WO2013000348A1

WO2013000348A1 - Mobile terminal and method for dynamically adjusting service according to imsi

Info

Publication number: WO2013000348A1
Application number: PCT/CN2012/075965
Authority: WO
Inventors: 陆大明; 卢昭; 赵莉; 郑宏涛; 郎瑾
Original assignee: 中兴通讯股份有限公司
Priority date: 2011-06-30
Filing date: 2012-05-23
Publication date: 2013-01-03
Also published as: CN102395178A; CN102395178B

Abstract

Disclosed are a mobile terminal and method for dynamically adjusting service according to an IMSI, the method comprising: the mobile terminal reads an IMSI and subscriber data corresponding to the IMSI from a SIM/USIM card; the mobile terminal attempts to register with a network by using the IMSI, if the registration fails, then the SIM/USIM card modifies the subscriber data to the subscriber data of another network, and notifies the mobile terminal to reread the subscriber data; and the mobile terminal registers with the network by using the IMSI corresponding to the reread subscriber data. The present invention not only achieves the roaming of the terminal between networks, but also simplifies the process of roaming fee settlement between different carriers. In the present invention, the same mobile terminal can simultaneously satisfy the network requirements of a plurality of carriers, thus greatly facilitating carrier network planning, allowing for the dynamic adjustment of service parameters, and greatly facilitating the subscriber thereby.

Description

Mobile terminal and method for dynamically adjusting service according to IMSI

The present invention relates to the field of communication technologies, and more particularly to a mobile terminal and method for dynamically adjusting services according to an International Mobile Subscriber Identification Number (IMSI). Background technique

In general, the SIM/USIM card will contain a set of IMSI, Carrier Control Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN), LOCI, FPLMN, Short Message Center Number, etc. When the mobile terminal is powered on, it will Read the data in the SIM/USIM card and register the corresponding network.

At present, with the rapid development of the mobile communication market, new operators are constantly appearing, but the upfront investment required for mobile communication systems is very large. If you want to lay the network perfectly, you need to consume a lot of money and manpower. It is very difficult to build the network in the early stage. In order to solve this problem, some emerging operators will look for other operators as partners in the early stage. In places where their network coverage is not available, users can use the partner network and move back when they have their own network coverage. The terminal will automatically register to its own network. Generally, the roaming agreement can be used to realize the roaming of the users of the network to the partner's network. However, this method has a disadvantage, that is, it involves the settlement of the inter-network fees of the two operators. The settlement of the network fees is troublesome and easy to generate. dispute. Therefore, a method is needed to enable a user to use a roaming network, which is equivalent to a user of the roaming network, and the charging and authentication are performed on the roaming network, and have nothing to do with the original network.

Therefore, a method capable of implementing multiple IMSIs will bring great convenience to operators and customers. However, due to different mobile operators' requirements for terminal products, how to be in multiple IMSI It is very important for the mobile terminal to meet the network requirements of multiple networks. Summary of the invention

The object of the present invention is to provide a mobile terminal and method for dynamically adjusting services according to IMSI, which can make the mobile terminal meet the network requirements of multiple networks in a multi-IMSI state.

To achieve the above object, the present invention provides a method for dynamically adjusting a service according to an IMSI, the mobile terminal reading an IMSI and user data corresponding to the IMSI from a SIM/USIM card; the mobile terminal attempts to register the network with the IMSI, if If the registration fails, the SIM/USIM card changes the user data to the user data of the other network, and notifies the mobile terminal to re-read the user data; the mobile terminal registers the network with the IMSI corresponding to the re-read user data.

Further, when the mobile terminal registers with the non-preferred network, the mobile terminal periodically detects whether the preferred network exists, and if present, the mobile terminal notifies the SIM/USIM card to change the user data to the preferred network user data, SIM The /USIM card notifies the mobile terminal to re-read the user data after changing the user data to the preferred network user data, and the mobile terminal re-reads the user data and registers with the preferred network.

Further, the preferred network is a network where Home IMSI is located, and the non-preferred network is a network where Partner IMSI is located;

Further, it is characterized in that, by default, the mobile terminal preferentially reads the Home IMSI from the SIM/USIM card;

Further, the user data includes an IMSI, an OPLMN, a LOCK FPLMN, and a short message center number;

Further, when the SIM/USIM card changes the user data to the user data of another network, the mobile terminal is notified by the REFRESH command, and the mobile terminal re-reads the user data after receiving the REFRESH command;

In addition, the present invention further provides a mobile terminal that dynamically adjusts services according to an IMSI, where the mobile terminal includes a service setting unit, and the service setting unit is configured to read from a SIM/USIM card. An IMSI and user data corresponding to the IMSI, attempting to register the network with the IMSI, and if the registration fails, receiving a notification that the SIM/USIM card changes the user data to be user data of another network, and then re-reads the user data, and uses Re-read the user data corresponding to the IMSI registration network.

