CN114982294A

CN114982294A - Information reporting method, information acquisition method, user terminal and network equipment

Info

Publication number: CN114982294A
Application number: CN202080093776.6A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 徐伟杰; 刘建华
Original assignee: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp Ltd
Current assignee: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp Ltd
Priority date: 2020-03-30
Filing date: 2020-03-30
Publication date: 2022-08-30
Also published as: WO2021195846A1

Abstract

The application relates to an information reporting method, an information acquisition method, a user terminal and network equipment. The information reporting method comprises the step that a first user terminal reports associated information, wherein the associated information comprises information of a user terminal associated with the first user terminal. In the embodiment of the application, the user terminal reports the information of the user terminal associated with the user terminal, so that unnecessary power consumption is reduced, energy conservation is realized, the associated information can be utilized, the communication flow is optimized in the communication process, and the communication efficiency is improved.

Description

Information reporting method, information acquisition method, user terminal and network equipment

Technical Field

The present application relates to the field of communications, and in particular, to an information reporting method, an information acquiring method, a user terminal and a network device.

Background

Compared with LTE (Long Term Evolution), the 5G (5th-Generation, next Generation communication) NR (New Radio) technology supports larger transmission bandwidth, higher transmission rate, shorter transmission delay, and more flexible deployment. Therefore, the 5G technology is expected to better support various mobile Internet services and bring better user experience. To achieve the above technical advantages, the development and implementation of 5G products also pose great challenges. Specifically, for 5G terminals, a transmission bandwidth of several hundreds of MHz (megahertz) is supported, a peak rate of up to several 10Gbps (gigabits) is supported, and a transmission delay of the order of ms (millisecond) is supported. In addition, the 5G terminal is required to have strong software and hardware capabilities, for example, a radio frequency device with a large bandwidth (such as a PA (Power Amplifier)), a filter, a high-speed baseband processor, and the like, which pose a great challenge to the Power consumption of the terminal. If the power consumption of the 5G terminal in standby mode is greatly increased compared with that of the LTE terminal, the standby time of the 5G terminal is greatly shortened, and it is difficult to meet the basic use requirement of the user. In addition, the rise in power consumption of the terminal also introduces other potential problems. If the terminal is overheated due to large power consumption, the terminal needs to be provided with a high-end heat dissipation device, the cost of the terminal is increased, and a narrow design space in the terminal is occupied. How to reduce the power consumption of the terminal is a problem to be solved.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application provides an information reporting method, an information acquiring method, a user terminal and a network device, which can reduce power consumption by reporting associated information through the user terminal.

An embodiment of the present application provides an information reporting method, including:

the first user terminal reports the association information, wherein the association information comprises the information of the user terminal associated with the first user terminal.

An embodiment of the present application provides an information acquisition method, including:

the first network device obtains association information, which includes information of a user terminal associated with the first user terminal.

The embodiment of the application provides an information acquisition method, which comprises the following steps:

the second network device sends association information to the first network device, the association information including information of the user terminal associated with the first user terminal.

An embodiment of the present application provides a user terminal, including:

and the reporting unit is used for reporting the associated information, wherein the associated information comprises the information of the user terminal associated with the first user terminal.

An embodiment of the present application provides a network device, including:

an acquisition unit configured to acquire association information including information of a user terminal associated with the first user terminal.

An embodiment of the present application provides a network device, including:

a sending unit, configured to send association information to the first network device, where the association information includes information of a user terminal associated with the first user terminal.

The embodiment of the application provides a user terminal which comprises a processor and a memory. The memory is used for storing computer programs, and the processor is used for calling and running the computer programs stored in the memory and executing the information reporting method.

An embodiment of the application provides a network device, which includes a processor and a memory. The memory is used for storing computer programs, and the processor is used for calling and running the computer programs stored in the memory and executing the information acquisition method.

The embodiment of the application provides a chip for implementing the information reporting method or the information acquiring method.

Specifically, the chip includes: and the processor is used for calling and running the computer program from the memory so that the equipment provided with the chip executes the information reporting method or the information acquiring method.

An embodiment of the present application provides a computer-readable storage medium, configured to store a computer program, where the computer program enables a computer to execute the information reporting method or the information acquiring method.

An embodiment of the present application provides a computer program product, which includes computer program instructions, where the computer program instructions enable a computer to execute the information reporting method or the information acquiring method.

The embodiment of the present application provides a computer program, which when running on a computer, enables the computer to execute the information reporting method or the information acquiring method.

In the embodiment of the application, the information of the user terminal associated with the user terminal is reported by the user terminal, so that unnecessary power consumption is reduced, and energy conservation is realized; the related information can be utilized to optimize the communication flow and improve the communication efficiency in the communication process.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of an application scenario according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 2 is a schematic flow chart of an information reporting method according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 3 is a schematic flow chart of an information acquisition method according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 4 is a schematic flow chart of an information acquisition method according to another embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 5 is a schematic block diagram of a user terminal according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 6 is a schematic block diagram of a user terminal according to another embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 7 is a schematic block diagram of a network device according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 8 is a schematic block diagram of a network device according to another embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 9 is a schematic block diagram of a network device according to another embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 10 is a schematic block diagram of a communication device according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 11 is a schematic block diagram of a chip according to an embodiment of the application.

Fig. 12 is a schematic block diagram of a communication system according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application.

