WO2019029017A1

WO2019029017A1 - Method, user equipment, base station, and device with storage function for communication

Info

Publication number: WO2019029017A1
Application number: PCT/CN2017/108012
Authority: WO
Inventors: Xin XIA
Original assignee: JRD Communication Shenzhen Ltd
Current assignee: JRD Communication Shenzhen Ltd
Priority date: 2017-08-10
Filing date: 2017-10-27
Publication date: 2019-02-14
Anticipated expiration: 2020-02-10
Also published as: CN109391961A

Abstract

The present disclosure discloses a method, a user equipment, a base station, and a device with storage function for communication. The method includes: transmitting a temporary performance changing request to a base station through a user equipment when a performance issue emerges, where the temporary performance changing request is for requesting the base station to adjust an operation mode configured for the user equipment in response to the temporary performance changing request. Through the above-mentioned method, the present disclosure can resolve many different performance issues through a common architecture. The method is simple, which can save resources and enhance work efficiency.

Description

METHOD, USER EQUIPMENT, BASE STATION, AND DEVICE WITH STORAGE FUNCTION FOR COMMUNICATION

TECHNICAL FIELD

Embodiments of the present disclosuregenerally relate tocommunication technology, and in particular relate to a method, a user equipment, a base station, and a device with storage function for communication.

BACKGROUND

A user equipment can bring the performance into full capabilitywhen operates normally. But in the process of actual use, performance issues such as the performance degradation caused by over-heat andthe in-device coexistence when the RF circuit operates withother wireless modules (e.g., WiFi , Bluetooth, and GPS) at the same time, that is, radio frequency coexistence, may be temporarily encountered due to the hardware or system limitations. When the user equipment encounters theperformance issues, its processing capability may degrade, which results in a failure to completely utilize theoperation mode configured for the user equipment by the base station, and causes the waste of resources.

SUMMARY

The main objective of the present disclosure is to provide a communication methodand a user equipment, a base station, and a device with storage function for communication, which can resolve resourcewasteproblems caused by performance issuesof a user equipment.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned objective, a technical scheme adoptedby the present disclosure is: providing a communication method including transmitting a temporary performance changing request to a base station through a user equipment when a performance issue emerges, where the temporary performance changing request is for requesting the base station to adjust an operation mode configured for the user equipment in response to the temporary performance changing request.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned objective, another technical scheme adoptedby the present disclosure is: providing a communication method including receiving and analyzinga temporary performance changing request transmitted by a user equipment； adjusting an operation mode configured for the user equipmentin response to the temporary performance changing request.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned objective, another technical scheme adoptedby the present disclosure is: auser equipment, comprising a first processing circuit and a first communication circuit electrically coupled to each other, where the first processing circuit executes instructions in operation to implement the above-mentioned method.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned objective, another technical scheme adoptedby the present disclosure is: abase station, comprising a second processing circuit and a second communication circuit electrically coupled to each other, the second processing circuit executing instructions in operation to implement the above-mentioned method.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned objective, another technical scheme adopted bythe present disclosure is: a device with storage function, wherein the device is stored with instructions, and the instructions implement the above-mentioned method.

The present disclosure has the advantages that: different from to the case of the prior art, the user equipment of the present disclosure issues a temporary performance changing request to the base station when the user equipment itself emerges aperformance issue, so as to request the base station to adjust the operation mode configured for the user equipment itself. The resources after the adjustment are more adaptive to the current performance of the user equipment, thereby improving the matching of the operation modeconfigured by the base station with the current performance of the user equipment so as to reduce the waste of resources.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a flow chart of a first embodiment of a communication method of the present disclosure.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart of asecond embodiment of a communication method of the present disclosure.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart of athird embodiment of a communication method of the present disclosure.

FIG. 4 is a flow chart of a fourth embodiment of a communication method of the present disclosure.

FIG. 5 is a flow chart of a fifth embodiment of a communication method of the present disclosure.

FIG. 6 is a flow chart of asixth embodiment of a communication method of the present disclosure.

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of theof the structure of a user equipmentaccording to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of theof the structure of a base station according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 9 is a flow chart of aseventh embodiment of a communication method of the present disclosure.

FIG. 10 is a flow chart of aneighth embodiment of a communication method of the present disclosure.

FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram of theof the structure of a device withstorage function according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The present disclosure will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments.

Referring to FIG. 1, a flow chart of a first embodiment of a communication method of the present disclosure is depicted. The method may include the following blocks.

