WO2016101547A1

WO2016101547A1 - Access processing method and device

Info

Publication number: WO2016101547A1
Application number: PCT/CN2015/080786
Authority: WO
Inventors: 赵志华
Original assignee: 中兴通讯股份有限公司
Priority date: 2014-12-23
Filing date: 2015-06-04
Publication date: 2016-06-30
Also published as: CN105792121A

Abstract

Disclosed are an access processing method and device. The method comprises: obtaining location information of a terminal; according to an obtained location information and a corresponding relationship between a pre-stored location and an access network, determining the access network corresponding to the location information; performing the access processing according to the determined access network. The present invention addresses the problem in related techniques of not easily accessing a network resulting from a constantly changing location, and is then capable of quickly selecting a network to access.

Description

Access processing method and device

Technical field

The present invention relates to the field of communications, and in particular to an access processing method and apparatus.

Background technique

With the increasing functions of various communication terminals (such as mobile phones, tablet computers, data cards, etc.), the network searching process of multi-mode terminals becomes complicated, and the network becomes more complicated. At this time, it is extremely important to register the network quickly with the terminal. The search process of the terminal is as follows: When the mobile phone is turned on, the Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card is first prepared to read the necessary SIM card information, and the international mobile subscriber identity code is stored on the SIM card (International Mobie Subscriber Identity (IMSI), forbidden public land mobile network (PLMN) list, etc., then the terminal lists according to the PLMN order specified by the protocol, and then according to the radio access technology (Radio access technology, referred to as For the RAT) to find the network in order, the design of the network at this time will be different according to the design of different manufacturers. The speed and convenience of terminal registration has become the most basic and important aspect.

The usage of multi-mode terminals is also getting higher and higher, and the number of standards and frequency bands of the networks supported by the terminals is also increasing, and the mobility of users is large, and the range of activities becomes large, and the operators Network coverage is also uneven, which leads to complex network standards and network coverage. In the process of implementing the present invention, the inventor found that the current technology once the user moves to a new network coverage place to find the network will become very slow, and sometimes even take a long time to find the network registration, which affects the user experience. Sometimes you even need to manually search for a network to find a network, or register for a low-priority network for a long time, which greatly reduces the user experience and ease of operation.

In view of the problem that the related art cannot access the network quickly due to the continuous change of location, an effective solution has not been proposed yet.

Summary of the invention

An embodiment of the present invention provides an access processing method and apparatus, so as to at least solve the problem that the related technology cannot access the network quickly due to continuous change of location.

According to an aspect of the present invention, an access processing method is provided, including: acquiring location information of a terminal; determining, according to the acquired location information, and a correspondence between a pre-stored location and an access network, The access network corresponding to the location information; performing access processing according to the determined access network.

Further, acquiring the location information of the terminal includes: acquiring a broadcast message of the network, where the broadcast message carries the location information of the terminal; and acquiring the location information of the terminal according to the broadcast message.

Further, before determining the access network corresponding to the location information according to the obtained location information and the correspondence between the pre-stored location and the access network, the method further includes: receiving a push message that the network changes; And updating the correspondence between the location and the access network according to the push message.

Further, selecting the access network from the access network list corresponding to the different locations stored in advance according to the obtained location information includes: correspondingly, the correspondence between the pre-stored location and the access network according to the acquired location information The network with the highest priority is selected as the access network.

Further, performing access processing according to the determined access network includes: determining whether frequency point information used by the last access network is available; and if the determination result is yes, according to the last used network access The frequency point information is used for performing access processing on the selected access network; if the determination result is no, according to the determined frequency access point of the access network except for the frequency point used last time, Accessing the network, or selecting the next network from the list of networks corresponding to different locations stored in advance according to the obtained location information for access processing.

According to another aspect of the present invention, an access processing apparatus is provided, including: an obtaining module configured to acquire location information of a terminal; and a determining module configured to obtain the location information according to the acquired location and a pre-stored location An access network corresponding to the location information is determined, and an access processing module is configured to perform access processing according to the determined access network.

Further, the acquiring module includes: a first acquiring unit, configured to acquire a broadcast message of the network, where the broadcast message carries location information of the terminal; and the second acquiring unit is configured to acquire the location according to the broadcast message. The location information of the terminal.

Further, the device further includes: a receiving module, configured to receive a push message whose network changes, and an update module configured to update a correspondence between the location and the access network according to the push message.

Further, the determining module includes: a selecting unit, configured to select, according to the acquired location information, a network with the highest priority from a correspondence between the pre-stored location and the access network as the access network.

