WO2016078407A1

WO2016078407A1 - Access point name (apn) parameter configuration processing method and device

Info

Publication number: WO2016078407A1
Application number: PCT/CN2015/081977
Authority: WO
Inventors: 张井昆
Original assignee: 中兴通讯股份有限公司
Priority date: 2014-11-19
Filing date: 2015-06-19
Publication date: 2016-05-26
Also published as: CN105682126B; CN105682126A

Abstract

Disclosed are an access point name (APN) parameter configuration processing method and device. The method comprises: a terminal obtaining information of a subscriber identity module (SIM) card and an APN parameter corresponding to the information of the SIM card; storing the information of the SIM card and the APN parameter corresponding to the information of the SIM card in a preset data base of the terminal. The present invention addresses the problem in the prior art of, when a SIM card is swapped at a terminal, due to a parameter, such as an APN not being compatible, a network cannot be logged in to or connected to; thus, in the invention, when a SIM card is swapped at a terminal, an APN parameter of the terminal can also be updated.

Description

Access point name APN parameter configuration processing method and device

Technical field

The present invention relates to the field of communications, and in particular, to a method and an apparatus for configuring an Access Point Name (APN) parameter.

Background technique

At present, the carrier's network has multiple modes of coexistence, such as Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM), Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), and Wideband Code Division Multiple Access. (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access, referred to as WCDMA), Long-Term Evolution (LTE), etc., and some special application data services require different Dedicated Access Point Names (APNs). Create multiple parallel data links. The data services selected by different users according to their own needs are different. Therefore, the network parameters such as the APN of the operator are not fixed as before, but the Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card used by the terminal device. Factors such as network and time have changed.

In response to the real-time change of network parameters such as APN, operators use the Over the Air Technology (OTA) method to remotely adopt Open Mobile Alliance, for example, if they are not aware of the user. The data terminal of the protocol such as OMA (Device Management, DM for short) performs management operations such as parameter setting such as APN, so that parameters such as APN of the data terminal can be dynamically changed in real time according to the operator's requirements.

For data terminals, in order to meet the operator's network requirements, it is necessary to support multiple network standards at the same time, and can be compatible with a variety of SIM cards.

This will cause such a problem: when the operator performs APN setting on the terminal through the OTA method, it may only be applied to the SIM card currently in use in the current device. If the latter device is inserted into another SIM card, an additional set of parameters is required, otherwise If the parameters such as APN are incompatible, the network cannot be registered or the network cannot be connected. Therefore, the operator needs to re-deliver the parameters such as APN in remote mode. If the original SIM is re-plugged back to the terminal device, It is also necessary to set the parameters again to restore the parameter state before the SIM card is pulled out, which is very inconvenient for the operator and the user.

Currently, there are two methods for configuring APN parameters for data terminals: manual configuration and automatic configuration. The manual mode is to let the user manually input the corresponding parameters on the UI. This way, the specific APN parameters can be set according to the network. It is more flexible, but requires the user to know the specific professional parameter values, which is inconvenient for ordinary users, and the user experience is not good.

The automatic matching method is that the data terminal is configured with a fixed APN information database of the major operators in the world at the time of shipment, and the operator information of the SIM card is read at the initial initialization, generally according to the Mobile Conuntry Code (MCC) & Mobile Network The code (Mobile Network Code, MNC for short) (the first 5 to 7 digits of the IMSI indicates the MCC&MNC), or the Service Provider Name (SPN) (the file identifier in the SIM card) to determine the operator information, and then The operator information is queried from the database to the corresponding APN and other information. This method does not require user intervention and is convenient. However, since the APN information database in the terminal is prefabricated at the factory, it is fixed and only applicable to the operator. The SIM card APN matching between the two cannot meet the situation in which the APN parameters change during the use of the terminal.

The two APN configurations are not applicable to the case where the operator remotely configures the APN and other parameters of the SIM card that the terminal is using through the OMA DM during the user's use.

In the related art, in the process of replacing the SIM card by the terminal, the problem that the network cannot be registered or the network cannot be connected due to incompatibility of parameters such as APN has not yet provided an effective solution.