At S101: transmitting a temporary performance changing request to a base station through a user equipment when a performance issue emerges, where the temporary performance changing request is for requesting the base station to adjust an operation mode configured for the user equipment in response to the temporary performance changing request.

The user equipment can bring the performance into full capability when it operates normally. But inthe process of actual use, performance issues may be temporarily encountered due to the hardware or system limitations. Hence, the user equipment needs to adjust the current operation mode so that the adjusted operation modecan be more adapted to the current performance of the user equipment. However, the user equipment itself can not complete these adjustments independently, and needs theassistance of the base station. After the base station has adjustedthe operation mode configured for the user equipment, the user equipment will be more matching the operation modecurrently configured, thereby achieving the purpose of reducing the waste of resources.

In a specific implementation scenario, the user equipment transmits the temporary performance changing request to the base station due to some performance issues caused bythe hardware or system limitations. The temporary performance changing request includes at least one of a type of the performance issue, a triggering cause of the performance issue, status parameter (s) of the current user equipment, adjustment suggestionparameter (s) for the base station to configure the operation mode, and an effective time of the temporary performance changing request.

Wherein, the type of the performance issues can be hardware sharing issues, interference issues, or other user equipment anomalies (eg, the issue of over-heat) . The triggeringcause of the performance issue can be the cause of the user equipment itself, the cause of theexterior, or caused by other events. The status parameters of the current user equipment include various parameters with respect to the current operation status of the user equipment such as the temperature of the current user equipment, the suitable communication method of the current user equipment, the number of antennas used by the current user equipment, the number of carriers used by the current user equipment, and the radio frequency speed of the current user equipment. The status parameters of the current user equipment are provided according to the type of performance issues. For example, when the type of performance issue is over-heat, the status parametersof the current user equipment include the temperature of the main chipsof the current user equipment. The status parameters of the current user equipment is provided in order to allow the base station to better understand the current status of the user equipment so as to determine the urgency of the temporary performance changing request and use the status parameters as a reference when adjusting the operation mode configuredfor the user equipment configuration in response to the temporary performance changing request. The adjustment suggestion parameter (s) for the base station to configure the operation mode can be various operation parameters suitable for the base station to adopt so as to suggest the base station to adjust the operation mode configured by itself, which are based on the performance issues of the user equipment itself and the current status. For example, stopping the use of LTE network technology in an unlicensed frequency band, suggesting the base station to reduce the number of carriers for carrier aggregation, or reducing the number of the transmit antennas or the carrier antennas when MIMO (Multiple-Input Multiple-Output) is adopted, changing the modulation mode, or other operation parameters which are currently suitable for adoption. The effective time of the temporary performance changing request is determinedbased ona determination of the user equipment for the duration of the performance issue.

In this embodiment, the temporary performance changing request is carried by a radio resource control (RRC) message, and in other embodiments, the temporary performance changing request may be transmittedthrough a message of other protocol such as a MAC (medium access control) message. In this embodiment, the base station is a new radio (NR) base station, and in other embodiments, it may be a long term evolution (LTE) base station or a base station supporting other communication networks. In this embodiment, the user equipment emergesthe performance issuewhen the performance is brought into full capability, and in other embodiments, the user equipment may emergethe performance issuewhen only partialof the performance is used.

In another specific implementation scenario, different priorities can be configured in advance to the type of the performance issue. The higher the priority, the higher the severity of the performance issue. After the base station receives thetemporary performance changing request, the urgency of adjusting theoperation mode configured for the user equipmentcan be determined according to the priority (of the type) of the performance issue, and the priority can also be a basis for determining whether completely or partially referring to the adjustment suggestion parameter (s) for the base station to configure the operation modewhich is proposed in the temporary performance changing request.

In another specific implementation scenario, the types of performance issues can be more than one, for example, the user equipment emerges the issues of over-heat and RF coexistence at the same time. When theuser equipmenttransmits thetemporary performance changing request, the types of the two performance issues are listed at the same time in the types of performance issue. Furthermore, different priorities can be configured in advance to the type of the performance issue, two different types have different priorities, andthe base station will perform corresponding adjustments to the operation mode configured for the user equipmentaccording to the priority of the two performance issues after receiving the temporary performance changing request.

In another specific implementation scenario, different priorities can also be configured in advance to the triggering cause of the performance issue. The higher the priority, the higher the severity of the performance issue. After the base station receives the temporary performance changing request, the urgency of adjusting theoperation mode configured for the user equipmentcan be determined according to the priority of the triggering causeof the performance issue, and the priority can also be a basis for determining whether completely or partially referring to the adjustment suggestion parameter (s) for the base station to configure the operation mode which is proposed in the temporary performance changing request.

