CN115119301B

CN115119301B - Information processing method and device, communication equipment and storage medium

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Publication number: CN115119301B
Application number: CN202110308136.9A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 陈龙
Original assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Current assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-03-23
Filing date: 2021-03-23
Publication date: 2023-11-17
Anticipated expiration: 2041-03-23
Also published as: CN115119301A

Abstract

The embodiment of the disclosure relates to an information processing method and device, a communication device and a storage medium. The information processing method may include: determining a preferred threshold according to the minimum value of at least two reporting thresholds of one frequency point; wherein one of the reporting thresholds is provided by an alternative network; the reporting threshold is used for the UE to determine whether to report the measurement result of the frequency point to the corresponding alternative network; wherein the alternative network is: a network where the UE has the capability to camp; and if the target network with the reporting threshold higher than the preferred threshold exists in the alternative networks, reporting the preferred threshold to the target network.

Description

Information processing method and device, communication equipment and storage medium

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to the field of electronic technologies, and in particular, to an information processing method and apparatus, a communication device, and a storage medium.

Background

Different networks may share the same frequency point for a User Equipment (UE) to camp on. However, different networks using the same frequency point exist UEs which can be connected to the two networks at the same position at the same time, but the UEs may have differences in network residence probability between different networks, and such differences may cause phenomena of poor UE usage experience of users, low residence probability of the corresponding networks, and the like.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the disclosure provides an information processing method and device, a communication device and a storage medium.

A first aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an information processing method, applied to a user equipment UE, where the method includes:

determining a preferred threshold according to the minimum value of at least two reporting thresholds of one frequency point; wherein one of the reporting thresholds is provided by an alternative network; the reporting threshold is used for the UE to determine whether to report the measurement result of the frequency point to the corresponding alternative network; the alternative network is as follows: a network where the UE has the capability to camp;

and if the target network with the reporting threshold higher than the preferred threshold exists in the alternative networks, reporting the preferred threshold to the target network.

Based on the above scheme, the method further comprises:

receiving an updating message returned by the target network based on the reported preferred threshold value;

and determining the updated reporting threshold of the target network according to the updating message.

Based on the above scheme, the update message is: and carrying the updated radio resource control connection configuration message of the reporting threshold.

Based on the above scheme, the reporting the preferred threshold to the target network includes:

And reporting the preferred threshold value to the target network through a tracking area update request message.

Based on the above scheme, the determining the preferred threshold according to the minimum value of the at least two reporting thresholds of one frequency point includes:

and taking the minimum value of at least two reporting thresholds of the frequency point as the optimal threshold.

Based on the above solution, the step of using the minimum value of the at least two reporting thresholds of the frequency point as the preferred threshold includes:

and when the minimum value of the at least two reporting thresholds of the frequency point is located in a preset interval, taking the minimum value of the at least two reporting thresholds of the frequency point as the optimal threshold.

A second aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an information processing method, applied to a base station of a target network, where the method includes:

issuing a reporting threshold;

receiving a reporting preferred threshold, wherein the preferred threshold is lower than the reporting threshold, and the preferred threshold is determined according to the minimum value in the reporting thresholds issued by at least two alternative networks; the preferred threshold is used for updating the reporting threshold of the target network; the alternative network is a network where the UE has the capability to camp; the target network is a part of the alternative network.

Based on the above scheme, the method further comprises:

and according to the preferred threshold, issuing an update message for updating the reporting threshold of the target network.

Based on the above scheme, the receiving the reported preferred threshold includes:

the preferred threshold carried by the tracking area update request message is received.

A third aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an information processing apparatus, applied to a user equipment UE, including:

the first determining module is used for determining a preferred threshold according to the minimum value of at least two reporting thresholds of one frequency point; wherein one of the reporting thresholds is provided by an alternative network; the reporting threshold is used for the UE to determine whether to report the measurement result of the frequency point to the corresponding alternative network; the alternative network is as follows: a network where the UE has the capability to camp;

and the reporting module is used for reporting the preferred threshold value to the target network if the target network with the provided reporting threshold value higher than the preferred threshold value exists in the alternative network.

Based on the above scheme, the device further comprises:

the first receiving module is used for receiving an update message returned by the target network based on the reported preferred threshold value;

and the updating module is used for determining the updated reporting threshold value of the target network according to the updating message.

Based on the above scheme, the reporting module is specifically configured to report the preferred threshold to the target network through a tracking area update request message.

Based on the above scheme, the first determining module is specifically configured to take a minimum value of at least two reporting thresholds of the frequency point as the preferred threshold.

Based on the above scheme, the determining module is specifically configured to take, as the preferred threshold, a minimum value of at least two reporting thresholds of the frequency point when the minimum value of the at least two reporting thresholds of the frequency point is located in a preset interval.

A fourth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure provides an information processing apparatus applied to a base station of a target network, the apparatus including:

the issuing module is used for issuing a reporting threshold value;

The second receiving module is used for receiving a reporting preferred threshold, wherein the preferred threshold is lower than the reporting threshold, and the preferred threshold is determined according to the minimum value in the reporting thresholds issued by at least two alternative networks; the preferred threshold is used for updating the reporting threshold of the target network; the alternative network is a network where the UE has the capability to camp; the target network is a part of the alternative network.

Based on the above scheme, the issuing module is further configured to issue an update message for updating the reporting threshold of the target network according to the preferred threshold.