Summary of the invention

The embodiment of the invention provides a method and a device for configuring APN parameters, so as to solve at least the problem that the network cannot be registered or the network cannot be connected due to incompatible parameters such as APN in the process of replacing the SIM card in the terminal in the prior art.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method for configuring APN parameters is provided, including: acquiring, by a terminal, user identification module SIM card information, and APN parameters corresponding to the SIM card information; and the SIM card information, and The APN parameter corresponding to the SIM card information is stored in a preset database of the terminal.

In the embodiment of the present invention, storing the SIM card information and the APN parameter corresponding to the SIM card information in a preset database of the terminal includes: receiving, by the terminal, an APN parameter from an operator. Command: updating the APN parameter in the preset database according to the APN parameter parsed from the command.

In the embodiment of the present invention, storing the SIM card information and the APN parameter corresponding to the SIM card information in a preset database of the terminal includes: during a shutdown process of the terminal, The terminal acquires the APN parameter corresponding to the currently used SIM card information, and updates the acquired APN parameter corresponding to the currently used SIM card information to the preset database.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the method further includes: determining, by the terminal, whether the APN parameter corresponding to the SIM card information is stored in the preset database; wherein, if the determination result is no, The terminal is set using a predetermined APN parameter.

In the embodiment of the present invention, if the determination result is yes, the method further includes: determining the APN parameter stored in the preset database, and the APN parameter corresponding to the SIM card information currently used by the terminal. If the result of the determination is YES, the terminal is not set, and if the determination result is no, the APN parameter corresponding to the currently used SIM card information stored in the preset database is used. Set the terminal.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, another method for configuring APN parameters is provided, including: acquiring, by a terminal, user identification module SIM card information currently used; and acquiring, by the terminal, a SIM from a local preset database The APN parameter corresponding to the card information; the terminal sets the terminal according to the APN parameter.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the APN parameter in the preset database is determined by: the terminal receiving a command for setting an APN parameter from an operator; and updating the preset according to an APN parameter parsed from the command. APN parameters in the database.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the APN parameter in the preset database is determined by: in the shutdown process of the terminal, the terminal acquires an APN parameter corresponding to the currently used SIM card information, and obtains the acquired The APN parameter corresponding to the currently used SIM card information is updated into the preset database.

According to still another embodiment of the present invention, a configuration processing device for an APN parameter is provided. The device is applied to a terminal, and includes: an acquiring module, configured to acquire user identification module SIM card information, and corresponding to the SIM card information. The APN parameter is configured to store the SIM card information and the APN parameter corresponding to the SIM card information in a preset database of the terminal.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, another configuration processing device for APN parameters is provided. The device is applied to a terminal, and includes: a first acquiring module, configured to acquire currently used user identification module SIM card information; The acquiring module is configured to obtain an APN parameter corresponding to the SIM card information from a local preset database, and the setting module is configured to set the terminal according to the APN parameter.

Through the embodiment of the present invention, the terminal acquires the SIM card information of the user identification module and the APN parameter corresponding to the SIM card information; and stores the SIM card information and the APN parameter corresponding to the SIM card information in a preset database of the terminal. The problem that the network cannot be registered or the network cannot be connected due to incompatible parameters such as APN is solved in the process of replacing the SIM card in the terminal in the prior art, and the APN parameter of the terminal is also updated when the terminal replaces the SIM card. Effect.

DRAWINGS

The drawings described herein are intended to provide a further understanding of the invention, and are intended to be a part of the invention. In the drawing:

1 is a flowchart of a configuration processing method of an access point name APN parameter according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a structural block diagram of a configuration processing apparatus for an access point name APN parameter according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a flowchart 1 of a method for configuring an access point name APN parameter according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a structural block diagram 1 of a configuration processing apparatus for an access point name APN parameter according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a database table according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

6 is a flowchart of configuring a terminal APN according to a SIM card in a device when a terminal starts initializing according to an embodiment of the present invention;

7 is a sequence diagram of an operator DM server setting terminal APN according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a flowchart of updating an APN database when a terminal is powered off according to an embodiment of the present invention.

detailed description

The invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings in conjunction with the embodiments. It should be noted that the embodiments in the present application and the features in the embodiments may be combined with each other without conflict.

