event and a class B event. The type A event is used for switching the terminal in the system, and the type B event is used for switching the terminal between the systems.

For example, the NSA/SA dual mode base station is provided with an a2 event and a B1 event, and the a2 event is used for characterizing the terminal to be switched from the SA network to the 4G network. The B1 event is used to characterize the terminal's handover from other networks to the NSA network.

Since coverage and performance requirements of the NSA network and the SA network are different, the NSA network, the SA network, the 4G network, and the like need to be configured differently. Illustratively, the dual mode base station may set the threshold for the A2 event to-110 dBm and the threshold for the B1 event to-115 dBm.

As shown in fig. 2, fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication system 20 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The communication system 20 includes: a plurality of terminals 201, a base station 202, and a base station control apparatus 203.

The plurality of terminals 201 and the base station 202 can communicate with each other via a communication link, and the base station 202 and the base station control apparatus 203 can communicate with each other via a communication link.

The plurality of terminals 201 are configured to periodically transmit measurement reports to the base station 202, and accordingly, the base station 202 receives the measurement reports transmitted by the plurality of terminals 201.

The base station 202 is further configured to send the measurement report to the base station control apparatus 203, and accordingly, the base station control apparatus 203 receives the measurement report sent by the base station 202.

The base station control means 203 is arranged to determine the operation mode of the base station based on the measurement report.

The technical scheme of the embodiment of the application can be applied to various communication systems, for example: code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA), Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA), Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA), single carrier frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA), and other systems. The term "system" may be used interchangeably with "network". CDMA systems may implement wireless technologies such as Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (UTRA), CDMA2000, and the like. UTRA may include Wideband CDMA (WCDMA) technology and other CDMA variant technologies. CDMA2000 may cover the Interim Standard (IS) 2000(IS-2000), IS-95 and IS-856 standards. TDMA systems may implement wireless technologies such as global system for mobile communications (GSM). The OFDMA system may implement wireless technologies such as evolved universal terrestrial radio access (E-UTRA), Ultra Mobile Broadband (UMB), IEEE 802.11(Wi-Fi), IEEE 802.16(WiMAX), IEEE 802.20, Flash OFDMA, etc. UTRA and E-UTRA are UMTS as well as UMTS evolved versions. Various versions of 3GPP in Long Term Evolution (LTE) and LTE-based evolution are new versions of UMTS using E-UTRA.

In a possible implementation manner, the technical solution of the embodiment of the present application may be applied to an SA network and an NSA network in a 5G communication system.

The terminal 201, a device with wireless communication function, may be deployed on land, including indoors or outdoors, hand-held or vehicle-mounted. And can also be deployed on the water surface (such as a ship and the like). And may also be deployed in the air (e.g., airplanes, balloons, satellites, etc.). A terminal, also referred to as User Equipment (UE), a Mobile Station (MS), a Mobile Terminal (MT), a terminal device, and the like, is a device for providing voice and/or data connectivity to a user. For example, the terminal includes a handheld device, a vehicle-mounted device, and the like having a wireless connection function. Currently, the terminal may be: mobile phone (mobile phone), tablet computer, notebook computer, palm computer, Mobile Internet Device (MID), wearable device (e.g. smart watch, smart bracelet, pedometer, etc.), vehicle-mounted device (e.g. car, bicycle, electric car, airplane, ship, train, high-speed rail, etc.), Virtual Reality (VR) device, Augmented Reality (AR) device, wireless terminal in industrial control (industrial control), smart home device (e.g. refrigerator, television, air conditioner, electric meter, etc.), smart robot, workshop device, wireless terminal in self drive (driving), wireless terminal in remote surgery (remote medical supply), wireless terminal in smart grid (smart grid), wireless terminal in transportation safety (transportation safety), wireless terminal in smart city (city), or a wireless terminal in a smart home (smart home), a flying device (e.g., a smart robot, a hot air balloon, a drone, an airplane), etc. In one possible application scenario, the terminal device is a terminal device that often works on the ground, such as a vehicle-mounted device. In the present application, for convenience of description, a Chip disposed in the device, such as a System-On-a-Chip (SOC), a baseband Chip, or other chips having a communication function, may also be referred to as a terminal.