The technical scheme of the embodiment of the application can be applied to various communication systems, for example: global System for Mobile communications (GSM) System, Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) System, Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) System, General Packet Radio Service (GPRS), Long Term Evolution (Long Term Evolution, LTE) System, LTE-a System, New Radio (NR) System, Evolution System of NR System, LTE-a System over unlicensed spectrum, NR (NR-b) System, UMTS (Universal Mobile telecommunications System), UMTS (UMTS) System, WLAN-b System over unlicensed spectrum, WiFi-b System, Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) System, Wireless Local Area network (WiFi) System, GPRS (General Packet Radio Service, GPRS) System, GPRS (GPRS) System, LTE-b System, LTE-a System, NR System, LTE-b System over unlicensed spectrum, and LTE-b System over unlicensed spectrum, A next Generation communication (5th-Generation, 5G) system, other communication systems, and the like.

Generally, conventional Communication systems support a limited number of connections and are easy to implement, however, with the development of Communication technology, mobile Communication systems will support not only conventional Communication, but also, for example, Device-to-Device (D2D) Communication, Machine-to-Machine (M2M) Communication, Machine Type Communication (MTC), and Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) Communication, and the embodiments of the present application can also be applied to these Communication systems.

Optionally, the communication system in the embodiment of the present application may be applied to a Carrier Aggregation (CA) scenario, may also be applied to a Dual Connectivity (DC) scenario, and may also be applied to an independent (SA) networking scenario.

The application spectrum is not limited in the embodiments of the present application. For example, the embodiments of the present application may be applied to a licensed spectrum and may also be applied to an unlicensed spectrum.

The embodiments of the present application are described in conjunction with a network device and a terminal device, where: terminal Equipment may also include User Equipment (UE), access terminals, subscriber units, subscriber stations, mobile stations, remote terminals, mobile devices, User terminals, wireless communication devices, User agents, or User devices, etc. The terminal device may be a Station (ST) in a WLAN, and may be a cellular phone, a cordless phone, a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) phone, a Wireless Local Loop (WLL) station, a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) device, a handheld device with Wireless communication function, a computing device or other processing device connected to a Wireless modem, a vehicle-mounted device, a wearable device, and a next generation communication system, for example, a terminal device in an NR Network or a terminal device in a future evolved Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) Network, and the like.

By way of example and not limitation, in the embodiments of the present application, the terminal device 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 network device may be a device for communicating with a mobile device, and the network device may be an Access Point (AP) in a WLAN, a Base Station (BTS) in GSM or CDMA, a Base Station (NodeB, NB) in WCDMA, an evolved Node B (eNB, eNodeB) in LTE, a relay Station or an Access Point, or a vehicle-mounted device, a wearable device, a network device (gNB) in an NR network, or a network device in a PLMN network that is evolved in the future.

In this embodiment of the present application, a network device provides a service for a cell, and a terminal device communicates with the network device through a transmission resource (for example, a frequency domain resource or a spectrum resource) used by the cell, where the cell may be a cell corresponding to the network device (for example, a base station), and the cell may belong to a macro base station or a base station corresponding to a Small cell (Small cell), where the Small cell may include: urban cells (Metro cells), Micro cells (Micro cells), Pico cells (Pico cells), Femto cells (Femto cells), and the like, wherein the small cells have the characteristics of small coverage area and low transmission power, and are suitable for providing high-rate data transmission services.

Fig. 1 exemplarily shows one network device 110 and two terminal devices 120, and optionally, the wireless communication system 100 may include a plurality of network devices 110, and each network device 110 may include other numbers of terminal devices 120 within the coverage area, which is not limited in this embodiment.

Optionally, the wireless communication system 100 may further include other network entities such as a Mobility Management Entity (MME), an Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF), which is not limited in this embodiment.

It should be understood that the terms "system" and "network" are often used interchangeably herein. The term "and/or" herein is merely an association relationship describing an associated object, and means that there may be three relationships, for example, a and/or B, which may mean: a exists alone, A and B exist simultaneously, and B exists alone. In addition, the character "/" herein generally indicates that the former and latter related objects are in an "or" relationship.

The communication module power consumption of 5G terminal is higher to present mobile communication terminal all develops towards the direction of low-power consumption at other devices such as touch display screen, fingerprint identification module, image module. With the reduction of the power consumption of the modules, the power consumption of the communication module is relatively increased in the power consumption of the whole terminal.

The related technologies include an energy saving mechanism such as a wake-up mechanism, cross-slot scheduling, and a sleep operation of a Scell (Secondary cell), and are used for saving energy of a terminal. The foregoing is mainly directed to energy saving optimization of a terminal operating in an RRC (Radio Resource Control) CONNECTED state. There are also some power saving optimizations for terminals in RRC IDLE and RRC INACTIVE (inactive) states.

In some application scenarios, terminals in the form of multi-SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) card terminals are presented. In order to meet diversified communication requirements of people, terminal manufacturers provide multi-SIM terminals.

For example, the multi-SIM terminal includes a dual-card dual-standby handset. The dual-card dual-standby mobile phone refers to a mobile phone, two SIM cards can be inserted into the mobile phone at the same time, and the two SIM cards are both in a standby state. The dual-card dual standby may include dual-card dual standby of the same network type, for example: GSM network dual card dual standby, CDMA network dual card dual standby or PHS network dual card dual standby.

For another example, the multi-SIM terminal includes a dual-network dual-standby handset. The dual-network dual-standby mobile phone can be simultaneously inserted into two number cards of different networks and is in a power-on state, and a user can randomly dial, answer and receive and send short messages without switching the networks.

A dual USIM (Universal Subscriber Identity Module) card phone is a big trend. Handset capabilities may not support pure Dual-pass (Dual UL/DL, Dual transmit-receive). The dual transmission and dual reception may be that the UE simultaneously transmits uplink data and receives downlink data on two networks through two SIM cards. Most handsets support Single UL/DL (Single-transmit Single-receive) or Single UL/Dual DL (Single-transmit Dual-receive). In this case, the UE can only perform data transceiving service on one SIM card at the same time.