Further, the mobile terminal includes a service configuration unit, a service setting unit, and a query unit. The service configuration unit stores service support information of different operators for acquiring the currently used IMSI information. The query unit is configured according to the service configuration unit. The obtained IMSI information queries the corresponding service support list, and sends a setting command to the service setting unit. The service setting unit is configured to perform a service setting operation according to the setting command, and select different network operations.

Further, the service configuration unit is configured to configure different service support lists according to different IMSI information, and obtain the currently used IMSI information after the USIM/SIM card completes the REFRESH operation;

Further, the service setting unit is further configured to: when the registration to the non-preferred network, periodically detect whether the preferred network exists, and if yes, notify the SIM/USIM card to change the user data to the preferred network user data, and receive the SIM/ The USIM card changes the user data to the notification of re-reading the user data sent after the preferred network user data, re-reads the user data and registers with the preferred network.

In summary, the present invention has the following beneficial effects:

First of all, the technical solution not only realizes the roaming of terminals between networks, but also simplifies the process of roaming charges between operators;

Secondly, the same mobile terminal can meet the network requirements of multiple operators at the same time, which brings great convenience to the operator's network planning;

Again, after the IMSI information is switched, the user does not need to set related service parameters, which can dynamically adjust the service parameters, which brings great convenience to the user. DRAWINGS

1 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal for dynamically adjusting a service according to an IMSI according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 2 is a schematic flowchart of a method for dynamically adjusting a service according to an IMSI according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a process of setting a service according to an IMSI after a terminal is started according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a service dynamic adjustment process after an IMSI automatic switching after a terminal is started according to an embodiment of the present invention. detailed description

In the following embodiments, for the convenience of description, the operator's own IMSI is simply referred to as Home IMSI, and the cooperative operator IMSI is simply referred to as Partner IMSI, and the operator's own network is simply referred to as Home network, and the cooperative operator's network is simply referred to as Partner network.

In the technical solution of the present invention, a SIM/USIM card contains multiple sets of user data (IMSL OPLMN, LOCK FPLMN, short message center number, etc.). By default, the mobile terminal reads Home from the SIM/USIM card. IMSI, and OPLMN, LOCI, FPLMN, etc. corresponding to Home IMSI. At this time, the mobile terminal attempts to register the network with Home IMSI. If the registration fails, the SIM/USIM card changes the user data to the cooperative operator's user data, and then notifies the mobile terminal by the REFRESH command, and the mobile terminal re-reads after receiving the REFRESH command. Take the user data and then register the network with the new IMSI of the partner carrier. When the Partner IMSI is registered to the Partner network, the mobile terminal periodically detects whether the Home network exists. If it exists, the mobile terminal notifies the SIM/USIM card, and the SIM/USIM card changes the user data back to the Home user data, and then The mobile terminal is notified by the REFRESH command, and the mobile terminal re-reads the user data after receiving the REFRESH command, and then registers the home network.

The technical solutions of the present invention are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments.

Referring to FIG. 1, an embodiment of the present invention dynamically adjusts a mobile terminal according to an IMSI, including a service configuration unit, a service setting unit, and a query unit.

The service configuration unit stores service support information of different operators. In general, the service configuration unit is configured with different service support lists for different IMSI information. After the USIM/SIM card completes the REFRESH operation, the service configuration unit is used to obtain the currently used IMSI information.

The query unit queries the corresponding service support list according to the IMSI information, and completes the query. After the operation, the setting command is sent to the service setting unit; the service setting unit is configured to perform a service setting operation according to the setting command, and select different network operations. That is, the service setting unit adjusts the service support situation after receiving the setting command. In this way, the terminal can select different network jobs according to different IMSIs.

Here, the service setting unit is configured to read an IMSI and user data corresponding to the IMSI from the SIM/USIM card, attempt to register the network with the IMSI, and if the registration fails, receive the SIM/USIM card to change the user data to another A notification of re-reading user data sent after user data of a network, and registering the network with the IMSI corresponding to the re-read user data.

In addition, the service setting unit is further configured to periodically detect whether the preferred network exists when the registration is to the non-preferred network, and if yes, notify the SIM/USIM card to change the user data to the preferred network user data.

Referring to FIG. 2, the method for dynamically adjusting services according to the IMSI includes the following steps: S201: The mobile terminal refreshes the IMSI according to the current network condition;

S202: The IMSI refresh is completed, and the mobile terminal reads the new IMSI information.

S203: The mobile terminal queries the corresponding service support list according to the IMSI information.

S204: The mobile terminal performs service setting according to the service support list.