In this embodiment, a method for configuring an access point name APN parameter is provided. FIG. 1 is a flowchart of a method for configuring an access point name APN parameter according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. The process includes the following steps:

Step S102, the terminal acquires the SIM card information of the user identification module, and the APN parameter corresponding to the SIM card information;

Step S104: The terminal stores the SIM card information and the APN parameter corresponding to the SIM card information in a preset database of the terminal, where the APN parameter is used to perform configuration processing on the terminal.

Through the above steps, the terminal stores the information of the SIM card used by the terminal and the APN parameter corresponding to the SIM card information in a preset database of the terminal, compared with the information of the SIM card and the SIM in the prior art. The APN parameter corresponding to the card information is not stored in the database of the terminal. The above steps solve the problem that the network cannot be registered or the network cannot be connected due to incompatible parameters such as APN in the process of replacing the SIM card in the terminal in the prior art. When the terminal replaces the SIM card, the APN parameter of the terminal will also be updated.

The foregoing step S102 involves acquiring the user identification module SIM card information and the APN parameter corresponding to the SIM card information. It should be noted that the APN parameter corresponding to the SIM card can be obtained in various manners, in an optional embodiment. The terminal receives the command for setting the APN parameter from the operator, and presets the APN parameter in the database according to the APN parameter update obtained from the command. In another optional embodiment, during the shutdown process of the terminal, the terminal acquires the APN parameter corresponding to the currently used SIM card information, and updates the acquired APN parameter corresponding to the currently used SIM card information to the preset database. in. Therefore, the terminal can update the APN parameter corresponding to the SIM card in real time according to the actual situation of the service included in the SIM card, and then set the terminal by using the updated APN parameter.

The terminal detects the currently used SIM card. In an optional embodiment, it is determined whether the APN parameter corresponding to the SIM card information is stored in the preset database; wherein, in the case that the determination result is no, the usage is scheduled. The APN parameter is set for the terminal. Thereby, the terminal is guaranteed to be able to handle basic services.

In another optional embodiment, if the determination result is yes, it is further determined whether the APN parameter stored in the preset database is consistent with the APN parameter corresponding to the SIM card currently used by the terminal, and if the determination result is yes, The SIM card currently used by the terminal is the same as the SIM card used before the last shutdown. At this time, the terminal is not set. If the judgment result is no, the SIM card currently used by the terminal is used before the last shutdown. The SIM card is different. At this time, the terminal is set using the APN parameter corresponding to the currently used SIM card stored in the preset database.

In this embodiment, a configuration processing device for the access point name APN parameter is further provided, and the device is used to implement the foregoing embodiments and preferred embodiments, and details are not described herein. As used below, the term "module" may implement a combination of software and/or hardware of a predetermined function. Although the apparatus described in the following embodiments is preferably implemented in software, hardware, or a combination of software and hardware, is also possible and contemplated.

2 is a structural block diagram of a configuration processing apparatus for an access point name APN parameter according to an embodiment of the present invention. The apparatus is applied to a terminal. As shown in FIG. 2, the apparatus includes: an obtaining module 22 configured to acquire a user identification module SIM. Card information, and an APN parameter corresponding to the SIM card information; the storage module 24 is configured to store the SIM card information and the APN parameter corresponding to the SIM card information in a preset database of the terminal.

In this embodiment, another method for configuring an access point name APN parameter is provided. FIG. 3 is a flowchart 1 of a method for configuring an access point name APN parameter according to an embodiment of the present invention. The process includes the following steps:

Step S302, the terminal acquires the currently used user identification module SIM card information;

Step S304, the terminal acquires an APN parameter corresponding to the SIM card information from the local preset database.

Step S306, the terminal sets the terminal according to the APN parameter.