In the exemplary scenario of 5G, dual card dual standby or dual network dual standby may include two USIM cards, one of which may reside in an LTE cell, the other in an NR cell, or both USIM cards reside in an NR cell. The two USIM cards may belong to the same operator or may belong to different operators.

In other exemplary scenarios, the novel intelligent wearable device also has communication functions similar to those of a mobile phone, such as sending short messages, answering calls, and even video chatting. People may carry a smartphone while using a smart wearable device, so the two types of terminals generally have relevance. Smart wearable devices, such as smart watches, may provide health monitoring (e.g., heart rate, blood pressure), exercise counting, and other functions in addition to providing a time display.

In a scenario of a multi-SIM terminal, a smart wearable device, and the like, there may be a feature that a plurality of user terminals have relevance in terms of usage time or usage location space. According to the method and the device, the information of the associated user terminal can be reported by the user terminal, and the communication efficiency is optimized.

Fig. 2 is a schematic flow chart of an information reporting method 200 according to an embodiment of the present application. The method may alternatively be applied to the system shown in fig. 1, but is not limited thereto. The method includes at least part of the following.

S210, the first user terminal reports the association information, wherein the association information comprises the information of the user terminal associated with the first user terminal.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present application, the reported association information includes, but is not limited to, at least one of the following:

a user equipment Identity of the associated user equipment, such as UE ID, sTMSI (serving-temporal Mobile Subscriber Identity);

network systems supported by the associated user terminal, such as WCDMA, TD-SCDMA (Time Division-Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access), LTE, NR;

subscription information of the associated user terminal. For example, two SIM cards belong to the same operator, and the reported subscription information may be PLMN (Public Land Mobile Network) of the operator.

In some scenarios, there may be associations for multiple user terminals. Examples are as follows:

scenario one, multiple user terminals are located in the same communication device, such as the terminal device in fig. 1.

For example, a handset may include two SIM cards, each of which may act as a subscriber terminal. There is an association between two user terminals included in the handset.

In scenario two, a plurality of user terminals are located in different communication devices, but can be determined to have an association relationship through some information.

A plurality of user terminals can be connected through short-distance communication. For example, a cell phone may comprise one user terminal, a wearable device such as a phone watch may comprise another user terminal, which are not in the same communication device, but which may establish a connection by means of short range communication, such as bluetooth or the like. The user terminal comprised by the handset is associated with the user terminal comprised by the telephone watch.

In the embodiment of the application, the association information can be reported by at least one of the plurality of user terminals. For example, a first user terminal reports information of one or more second user terminals associated therewith. The first user terminal can report the information of the first user terminal and the information of the user terminal related to the first user terminal, and simultaneously can report the information of the first user terminal and the information of the user terminal related to the first user terminal. For another example, more than three ues have associations, where two ues report information of themselves and one or more ues associated with them.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the method further includes: the first user terminal obtains the associated information. The manner of obtaining the associated information may be different in different scenarios.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present application, in a scenario where multiple user terminals are located in the same communication device, the obtaining of the association information includes: and acquiring the association information through communication equipment, wherein the communication equipment is the communication equipment where the first user terminal and the user terminal associated with the first user terminal are located.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present application, the obtaining of the association information through the communication device includes: reading, by the communication device, information of a SIM of a user terminal associated with the first user terminal. For example, a mobile phone includes a SIM card 1 and a SIM card 2, and information of the SIM card 1 and the SIM card 2 can be read by the mobile phone. Then, the user terminal corresponding to the SIM card 1 or the user terminal corresponding to the SIM card 2 may report the information of the SIM card 1 and the SIM card 2 to the network together.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present application, in a case that a plurality of user terminals are connected in a short-distance communication manner, acquiring the association information includes: and acquiring the associated information in a short-distance communication mode.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present application, acquiring the association information through short-range communication includes: and obtaining the information of the SIM of the user terminal associated with the first user terminal in a short-distance communication mode. For example, a cell phone receives information from a phone watch via bluetooth of a SIM card in the watch.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present application, the reporting, by the first user terminal, the association information includes: the first user terminal reports the association information in the registration process or the attachment process.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present application, the reporting mode of the association information includes at least one of the following:

RRC signaling;

NAS (Non-Access stratum) signaling;

MAC (Medium Access Control) CE (Control Element).

In addition, the first user terminal may also report to the network a status of whether the second user terminal is associated. For example, SIM card 1 and SIM card 2 are in the same handset, and SIM card 1 or SIM card 2 may send the state that the two are associated to the network side. If a certain SIM card is taken out, SIM card 1 or SIM card 2 may send a state that the two are not associated to the network side. For another example, the mobile phone and the telephone watch are in a short-distance communication connection state, and the mobile phone or the telephone watch can transmit the state that the association exists between the mobile phone and the telephone watch to the network side. If the short-distance communication connection between the mobile phone and the telephone watch is disconnected, the mobile phone or the telephone watch can send a state that the association does not exist to the network side.

In the embodiment of the application, the user terminal reports the information of the user terminal associated with the user terminal, so that unnecessary power consumption is reduced, and energy conservation is realized; the related information can be utilized to optimize the communication flow and improve the communication efficiency in the communication process.

Fig. 3 is a schematic flow chart diagram of an information acquisition method 300 according to an embodiment of the present application. The method may alternatively be applied to the system shown in fig. 1, but is not limited thereto. The method includes at least part of the following.

S310, the first network equipment acquires the associated information, wherein the associated information comprises the information of the user terminal associated with the first user terminal.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present application, the obtaining, by the first network device, the association information includes: the first network device obtains the association information according to at least one of the channel condition and the movement track.