Based on the above scheme, the issuing module is specifically configured to issue an updated reporting threshold through a radio resource control connection configuration message according to the preferred threshold.

Based on the above scheme, the second receiving module is specifically configured to receive the preference threshold carried by the tracking area update request message.

A fifth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an electronic device, including:

a memory for storing processor-executable instructions;

a processor connected to the memory;

wherein the processor is configured to perform the method as provided in any of the above first or second aspects.

A sixth aspect of the disclosed embodiments provides a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, in which computer-executable instructions are stored, which when executed by a processor implement the method provided by any of the foregoing first or second aspects.

The technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the disclosure can comprise the following beneficial effects:

in the embodiment of the disclosure, according to the minimum value of reporting thresholds of the same frequency points used by at least two alternative networks, determining a preferred threshold value, and then reporting the preferred threshold value to a target network with the provided reporting threshold value higher than the preferred threshold value; the target network can determine and timely adjust the reporting threshold according to the self requirement, so that the phenomenon that the UE does not report the target network which is actually suitable for the UE to reside because of the higher reporting threshold is reduced, the phenomenon that the residence rate of the target network is low because of the situation is reduced, and the phenomenon that the residence rate is different because of different reporting thresholds on the same frequency point of different alternative networks is further reduced.

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

Drawings

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

Fig. 1 is a flow chart illustrating an information processing method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 2 is a flow chart illustrating an information processing method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 3 is a flow chart illustrating an information processing method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 4A is an effect diagram of a log of a UE according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 4B is an effect diagram of a log of one illustrated embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 4C is an effect diagram of a log of a UE according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 4D is an effect diagram of a log of one illustrated embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 5 is a schematic structural view of an information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 6 is a schematic structural view of an information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a UE according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a base station according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Detailed Description

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

As shown in fig. 1, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an information processing method, which is applied to a UE, and includes:

s110: determining a preferred threshold according to the minimum value of at least two reporting thresholds of one frequency point; wherein one of the reporting thresholds is provided by an alternative network; the reporting threshold is used for the UE to determine whether to report the measurement result of the frequency point to the corresponding alternative network; the alternative network is as follows: a network where the UE has the capability to camp;

s120: and if the target network with the reporting threshold higher than the preferred threshold exists in the alternative networks, reporting the preferred threshold to the target network.

The UE provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure includes, but is not limited to, at least one of the following terminals: cell-phone, panel computer, wearable equipment, on-vehicle equipment, thing networking equipment, intelligent terminal or ground mobile robot or low altitude flying robot etc..

In the disclosed embodiments, the UE may be one terminal capable of camping on two different networks. The UE includes, but is not limited to: multi-card multi-standby UE. The card includes, but is not limited to, various types of subscriber identity modules (Subscriber Identity Module, SIMs).

The at least two networks in the embodiments of the present disclosure may be networks provided by different communication carriers, for example, taking a chinese area as an example, the at least two networks may be: different mobile communication networks provided by three communication operators, telecommunication, communication and mobile.

A reporting threshold of the frequency point corresponds to an alternative network; the plurality of reporting thresholds corresponds to a plurality of alternative networks. The alternative network herein may be a network where the UE is capable of camping.

For example, the UE is equipped with subscriber identity modules SIMs for network a and network B, and the UE may be considered to be capable of camping on network a and network B. Correspondingly, network a and network B are then alternative networks herein.

In one embodiment, the at least two alternative networks sharing the same frequency point may be two alternative networks sharing the base station, or may be two alternative networks of different base stations using the same frequency point.

At least two alternative networks of a base station are typically shared, which may be considered to share all the frequency points used by the shared base station due to the sharing of the base station.

For example, in the case of different networks deployed by different operators in china, in the fifth generation of mobile communications (5 ^th Generation, 5G), a part of frequency points of a New Radio (NR) of telecommunications and at least a part of frequency points of a 5G NR of telecommunications are the same. For example, the same frequency points in the 5G NR frequency points common to the telecommunication deployed network and the tandem deployed network include at least, but are not limited to, frequency point 627264.

If the reporting thresholds of at least two alternative networks that the same UE can access on the same frequency point are different, there may be a case that the UE has a chance to camp on the frequency point of one alternative network, but does not have a chance to camp on the frequency point of another alternative network, which may result in a difference in residence rate between different networks on the same frequency point, and the user may perceive the difference in available residence of different networks, thereby resulting in complaints of the user that the use experience of one of the networks is poor.

The target network is one of the at least two alternative networks, and the at least two alternative networks can further comprise other networks with reporting thresholds equal to or lower than the preferred threshold; the other network is different from the target network.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, if the UE is available for the at least two alternative networks to reside in, if the reporting thresholds of the same frequency point shared by the at least two alternative networks are different, the UE may determine a preferred threshold according to the minimum value in the reporting thresholds, and report the preferred threshold to the target network where the current reporting threshold is higher than the preferred threshold, so that the network may further determine whether to adjust the reporting threshold to promote the possibility of user residence of the network. The network determines whether to adjust the reporting threshold, for example, based on its own load conditions, etc. For example, if the current target network is overloaded, and the reporting threshold is lowered, more UEs will be accessed, so as to cause more congestion, then the target network may not adjust the reporting threshold. Assuming that the current load rate of the target network is smaller and the reporting threshold is adjusted down to the preferred threshold, and good communication quality can be ensured, the target network may adjust down its reporting threshold according to the preferred threshold.