Further, the access processing module includes: a determining unit, configured to determine whether frequency point information used by the last access network is available; and the first access processing unit is configured to, if the determination result is yes, The frequency point information used by the secondary access network performs access processing on the selected access network; and the second access processing unit is configured to: according to the determined access network, if the determination result is negative The frequency point other than the frequency point used last time is accessed to the access network, or the next network is selected from the network list corresponding to the different locations stored in advance according to the obtained location information for access processing.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, the location information of the terminal is obtained, and the access network corresponding to the location information is determined according to the obtained location information and the corresponding relationship between the pre-stored location and the access network; The access network performs the access processing, which solves the problem that the related technology cannot access the network quickly due to the continuous change of the location, and the effect of the network accessing can be selected quickly.

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 an access processing method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a block diagram of an access processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a block diagram of an access processing apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention;

4 is a block diagram of an access processing apparatus according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention;

Figure 5 is a block diagram of an access processing apparatus according to a third embodiment of the present invention;

6 is a block diagram of an access processing apparatus according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention;

7 is a schematic diagram of a network search device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of an operator network preferred list information storage structure according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

9 is a flowchart of a method for searching a network when an automatic mode is turned on or lost in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;

10 is a flowchart of a method for periodically searching for a preferred network when registering a network according to an embodiment of the present invention;

11 is a flowchart of a network update carrier network preference list according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 12 is a flow diagram of a manual search network in accordance with 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.

An access processing method is provided in this embodiment. FIG. 1 is a flowchart of an access processing method according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the process includes the following steps:

Step S102, acquiring location information of the terminal;

Step S104: Determine an access network corresponding to the location information according to the obtained location information and a correspondence between the pre-stored location and the access network.

Step S106: Perform access processing according to the determined access network.

Obtaining, by using the foregoing steps, the location information of the terminal, determining the access network corresponding to the location information according to the obtained location information, and the corresponding relationship between the pre-stored location and the access network; The access processing is performed to solve the problem that the related technology cannot access the network quickly due to the continuous change of the location, and the effect of accessing the network can be quickly selected.

Determining, according to the location information, the network used for accessing, according to the corresponding relationship between the pre-stored location and the network that the location can access, wherein the location and the network accessible by the location can pass The form of the list is matched, and then sorted according to the priority level. In the process of determining the access network of a certain location, it can be determined according to the priority level. It should be noted that the location and the network that the location can access There may be many forms of correspondence, and the list is merely a preferred embodiment of the weight. It is to be noted that the location information of the terminal can be obtained by acquiring the broadcast message of the network, where the broadcast message carries the location information of the terminal, and the location information of the terminal is obtained according to the broadcast message.

Before determining the access network corresponding to the location information according to the obtained location information and the correspondence between the pre-stored location and the access network, the network may also receive a push message that is changed according to the push message. The list of networks corresponding to different locations is updated.

In an optional embodiment, the network with the highest priority of the access network is selected as the access network according to the obtained correspondence between the location information and the access network, and the network with the highest access priority fails. In this case, you can also select the network with the next priority for access processing.

There are a plurality of methods for performing the access processing on the selected access network. In an optional embodiment, the method may include: determining whether the frequency information used by the last access network is available; and determining that the result is yes. And performing access processing on the selected access network according to the frequency information used by the last access network; if the determination result is no, according to the determined frequency of the access network except the last used A frequency point other than the point is accessed to the access network, or the next network is selected for access processing according to the acquired location information from a list of networks corresponding to different locations stored in advance.

The embodiment of the present invention further provides an access processing device, which is used to implement the foregoing embodiments and preferred embodiments, and has not been described again. 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 block diagram of an access processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2, the method includes: an obtaining module 22, a determining module 24, and an access processing module 26. The following briefly describes each module.

The obtaining module 22 is configured to acquire location information of the terminal;

The determining module 24 is configured to determine an access network corresponding to the location information according to the acquired location information and a correspondence between the pre-stored location and the access network;

The access processing module 26 is configured to perform access processing according to the determined access network.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of an access processing apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 3, the acquisition module package 22 includes:

The first obtaining unit 32 is configured to acquire a broadcast message of the network, where the broadcast message carries location information of the terminal;

The second obtaining unit 34 is configured to acquire the location information of the terminal according to the broadcast message.

4 is a block diagram of an access processing apparatus according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 4, the apparatus further includes:

The receiving module 42 is configured to receive a push message that the network changes;

The update module 44 is configured to update the correspondence between the location and the access network according to the push message.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram of an access processing apparatus according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 5, the determining module 24 includes:

The selecting unit 52 is configured to select, according to the acquired location information, a network with the highest priority from the correspondence between the pre-stored location and the access network as the access network.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram of an access processing apparatus according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 6, the access processing module 26 includes:

The determining unit 62 is configured to determine whether the frequency point information used by the last access network is available;

The first access processing unit 64 is configured to perform access processing on the selected access network according to the frequency point information used by the last access network when the determination result is yes; the second access processing unit 66 And setting, in the case that the determination result is no, accessing the access network according to the determined frequency point of the access network except the frequency point used last time, or according to the acquired location information. The next network is selected for access processing in the list of networks corresponding to different locations stored in advance.