In another specific implementation scenario, the triggering cause of the performance issue further includes an estimated continuing duration of an event triggering the performance issue. The estimated continuing duration includes temporary, long term, or permanent. After the base stationreceives the temporary performance changing request, the length of the estimated continuing duration in the triggering cause of the performancecan be taken as a basis for adjusting the resources allocated to the user equipment.

As can be seen from the above-mentioned description, in this embodiment, the user equipment requests the base station to adjust theoperation mode configured for the user equipment when the user equipment emerges a performance issue, so that the base station configures a more suitable operation mode for the user equipment itself, which improves the efficiency of resource utilization and reduces the unnecessary resource waste.

Referring to FIG. 2, a flow chart of asecond embodiment of a communication method of the present disclosure is depicted. The method may include the following blocks.

At S201: transmitting a temporary performance changing request to a base station through a user equipment when a performance issue emerges, where the temporary performance changing request is for requesting the base station to adjust an operation mode configured for the user equipment in response to the temporary performance changing request.

Step S201 is basically the same as step S101 in the first embodiment of the present disclosure, except that in this embodiment, the temporary performance changing request includes at least one of the type of the performance issue, the triggering cause of the performance issue, the status parameter (s) of the current user equipment, and the adjustment suggestionparameter (s) for the base station to configure the operation mode, but not includes the effective time of the temporary performance changing request. The rest is the same as S101 in the first embodiment, and will not be described herein.

At S202: transmitting a change releasing request to a base station through a user equipmentwhen the performance issue is improved or disappears, where the change releasing request is for requesting the base station to at least partially restore the operation mode configured for the user equipment.

In a specific embodiment, after the base station has adjusted the configured operation mode, the user equipment uses resourcesin a more suitable manner. Upon resolving the performance issue, the user equipment transmits a change releasing request to the base station, so as to request the base station to at least partially restore the operation mode configured for the user equipment. For example, if the user equipment has theissue of over-heat, the base station is requested to reduce the number of carriers in a carrier aggregation. The base station reduces the number of the carriers in the carrier aggregation after receiving the temporary performance changing request. After operating for a period of time, the temperature of the user equipment is reduced to be within a preset safety range, the issue of over-heat is resolved, andthe user equipment can deal with the number of carriers included in the original carrier aggregation. Hence the user equipment transmits the change releasing request to the base station, so as to request the base station to restore the original resource allocation, that is, to restore the original number of the carriers.

In another specific implementation scenario, the change releasing request includes the type of the performance issue. Because the user equipment may encounter multiple performance issues at the same time, it is possible that the previous temporary performance changing request includes multipletypes of performance issues, and the base station also adjusts the resource allocation correspondinglyfor these different types of performance issues. After the base station has adjusted the operation mode configured for the user equipment, only one type of the performance issues has been improved or resolvedpresently. For example, as to the issue of over-heat, after the base station reduces the number of the carriers in the carrier aggregation, the temperature of the user equipment will not be reduced to be within a preset safety rangeimmediately. But when dealing with an RF coexistenceissue, the issuemay be resolved immediately after the interference signalis stopped. Hence, it is possible that the RF coexistenceissuehas been resolved while the temperature of the user equipment has not been reduced to the safety range, hence the change releasing request issued by the user equipment to the base station includes the type of the performance issue, so that the user equipment does not completely restorethe operation mode configured for the user equipmentwhen the base station receives the change releasing request, and merely restorespart of theoperation mode configured for the user equipment corresponding to the type of the performance issue in the change releasing request.

In this embodiment, the temporary performance changing request is carried by a radio resource control (RRC) message, and in other embodiments, the temporary performance changing request may be transmittedthrough a message of other protocol such as a MAC (medium access control) message. In this embodiment, the base station is a new radio (NR) base station, and in other embodiments, it may be a long term evolution (LTE) base station or a base station supporting other communication networks. In this embodiment, the user equipment emergesthe performance issue when the performance is brought into full capability, and in other embodiments, the user equipment may emergethe performance issue when only partialof the performance is used.

As can be seen from the above-mentioned description, this embodiment can request the base station to relieve the change after the performance issue is resolved or improved, and the original operation mode can be restored in time, thereby saving time effectively, enhancing the operation efficiency, and improving the resource utilization rate.

Referring to FIG. 3, a flow chart of a third embodiment of a communication method of the present disclosure is depicted. The method may include the following blocks.

