CN114650616B

CN114650616B - Control method and device of network mode

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Publication number: CN114650616B
Application number: CN202210357244.XA
Authority: CN
Inventors: 朱岳军
Original assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Current assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-04-06
Filing date: 2022-04-06
Publication date: 2024-08-23
Anticipated expiration: 2042-04-06
Also published as: CN114650616A

Abstract

The application discloses a control method and device of a network mode, and belongs to the technical field of mobile communication. The method comprises the following steps: under the condition that communication connection is established between the electronic equipment and the first base station, transmission information in the uplink data packet transmission process is acquired; under the condition that the quantity of the uplink data packets of the transmission information characterization buffer memory continuously increases and the quantity of the reported uplink data packets is not zero, determining a parameter set, wherein the parameter set comprises: a first parameter characterizing an upstream network congestion duration and a second parameter characterizing a downstream throughput duration greater than a first threshold; setting a current network mode of the electronic equipment to be a dual-connection network mode under the condition that the parameter set meets a preset condition, so that the electronic equipment establishes communication connection with a second base station under the condition that communication connection is established with a first base station, wherein the preset condition comprises the following steps: the first parameter is greater than or equal to the second threshold or the second parameter is greater than or equal to the third threshold.

Description

Control method and device of network mode

Technical Field

The application belongs to the technical field of mobile communication, and particularly relates to a control method and device of a network mode.

Background

The fifth generation mobile communication technology (5 th-Generation Mobile Communication Technology, abbreviated as 5G) is a new generation mobile communication technology, and there are two networking schemes, independent networking (Standalone, SA) and Non-independent networking (Non-Standalone, NSA). Where NSA is deployed on the existing fourth generation mobile communication technology (the 4th Generation Mobile Communication Technology, abbreviated as 4G) infrastructure, part of the services and functions continue to rely on the 4G network.

Currently, most operators in the world have deployed NSA-mode enhanced mobile broadband (Enhanced Mobile Broadband, eMBB for short) networks, and rely on mature long term evolution (Long Term Evolution, LTE for short) network coverage, and can also exert high throughput of 5G base stations, so that a new communication architecture-dual-connectivity architecture is gradually formed. In the dual-connection architecture, the terminal device can be simultaneously connected with two different base stations, and then respectively communicate with the two base stations, so that the requirement of high-speed surfing of a user is met at the cost of improving power consumption.

However, currently, it is generally decided by the user independently whether to turn on the dual connectivity network mode in the terminal device, that is, the user comprehensively considers the power consumption and the high-speed internet surfing requirement, and freely selects the time for turning on the dual connectivity network mode. Not only can the control of the dual-connection network mode not be automated, but also the operation of opening the dual-connection network mode is complex at present, and the operation of a user is inconvenient.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application aims to provide a network mode control method and device, which can solve the problem that the control of a dual-connection network mode of electronic equipment in the related art cannot be automated.

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a method for controlling a network mode, where the method includes:

Under the condition that communication connection is established between the electronic equipment and the first base station, transmission information in the uplink data packet transmission process is acquired;

And determining a parameter set under the condition that the quantity of the uplink data packets of the transmission information characterization buffer memory continuously increases and the quantity of the reported uplink data packets is not zero, wherein the parameter set comprises: a first parameter characterizing an upstream network congestion duration and a second parameter characterizing a downstream throughput duration greater than a first threshold;

Setting the current network mode of the electronic equipment to be a dual-connection network mode under the condition that the parameter set meets the preset condition, so that the electronic equipment establishes communication connection with a second base station under the condition that communication connection is established with the first base station, wherein the preset condition comprises the following steps: the first parameter is greater than or equal to a second threshold or the second parameter is greater than or equal to a third threshold.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a control apparatus for a network mode, including:

The transmission information module is used for acquiring transmission information in the uplink data packet transmission process under the condition that the electronic equipment and the first base station are in communication connection;

the parameter module is configured to determine a parameter set when the number of the uplink data packets in the transmission information characterization buffer continuously increases and the number of the reported uplink data packets is not zero, where the parameter set includes: a first parameter characterizing an upstream network congestion duration and a second parameter characterizing a downstream throughput duration greater than a first threshold;

The network mode control module is configured to set a current network mode of the electronic device to be a dual-connection network mode when the parameter set meets a preset condition, so that the electronic device establishes communication connection with a second base station when the electronic device establishes communication connection with the first base station, where the preset condition includes: the first parameter is greater than or equal to a second threshold or the second parameter is greater than or equal to a third threshold.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an electronic device comprising a processor and a memory storing a program or instructions executable on the processor, which when executed by the processor, implement the steps of the method as described in the first aspect.

In a fourth aspect, embodiments of the present application provide a readable storage medium having stored thereon a program or instructions which when executed by a processor perform the steps of the method according to the first aspect.

In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a chip, where the chip includes a processor and a communication interface, where the communication interface is coupled to the processor, and where the processor is configured to execute a program or instructions to implement a method according to the first aspect.