The reporting threshold may be: the reference signal received power (Reference Signal Received Power, RSRP) or the reference signal received quality (Reference Signal Recieived Quality, RSRQ) is valued.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the preferred threshold is a reporting threshold that is newly determined by the UE side.

The reporting threshold is: signal quality of reference signals transmitted by neighboring cells is performed for B1 measurement signaling and thresholding of B1 events is performed. If the RSRP measured by the reference signal of the neighboring cell is higher than the value corresponding to the reporting threshold, reporting the measurement result; or if the RSRQ obtained by measuring the signal quality of the adjacent cell is higher than the value corresponding to the reporting threshold value, reporting the measurement result.

The UE carries the RSRP value or RSRQ value of the measured reference signal in the report result.

In one embodiment, the preferred threshold may be directly equal to the minimum of the reporting thresholds.

In one embodiment, as shown in fig. 2, the method further comprises:

s130: receiving an updating message returned by the target network based on the reported preferred threshold value;

s140: and determining the updated reporting threshold of the target network according to the updating message.

The update message may include: and the updating instruction is used for indicating whether the UE updates the reporting threshold of the target network to be a preferable threshold.

In another embodiment, the update message may include: and reporting the updated threshold value.

In some cases, after receiving the preferred threshold value reported by the UE, the target network may issue an update message indicating the UE to update the reporting threshold value to the preferred threshold value; or issuing a rejection message to instruct the UE to maintain the current reporting threshold; alternatively, the target network may discard the preferred threshold reported by the UE, at which point the UE will receive a message that is not returned by any He Zhendui preferred threshold, and the UE will continue to maintain the current reporting threshold by default.

For example, if the target network discovers that the reporting threshold is lowered to the preferred threshold, which may affect the communication quality of the access target network, the target network may send a rejection message or discard the preferred threshold reported by the UE directly without replying to the preferred threshold report by the UE. The preferred threshold for issuing the reject message or directly discarding the UE reporting is a different way of informing the UE not to adjust the reporting threshold. The UE is explicitly indicated not to adjust the reporting threshold by rejecting the message, and the UE can be informed not to adjust the reporting threshold and save the signaling overhead by discarding the message of which the preferred threshold is not replied.

And if the target network discovers that the communication quality of the UE accessing the target network cannot be affected by the fact that the reporting threshold is reduced to the optimal threshold, an updating message is issued. The update message may be a message with only an update indication.

If a cell of the target network where the UE is located has accessed a large number of UEs, then the reporting threshold is adjusted according to the preferred threshold, which may cause that more UEs access the cell and overload the cell, so that the communication quality accessing the target network is reduced, and the target network may refuse to adjust the reporting threshold under the condition, otherwise, may accept to adjust the reporting threshold, so that more UEs access, and the actual capacity of the target network is improved.

If the UE receives the update message from the target network, the reporting threshold for judging whether the measurement result is reported is updated according to the update message.

The update message may be carried in any downlink signaling, for example, any downlink physical layer signaling or RRC signaling.

In some embodiments, the updated reporting threshold may be carried in a radio resource control (Radio Resource Control, RRC) connection configuration (RRCConnectionReconfiguration) message. Illustratively, the update message is: and carrying the updated radio resource control connection configuration message of the reporting threshold. As such, in one embodiment, the S130 may include: and receiving an updated reporting threshold carried by the target network in the radio resource control connection configuration message.

In some embodiments, the UE may send the preferred threshold to the target network using any uplink signaling, e.g., the UE may report using uplink physical layer signaling and/or higher layer signaling, e.g., the UE may carry the preferred threshold using uplink control information of the physical layer, or may carry the preferred threshold using RRC signaling. Illustratively, the S120 may include: and reporting the preferred threshold value to the target network through a tracking area update request message.

In the embodiment of the disclosure, the preferred threshold and/or the updated reporting threshold may be carried in uplink signaling and/or downlink signaling of related technologies such as radio resource control connection configuration message, so that new reporting signaling is not required to be introduced, and thus the method has the characteristic of strong compatibility with related technologies.

In one embodiment, the determining the preferred threshold according to the minimum value of at least two reporting thresholds of one frequency point includes:

The reporting threshold is generally issued by the network, and the reporting threshold issued by the network is generally tested according to the deployment parameters and/or actual network communication of the network; therefore, in some cases of simplifying the processing, the UE may directly compare the sizes of the multiple reporting thresholds of the same frequency point, and then directly use the minimum value of the reporting thresholds as the preferred threshold.

In other embodiments, when the UE selects the preferred threshold, in order to ensure that the determined preferred threshold ensures the communication quality, the UE may need to consider the communication capability of the UE itself and may need to consider the signal transmission capability of different networks, so the UE may determine the preferred threshold according to the minimum value of a plurality of reporting thresholds provided by different networks of the same frequency point and combining the determination manner. Illustratively the S110 may include: and when the minimum value of the at least two reporting thresholds of the frequency point is located in a preset interval, taking the minimum value of the at least two reporting thresholds of the frequency point as the optimal threshold.

For example, if the minimum value is located outside the preset interval, the UE may not determine the preference threshold or select the minimum reporting threshold located within the preset interval as the preference threshold.