At S301: transmitting a temporary performance changing request to a base station through a user equipment when a performance issue emerges, where the temporary performance changing request is for requesting the base station to adjust an operation mode configured for the user equipment in response to the temporary performance changing request.

The basic contents of step S301 are basically the same as those in step S101 of the first embodiment provided by the present disclosure, and will not be described herein. In other embodiments, the basic content of step S301 may also be similar to step S201 in the second embodiment provided by the present disclosure, and the step further includes: the user equipment transmits a change releasing requestto the base station, where the change releasing request is for requesting the base station to at leastpartially restorethe operation mode configured for the user equipmentwhile the performance issue is improved or disappears, which is substantially similar to step S202 in the second embodiment of the present disclosure, and will not be described herein, too.

At S302: receiving and analyzing a change rejecting notification transmitted by the base station.

In a specific implementation scenario, the base station transmits thechange rejecting notification to the user equipment. After receiving the change rejecting notification, the user equipment understands that the base station will not adjust the configured operation mode, and it can choose to retransmit a new temporary performance changing request to request the base station to adjust the configured operation mode after updating the current status parameter (s) , or be no longer transmittingthetemporary performance changing request to the base station.

In another implementation scenario, the change rejecting notification transmitted through the base station includes at least one of the type of the performance issue, a change rejecting reason, and a prohibition duration. Since the user terminal may encounter multiple types of performance issues at the same time or in succession, the base station indicates the type of performance issuewhich is rejected in the transmittedchange rejecting notification and describes the specific reason for rejecting the change in the change rejecting reason. Upon receiving thechange rejecting notification, the user equipmentwill be no longer transmittingthetemporary performance changing request for the same type of performance issue. The prohibition durationis a duration for prohibiting the user equipment from repeatedly transmitting the temporary performance changing request of the same type. Within the prohibition duration, the same type of the temporary performance changing requeststransmitted by the user equipment will be rejected by the base station. Without the prohibition duration, the base station will determine whether to reject the received temporary performance changing requestor adjust the operation mode configured for the user equipment with reference to it (i.e., the received temporary performance changing request) according to its contents.

As described above, in this embodiment, the change rejecting notification transmitted through the base station is capable of saving unnecessary changes, and the temporary performance changing request of the same type will not transmitted for a period of time, which effectively saves resources and improvesthe efficiency of operation.

Referring to FIG. 4, a flow chart of a fourth embodiment of a communication method of the present disclosure is depicted. The method may include the following blocks.

At S401: receiving and analyzinga temporary performance changing request transmitted by a user equipment.

In a specific implementation scenario, the user equipment can bring the performance into full capability when operates normally. But in the process of actual use, performance issues may be temporarily encountered due to the hardware or system limitations. Hence, the user equipment needs to adjust the current operation mode so that the adjusted operation mode can be more adapted to the current performance of the user equipment. However, the user equipment itself can not complete these adjustments independently, and needs the assistance of the base station. After the base station has adjustedthe operation mode configured for the user equipment, the user equipment will be more matching the operation mode currently configured, thereby achieving the purpose of reducing the waste of resources.

The temporary performance changing request includes at least one of the type of the performance issue, the triggering cause of the performance issue, the status parameter (s) of the current user equipment, the adjustment suggestionparameter (s) for the base station to configure the operation mode, and the effective time of the temporary performance changing request. Where, the type of the performance issues can be hardware sharing issues, interference issues, or other user equipment anomalies (e.g., the issue of over-heat) . The triggering cause of the performance issue can be the cause of the user equipment itself, the cause of theexterior, or caused by other events. The status parameters of the current user equipment include various parameters with respect to the current operation status of the user equipment such as the temperature of the current user equipment, the suitable communication method of the current user equipment, the number of antennas used by the current user equipment, the number of carriers used by the current user equipment, and the radio frequency speed of the current user equipment. The status parameters of the current user equipment are provided according to the type of performance issues. For example, when the type of performance issue is over-heat, the status parametersof the current user equipment include the temperature of the main chip of the current user equipment. The status parameters of the current user equipment is provided in order to allow the base station to better understand the current status of the user equipment so as to determine the urgency of the temporary performance changing request and use the status parameters as a reference when adjusting the operation mode configured for the user equipment configuration in response to the temporary performance changing request. The adjustment suggestion parameter (s) for the base station to configure the operation mode can be various operation parameters suitable for the base station to adopt so as to suggest the base station to adjust the operation mode configured for the user equipment, which are based on the performance issues of the user equipment itself and the current status. For example, stopping the use of LTE network technology in an unlicensed frequency band, suggesting the base station to reduce the number of carriers for carrier aggregation, or reducing the number of the transmit antennas or the carrier antennas when MIMO (Multiple-Input Multiple-Output) is adopted, changing the modulation mode, or other operation parameters which are currently suitable for adoption. The effective time of the temporary performance changing request is determinedbased ona determination of the user equipment for the duration of the performance issue.