The terminal can be a vehicle with a corresponding communication function, or a vehicle-mounted communication device, or other embedded communication devices, or can be a user handheld communication device, including a mobile phone, a tablet computer, and the like.

As an example, in the embodiment of the present application, the terminal 201 may also be a wearable device. Wearable equipment can also be called wearable intelligent equipment, is the general term of applying wearable technique to carry out intelligent design, develop the equipment that can dress to daily wearing, like glasses, gloves, wrist-watch, dress and shoes etc.. A wearable device is a portable device that is worn directly on the body or integrated into the clothing or accessories of the user. The wearable device is not only a hardware device, but also realizes powerful functions through software support, data interaction and cloud interaction. The generalized wearable smart device includes full functionality, large size, and can implement full or partial functionality without relying on a smart phone, such as: smart watches or smart glasses and the like, and only focus on a certain type of application functions, and need to be used in cooperation with other devices such as smart phones, such as various smart bracelets for physical sign monitoring, smart jewelry and the like.

The base station 202 is an access network device that supports the above-described multiple communication systems simultaneously.

In one possible implementation, the base station 202 is an NSA/SA dual mode base station. The base station can support NSA network access, SA network access, and NSA and SA dual network access.

The base station controller 203 is a device for controlling the operation mode of the base station, and the base station controller 203 may be provided in each node of the communication system, or the base station controller 203 may be an independent server communicatively connected to the base station 202. For example, the base station controller 203 may be provided in the base station 202, integrated as the same device as the base station 202, or the base station controller 203 may be provided in the core network device. The base station control device 203 includes:

the processor may be a general processing unit (CPU), a microprocessor, an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), or one or more ics for controlling the execution of programs in accordance with the present disclosure.

A transceiver, which may be any device using any transceiver or the like, for communicating with other devices or communication networks, such as ethernet, Radio Access Network (RAN), Wireless Local Area Networks (WLAN), etc.

Memory, which may be, but is not limited to, read-only memory (ROM) or other types of static storage devices that may store static information and instructions, Random Access Memory (RAM) or other types of dynamic storage devices that may store information and instructions, electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), compact disk read-only memory (CD-ROM) or other optical disk storage, optical disk storage (including compact disk, laser disk, optical disk, digital versatile disk, blu-ray disk, etc.), magnetic disk storage media or other magnetic storage devices, or any other medium that can be used to carry or store desired program code in the form of instructions or data structures and that can be accessed by a computer. The memory may be separate and coupled to the processor via a communication link. The memory may also be integral to the processor.

It should be noted that the embodiments of the present application may be referred to or referred to with respect to each other, for example, the same or similar steps, method embodiments, system embodiments, and apparatus embodiments may be referred to with respect to each other, without limitation.

To meet different network communication requirements of the terminal, an operator may provide a communication access service for the terminal by using a base station capable of supporting different network communications (e.g., a dual-mode base station capable of supporting NSA and SA). . However, the current dual-mode base station defaults to execute a working mode of turning on all network systems that can be supported, which causes the running power consumption of the base station to be too high, and reduces the service life of the base station.

If the dual-mode base station directly closes one network system and only opens the other network system, the scheme can reduce the operation power consumption of the base station, but may cause that part of the terminals cannot access the closed network to influence the use experience of the user.

In order to solve the problem that the working mode of a base station cannot be reasonably controlled in the prior art, the application provides a base station control method.

As shown in fig. 3, fig. 3 is a flowchart of a base station control method according to an embodiment of the present application, where the method includes the following steps:

s301, the base station controller acquires a plurality of measurement reports of the target base station.