In an exemplary embodiment, a plurality of signal quality intervals are set in the UE, and the UE may determine, according to the signal quality of the UE when the UE resides in each of the candidate networks, a signal quality interval in which a reporting threshold of a certain candidate network or all the candidate networks can provide high-quality communication.

Assuming that the UE is configured with 4 intervals, when the reporting threshold of each network in the same frequency point is located in a second interval or a third interval in which signal qualities in the 4 intervals are sequentially ordered according to the historical data of the UE residing in the network or the residing configuration of the UE, the minimum value can be considered as a preferred threshold, that is, the second interval and/or the third interval is one of the preset intervals.

Illustratively, the resident configuration includes at least: the UE detects a minimum value of the signal quality of the reference signal of a cell while the cell continues to camp on. In summary, the camping configuration may be used for determining whether to continue camping on the cell according to the measurement result of the corresponding cell, or else the UE may select other cells to camp on.

As shown in fig. 3, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an information processing method, which is applied to a base station of a target network, and includes:

s210: issuing a reporting threshold;

s220: receiving a reported preferred threshold, wherein the preferred threshold is lower than the reporting threshold, and the preferred threshold is determined by the minimum value of the reporting thresholds issued by at least two alternative networks; the preferred threshold is used for updating the reporting threshold of the target network; the alternative network is a network where the UE has the capability to camp; the target network is a part of the alternative network.

In one embodiment, the reporting threshold is issued to the UE by the base station, and the UE determines whether the measurement result of the B1 measurement performed according to the B1 measurement instruction needs to be reported.

If at least one alternative network sharing the same frequency point with the target network is lower than the reporting threshold issued by the target network aiming at the reporting threshold issued by the shared same frequency point, the UE determines the preferred threshold according to the minimum value of a plurality of reporting thresholds of the same frequency band shared by the at least two alternative networks; and reports the preferred threshold to the target network, in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the base station of the target network receives the preferred threshold reported by the UE.

In an embodiment, after receiving the preference threshold, the base station of the target network may update its own reporting threshold directly according to the preference threshold, or may not be used, i.e. directly ignore the preference threshold reported by the UE.

However, through the reception of the preferred threshold, the base station of the target network has the opportunity to update the reporting threshold of the base station to be consistent with the reporting threshold provided by the second network, so that the reduction of the residence probability of the target network caused by the too high reporting threshold is reduced.

In one embodiment, the method further comprises:

In an embodiment, the update message may be only a message carrying an update instruction, and the UE directly uses the preferred threshold value as the reporting threshold value after updating the target network after receiving the update message. Illustratively, the update message may carry an acknowledgement (Acknowledge Character, ACK). After receiving the update message carrying the ACK, the UE directly updates the preferred threshold value to the reporting threshold value of the target network.

In one embodiment, after receiving the preferred threshold, the base station may directly update the received preferred threshold to the reporting threshold, so that the update message is: and carrying the updated radio resource control connection configuration message of the reporting threshold.

And the RRC connection configuration message is used as the update message to issue the updated reporting threshold, so that the updated reporting threshold can be carried by the provided message in the related technology, and the method has the characteristic of strong compatibility with the prior art.

And the preferred threshold carried by the update message is determined according to the preferred threshold reported by the UE.

In one embodiment, the updated reporting threshold carried by the update message may be: the UE reports a preferred threshold value; alternatively, the updated reporting threshold determined from the preferred threshold but different from the preferred threshold, at which time the updated reporting threshold may be located: and the preferred threshold value is between the reporting threshold value before updating.

In one embodiment, after receiving the preferred threshold value reported by the UE, the base station of the target network further determines whether the preferred threshold value can be directly used as the updated reporting threshold value. For example, the target network may determine whether to update the reporting threshold according to its own network deployment and/or the number of UEs currently accessed to the target network, and if the reporting threshold needs to be updated, it may further determine whether to directly use the received preferred threshold as the updated reporting threshold according to the network deployment of the target network and/or the number of UEs currently accessed to the target network, and so on.

The target network determines whether to adjust the reporting threshold according to own network allocation requirements. For example, if the current target network is overloaded, and the reporting threshold is lowered, more UEs will be accessed, so as to cause more congestion, then the target network may not adjust the reporting threshold. Assuming that the current load rate of the target network is smaller and the reporting threshold is adjusted down to the preferred threshold, and good communication quality can be ensured, the target network may adjust down its reporting threshold according to the preferred threshold.

The network deployment includes: the number of base stations deployed by the target network, the relative locations between adjacent base stations, and/or the industry parameters deployed for a single base station, etc.

The ginseng at least comprises: antenna parameters of the base station, the antenna parameters include: the number of antennas, the height of the antennas and/or the downtilt of the antennas, etc.

The maximum quantity of the UE allowed by the cell can be determined according to network deployment; according to the number of the currently accessed UEs and the number of the maximum accessed UEs, the load rate of the cells of the target network of the area where the UEs are located can be determined, if the load rate is higher than the load rate threshold, more UEs are accessed by continuing to downwards adjust the reporting threshold, and further the phenomenon of poor communication quality is caused, the downwards-adjusted reporting threshold can be refused at the moment, namely, the reporting threshold is refused to be redetermined according to the preferred threshold.