Referring to FIG. 3, the process of setting a service according to IMSI after the mobile terminal is started according to the embodiment of the present invention includes the following steps:

S301: The mobile terminal starts after being powered;

S302: The mobile terminal initializes the USIM card, and the initialization of the USIM card is completed.

S303: The service configuration unit acquires the currently used IMSI information.

S304: The query unit queries the corresponding service support list according to the IMSI information obtained by the service configuration unit, and sends a setting command to the service setting unit.

S305: The service setting unit performs service configuration according to the setting command delivered by the query unit. Referring to FIG. 4, the dynamic dynamic adjustment of the service after the IMSI is automatically switched after the terminal is started in the embodiment of the present invention The whole process includes the following steps:

S401: The mobile device is powered on;

S402: Set service information according to IMSI information.

The specific details and implementation process can be seen in Figure 3.

S403: The mobile terminal initiates a location update to the network.

S404: The mobile terminal reports location information and location status to the SIM/USIM.

S405: If the current working mode is normal, the process ends;

S406: If the current status is in the limited service state, the USIM determines whether to initiate an IMSI handover according to the current location information and the status information; if the IMSI handover is not performed, go to step S403; if the IMSI handover is performed, go to the step S407;

S407: The USIM card completes the IMSI handover, and the mobile terminal acquires the new IMSI, and then proceeds to step S402.

For the implementation of the foregoing step S402, the process of setting the service information according to the IMSI information is specifically described as follows for the APN handover procedure: The terminal supporting the service has different APN lists for the IMSIs of different operators it supports, for example:

China— mobile— apn— list 46000

China— unicom— apn— list 46001

The user can edit the APN list above. When the IMSI is switched, the service module matches according to the new IMSI and MCC MNC. If the match is 46000, the default APN information in China_mobile_ apn_list is used, and the default APN information is set to the current APN. When the user initiates dialing, the dialing is initiated using the newly set APN information.

The invention may, of course, be embodied in various embodiments without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, and any modifications, equivalents and improvements made within the spirit and scope of the invention are included in the invention. Within the scope of protection.

Claims

Claim

A method for dynamically adjusting a service according to an International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI), characterized in that a mobile terminal reads an IMSI and user data corresponding to the IMSI from a SIM/USIM card; the mobile terminal attempts to register with the IMSI Network, if the registration fails, the SIM/USIM card changes the user data to the user data of the other network, and notifies the mobile terminal to re-read the user data; the mobile terminal registers the network with the IMSI corresponding to the re-read user data.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein when the mobile terminal registers with a non-preferred network, the mobile terminal periodically detects whether a preferred network exists, and if present, the mobile terminal notifies the SIM/USIM The card changes the user data to the preferred network user data. After the SIM/USIM card changes the user data to the preferred network user data, the mobile terminal is notified to re-read the user data, and the mobile terminal re-reads the user data and registers with the preferred network.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the preferred network is a network where Home IMSI is located, and the non-preferred network is a network where Partner IMSI is located.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein by default, the mobile terminal preferentially reads the Home IMSI from the SIM/USIM card.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the user data comprises an IMSI, an operator controlled public land mobile network OPLMN, a LOCK FPLMN, and a short message center number.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein when the SIM/USIM card changes the user data to the user data of the other network, the mobile terminal is notified by the REFRESH command, and the mobile terminal re-reads the user after receiving the REFRESH command. data.

A mobile terminal that dynamically adjusts services according to the IMSI, wherein the mobile terminal includes a service setting unit, and the service setting unit is configured to read an IMSI from the SIM/USIM card and corresponding to the IMSI. User data, attempting to register the network with the IMSI, if the registration fails, receiving a notification that the SIM/USIM card changes the user data to be user data of another network, and re-reads the user data, and uses the re-read user data corresponding to IMSI registration network.

The mobile terminal according to claim 7, wherein the mobile terminal includes a service configuration unit, a service setting unit, and a query unit, where the service configuration unit stores service support information of different operators, and is used to obtain the current The IMSI information is used by the query unit to query the corresponding service support list according to the IMSI information obtained by the service configuration unit, and send a setting command to the service setting unit. The service setting unit is configured to perform service setting according to the setting command. Action, choose a different network to work.

The mobile terminal according to claim 8, wherein the service configuration unit is configured to configure different service support lists according to different IMSI information, and acquire the currently used IMSI after the USIM/SIM card completes the REFRESH operation. information.

The mobile terminal according to claim 7, wherein the service setting unit is further configured to: when the registration to the non-preferred network, periodically detect whether the preferred network exists, and if so, notify the SIM/USIM card. The user data is changed to the preferred network user data, and the notification that the SIM/USIM card re-reads the user data sent after the user data is changed to the preferred network user data is received, the user data is re-read and registered to the preferred network.