In this embodiment, the temporary performance changing request is carried by a radio resource control protocol message, and in other embodiments, the temporary performance changing request may be transmittedthrough a message of other protocol such as a MAC (medium access control) message. In this embodiment, the base station is a new radio base station, and in other embodiments, it may be a long term evolution base station or a base station supporting other communication networks. In this embodiment, the user equipment emergesthe performance issue when the performance is brought into full capability, and in other embodiments, the user equipment may emergethe performance issue when only partialof the performance is used.

In another specific implementation scenario, different priorities can be configured in advance to the type of the performance issue. The higher the priority, the higher the severity of the performance issue.

In another specific implementation scenario, the types of performance issues can be more than one, for example, the user equipment emerges the issues of over-heat and signal interference between internal apparatuses at the same time. When the user equipment transmits the temporary performance changing request, the types of the two performance issues are listed at the same time in the types of the performance issues. Furthermore, different priorities can be configured in advance to the type of the performance issue, two different types have different priorities.

In another specific implementation scenario, different priorities can also be configured in advance to the triggering cause of the performance issue. The higher the priority, the higher the severity of the performance issue.

In another specific implementation scenario, the triggering cause of the performance issue further includes an estimated continuing duration of an event triggering the performance issue. The estimated continuing duration includes temporary, long term, or permanent.

At S402: adjusting an operation mode configured for the user equipment based on the content of the temporary performance changing request.

In a specific implementation scenario, after receiving the temporary performance changing request, the base station adjusts the operation mode configured for the user equipmentaccording to the type of the performance issue, the triggering cause of the performance issue, and the status parameter of the current user equipmentand refer to the adjustment suggestion parameter (s) for the base station to configure the operation mode can. For example, reducing the number of carriers in a carrier aggregation, or reducing the number of the transmit antennas or the carrier antennas when MIMO (Multiple-Input Multiple-Output) is adopted. At the same time, the base station reads the effective time included in the temporary performance changing request and starts timingaccording to the effective timewhile performing corresponding adjustments to the operation mode configured for the user equipment according to the temporary performance changing request. When the timing ends, the base station may restore the operation mode configured for the user equipment partially or completely.

In another specific implementation scenario, different priorities can be configured in advance to the type of the performance issue. After the base station receives the temporary performance changing request, the urgency of adjusting the operation mode configured for the user equipmentcan be determined according to the priority (of the type) of the performance issue, and the priority can also be a basis for determining whether completely or partially referring to the adjustment suggestion parameter (s) for the base station to configure the operation mode which is proposed in the temporary performance changing request.

In another specific implementation scenario, the types of performance issues can be more than one. After receiving the temporary performancechangingrequest, the base station adjusts the operation mode configured for the user equipment according to the priority of multiple performance issues.

In another specific implementation scenario, different priorities can also be configured in advance to the triggering cause of the performance issue. After the base station receives the temporary performance changing request, the urgency of adjusting the operation mode configured for the user equipment can be determined according to the priority of the triggering cause of the performance issue, and the priority can also be a basis for determining whether completely or partially referring to the adjustment suggestion parameter (s) for the base station to configure the operation mode which is proposed in the temporary performance changing request.

In another specific implementation scenario, the triggering cause of the performance issue further includes an estimated continuing duration of an event triggering the performance issue. After the base station receives the temporary performance changing request, the length of the estimated continuing duration in the triggering cause of the performance can be taken as a basis for adjusting the resources allocated to the user equipment.

In this embodiment, the temporary performance changing request is carried by a radio resource control protocol message, and the base station and the user equipment are connected througha new radionetwork. In other embodiments, it is also possible to connect through a long term evolution network or other wireless remote networks. In this embodiment, the user equipment emergesthe performance issue when the performance is brought into full capability, and in other embodiments, the user equipment may emergethe performance issue when only partialof the performance is used.

As can be seen from the above-mentioned description, this embodiment adjusts the operation mode configured for the user equipment in response to the temporary performance changing request proposed by the user equipment, so that the user equipment is more matched with the configured operation mode, and the unnecessary resource waste can be reduced.

