WO2016131348A1

WO2016131348A1 - Method for achieving traffic control and terminal

Info

Publication number: WO2016131348A1
Application number: PCT/CN2016/070489
Authority: WO
Inventors: 葛天元; 栾义兵
Original assignee: 中兴通讯股份有限公司
Priority date: 2015-09-17
Filing date: 2016-01-08
Publication date: 2016-08-25
Also published as: CN106550404A

Abstract

Disclosed are a method and apparatus for achieving traffic control. The method comprises: acquiring remaining traffic corresponding to each kind of plans customized by a terminal when it is necessary to access a service; and determining a plan used for service access according to the acquired remaining traffic of each kind of plans.

Description

Method and terminal for realizing flow control

Technical field

This document relates to, but is not limited to, the field of mobile communications, and more particularly to a method, terminal and computer readable storage medium for implementing flow control.

Background technique

With the rapid development of mobile communication technologies, business access through mobile terminals has become a common way of daily work and life. The mobile terminal generally conducts service access through a customized traffic plan in the absence of a wireless local area network (WIFI) based on the IEEE 802.11b standard.

At present, the user selects a package that meets the usage of the traffic for business access, and determines the corresponding communication tariff according to the traffic demand; for different packages, the preferential policies formulated by the operator are often different, when the user uses the traffic exceeding the quota of the customized package, Operators often charge users higher communication charges. For example, if the traffic exceeding the traffic package is measured in megabits, the transaction fee outside the package is about 3 times the price of the flow meter in the package. The high traffic rate charges outside the package are derived from some traffic control methods. The more common methods are: the user sets an alarm threshold in the terminal, and sends a reminder to the user when the traffic consumed by the user service access traffic reaches the alarm threshold during the tier period. Flow control; in order to avoid the consumption of the package by the application of the terminal during the standby process, the terminal data traffic is set to be closed during standby.

When the alarm threshold is set, the user is sent a reminder of the flow control. For users who have customized packages, there are no reasonable control methods for how to use various types of packages. Unreasonable use of customized various types of packages will result in Unreasonable application of traffic resources affects the user's online experience. Although the terminal data traffic can be closed during standby to avoid some traffic consumption, closing the data traffic will cause some communication information to be pushed in time, affecting the timely reception of instant messages.

Summary of the invention

The following is a summary of the subject matter described in detail herein, and is not intended to limit the scope of the claims.

In order to solve the above technical problem, the present invention discloses a method, a terminal and a computer readable storage medium for implementing flow control, which can reasonably control various types of packages customized by the terminal, so as to make reasonable use of the flow resources.

In order to achieve the purpose of the present invention, a method for implementing flow control is disclosed. When a user needs to perform service access, the following includes:

Obtain the corresponding remaining traffic of each type of package customized by the terminal;

The package for business access use is determined based on the remaining traffic of each type of package obtained.

Optionally, determining the package used for the service access includes: determining, according to the acquired remaining traffic of each type of the package, the package with the most remaining traffic in the multiple types of packages for the service access;

The service with the most remaining traffic is used for service access: by opening the terminal wireless network standard corresponding to the package with the most remaining traffic, the terminal uses the traffic of the package with the most remaining traffic to perform service access under the open wireless network standard.

Optionally, the package comprises: a second generation mobile communication technology 2G package, and/or a third generation mobile communication technology 3G package, and/or a fourth generation mobile communication technology 4G package, and/or a data package including other network standards. .

Optionally, the method further includes:

When the terminal is in the standby state, the package with the lowest wireless network standard corresponding to the package is selected from the package including the remaining traffic for performing service access.

Optionally, the method further includes:

Setting a corresponding margin alarm threshold for each type of package;

When the remaining traffic of the current plan for service access reaches the remaining alarm threshold,

Switch from the currently used package to the package with the most traffic remaining in the other types of packages except the current usage plan; or,

The remaining traffic information is fed back to the user to determine whether to switch from the currently used package to the service with the most traffic remaining among the other types of traffic packages except the current usage plan.