The embodiments of the present invention are further described below in conjunction with the optional embodiments.

The present invention provides a method and a terminal for providing different network preference lists according to geographical locations according to an operator, and the terminal periodically acquires network broadcasts when the device is powered on, when the service is lost, and after registration. The message is obtained to know the current location of the terminal, and the terminal has a database. The database stores a list of network information supported by the location operator according to different location information, and the list is provided and updated by the operator, and the list is Network priority is high to low. The terminal performs selection of the preferred network according to different preferred network lists provided by different locations. When the operator's network changes, the message list can be pushed to the terminal to update the network list in different locations, and the terminal stores the latest network information. Also this method can be used for manual web search, quickly scanning a list of networks that are actually available to all terminals around. It is confirmed by data that the full frequency band sweeping of the network can be as long as ten or even tens of seconds, but the targeted scanning of the frequency point takes only a few milliseconds to several tens of milliseconds, which greatly reduces the time for searching the network. The convenience of the operation is improved, and the user can easily register the highest priority network in the country even in frequent change positions, thereby improving the user experience.

The present invention provides a device capable of reading location information by parsing a network broadcast message. In the process of finding a network, the terminal according to the network preference list provided by the operator that is provided by the terminal corresponding to the current location. Searching the network to quickly find the network registration, and when the operator network changes, the user will also push the message to update the network information list, and the terminal updates the preferred network list according to the current information to ensure real-time update of the network information.

With the optional embodiment, in a place with wide network coverage, the range of activities of the user is often large, and the new terminal can quickly find the frequency information of the optimal network, thereby initiating a search request and finding an optimal network. , skip scanning and attempting of unrelated network frequencies, avoiding a lot of time wastage caused by full-band search, meanwhile, Since the network preference list is updated by the operator in real time, it also facilitates the operator to optimize the network and conveniently allocate user resources.

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of a network search apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 7, the apparatus 70 includes: a location information parsing unit 72, a search network registration unit 74, and an operator network preference list information storage unit 76, wherein The function of the location information parsing unit 72 and the operator network preference list information storage unit 76 is implemented by the obtaining module 22 and the updating module 44 of the embodiment of the present invention. The function of the web search unit 74 has the determining module 24 in the embodiment of the present invention. achieve. After the device is turned on, the device parses the broadcast message sent by the network through the location information parsing unit 72 to obtain the location information, and informs the search network registration unit 74 that the search network registration unit 74 sends the location information to the corresponding carrier network preference list information storage unit 76. The corresponding network information is searched for the network registration. The carrier network preference list information storage unit 76 is further configured to store the corresponding relationship between the updated location information and the network accessed by the location information section.

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of a carrier network preferred list information storage structure according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 8, the method includes:

a location index, where the location index is found according to the location information obtained by the location obtaining unit, where the location index has a certain correspondence with the network preference list; the network preference information list includes different network preference lists of different locations configured by the operator. It is the place where the final frequency information is stored. For the 3GPP system, it stores the PLMN, RAT, and frequency. For the 3GPP2 system, it stores the System Identifier (SID) and the Network Identifier (Network Identifier). NID) and frequency point information, operators can freely configure network priorities according to different geographical locations and their own network coverage. It is found according to the location index, which can reflect the current order of the network priority of the location and the frequency of the available network, which greatly reduces the scope of the search. At the same time, the operator can also flexibly adjust the user registration network by updating the list. The method is especially suitable for areas with frequent change positions and more network frequency information, which allows users to quickly find high priority networks and improve user experience.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart of a method for registering a web in an automatic mode boot or loss service according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 9, the method includes the following steps:

Step S902, detecting location information when the terminal is powered on or loses service;

Step S904, obtaining current location information of the terminal by parsing a broadcast message sent by the network;

In step S906, it is determined whether the current location information is changed, and may be determined by determining whether the current location information has changed within a predetermined time period. If the determination result is yes, step S908 is performed, and if the determination result is negative, Go to step S910;

Step S908: The network with the highest priority among the network preference lists provided by the operator is selected as the access network according to the current location information.

