CN114980261A - Terminal access control method, base station and storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a terminal access control method, a base station and a storage medium, wherein the method comprises: if the base station determines that the terminal does not support the set voice service, setting the terminal as a target terminal; wherein, the base station includes: a home network base station; and the base station controls the target terminal not to access the different-network roaming shared cell when the target terminal enters an idle state or is in a connected state. Under the condition that the different-network roaming shared networking is established, the terminals which are accessed to the base station cell of the home network can be kept in the home network aiming at the terminals which do not support the set voice service, so that the terminals are prevented from being accessed to the different-network roaming shared cell, the problem that the terminals cannot carry out the voice service in the different-network roaming area is solved, the voice service quality is improved, and the use experience of users is improved.

Description

Terminal access control method, base station and storage medium

technical field

The present invention relates to the field of communication technologies, and in particular, to a terminal access control method, a base station and a storage medium.

Background technique

Co-construction and sharing of inter-network roaming is a new mode of 5G network sharing adopted by multiple operators, which enables low-frequency coverage sharing in low-capacity areas such as rural areas. At present, under the co-construction and sharing mode of inter-network roaming, multiple operators use 5G inter-network roaming to share visited network base stations and frequency bands. For the terminal of the home party that does not support functions such as Voice over New Radio (Voice over New Radio), in the roaming area of the different network, if such a terminal accesses the roaming cell of the different network and performs voice services, because the N26 interface function does not If enabled, such a home terminal can neither EPS FALLBACK (Evolved Packet System Fallback) to the home 4G base station nor perform voice services in a roaming cell in a different network. Therefore, a technical solution for keeping such terminals in the home cell is required, so that such terminals can perform services such as VoLTE in the 4G home cell when making voice calls, without affecting user perception.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

In view of this, a technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a terminal access control method, a base station and a storage medium.

According to a first aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a terminal access control method, comprising: if the base station determines that the terminal does not support a set voice service, setting the terminal as a target terminal; wherein the base station includes: a home network base station; The base station controls the target terminal not to access the inter-network roaming shared cell when the target terminal enters an idle state or when the target terminal is in a connected state.

Optionally, when the target terminal enters an idle state or when the target terminal is in a connected state, the base station controlling the target terminal not to access an inter-network roaming shared cell includes: the base station entering the target terminal when the target terminal is in a connected state. In the idle state, configure and deliver the cell reselection frequency-specific priority information to the target terminal, so that the target terminal does not reselect to the inter-network roaming shared cell; wherein the cell reselection frequency The point-specific priority information does not carry the frequency point information of the inter-network roaming shared cell.

Optionally, the base station sends a radio resource control RRC message to the target terminal, wherein the RRC message carries the specific priority information of the cell reselection frequency point.

Optionally, when the target terminal enters an idle state or when the target terminal is in a connected state, the base station controlling the target terminal not to access an inter-network roaming shared cell includes: the base station is in a state where the target terminal is in a roaming shared cell. In the connected state, if it is determined that the target terminal has triggered redirection, the target terminal is controlled not to be redirected to the inter-network roaming shared cell.

Optionally, the controlling the target terminal not to redirect to the inter-network roaming shared cell if it is determined that the target terminal has triggered redirection includes: if the base station determines that the target terminal has triggered redirection, For the target terminal, it is forbidden to measure the frequency of the shared cell for roaming in different networks, and during the redirection process, it is forbidden to send the frequency of the shared cell for roaming between different networks to the target terminal through a radio resource control RRC message.

Optionally, the base station receives terminal capability information sent by the terminal, and determines whether the terminal supports a preset voice service based on the terminal capability information.

Optionally, the inter-network roaming shared cell includes: a cell of an inter-network roaming shared 5G base station of the visited network; the home network base station includes: a home network 4G base station; the set voice service includes: VoNR service.

According to a second aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a base station, comprising: a target terminal setting module, configured to set the terminal as a target terminal if it is determined that the terminal does not support a set voice service; wherein the base station includes a home A network base station; a terminal access control module, configured to control the target terminal not to access a roaming shared cell in a different network when the target terminal enters an idle state or when the target terminal is in a connected state.