The maximum quantity of the UE allowed by the cell can be determined according to network deployment; according to the number of the currently accessed UEs and the maximum number of the accessed UEs, the load rate of the cells of the target network of the area where the UEs are located can be determined, if the load rate is smaller than or equal to the load rate threshold, the reporting threshold can be adjusted downwards, so that more UEs can be accessed, and the UE access rate of the target network is improved.

In some embodiments, the receiving the reported preferred threshold includes: the preferred threshold carried by the tracking area update request message is received.

In the embodiment of the disclosure, the UE may report the preferred threshold value through the tracking area request message when performing tracking area update. In one embodiment, the tracking area update request message carries the preferred threshold, so that when the base station updates the tracking area of the UE, the base station receives the preferred threshold at the same time, and the UE reports the preferred threshold without additional signaling, thereby reducing the number of messages sent by the UE and saving signaling overhead.

In other embodiments, the preferred threshold may be carried in uplink signaling optionally reported by the UE, and is not limited to the tracking area update request message.

The following is a description of the reporting threshold difference of B1 events issued by different networks using the same frequency point based on any of the embodiments.

In order to save costs when constructing a communication network, a plurality of operators may sometimes share the same base station. Illustratively, in china, communication carrier communities and telecommunications have some shared base stations on which both networks are running simultaneously. Two networks operated by the base station are shared and share the same frequency point. The same frequency bin includes, but is not limited to: any 5G frequency point.

According to the method, a communication operator in China is used for illustration, and in order to save 5G construction cost before communication and telecommunication, a scheme of sharing a base station exists, so that NR frequency points in NR measurement and control issued by a network are the same under the condition of double communication and telecommunication by a terminal, but reporting thresholds of NR RSRP are different. The same NR frequency points may result in a situation where the telecommunications is able to register with 5G, but the telecommunications is unable to register with 5G.

As shown in the logs shown in fig. 4A and fig. 4B, on different cells and frequency points of long term evolution (Long Term Evolution, LTE), the reporting threshold of B1-threshold NR-r15 in the B1 NR measurement and control issued by the network is different, and the reporting threshold of NR-RSRP-r15 is different, and this value requires that the NR signal strength measured by the terminal is always greater than the threshold set by NR-RSRP-r15 in a period of time, that is, the smaller this value is, the greater the probability that the terminal reports the NR measurement result is, and the probability that the terminal registrar 5G is higher.

Illustratively, referring to fig. 4A, in a communication network provided by a telecommunications network: on LTE B3 (frequency point: 1650), NR frequency points issued by the network: 627164, the reporting threshold of nr-RSRP-r15 is 38-156 = -118dbm. 38 in the log is the relative value of the reporting threshold; 156 is a reference value for calculating the reporting threshold. And subtracting the reference value from the relative value to obtain the value of the reporting threshold actually indicated by the base station.

Referring to fig. 4B, in a communication network provided by telecommunications: on LTE B1 (frequency point: 100)), NR frequency points issued by the network: 627264, nr-RSRP-r15 is 46-156 = -110dbm.

This difference in reporting threshold may have the result that: under the same NR frequency point, the communication meets the threshold value, and can register 5G, but the telecommunication is not. Thus, users may complain that in the 5G coverage area, the terminal is not registered with 5G and experience is poor.

Referring to fig. 4C, the network provided for the communication: -456/4 = -114dbm (5G signal strength actually measured by the terminal), while the reporting threshold is: -118dbm.

Measurement results for a network provided by telecommunications: 455/4 = -114dbm (5G signal strength actually measured by the terminal), and the reporting threshold is 110dbm.

Here, -456 and-455 may be values based on the detected calculated values, and then by dividing the detected calculated values by the calculated parameter (4), the resulting measured signal strength will be obtained.

The communication card reports the measurement result due to the fact that the reporting threshold of the B1 RSRP set by the communication network is different from that of the B1 RSRP set by the telecommunication network, the network can add the auxiliary cell group (Second Cell Group, SCG), but the NR result measured by the terminal does not meet the reporting condition due to the fact that the B1 RSRP threshold of the telecommunication network is larger, and the measurement result is not reported to the network.

In view of this, referring to fig. 4D, the information such as NR cells/frequency points and corresponding RSRP measurement results that the UE may detect.

The UE may record the same NR frequency points in the database and the network issues the B1 measurement quality for the B1 event. The UE takes the minimum value in the reporting threshold value of the NR RSRP as a preferred threshold value, when the reporting threshold value of the NR RSRP in the B1 event in the NR measurement and control message issued by different networks of the same NR frequency point is higher, the UE informs the preferred threshold value of the NR RSRP to the corresponding network, the network acquires the latest reporting threshold value of the NR RSRP, and then the network side can carry the new reporting threshold value of the B1-threshold NR-r15 at the RRCConnection reconfiguration when the network side issues the NR measurement and control later. The reporting threshold of NR-RSRP-r15 can be the preferred threshold (namely the optimal NR RSRP value) reported by the UE, and B1 event measurement and B1 event reporting are performed based on the updated reporting threshold, so that the UE can more easily meet measurement and control conditions, and an NR measurement result is reported.

Of course, the minimum value of the reporting threshold of the B1 NR RSRP issued by the network may be directly used as the preferred threshold, or the determination may be further increased to determine whether the minimum value of the reporting threshold of the current B1 NR RSRP is reasonable, and if so, the minimum value of the reporting threshold of the B1 NR RSRP is used as the preferred threshold. Such as whether the latest value 5G signal strength is still reasonable or not, if set too bad, it may result in SCG being released due to the signal difference even if 5G resides.