In a sixth aspect, embodiments of the present application provide a computer program product stored in a storage medium, the program product being executable by at least one processor to implement the method according to the first aspect.

In the embodiment of the application, under the condition that the electronic equipment and the first base station are in communication connection, whether the user has the internet surfing requirement can be determined by utilizing the transmission information in the uplink data packet transmission process. When the number of the cached uplink data packets continuously increases and the number of the reported uplink data packets is not zero, the user is considered to have the internet surfing requirement, and a parameter set comprising a first parameter representing the congestion duration of the uplink network and a second parameter representing the duration of which the downlink throughput is larger than a first threshold is determined. The method comprises the steps that a preset condition is set based on at least one condition that a dual-connection network mode needs to be started, and when a parameter set meets the preset condition, the current network mode of the electronic equipment is set to be the dual-connection network mode. Therefore, the control of the dual-connection network mode is automated, and meanwhile, the flow for starting the dual-connection network mode is simplified. Further, since the preset conditions include: the first parameter is greater than or equal to the second threshold value or the second parameter is greater than or equal to the third threshold value, wherein the condition that the first parameter is greater than or equal to the second threshold value can be regarded as that the uplink network is congested for a long time, and the condition that the second parameter is greater than or equal to the third threshold value can be regarded as that the second parameter is in a large-flow use scene for a long time, so that automatic starting of a dual-connection network mode can be realized under the conditions that the uplink network is congested for a long time and the second parameter is in the large-flow use scene for a long time, and the electronic equipment can timely resume high-speed internet surfing.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a flowchart of steps of a method for controlling a network mode according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating steps for determining whether a first parameter satisfies a preset condition according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a process for determining a third parameter in an embodiment of the present application;

Fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of practical application of a network mode control method according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 5 is a block diagram of a control device of network mode according to an embodiment of the present application;

Fig. 6 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 7 is a second schematic diagram of a hardware structure of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application will be clearly described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is apparent that the described embodiments are some embodiments of the present application, but not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which are obtained by a person skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the present application, fall within the scope of protection of the present application.

The terms first, second and the like in the description and in the claims, are used for distinguishing between similar elements and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order. It is to be understood that the data so used may be interchanged, as appropriate, such that embodiments of the present application may be implemented in sequences other than those illustrated or described herein, and that the objects identified by "first," "second," etc. are generally of a type, and are not limited to the number of objects, such as the first object may be one or more. Furthermore, in the description and claims, "and/or" means at least one of the connected objects, and the character "/", generally means that the associated object is an "or" relationship.

The method for controlling the network mode provided by the embodiment of the application is described in detail below through specific embodiments and application scenes thereof with reference to the accompanying drawings.

As shown in fig. 1, the method for controlling a network mode according to the embodiment of the present application includes:

Step 101: and under the condition that the electronic equipment and the first base station are in communication connection, acquiring transmission information in the uplink data packet transmission process.

In this step, the electronic device has a network communication function, and in the case that a communication connection is established between the electronic device and the first base station, the electronic device can perform data interaction with the first base station. The first base station may be any base station in the access target network, where the electronic device is located in a cell covered by the first base station, and a communication connection is established between the electronic device and the first base station through the target network. The target network may be any network, for example, a 4G network, a 5G network, and the like.

It is understood that, in the data transmission process of the electronic device in the first base station, the direction of data transmission includes an uplink direction transmitted from the electronic device to the first base station, and a downlink direction transmitted from the first base station to the electronic device. The transmission information here includes data transmission information in the uplink direction, that is, transmission information in the uplink packet transmission process.

Step 102: and determining a parameter set under the condition that the quantity of the uplink data packets of the transmission information characterization buffer memory continuously increases and the quantity of the reported uplink data packets is not zero.

In this step, the buffered uplink data packet is the data packet that needs to be transmitted to the first base station in the uplink direction. The electronic device will report the number of uplink data packets so that the first base station allocates scheduling resources. In the transmission process of the uplink data packets, the number of the cached uplink data packets is continuously increased, and the number of the reported uplink data packets is not zero, so that the user can be stated that the user is currently surfing the internet by using the electronic equipment.

The parameter set includes: a first parameter characterizing an upstream network congestion duration and a second parameter characterizing a downstream throughput duration greater than a first threshold. The uplink network congestion duration is the duration for keeping the congestion state under the condition that the network is congested in the uplink direction. Wherein, the congestion of the network in the uplink direction can be understood as the overload of the network or the lower transmission performance in the uplink direction; the first parameter may thus characterize to some extent the network conditions in the upstream direction. The duration that the downlink throughput is greater than the first threshold is the duration that the throughput of the network in the downlink direction is greater than the first threshold, wherein the value of the first threshold is greater, and the fact that the downlink throughput is greater than the first threshold can be regarded as that the electronic equipment is in a high-flow use scene. Specifically, the first threshold may be 2 megabits per second, but is not limited thereto.