Optionally, the terminal access control module includes: a first control unit, configured to configure cell reselection frequency-specific priority information for the target terminal and deliver it when the target terminal enters an idle state , so that the target terminal does not reselect to the inter-network roaming shared cell; wherein the cell reselection frequency-specific priority information does not carry the frequency information of the inter-network roaming shared cell.

Optionally, the first control unit is used for the base station to send a radio resource control RRC message to the target terminal, wherein the RRC message carries the specific priority information of the cell reselection frequency point.

Optionally, the terminal access control module includes: a second control unit, configured to control the target terminal not to reload if it is determined that the target terminal has triggered redirection when the target terminal is in a connected state. Directed to the inter-network roaming shared cell.

Optionally, the second control unit is configured to, if it is determined that the target terminal has triggered redirection, prohibit the measurement of the frequency point of the shared cell roaming between different networks for the target terminal, and prohibit the use of radio resource control during the redirection process. The RRC message sends the frequency point of the shared cell for inter-network roaming to the target terminal.

Optionally, a voice support determining module is configured to receive terminal capability information sent by the terminal, and determine whether the terminal supports a preset voice service based on the terminal capability information.

Optionally, the inter-network roaming shared cell includes: a cell of an inter-network roaming shared 5G base station of the visited network; the home network base station includes: a home network 4G base station; the set voice service includes: VoNR service.

According to a third aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a base station comprising: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory, the processor configured to execute the above-described based on instructions stored in the memory method.

According to a fourth aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a computer-readable storage medium storing computer instructions, the instructions being executed by a processor to execute the method as described above.

The terminal access control method, base station and storage medium of the present disclosure, in the case of co-construction and sharing of network roaming in different networks, for terminals that do not support the set voice service, enable such terminals accessing the base station cell of the home network to be able to Keeping in the home network, avoiding the access to the shared cell for roaming in different networks, solves the problem that such terminals cannot perform voice services in the roaming areas of different networks, improves the quality of voice services, and improves the user experience.

Description of drawings

In order to illustrate the embodiments of the present disclosure or the technical solutions in the prior art more clearly, the following briefly introduces the accompanying drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art. Obviously, the accompanying drawings in the following description These are just some embodiments of the present disclosure, and for those of ordinary skill in the art, other drawings can also be obtained from these drawings without any creative effort.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the deployment of an inter-network roaming shared network in the prior art;

2 is a schematic flowchart of an embodiment of a terminal access control method according to the present disclosure;

3 is a schematic diagram of control for keeping a terminal in a home network in an embodiment of a terminal access control method according to the present disclosure;

4 is a schematic flowchart of another embodiment of a terminal access control method according to the present disclosure;

FIG. 5 is a schematic block diagram of an embodiment of a base station according to the present disclosure;

6 is a schematic block diagram of a terminal access control module in an embodiment of a base station according to the present disclosure;

FIG. 7 is a block diagram of another embodiment of a base station according to the present disclosure.

Detailed ways

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

Co-construction and sharing of inter-network roaming is a new mode of 5G network sharing adopted by multiple operators. For example, multiple operators such as China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom use the 700M frequency as the shared frequency, China Mobile is the visiting party, and China Telecom and China Unicom are the attributing parties. The co-construction and sharing method of inter-network roaming can share low-frequency coverage in low-capacity areas such as rural areas. In an inter-network roaming co-construction and shared network, the deployment of the home 5G cell, the home 4G cell, and the inter-network roaming 5G shared cell is shown in Figure 1.

FIG. 2 is a schematic flowchart of an embodiment of a terminal access control method according to the present disclosure, as shown in FIG. 2 :

Step 201, if the base station determines that the terminal does not support the set voice service, the base station sets the terminal as a target terminal; wherein the base station includes a home network base station and the like.

In one embodiment, the terminal includes a home terminal and the like, and the terminal may be a mobile phone such as 4G or 5G, a tablet computer, or the like. The set voice service includes VoNR service and the like. The base station receives the terminal capability information sent by the terminal, and determines whether the terminal supports a preset voice service based on the terminal capability information. The base station can obtain the terminal capability information of the terminal by using various existing methods. For example, the base station receives UE capability information reported by the terminal, and the base station determines whether the terminal is a 5G terminal and whether the terminal supports VoNR services based on the UE capability information. Target terminals include 5G terminals that do not support services such as VoNR.