Through the above steps, the terminal stores the information of the SIM card used by the terminal and the APN parameter corresponding to the SIM card information in the preset database of the terminal, so that the terminal sets the terminal in real time according to the APN parameter, compared to the existing In the technology, the information about the SIM card and the APN parameter corresponding to the SIM card information are not stored in the database of the terminal. The above steps solve the problem that the parameters such as APN are incompatible in the process of replacing the SIM card in the terminal in the prior art. The problem that the network cannot be registered or the network cannot be connected, and the APN parameter of the terminal is also updated when the terminal replaces the SIM card, and the terminal sets the terminal according to the APN parameter in real time.

The APN parameter corresponding to the SIM card can be obtained in a plurality of manners. In an optional embodiment, the terminal receives a command for setting an APN parameter from the operator, and updates the APN in the preset database according to the APN parameter parsed from the command. parameter. In another optional embodiment, the terminal acquires the APN parameter corresponding to the currently used SIM card, and updates the acquired APN parameter corresponding to the currently used SIM card to the preset database. .

4 is a structural block diagram 1 of a configuration processing apparatus for an access point name APN parameter according to an embodiment of the present invention. The device is applied to a terminal. As shown in FIG. 4, the apparatus includes: a first obtaining module 42 configured to acquire a current The user identification module SIM card information is used; the second obtaining module 44 is configured to obtain an APN parameter corresponding to the SIM card information from the local preset database; and the setting module 46 is configured to set the terminal according to the APN parameter.

For the above problems in the related art, the following description will be made in conjunction with an alternative embodiment, which in combination with the above-described alternative embodiments and alternative embodiments thereof.

For a terminal that uses the OMA DM protocol to remotely configure APN and other parameters, the traditional method of configuring parameters such as APN is no longer applicable. This alternative embodiment proposes a method for configuring APN parameters of a terminal device according to a SIM card, on the terminal. Create a database of SIM card information corresponding to the APN parameters, and record each SIM used in the terminal and a set of APN parameters configured by the corresponding operator. That is, according to the method of configuring the terminal APN by the SIM card, the terminal records a parameter corresponding to a group of APNs according to the SIM card recording parameters, and when the device replaces the SIM card, the parameters such as the APN of the device are also updated.

The SIM card and the device APN parameters used in the terminal device are correspondingly recorded in the database while the operator sets the terminal through the OMA DM protocol. During the initialization process of the data terminal, the corresponding APN parameter information is queried in the database according to the IMSI of the SIM card in the device, and the terminal is set.

If it is detected that the SIM card is removed, the terminal APN parameter is restored to the factory default value; if it is detected that the SIM card is replaced, the terminal is set according to the APN parameter corresponding to the SIM card IMSI in the database.

The present invention provides a method for configuring a terminal to record a terminal APN according to a SIM card in a device, and establishing a database to record a specific SIM card and a corresponding APN parameter on the terminal. FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a database table according to an embodiment of the present invention, such as As shown in FIG. 5, 501 is an IMSI of a SIM card, and uniquely identifies a SIM card user. Each IMSI corresponds to a set of terminal APN parameters 502, and a plurality of different APNs are used to establish different application PDN links. When the terminal is shipped from the factory, the database is empty. When the device is inserted into a SIM card, a record 503 is added to the database. When a SIM card that has not been used on the terminal is replaced, the database will add a record 504 of the new SIM card. And so on.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart of configuring a terminal APN according to a SIM card in a device when the terminal starts initializing according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 6, the process includes the following steps:

Step S602, the terminal is powered on for initialization;

Step S604, reading the IMSI of the SIM card in the device;

Step S606, it is determined whether the IMSI of the SIM card is 0, if the determination is yes, step S608 is performed, and if the determination result is no, step S610 is performed;

Step S608, if the IMSI of the SIM card is 0, indicating that there is no SIM card or the SIM card is damaged in the device, the device APN parameter is restored to the factory default value;

Step S610, if the IMSI is not 0, the inserted SIM card is a valid card, and the terminal device APN parameter information is obtained from the database created above according to the acquired IMSI;

