CN111885588A - Method and device for executing electronic card management service - Google Patents

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and device for executing an electronic card management service, which relate to the field of communication technologies, and solve the technical problem of low efficiency of terminal equipment executing electronic card management services due to network congestion in the prior art. The method for executing the electronic card management service includes: the terminal device determines the load value of the current cell, where the load value is used to represent the load condition of the cell; if the load value is less than or equal to the first threshold, the terminal device sends a message to the network device. A target request, which is used to request the network device to allow the terminal device to perform the electronic card management service; if the load value is greater than the first threshold, the terminal device determines the target time slot, and sends a target request to the network device in the target time slot, the target The time slot is the time slot adjacent to the current time slot, and the time slot length of the target time slot is associated with the wireless environment where the terminal device is currently located.

Description

Method and device for executing electronic card management service

technical field

The present invention relates to the field of communication technologies, and in particular, to a method and device for executing electronic card management services.

Background technique

With the development of the Internet of Things technology, more and more terminal devices use an embedded universal integrated circuit card (embedded universal integrated circuit card, eUICC), which can also be called eSIM (embedded SIM). The eSIM usually needs to perform electronic card management services through a mobile network operator, for example, download a configuration file profile required for connecting to the operator's network from the mobile network operator.

The IoT field is characterized by massive connections, and there may be tens of thousands of terminal devices in use in the same cell at the same time. If a large number of terminal devices initiate profile download or execute other electronic card management services at the same time, the network equipment in the cell may be congested, which not only affects the efficiency of terminal devices in executing electronic card management services, but also may cause other normal services in the cell. influences.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present application provides a method and device for executing electronic card management services, which solves the technical problem in the prior art that the terminal equipment has low efficiency in executing electronic card management services due to network congestion.

To achieve the above object, the application adopts the following technical solutions:

A first aspect provides a method for executing an electronic card management service, comprising: a terminal device determining a load value of a cell where it is currently located, where the load value is used to indicate the load status of the cell; if the load value is less than or equal to a first threshold, then The terminal device sends a target request to the network device, and the target request is used to request the network device to allow the terminal device to perform the electronic card management service; if the load value is greater than the first threshold, the terminal device determines the target time slot and sends the network device to the network device in the target time slot. A target request is sent, where the target time slot is a time slot adjacent to the current time slot, and the time slot length of the target time slot is associated with the wireless environment where the terminal device is currently located.

In this embodiment of the present application, the terminal device may determine the load value of the current cell, and when the load value is less than or equal to the first threshold, send a target request to the network device; when the load value is greater than the first threshold, determine the target time slot , and send the target request to the network device in the target time slot. Through this solution, when the load value is less than or equal to the first threshold, the terminal device can directly send the target request to the network device; when the load value is greater than the first threshold, the terminal device can send the target request to the network device in the designated target time slot , because the time slot length of the target time slot is associated with the wireless environment where the terminal device is currently located, that is, the time slot length of the target time slot changes according to the change of the wireless environment, and the time slot length associated with a better wireless environment can be less than The length of the time slot associated with the poor wireless environment, therefore, the terminal device sends the target request in the target time slot, which can avoid executing the electronic card management service when the load is high, thereby effectively improving the download efficiency of the terminal device and avoiding the conflict caused by The normal service of the cell is affected.

A second aspect provides a method for executing an electronic card management service, comprising: a network device receiving a target request sent by a terminal device, where the target request is used to request the network device to allow the terminal device to perform the electronic card management service; the network device determines according to the target request Whether there is an electronic card management order, and if there is an electronic card management order, determine the queue length of the current maintenance queue; if the queue length is less than or equal to the preset queue length threshold, the network device sends a first response to the terminal device, and the first A response is used to indicate that the terminal device is allowed to perform electronic card management services.

In the embodiment of the present application, after receiving the target request sent by the terminal device, the network device may determine the queue length of the current maintenance queue in the presence of an electronic card management order. If the queue length is less than or equal to the preset queue length threshold, Then the terminal equipment is allowed to perform electronic card management services. Through this solution, the network device can control the timing of the terminal device to perform the electronic card management service according to the queue length, thereby effectively improving the download efficiency of the terminal device and avoiding the impact on the normal service of the cell caused by the conflict.

In a third aspect, an apparatus for performing electronic card management services is provided, including: a processing unit and a communication unit. The processing unit is used to determine the load value of the current cell, where the load value is used to represent the load condition of the cell; the communication unit is used to send a target request to the network device if the load value is less than or equal to the first threshold, the target The request is used to request the network device to allow the device to perform the electronic card management service; the processing unit is also used to determine the target time slot if the load value is greater than the first threshold, and the target time slot is the time slot adjacent to the current time slot. , the time slot length of the target time slot is associated with the wireless environment where the device is currently located; the communication unit is further configured to send a target request to the network device in the target time slot determined by the processing unit.

In a fourth aspect, an apparatus for executing an electronic card management service is provided, comprising: a communication unit and a processing unit. The communication unit is used to receive a target request sent by the terminal device, where the target request is used to request the network device to allow the terminal device to perform the electronic card management service; the processing unit is used to determine whether there is an electronic card management order according to the target request, and when there is an electronic card management order In the case of a card management order, determine the queue length of the current maintenance queue; the communication unit is further configured to, if the queue length is less than or equal to the preset queue length threshold, the network device sends a first response to the terminal device, where the first response is used for Indicates that the terminal device is allowed to perform electronic card management services.

In a fifth aspect, an apparatus for executing an electronic card management service is provided, including a memory and a processor. The memory is used to store the instructions to be executed by the computer, and the processor and the memory are connected through a bus. When the apparatus for performing electronic card management services is running, the processor executes the computer execution instructions stored in the memory, so that the apparatus for performing electronic card management services executes the method for performing electronic card management services provided by the first aspect.