Referring to FIG. 5, a flow chart of a fifth embodiment of a communication method of the present disclosure is depicted. The method may include the following blocks.

AtS501: receiving and analyzinga temporary performance changing request transmitted by a user equipment.

At S502: adjusting an operation mode configured for the user equipment based on the content of the temporary performance changing request.

In this embodiment, steps S501 and S502 are basically similar to S401 and S402 in the fourth embodiment of the present disclosure, except that in this embodiment, the temporary performance changing request includes at least one of a type of the performance issue, thetriggering cause of the performance issue, the status parameter (s) of the current user equipment, and the adjustment suggestionparameter (s) for the base station to configure the operation mode, but not includes the effective time of the temporary performance changing request. The rest are similar and will not be described herein.

At S503: receiving and analyzinga change releasing request transmitted by a user equipment through the base station.

In a specific embodiment, after the base station has adjusted the configured operation mode, the performance issuewill be improved or disappears. At this point, the user equipment will transmit a change releasing request to the base station, so as to request the base station to at least partially restore to the operation mode configured forthe user equipment. The base station receives the change releasing request and analyzes the content of the change releasing request.

For example, the user equipment emerges theissue of over-heat, and transmits the temporary performance changing request to the base station. The base station reduces the number of the carriers in the carrier aggregation according to the content of the temporary performance changing requestupon receiving the temporary performance changing request. After operating for a period of time, the issue of over-heat is resolved, and the user equipment can restore to the original number of the carriers in the carrier aggregation and perform operations. Hence the user equipment transmits the change releasing request to the base station, and the base station receives and analyzes the content of the change releasing request to understand that the number of the carriers in the carrier aggregation can be restored.

In another specific implementation scenario, the change releasing request includes the type of the performance issue. Because the user equipment may encounter multiple performance issues at the same time, it is possible that the previous temporary performance changing request includes multiple types of performance issue, and the base station also adjusts the resource allocation correspondingly for these different types of performance issues. After the base station has adjusted the operation mode configured for the user equipment, only one type of performance issue has been improved or resolved presently. For example, as to the issue of over-heat, after the base station reduces the number of the carriers in the carrier aggregation, the temperature of the user equipment will not be reduced to be within a preset safety range immediately. But when an interference issue happens, the issue can be resolved immediately after one of the networks has been stopped. Hence, it is possible that the interference issue has been resolved while the temperature of the user equipment has not been reduced to the safety range, hence the change releasing request issued by the user equipment to the base station includes the type of the performance issue.

At S504: at leastpartially restoring theoperation mode configured for the user equipmentbased on the change releasing request through the base station.

In a specific implementation scenario, the base station analyzes the content of the change releasing request, and at least partially restores the operation mode configured for the user equipment. For example, the base station reduces the number of the carriers in the carrier aggregation in responds to the temporary performance changing request due to the over-heat of the user equipment. After receiving the change releasing requesttransmitted by the user equipment, the change releasing requestfor the base station is analyzed that the issue of the over-heathas been resolved, and the number of the carriers in the carrier aggregation can be restored.

In another specific implementation scenario, the change releasing requestincludes the type of performance issue. When the base station receives the change releasing request, theconfigured operation mode corresponding to the type of the performance issue in the change releasing request is restored.

As described above, this embodiment restores at least part of the operation mode configured for the user equipment in response to thechange releasing request transmitted by the user equipment, whichcan restore to the original operation status in time tosave time effectively and enhance the operation efficiency.

Referring to FIG. 6, a flow chart of a sixth embodiment of a communication method of the present disclosure is depicted. The method may include the following blocks.

AtS601: receiving and analyzinga temporary performance changing request transmitted by a user equipment.

At S602: adjusting an operation mode configured for the user equipment based on the content of the temporary performance changing request.

Steps S601 and S602 are similar to steps S401 and S402 in the fourth embodiment of the present disclosure, and will not be described herein. In other implementation scenarios, steps S601 and S602 may also be similar to steps S501 and S502 in the fifth embodiment of the present disclosure, and this embodiment further includes the steps: receiving and analyzing the change releasing request transmitted by the user equipment through the base station； and restoring at least part of the operation mode configured for the user equipment according to the change releasing request through the base station, which are similar to steps S503 and S504 in the fifth embodiment of the present disclosure, and will not be described herein.

At S603: transmitting a change rejecting notification to the user equipment through the base station.