In step S612, the result of the query determines whether the record can be obtained from the database. If the acquisition fails, the inserted SIM card is used for the first time on the terminal, and the factory default APN parameter is used for the SIM card, and step S608, APN is performed. Parameter recovery defaults;

Step S614, if the record corresponding to the SIM is obtained, the acquired APN parameter is compared with the current APN parameter of the device;

In step S616, it is determined whether the two sets of parameters are the same. If the two are the same, the SIM card is not replaced. Step S620 is performed, and there is no need to perform a reset operation, and return; if the two are different, the SIM in the terminal and the last time before the shutdown. The SIM card used is different, and step S618 is performed, and the terminal is set by using the APN parameter corresponding to the SIM card obtained from the database;

Step S618, setting corresponding APN parameters;

Step S620, no operation, return.

FIG. 7 is a sequence diagram of an operator DM server setting terminal APN according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 7, the sequence diagram includes the following steps:

Step S702: During the use of the user, if the operator detects that the APN parameter setting needs to be performed on the terminal, the DM server on the operator side establishes a session connection with the terminal through the OMA DM protocol;

Step S704, after the session is established, the DM server sends a command for setting an APN parameter, and after the terminal parses the command, performs a corresponding setting operation;

Step S706, after the setting action is completed, updating the IMSI of the SIM in the current terminal device and the newly updated APN parameter information as a record to the database, and if the data record of the SIM card already exists in the database, updating the original record. Item; if the record corresponding to the SIM card is not found in the database, the above record is inserted into the database table.

Step S708, after completing the above actions, the terminal feeds back the result of the setting action to the DM server.

When the terminal is shut down, the database will be updated once. The purpose of this is to prevent the user from manually setting the APN and other parameters on the UI without being synchronized to the database. FIG. 8 is a flowchart of updating an APN database when a terminal is powered off according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 8, the flowchart includes the following steps;

Step S802, receiving a shutdown command;

Step S804, reading parameters such as APN used by the current device;

Step S806, querying corresponding records in the database according to the IMSI of the SIM card in the device;

Step S808, it is determined whether the above-mentioned record item is read, that is, whether there is a record according to the result of the query return, if the result of the determination is yes, step S810 is performed, and if the result of the determination is no, step S812 is performed;

Step S810, if the record of the SIM can be read, indicating that the record of the SIM already exists in the database, and updating the read current device APN parameter to the record item corresponding to the SIM card;

Step S812, if there is no record item of the SIM card in the database, it indicates that the SIM card is used on the terminal for the first time, and the current terminal device APN parameter and the IMSI component new record of the SIM are inserted into the database.

Alternative technical solutions:

In addition to the solution described above, an alternative solution can achieve similar effects. Specifically, when the operator remotely sets the APN parameters of the terminal device through the OMA DM protocol, the terminal retains the parameters set by the operator and is only valid as the terminal. Parameters, regardless of what is done, always set the terminal with this set of APN parameters, unless the operator sets the terminal again. This way, when the data terminal SIM card is not replaced at all times, it is available.

However, this solution does not have the flexibility of the solution proposed by the present invention because the alternative does not take into account the card change situation. Some data application services of operators are based on data links established by different APNs. Different users choose different data application services. Therefore, the APN parameters of one SIM card may not be applicable to another SIM card, even if they belong to the same carrier. . After replacing a new SIM card with a multi-mode data terminal, the previous APN parameters may need to be reset. When the original SIM card is reused, it is necessary to reset the APN parameters once, which is very inconvenient.

Alternative embodiments of the present invention are equally applicable to smartphones or tablets with 3G/LTE communication capabilities.