It will be appreciated that the specific values of the first and second parameters may change over time, and therefore, the first and second parameters may be updated once every predetermined period of time. The preset time period may be a short period of time, for example, may be 1 second, but is not limited thereto. It should be noted that, when the number of buffered uplink data packets is not continuously increased or the number of reported uplink data packets is zero, it is indicated that the user does not use the electronic device to log on, and at this time, the dual-connectivity network mode is not required to be set, so that the subsequent steps are not required to be executed.

Step 103: and setting the current network mode of the electronic equipment to be a dual-connection network mode under the condition that the parameter set meets the preset condition, so that the electronic equipment establishes communication connection with a second base station under the condition that the communication connection is established with the first base station.

It should be noted that the preset conditions include: the first parameter is greater than or equal to the second threshold or the second parameter is greater than or equal to the third threshold. Therefore, in the case where the first parameter is greater than or equal to the second threshold value or the second parameter is greater than or equal to the third threshold value, it is considered that the parameter set satisfies the preset condition. Here, the case where the first parameter is greater than or equal to the second threshold value is regarded as the uplink network congestion for a longer time. Therefore, the second threshold is a time value for measuring whether the congestion time of the uplink network is long, for example, 30 seconds, 50 seconds, 1 minute, etc., but not limited thereto. Similarly, the third threshold is a time value for measuring whether the duration of the high traffic usage scenario is long, for example, 30 seconds, 50 seconds, 1 minute, etc., but not limited thereto.

It is understood that in a dual connectivity network mode, the electronic device may communicate with a first base station and a second base station simultaneously, where the first base station and the second base station are base stations that access different networks. Here, the Dual Connectivity network mode in the electronic device may be a Dual Connectivity function implemented based on an ENDC (UMTS evolved terrestrial radio access network new radio Dual Connectivity) architecture, but is not limited thereto. The UMTS may be referred to as a universal mobile telecommunications system (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System), and under EN-DC architecture, the network accessed by the first base station is a 4G network and the network accessed by the second base station is a 5G network.

Optionally, determining the first parameter in the parameter set includes:

the timing duration of the target discard timer is acquired.

It should be noted that, when the timing time of the target discard timer reaches the timing duration, the electronic device discards the buffered uplink data packet. The timing duration is a pre-configured duration. For example, the target discard timer may be a packet data convergence protocol (PACKET DATA Convergence Protocol, PDCP) discard timer, PDCP DISCARD TIMER. The timing duration can be "300ms", "1500ms" or "index", and when the timing duration is configured to be "300ms", PDCP DISCARD TIMER times up to 300ms are regarded as overtime once; when the timing duration is configured as "definition", PDCP DISCARD TIMER times out to a default duration, which may be 65535 milliseconds, are considered to be timeout. It will be appreciated that PDCP DISCARD TIMER may be reset after each timeout, and the timing restarted.

Starting a target timer under target conditions, wherein the target conditions comprise: the timing time length is smaller than the time length threshold value, the time-out times of the target discard timer is larger than or equal to the target times, the timing time length is equal to the time length threshold value, and the number of the cached uplink data packets is larger than or equal to the target number;

It should be noted that the target timer is used to record the duration of the network congestion state, and therefore the target timer will start counting when it is monitored that the network is in a congested state. In the case where the timing duration of the target discard timer is configured as the duration threshold, timeout may not occur. Continuing with the explanation of PDCP DISCARD TIMER as an example, a timeout may not occur when the timing duration is configured to "definition". The congestion state start time may thus be determined based on the number of times of timeout in case the target discard timer would have timed out. In the case where the target discard timer does not timeout, the congestion state start time is determined based on the number of buffered upstream data packets. For example, when the number of uplink packets buffered in the PDCP layer reaches 100, the network is regarded as being congested, and the time at this time is regarded as congestion status start time.

Here, in the case where the target discard timer is PDCP DISCARD TIMER, different timing durations thereof correspond to different target times. For example, the target number of times set for the timing period of "300ms" may be 5 times, and the target number of times set for the timing period of "1500ms" may be 1 time. Preferably, the target timer may be an integer multiple of PDCP DISCARD TIMER.

The timing time of the target timer is determined as a first parameter.

In the embodiment of the application, the congestion state of the network can be rapidly monitored by utilizing the target discard timer in the mobile communication network, so that the accurate timing of the congestion duration is realized.

Optionally, after determining the timing time of the target timer as the first parameter, the method further comprises:

And stopping the target timer when the number of the cached uplink data packets is equal to zero.

It should be noted that the uplink data packet exchanged here may be an uplink data packet buffered in the PDCP layer, and may also be understood as an uplink data packet in the PDCP queue. When the number of changed uplink data packets becomes zero, it means that all the current buffer data is sent out or the cell is changed or the current link is reestablished. Here, the target timer may also be stopped when the data packet buffered in the other protocol layer is zero. Such as data packets buffered by the medium access control layer. It will be appreciated that by stopping the target timer and starting the target timer again if met, the cumulative length of network congestion may be determined as the network congestion length. Of course, the target timer may be reset, that is, the target timer is cleared, and the duration of network congestion is determined at this time, and the duration of network congestion is taken as the duration of network congestion.

