CN104159210A - MBIM extended service reporting method, MBIM device and terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention provides a mobile broadband interface model MBIM extended service reporting method, MBIM equipment and a terminal. The method includes: the MBIM device obtains the operator information of the terminal's current home mobile network; the MBIM device determines the operator of the home mobile network according to the correspondence between preset multiple operator information and extended device service information The target extended device service information corresponding to the information; the MBIM device reports the target extended device service information to the terminal. The method realizes that when the user changes the network of the operator, the extended equipment service provided by the operator after the replacement is still available, so that the same MBIM equipment can support different functions of multiple operators, and the equipment utilization rate is improved.

Description

MBIM extended service reporting method, MBIM equipment and terminal

technical field

The invention relates to the field of communication technology, in particular to a method for reporting MBIM extended services, MBIM equipment and a terminal.

Background technique

In the Mobile Broadband Interface Model (MBIM) protocol, a series of standard device services (Device Service) are defined, which are used to divide various network functions into different standard device services according to the function type, and classify management . At the same time, the MBIM protocol also allows equipment manufacturers to expand other functions other than the standard Device Service specified in the MBIM protocol in the MBIM equipment they manufacture, so as to meet the requirements of different network operators for their featured functions and enhance The capabilities of the MBIM device, the above-mentioned extended functions other than the standard Device Service are the extended device services.

In the prior art, the firmware of each MBIM device contains an extended device service of a specific operator. During the initialization process after the MBIM device is connected to the terminal, the MBIM device reports the extended device service supported by the MBIM device to the terminal for The user uses the MBIM device service function through the terminal. However, when the user replaces the operator's equipment, the service provided by the replaced operator's equipment cannot be used because the service provided by the replaced operator's equipment cannot match the MBIM equipment.

Contents of the invention

Aiming at the above-mentioned defects in the prior art, the present invention provides a method for reporting MBIM extended services, MBIM equipment and a terminal, so that after the operator network is replaced, the extended equipment services provided by the replaced operator are still available.

In the first aspect, the present invention provides a mobile broadband interface model MBIM extended service reporting method, including:

The MBIM device acquires the operator information of the terminal's current mobile network;

The MBIM device determines the target extended device service information corresponding to the operator information of the home mobile network according to the preset correspondence between multiple operator information and extended device service information;

The MBIM device reports the service information of the target extended device to the terminal.

With reference to the first aspect, in a first possible implementation manner, before the MBIM device reports the service information of the target extended device to the terminal, the method further includes:

The MBIM device receives the user equipment service query command sent by the terminal.

With reference to the first possible implementation of the first aspect, in the second possible implementation of the first aspect, the MBIM device obtains the operator information of the current home mobile network of the terminal, specifically:

The MBIM device sends an operator query request to the SIM card of the terminal;

The MBIM device receives an operator attribution reply message sent by the SIM card, and the operator attribution reply message carries operator information of the home mobile network.

With reference to the first possible implementation of the first aspect, in a third possible implementation of the first aspect, the MBIM device acquires the operator information of the terminal's current home mobile network, specifically:

The MBIM device sends a home network query request to the network side device of the home mobile network, where the home network query request carries an MBIM device identifier;

The MBIM device receives a home network reply message sent by the network side device, where the home network reply message carries operator information of the home mobile network.

In a second aspect, the present invention provides an MBIM device, including:

The first obtaining module is used to obtain the operator information of the current home mobile network of the terminal;

The first matching module is configured to determine the target extended device service information corresponding to the operator information of the home mobile network according to the preset correspondence between a plurality of operator information and the extended device service information;

The first reporting module is configured to report the service information of the target extended device to the terminal.

With reference to the second aspect, in a first possible implementation manner, the MBIM device further includes:

The first receiving module is configured to receive the user equipment service query command sent by the terminal.

With reference to the first possible implementation manner of the second aspect, in the second possible implementation manner, the first obtaining module specifically includes:

The first query unit is used to send an operator query request to the customer identification module SIM card of the terminal;

The second receiving unit is configured to receive an operator home reply message sent by the SIM card, where the operator home reply message carries operator information of the home mobile network.

With reference to the first possible implementation of the second aspect, in a third possible implementation, the first obtaining module specifically includes:

The second query unit is configured to send a home network query request to the network side device of the home mobile network, where the home network query request carries an MBIM device identifier;

The third receiving unit is configured to receive a home network reply message sent by the network side device, where the home network reply message carries operator information of the home mobile network.