In summary, the optional embodiment of the present invention can make the APN parameter setting more convenient and flexible by using the OMA DM protocol to allow the operator to remotely set parameters such as APN and frequently replace the SIM card. The terminal can remember the used SIM card and the corresponding APN and other parameter information. After the user replaces the original used SIM card, the terminal automatically configures the previous APN parameter, and the operator side does not need to re-issue the APN parameter. The command.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the various modules or steps of the present invention described above can be implemented by a general-purpose computing device that can be centralized on a single computing device or distributed across a network of multiple computing devices. Alternatively, they may be implemented by program code executable by the computing device such that they may be stored in the storage device by the computing device and, in some cases, may be different from the order herein. The steps shown or described are performed, or they are separately fabricated into individual integrated circuit modules, or a plurality of modules or steps thereof are fabricated as a single integrated circuit module. Thus, the invention is not limited to any specific combination of hardware and software.

The above description is only the preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the present invention, and various modifications and changes can be made to the present invention. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions, improvements, etc. made within the spirit and scope of the present invention are intended to be included within the scope of the present invention.

Industrial applicability

Through the embodiment of the present invention, the terminal acquires the SIM card information of the user identification module and the APN parameter corresponding to the SIM card information; and stores the SIM card information and the APN parameter corresponding to the SIM card information in a preset database of the terminal. The problem that the network cannot be registered or the network cannot be connected due to incompatible parameters such as APN is solved in the process of replacing the SIM card in the terminal in the prior art, and the APN parameter of the terminal is also updated when the terminal replaces the SIM card. Effect

Claims

A method for configuring an access point name APN parameter includes:

The terminal acquires user identification module SIM card information, and an APN parameter corresponding to the SIM card information;

The terminal stores the SIM card information and the APN parameter corresponding to the SIM card information in a preset database of the terminal, where the APN parameter is used to perform configuration processing on the terminal.
The method of claim 1, wherein storing the SIM card information and the APN parameter corresponding to the SIM card information in a preset database of the terminal comprises:

Receiving, by the terminal, a command for setting an APN parameter from an operator;

Updating the APN parameter in the preset database according to the APN parameter parsed from the command.
The method of claim 1, wherein storing the SIM card information and the APN parameter corresponding to the SIM card information in a preset database of the terminal comprises:

During the shutdown process of the terminal, the terminal acquires an APN parameter corresponding to the currently used SIM card information, and updates the acquired APN parameter corresponding to the currently used SIM card information to the preset database.
The method of claim 1 wherein the method further comprises:

The terminal determines whether the APN parameter corresponding to the SIM card information is stored in the preset database; wherein, if the determination result is no, the terminal is set using a predetermined APN parameter.
The method according to claim 4, wherein, in a case where the determination result is YES, the method further comprises:

Determining whether the APN parameter stored in the preset database is consistent with the APN parameter corresponding to the SIM card information currently used by the terminal, and if the determination result is yes, the terminal is not set, and the determination result is If not, the terminal is set by using an APN parameter corresponding to the currently used SIM card information stored in the preset database.
A method for configuring an access point name APN parameter includes:

The terminal acquires the SIM card information of the currently used subscriber identity module;

The terminal acquires an APN parameter corresponding to the SIM card information from a local preset database;

The terminal sets the terminal according to the APN parameter.
The method according to claim 6, wherein the APN parameter in the preset database is determined by:

Receiving, by the terminal, a command for setting an APN parameter from an operator;

Updating the APN parameter in the preset database according to the APN parameter parsed from the command.
The method according to claim 6, wherein the APN parameter in the preset database is determined by:

During the shutdown process of the terminal, the terminal acquires an APN parameter corresponding to the currently used SIM card information, and updates the acquired APN parameter corresponding to the currently used SIM card information to the preset database.
A configuration processing device for access point name APN parameters, the device is applied to a terminal, and the device includes:

An acquiring module, configured to obtain user identification module SIM card information, and an APN parameter corresponding to the SIM card information;

And a storage module, configured to store the SIM card information and the APN parameter corresponding to the SIM card information in a preset database of the terminal.
A configuration processing device for access point name APN parameters, the device is applied to a terminal, and the device includes:

The first obtaining module is configured to obtain the currently used user identification module SIM card information;

The second obtaining module is configured to obtain an APN parameter corresponding to the SIM card information from a local preset database;

The setting module is configured to set the terminal according to the APN parameter.