The device for executing the electronic card management service may be a terminal device, or may be a part of the device in the terminal device, such as a chip system in the terminal device. The chip system is used to support the terminal device to implement the functions involved in the first aspect and any possible implementation manners thereof, for example, determining and sending the data and/or information involved in the above-mentioned method for executing electronic card management services. The chip system includes chips, and may also include other discrete devices or circuit structures.

In a sixth aspect, an apparatus for executing an electronic card management service is provided, including a memory and a processor. The memory is used to store the instructions to be executed by the computer, and the processor and the memory are connected through a bus. When the apparatus for performing electronic card management service is running, the processor executes the computer execution instructions stored in the memory, so that the apparatus for performing electronic card management service executes the method for performing electronic card management service provided by the second aspect.

The device for performing the electronic card management service may be a network device, or a part of the device in the network device, such as a chip system in the network device. The chip system is used to support the network device to implement the functions involved in the second aspect and any possible implementation manners thereof, for example, receiving, determining, and offloading the data and/or data involved in the foregoing method for performing electronic card management services information. The chip system includes chips, and may also include other discrete devices or circuit structures.

A seventh aspect provides a computer-readable storage medium, where the computer-readable storage medium includes computer-executable instructions, which, when the computer-executable instructions are run on a computer, cause the computer to execute the electronic card management provided in the first aspect or the second aspect business approach.

In an eighth aspect, a computer program product is provided, the computer program product includes computer instructions, when the computer instructions are run on a computer, the computer is made to execute the above-mentioned first aspect and various possible implementations thereof or the second aspect and its Various possible implementation manners provide methods for performing electronic card management services.

It should be noted that the above computer instructions may be stored in whole or in part on a computer-readable storage medium. The computer-readable storage medium may be packaged together with the processor of the apparatus for performing electronic card management services, or may be separately packaged with the processor of the apparatus for performing electronic card management services, which is not limited in this application.

For the description of the third aspect, the fifth aspect, the seventh aspect and the eighth aspect of the present invention, reference may be made to the detailed description of the first aspect; and, the description of the third aspect, the fifth aspect, the seventh aspect and the eighth aspect is beneficial For the effect, reference may be made to the analysis of the beneficial effect of the first aspect, which will not be repeated here.

For the description of the fourth, sixth, seventh and eighth aspects of the present invention, reference may be made to the detailed description of the second aspect; and the description of the fourth, sixth, seventh and eighth aspects is beneficial For the effect, you can refer to the analysis of the beneficial effect of the second aspect, which will not be repeated here.

In this application, the names of the above-mentioned devices for performing electronic card management services do not limit the devices or functional modules themselves. In actual implementation, these devices or functional modules may appear in other names. As long as the functions of various devices or functional modules are similar to the present invention, they fall within the scope of the claims of the present invention and their equivalents.

These and other aspects of the present invention will become apparent from the following description.

Description of drawings

1 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a schematic diagram of an interaction flow between modules in a communication system provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is one of the schematic diagrams of the hardware structure of an apparatus for executing an electronic card management service provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is the second schematic diagram of the hardware structure of an apparatus for executing an electronic card management service provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

5 is one of the schematic flowcharts of a method for executing an electronic card management service provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a corresponding relationship between a wireless environment level and a time slot length according to an embodiment of the present invention;

7 is a second schematic flowchart of a method for executing an electronic card management service provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a third schematic flowchart of a method for executing an electronic card management service provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is one of the schematic structural diagrams of an apparatus for executing an electronic card management service provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 10 is a second schematic structural diagram of an apparatus for executing an electronic card management service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed ways

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, but not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art without creative efforts shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

It should be noted that, in the embodiments of the present invention, words such as "exemplary" or "for example" are used to represent examples, illustrations, or descriptions. Any embodiments or designs described as "exemplary" or "such as" in the embodiments of the present invention should not be construed as preferred or advantageous over other embodiments or designs. Rather, the use of words such as "exemplary" or "such as" is intended to present the related concepts in a specific manner.

In order to clearly describe the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, in the embodiments of the present invention, words such as "first" and "second" are used to distinguish the same items or similar items with basically the same functions and functions. Persons can understand that words such as "first" and "second" are not intended to limit the quantity and execution order.

An embodiment of the present invention provides a method for executing an electronic card management service, and the method can be applied to the communication system 10 shown in FIG. 1 . The communication system 10 may include at least a terminal device 11 , a network device 12 , an eSIM trigger server 13 and an eSIM remote configuration platform 14 . Wherein, the terminal device 11 includes a local profile agent (local profile assistant, LPA) module, and the LPA module can be used to perform electronic card management services. The network device 12 is used to provide network services required by the terminal device 11 to perform electronic card management services. The eSIM trigger server 13 is used to provide a user interface and a code number ordering service for the terminal device 11, and can trigger the terminal device 11 to execute an electronic card management service. The eSIM remote configuration platform 14 can be used to generate, store, protect, transfer, bind and manage eSIM data and perform eSIM data download based on the GSMA SGP.22 standard. Optionally, the eSIM remote configuration platform 14 includes an eSIM data generation server and an eSIM download server. The eSIM data generation server has the functions of generating, storing and managing eSIM data. The eSIM download server has the function of performing eSIM data download.

Optionally, the above electronic card management service may include at least one of the following: eSIM data download, eSIM data activation, eSIM data query, and eSIM data deletion, etc. The eSIM data may at least include a profile.

As shown in FIG. 2 , the interaction process between the modules in the communication system 10 is described below by taking the electronic card management service as an example of performing profile download for a terminal device.

If the user wants to remotely configure the eSIM of the terminal device 11, the user can connect to the operator's business system 15 online or offline for business processing. After the business is successfully processed, the eSIM remote configuration platform 14 can generate a profile (ie S20 in Figure 2). After that, the operator service system 15 can synchronize the subscription information of the service to the eSIM trigger server 13 (ie, S21 in FIG. 2 ). After that, the user can trigger the terminal device 11 to execute the LPA instruction, that is, the terminal device 11 is connected to the eSIM trigger server 13 through the network device 12, and reports the eID to the eSIM trigger server 13 (ie, S22 in FIG. 2 ), so that the eSIM triggers the server 13 13 Query whether there is an order for profile download (ie, S23 in FIG. 2 ). If there is, the eSIM trigger server 13 can connect to the eSIM remote configuration platform 14 for profile download (ie, S24 in FIG. 2 ). Finally, the terminal device 11 can execute the profile management service by interacting with the eSIM trigger server 13 (ie, S25 in FIG. 2 ).