In the embodiment of the application, the target timer is stopped under the condition that all the current cache data are sent out or the cell is changed or the current link is rebuilt, so that the accuracy of the first parameter can be ensured.

When the first parameter is equal to a second threshold value, switching a target zone bit from the first identifier to a second identifier, wherein the target zone bit is used for representing the congestion condition of the uplink network;

The first parameter being greater than or equal to a second threshold, comprising: the target flag bit is currently the second identifier.

It should be noted that, when the target flag bit is the first identifier, it is characterized that congestion does not occur in the uplink network; and when the target zone bit is the second identification, the uplink network is represented to be congested. Here, the target flag bit may be stored in a database of the LTE non-access stratum. Specifically, when the target flag bit is the first identifier, 0 is stored, and when the target flag bit is the second identifier, 1 is stored.

In the embodiment of the application, the congestion condition of the uplink network can be identified by utilizing the target zone bit, so that the congestion condition of the uplink network can be rapidly and accurately determined by utilizing the target zone bit.

As shown in fig. 2, a flowchart of a step of determining whether a first parameter meets a preset condition in a network mode control method according to an embodiment of the present application includes:

Step 201: starting.

Step 202: the electronic device performs data traffic in the cell and a data PDN (packet data Network) has been established.

Step 203: judging whether the current situation is the target situation or not, specifically, checking the value PDCP DISCARD TIMER of the network radio resource bearing configuration, wherein the network configuration comprises: 300ms, 1500ms and definition. If the network is configured to be 300ms, judging whether the current PDCP DISCARD TIMER timeout times reach a first time threshold value or not; if the network is configured to 1500ms, judging whether the current PDCP DISCARD TIMER timeout times reach a second time threshold; if the network is configured as affinity, it is determined whether the number of current PDCP buffered packets reaches a packet threshold, i.e., pb_size=packet threshold. If yes, go to step 204, if not, end. It should be noted that the values of the first time threshold, the second time threshold, and the packet threshold determine the sensitivity of determining congestion, and the larger the value, the lower the sensitivity and the smaller the value, the higher the sensitivity. Here, the specific values of the first time threshold, the second time threshold, and the packet threshold may be customized according to the actual situation. For example, but not limited to, the first time threshold is 5 times, the second time threshold is 1 time, and the packet threshold is 1000 bytes.

Step 204: the target timer is started. Here, a target timer may be set for different network configurations, respectively. For example, if the network is configured to 300ms, then PDCP DISCARD TIMER times out to the first time threshold, the target timer a is started. The network is configured as the definition, and when the number of the current PDCP cache data packets reaches a data packet threshold value, the target timer B is started. After the target timer is started, when the pb_size becomes 0, it means that all the current buffered data is transmitted or the cell is changed or the current link is reestablished, and the target timer is stopped.

Step 205: whether the target timer is timed out is determined, if yes, step 206 is executed, if not, ending.

Step 206: and setting the uplink congestion Flag (Flag bit) of the LTE cell to be 1.

Step 207: and (5) ending.

Optionally, the number of uplink data packets continuously increases and the number of reported uplink data packets is not zero, including:

The data packets to be sent buffered in the uplink PDCP queue continue to increase, and the number of data packets reported by a data status report (Buffer Status Report, abbreviated BSR) is not zero.

It should be noted that, the uplink PDCP queue is a PDCP queue in the uplink direction, which is a queue for buffering uplink IP packets. In the case that the data packets to be transmitted buffered in the uplink PDCP queue continue to increase, it is indicated that the user may be surfing the internet. The electronic equipment reports the data to the first base station through the BSR, and the first base station determines the uplink resources allocated to the electronic equipment by the data to be transmitted in the uplink buffer. Here, the number of data packets reported by the BSR is a specific parameter value of the BSR size parameter, where the BSR is reported through the medium access control layer.

In the embodiment of the application, based on the uplink PDCP queue and the number of the data packets reported by the BSR, whether the user uses the electronic equipment to surf the Internet can be accurately judged.

Optionally, the parameter set further includes: a third parameter characterizing whether the electronic device can establish a communication connection with the second base station; the preset conditions further include: the third parameter characterizes the electronic device being capable of establishing a communication connection with the second base station.

It should be noted that due to limitations of the electronic device or limitations of the first base station, the electronic device may not be able to establish a communication connection with the second base station. Therefore, to avoid turning on the dual connectivity function (dual connectivity network mode), the electronic device cannot establish a communication connection with the second base station. And taking whether the electronic equipment can establish communication connection with the second base station as one judging condition for starting the double-connection function.

In the embodiment of the application, when judging whether to start the dual-connection function of the electronic equipment, the condition that the electronic equipment can establish communication connection with the second base station is taken as one of the judging conditions, so that the situation that the electronic equipment cannot establish communication connection with the second base station after the dual-connection function is started can be reduced.

Optionally, determining a third parameter in the parameter set includes:

Acquiring first condition information representing whether a first network can serve as an anchor network of a second network, second condition information representing whether the electronic equipment has a dual-connection network mode, and third condition information representing whether the second network allows the electronic equipment to access, wherein the first network is a network accessed by a first base station, and the second network is a network accessed by a second base station;

A third parameter is determined based on the first condition information, the second condition information, and the third condition information.