In a third aspect, the present invention further provides a terminal, including: the above-mentioned MBIM device.

With reference to the third aspect, in a first possible implementation manner, the terminal further includes:

The SIM card is configured to receive the operator query request sent by the MBIM device, and send the operator home reply message to the MBIM device, and the operator home service message carries the operator information of the home mobile network.

The MBIM extended service reporting method, MBIM device and terminal provided by the present invention can obtain the corresponding extended device of the operator of the terminal's current home mobile network by storing the corresponding relationship between each operator information and the extended device service in the MBIM device service, and report the extended device service to the terminal, so that when the user changes the operator network, the extended device service provided by the replaced operator is still available, so that the same MBIM device can support different functions of multiple operators, improving equipment utilization.

Description of drawings

FIG. 1 is a flowchart of a method for reporting MBIM extended services provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a flow chart of a method for reporting MBIM extended services provided by another embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of an MBIM device provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of an MBIM provided by another embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a first acquisition module in the MBIM device in FIG. 3 or FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of an MBIM device provided by another embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of an MBIM device provided by another embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed ways

Fig. 1 is a flowchart of a method for reporting MBIM extended services provided by an embodiment of the present invention; as shown in Fig. 1, the method includes:

S101. The MBIM device acquires operator information of the mobile network that the terminal currently belongs to.

The mobile broadband interface model (Mobile Broadband InterfaceModel, MBIM) device involved in each embodiment of the present invention can be a device independent of the terminal, and can be connected to the terminal to realize the unlimited Internet access function of the terminal. Of course, the MBIM device can also be A module or chip set on the terminal, the device uses the MBIM protocol for communication. Wherein, the MBIM protocol is a device interface specification of a network adapter. The terminal can realize unified control and management of services such as the network, SMS, and phone book through the control commands stipulated in the MBIM protocol, and can realize network access and control of various services through the MBIM interface. Furthermore, the extended device service information can be based on mobile Extended device service information of the broadband interface model MBIM protocol.

The embodiment of the present invention is applicable to an implementation scenario where the terminal is bound to the mobile network of the operator corresponding to the SIM card. In this implementation scenario, the terminal can only register with the mobile network of the operator to which the SIM card belongs.

The embodiment of the present invention is also applicable to an implementation scenario where the terminal is not bound to the mobile network provided by the operator corresponding to the SIM card. The carrier's mobile network to which the non-SIM card belongs.

In the first implementation scenario, since the terminal can only register with the mobile network of the operator to which the SIM card belongs, that is, the operator information stored in the SIM card on the terminal is the operator information of the terminal's current mobile network, so , when the MBIM device is started and connected to the terminal, it can send an operator query request to the SIM card of the customer identification module of the terminal. The operator ownership reply message is fed back to the MBIM device, so that the MBIM device obtains the information of the current operator of the mobile network. It should be noted that this method is applicable to an implementation scenario where the terminal is bound to the mobile network of the operator corresponding to the SIM card. In this implementation scenario, the operator information of the mobile network may be an integrated circuit card identity (ICCID) of the SIM card. Generally speaking, CICID consists of 20 digits, and the first six digits are used to indicate the operator that the SIM card belongs to.

This method is not only applicable to the implementation scenario where the terminal is bound to the mobile network of the operator corresponding to the SIM card, but also applicable to the implementation scenario where the terminal is not bound to the mobile network provided by the operator corresponding to the SIM card.

In another implementation scenario, when the MBIM device is started and connected to the terminal, it can send a home network query request to the network-side device of the mobile network to which the terminal belongs. The home network query request carries the MBIM device identifier; the network-side device receives the After the home network query request, a home network reply message carrying the home network operator information may be fed back to the MBIM device, so that the MBIM device obtains the current home mobile network operator information of the MBIM device.

S102. The MBIM device determines target extended device service information corresponding to the operator information of the home mobile network according to preset correspondences between multiple pieces of operator information and extended device service information.

Among them, the MBIM device can pre-store the corresponding relationship between multiple operator information and its extended device service information, and this corresponding relationship can be stored in the form shown in the following table:

operator 1 Extend Device Service1 Carrier 2 Extend Device Service2 Carrier 3 Extend Device Service3

Of course, the number of operators and the number of extended services corresponding to each operator can be determined according to the actual service requirements of the terminal.