The working mode of the target base station comprises the following steps: an independent networking SA single mode operation mode and an SA and non-independent networking NSA dual mode operation mode.

In the embodiment of the present application, taking the target base station as an NSA/SA dual-mode base station as an example, the terminal may use the NSA network through the base station, and may also use the SA network through the base station.

In a possible implementation manner, the base station control apparatus may obtain a measurement report of the target base station within a preset time period.

For example, the preset time period may be a measurement report within one hour, or may be a measurement report within one day.

S302, the base station control apparatus determines a ratio of a first measurement report among the plurality of measurement reports.

The first measurement report is a measurement report sent by the terminal in the non-independent networking NSA working mode.

In a possible implementation manner, the measurement report includes a first identifier, and the first identifier is used for characterizing a network used by the terminal. The base station control apparatus may determine, based on the first identifier, a ratio of measurement reports to be transmitted by the terminal in the NSA operation mode among the plurality of measurement reports.

Illustratively, the object tag in the measurement report includes AMF UE NGAP application identifier, AMF area identifier, AMF group identifier, and AMF identifier, which can characterize the network used by the terminal. For example, when the value of the AMF area identifier is NIL, it indicates that the network currently used by the terminal is an NSA network, and when the value of the AMF area identifier is not NIL, it indicates that the network currently used by the terminal is an SA network. The method for determining the network currently used by the terminal through other identifiers is similar to the above method, and is not described in detail in this application.

It should be noted that the ratio of the first measurement report is a ratio of the number of the first measurement reports to the total number of the plurality of measurement reports, and the base station control apparatus may indirectly determine the ratio of the terminal using the NSA network in the target base station by the ratio of the first measurement report. The higher the proportion of the first measurement report is, the higher the proportion of the terminals using the NSA network is; the lower the proportion of the first measurement report, the lower the proportion of terminals using the NSA network.

S303, the base station controller determines the operation mode of the target base station according to the ratio of the first measurement report.

It should be noted that, in the embodiments of the present application, the operating mode of the target base station is determined by acquiring a plurality of measurement reports and determining the proportion of the first measurement report. The measurement report can be obtained by the target base station, and the target base station corresponds to the target cell covered by the target base station, so that the base station control device can control the working mode of the target base station based on the cell granularity, and meanwhile, the measurement report mainly comprises the performance data of network communication received by the target base station in real time, so that the base station control device can monitor the target base station in real time.

The scheme at least has the following beneficial effects: the base station control device obtains a plurality of detection reports of a target base station and determines the proportion of a first measurement report in the plurality of detection reports, so that the working mode of the target base station is determined according to the proportion of the first measurement report. Wherein the ratio of the first measurement report may indirectly characterize the proportion of terminals in the target base station that use the NSA network. Therefore, the base station control device can reasonably control the working mode of the base station according to the proportion of the terminal equipment using the NSA network, and further reduces the operation power consumption of the target base station under the condition of ensuring the use experience of a user, thereby prolonging the service life of the base station.

Hereinafter, a method for the base station controller to determine the operation mode of the target base station will be specifically described with reference to step S303.

As a possible embodiment of the present application, with reference to fig. 3, as shown in fig. 4, the step S303 may be specifically implemented by the following steps S401 to S403:

s401, under the condition that the ratio of the first measurement report is smaller than or equal to a first threshold value, the base station control device determines that the working mode of the target base station is an SA single-mode working mode.

As can be seen from the above embodiments, the lower the occupancy of the first measurement report, the lower the proportion of terminals using the NSA network. Therefore, when the ratio of the first measurement report is less than or equal to the first threshold, it indicates that there are few terminals using the NSA network among the plurality of terminals of the target base station. At this time, the base station control device may determine that the operation mode of the target base station is an SA single mode operation mode, so as to reduce the operation power consumption of the target base station. Meanwhile, the terminals using the NSA network can switch to other networks (e.g. 4G) or access other base stations capable of providing the NSA network to ensure normal network communication of the terminals.