Optionally, when the switch from the currently used package is switched to the package with the most remaining traffic in the other types of packages except the current use plan, the method further includes: closing the terminal data traffic.

Optionally, when the remaining traffic of each type of the package reaches the corresponding remaining alarm threshold, the method further includes: closing the terminal data traffic.

On the other hand, the present disclosure also discloses a terminal for implementing flow control, including an obtaining unit and a determining unit; wherein

The obtaining unit is configured to acquire, when the user needs to perform service access, obtain corresponding remaining traffic of each type of package customized by the terminal;

The determining unit is configured to determine a package to be used for the business access according to the acquired remaining traffic of each type of package.

Optionally, the determining unit is configured to determine, according to the acquired remaining traffic of each type of package, that the package with the most remaining traffic in the multiple types of packages is used for service access;

The service with the most remaining traffic is used for service access: by opening the terminal wireless network standard corresponding to the package with the most remaining traffic, the terminal uses the traffic with the most remaining traffic to access the service under the open wireless network standard.

Optionally, the terminal further includes a standby switching unit, configured to select, when the terminal is in the standby state, the package with the lowest wireless network standard corresponding to the package from the package that includes the remaining traffic for performing service access.

Optionally, the terminal further includes an alarm setting unit and an alarm processing unit;

An alarm setting unit is configured to set a threshold alarm threshold corresponding to each type of package;

The alarm processing unit is configured to: when the remaining traffic of the current package for service access reaches the remaining alarm threshold,

Optionally, the alarm processing unit is further configured to: when switching from the current usage package to the package with the most remaining traffic in the other types of packages except the current usage plan, the terminal data traffic is closed.

Optionally, the alarm processing unit is further configured to: when the remaining traffic of each type of the package is When the threshold alarm threshold is reached, the terminal data traffic is closed.

The embodiment of the present invention further provides a computer readable storage medium, which stores program instructions, and when the program instructions are executed by the processor, can implement a method for implementing flow control provided by the embodiments of the present invention.

Compared with the prior art, the technical solution of the present application includes: when the user needs to perform service access, acquiring corresponding remaining traffic of each type of package customized by the terminal; determining, according to the remaining traffic of each type of the obtained package, for the service access The package used. The solution of the embodiment of the present invention improves the reasonable application of the traffic resource by obtaining the remaining traffic of the terminal and determining the service access usage package. Optionally, setting the balance alarm threshold of each type of the package to use the service for the service Switching, avoiding excessive traffic and causing high tariffs, improves the application experience of business access.

After reading and understanding the drawings and detailed description, you can understand other aspects.

BRIEF abstract

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 method for implementing flow control according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention;

2 is a structural block diagram of a terminal for implementing flow control according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a method in Embodiment 3 of the present invention.

Preferred embodiment of the invention

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that, in the case of no conflict, the features in the embodiments and the embodiments in the present application may be arbitrarily combined with each other.

Embodiment 1

FIG. 1 is a flowchart of a method for implementing flow control. As shown in FIG. 1 , when a user needs to perform service access, the following includes:

Step 100: Obtain corresponding remaining traffic of each type of package customized by the terminal; here, multiple Packages for the class package include: second generation mobile communication technology (2G) packages, and/or third generation mobile communication technology (3G) packages, and/or fourth generation mobile communication technology (4G) packages, and/or include other Network standard traffic package.

The method for obtaining the remaining traffic of each type may be obtained from the statistics of the operator, or may be obtained by performing statistical traffic classification by the terminal itself. In the solution of the embodiment of the present invention, a method for obtaining remaining traffic from an operator or classifying and counting traffic by the terminal itself is not limited. The traffic plan of other network standards refers to a new type of package formed based on the evolution of the network system and the change of the type of the package.

Step 101: Determine a package for service access usage according to the obtained remaining traffic of each type of package.