The inter-network roaming shared cell includes the inter-network roaming shared 5G base station cell of the visited network, and the like, and the visited network is the visited party network, such as a 5G network. The home network base station includes a home network 4G base station and the like, and the home network is the home party network, such as a 4G network.

Step 202, the base station controls the target terminal not to access the roaming shared cell in different networks when the target terminal enters an idle state or when the target terminal is in a connected state.

In one embodiment, when the target terminal is in a connected state, the target terminal is in a connected state with the base station. When the target terminal enters the idle state, the base station controls the target terminal not to reselect to the shared cell for inter-network roaming, or the base station controls the target terminal not to be redirected to inter-network roaming when the target terminal is connected and triggers redirection Shared community.

Various methods can be used to control the target terminal not to reselect or redirect to the roaming shared cell in different networks. For example, when the target terminal enters an idle state, the base station delivers the cell reselection frequency-specific priority information to the target terminal, wherein the cell reselection frequency-specific priority information is related to the cell frequency of the home network base station. The corresponding priority is the highest priority.

Various methods can be used to deliver the cell reselection frequency-specific priority information to the target terminal. For example, the base station sends a radio resource control RRC message to the target terminal. The RRC message carries the specific priority information of the cell reselection frequency point. The RRC message may include various RRC messages and the like.

When the target terminal triggers redirection, the base station prohibits the target terminal from measuring the frequency of the shared cell for inter-network roaming, and prohibits sending the frequency of the inter-network roaming shared cell to the target terminal through the RRC message during the redirection process. ; RRC messages may include various RRC messages and the like.

In one embodiment, for a 5G terminal that does not support VoNR services and has accessed the home 4G cell in the 5G different network roaming area, it can be kept in the home network all the time, preventing such terminals from accessing the different network roaming cell again. In the process of the terminal entering the idle state, the home 4G base station delivers the dedicated frequency priority in the RRC message for such terminal without carrying the frequency of the shared cell for roaming on different networks.

When the terminal is in the connected state, if redirection is triggered, for such terminals, the home 4G base station prohibits the measurement of the frequency of 5G inter-network roaming cells, and prohibits the RRC (Redirected carrier info) message in the direction process. The terminal delivers the frequency of the 5G inter-network roaming cell (inter-network roaming shared cell). Through the terminal access control method of the present disclosure, such terminals can always be kept in the home network in the 5G inter-network roaming shared area, and the problem of keeping the voice services of such terminals continuous is solved.

In one embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3 , the home 4G base station sends the cell reselection frequency-specific priority information to the terminal in the RRC message, which can prevent the terminal from being redirected to the 5G inter-network roaming network (inter-network roaming). shared cell). When the terminal is at the edge of the 4G home cell and during the redirection process, the base station prohibits the measurement of the frequency of the 5G inter-network roaming cell, and at the same time prohibits sending the 5G visited network frequency to the terminal through the RRC message during the orientation process, which can prevent the terminal from being redirected to 5G inter-network roaming network.

In one embodiment, the home 4G base station supports the function of configuring the specific priority information of the cell reselection frequency point based on the capability of the terminal. The home 4G base station configures separate cell reselection frequency-specific priority information for terminals that do not support VoNR services, and does not carry the frequency of the visited 5G network in the cell reselection frequency-specific priority information. The home 4G base station supports configuring redirection policies based on terminal capabilities, and does not trigger redirection to the visited 5G network for terminals that do not support VoNR.

FIG. 4 is a schematic flowchart of another embodiment of a terminal access control method according to the present disclosure, as shown in FIG. 4 :

Step 401, the home network 4G base station identifies the terminal capability, determines whether the terminal is a 5G terminal and does not support the VoNR service, and if both are yes, go to step 402.

Step 402, the home network 4G base station marks the terminal to indicate that the terminal does not support the VoNR service.

Step 403 , if the terminal enters the idle state, the home network 4G base station sends the cell reselection frequency-specific priority information in the RRC message for the terminal, without carrying the frequency information of the inter-network roaming shared cell.

Step 404, the 5G terminal that does not support VoNR will not reselect to the 5G inter-network roaming cell (inter-network roaming shared cell).