For example, the first threshold may be 1% or 0. When the first threshold is 0, that is, when there is no terminal using the NSA network among the plurality of terminals of the target base station, the base station control apparatus determines that the operation mode of the target base station is the SA single mode operation mode. The base station control device may set a value of the first threshold according to an actual situation, which is not limited in the present application.

S402, the base station control device determines the occupation ratio of the second measurement report among the plurality of measurement reports when the occupation ratio of the first measurement report is larger than a first threshold.

The second measurement report is the measurement report of which the signal strength is greater than a preset threshold value in the first measurement report.

In a possible implementation manner, the base station control apparatus may determine, from the first measurement report, a measurement report whose signal strength is greater than a preset threshold as the second measurement report according to the signal strength carried in the first measurement report.

For example, the base station control apparatus may characterize the signal strength by Reference Signal Receiving Power (RSRP). The measurement report includes an identifier for determining RSRP, and the base station control apparatus can determine the RSRP size using the identifier.

The base station control apparatus may further characterize the signal strength by a Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) and a signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR), which is similar to the above-mentioned schemes.

It should be understood that, since the coverage areas of the NSA network and the SA network are different and the performance requirements are also different, the target base station generally needs to configure the NSA network, the SA network, the 4G network, and the like differently. Such a differentiated configuration may result in no network handover operation being performed even if the terminal has currently met the minimum performance requirements of a certain network.

Illustratively, the target base station is provided with an A2 event and a B1 event, and the A2 event is used for characterizing the terminal to be switched from the SA network to the 4G network. The B1 event is used to characterize the terminal's handover from other networks to the NSA network. The target base station sets the threshold value of the A2 event to-110 dBm, namely when the RSRP of the terminal is less than-110 dBm, the terminal is switched to the 4G network from the SA network; the threshold value of the B1 event is set to-115 dBm, that is, when the RSRP of the terminal is greater than-115 dBm, the terminal switches from other networks (e.g., 3G, 4G, etc.) to the NSA network. At this time, when the terminal using the SA network moves from a place with good network coverage quality to a place with poor network coverage quality and RSRP of the terminal decreases to-113 dBm, the terminal satisfies the threshold value of the a2 event, and thus the terminal is switched from the SA network to the 4G network. And because the terminal also satisfies the threshold for the B1 event, the terminal will continue to switch from the 4G network to the NSA network.

In a possible implementation manner, the preset threshold may be a threshold for the target base station to switch the terminal from the SA network to the 4G network, that is, a threshold for an a2 event. The preset threshold value can also be set according to the actual situation, and the application does not limit the preset threshold value.

And S403, the base station control device determines the working mode of the target base station according to the ratio of the second measurement report.

It should be noted that, as shown in step S402, the terminals similar to the above example are terminals using the NSA network due to the differentiated configuration of the target base station, and the RSRP of these terminals is low, so the actual experience of using the 4G network or using the NSA network is not very different.

However, for the second measurement report with the signal strength greater than the preset threshold, the actual experience of the corresponding terminal using the 4G network or using the NSA network is greatly different. The higher the ratio of the second measurement report is, the higher the ratio of the terminals affected by the user experience is, the higher the ratio of the terminals affected by the NSA network is indicated to be closed; conversely, the lower the occupancy of the second measurement report, the lower the proportion of terminals whose user experience is affected by turning off the NSA network.

The base station control apparatus can also determine the operation mode of the target base station based on the fraction of the second measurement report.

As a possible embodiment of the present application, with reference to fig. 4 and as shown in fig. 5, the step S403 may be specifically implemented by the following steps S501 to S502:

s501, when the ratio of the second measurement report is less than or equal to the second threshold, the base station control device determines that the operation mode of the target base station is an SA single mode operation mode.