In one case, the channel conditions of multiple user terminals are correlated. For example, a cell phone and a bracelet used by the same person may have similar channel conditions. The positions of a certain mobile phone and a bracelet used by the same person are generally relatively close, and the channel conditions such as channel quality, signal strength and the like of the mobile phone and the bracelet can be similar. On the network side, for example, the base station can determine whether the mobile phone and the bracelet are related according to the channel states of the mobile phone and the bracelet. And if the channel conditions of the mobile phone and the bracelet obtained by the base station are similar, judging the association between the mobile phone and the bracelet. For example, after receiving the measurement results of the channel conditions such as channel quality and signal strength reported by the terminal side, the base station may determine whether the channel conditions of multiple ues are similar according to the measurement results. The base station can then determine whether the handset and the bracelet are associated based on whether their channel conditions are similar.

In another case, the movement trajectories of a plurality of user terminals are correlated. And judging whether the mobile phone and the bracelet are related or not at the network side according to the moving tracks of the mobile phone and the bracelet. For example, a cell phone and a bracelet used by the same person may access the same cell and leave the same cell at substantially the same time. If the base station detects that the mobile tracks of the mobile phone and the bracelet are similar, the associated information of the mobile phone and the bracelet can be acquired.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present application, the obtaining, by the first network device, the association information includes: the first network device receives the association information from the second network device. For example, the first Network device is a base station, and the second Network device is a CN (Core Network) device. The first user terminal may report the association information including the information of the second user terminal to the CN device. The CN device may record or save the received association information. When some processing, such as paging, is required, the CN device may send the stored association information to the base station. Accordingly, the base station may receive the association information from the CN device. For example, the CN device needs to send paging messages to the UE1 and the UE2, the CN device may send association information of the UE1 and the UE2 to the base station, and the base station pages the UE1 and/or the UE2 by using the association information.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the method further includes: the first network device obtains the association information according to the subscription information from the second network device.

Multiple user terminals may have an association by means of a subscription at the operator. For example, if multiple SIM cards are signed up to be a family number, a secondary card number, etc. The network side, e.g., the base station, may receive subscription information from the CN device, and the base station may obtain information of the associated SIM from the subscription information.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present application, the association information includes at least one of the following:

a user terminal identity of the associated user terminal;

a network type supported by the associated user terminal;

subscription information of the associated user terminal.

The method 300 executed by the first network device of this embodiment has the same meaning as the same terms of the method 200, and reference may be made to the related explanations and examples of the method 200, which are not repeated herein for brevity.

In the embodiment of the application, the network equipment acquires the information of the user terminal associated with the user terminal, reduces unnecessary power consumption and realizes energy conservation. In addition, the related information can be utilized to optimize the communication flow and improve the communication efficiency in the communication process.

Fig. 4 is a schematic flow chart diagram of an information acquisition method 400 according to an embodiment of the present application. The method may alternatively be applied to the system shown in fig. 1, but is not limited thereto. The method includes at least part of the following.

S410, the second network equipment sends the associated information to the first network equipment, wherein the associated information comprises the information of the user terminal associated with the first user terminal. For example, the first network device is a base station, and the second network device is a CN device. The CN device may send information of the user terminal associated with the first user terminal to the base station. Further, the CN device may transmit information of the associated plurality of user terminals to the base station.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the method further includes: the second network device obtains the association information.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present application, the obtaining, by the second network device, the association information includes: and the second network equipment receives the association information reported by the first user terminal. For example, the first user terminal may report association information including information of the second user terminal to the CN device.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the receiving, by the second network device, the association information reported by the first user terminal includes: the second network device receives the association information reported by the first user terminal in the registration process or the attachment process.

RRC signaling;

NAS signaling;

MAC CE。

optionally, in this embodiment of the present application, the obtaining, by the second network device, the association information includes: the second network device obtains the association information from the subscription information. Multiple user terminals may have an association by means of a subscription at the operator. For example, if multiple SIM cards are signed up as a family number, secondary card number, etc. The CN device on the network side may store the subscription information, and the CN device obtains the information of the associated SIM from the subscription information.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the method further includes: the second network device sends the subscription information to the first network device. For example, the CN device may send subscription information of multiple SIM cards to the base station, and the base station may obtain information of associated SIMs from the subscription information.

a user terminal identity of the associated user terminal;

a network type supported by the associated user terminal;

subscription information of the associated user terminal.

The terms of the second network device executing the method 400 that are the same as the terms of the

above methods

200 and 300 have the same meanings, and reference may be made to the related explanations and examples of the

above methods

200 and 300, which are not repeated herein for brevity.

In the embodiment of the application, the first user terminal reports the information of the second user terminal having the association relation with the first user terminal. In this way, the network may perform some special optimization processing on the first user terminal and the second user terminal having the association relationship in some communication related processes, such as paging, RRM measurement, RLM measurement, cell handover/cell reselection, and the like, so as to achieve energy saving of the terminals and/or improvement of network efficiency.

Example 1: multi-card mobile phone terminal reporting associated terminal information

In a multi-card mobile phone, such as a dual-card dual-standby mobile phone, two SIM cards are embedded in one mobile phone device, and the two SIM cards can be two user terminals.

On one hand, two user terminals corresponding to two SIM cards need to share the same set of communication module resources, such as transmitting/receiving antennas, radio frequency links, baseband processors, etc., so that the two user terminals cannot simultaneously transmit uplink signals or simultaneously receive downlink signals. The network is required to coordinate the allocation of resources for the two ues to transmit and receive signals.

On the other hand, two user terminals are located in the same communication device, and objectively have commonality in some user terminal characteristics. For example, if two ues belong to the same operator and receive communication services in the same cell, the channel conditions of the two ues are substantially consistent. As another example, the moving tracks of the two ues are substantially consistent, so there is a similar demand on mobility management.