The terminal devices in the embodiments of the present invention may be various handheld devices, vehicle-mounted devices, wearable devices, computers, smart home devices, or smart office devices with communication functions, which are not limited in the embodiments of the present invention. For example, the handheld device may be a smartphone. The in-vehicle device may be an in-vehicle navigation system. The wearable device can be a smart bracelet. The computer may be a personal digital assistant (PDA) computer, a tablet computer, and a laptop computer. Smart home devices can be smart curtains, smart water meters. The smart office device may be a smart printer.

FIG. 3 shows a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of an apparatus for executing an electronic card management service provided by an embodiment of the present invention. The apparatus may be a terminal device in the above-mentioned communication system 10 , or may be a network device in the above-mentioned communication system 10 . As shown in FIG. 3 , the device for executing electronic card management services includes a processor 31 , a memory 32 , a communication interface 33 , and a bus 34 . The processor 31 , the memory 32 and the communication interface 33 can be connected through a bus 34 .

The processor 31 is the control center of the device that executes the electronic card management service, and may be a processor or a general term for multiple processing elements. For example, the processor 31 may be a general-purpose central processing unit (central processing unit, CPU), or other general-purpose processors. Wherein, the general-purpose processor may be a microprocessor or any conventional processor or the like.

As an example, the processor 31 may include one or more CPUs, such as CPU 0 and CPU 1 shown in FIG. 3 .

The memory 32 may be read-only memory (ROM) or other type of static storage device that can store static information and instructions, random access memory (RAM), or other type of static storage device that can store information and instructions The dynamic storage device can also be an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (electrically erasable programmable read-only memory, EEPROM), a magnetic disk storage medium or other magnetic storage devices, or can be used to carry or store data in the form of instructions or data structures. desired program code and any other medium that can be accessed by a computer, but is not limited thereto.

In a possible implementation manner, the memory 32 may exist independently of the processor 31, and the memory 32 may be connected to the processor 31 through a bus 34 for storing instructions or program codes. When the processor 31 calls and executes the instructions or program codes stored in the memory 32, the method for executing the electronic card management service provided by the embodiment of the present invention can be implemented.

In another possible implementation manner, the memory 32 may also be integrated with the processor 31 .

The communication interface 33 is used to connect with other devices through a communication network. The communication network may be Ethernet, wireless access network, wireless local area networks (wireless local area networks, WLAN), and the like. The communication interface 33 may include a receiving unit for receiving data, and a transmitting unit for transmitting data.

The bus 34 may be an industry standard architecture (Industry Standard Architecture, ISA) bus, a peripheral device interconnect (Peripheral Component Interconnect, PCI) bus, or an extended industry standard architecture (Extended Industry Standard Architecture, EISA) bus, or the like. The bus can be divided into address bus, data bus, control bus and so on. For ease of presentation, only one thick line is used in FIG. 3, but it does not mean that there is only one bus or one type of bus.

It should be pointed out that the structure shown in FIG. 3 does not constitute a limitation on the apparatus for executing the electronic card management service. In addition to the components shown in FIG. 3 , the apparatus for performing electronic card management services may include more or less components than shown, or a combination of some components, or a different arrangement of components.

FIG. 4 shows another hardware structure of an apparatus for performing electronic card management services in an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 4 , the apparatus for performing electronic card management services may include a processor 41 and a communication interface 42 . The processor 41 is coupled with the communication interface 42 .

For the function of the processor 41, reference may be made to the description of the processor 41 above. In addition, the processor 41 also has a storage function, and the function of the above-mentioned memory 42 can be referred to.

The communication interface 42 is used to provide data to the processor 41 . The communication interface 42 may be an internal interface of the device executing the electronic card management service, or may be an external interface (equivalent to the communication interface 43 ) of the device executing the electronic card management service.

It should be pointed out that the structure shown in FIG. 3 (or FIG. 4 ) does not constitute a limitation on the device for performing electronic card management services. Except for the components shown in FIG. A device of service may include more or fewer components than shown, or a combination of certain components, or a different arrangement of components.

The method for executing an electronic card management service provided by an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the communication system shown in FIG. 1 and the apparatus for executing an electronic card management service shown in FIG. 3 (or FIG. 4 ).

As shown in FIG. 5 , an embodiment of the present invention provides a method for executing an electronic card management service. The method can be applied to the above-mentioned communication system 10, and the method for executing the electronic card management service can include the following S501-S504.

S501. The terminal device determines the load value of the current cell.

The above load value can be used to represent the load condition of the cell, that is, any parameter that can reflect the load condition of the cell can be called the load value. For example, the load value may be a received signal strength indication (RSSI). RSSI refers to the average value of the power of all signals (including pilot signals, data signals, adjacent cell interference signals, noise signals, etc.) received within a symbol.

Since the download efficiency of the terminal device is low when the cell load is high, the terminal device can first determine the load value of the current cell before executing the electronic card management service, and judge whether it is suitable to execute the electronic card according to the load value. Card management business.

Take the load value as RSSI as an example. The method for the terminal device to judge whether it is currently suitable to execute the electronic card management service according to the RSSI specifically includes: if the RSSI is greater than the first threshold, it means that the current data signal power of the cell is relatively high, and the high data signal power can indicate that the current load of the cell is relatively high and the neighboring cells are relatively high. The interference strength and noise signal strength are relatively large, so it can be determined that the electronic card management service is currently not suitable; on the contrary, if the RSSI is less than or equal to the first threshold, it means that the current data signal power of the cell is low, that is, the current load of the cell is low and the neighbors The area interference strength and noise signal strength are small, so that it can be determined that the electronic card management service is currently suitable for execution. The first threshold is a preset network threshold, for example, the first threshold may be -47 decibel milliwatts (dBm).