As can be seen from the above embodiments, the lower the occupancy of the second measurement report, the lower the proportion of terminals whose user experience is affected by turning off the NSA network. Therefore, when the ratio of the first measurement report is less than or equal to the first threshold, it indicates that there are few terminals with affected user experience due to the NSA network being turned off among the plurality of terminals of the target base station, and therefore, the base station control apparatus may determine the operation mode of the target base station as an SA single mode operation mode to reduce the operation power consumption.

For example, the second threshold may be 5%, and the base station control device may set a value of the first threshold according to an actual situation, which is not limited in this application.

And S502, under the condition that the occupation ratio of the second measurement report is larger than a second threshold, the base station control device determines that the working mode of the target base station is an SA and NSA dual-mode working mode.

For similar reasons in S501, the higher the occupancy of the second measurement report, the higher the proportion of terminals whose user experience is affected by turning off the NSA network. Therefore, when the ratio of the first measurement report is greater than the first threshold, it indicates that the number of terminals affected by the user experience is large because the NSA network is turned off among the plurality of terminals of the target base station, and therefore, the base station control apparatus may determine that the operating mode of the target base station is the SA and NSA dual-mode operating mode, so as to guarantee the user experience.

The scheme at least has the following beneficial effects: in the application, the base station control device determines that the working mode of the target base station is an SA single-mode working mode under the condition that the ratio of the first measurement report is less than or equal to a first threshold; and further determining the occupation ratio of a second measurement report under the condition that the occupation ratio of the first measurement report is larger than a first threshold value, and determining the working mode of the target base station according to the occupation ratio of the second measurement report. Wherein the proportion of the second measurement report may indirectly characterize the proportion of terminals whose user experience is affected by switching off the NSA network. Therefore, the base station control device can also reasonably control the working mode of the base station based on the terminal with the influenced user experience caused by closing the NSA network, and further reduce the operation power consumption of the target base station under the condition of ensuring the use experience of the user, thereby prolonging the service life of the base station.

In the embodiment of the present application, the base station control apparatus may be divided into the functional modules or the functional units according to the above method examples, for example, each functional module or functional unit may be divided according to each function, or two or more functions may be integrated into one processing module. The integrated module may be implemented in a form of hardware, or may be implemented in a form of a software functional module or a functional unit. The division of the modules or units in the embodiment of the present application is schematic, and is only a logic function division, and there may be another division manner in actual implementation.

As shown in fig. 6, a schematic structural diagram of a base station control apparatus provided in an embodiment of the present application is shown, where the apparatus includes:

a communication unit 602, configured to obtain multiple measurement reports of a target base station.

A processing unit 601, configured to determine a fraction of a first measurement report in the plurality of measurement reports.

The processing unit 601 is further configured to determine an operating mode of the target base station according to the ratio of the first measurement report.

In a possible implementation manner, the processing unit 601 is specifically configured to:

and determining the working mode of the target base station as an SA single mode working mode under the condition that the occupation ratio of the first measurement report is less than or equal to a first threshold value.

in the event that the fraction of the first measurement report is greater than a first threshold, a fraction of a second measurement report of the plurality of measurement reports is determined.

And determining the working mode of the target base station according to the ratio of the second measurement report.

In a possible implementation manner, the processing unit 601 is specifically configured to: and determining the working mode of the target base station to be an SA single mode working mode under the condition that the occupation ratio of the second measurement report is less than or equal to a second threshold value.

In a possible implementation manner, the processing unit 601 is specifically configured to: and determining the working mode of the target base station to be an SA and NSA dual-mode working mode under the condition that the occupation ratio of the second measurement report is larger than a second threshold value.

When implemented by hardware, the communication unit 602 in the embodiment of the present application may be integrated on a communication interface, and the processing unit 601 may be integrated on a processor. The specific implementation is shown in fig. 7.