Step 405, if the redirection is triggered, the home network 4G base station prohibits the measurement of the 5G inter-network roaming cell (inter-network roaming shared cell) frequency point, and simultaneously prohibits in the redirection process by sending the RRC (Redirected carrier info) message to this terminal. The frequency of sending 5G inter-network roaming cells.

Step 406, the 5G terminal that does not support VoNR will not be redirected to the 5G inter-network roaming cell.

In one embodiment, as shown in FIG. 5 , the present disclosure provides a base station 50 including a target terminal setting module 51 , a terminal access control module 52 and a voice support determination module 53 . The target terminal setting module 51 sets the terminal as a target terminal if it is determined that the terminal does not support the set voice service; wherein the base station includes a home network base station and the like. The terminal access control module 52 controls the target terminal not to access the inter-network roaming shared cell when the target terminal enters an idle state or when the target terminal is in a connected state. The voice support determining module 53 receives the terminal capability information sent by the terminal, and determines whether the terminal supports a preset voice service based on the terminal capability information.

In one embodiment, as shown in FIG. 6 , the terminal access control module 52 includes a first control unit 521 and a second control unit 522 . When the target terminal enters the idle state, the first control unit 521 configures the target terminal with cell reselection frequency-specific priority information and sends it out, so that the target terminal does not reselect to an inter-network roaming shared cell; wherein, the cell reselection The frequency-specific priority information does not carry the frequency information of the inter-network roaming shared cell. The first control unit 521 The base station sends a radio resource control RRC message to the target terminal, wherein the RRC message carries the specific priority information of the cell reselection frequency point.

When the target terminal is in the connected state, the second control unit 522 controls the target terminal not to be redirected to the inter-network roaming shared cell if it is determined that the target terminal has triggered redirection. If it is determined that the target terminal has triggered the redirection, the second control unit 522 prohibits the target terminal from measuring the frequency of the shared cell for inter-network roaming, and prohibits sending the target terminal the frequency of the shared cell for inter-network roaming through the radio resource control RRC message during the redirection process. Frequency.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram of another embodiment of a base station according to the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 7 , the base station may include a memory 71 , a processor 72 , a communication interface 73 and a bus 74 . The memory 71 is used for storing instructions, and the processor 72 is coupled to the memory 71, and the processor 72 is configured to implement the above-mentioned terminal access control method based on the execution of the instructions stored in the memory 71.

The memory 71 may be a high-speed RAM memory, a non-volatile memory, or the like, and the memory 71 may also be a memory array. The storage 71 may also be divided into blocks, and the blocks may be combined into virtual volumes according to certain rules. The processor 72 may be a central processing unit (CPU), an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), or one or more integrated circuits configured to implement the terminal access control method of the present disclosure.

In one embodiment, the present disclosure provides a computer-readable storage medium, where computer instructions are stored in the computer-readable storage medium, and when the instructions are executed by a processor, implement the terminal access control method in any of the foregoing embodiments.

The terminal access control method, base station, and storage medium in the above-mentioned embodiments, in the case of co-construction and sharing of network roaming in different networks, for terminals that do not support the set voice service, make such a type of access to the home network base station cell. The terminal can remain in the home network and avoid accessing the shared cell for roaming in different networks, which solves the problem that such terminals cannot perform voice services in the roaming area of different networks, improves the quality of voice services, and improves the user experience.

The methods and systems of the present disclosure may be implemented in many ways. For example, the methods and systems of the present disclosure may be implemented in software, hardware, firmware, or any combination of software, hardware, and firmware. The above order of steps for the method is for illustration only, and the steps of the method of the present disclosure are not limited to the order specifically described above unless specifically stated otherwise. Furthermore, in some embodiments, the present disclosure can also be implemented as programs recorded in a recording medium, the programs including machine-readable instructions for implementing methods according to the present disclosure. Thus, the present disclosure also covers a recording medium storing a program for executing the method according to the present disclosure.

The description of the present disclosure has been presented for purposes of example and description, and is not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the disclosure to the form disclosed. Many modifications and variations will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art. The embodiment was chosen and described in order to better explain the principles of the disclosure and the practical application, and to enable others of ordinary skill in the art to understand the disclosure for various embodiments with various modifications as are suited to the particular use.