S502. If the load value is less than or equal to the first threshold, the terminal device sends the target request to the network device; if the load value is greater than the first threshold, the terminal device determines the target time slot and sends the target request to the network device in the target time slot.

Correspondingly, the network device receives the target request sent by the terminal device.

The above-mentioned target time slot is a time slot adjacent to the current time slot, and the time slot length of the target time slot is associated with the wireless environment where the terminal device is currently located. The above target request can be used to request the network device to allow the terminal device to perform electronic card management services. The target request may include an eID.

Optionally, after determining the RSSI, the terminal device may determine the load level according to the RSSI. Take the load level including level 0 and level 1 as an example. If the RSSI is less than or equal to the first threshold, the load level is determined to be level 1; if the RSSI is greater than the first threshold, the load level is determined to be level 0. When the load level is level 1, the terminal device can send the target request to the network device; when the load level is level 0, it can determine the target time slot, and send the target request to the network device in the target time slot. A slot is a slot adjacent to the slot it is currently in.

Optionally, the method for the terminal device to determine the target time slot may include: the terminal device determines the current wireless environment level, and determines the corresponding time slot length according to the wireless environment level, and according to the time slot length, compares the current time slot with the current time slot. The adjacent time slot is determined as the target time slot.

It should be noted that different wireless environment levels may correspond to different time slot lengths. For example, as shown in FIG. 6 , if the wireless environment level includes a first wireless environment level, a second wireless environment level and a third wireless environment level, the time slot length corresponding to the first wireless environment level may be T1, and the second wireless environment level may be T1. The time slot length corresponding to the level may be T2, and the time slot length corresponding to the third wireless environment level may be T3, where T1 is a natural period, which may be 5 seconds, 0.5 seconds, etc., and T2 is an integer multiple of T1, for example, T2 It can be equal to 3 times T1, and T3 is an integer multiple of T2, for example, T3 can be equal to 2 times T2.

Exemplarily, if the terminal device determines that the current wireless environment level is the first wireless environment level, it may further determine that the time slot length is T1. Assuming that the time slot with serial number 1 is adjacent to the time slot with serial number 2, and the current moment is in the time slot with serial number 1, the terminal device can determine the time slot with serial number 2 as the target time according to the time slot length T1 gap.

Optionally, the method for the terminal device to determine the current wireless environment level may include: the terminal device determines the current reference signal receiving power (reference signal receiving power, RSRP) and signal to interference plus noise ratio (signal to interference plus noise) of the network device. ratio, SINR), and determine the current wireless environment level according to RSRP and SINR.

Specifically, the wireless environment level includes the first wireless environment level, the second wireless environment level, and the third wireless environment level as an example. The terminal device may determine the current wireless environment level according to the first RSRP threshold, the second RSRP threshold, the first SINR threshold, and the second SINR threshold, where the first RSRP threshold is greater than the second RSRP threshold, and the first SINR threshold is greater than the first SINR threshold. Two SINR thresholds. If the RSRP is greater than or equal to the first RSRP threshold, and the SINR is greater than or equal to the first SINR threshold, the current wireless environment level is determined as the first wireless environment level; if the RSRP is less than the first RSRP threshold, greater than or equal to the second RSRP threshold, and the SINR is less than the first SINR threshold and greater than or equal to the second SINR threshold, then the current wireless environment level is determined as the second wireless environment level; if the RSRP is less than the second RSRP threshold, and the SINR is less than the second SINR threshold, then the current wireless environment level is determined. The environment class is determined as the third wireless environment class.

Optionally, the first RSRP threshold may be -85dBm, the second RSRP threshold may be -105dBm, the first SINR threshold may be 10dBm, and the second SINR threshold may be 0dBm.

S503. The network device determines whether there is an electronic card management order according to the target request, and determines the queue length of the current maintenance queue if there is an electronic card management order.

The above queue length refers to the length of the download queue of the terminal device of the network device in the corresponding wireless environment.

Optionally, the network device can obtain the RSRP and SINR from the measurement report periodically sent by the terminal device, and then determine the current wireless environment level of the terminal device according to the RSRP and SINR; or, the network device can directly receive the terminal device from the terminal device. The determined wireless environment level is not limited in this embodiment of the present invention.

The above S503 includes S503a and S503b:

S503a, the network device determines whether there is an electronic card management order according to the target request.

S503b, in the case that there is an electronic card management order, the network device determines the queue length of the current maintenance queue.

It should be noted that if the network device determines according to the target request that there is no electronic card management order, it means that there is no electronic card management service to be executed, and the process ends.

S504. If the queue length is less than or equal to the preset queue length threshold, the network device sends a first response to the terminal device for indicating that the terminal device is allowed to perform the electronic card management service.

Correspondingly, the terminal device receives the first response sent by the network device.

The above-mentioned preset queue length threshold refers to the number of terminal devices in a wireless environment level that allows simultaneous electronic card management services. For example, if the wireless environment level includes the first wireless environment level, the second wireless environment level and the third wireless environment level, the network device may maintain three queues, the three queues are queue Q1, queue Q2 and queue Q3 respectively, wherein , the preset queue length threshold of queue Q1 may be L1, the preset queue length threshold of queue Q2 may be L2, and the preset queue length threshold of queue Q3 may be L3. L1 is the number of terminal devices whose wireless environment level is the first wireless environment level that allows simultaneous electronic card management services; L2 is the number of terminal devices whose wireless environment level is the second wireless environment level that allows simultaneous electronic card management services; L3 is the number of terminal devices whose wireless environment level is the third wireless environment level that allows simultaneous electronic card management services.

It should be noted that, after receiving the first response sent by the network device, the terminal device can execute the electronic card management service in the target time slot. When the electronic card management service is a download service, if the terminal device does not complete the download within the target time slot, it can continue to download in the next time slot.