It should be noted that the first status information may indicate whether the first network has the capability to support the simultaneous access of the electronic device to different base stations under the dual connectivity function. The second status information may indicate whether the electronic device is provided with a dual connectivity network mode. The third status information may indicate whether the first network allows the electronic device to access different base stations simultaneously under the dual connectivity function. And the third parameter meets the preset condition only when the first network has the capability of supporting the electronic equipment to access different base stations simultaneously in the dual-connection network mode, the electronic equipment has the dual-connection network mode, and the first network allows the electronic equipment to access different base stations simultaneously in the dual-connection network mode, namely the third parameter characterizes that the electronic equipment can establish communication connection with the second base station. Specifically, the third parameter is a first value when the first network can be used as an anchor network of the second network, the electronic device has a dual-connection network mode, and the second network allows the electronic device to access, and the third parameter is a second value when the first network cannot be used as an anchor network of the second network, and the electronic device does not have the dual-connection network mode or the second network does not allow the electronic device to access. Accordingly, the electronic device is capable of establishing a communication connection with a second base station, including: the third parameter is currently the first value.

The procedure for determining the third parameter will be described below with a specific example, and the ENDC capability will be referred to as a dual connectivity function, i.e. the dual connectivity network mode described above. As shown in fig. 3, includes:

Step 301: start to

Step 302: the electronic device is initially registered or location updated in the LTE cell.

Step 303: whether SIB2 (system message 2) carries the first information, if so, step 304 is executed, and if not, step 307 is executed. The first message is upperLayerIndication-r15=true, which means that the current network can be used as an anchor network of the ENDC network, that is, the LTE network and the NR (New Radio) network can be simultaneously connected, and data transmission is performed at the same time.

Step 304: it is determined whether the electronic device itself supports dual connectivity, if so, step 305 is performed, and if not, step 307 is performed. Specifically, first, a request is made to a NAS (Non-access stratum) module to query DCNR capabilities of an electronic device. If the terminal preferred network mode contains NR, the modem has turned on the Option3 capability and the electronic device initiates registration in the LTE anchor cell supporting ENDC combining, then the terminal contains DCNR capability (DCNR =1) in the capability reported to the network, i.e. it means that the electronic device supports ENDC.

Step 305: if the first network issues the second information, step 306 is executed, and if not, step 307 is executed. The first network is a network to which the LTE cell belongs. By whether to issue the second message, it is determined whether the first network allows the electronic device to access. Specifically, the MM (mobility management, mobile management) module is queried as to whether the first network has restricted access to the dual connectivity network by the electronic device. After receiving the ATTACH ACCEPT message or the TAU Accept message, if the message contains RESTRICTDCNR =0 or does not carry the field, the electronic device indicates that the first network allows the electronic device to access.

Step 306: updating the ENDC capability is supported. That is upperLayerIndication-r15=true & UE ENDC support=true & NW DCNR RESTRICT =false, and NAS ENDC support=true is updated. Specifically, updating the ENDC capability supporting condition stored in the database of the LTE non-access layer can be used for reporting the ENDC capability supporting condition to the upper layer system interface by the modem to display the 5G signal icon, and can also be used for other modules to acquire the real-time ENDC supporting condition of the current electronic equipment and the first network.

Step 307: updating the ENDC capability to unsupported.

Step 308: and (5) ending.

In the embodiment of the application, considering the electronic equipment and the network, determining the third parameter based on the first condition information of the anchor network of the first network which can be used as the second network, the second condition information of whether the electronic equipment has the dual-connection network mode and the third condition information of whether the second network allows the electronic equipment to be accessed, so that the situation that the electronic equipment cannot establish communication connection with the second base station after the dual-connection network mode is started can be avoided.

Optionally, in a case where the dual connectivity network mode in the electronic device is a dual connectivity function implemented based on the ENDC architecture, setting the current network mode of the electronic device to the dual connectivity network mode includes:

Requesting to inquire about a current ENDC B1 measurement switch state of an RRC (radio resource management, radio Resource Control) module at a PDCP module;

Under the condition that the ENDC B1 measurement switch state is in an off state, the current ENDC B1 measurement switch state is updated to be in an on state, so that the electronic equipment can normally report a B1 measurement report of NR, and communication connection between the electronic equipment and the second base station is established.

In the embodiment of the application, when the ENDC B1 measurement switch state is in the off state, the switch state is adjusted to be in the on state, and further, the communication connection between the electronic equipment and the second base station is established by reporting the NR B1 measurement report.

As shown in fig. 4, a schematic diagram of an actual application of the network mode control method provided by the embodiment of the present application is shown, where the dual-connection function is an ENDC function, that is, the dual-connection network mode. Specifically, the steps of the practical application include:

Step 401: starting.

Step 402: the electronic device resides in an LTE cell.