In this step, determining the package used for the service access specifically includes: determining, according to the remaining traffic of each type of the package, the package with the most remaining traffic in the multiple types of packages for the service access;

The service with the most remaining traffic is used for service access, including: by opening the terminal wireless network standard corresponding to the package with the most remaining traffic, the terminal uses the traffic of the package with the most remaining traffic in the open wireless network standard to perform service access.

It should be noted that, if the determination of the service access usage package as described in step 101 is not performed, when the terminal performs service access, the package with the least traffic selected first may be used for use, and then the package with medium traffic is used, and the last used traffic is the most. For the package, the package with the minimum and medium traffic will be used very quickly. When the maximum traffic package is used, when there is a margin alarm, there is no available traffic to control, so new traffic must be purchased. Or, if the determination of the service access usage privilege as described in step 101 is not performed, when the terminal performs service access, the network may be connected according to the priority 4G>3G>2G, and the higher the system, the higher the transmission rate is. After the traffic in the standard package is used up, if you do not provide a connection to other low-standard connections, users will continue to use the high-standard access network, which will generate a large amount of out-of-package traffic, while other low-standard packages will remain, giving users Unnecessary economic loss; at the same time, according to the margin of other standard packages, automatically select other low-standard packages, which can avoid the simple setting of the alarm for the standard package in the prior art, during the business visit, You also need to interrupt access, manually close the high-standard network connection, and manually switch to other standard package traffic.

If the traffic is used in the order of the remaining amount, the user can balance the traffic within the range of multiple wireless network traffic plans to avoid high system traffic excess, while other traffic plans have margins that are unreasonable.

Optionally, the method further includes:

When the terminal is in the standby state, the package with the lowest wireless network standard is selected from the package containing the remaining traffic for service access;

It should be noted that, due to the influence of the network standard, a lower package in the wireless network standard is selected, and the lower the relevant network transmission rate, the easier it is to control the traffic.

Optionally, the method further includes:

Set the corresponding margin alarm threshold for each type of package;

When the current usage package is switched to the package with the most remaining traffic in the other types of packages except the current usage plan, the method further includes: closing the terminal data traffic.

When the remaining traffic of each type of package reaches the remaining alarm threshold, the method further includes: closing the terminal data traffic.

It should be noted that, when the remaining traffic customized by the terminal reaches the threshold alarm threshold, the user may interrupt the service access according to the optional solution disclosed in this embodiment; if the user considers that the service access is important, the user may also select according to the tariff. Continue to use the current terminal wireless network standard for service access; or, you can switch to other wireless network standards that meet business access requirements for business access; or users can purchase new packages or purchase new traffic in existing packages, and then The purchased new package or purchased flow continues to be flow controlled using the method of the present invention. Optionally, if the terminal accesses the service and is located in the WIFI environment, the terminal may also automatically detect the WIFI hotspot and automatically connect to the network that can be connected and used.

The method disclosed in the embodiment of the present invention improves the reasonable application of the traffic resource by acquiring the remaining traffic of the terminal for determining the service access usage package; optionally, setting the balance alarm threshold of each type of the package to use the service for the package. Switching, avoiding excessive traffic and causing high tariffs, improves the application experience of business access.

Embodiment 2

2 is a structural block diagram of a terminal for implementing flow control, as shown in FIG. 2, including an obtaining unit 201 and a determining unit 202;

The obtaining unit 201 is configured to acquire, when the user needs to perform service access, the remaining traffic corresponding to each type of the package customized by the terminal;

The determining unit 202 is configured to determine a package for service access usage according to the acquired remaining traffic of each type of package.

The determining unit 202 is configured to determine, according to the acquired remaining traffic of each type of package, that the package with the most remaining traffic in the multiple types of packages is used for service access;

The service with the most remaining traffic is used for service access: by opening the terminal wireless network standard corresponding to the package with the most remaining traffic, the terminal uses the traffic of the package with the most remaining traffic in the enabled wireless network standard to perform service access.