To address the needs of both of the above aspects, an exemplary method comprises: and reporting the associated information of two user terminals corresponding to two SIM cards of the same mobile phone to a network. After receiving the association information, the network can coordinate and optimize the uplink and downlink resource allocation, mobility management and other aspects of two user terminals in the same mobile phone, thereby being beneficial to improving the communication efficiency.

For example, each of the two ues in the dual-card mobile phone may report the association information. For another example, the user terminal corresponding to one of the SIM cards in the dual-card mobile phone reports the association information, for example, the user terminal corresponding to the main SIM card reports the association information.

If the mobile phone comprises two SIM cards, SIM card 1 and SIM card 2. The user terminal corresponding to the SIM card 1 can report the information of the SIM card 2. The user terminal corresponding to the SIM card 1 can also report the information of the SIM card 1 and the SIM card 2 at the same time. The user terminal corresponding to the SIM card 1 can also report whether the SIM card 1 and the SIM card 2 are in the associated state. In addition, the user terminal corresponding to the SIM card 2 can report the information of the SIM card 1. The user terminal corresponding to the SIM card 2 can also report the information of the SIM card 1 and the SIM card 2 at the same time. The user terminal corresponding to the SIM card 2 can also report whether the SIM card 1 and the SIM card 2 are in the associated state.

The association information may include, but is not limited to, at least one of:

identity information of the associated user terminal, such as UE ID, sTMSI;

network systems supported by the associated user terminal, such as WCDMA, TD-SCDMA, LTE, NR;

subscription information of the associated user terminal.

In addition, the user terminal may report the association information to the network through any feasible signaling form, such as RRC signaling, Nas signaling, or MAC CE. Specifically, the report may be performed in a signaling interaction process, such as a mobile phone registration process or an attachment process.

Two user terminals located in the same mobile phone can acquire the mutual correlation information of the two users through some implementation modes. For example, the related information stored in the SIM card chip of the opposite user is read to obtain the related information. For another example, the mobile phone reads the related information stored in the two SIM cards through a specific interactive interface to obtain the related information. Alternatively, the association information may be read only by an external authorization of the user of the mobile phone. For example, an authorization switch is provided in the mobile phone, and the user turns on the switch, that is, the mobile phone is authorized to read the relevant information from the two SIM card chips.

Example 2: wearable device terminal reporting associated terminal information

For users using smart wearable devices, they also typically carry a smartphone. Similar to the scenario of a dual-card dual-standby mobile phone, the two user terminals of the smart wearable device and the smart mobile phone are not the same communication device but two independent communication devices. There is still a connection or the like between these two communication devices in many features. Such as channel conditions, movement trajectories, etc. are strongly correlated.

Similar to a dual-card mobile phone scene, the relevance between the intelligent wearable device and the intelligent mobile phone is reported, and the efficiency of network and terminal communication is improved.

Specifically, the smartphone may acquire (via short-range communication, such as bluetooth) the association information of the smart wearable device. Or, the smart wearable device may also acquire the associated information of the cell phone. The association information may include, but is not limited to, at least one of:

identity information of the associated user terminal, such as UE ID, sTMSI;

network systems supported by the associated user terminals, such as WCDMA, TD-SCDMA, LTE, NR;

subscription information of the associated user terminal.

The smart phone and/or the wearable device may report the association information to the network through any feasible signaling form, such as RRC signaling, NAS signaling, or MAC CE. Specifically, the report may be performed in a signaling interaction process, such as a mobile phone registration process or an attachment process.

The smart phone can report the information of the wearable device. The smart phone can also report the information of the smart phone and the wearable device at the same time. In addition, the wearable device can report the information of the smart phone. The wearable device can also report the information of the smart phone and the wearable device at the same time.

Further, the smart phone and/or the wearable device can report whether the smart phone and/or the wearable device are in the association state at the current moment. For example, in a scenario where a user carries a smartphone and a wearable device at the same time, the smartphone may determine that the wearable device is near the smartphone, and the smartphone and/or the wearable device may report to the network that the smartphone and the wearable device are in an associated state. For another example, in a scenario where the user only carries the smartphone or only carries the wearable device, the smartphone cannot determine that the wearable device is near the smartphone, and the smartphone and/or the wearable device may report to the network that the smartphone and/or the wearable device are in an unassociated state. If the correlation state between the smart phone and the wearable device is updated, the smart phone and/or the wearable device can update the change information of the state to the network in time.

Example 3: user terminal subscription-based mode

The network can acquire the associated information between the two user terminals in a subscription mode of the user terminals. For example, two user terminals may have a subscription with an operator, and the network acquires the association between the user terminals by means of the subscription. The subscription information may be stored in a network server of the operator, such as a core network server MME (Mobility Management Entity). During the communication between the network and the terminal, the network server may send the subscription information to a relevant network node, such as a base station. And the related network node can optimize the communication process in a proper mode according to the subscription information in the communication process with the terminal.

For example, in the process that the core network triggers paging to be initiated to the user terminal, the core network server may send the aforementioned subscription information to the base station. The base station can adopt optimized processing according to the subscription information in the paging process, thereby improving the paging efficiency.

According to the embodiment of the application, in scenes such as a double-card terminal, a smart wearable device terminal and a subscription, the relevance characteristics among multiple user terminals are reported through the user terminals, so that the network is favorable for optimizing a communication flow and improving the communication efficiency in a communication process based on the relevance characteristics.

Fig. 5 is a schematic block diagram of a user terminal 20 according to an embodiment of the present application. The user terminal 20 may include:

a reporting unit 21, configured to report association information, where the association information includes information of a user terminal associated with the first user terminal.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, as shown in fig. 6, the user terminal 20 further includes: an obtaining unit 22, configured to obtain the association information.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the obtaining unit 22 is specifically configured to obtain the association information through a communication device, where the communication device is a communication device where a user terminal associated with the first user terminal is located.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the obtaining unit 22 is specifically configured to read, by the communication device, information of a SIM of a user terminal associated with the first user terminal.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the obtaining unit 22 is specifically configured to obtain the association information through a short-range communication manner.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the obtaining unit 22 is specifically configured to obtain information of a SIM of a user terminal associated with the first user terminal through short-range communication.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the reporting unit 21 is specifically configured to report the association information in a registration process or an attach process.