Step 403: and judging whether the LTE network is provided with an ENDC cell for the electronic equipment, if so, ending, and if not, executing step 404.

Step 404: and judging whether the electronic equipment is in an RRC connection state, if so, executing step 405, and if not, ending. When the electronic device is in the RRC idle state, in order to avoid excessive ENDC NR measurements, power consumption is increased, and NR B1 measurements of ENDC are turned off by default.

Step 405: and judging whether an uplink data packet is sent, if so, executing step 406, and if not, ending. Specifically, if the data bearer continues with an uplink IP packet to enter the PDCP queue and the BSR size of the medium access control layer of the current data bearer is not 0, it indicates that there is a current uplink packet to send.

Step 406: entering into 'LTE cell congestion judgment' and judging a large flow use scene. The process of "LTE cell congestion determination" is described in detail herein with reference to fig. 2.

Step 407: and judging whether the preset condition is met, if so, executing step 408, and if not, ending. Specifically, if the congestion Flag bit flag=1 indicates that there are more uplink data to be sent in the current LTE, but the LTE network does not have enough uplink resource scheduling, so that the uplink data packet cannot be sent out in time, and therefore, whether the congestion Flag bit is 1 can be determined, and the situation that the congestion Flag bit is 1 is regarded as meeting the preset condition. If the congestion Flag bit flag=0 indicates that the uplink of the current LTE cell is not congested, but the uplink is not congested, and if the downlink network scheduling resource is insufficient, the video playing is slowed down; at this time, if the downlink PDCP throughput of the data bearer is monitored to be greater than or equal to 2 megabits per second and lasts for 5 seconds, it is indicated that the current high-flow application scenario is in. Therefore, the preset condition may be considered to be met in the case where the congestion flag bit is 0 and the downlink PDCP throughput is greater than or equal to 2 megabits per second.

Step 408: updating the current ENDC B1 strategy switch state to be on, namely, starting an ENDC function.

Step 409: and (5) ending.

In the embodiment of the application, the balance between power consumption and data experience can be achieved. When the LTE cell signal is bad during data service, the ENDC is automatically started to accelerate the network, and when the user encounters data interruption and a pause, the high-speed internet surfing is timely recovered. When the data service is not used or the LTE data is not used for being blocked, the LTE single connection is kept, and the standby power consumption of the terminal can be reduced, so that the endurance of the electronic equipment is improved.

It should be noted that, in the network mode control method provided in the embodiment of the present application, the execution body may be a network mode control device, or a control module for executing the network mode control method in the network mode control device. In the embodiment of the present application, a control method for executing a network mode by a control device for a network mode is taken as an example, and the control device for a network mode provided in the embodiment of the present application is described.

As shown in fig. 5, the embodiment of the present application further provides a control device for a network mode, where the device includes:

A transmission information module 51, configured to obtain transmission information in an uplink packet transmission process when the electronic device establishes a communication connection with the first base station;

The parameter module 52 is configured to determine a parameter set when the number of uplink data packets in the transmission information characterizing buffer continuously increases and the number of reported uplink data packets is not zero, where the parameter set includes: a first parameter characterizing an upstream network congestion duration and a second parameter characterizing a downstream throughput duration greater than a first threshold;

the network mode control module 53 is configured to set, when the parameter set meets a preset condition, a current network mode of the electronic device to be a dual-connection network mode, so that the electronic device establishes a communication connection with the second base station when the electronic device establishes a communication connection with the first base station, where the preset condition includes: the first parameter is greater than or equal to the second threshold or the second parameter is greater than or equal to the third threshold.

Optionally, the parameter module 52 includes:

the time length acquisition unit is used for acquiring the timing time length of the target discard timer, wherein the electronic equipment discards the cached uplink data packet when the timing time of the target discard timer reaches the timing time length;

A first timer unit, configured to start a target timer under a target condition, where the target condition includes: the timing time length is smaller than the time length threshold value, the time-out times of the target discard timer is larger than or equal to the target times, the timing time length is equal to the time length threshold value, and the number of the cached uplink data packets is larger than or equal to the target number;

and a second timer unit for determining the timing time of the target timer as the first parameter.

Optionally, the apparatus further comprises:

and the stopping module is used for stopping the target timer under the condition that the number of the cached uplink data packets is equal to zero.

Optionally, the parameter module 52 includes:

the system comprises a status information unit, a status information unit and a control unit, wherein the status information unit is used for acquiring first status information representing whether a first network can be used as an anchor network of a second network, second status information representing whether the electronic equipment has a dual-connection network mode and third status information representing whether the second network allows the electronic equipment to access, the first network is a network accessed by a first base station, and the second network is a network accessed by a second base station;

And a parameter unit for determining a third parameter based on the first condition information, the second condition information, and the third condition information.