Illustratively, several intervals of reporting thresholds may be defined within the UE, the intervals of several reporting thresholds being partitioned with (-140 dbm, -125dbm, -115 dbm, -110dbm, -102 dbm) as interval boundaries. If the minimum value of the reporting threshold of the B1 NR RSRP is lower than-125 dbm, the minimum value of the reporting threshold of the B1 NR RSRP cannot be used as a preferred threshold, otherwise, the minimum value can be used as the preferred threshold.

Illustratively, assume that the reporting threshold originally issued by the target network is-110 dbm; the reporting threshold originally issued by the second network is-118 dbm; and the above-mentioned thresholds issued by the target network and the second network are for the same frequency point, for example, the NR frequency point in 5G. If the handset measures-114 dbm in a period of time, the UE will report the measurement result to the second network, but will not report the measurement result to the target network. However, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, when the reporting threshold values issued by the target network and the second network for the same frequency point are found to be inconsistent, the-118 dbm of the second network is reported to the target network, so that the target network is triggered to update the reporting threshold value to be-118 dbm, after the reporting threshold value of the target network is updated, if the UE continuously measures that the signal value of the corresponding frequency point is-114 dbm in a period of time, both the target network and the second network receive the measurement result reported by the UE.

In one embodiment, the UE may carry the preferred threshold through a tracking area update (Tracking Area Update, TAU) request message.

There are various ways to carry the preferred threshold with the TAU message, for example, setting a proprietary field carrying the preferred threshold in the TAU request message; alternatively, the preferred threshold is carried using reserved bits of an existing field in the TAU request message.

As shown in fig. 5, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an information processing apparatus, which is applied to a user equipment UE, and includes:

a first determining module 510, configured to determine a preferred threshold according to a minimum value of at least two reporting thresholds of one frequency point; wherein one of the reporting thresholds is provided by an alternative network; the reporting threshold is used for the UE to determine whether to report the measurement result of the frequency point to the corresponding alternative network; the alternative network is as follows: a network where the UE has the capability to camp;

and a reporting module 520, configured to report the preferred threshold to the target network if there is a target network provided in the alternative network that has the reporting threshold higher than the preferred threshold.

In one embodiment, the first determining module 510 and the reporting module 520 may be program modules; the program modules may be capable of carrying out the functions described above when executed by a processor.

In another embodiment, the first determining module 510 and the reporting module 520 may be both soft and hard combined modules; the soft and hard combined die block comprises but is not limited to: various programmable arrays. The programmable array includes, but is not limited to: complex programmable arrays and/or field programmable arrays.

In yet another embodiment, both the first determining module 510 and the reporting module 520 may be pure hardware modules; the pure hardware modules include, but are not limited to: an application specific integrated circuit.

In one embodiment, the apparatus further comprises:

In one embodiment, the update message is: and carrying the updated radio resource control connection configuration message of the reporting threshold.

In one embodiment, the reporting module 520 is specifically configured to report the preferred threshold to the target network through a tracking area update request message.

In one embodiment, the first determining module 510 is specifically configured to take, as the preferred threshold, a minimum value of at least two reporting thresholds of the frequency point.

In an embodiment, the determining module is specifically configured to take, as the preferred threshold, a minimum value of at least two reporting thresholds of the frequency point when the minimum value of the at least two reporting thresholds of the frequency point is located in a preset interval.

As shown in fig. 6, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an information processing apparatus, which is applied to a base station of a target network, the method including:

a transmitting module 610, configured to transmit a reporting threshold;

a second receiving module 620, configured to receive a reporting preferred threshold, where the preferred threshold is lower than the reporting threshold, and the preferred threshold is determined according to a minimum value among reporting thresholds issued by at least two alternative networks; the preferred threshold is used for updating the reporting threshold of the target network; the alternative network is a network where the UE has the capability to camp; the target network is a part of the alternative network.

In one embodiment, the issuing module 610 and the second receiving module 620 may be program modules; the program modules may be capable of carrying out the functions described above when executed by a processor.

In another embodiment, the transmitting module 610 and the second receiving module 620 may be both soft and hard combined modules; the soft and hard combined die block comprises but is not limited to: various programmable arrays. The programmable array includes, but is not limited to: complex programmable arrays and/or field programmable arrays.

In yet another embodiment, the transmitting module 610 and the second receiving module 620 may be all hardware-only modules; the pure hardware modules include, but are not limited to: an application specific integrated circuit.

In one embodiment, the issuing module 610 is further configured to issue an update message for updating the reporting threshold of the target network according to the preferred threshold.

In one embodiment, the issuing module 610 is specifically configured to issue the updated reporting threshold through the radio resource control connection configuration message according to the preferred threshold.

In one embodiment, the second receiving module 620 is specifically configured to receive the preference threshold carried by the tracking area update request message.

The embodiment of the disclosure provides a communication device, comprising:

a memory for storing processor-executable instructions;

a processor connected with the memory;

wherein the processor is configured to perform the information processing method provided in any of the foregoing technical solutions, for example, at least one of the methods shown in fig. 1, 2 to 3.

The communication device may be a UE or a base station.