It should be noted that if the queue length is greater than the preset queue length threshold, the network device may return a second response for resending the target request, and after the terminal device receives the second response, it may resend to the network device at the starting point of the next time slot. target request.

The following fully describes the embodiments of the present invention. After the terminal device is powered on, the load level can be determined according to the RSSI. If the load level is level 1, the terminal device can directly send a target request to the network device; if the load level is level 0, the terminal device can further determine the current wireless environment level. . Taking the current wireless environment level as the first wireless environment level as an example, the terminal device may send a target request to the network device at the starting point of the time slot T1. The network device can trigger the server through the eSIM to query whether there is an electronic card management order. If there is no electronic card management order, the process ends; if there is an electronic card management order, the current queue length l1 of the download queue Q1 of the terminal device under the first wireless environment level is determined. If the queue length l1 is less than or equal to the preset queue length threshold L1, the network device sends a first response to the terminal device, and determines the current queue length l1 as l1+1. The terminal device can execute the electronic card management service after receiving the first response; if the queue length l1 is greater than the preset queue length threshold L1, the terminal device can re-send the target request to the network device at the starting point of the next time slot T1. Finally, the network device can determine whether the terminal device successfully executes the electronic card management service. If the terminal device successfully executes the electronic card management service, the network device can determine the current queue length l1 as l1-1, and the process ends.

It should be noted that the initial values of the current queue length l1 of the queue Q1, the current queue length l2 of the queue Q2, and the current queue length l3 of the queue Q3 are all 0.

An embodiment of the present invention provides a method for executing an electronic card management service. The terminal device can determine the load value of the cell where it is currently located, and send a target request to the network device when the load value is less than or equal to a first threshold; when the load value is greater than or equal to a first threshold At the first threshold, the target time slot is determined, and a target request is sent to the network device in the target time slot. After receiving the target request sent by the terminal device, the network device can determine the queue length of the current maintenance queue in the presence of an electronic card management order. If the queue length is less than or equal to the preset queue length threshold, the terminal device is allowed to execute electronic Card management business. Through this solution, the terminal device can avoid executing the electronic card management service when the load is high, and send a target request to the network device in the specified target time slot, and the network device can control the timing of the terminal device executing the electronic card management service according to the queue length. , so that the downloading efficiency of the terminal device can be effectively improved, and the normal service of the cell can be avoided due to the conflict.

Optionally, with reference to the above FIG. 5 , as shown in FIG. 7 , before S502 , the method for executing the electronic card management service provided by the embodiment of the present invention may further include the following S505 and S506 . "The terminal device determines the corresponding time slot length according to the wireless environment level" in the above S502 can be specifically implemented by the following S507.

S505, the network device determines the correspondence between different wireless environment levels and time slot lengths.

The network device can determine the corresponding time slot lengths under different wireless environment levels according to the formulas T=B×8/V, V=v×k/K, so as to further determine the correspondence between different wireless environment levels and time slot lengths.

Specifically, when the wireless environment level is the first wireless environment level, T1=B×8/V1, V1=v1×k/K, that is, T1=B×8K/(v1×k). Among them, B is the size of the eSIM card configuration file package, in KB; K is the corresponding average number of resource blocks available for data transmission in one frame in the time domain of the communication system, K=K _total -k _p , k _p is each The total number of resource blocks occupied by control channels such as physical hybrid ARQ indicator channel (PHICH), physical control format indicator channel (PCFICH), etc. in each subframe, K _total is the total number of resource blocks in each subframe The total number of resource blocks; V1 is the average rate in the case of occupying all the resources of the cell under the first wireless environment level; v1 is the average rate (unit kbps) under the condition that the terminal equipment of the first wireless environment level occupies all the resources of the cell, this value is the calculated value for simulation; k is the number of resource blocks allocated evenly, that is, the number of resource blocks allocated to each terminal device on average per subframe, which is related to the overall scheduling and allocation strategy of the network.

Optionally, the network device may determine T2 and T3 according to the above formula, or may determine T2 and T3 according to T1. Specifically, T2=[V1/V2]×T1, T3=[V1/V3]×T1, or T3=[V2/V3]×T2.

After the network device determines the corresponding time slot lengths under different wireless environment levels, it can further determine the corresponding relationship between different wireless environment levels and time slot lengths. That is, the first wireless environment level corresponds to the time slot length T1, the second wireless environment level corresponds to the time slot length T2, and the third wireless environment level corresponds to the time slot length T3.

S506, the network device sends the corresponding relationship to the terminal device.

Correspondingly, the terminal device receives the correspondence sent by the network device.

Optionally, the terminal device may send the corresponding relationship to the terminal device according to a preset period, or may send the updated corresponding relationship to the terminal device when the corresponding relationship changes, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present application.

S507. The terminal device determines the corresponding time slot length according to the wireless environment level and the corresponding relationship.

After the terminal device determines the current wireless environment level, it can determine the corresponding time slot length according to the wireless environment level and the corresponding relationship. For example, if the wireless environment level is the first wireless environment level, the corresponding time slot length is T1.

In this embodiment of the present invention, since the network device can determine the corresponding relationship between different wireless environment levels and time slot lengths, and send the corresponding relationship to the terminal device, the terminal device can determine the corresponding relationship according to the wireless environment level and the corresponding relationship. slot length, so that the terminal device can determine the target slot according to the slot length.

Optionally, with reference to the foregoing FIG. 5 , as shown in FIG. 8 , before the foregoing S502 , the method for executing the electronic card management service provided by the embodiment of the present invention may further include the following S508 .

S508: Before determining the queue length of the current maintenance queue, the network device determines preset queue length thresholds corresponding to different wireless environment levels.