The control device of the network mode in the embodiment of the application can be an electronic device, and can also be a component in the electronic device, such as an integrated circuit or a chip. The electronic device may be a terminal, or may be other devices than a terminal. The electronic device may be a Mobile phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, a palm computer, a vehicle-mounted electronic device, a Mobile internet appliance (Mobile INTERNET DEVICE, MID), an augmented reality (augmented reality, AR)/Virtual Reality (VR) device, a robot, a wearable device, an ultra-Mobile personal computer (UMPC), a netbook or a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), etc., and may also be a server, a network attached storage (Network Attached Storage, NAS), a personal computer (personal computer, PC), a Television (TV), a teller machine, a self-service machine, etc., which are not particularly limited in the embodiments of the present application.

The control device of the network mode in the embodiment of the application can be a device with an operating system. The operating system may be an Android operating system, an iOS operating system, or other possible operating systems, and the embodiment of the present application is not limited specifically.

The network mode control device provided by the embodiment of the present application can implement each process implemented by the method embodiments of fig. 1 to fig. 4, and achieve the same technical effects, so that repetition is avoided, and no further description is provided herein.

Optionally, as shown in fig. 6, the embodiment of the present application further provides an electronic device 600, including a processor 601 and a memory 602, where the memory 602 stores a program or an instruction that can be executed on the processor 601, and the program or the instruction implements each step of the above-mentioned network mode control method embodiment when executed by the processor 601, and the steps achieve the same technical effects, so that repetition is avoided, and no further description is given here.

The electronic device in the embodiment of the application includes the mobile electronic device and the non-mobile electronic device.

Fig. 7 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of an electronic device implementing an embodiment of the present application.

The electronic device 700 includes, but is not limited to: radio frequency unit 701, network module 702, audio output unit 703, input unit 704, sensor 705, display unit 706, user input unit 707, interface unit 708, memory 709, and processor 710.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the electronic device 700 may also include a power source (e.g., a battery) for powering the various components, which may be logically connected to the processor 710 via a power management system so as to perform functions such as managing charge, discharge, and power consumption via the power management system. The electronic device structure shown in fig. 7 does not constitute a limitation of the electronic device, and the electronic device may include more or less components than shown, or may combine certain components, or may be arranged in different components, which are not described in detail herein.

The processor 710 is configured to obtain transmission information in an uplink packet transmission process when the electronic device establishes a communication connection with the first base station;

The processor 710 is further configured to determine a parameter set when the number of uplink data packets in the transmission information characterizing buffer continues to increase and the number of reported uplink data packets is not zero, where the parameter set includes: a first parameter characterizing an upstream network congestion duration and a second parameter characterizing a downstream throughput duration greater than a first threshold;

The processor 710 is further configured to set, when the parameter set meets a preset condition, a current network mode of the electronic device to be a dual-connection network mode, so that the electronic device establishes a communication connection with the second base station when the electronic device establishes a communication connection with the first base station, where the preset condition includes: the first parameter is greater than or equal to the second threshold or the second parameter is greater than or equal to the third threshold.

It should be appreciated that in embodiments of the present application, the input unit 704 may include a graphics processor (Graphics Processing Unit, GPU) 7041 and a microphone 7042, with the graphics processor 7041 processing image data of still pictures or video obtained by an image capturing device (e.g., a camera) in a video capturing mode or an image capturing mode. The display unit 706 may include a display panel 7061, and the display panel 7061 may be configured in the form of a liquid crystal display, an organic light emitting diode, or the like. The user input unit 707 includes at least one of a touch panel 7071 and other input devices 7072. The touch panel 7071 is also referred to as a touch screen. The touch panel 7071 may include two parts, a touch detection device and a touch controller. Other input devices 7072 may include, but are not limited to, a physical keyboard, function keys (e.g., volume control keys, switch keys, etc.), a trackball, a mouse, a joystick, and so forth, which are not described in detail herein.

The memory 709 may be used to store software programs as well as various data. The memory 709 may mainly include a first storage area storing programs or instructions and a second storage area storing data, wherein the first storage area may store an operating system, application programs or instructions (such as a sound playing function, an image playing function, etc.) required for at least one function, and the like. Further, the memory 709 may include volatile memory or nonvolatile memory, or the memory x09 may include both volatile and nonvolatile memory. The nonvolatile Memory may be a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Programmable ROM (PROM), an Erasable PROM (EPROM), an Electrically Erasable EPROM (EEPROM), or a flash Memory. The volatile memory may be random access memory (Random Access Memory, RAM), static random access memory (STATIC RAM, SRAM), dynamic random access memory (DYNAMIC RAM, DRAM), synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (SDRAM), double data rate Synchronous dynamic random access memory (Double DATA RATE SDRAM, DDRSDRAM), enhanced Synchronous dynamic random access memory (ENHANCED SDRAM, ESDRAM), synchronous link dynamic random access memory (SYNCH LINK DRAM, SLDRAM), and Direct random access memory (DRRAM). Memory 709 in embodiments of the application includes, but is not limited to, these and any other suitable types of memory.

Processor 710 may include one or more processing units; optionally, processor 710 integrates an application processor that primarily processes operations involving an operating system, user interface, application programs, and the like, and a modem processor that primarily processes wireless communication signals, such as a baseband processor. It will be appreciated that the modem processor described above may not be integrated into the processor 710.