The MBIM device finds the extended device service corresponding to the operator information of the current mobile network in the corresponding relationship between the above operator information and the extended device service information, and then provides the extended device service as the target extended device service information to terminal.

S103. The MBIM device reports the service information of the target extended device to the terminal.

In the first implementation scenario, the MBIM device may report the target extended service information together with other standard device service information and extended device service information to the terminal after receiving the user equipment service query command sent by the terminal. Wherein, the device service query command may be the "MBB_CID_DEVICE_SERVICES" standard Command Identifier (Command Identifier, CID) command, and the target extended device service information may be the extended device service corresponding to the operator information of the current mobile network, and the unique corresponding common A unique identifier (universally uniqueidentifier, UUID). In another implementation scenario, the MBIM device may also periodically report the target extended service information, other standard device service information and extended device service information to the terminal. The triggering manner of reporting by the MBIM device is not limited here.

The MBIM extended service reporting method provided in this embodiment can obtain the extended device service corresponding to the operator information of the terminal's current home mobile network by storing the corresponding relationship between each operator information and the extended device service in the MBIM device, and Reporting the extended service to the terminal realizes that when the user changes the network of the operator, the extended device service provided by the replaced operator is still available, so that the same MBIM device can support different functions of multiple operators, improving the utilization rate of the equipment .

FIG. 2 is a flow chart of a method for reporting MBIM extended services provided by another embodiment of the present invention; in the implementation scenario provided by this embodiment, the MBIM device can obtain the operator information of the mobile network to which the current terminal belongs from the mobile network side. As shown in Figure 2, the method may include:

S201. The MBIM device sends a home network query request to a network side device of a home mobile network, where the home network query request carries an MBIM device identifier.

S202. The MBIM device receives the home network reply message sent by the network side device. The home network reply message carries the operator information of the home mobile network, so that the MBIM device acquires the operator information of the terminal's current home mobile network.

Wherein, the operator information of the home mobile network may be a public land mobile network identifier (PublicLandMobileNetwork Identifier, PLMN ID) of the home mobile network.

It should be noted that registration information such as PLMN ID can be stored on the above-mentioned network-side device belonging to the mobile network; or, the network-side device can also obtain the PLMN ID through interaction with other devices on the network side that store terminal-related registration information. The PLMN ID is fed back to the terminal.

S203. The MBIM device determines target extended device service information corresponding to the operator information of the home mobile network according to the preset correspondence between multiple pieces of operator information and extended device service information.

S204. The MBIM device receives the user equipment service query command sent by the terminal.

Optionally, the device service query command may be a "MBB_CID_DEVICE_SERVICES" CID command.

S205. The MBIM device reports the service information of the target extended device to the terminal.

Optionally, the target extended device service information may be the UUID of the target extended device service (that is, the extended device service provided by the operator of the mobile network to which the terminal currently belongs), and the MBIM device may compare the UUID of the target extended device service with other The UUID of the device service is also reported to the terminal. The user can use all the device services reported by the MBIM device through the application interface module of the terminal, for example, IMbn API, etc.

The MBIM extended service reporting method provided in this embodiment can dynamically obtain the current home mobile network of the terminal by storing the corresponding relationship between the information of each operator and the service of the extended device in the MBIM device, and store the mobile network operator of the home mobile network The extended device service provided is reported to the terminal, so that the terminal has the extended service function provided by the operator of the mobile network, so that after the user changes the network of the operator, the extended device service provided by the replaced operator is still available, making the same The MBIM device can support different functions of multiple operators, which improves the utilization rate of the device.

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of an MBIM device provided by an embodiment of the present invention; as shown in FIG. 3 , the MBIM device provided by this embodiment includes:

The first acquiring module 31 is configured to acquire operator information of the terminal's current home mobile network.

The first matching module 32 is configured to determine the target extended device service information corresponding to the operator information of the home mobile network according to the preset correspondence between multiple operator information and extended device service information.

The first reporting module 33 is configured to report the service information of the target extended device to the terminal.

It should be noted that the MBIM device can be a device independent of the terminal; alternatively, the MBIM device can also be a module or chip set on the terminal; then, the first obtaining module 31 obtains the operator information of the terminal's current home mobile network Specifically, it may be to obtain the operator information of the mobile network in the customer identification module SIM card in the terminal, and the first reporting module 33 reports the service information of the target extended device to the terminal. Specifically, it may be to report the service information of the target extended device to the terminal. The processor or memory of the terminal is used for the user to subsequently use the extended device service corresponding to the current operator network.