In a specific implementation scenario, the base station rejects thetemporary performance changing requesttransmitted by the user equipment. The base station determines that the user equipment is not necessary to perform the performance change according to the type of the performance issue, the triggering cause of the performance issue, and the status parameter (s) of the current user equipment in the temporary performance changing request, and therefore reject to adjust the operation mode configured for the user equipment. In this case, the base station transmits thechange rejecting notification to the user equipment. After receiving the change rejecting notification, the user equipment understands that the base station will not adjust the configuredoperation mode, and can select to update the current status parameterand retransmit a new temporary performance changing request to request the base station to adjust the configured operation mode, or be no longer transmittingthetemporary performance changing request to the base station.

In another implementation scenario, the change rejecting notification transmitted through the base station includes at least one of the type of the performance issue, a change rejecting reason, and a prohibition duration. Since the user terminal may encounter multiple types of performance issues at the same time or in succession, the base station indicates the type of performance issue which is rejected in the transmitted change rejecting notification and describes the specific reason for rejecting the change in the change rejecting reason. Upon receiving the change rejecting notification, the user equipment will be no longer transmittingthe temporary performance changing request for the same type of performance issue. The prohibition duration is a duration for prohibiting the user equipment from repeatedly transmitting the temporary performance changing request of the same type. Within the prohibition duration, the same type of the temporary performance changing requests transmitted by the user equipment will be rejected by the base station. Without the prohibition duration, the base station will determine whether to reject the received temporary performance changing request or adjust the operation mode configured for the user equipment with reference to it (i.e., the received temporary performance changing request) according to its contents.

As described above, in this embodiment, the base station can reduce the unnecessary performance change by determining the temporary performance changing request of the user equipment which can be rejected, thereby saving time and improving the operation efficiency.

Referring to FIGs. 7, 8, and 9. FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of the structure of a user equipment according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of the structure of a base station according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 9 is a flow chart of a seventh embodiment of a communication method of the present disclosure. The user equipment10 includes a first processing circuit11and a first communication circuit 12electrically coupled to each other, the first processing circuit executing instructions in operation to implement the method of any of claims 1-12. The base station20 includes a second processing circuit 21 and a second communication circuit 22 electrically coupled to each other. The first communication circuit 12 and the second communication circuit 22 communicate with each other.

The first processing circuit 11 of the user equipment determines a performance issue emergeson the user equipment 10 and transmits a temporary performance changing request to the base station 20 through the first communication circuit 12. The base station 20 receives thetemporary performance changing request through the second communication circuit 22. The second processing circuit 21 analyzes the temporary performance changing request, and adjusts the resources allocated to the user equipment 10 according to the result of the analysis.

In other embodiments, after the first processing circuit 11 of the user equipment determinesthat the performance issue of the user equipment 10 has been improved or resolved, a change releasing request is transmittedto the base station 20 through the first communication circuit 12. The base station 20 receives the change releasing request through the second communication circuit 22, and the second processing circuit 21 analyzes the change releasing request, and restores at least part of the operation mode configured for the user equipment according to the analyzed content.

In other embodiments, as shown in FIG. 10, the second processing circuit 21 of the base station 20 determines that the user equipment 10 is not necessary to perform the performance change according to the content of the temporary performance changing request, and therefore transmits the change rejecting notification through the second communication circuit 22.

As can be seen from the above-mentioned description, in this embodiment, the first processing circuit of the user equipment controls the first communication circuitto transmit thetemporary performance changing request to the base station when theperformance issueemerges. The base station controls the second communication circuit 22 to receive the temporary performance changing requestthrough the second processing circuit 21, so asto adjust the operation mode configured for the user equipment so that the user equipment more matching the configured operation mode after adjustment, thereby avoiding the unnecessary resourcewaste.

Referring to FIG. 11, a schematic diagram of theof the structure of a device30 with storage function according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is depicted. Thedevice 30 with storage functionis stored with at least one program or instructions 31, and the program or instructions 31 are configured toexecute the communication method as shown in FIGs 1-6In one embodiment, the device30with storage function may be a memory chip or a hard disk in a terminal, or beother readable, writeable and storable tool such as a removable hard disk, a USB flash drive, an optical disk, or be a server or the like.

As can be seen from the above-mentioned description, in this embodiment, the program or instructions31 stored in thedevice 30 with storage function can be utilized to request the base station to adjustthe operation mode configured for the user equipment, so as to achieve the adjustment of the operation statusof the user equipment, so that the user equipment more matching the configured operation mode after adjustment, thereby reducing the resourcewaste.