If the network device maintains queue Q1, queue Q2 and queue Q3, the preset queue length threshold L1 of queue Q1=[(N1×T1×N)/(N1×T1+N2×T2+N3×T3)], queue Q2 The preset queue length threshold L2=[(N2×T2×N)/(N1×T1+N2×T2+N3×T3)], the preset queue length threshold L3=[(N3×T3×N) /(N1×T1+N2×T2+N3×T3)]. Among them, N1 is the total number of terminal devices whose single-cell wireless environment level is the first wireless environment level; N2 is the total number of terminal devices whose single-cell wireless environment level is the second wireless environment level; N3 is the single-cell wireless environment level is the third The total number of terminal devices of the wireless environment level; N is the number of terminal devices that can download the eSIM card at the same time for each symbol length, N=K(1-α-β)/k, α is the average resource occupancy rate of the cell, which is the The known quantity can be obtained from the network management system, β is the resource occupancy rate of the time slot common channel, β=k _p /K _total .

It should be noted that the same type of terminal equipment is usually installed and powered on at the same time period, and the eSIM card is downloaded and managed. In a single cell, two types of terminal equipment are usually not installed and used on a large scale at the same time. Therefore, when setting the queue length, only Considering the number of terminals of the same type, the value of N1 can be determined according to the actual installation situation or set according to the business model.

In this embodiment of the present invention, since the network device can determine the preset queue length thresholds corresponding to different wireless environment levels, after the network device determines the queue length of the current maintenance queue, it can compare the queue length of the current maintenance queue with the preset queue length threshold. A comparison is made to determine whether the terminal device is allowed to perform electronic card management services.

The foregoing mainly introduces the solutions provided by the embodiments of the present invention from the perspective of methods. In order to realize the above-mentioned functions, it includes corresponding hardware structures and/or software modules for executing each function. Those skilled in the art should easily realize that, in conjunction with the units and algorithm steps of the examples described in the embodiments disclosed herein, the embodiments of the present invention can be implemented in hardware or a combination of hardware and computer software. Whether a function is performed by hardware or computer software driving hardware depends on the specific application and design constraints of the technical solution. Skilled artisans may implement the described functionality using different methods for each particular application, but such implementations should not be considered beyond the scope of the present invention.

The method for executing the electronic card management service provided by the embodiment of the present invention may be executed by a device for executing the electronic card management service, or a control module for executing the electronic card management service in the device for executing the electronic card management service. In the embodiment of the present invention, a method for executing an electronic card management service by an apparatus for executing an electronic card management service is used as an example to describe the apparatus for executing an electronic card management service provided by the embodiment of the present invention.

It should be noted that, in this embodiment of the present invention, functional modules may be divided for the device that executes the electronic card management service according to the above method examples. For example, each functional module may be divided corresponding to each function, or two or more functions may be divided. integrated in a processing module. The above-mentioned integrated modules can be implemented in the form of hardware, and can also be implemented in the form of software function modules. Optionally, the division of modules in this embodiment of the present invention is schematic, and is only a logical function division. In actual implementation, there may be another division manner.

As shown in FIG. 9, an embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus for executing an electronic card management service. The apparatus 90 for executing the electronic card management service may be the terminal device in the above method embodiments, or a functional module in the terminal device. The apparatus 90 for performing electronic card management services may include a processing unit 91 and a communication unit 92 .

The processing unit 91 may be configured to determine the load value of the cell where it is currently located, where the load value is used to represent the load status of the cell. For example, in conjunction with FIG. 5, the processing unit 91 may be configured to perform S501. The communication unit 92 can be configured to send a target request to the network device if the load value is less than or equal to the first threshold, where the target request can be used to request the network device to allow the device to perform electronic card management services. For example, in conjunction with FIG. 4 , the communication unit 92 may be used to perform S502. The processing unit 91 can also be configured to determine the target time slot as the time slot adjacent to the current time slot if the load value is greater than or equal to the first threshold value, and the time slot length of the target time slot Associated with the wireless environment in which the device is currently located. The communication unit 92 may also be configured to send the target request to the network device in the target time slot determined by the processing unit 91, where the target time slot is a time slot adjacent to the time slot currently located. For example, in conjunction with FIG. 4 , the communication unit 92 may be used to perform S502.

Optionally, the above-mentioned processing unit 91 can be specifically used to: determine the current wireless environment level; and according to the wireless environment level, determine the corresponding time slot length; The adjacent time slot is determined as the target time slot.

Optionally, the above-mentioned processing unit 91 may be specifically configured to: determine the current reference signal received power RSRP and the signal-to-noise ratio SINR of the network device, and determine the current wireless environment level according to the RSRP and the SINR.

Optionally, the above-mentioned communication unit 92 can also be used to receive the correspondence between different wireless environment levels and time slot lengths sent by the network device before the processing unit 91 determines the corresponding time slot length according to the wireless environment level. relation. For example, in conjunction with FIG. 7, the processing unit 91 may be configured to perform S506. The processing unit 91 may be specifically configured to: determine the corresponding time slot length according to the wireless environment level and the corresponding relationship.

Certainly, the apparatus 90 for executing the electronic card management service provided by the embodiment of the present invention includes but is not limited to the above-mentioned modules.

In actual implementation, the processing unit 91 may be implemented by the processor 31 shown in FIG. 3 calling program codes in the memory 32 . For the specific execution process, reference may be made to the description of the method for executing the electronic card management service shown in FIG. 5 or FIG. 7 , which will not be repeated here.

An embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus for executing an electronic card management service, the apparatus can determine the load value of the current cell, and when the load value is less than or equal to a first threshold, send a target request to a network device; when the load value is greater than or equal to a first threshold At the first threshold, the target time slot is determined, and a target request is sent to the network device in the target time slot. Through this solution, when the load value is less than or equal to the first threshold, the apparatus can directly send the target request to the network device; when the load value is greater than the first threshold, the apparatus can send the target request to the network device in the specified target time slot , because the time slot length of the target time slot is associated with the wireless environment where the device is currently located, that is, the time slot length of the target time slot changes according to the change of the wireless environment, and the time slot length associated with a better wireless environment can be less than The time slot length associated with the poor wireless environment, therefore, the device sends the target request in the target time slot, which can avoid executing the electronic card management service when the load is high, thereby effectively improving the download efficiency and avoiding the conflict to the cell. Normal business is affected.