The MBIM device provided in this embodiment can be used to execute the method embodiment shown in FIG. 1 , and its specific implementation principle is similar to that of the foregoing embodiment, and will not be repeated here.

The MBIM device provided in this embodiment can obtain the extended device service corresponding to the operator of the terminal's current home mobile network by storing the corresponding relationship between each operator information and the extended device service in the MBIM device, and report it to the The terminal realizes that when the user changes the network of the operator, the extended equipment service provided by the operator after the replacement is still available, so that the same MBIM equipment can support different functions of multiple operators, and the equipment utilization rate is improved.

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of MBIM provided by another embodiment of the present invention; as shown in FIG. 4 , the MBIM device provided in this embodiment further includes:

The first receiving module 41 is used to receive the user equipment service query command sent by the terminal; specifically, when the MBIM device is a module or chip set in the terminal, the processor of the terminal can directly send the user equipment service query command to MBIM device; when the MBIM device is an independent device set outside the terminal, the processor of the terminal can send the user equipment service query command to the MBIM device through the interface used to connect the MBIM device and the terminal. When the MBIM device receives the user equipment service query command, it can trigger the first reporting module 33 to report the obtained target extended device service information to the terminal.

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a first acquisition module in the MBIM device in FIG. 3 or FIG. 4; as shown in FIG. 5, the above-mentioned first acquisition module 31 may specifically include:

The first query unit 311 is configured to send an operator query request to the customer identification module SIM card of the terminal;

The second receiving unit 312 is configured to receive an operator home reply message sent by the SIM card, where the operator home reply message carries operator information of the home mobile network.

Preferably, the above-mentioned operator information of the home mobile network is the ICCID of the SIM card set in the MBIM device.

FIG. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of an MBIM device provided by yet another embodiment of the present invention; the difference between this embodiment and the foregoing embodiments lies in the internal composition of the first acquisition module. As shown in FIG. 6, the device provided in this embodiment also includes a first acquisition module 31, a first matching module 32, and a first reporting module 33, wherein the first acquisition module 31 may specifically include:

The second query unit 61 is configured to send a home network query request to a network-side device of a home mobile network, where the home network query request carries an MBIM device identifier;

The third receiving unit 62 is configured to receive a home network reply message sent by the network side device, where the home network reply message carries operator information of the home mobile network.

Wherein, the operator information of the home mobile network may be the PLMN ID of the home mobile network.

The MBIM device provided in this embodiment can dynamically obtain the current home mobile network of the terminal by storing the corresponding relationship between the information of each operator and the service of the extended device in the MBIM device, and store the extended mobile network provided by the operator of the home mobile network. The device service is reported to the terminal, so that the terminal has the extended service function provided by the operator of the mobile network, so that after the user changes the network of the operator, the extended device service provided by the replaced operator is still available, so that the same MBIM device It can support different functions of multiple operators, which improves the utilization rate of equipment.

FIG. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal provided by an embodiment of the present invention; as shown in FIG. 7 , the terminal provided by this embodiment includes: the MBIM device 71 provided by any of the foregoing embodiments.

Optionally, the host can be connected to the MBIM device through the MBIM interface.

Further, the above-mentioned terminal may also include:

The SIM card 72 is used to receive the operator query request sent by the MBIM device, and send an operator home reply message to the MBIM device. The operator home service message carries the operator information of the home mobile network; for the MBIM device to obtain the current home mobile network The operator information of the network, and then determine the extended device service corresponding to the operator.

Fig. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of an MBIM device provided by another embodiment of the present invention; as shown in Fig. 8, the MBIM device of this embodiment includes: a first memory 81 and a first processor 82, wherein the first memory 81 is used for storing instructions; the first processor 82 is coupled to the first memory 81, the first processor 82 is configured to execute instructions stored in the first memory 81, and the first processor 82 is configured to execute The technical solutions in the method embodiments shown in FIG. 1 or FIG. 2 are similar in specific implementation principles, and will not be repeated here.