The processor may include various types of storage medium, which are non-transitory computer storage media, capable of continuing to memorize information stored thereon after a power down of the communication device.

Fig. 7 is a block diagram of a UE 800, according to an example embodiment. For example, UE 800 may be a mobile phone, mobile computer, or the like.

Referring to fig. 7, ue 800 may include one or more of the following components: a processing component 802, a memory 804, a power component 806, a multimedia component 808, an audio component 810, an input/output (I/O) interface 812, a sensor component 814, and a communication component 816.

The processing component 802 generally controls overall operation of the UE 800, such as operations associated with display, telephone calls, data communications, camera operations, and recording operations. The processing component 802 may include one or more processors 820 to execute instructions to perform all or part of the steps of the methods described above. Further, the processing component 802 can include one or more modules that facilitate interactions between the processing component 802 and other components. For example, the processing component 802 can include a multimedia module to facilitate interaction between the multimedia component 808 and the processing component 802.

The memory 804 is configured to store various types of data to support operations at the device 800. Examples of such data include instructions for any application or method operating on the UE 800, contact data, phonebook data, messages, pictures, videos, and the like. The memory 804 may be implemented by any type or combination of volatile or nonvolatile memory devices such as Static Random Access Memory (SRAM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), programmable read-only memory (PROM), read-only memory (ROM), magnetic memory, flash memory, magnetic or optical disk.

The power supply component 806 provides power to the various components of the UE 800. The power components 806 may include a power management system, one or more power sources, and other components associated with generating, managing, and distributing power for the UE 800.

The multimedia component 808 includes a screen between the UE 800 and the user that provides an output interface. In some embodiments, the screen may include a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) and a Touch Panel (TP). If the screen includes a touch panel, the screen may be implemented as a touch panel to receive input signals from a user. The touch panel includes one or more touch sensors to sense touches, swipes, and gestures on the touch panel. The touch sensor may sense not only the boundary of a touch or sliding action, but also the duration and pressure associated with the touch or sliding operation. In some embodiments, the multimedia component 808 includes a front camera and/or a rear camera. The front camera and/or the rear camera may receive external multimedia data when the device 800 is in an operational state, such as a photographing state or a video state. Each front camera and rear camera may be a fixed optical lens system or have focal length and optical zoom capabilities.

The audio component 810 is configured to output and/or input audio signals. For example, the audio component 810 includes a Microphone (MIC) configured to receive external audio signals when the UE 800 is in an operational state, such as a call state, a recording state, and a voice recognition state. The received audio signals may be further stored in the memory 804 or transmitted via the communication component 816. In some embodiments, audio component 810 further includes a speaker for outputting audio signals.

The I/O interface 812 provides an interface between the processing component 802 and peripheral interface modules, which may be a keyboard, click wheel, buttons, etc. These buttons may include, but are not limited to: homepage button, volume button, start button, and lock button.

The sensor component 814 includes one or more sensors that provide status assessment of various aspects for the UE 800. For example, the sensor component 814 may detect an on/off state of the device 800, a relative positioning of components, such as a display and keypad of the UE 800, the sensor component 814 may also detect a change in position of the UE 800 or one of the components of the UE 800, the presence or absence of user contact with the UE 800, a change in orientation or acceleration/deceleration of the UE 800, and a change in temperature of the UE 800. The sensor assembly 814 may include a proximity sensor configured to detect the presence of nearby objects without any physical contact. The sensor assembly 814 may also include a light sensor, such as a CMOS or CCD image sensor, for use in imaging applications. In some embodiments, the sensor assembly 814 may also include an acceleration sensor, a gyroscopic sensor, a magnetic sensor, a pressure sensor, or a temperature sensor.

The communication component 816 is configured to facilitate communication between the UE 800 and other devices, either wired or wireless. The UE 800 may access a wireless network based on a communication standard, such as Wi-Fi,2G, or 3G, or a combination thereof. In one exemplary embodiment, the communication component 816 receives broadcast signals or broadcast related information from an external broadcast management system via a broadcast channel. In one exemplary embodiment, the communication component 816 further includes a Near Field Communication (NFC) module to facilitate short range communications. For example, the NFC module may be implemented based on Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology, infrared data association (IrDA) technology, ultra Wideband (UWB) technology, bluetooth (BT) technology, and other technologies.

In an exemplary embodiment, the UE 800 may be implemented by one or more Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), digital Signal Processors (DSPs), digital Signal Processing Devices (DSPDs), programmable Logic Devices (PLDs), field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), controllers, microcontrollers, microprocessors, or other electronic elements for executing the methods described above.

As shown in fig. 8, an embodiment of the present disclosure shows a structure of a base station. For example, the communication device 900 may be provided as a network-side device. The communication device may be the aforementioned access device and/or core network device.

Referring to fig. 8, communication device 900 includes a processing component 922 that further includes one or more processors and memory resources represented by memory 932 for storing instructions, such as application programs, executable by processing component 922. The application programs stored in memory 932 may include one or more modules that each correspond to a set of instructions. Further, processing component 922 is configured to execute instructions to perform any of the methods described above as applied to the access device, e.g., as shown in fig. 1-3.

The communication device 900 may also include a power supply component 926 configured to perform power management of the communication device 900, a wired or wireless network interface 950 configured to connect the communication device 900 to a network, and an input output (I/O) interface 958. The communication device 900 may operate based on an operating system stored in memory 932, such as Windows Server TM, mac OS XTM, unixTM, linuxTM, freeBSDTM, or the like.