The embodiment of the application also provides a readable storage medium, on which a program or an instruction is stored, which when executed by a processor, implements each process of the above-mentioned network mode control method embodiment, and can achieve the same technical effects, so that repetition is avoided, and no further description is given here.

Wherein the processor is a processor in the electronic device described in the above embodiment. The readable storage medium includes a computer readable storage medium such as a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a random access Memory (Random Access Memory, RAM), a magnetic disk or an optical disk, and the like.

The embodiment of the application further provides a chip, the chip comprises a processor and a communication interface, the communication interface is coupled with the processor, the processor is used for running programs or instructions, the processes of the control method embodiment of the network mode can be realized, the same technical effects can be achieved, and the repetition is avoided, and the description is omitted here.

It should be understood that the chips referred to in the embodiments of the present application may also be referred to as system-on-chip chips, chip systems, or system-on-chip chips, etc.

Embodiments of the present application provide a computer program product stored in a storage medium, where the program product is executed by at least one processor to implement the respective processes of the control method embodiments of the network mode described above, and achieve the same technical effects, and are not repeated herein.

It should be noted that, in this document, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising one … …" does not exclude the presence of other like elements in a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element. Furthermore, it should be noted that the scope of the methods and apparatus in the embodiments of the present application is not limited to performing the functions in the order shown or discussed, but may also include performing the functions in a substantially simultaneous manner or in an opposite order depending on the functions involved, e.g., the described methods may be performed in an order different from that described, and various steps may be added, omitted, or combined. Additionally, features described with reference to certain examples may be combined in other examples.

From the above description of the embodiments, it will be clear to those skilled in the art that the above-described embodiment method may be implemented by means of software plus a necessary general hardware platform, but of course may also be implemented by means of hardware, but in many cases the former is a preferred embodiment. Based on such understanding, the technical solution of the present application may be embodied essentially or in a part contributing to the prior art in the form of a computer software product stored in a storage medium (e.g. ROM/RAM, magnetic disk, optical disk) comprising instructions for causing a terminal (which may be a mobile phone, a computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) to perform the method according to the embodiments of the present application.

The embodiments of the present application have been described above with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the present application is not limited to the above-described embodiments, which are merely illustrative and not restrictive, and many forms may be made by those having ordinary skill in the art without departing from the spirit of the present application and the scope of the claims, which are to be protected by the present application.

Claims

1. A method for controlling a network mode, the method comprising:

2. The method of claim 1, wherein determining a first parameter of the set of parameters comprises:

Acquiring the timing duration of a target discard timer, wherein the electronic equipment discards the cached uplink data packet when the timing time of the target discard timer reaches the timing duration;

starting a target timer under a target condition, wherein the target condition comprises: the timing duration is smaller than a duration threshold value, the timeout times of the target discard timer are larger than or equal to the target times, the timing duration is equal to the duration threshold value, and the number of the cached uplink data packets is larger than or equal to any one of the target number;

and determining the timing time of the target timer as the first parameter.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein after the determining the timing time of the target timer as the first parameter, the method further comprises:

And stopping the target timer under the condition that the number of the cached uplink data packets is equal to zero.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the set of parameters further comprises: a third parameter characterizing whether the electronic device can establish a communication connection with the second base station; the preset conditions further include: the third parameter characterizes that the electronic device is capable of establishing a communication connection with the second base station.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein determining the third parameter of the set of parameters comprises:

Acquiring first condition information representing whether a first network can serve as an anchor network of a second network, second condition information representing whether the electronic equipment has a dual-connection network mode, and third condition information representing whether the second network allows the electronic equipment to access, wherein the first network is a network accessed by the first base station, and the second network is a network accessed by the second base station;

The third parameter is determined based on the first condition information, the second condition information, and the third condition information.

6. A control device for a network mode, the control device for a network mode comprising:

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the parameter module comprises:

A time length obtaining unit, configured to obtain a timing time length of a target discard timer, where the electronic device discards a buffered uplink data packet when a timing time of the target discard timer reaches the timing time length;

A first timer unit, configured to start a target timer under a target condition, where the target condition includes: the timing duration is smaller than a duration threshold value, the timeout times of the target discard timer are larger than or equal to the target times, the timing duration is equal to the duration threshold value, and the number of the cached uplink data packets is larger than or equal to any one of the target number;

And the second timer unit is used for determining the timing time of the target timer as the first parameter.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the apparatus further comprises:

9. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the set of parameters further comprises: a third parameter characterizing whether the electronic device can establish a communication connection with the second base station; the preset conditions further include: the third parameter characterizes that the electronic device is capable of establishing a communication connection with the second base station.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the parameter module comprises:

A status information unit, configured to obtain first status information indicating whether a first network can be used as an anchor network of a second network, second status information indicating whether the electronic device has a dual-connection network mode, and third status information indicating whether the second network allows the electronic device to access, where the first network is a network to which the first base station accesses, and the second network is a network to which the second base station accesses;

And a parameter unit configured to determine the third parameter based on the first condition information, the second condition information, and the third condition information.