Different from the prior art, the present disclosure requests the base station to adjust the operation mode configured for the user equipment when the user equipment emerges the performance issue, and the adjusted resources are more adaptable to the current performance of the user equipment, thereby improving the matching between the operation mode configured by the base station and the current performance of the user equipment so as to reduce the resourcewaste.

The foregoing aremerely embodiments of the present disclosure, and is not intended to limit the scope of the present disclosure. Any equivalent structure or flow transformation made based on the specification and the accompanying drawings of the present disclosure, or any direct or indirect applications of the disclosure on other related fields, shall all be covered within the protection of the present disclosure.

Claims

A communication method, comprising:

Transmittinga temporary performance changing request to a base station through a user equipment when a performance issue emerges, wherein the temporary performance changing requestis for requesting the base station to adjust an operation mode configured for the user equipment in response to the temporary performance changing request.
The method of claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting a change releasing request to a base station through a user equipmentwhen the performance issue is improved or disappears, wherein the change releasing request is for requesting the base station to at leastpartially restoretheoperation mode configured for the user equipment.
The method of claim 2, wherein:

thechange releasing request comprisesthe type of the performance issue.
The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving and analyzing a change rejecting notification transmitted by the base station.
The method of claim 4, wherein:

the change rejecting notification comprises at least one of the type of the performance issue, a change rejecting reason, and a prohibition duration, wherein the duration is a duration for prohibiting the user equipment from repeatedly transmitting the temporary performance changing request of the same type.
The method of any of claims 1 to 5, wherein:

the temporary performance changing requestcomprises at least one of the type of the performance issue, a triggering cause of the performance issue, one or more status parameters, one or more adjustment suggestion parameters, and an effective time；

whereinthe one or morestatus parametercomprise the operation status of the user equipment；

whereinthe one or moreadjustment suggestion parameter comprise operation parameters proposed by the user equipment and are suitable for the base station.
The method of claim 6, wherein:

the triggering cause further comprises an estimated continuing durationof an event triggering the performance issue.
The method of claim 7, wherein:

theestimated continuing durationcomprises temporary, long term, or permanent.
The method of claim 6, wherein:

the number of the types of the performance issues is greater than or equal to one.
The method of claim 1, wherein:

the base station is a new radio (NR) base station.
A method of claim 1, wherein:

thetemporary performance changing request is carried by a radio resource control protocol message.
A communication method, comprising:

receiving and analyzingatemporary performance changing requesttransmitted by a user equipment through a base station； and

adjusting an operation mode configured for the user equipment in response to the temporary performance changing requestor rejecting the temporary performance changing requestthrough the base station.
The method of claim 12, further comprisingthe following steps after the adjusting an operation mode configured for the user equipment in response to the temporary performance changing request through the base station:

receiving and analyzinga change releasing request transmitted by a user equipment through the base station； and

at leastpartially restoring theoperation mode configured for the user equipmentin response to the change releasing request through the base station.
The method of claim 13, wherein:

the change releasing request comprises the type of the performance issue.
The method of claim 12, further comprisingthe following stepsafter the rejecting the temporary performance changing request,

transmitting a change rejecting notification to the user equipment through the base station.
The method of claim 15, wherein:

the change rejecting notification comprises at least one of the type of the performance issue, a change rejecting reason, and a prohibition duration, wherein the prohibiting time is a duration for prohibiting the user equipment from repeatedly transmitting the temporary performance changing request of the same type.
The method of any of claims 12-16, wherein:

the temporary performance changing request comprises at least one of the type of the performance issue, a triggering cause of the performance issue, one or more status parameters, one or more adjustment suggestion parameters, and an effective time；

restoring the previous operation mode configured for the user equipment through the base stationafter the effective timeexpires.
The method of claim 17, wherein:

the triggering cause further comprises an estimated continuing duration of an event triggering the performance issue.
The method of claim 18, wherein:

the estimated continuing duration comprises temporary, long term, or permanent.
The method of claim 17, wherein:

the number of the types of the performance issues is greater than or equal to one.
The method of claim 11, wherein:

the base station and the user equipment are connected througha new radio (NR) network.
The method of claim 11, wherein:

the temporary performance changing request is carried by a radio resource control protocol message.
A user equipment, comprising a first processing circuit and a first communication circuit electrically coupled to each other, the first processing circuit executing instructions in operation to implement the method of any of claims1-12.
A base station, comprisinga second processing circuit and a second communication circuit electrically coupled to each other, the second processing circuit executing instructions in operation to implement the method of any of claims 10-18.
Adevicewith storage function, wherein the deviceis stored with instructions, and the instructions implement the method of any of claims 1-10 and 11-20 while executed.