In an exemplary embodiment, a non-transitory computer readable storage medium is also provided, such as memory 804 including instructions executable by processor 820 of UE 800 to perform the above-described method. For example, the non-transitory computer readable storage medium may be ROM, random Access Memory (RAM), CD-ROM, magnetic tape, floppy disk, optical data storage device, etc.

The disclosed embodiments provide a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, which when executed by a processor of the processor, causes the processor to perform the information processing method provided by any of the foregoing embodiments, and to perform at least one of the methods as shown in any of fig. 1-3.

For example, the processor, when executing the instructions of the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, can at least implement a method applied in a UE or a base station of a target network.

The information processing method applied in the user equipment UE may include: determining a preferred threshold according to the minimum value of at least two reporting thresholds of one frequency point; wherein one of the reporting thresholds is provided by an alternative network; the alternative network is as follows: a network where the UE has the capability to camp; the reporting threshold is used for the UE to determine whether to report the measurement result of the frequency point to the corresponding alternative network; and if the target network with the reporting threshold higher than the preferred threshold exists in the alternative networks, reporting the preferred threshold to the target network.

It will be appreciated that the method further comprises:

As can be appreciated, the update message is: and carrying the updated radio resource control connection configuration message of the reporting threshold.

It may be appreciated that said reporting said preferred threshold to said target network includes: and reporting the preferred threshold value to the target network through a tracking area update request message.

It may be appreciated that determining the preferred threshold according to the minimum value of at least two reporting thresholds of one frequency point includes: and taking the minimum value of at least two reporting thresholds of the frequency point as the optimal threshold.

As can be appreciated, the taking the minimum value of the at least two reporting thresholds of the frequency point as the preferred threshold includes: and when the minimum value of the at least two reporting thresholds of the frequency point is located in a preset interval, taking the minimum value of the at least two reporting thresholds of the frequency point as the optimal threshold.

The information processing method applied in the base station of the target network may include: issuing a reporting threshold; receiving a reporting preferred threshold, wherein the preferred threshold is lower than the reporting threshold, and the preferred threshold is determined according to the minimum value in the reporting thresholds issued by at least two alternative networks; the preferred threshold is used for updating the reporting threshold of the target network; the alternative network is a network where the UE has the capability to camp; the target network is a part of the alternative network.

It will be appreciated that the method further comprises: and according to the preferred threshold, issuing an update message for updating the reporting threshold of the target network.

As can be appreciated, the preferred threshold for receiving reports includes: the preferred threshold carried by the tracking area update request message is received.

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

It is to be understood that the application is not limited to the precise arrangements and instrumentalities shown in the drawings, which have been described above, and that various modifications and changes may be effected without departing from the scope thereof. The scope of the application is limited only by the appended claims.

Claims

1. An information processing method, which is applied to a user equipment UE, the method comprising:

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the update message is: and carrying the updated radio resource control connection configuration message of the reporting threshold.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said reporting the preference threshold to the target network comprises:

5. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein determining the preferred threshold according to the minimum value of at least two reporting thresholds of one frequency bin comprises:

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the taking as the preferred threshold a minimum of at least two reporting thresholds of the frequency bin comprises:

7. An information processing method, applied to a base station of a target network, comprising:

issuing a reporting threshold;

receiving a reporting preferred threshold, wherein the preferred threshold is lower than the reporting threshold, and the preferred threshold is determined according to the minimum value in the reporting thresholds issued by at least two alternative networks; the preferred threshold is used for updating the reporting threshold of the target network; the alternative network is a network where the UE has the capability to reside; the target network is a part of the alternative network.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the method further comprises:

9. The method of claim 7 or 8, wherein the receiving the reported preference threshold comprises:

10. An information processing apparatus, characterized in that it is applied in a user equipment UE, the apparatus comprising:

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the apparatus further comprises:

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the update message is: and carrying the updated radio resource control connection configuration message of the reporting threshold.

13. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the reporting module is specifically configured to report the preference threshold to the target network through a tracking area update request message.

14. The apparatus according to any one of claims 10 to 13, wherein the first determining module is specifically configured to take a minimum value of at least two reporting thresholds of the frequency points as the preferred threshold.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the determining module is specifically configured to take a minimum value of at least two reporting thresholds of the frequency point as the preferred threshold when the minimum value of the at least two reporting thresholds of the frequency point is within a preset interval.

16. An information processing apparatus, which is applied to a base station of a target network, comprising:

The issuing module is used for issuing a reporting threshold value;

the second receiving module is used for receiving a reporting preferred threshold, wherein the preferred threshold is lower than the reporting threshold, and the preferred threshold is determined according to the minimum value in the reporting thresholds issued by at least two alternative networks; the preferred threshold is used for updating the reporting threshold of the target network; the alternative network is a network where the UE has the capability to reside; the target network is a part of the alternative network.

17. A communication device, comprising:

a memory for storing processor-executable instructions;

a processor connected to the memory;

wherein the processor is configured to perform the method as provided in any one of claims 1 to 6 or 7 to 9.

18. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored therein computer executable instructions that when executed by a processor implement the method provided in any one of the preceding claims 1 to 6 or 7 to 9.