As shown in FIG. 10, an embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus for executing an electronic card management service. The apparatus 100 for executing the electronic card management service may be the network device in the above method embodiments, or a functional module in the network device. The apparatus 100 for performing electronic card management services may include a communication unit 101 and a processing unit 102 . The communication unit 101 may be configured to receive a target request sent by a terminal device, where the target request may be used to request allowing the terminal device to perform an electronic card management service. For example, in conjunction with FIG. 5 , the communication unit 101 may be configured to perform S502. The processing unit 102 can be used to determine whether there is an electronic card management order according to the target request. For example, in conjunction with FIG. 5, the processing unit 102 can be used to execute S503a, and in the case of the electronic card management order, determine the current maintenance The queue length of the queue, for example, in conjunction with FIG. 5, the processing unit 102 may be used to perform S503b. The communication unit 101 can also be configured to send a first response to the terminal device if the queue length is less than or equal to a preset queue length threshold, where the first response can be used to indicate that the terminal device is allowed to perform an electronic card management service, For example, in conjunction with FIG. 5, the communication unit 101 may be configured to perform S505.

Optionally, the above processing unit 102 may also be used to determine preset queue length thresholds corresponding to different wireless environment levels before determining the queue length of the current maintenance queue. For example, with reference to FIG. 8 , the processing unit 102 may be used to execute S508.

Optionally, the above processing unit 102 may also be used to determine the correspondence between different wireless environment levels and time slot lengths. For example, in conjunction with FIG. 7 , the processing unit 102 may be used to execute S505. The communication unit 101 may also be configured to send the corresponding relationship to the terminal device. For example, with reference to FIG. 7 , the processing unit 102 may be configured to execute S506.

Certainly, the apparatus 100 for executing the electronic card management service provided by the embodiment of the present invention includes but is not limited to the above-mentioned modules.

In actual implementation, the processing unit 102 may be implemented by the processor 31 shown in FIG. 3 calling program codes in the memory 32 . For the specific execution process, reference may be made to the description of the method for executing the electronic card management service shown in FIG. 5 , FIG. 7 or FIG. 8 , which will not be repeated here.

An embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus for executing an electronic card management service. After receiving a target request sent by a terminal device, the apparatus can determine the queue length of the current maintenance queue in the presence of an electronic card management order. If the queue length If it is less than or equal to the preset queue length threshold, the terminal device is allowed to perform electronic card management services. Through this solution, the device can control the timing of the terminal equipment to execute the electronic card management service according to the queue length, thereby effectively improving the download efficiency of the terminal equipment and avoiding the impact on the normal service of the cell caused by the conflict.

Embodiments of the present invention further provide a computer-readable storage medium, where the computer-readable storage medium includes computer-executable instructions. When the computer executes the instruction to run on the computer, the computer executes each step performed by the device for executing the electronic card management service in the method for executing the electronic card management service provided by the above embodiments.

Embodiments of the present invention further provide a computer program product, which can be directly loaded into a memory and contains software codes, and after the computer program product is loaded and executed by a computer, can implement the execution of the electronic card management provided by the above embodiments In the service method, each step performed by the device for executing the electronic card management service is performed.

In the above-mentioned embodiments, it may be implemented in whole or in part by software, hardware, firmware or any combination thereof. When implemented using a software program, it can be implemented in whole or in part in the form of a computer program product. The computer program product includes one or more computer instructions. When computer-executable instructions are loaded and executed on a computer, the processes or functions according to embodiments of the present invention result in whole or in part. The computer may be a general purpose computer, a special purpose computer, a computer network, or other programmable device. Computer instructions may be stored in or transmitted from one computer-readable storage medium to another computer-readable storage medium, for example, the computer instructions may be transmitted from a website site, computer, server, or data center over a wire (e.g. coaxial cable, optical fiber, digital subscriber line (DSL)) or wireless (eg infrared, wireless, microwave, etc.) means to another website site, computer, server or data center. Computer-readable storage media can be any available media that can be accessed by a computer or data storage devices including one or more servers, data centers, etc., that can be integrated with the media. Useful media may be magnetic media (eg, floppy disks, hard disks, magnetic tapes), optical media (eg, DVDs), or semiconductor media (eg, solid state disks (SSDs)), and the like.

From the description of the above embodiments, those skilled in the art can clearly understand that for the convenience and brevity of the description, only the division of the above functional modules is used as an example for illustration. In practical applications, the above functions can be allocated as required. It is completed by different functional modules, that is, the internal structure of the device is divided into different functional modules, so as to complete all or part of the functions described above.

In the several embodiments provided by the present invention, it should be understood that the disclosed apparatus and method may be implemented in other manners. For example, the apparatus embodiments described above are only illustrative. For example, the division of the above modules or units is only a logical function division, and other division manners may be used in actual implementation. For example, multiple units or components may be combined or may be integrated into another device, or some features may be omitted, or not implemented. On the other hand, the shown or discussed mutual coupling or direct coupling or communication connection may be through some interfaces, indirect coupling or communication connection of devices or units, and may be in electrical, mechanical or other forms. Units described as separate components may or may not be physically separated, and components shown as units may be one physical unit or multiple physical units, that is, may be located in one place, or may be distributed in multiple different places. Some or all of the units may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution in this embodiment.

In addition, each functional unit in each embodiment of the present invention may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may exist physically alone, or two or more units may be integrated into one unit. The above-mentioned integrated units may be implemented in the form of hardware, or may be implemented in the form of software functional units. The integrated unit, if implemented in the form of a software functional unit and sold or used as a stand-alone product, may be stored in a readable storage medium. Based on such understanding, the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention are essentially or contribute to the prior art, or all or part of the technical solutions may be embodied in the form of software products, and the software products are stored in a storage medium Among them, several instructions are included to cause a device (which may be a single-chip microcomputer, a chip, etc.) or a processor (processor) to execute all or part of the steps of the methods described in the various embodiments of the present invention. The aforementioned storage medium includes: a U disk, a removable hard disk, a ROM, a RAM, a magnetic disk, or an optical disk and other mediums that can store program codes.