RRC signaling;

NAS signaling;

MAC CE。

a user terminal identity of the associated user terminal;

a network type supported by the associated user terminal;

subscription information of the associated user terminal.

It should be understood that the above and other operations and/or functions of each unit in the ue according to the embodiment of the present application are respectively for implementing the corresponding process executed by the first ue in the method 200 in fig. 2, and are not described herein again for brevity.

Fig. 7 is a schematic block diagram of a network device 30 according to an embodiment of the present application. The network device 30 may include:

an obtaining unit 31 is configured to obtain association information, where the association information includes information of a user terminal associated with the first user terminal.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the obtaining unit 31 is specifically configured to obtain the association information according to at least one of a channel condition and a moving track.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the obtaining unit 31 is specifically configured to receive the association information from the second network device.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the obtaining unit 31 is specifically configured to obtain the association information according to subscription information from the second network device.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the association information includes at least one of the following:

a user terminal identity of the associated user terminal;

a network type supported by the associated user terminal;

subscription information of the associated user terminal.

It should be understood that the above and other operations and/or functions of each unit in the network device according to the embodiment of the present application are respectively for implementing the corresponding process performed by the first network device in the method 300 in fig. 3, and are not described herein again for brevity.

Fig. 8 is a schematic block diagram of a network device 40 according to another embodiment of the present application. The network device 40 may include:

a sending unit 41, configured to send association information to the first network device, where the association information includes information of a user terminal associated with the first user terminal.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present application, as shown in fig. 9, the network device 40 further includes: an obtaining unit 42, configured to obtain the association information.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the obtaining unit 42 is specifically configured to receive the association information reported by the first user terminal.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the obtaining unit 42 is specifically configured to receive the association information reported by the first user terminal in a registration process or an attach process.

RRC signaling;

NAS signaling;

MAC CE。

optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the obtaining unit 42 is specifically configured to obtain the association information from the subscription information.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the sending unit 41 is further configured to send the subscription information to the first network device.

a user terminal identity of the associated user terminal;

a network type supported by the associated user terminal;

subscription information of the associated user terminal.

It should be understood that the above and other operations and/or functions of each unit in the network device according to the embodiment of the present application are respectively for implementing the corresponding processes executed by the second network device in the method 400 in fig. 4, and are not described herein again for brevity.

Fig. 10 is a schematic configuration diagram of a communication apparatus 600 according to an embodiment of the present application. The communication device 600 shown in fig. 10 includes a processor 610, and the processor 610 can call and run a computer program from a memory to implement the method in the embodiment of the present application.

Optionally, as shown in fig. 10, the communication device 600 may further include a memory 620. From the memory 620, the processor 610 may call and run a computer program to implement the method in the embodiment of the present application.

The memory 620 may be a separate device from the processor 610, or may be integrated into the processor 610.

Optionally, as shown in fig. 10, the communication device 600 may further include a transceiver 630, and the processor 610 may control the transceiver 630 to communicate with other devices, and in particular, may transmit information or data to the other devices or receive information or data transmitted by the other devices.

The transceiver 630 may include a transmitter and a receiver, among others. The transceiver 630 may further include one or more antennas.

Optionally, the communication device 600 may be a first network device or a second network device in this embodiment, and the communication device 600 may implement a corresponding process implemented by the first network device or the second network device in each method in this embodiment, which is not described herein again for brevity.

Optionally, the communication device 600 may be a first user terminal or a second user terminal in this embodiment, and the communication device 600 may implement a corresponding process implemented by the first user terminal or the second user terminal in each method in this embodiment, which is not described herein again for brevity.

Fig. 11 is a schematic block diagram of a chip 700 according to an embodiment of the present application. The chip 700 shown in fig. 11 includes a processor 710, and the processor 710 can call and run a computer program from a memory to implement the method in the embodiment of the present application.

Optionally, as shown in fig. 11, the chip 700 may further include a memory 720. From the memory 720, the processor 710 can call and run a computer program to implement the method in the embodiment of the present application.

The memory 720 may be a separate device from the processor 710 or may be integrated into the processor 710.

Optionally, the chip 700 may further include an input interface 730. The processor 710 may control the input interface 730 to communicate with other devices or chips, and in particular, may obtain information or data transmitted by other devices or chips.

Optionally, the chip 700 may further include an output interface 740. The processor 710 may control the output interface 740 to communicate with other devices or chips, and in particular, may output information or data to the other devices or chips.

Optionally, the chip may be applied to the network device in the embodiment of the present application, and the chip may implement the corresponding process implemented by the network device in each method in the embodiment of the present application, and for brevity, details are not described here again.

Optionally, the chip may be applied to the user terminal in the embodiment of the present application, and the chip may implement the corresponding process implemented by the user terminal in each method in the embodiment of the present application, and for brevity, details are not described here again.

It should be understood that the chips mentioned in the embodiments of the present application may also be referred to as a system-on-chip, a system-on-chip or a system-on-chip.

The aforementioned processors may be general purpose processors, Digital Signal Processors (DSPs), Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), or other programmable logic devices, transistor logic devices, discrete hardware components, etc. The general purpose processor mentioned above may be a microprocessor or any conventional processor etc.