Those of ordinary skill in the art can understand that all or part of the steps for implementing the above method embodiments can be completed by program instructions and related hardware. The aforementioned program can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium. When the program is executed, it executes the steps including the above-mentioned method embodiments; and the aforementioned storage medium includes: ROM, RAM, magnetic disk or optical disk and other various media that can store program codes.

Finally, it should be noted that: the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of the present invention, rather than limiting them; although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, those of ordinary skill in the art should understand that: It is still possible to modify the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments, or perform equivalent replacements for some or all of the technical features; and these modifications or replacements do not make the essence of the corresponding technical solutions deviate from the technical solutions of the various embodiments of the present invention. scope.

Claims (14)

1. a mobile broadband interface model MBIM expansion service report method, is characterized in that, comprising:

MBIM equipment obtains the current ownership mobile network's of terminal operator's informaiton;

Described MBIM equipment, according to default a plurality of operator's informaitons and the corresponding relation between expansion equipment information on services, is determined the target expansion equipment information on services corresponding with described ownership mobile network's operator's informaiton;

Described MBIM equipment reports described terminal by described target expansion equipment information on services.

2. method according to claim 1, is characterized in that, described MBIM equipment also comprises before described target expansion equipment information on services is reported to described terminal:

Described MBIM equipment receives the subscriber equipment service-seeking order that described terminal sends.

3. method according to claim 1 and 2, is characterized in that, described MBIM equipment obtains the current ownership mobile network's of terminal operator's informaiton, is specially:

Described MBIM equipment sends operator's inquiry request to the client identification module SIM card of described terminal;

Described MBIM equipment receives operator's ownership reply message that described SIM card sends, and described operator ownership is replied the operator's informaiton that message is carried described ownership mobile network.

4. method according to claim 3, is characterized in that,

The integrated circuit card identification code ICCID that described ownership mobile network's operator's informaiton is described SIM card.

5. method according to claim 1 and 2, is characterized in that, described MBIM equipment obtains the current ownership mobile network's of terminal operator's informaiton, is specially:

Described MBIM equipment sends home network inquiry request to described ownership mobile network's network equipment, and described home network inquiry request is carried described MBIM device identification;

Described MBIM equipment receives the home network reply message that described network equipment sends, and described home network is replied the operator's informaiton that message is carried described ownership mobile network.

6. method according to claim 5, is characterized in that,

Described ownership mobile network's operator's informaiton is described ownership mobile network's general land wireless network identification PLMN ID.

7. a mobile broadband interface model MBIM equipment, is characterized in that, comprising:

The first acquisition module, for obtaining the current ownership mobile network's of terminal operator's informaiton;

The first matching module, for according to default a plurality of operator's informaitons and the corresponding relation between expansion equipment information on services, determines the target expansion equipment information on services corresponding with described ownership mobile network's operator's informaiton;

The first reporting module, for reporting described terminal by described target expansion equipment information on services.

8. MBIM equipment according to claim 7, is characterized in that, also comprises:

The first receiver module, the subscriber equipment service-seeking order sending for receiving described terminal.

9. according to the MBIM equipment described in claim 7 or 8, it is characterized in that, described the first acquisition module specifically comprises:

The first query unit, sends operator's inquiry request for the client identification module SIM card to described terminal;

The second receiving element, the operator's ownership reply message sending for receiving described SIM card, described operator ownership is replied the operator's informaiton that message is carried described ownership mobile network.

10. MBIM equipment according to claim 9, is characterized in that,

The integrated circuit card identification code ICCID that described ownership mobile network's operator's informaiton is described SIM card.

11. according to the MBIM equipment described in claim 7 or 8, it is characterized in that, described the first acquisition module specifically comprises:

The second query unit, sends home network inquiry request for the network equipment to described ownership mobile network, and described home network inquiry request is carried MBIM device identification;

The 3rd receiving element, the home network reply message sending for receiving described network equipment, described home network is replied the operator's informaiton that message is carried described ownership mobile network.

12. MBIM equipment according to claim 11, is characterized in that,

Described ownership mobile network's operator's informaiton is described ownership mobile network's general land wireless network identification PLMN ID.

13. 1 kinds of terminals, is characterized in that, comprising: the MBIM equipment as described in as arbitrary in claim 7-12.

14. terminals according to claim 13, is characterized in that, also comprise:

SIM card, the operator's inquiry request sending for receiving described MBIM equipment, and send described operator ownership reply message to described MBIM equipment, described operator home service message is carried described ownership mobile network's operator's informaiton.