The above are only specific embodiments of the present invention, but the protection scope of the present invention is not limited thereto. Any person skilled in the art who is familiar with the technical scope disclosed by the present invention can easily think of changes or substitutions. All should be covered within the protection scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention should be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

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1. A method for performing electronic card management services, comprising:

the terminal equipment determines a load value of a current cell, wherein the load value is used for representing the load condition of the cell;

if the load value is smaller than or equal to a first threshold value, the terminal equipment sends a target request to network equipment, and the target request is used for requesting the network equipment to allow the terminal equipment to execute electronic card management service;

if the load value is larger than the first threshold value, the terminal device determines a target time slot, and sends the target request to the network device in the target time slot, wherein the target time slot is a time slot adjacent to the current time slot, and the time slot length of the target time slot is associated with the wireless environment in which the terminal device is currently located.

2. The method of performing electronic card management services according to claim 1, wherein said determining a target time slot comprises:

the terminal equipment determines the current wireless environment level;

the terminal equipment determines the corresponding time slot length according to the wireless environment grade;

and the terminal equipment determines the time slot adjacent to the current time slot as the target time slot according to the time slot length.

3. The method of performing electronic card management services according to claim 2, wherein said terminal device determining a current wireless environment level comprises:

the terminal device determines the current Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) and signal-to-noise ratio (SINR) of the network device, and determines the current wireless environment level according to the RSRP and the SINR.

4. The method of performing electronic card management services according to claim 2, wherein before said terminal device determines a corresponding time slot length according to said wireless environment level, said method further comprises:

the terminal equipment receives the corresponding relation between different wireless environment grades and time slot lengths sent by the network equipment;

the terminal equipment determines the corresponding time slot length according to the wireless environment grade, and the method comprises the following steps:

and the terminal equipment determines the corresponding time slot length according to the wireless environment grade and the corresponding relation.

5. A method for performing electronic card management services, comprising:

network equipment receives a target request sent by terminal equipment, wherein the target request is used for requesting the network equipment to allow the terminal equipment to execute electronic card management service;

the network equipment determines whether an electronic card management order exists according to the target request, and determines the queue length of a current maintenance queue under the condition that the electronic card management order exists;

and if the queue length is less than or equal to a preset queue length threshold value, the network equipment sends a first response to the terminal equipment, wherein the first response is used for indicating that the terminal equipment is allowed to execute electronic card management service.

6. The method of performing electronic card management transactions according to claim 5, wherein said determining a queue length of a current maintenance queue further comprises:

and the network equipment determines preset queue length thresholds corresponding to different wireless environment levels.

7. Method for performing electronic card management services according to claim 5, characterized in that it further comprises:

the network equipment determines the corresponding relation between different wireless environment grades and the time slot lengths;

and the network equipment sends the corresponding relation to the terminal equipment.

8. An apparatus for performing electronic card management services, comprising: a processing unit and a communication unit;

the processing unit is used for determining a load value of a current cell, wherein the load value is used for representing the load condition of the cell;

the communication unit is used for sending a target request to network equipment if the load value is less than or equal to a first threshold value, wherein the target request is used for requesting the network equipment to allow the device to execute electronic card management service;

the processing unit is further configured to determine a target time slot if the load value is greater than the first threshold, where the target time slot is a time slot adjacent to a current time slot, and a time slot length of the target time slot is associated with a wireless environment in which the apparatus is currently located;

the communication unit is further configured to send the target request to the network device at the target timeslot determined by the processing unit.

9. The device for performing electronic card management transactions according to claim 8, characterised in that said processing unit is particularly adapted to:

determining the current wireless environment level; determining the corresponding time slot length according to the wireless environment grade; and determining the time slot adjacent to the current time slot as the target time slot according to the time slot length.

10. The device for performing electronic card management transactions according to claim 9, characterised in that said processing unit is particularly adapted to:

the method comprises the steps of determining the current Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) and signal to noise ratio (SINR) of the network equipment, and determining the current wireless environment level according to the RSRP and the SINR.

11. Device for performing electronic card management services according to claim 9,

the communication unit is further configured to receive a correspondence between different wireless environment levels and time slot lengths sent by the network device before the processing unit determines a corresponding time slot length according to the wireless environment level;

the processing unit is specifically configured to: and determining the corresponding time slot length according to the wireless environment grade and the corresponding relation.

12. An apparatus for performing electronic card management services, comprising: a communication unit and a processing unit;

the communication unit is used for receiving a target request sent by terminal equipment, wherein the target request is used for requesting to allow the terminal equipment to execute electronic card management service;

the processing unit is used for determining whether an electronic card management order exists according to the target request and determining the queue length of the current maintenance queue under the condition that the electronic card management order exists;

the communication unit is further configured to send a first response to the terminal device if the queue length is less than or equal to a preset queue length threshold, where the first response is used to indicate that the terminal device is allowed to execute an electronic card management service.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the processing unit is further configured to determine preset queue length thresholds corresponding to different wireless environment levels before determining the queue length of the current maintenance queue.

14. The device for performing electronic card management transactions according to claim 12,

the processing unit is further configured to determine a correspondence between different wireless environment levels and time slot lengths;

the communication unit is further configured to send the correspondence to the terminal device.

15. An apparatus for performing electronic card management services, comprising a memory and a processor; the memory is used for storing computer execution instructions, and the processor is connected with the memory through a bus;

when the device for executing electronic card management service is running, the processor executes the computer-executable instructions stored in the memory to cause the device for executing electronic card management service to execute the method for executing electronic card management service according to any one of claims 1 to 4 or any one of claims 5 to 7.

16. A computer-readable storage medium, characterized in that it comprises computer-executable instructions which, when run on a computer, cause the computer to perform a method of performing electronic card management services according to any one of claims 1 to 4 or any one of claims 5 to 7.

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