Step S910, using the frequency point information used when the network was last accessed, attempting to register;

Step S912, determining whether the frequency point information is available, that is, using the frequency point information to access the determined access network. If the determination result is yes, step S914 is performed, and if the determination result is no, the step is performed. S916;

Step S914, normal registration, that is, the access is successful;

Step S916, since the access network determined by using the frequency point information access is unavailable, the next preferred network in the network preference list provided by the operator is used as the access network to access the frequency point information, of course, the solution is only It is an optional embodiment. In addition, other frequency points can also be used to enter the determined access network.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart of a method for periodically searching for a preferred network when registering a network according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 10:

Step S1002: detecting location information when the terminal successfully registers with the network;

Step S1004: periodically parse the broadcast message sent by the network to obtain current location information of the terminal.

In step S1006, it is determined whether the current location information is changed, and the result of the pride determination is YES. Step S1010 is performed; if the determination result is no, step S1008 is performed;

Step S1008, determining whether the current network is the current location and the optimal network in the list of accessible operator networks, and if the determination result is no, step S1010 is performed;

Step S1010: Read the corresponding operator network preferred list information according to the current location information, and try to search the network, and determine the network with the highest priority as the access network from the network list;

Step S1012 - step S1016 is the same as step S912 - step S916 described above, and details are not described herein again.

11 is a flow chart of a network update carrier network preference list according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG.

Step S1102: The terminal receives an update message that is updated by the network and updates the preferred network list.

Step S1104: The terminal updates the updated new preferred network list to the original preferred network list according to the priority, that is, replaces the original preferred network list with the updated preferred network list.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart of a manual network search according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 12, the method includes the following steps:

Step S1202, initiating a manual search request;

Step S1204: Obtain current location information by using a network broadcast message.

Step S1206: Read the operator network preference list information according to the obtained current location information, and scan the search network by frequency.

Through the above embodiments, the user can significantly speed up the user registration process in the automatic mode, especially when the user frequently changes the location and the network is complicated, and the maximum probability is prevented by the full-band search network caused by the unavailability of the last registered frequency point. Time-consuming problems, user-friendly, and improved user experience.

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

The above technical solution of the present invention can be applied to the field of communication, and the location information of the terminal is acquired. According to the obtained location information, and the corresponding relationship between the pre-stored location and the access network, the location information is determined. The access network performs the access processing according to the determined access network, and solves the problem that the related technology cannot access the network quickly due to the continuous change of the location, and the effect of the network accessing can be selected quickly.

Claims

An access processing method includes:

Obtaining location information of the terminal;

Determining, according to the obtained location information, and a correspondence between the pre-stored location and the access network, the access network corresponding to the location information;

Performing access processing according to the determined access network.
The method of claim 1, wherein acquiring location information of the terminal comprises:

Obtaining a broadcast message of the network, where the broadcast message carries location information of the terminal;

Obtaining the location information of the terminal according to the broadcast message.
The method according to claim 1, wherein before determining the access network corresponding to the location information according to the obtained location information and the correspondence between the pre-stored location and the access network, the method further includes:

Receiving a push message whose network has changed;

And updating the correspondence between the location and the access network according to the push message.
The method of claim 1, wherein selecting an access network from the list of access networks corresponding to different locations stored in advance according to the obtained location information comprises:

And selecting, according to the obtained location information, a network with the highest priority from the correspondence between the pre-stored location and the access network as the access network.
The method of claim 1, wherein performing access processing according to the determined access network comprises:

Determine whether the frequency information used by the last access network is available;

If the result of the determination is yes, the selected access network is accessed according to the frequency information used by the last access network; if the determination result is no, according to the determined Accessing the access network to a frequency point other than the last used frequency point in the network, or selecting the next network to access from the network list corresponding to the different locations stored in advance according to the obtained location information deal with.
An access processing device includes:

Obtaining a module, configured to obtain location information of the terminal;

a determining module, configured to determine an access network corresponding to the location information according to the obtained location information and a correspondence between the pre-stored location and the access network;

The access processing module is configured to perform access processing according to the determined access network.
The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the obtaining module comprises:

a first acquiring unit, configured to acquire a broadcast message of the network, where the broadcast message carries location information of the terminal;

And a second acquiring unit, configured to acquire the location information of the terminal according to the broadcast message.
The apparatus of claim 6 wherein said apparatus further comprises:

a receiving module, configured to receive a push message that the network changes;

And an update module, configured to update the correspondence between the location and the access network according to the push message.
The apparatus of claim 6 wherein said determining module comprises:

The selecting unit is configured to select, according to the obtained location information, a network with the highest priority from the correspondence between the pre-stored location and the access network as the access network.
The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the access processing module comprises:

The determining unit is configured to determine whether the frequency information used by the last access network is available;

The first access processing unit is configured to perform access processing on the selected access network according to the frequency point information used by the last access network when the determination result is yes;

The second access processing unit is configured to: when the determination result is negative, access the access network according to the determined frequency point of the access network except the frequency point used last time, or according to The acquired location information selects the next network from the list of networks corresponding to different locations stored in advance for access processing.