Fig. 7 shows a schematic diagram of another possible structure of the base station control device in the above embodiment. The base station control device includes: a processor 702, and a communications interface 703. The processor 702 is configured to control and manage actions of the base station control apparatus, for example, to perform the steps performed by the processing unit 601, and/or to perform other processes of the techniques described herein. The communication interface 703 is used for supporting communication between the base station control apparatus and other network entities, for example, performing the steps performed by the communication unit 602. The base station control apparatus may further comprise a memory 701 and a bus 704, the memory 701 being used for storing program codes and data of the base station control apparatus.

The memory 701 may be a memory in the base station control apparatus, and the like, and the memory may include a volatile memory, such as a random access memory; the memory may also include non-volatile memory, such as read-only memory, flash memory, a hard disk, or a solid state disk; the memory may also comprise a combination of memories of the kind described above.

The processor 702 may be implemented or performed with various illustrative logical blocks, modules, and circuits described in connection with the disclosure. The processor may be a central processing unit, general purpose processor, digital signal processor, application specific integrated circuit, field programmable gate array or other programmable logic device, transistor logic device, hardware component, or any combination thereof. Which may implement or perform the various illustrative logical blocks, modules, and circuits described in connection with the disclosure. The processor may also be a combination of computing functions, e.g., comprising one or more microprocessors, DSPs, and microprocessors, among others.

The bus 704 may be an Extended Industry Standard Architecture (EISA) bus or the like. The bus 704 may be divided into an address bus, a data bus, a control bus, and the like. For ease of illustration, only one thick line is shown in FIG. 7, but this is not intended to represent only one bus or type of bus.

Fig. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a chip 80 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. Chip 80 includes one or more (including two) processors 810 and a communication interface 830.

Optionally, the chip 80 further includes a memory 840, which may include both read-only memory and random access memory, and provides operating instructions and data to the processor 810. A portion of the memory 840 may also include non-volatile random access memory (NVRAM).

In some embodiments, memory 840 stores elements, execution modules or data structures, or subsets thereof, or expanded sets thereof.

In the embodiment of the present application, the corresponding operation is performed by calling an operation instruction stored in the memory 840 (the operation instruction may be stored in an operating system).

The processor 810 may implement or execute various illustrative logical blocks, units, and circuits described in connection with the disclosure herein. The processor may be a central processing unit, general purpose processor, digital signal processor, application specific integrated circuit, field programmable gate array or other programmable logic device, transistor logic device, hardware component, or any combination thereof. Which may implement or perform the various illustrative logical blocks, units, and circuits described in connection with the disclosure. The processor may also be a combination of computing functions, e.g., comprising one or more microprocessors, DSPs, and microprocessors, among others.

Memory 840 may include volatile memory, such as random access memory; the memory may also include non-volatile memory, such as read-only memory, flash memory, a hard disk, or a solid state disk; the memory may also comprise a combination of memories of the kind described above.

The bus 820 may be an Extended Industry Standard Architecture (EISA) bus or the like. The bus 820 may be divided into an address bus, a data bus, a control bus, and the like. For ease of illustration, only one line is shown in FIG. 8, but this does not represent only one bus or one type of bus.

Through the above description of the embodiments, it is clear to those skilled in the art that, for convenience and simplicity of description, the foregoing division of the functional modules is merely used as an example, and in practical applications, the above function distribution may be completed by different functional modules according to needs, that is, the internal structure of the device may be divided into different functional modules to complete all or part of the above described functions. For the specific working processes of the system, the apparatus and the unit described above, reference may be made to the corresponding processes in the foregoing method embodiments, and details are not described here again.

The present application provides a computer program product containing instructions, which when run on a computer, causes the computer to execute the base station control method in the above method embodiments.

The embodiment of the present application further provides a computer-readable storage medium, where instructions are stored in the computer-readable storage medium, and when the instructions are run on a computer, the computer is caused to execute the base station control method in the method flow shown in the foregoing method embodiment.