Claims (16)

1. A terminal access control method, comprising: If the base station determines that the terminal does not support the set voice service, it sets the terminal as the target terminal; wherein, the base station includes: a home network base station; The base station controls the target terminal not to access the inter-network roaming shared cell when the target terminal enters an idle state or when the target terminal is in a connected state. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein, when the target terminal enters an idle state or when the target terminal is in a connected state, controlling the target terminal not to access an inter-network roaming shared cell comprises: When the target terminal enters an idle state, the base station configures the target terminal with cell reselection frequency-specific priority information and delivers it, so that the target terminal does not reselect to the inter-network roaming shared cell ; Wherein, the specific priority information of the cell reselection frequency point does not carry the frequency point information of the shared cell for roaming in different networks. 3. The method of claim 2, further comprising: The base station sends a radio resource control RRC message to the target terminal, wherein the RRC message carries the specific priority information of the cell reselection frequency point. 4. The method according to claim 1, wherein, when the target terminal enters an idle state or when the target terminal is in a connected state, controlling the target terminal not to access an inter-network roaming shared cell comprises: If the base station determines that the target terminal has triggered redirection when the target terminal is in a connected state, the base station controls the target terminal not to be redirected to the inter-network roaming shared cell. 5. The method according to claim 4, wherein if it is determined that the target terminal has triggered redirection, controlling the target terminal not to be redirected to the inter-network roaming shared cell comprises: If the base station determines that the target terminal has triggered redirection, it prohibits the target terminal from measuring the frequency point of the shared cell for roaming in different networks, and prohibits sending an inter-network roaming cell to the target terminal through a radio resource control RRC message during the redirection process. The frequency of the roaming shared cell. 6. The method of claim 1, further comprising: The base station receives the terminal capability information sent by the terminal, and determines whether the terminal supports a preset voice service based on the terminal capability information. 7. The method of any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein, The inter-network roaming shared cell includes: a cell of a visited network that roams and shares a 5G base station; the home network base station includes: a home network 4G base station; The set voice service includes: VoNR service. 8. A base station, comprising: a target terminal setting module, configured to set the terminal as a target terminal if it is determined that the terminal does not support the set voice service; wherein, the base station includes a home network base station; The terminal access control module is configured to control the target terminal not to access the different network roaming shared cell when the target terminal enters an idle state or when the target terminal is in a connected state. 9. The base station of claim 8, wherein, The terminal access control module includes: A first control unit, configured to configure and deliver cell reselection frequency-specific priority information for the target terminal when the target terminal enters an idle state, so that the target terminal does not reselect to the exclusive priority information. The network roaming shared cell; wherein, the cell reselection frequency-specific priority information does not carry the frequency information of the inter-network roaming shared cell. 10. The base station of claim 9, wherein, The first control unit is used for the base station to send a radio resource control RRC message to the target terminal, wherein the RRC message carries the specific priority information of the cell reselection frequency point. 11. The base station of claim 8, wherein, The terminal access control module includes: A second control unit, configured to control the target terminal not to redirect to the inter-network roaming shared cell if it is determined that the target terminal has triggered redirection when the target terminal is in a connected state. 12. The base station of claim 11, wherein, The second control unit is configured to, if it is determined that the target terminal has triggered redirection, prohibit the measurement of the frequency point of the shared cell for roaming between different networks for the target terminal, and prohibit sending the target terminal to the target terminal through the radio resource control RRC message during the redirection process. The target terminal sends the frequency point of the shared cell for roaming between different networks. 13. The base station of claim 8, further comprising: A voice support determining module, configured to receive terminal capability information sent by the terminal, and determine whether the terminal supports a preset voice service based on the terminal capability information. 14. The base station of any one of claims 8 to 13, wherein, The inter-network roaming shared cell includes: a cell of a visited network that roams and shares a 5G base station; the home network base station includes: a home network 4G base station; The set voice service includes: VoNR service. 15. A base station, comprising: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory, the processor configured to perform the method of any one of claims 1 to 7 based on instructions stored in the memory. 16. A computer readable storage medium having stored computer instructions, the instructions being executed by a processor to perform the method of any one of claims 1 to 7.

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