Data transceiving method, modem, and terminal device

• US 10,028,216 B2
• Filed: 07/24/2014
• Issued: 07/17/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 07/24/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Deng, Yu, Wei, Konggang, Peng, Yu
• Primary Examiner(s): Duong, Frank
• Application Number:
  US15/128,091
• Publication Number:
  US 20170094593A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,454 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2212/00 Encapsulation of packets
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/22 Parsing or analysis of headers
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/02 Power saving arrangements in wired systems H04L12/12; signaling of mobile application services, e.g. low battery notifications H04W4/20
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0203 in the radio access network or backbone network of wireless communication networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0258 controlling an operation mode according to history or models of usage information, e.g. activity schedule or time of day
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0264 by selectively disabling software applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/028 switching on or off only a part of the equipment circuit blocks
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure resolve problem of power consumption caused because an AP is frequently woken up. This solution includes: receiving, by a modem, pre-processing information, which is sent by an application processor AP, of an application, where the pre-processing information includes at least a period range value and first data that are of the application, the period range value is used to represent frequency at which the application needs the AP to send and receive the first data, and the first data is data that the application needs the AP to send to a server; invoking, by the modem, preset functions according to the period range value and a time at which the modem receives the pre-processing information, to determine a sending time of the first data; and sending, by the modem, the first data to the server according to the sending time.

Claims

1. A data transceiving method, wherein the method comprises:

receiving, by a modem, pre-processing information of an application, wherein the pre-processing information is sent by an application processor (AP), the pre-processing information comprises at least a period range value and first data of the application, the period range value represents a frequency at which the application requests to send or receive data, and the first data comprises data that the application requests to send to a server;

determining, by the modem, a sending moment based on a first preset function according to the period range value and a time at which the modem receives the pre-processing information;

determining, by the modem, a sending period based on a second preset function according to the period range value, wherein the second preset function and the first preset function have a same decomposition factor;

and

sending, by the modem, the first data to the server according to a sending time, wherein the sending time comprises the sending moment and the sending period.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

recording, by the modem, the time at which the modem receives the pre-processing information.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the sending, by the modem, the first data to the server according to the sending time comprises:

periodically sending, by the modem, the first data to the server according to the sending period starting from the sending moment.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the sending, by the modem, the first data to the server according to the sending time comprises:

encapsulating, by the modem, the first data in a TCP/IP protocol stack, to obtain a first packet; and

periodically sending, by the modem and using a 3GPP protocol stack, the first packet to the server according to the sending period starting from the sending moment.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein after the encapsulating, by the modem, the first data in the TCP/IP protocol stack, to obtain the first packet, the method further comprises:

invoking, by the modem, an encryption algorithm, to encrypt the first packet.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the pre-processing information further comprises a terminal identifier and a data characteristic that are of a terminal device corresponding to the modem, and the data characteristic is an expected characteristic of data with which the server replies to the first data;

and

after the sending, by the modem, the first data to the server according to the sending time, the method further comprises;

receiving, by the modem, a reply packet sent by the server in response to the first data,

the reply packet includes a second terminal identifier that matches the terminal identifier, parsing, by the modem, the reply packet, to obtain reply data; and

if the reply data conforms to the data characteristic, entering, by the modem, a standby state.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein after the receiving, by the modem, the reply packet sent by the server, the method further comprises:

if the reply packet includes a second terminal identifier that is different from the terminal identifier, sending, by the modem, the reply packet to the AP.

8. The method according to claim 6, wherein after the parsing, by the modem, the reply packet, to obtain reply data, the method further comprises:

if the reply data does not conform to the data characteristic, generating, by the modem, first anomaly information of the application, and sending the first anomaly information to the AP.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein after the sending, by the modem, the first data to the server according to the sending time, the method further comprises:

if a reply packet in response to the first data is not received from the server within a preset time, generating, by the modem, second anomaly information of the application, and sending the second anomaly information to the AP.

10. A modem, comprising:

a receiver, configured to receive pre-processing information of an application, wherein the pre-processing information is sent by an application processor (AP), the pre-processing information comprises at least a period range value and first data that are of the application, the period range value represents a frequency at which the application requests to send or receive data, and the first data comprises data that the application requests to send to a server;

a processor, configured to;

determine a sending moment based on a first preset function according to the period range value and a time at which the modem receives the pre-processing information; and

determine a sending period based on a second preset function according to the period range value, wherein the second preset function and the first preset function have a same decomposition factor; and

a transmitter, configured to send the first data in the receiver to the server according to a sending time, wherein the sending time comprises the sending moment and the sending period.

11. The modem according to claim 10, wherein

the processor is configured to record the time at which the receiver receives the pre-processing information.

12. The modem according to claim 11, wherein

the transmitter is configured to periodically send the first data in the receiver to the server according to the sending period starting from the sending moment determined by the-processor.

13. The modem according to claim 12, wherein the transmitter further comprises an encapsulation subunit;

the encapsulation subunit is configured to encapsulate the first data in a TCP/IP protocol stack, to obtain a first packet; and

the transmitter is specifically configured to periodically send, by using a 3GPP protocol stack, the first packet in the receiver to the server according to the sending period starting from the sending moment determined by the processor.

14. The modem according to claim 13, wherein the transmitter further comprises an encryption subunit;

and

the encryption subunit is configured to invoke an encryption algorithm, to encrypt the first packet in the encapsulation subunit.

18. The modem according to claim 11, wherein

the processor is further configured to:

if a reply packet in response to the first data is not received from the server within a preset time, generate second anomaly information of the application; and

the transmitter is further configured to send the second anomaly information in the processor to the AP, wherein the reply packet is generated after the server parses the first data.

15. The modem according to claim , wherein the pre-processing information further comprises a terminal identifier and a data characteristic that are of a terminal device corresponding to the modem, the data characteristic is an expected characteristic of data with which the server replies to the first data, and

the receiver is further configured to receive a reply packet sent by the server in response to the first data;

the processor is further configured to;

if the reply packet includes a second terminal identifier that matches the terminal identifier, parse the reply packet in the receiver, to obtain reply data; and

if the reply data conforms to a data characteristic, enter a standby state.

16. The modem according to claim 15, wherein

the transmitter is further configured to:

if the reply packet includes a second terminal identifier that is different from the terminal identifier, send the reply packet in the receiver to the AP.

17. The modem according to claim 15, wherein

the processor is further configured to:

if the reply data does not conform to the data characteristic, generate first anomaly information of the application; and

the transmitter is further configured to send the first anomaly information in the-processor to the AP.

19. A terminal device, comprising:

an application processor (AP) configured to send pre-processing information of an application to a modem, the pre-processing information comprises at least a period range value and first data that are associated with the application, the period range value represents a frequency at which the application requests to send or receive data, and the first data comprises data that the application requests to send to a server; and

the modem configured to;

receive the pre-processing information;

determine a sending moment based on a first preset function according to the period range value and a time at which the modem receives the pre-processing information; and

determine a sending period based on a second preset function according to the period range value, wherein the second preset function and the first preset function have a same decomposition factor; and

send the first data to the server according to a sending time, wherein the sending time comprises the sending moment and the sending period.

20. The terminal device according to claim 19, wherein the modem is configured to:

record the time at which the modem receives the pre-processing information.