The computer readable storage medium may be, for example, but not limited to, an electronic, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, infrared, or semiconductor system, apparatus, or device, or any combination thereof. More specific examples (a non-exhaustive list) of the computer readable storage medium would include the following: an electrical connection having one or more wires, a portable computer diskette, a hard disk, a Random Access Memory (RAM), a Read-Only Memory (ROM), an Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory (EPROM), a register, a hard disk, an optical fiber, a portable Compact Disc Read-Only Memory (CD-ROM), an optical storage device, a magnetic storage device, any suitable combination of the above, or any other form of computer readable storage medium known in the art. An exemplary storage medium is coupled to the processor such the processor can read information from, and write information to, the storage medium. Of course, the storage medium may also be integral to the processor. The processor and the storage medium may reside in an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC). In embodiments of the present application, a computer readable storage medium may be any tangible medium that can contain, or store a program for use by or in connection with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device.

Embodiments of the present invention provide a computer program product comprising instructions which, when run on a computer, cause the computer to perform a base station control method as described in figures 3 to 5.

Since the base station control apparatus, the computer-readable storage medium, and the computer program product in the embodiments of the present invention may be applied to the method described above, for technical effects obtained by the method, reference may also be made to the method embodiments described above, and details of the embodiments of the present invention are not repeated herein.

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

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

In addition, functional units in the embodiments of the present application may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may exist alone physically, or two or more units are integrated into one unit.

The above is only an embodiment of the present application, but the scope of the present application is not limited thereto, and any changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the present disclosure should be covered by the scope of the present application. Therefore, the protection scope of the present application shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Claims

1. A base station control method, the method comprising:

acquiring a plurality of measurement reports of a target base station; the working mode of the target base station comprises the following steps: an independent networking SA single mode working mode and an SA and non-independent networking NSA dual mode working mode;

determining a fraction of a first measurement report of the plurality of measurement reports; the first measurement report is a measurement report sent by a terminal in a non-independent networking NSA working mode;

and determining the working mode of the target base station according to the ratio of the first measurement report.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining the operation mode of the target base station according to the duty ratio of the first measurement report comprises:

and determining the working mode of the target base station as the SA single-mode working mode under the condition that the occupation ratio of the first measurement report is less than or equal to a first threshold value.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining the operation mode of the target base station according to the duty ratio of the first measurement report comprises:

determining a fraction of a second measurement report of the plurality of measurement reports if the fraction of the first measurement report is greater than a first threshold; the second measurement report is a measurement report of which the signal strength is greater than a preset threshold value in the first measurement report;

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the determining the operation mode of the target base station according to the duty ratio of the second measurement report comprises:

and determining the working mode of the target base station to be the SA single-mode working mode under the condition that the occupation ratio of the second measurement report is less than or equal to a second threshold value.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the determining the operation mode of the target base station according to the duty ratio of the second measurement report comprises:

and determining that the operating mode of the target base station is the SA and NSA dual-mode operating mode under the condition that the ratio of the second measurement report is larger than a second threshold value.

6. A base station control apparatus is characterized by comprising a communication unit and a processing unit;

the communication unit is used for acquiring a plurality of measurement reports of a target base station; the working mode of the target base station comprises the following steps: an independent networking SA single mode working mode and an SA and non-independent networking NSA dual mode working mode;

the processing unit is configured to determine a fraction of a first measurement report of the plurality of measurement reports; the first measurement report is a measurement report sent by a terminal in a non-independent networking NSA working mode;

the processing unit is further configured to determine an operating mode of the target base station according to the duty ratio of the first measurement report.

7. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the processing unit is specifically configured to:

8. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the processing unit is specifically configured to:

9. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the processing unit is specifically configured to:

10. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the processing unit is specifically configured to:

11. A base station control apparatus, comprising: a processor and a communication interface; the communication interface is coupled to the processor for executing a computer program or instructions for implementing the base station control method as claimed in any one of claims 1-5.

12. A computer-readable storage medium, wherein instructions are stored therein, and when executed by a computer, the computer performs the base station control method of any one of claims 1 to 5.