The terminal of the present invention further includes a standby switching unit 205 configured to determine, when the terminal is in the standby state, the package with the lowest wireless network standard from the package containing the remaining traffic for service access.

The terminal of the present invention further includes an alarm setting unit 203 and an alarm processing unit 204;

The alarm setting unit 203 is configured to set a threshold alarm threshold corresponding to each type of package;

The alarm processing unit 204 is configured to: when the remaining traffic of the current plan for the service access reaches the remaining alarm threshold,

Switch from the current usage package to the package with the most traffic remaining in the other types of packages except the current usage package; or,

The remaining traffic information is fed back to the user to determine whether to switch from the current usage plan to the service with the most remaining traffic in the other types of traffic packages except the current usage plan.

The alarm processing unit 204 is further configured to switch from the current usage package to the current usage package. When the package with the most remaining traffic in other types of packages fails, the terminal data traffic is turned off.

The alarm processing unit 204 is further configured to close the terminal data traffic when the remaining traffic of each type of package reaches the remaining alarm threshold.

Embodiment 3

In this embodiment, the customized package type of the terminal includes a 2G package, a 3G package, and a 4G package. This embodiment assumes that the remaining traffic of the 4G package is the largest, the remaining traffic of the 3G package is second, and the slowest traffic of the 2G package network is the least. In this embodiment, a threshold alarm threshold corresponding to each type of package is set in a user account of the terminal or the operator;

This embodiment assumes that the terminal is switched from the standby state to the non-standby state. FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a method according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 3, the method includes:

Step 300: The terminal is in a standby state, and the package with the lowest wireless network standard is determined from the package containing the remaining traffic for service access. In this embodiment, since the 2G package, the 3G package, and the 4G package all contain the remaining traffic, the 2G package is selected for service access according to the method of this embodiment.

It should be noted that the determination of whether the terminal is in the standby state can be performed according to related schemes in the art.

The terminal transitions from the standby state to the non-standby state.

Step 301: When the service is accessed in the non-standby state, the remaining traffic corresponding to each type of the package customized by the terminal is obtained. Because the 4G package has the most remaining traffic, the 4G network standard is selected to enable the terminal to perform service access when the terminal accesses the service. The traffic of the 4G package is used under the system;

In step 302, the remaining traffic of the 4G package reaches the remaining alarm threshold, because, except for the 4G package, the most remaining traffic at this time is the 3G package. Therefore, the 4G wireless network switches to the 3G wireless network, and the traffic of the 3G package is used for service access. ;

Step 303: When the remaining traffic of the 3G package reaches the remaining alarm threshold, because the 3G package is the most, the remaining traffic is the 2G package. Therefore, the terminal wireless network standard is switched to the 2G network, and the traffic of the 2G package is used. Business access.

Step 304: When the traffic of the 2G package, the 3G package, and the 4G package reaches the remaining alarm threshold, the terminal data traffic is closed.

It should be noted that after the terminal data traffic is closed, the user may choose to add a new package or purchase new traffic or switch to WIFI mode for service access.

One of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that all or a portion of the steps of the above-described embodiments can be implemented using a computer program flow, which can be stored in a computer readable storage medium, such as on a corresponding hardware platform (eg, The system, device, device, device, etc. are executed, and when executed, include one or a combination of the steps of the method embodiments.

Alternatively, all or part of the steps of the above embodiments may also be implemented by using an integrated circuit. These steps may be separately fabricated into individual integrated circuit modules, or multiple modules or steps may be fabricated into a single integrated circuit module. achieve.

The devices/function modules/functional units in the above embodiments may be implemented by a general-purpose computing device, which may be centralized on a single computing device or distributed over a network of multiple computing devices.

When each device/function module/functional unit in the above embodiment is implemented in the form of a software function module and sold or used as a stand-alone product, it can be stored in a computer readable storage medium. The above mentioned computer readable storage medium may be a read only memory, a magnetic disk or an optical disk or the like.