The above-mentioned memories may be volatile or nonvolatile memories or may include both volatile and nonvolatile memories. The non-volatile memory may be a read-only memory (ROM), a Programmable ROM (PROM), an Erasable PROM (EPROM), an electrically Erasable EPROM (EEPROM), or a flash memory. Volatile memory can be Random Access Memory (RAM).

It should be understood that the above memories are exemplary but not limiting illustrations, for example, the memories in the embodiments of the present application may also be Static Random Access Memory (SRAM), dynamic random access memory (dynamic RAM, DRAM), Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (SDRAM), double data rate SDRAM (DDR SDRAM), enhanced SDRAM (enhanced SDRAM, ESDRAM), Synchronous Link DRAM (SLDRAM), Direct Rambus RAM (DR RAM), and the like. That is, the memory in the embodiments of the present application is intended to comprise, without being limited to, these and any other suitable types of memory.

Fig. 12 is a schematic block diagram of a communication system 800 according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 12, the communication system 800 includes a first user terminal 810, a second user terminal 820, a first network device 830, and a second network device 840.

The first user terminal 810 reports association information, which includes information of user terminals associated with the first user terminal 810. For example, the first user terminal 810 reports information of one or more second user terminals 820 associated therewith. Specifically, the second network device 840, such as the CN device, may be reported above.

The second network device 840 obtains the association information and sends the association information to the first network device 830. For example, the second network device 840 receives the association information reported by the first user terminal 810. For another example, the second network device 840 obtains the association information from the subscription information.

The first network device 830 obtains the association information. For example, first network device 830 receives the association information from second network device 840. For another example, the first network device 830 receives subscription information from the second network device 840, and obtains the association information from the subscription information.

The first network device 830 can utilize the associated information to optimize a communication flow and improve communication efficiency during a communication process.

The first user terminal 810 may be configured to implement the corresponding functions implemented by the first user terminal in the foregoing method. The first user terminal 810 and the second user terminal 820 may be located on the same communication device or different communication devices. The first network device 830 may be configured to implement the corresponding functions implemented by the first network device 830, e.g., the base station, in the above-described method. The second network device 840 may be configured to implement the corresponding functions implemented by the second network device 840, e.g., a core network device, in the above-described method. For brevity, further description is omitted herein.

In the above embodiments, the implementation may be wholly or partially realized by software, hardware, firmware, or any combination thereof. When implemented in software, may be implemented in whole or in part in the form of a computer program product. The computer program product includes one or more computer instructions. The procedures or functions described in accordance with the embodiments of the application are all or partially generated when the computer program instructions are loaded and executed on a computer. The computer may be a general purpose computer, a special purpose computer, a network of computers, or other programmable device. The computer instructions may be stored on a computer readable storage medium or transmitted from one computer readable storage medium to another, for example, from one website, computer, server, or data center to another website, computer, server, or data center via wire (e.g., coaxial cable, fiber optic, Digital Subscriber Line (DSL)) or wireless (e.g., infrared, wireless, microwave, etc.). The computer-readable storage medium can be any available medium that can be accessed by a computer or a data storage device, such as a server, a data center, etc., that includes one or more of the available media. The usable medium may be a magnetic medium (e.g., floppy Disk, hard Disk, magnetic tape), an optical medium (e.g., DVD), or a semiconductor medium (e.g., Solid State Disk (SSD)), among others.

It should be understood that, in the various embodiments of the present application, the sequence numbers of the above-mentioned processes do not imply any order of execution, and the order of execution of the processes should be determined by their functions and inherent logic, and should not constitute any limitation to the implementation process of the embodiments of the present application.

It is clear to those skilled in the art that, for convenience and brevity of description, the specific working processes of the above-described systems, apparatuses and units may refer to the corresponding processes in the foregoing method embodiments, and are not described herein again.

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

Claims

An information reporting method comprises the following steps:

the first user terminal reports the association information, wherein the association information comprises the information of the user terminal associated with the first user terminal.
The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

and the first user terminal acquires the associated information.
The method of claim 2, wherein obtaining the association information comprises:

and acquiring the association information through communication equipment, wherein the communication equipment is the communication equipment where the first user terminal and the associated user terminal are located.
The method of claim 3, wherein obtaining the association information by a communication device comprises:

reading, by the communication device, information of a subscriber identity module, SIM, of a subscriber terminal associated with the first subscriber terminal.
The method of claim 2, wherein obtaining the association information comprises:

and acquiring the associated information in a short-distance communication mode.
The method of claim 5, wherein obtaining the association information via short-range communication comprises:

and acquiring the information of the SIM of the user terminal associated with the first user terminal in a short-distance communication mode.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the reporting of the association information by the first user terminal includes:

and the first user terminal reports the associated information in a registration process or an attachment process.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the reporting mode of the association information includes at least one of:

radio resource control, RRC, signaling;

non-access stratum (NAS) signaling;

the medium access control element MAC CE.
The method of any of claims 1 to 8, wherein the association information comprises at least one of:

a user terminal identity of the associated user terminal;

a network type supported by the associated user terminal;

subscription information of the associated user terminal.
An information acquisition method, comprising:

the first network equipment acquires the associated information, wherein the associated information comprises the information of the user terminal associated with the first user terminal.
The method of claim 10, wherein the first network device obtaining association information comprises:

and the first network equipment acquires the associated information according to at least one of the channel condition and the movement track.
The method of claim 10, wherein the first network device obtaining association information comprises:

the first network device receives the association information from a second network device.
The method of claim 10, wherein the method further comprises:

and the first network equipment acquires the associated information according to subscription information from the second network equipment.
The method of any of claims 10 to 13, wherein the association information comprises at least one of:

a user terminal identity of the associated user terminal;

a network type supported by the associated user terminal;

subscription information of the associated user terminal.
An information acquisition method, comprising:

the second network device sends the association information to the first network device, wherein the association information comprises information of the user terminal associated with the first user terminal.
The method of claim 15, wherein the method further comprises:

and the second network equipment acquires the associated information.
The method of claim 16, wherein the second network device obtaining the association information comprises:

and the second network equipment receives the associated information reported by the first user terminal.
The method of claim 17, wherein the receiving, by the second network device, the association information reported by the first user terminal includes:

and the second network equipment receives the associated information reported by the first user terminal in a registration process or an attachment process.
The method according to claim 17 or 18, wherein the reporting mode of the association information includes at least one of the following:

radio resource control, RRC, signaling;

non-access stratum (NAS) signaling;

the medium access control element MAC CE.
The method of claim 16, wherein the second network device obtaining the association information comprises:

and the second network equipment acquires the associated information from subscription information.
The method of claim 20, wherein the method further comprises:

and the second network equipment sends the subscription information to the first network equipment.
The method of any of claims 15 to 21, wherein the association information comprises at least one of:

a user terminal identity of the associated user terminal;

a network type supported by the associated user terminal;

subscription information of the associated user terminal.
A user terminal, comprising:

and the reporting unit is used for reporting the associated information, wherein the associated information comprises the information of the user terminal associated with the first user terminal.
The user terminal of claim 23, wherein the user terminal further comprises:

and the acquisition unit is used for acquiring the associated information.
The ue according to claim 24, wherein the obtaining unit is specifically configured to obtain the association information through a communication device, where the communication device is located in a ue with which the first ue is associated.
The user terminal according to claim 25, wherein the obtaining unit is specifically configured to read, by the communication device, information of a SIM of a user terminal associated with the first user terminal.
The user terminal according to claim 24, wherein the obtaining unit is specifically configured to obtain the association information through short-range communication.
The user terminal according to claim 27, wherein the obtaining unit is specifically configured to obtain information of a SIM of the user terminal associated with the first user terminal by means of short-range communication.
The ue according to any one of claims 23 to 28, wherein the reporting unit is specifically configured to report the association information in a registration procedure or an attach procedure.
The ue according to any one of claims 23 to 29, wherein the reporting mode of the association information includes at least one of:

radio resource control, RRC, signaling;

non-access stratum (NAS) signaling;

the medium access control element MAC CE.
The user terminal of any of claims 23 to 30, wherein the association information comprises at least one of:

a user terminal identity of the associated user terminal;

a network type supported by the associated user terminal;

subscription information of the associated user terminal.
A network device, comprising:

an obtaining unit, configured to obtain associated information, where the associated information includes information of a user terminal associated with the first user terminal.
The network device of claim 32, wherein the obtaining unit is specifically configured to obtain the association information according to at least one of a channel condition and a movement trajectory.
The network device of claim 32, wherein the obtaining unit is specifically configured to receive the association information from a second network device.
The network device according to claim 32, wherein the obtaining unit is specifically configured to obtain the association information according to subscription information from a second network device.
The network device of any of claims 32 to 35, wherein the association information comprises at least one of:

a user terminal identity of the associated user terminal;

a network type supported by the associated user terminal;

subscription information of the associated user terminal.
A network device, comprising:

a sending unit, configured to send association information to the first network device, where the association information includes information of a user terminal associated with the first user terminal.
The network device of claim 37, wherein the network device further comprises:

and the acquisition unit is used for acquiring the associated information.
The network device according to claim 38, wherein the obtaining unit is specifically configured to receive the association information reported by the first user terminal.
The network device of claim 39, wherein the obtaining unit is specifically configured to receive the association information reported by the first user terminal in a registration procedure or an attach procedure.
The network device of claim 39 or 40, wherein the reporting mode of the association information comprises at least one of the following:

radio resource control, RRC, signaling;

non-access stratum (NAS) signaling;

the medium access control element MAC CE.
The network device according to claim 38, wherein the obtaining unit is specifically configured to obtain the association information from subscription information.
The network device of claim 42, wherein the sending unit is further configured to send the subscription information to the first network device.
The network device of any of claims 37 to 43, wherein the association information comprises at least one of:

a user terminal identity of the associated user terminal;

a network type supported by the associated user terminal;

subscription information of the associated user terminal.
A user terminal, comprising: a processor and a memory for storing a computer program, the processor being adapted to invoke and execute the computer program stored in the memory, performing the method of any of claims 1 to 9.
A network device, comprising: a processor and a memory for storing a computer program, the processor being adapted to invoke and execute the computer program stored in the memory to perform the method of any of claims 10 to 14.
A network device, comprising: a processor and a memory for storing a computer program, the processor for invoking and executing the computer program stored in the memory, performing the method of any one of claims 15 to 22.
A chip, comprising: a processor for calling and running a computer program from a memory so that a device on which the chip is installed performs the method of any one of claims 1 to 9.
A chip, comprising: a processor for calling and running a computer program from a memory so that a device on which the chip is installed performs the method of any one of claims 10 to 14.
A chip, comprising: a processor for calling and running a computer program from a memory so that a device on which the chip is installed performs the method of any one of claims 15 to 22.
A computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program for causing a computer to perform the method of any one of claims 1 to 9.
A computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program for causing a computer to perform the method of any one of claims 10 to 14.
A computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program for causing a computer to perform the method of any one of claims 15 to 22.
A computer program product comprising computer program instructions to cause a computer to perform the method of any one of claims 1 to 9.
A computer program product comprising computer program instructions to cause a computer to perform the method of any one of claims 10 to 14.
A computer program product comprising computer program instructions to cause a computer to perform the method of any of claims 15 to 22.
A computer program for causing a computer to perform the method of any one of claims 1 to 9.
A computer program for causing a computer to perform the method of any one of claims 10 to 14.
A computer program for causing a computer to perform the method of any one of claims 15 to 22.