Industrial applicability

The solution of the embodiment of the present invention improves the reasonable application of the traffic resource by obtaining the remaining traffic of the multiple packages of the terminal, and determining the service threshold of the service access. Optionally, by setting the alarm threshold of each type of the package, The package used by the business is switched, which avoids excessive charges and causes high tariffs, and improves the application experience of business access.

Claims

A method of implementing flow control, comprising:

When a service access is required, the corresponding remaining traffic of each type of package customized by the terminal is obtained;

The package for business access usage is determined based on the remaining traffic of each type of package obtained.
The method of claim 1, wherein the determining a package for service access usage comprises: determining, according to the acquired remaining traffic of each type of package, a package having the most remaining traffic among the plurality of types of packages for service access;

The utility of the package with the most remaining traffic for the service access includes: opening the terminal wireless network standard corresponding to the package with the most remaining traffic, so that the terminal uses the traffic of the package with the most remaining traffic in the enabled wireless network standard to perform service access. .
The method of claim 1, wherein the package comprises: a second generation mobile communication technology 2G package, and/or a third generation mobile communication technology 3G package, and/or a fourth generation mobile communication technology 4G package, and / or include a network plan for other network standards.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising:

When the terminal is in the standby state, the package with the lowest wireless network standard is determined from the package containing the remaining traffic for service access.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising:

Setting a corresponding margin alarm threshold for each type of package;

When the remaining traffic of the current plan for service access reaches the remaining alarm threshold,

Switch from the currently used package to the package with the most traffic remaining in the other types of packages except the current usage plan; or,

The remaining traffic information is fed back to the user to determine whether to switch from the current usage plan to the service with the most remaining traffic in the other types of traffic packages except the current usage plan.
The method according to claim 5, wherein when the switching from the current usage package to the package with the most remaining traffic among the other types of packages except the current usage package fails, the method further comprises: closing the terminal data traffic.
The method according to claim 5, wherein when the remaining traffic of each type of package reaches the remaining alarm threshold, the method further comprises: closing the terminal data traffic.
A terminal for implementing flow control, comprising: an obtaining unit and a determining unit; wherein

The obtaining unit is configured to acquire, when the service access is required, the remaining traffic corresponding to each type of the package customized by the terminal;

The determining unit is configured to determine a package for service access usage according to the acquired remaining traffic of each type of package.
The terminal according to claim 8, wherein the determining unit is configured to determine, according to the acquired remaining traffic of each type of package, that the package with the most remaining traffic in the plurality of types of packages is used for service access;

The determining that the maximum amount of the remaining traffic is used for the service access, includes: opening the terminal wireless network standard corresponding to the package with the most remaining traffic, so that the terminal performs the service using the traffic with the most remaining traffic in the enabled wireless network standard. access.
The terminal according to claim 8 or 9, further comprising a standby switching unit configured to determine, when the terminal is in the standby state, the package having the lowest wireless network standard from the package containing the remaining traffic for the service access.
The terminal according to claim 8 or 9, further comprising an alarm setting unit and an alarm processing unit; wherein

An alarm setting unit is configured to set a threshold alarm threshold corresponding to each type of package;

The alarm processing unit is configured to: when the remaining traffic of the current package for service access reaches the remaining alarm threshold,

Switch from the current usage package to the package with the most traffic remaining in the other types of packages except the current usage package; or,

The remaining traffic information is fed back to the user to determine whether to switch from the current usage plan to the service with the most remaining traffic in the other types of traffic packages except the current usage plan.
The terminal according to claim 11, wherein the alarm processing unit is further configured to: close the terminal data traffic when the switching from the current usage package to the package with the most remaining traffic in the other types of packages except the current usage package fails. .
The terminal according to claim 11, wherein the alarm processing unit is further configured to: when the remaining traffic of each type of package reaches the margin alarm threshold, turn off the terminal data traffic.
A computer readable storage medium storing program instructions that, when executed by a processor, implement the method of any of claims 1-7.