Service communication method, terminal and network device

• US 10,306,693 B2
• Filed: 05/17/2016
• Issued: 05/28/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 07/14/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Guangdong OPPO Mobile Telecommunications Corporation Limited
• Original Assignee: Guangdong OPPO Mobile Telecommunications Corporation Limited
• Inventors: Tang, Hai, Zeng, Yuanqing
• Primary Examiner(s): Doan, Kiet M
• Application Number:
  US15/571,411
• Publication Number:
  US 20180295664A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,106 Days
• Field of Search: 370329, 370278, 370228, 370328, 4554321, 4554353, 455450, 455434, 455 6711, 4555531
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/10 using broadcasted information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/18 Selecting a network or a communication service
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/16 Involving different core network technologies, e.g. a packet-switched [PS] bearer in combination with a circuit-switched [CS] bearer
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/06 adapted for operation in multiple networks or having at least two operational modes, e.g. multi-mode terminals

Abstract

Embodiments provide a service communication method. The method uses multiple Radio Access Technologies (RATs), and includes that: a terminal receives network capabilities of the multiple RATs; the terminal selects at least two RATs for a service of the terminal from the multiple RATs according to the network capabilities; and the terminal performs communication of the service by using the at least two RATs. In the embodiments, the terminal selects the at least two RATs for the service, so that manual setting of a user can be avoided, and thereby performance and convenience of the multiple RATs can be improved.

Claims

1. A service communication method, in which multiple Radio Access Technologies (RATs) are used, the method comprising:

receiving, by a terminal, network capabilities of the multiple RATs;

acquiring, by the terminal, location information of the terminal and a predicted route of the location information from a network device, and calculating, by the terminal, a network condition according to the location information and a change of the location information, and predicting, by the terminal, a change state of the network condition according to the predicted route of the location information of the terminal;

selecting, by the terminal, at least two RATs from the multiple RATs for a service of the terminal according to the network capabilities; and

performing, by the terminal, communication of the service by using the at least two RATs,

wherein when the terminal is in a moving state, the selecting at least two RATs from the multiple RATs for a service of the terminal according to the network capabilities comprises;

selecting the at least two RATs for the service according to the network capabilities, a service requirement of the service, a characteristic of the terminal, the network condition of the terminal and the change state of the network condition;

wherein the selecting at least two RATs from the multiple RATs for a service of the terminal according to the network capabilities comprises;

making statistics on energy consumption rates of the multiple RATs; and

selecting the at least two RATs from the multiple RATs according to the network capabilities and the energy consumption rates;

wherein the energy consumption rate comprises;

energy consumption rate at radio frequency and intermediate frequency and energy consumption rate by digital signal processing.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the multiple RATs are sent by the network device, and

wherein the receiving network capabilities of the multiple RATs comprises:

receiving a broadcast message sent by the network device, the broadcast message comprising the network capabilities of the multiple RATs.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the receiving the network capabilities of the multiple RATs comprises:

receiving the network capabilities, broadcast by Base Stations (BSs) of each of the RATs, of the corresponding RATs.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the network condition comprises at least one of the following:

intensities and quality of transmitted signals, received by the terminal, of the BSs of the multiple RATs, maximum transmitting power and antenna gains of the multiple RATs of the terminal, receiving sensitivities of the multiple RATs of the terminal or transmission capabilities of the terminal in terms of the multiple RATs.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the service requirement comprises at least one of the following:

data volume of the service, Type of Service (ToS) of the service, reliability requirement of the service or real-time requirement of the service.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the characteristic of the terminal comprises at least one of the following:

occupancy rate of a Central Processing Unit (CPU) of the terminal, occupancy rate of a memory of the terminal, consumption speed of a battery of the terminal, remaining electric quantity of the battery of the terminal, temperature of the terminal or user preference setting.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein before performing communication of the service by using the at least two RATs, the method further comprises:

establishing connections for the at least two RATs;

or,

sending an establishment request message to at least two BSs corresponding to the at least two RATs to enable the at least two BSs to establish the connections.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein before performing communication of the service by using the at least two RATs, the method further comprises:

selecting proper transmitting and receiving frequencies, transmitting and receiving time and transmitting powers for the at least two RATs respectively.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the performing communication of the service by using the at least two RATs comprises:

performing communication of the service in at least one of a diversity mode or an aggregation mode through the at least two RATs,

wherein the diversity mode means that communication of same content is performed by using different RATs in the at least two RATs, and the aggregation mode means that communication of different contents is performed by using different RATs in the at least two RATs.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein the network capability comprises at least one of the following:

peak rate, delay time, coverage, system load and average throughput.

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

disconnecting the at least two RATs after communication of the service is ended.

12. The method according to claim 1, wherein the performing, by the terminal, communication of the service by using the at least two RATs comprises:

receiving, by the terminal, the service by using the at least two RATs.

13. A service communication method, comprising:

acquiring, by network device, network capabilities of multiple Radio Access Technologies (RATs); and

sending, by the network device, the network capabilities of the multiple RATs to a terminal to enable the terminal to select at least two RATs for a service according to the network capabilities,

wherein when the terminal is in a moving state, in order to enable the terminal to select at least two RATs for a service according to the network capabilities, the method further comprises;

selecting the at least two RATs for the service according to the network capabilities, a service requirement of the service, a characteristic of the terminal, a network condition of the terminal and a change state of the network condition,

wherein the network condition is calculated according to location information of the terminal and a change of the location information, and the change state of the network condition is predicted according to a predicted route of the location information of the terminal;

wherein the selecting at least two RATs from the multiple RATs for a service of the terminal according to the network capabilities comprises;

making statistics on energy consumption rates of the multiple RATs; and

selecting the at least two RATs from the multiple RATs according to the network capabilities and the energy consumption rates;

wherein the energy consumption rate comprises;

energy consumption rate at radio frequency and intermediate frequency and energy consumption rate by digital signal processing.

14. The method according to claim 13, wherein the acquiring the network capabilities of the multiple RATs comprises:

acquiring, from Base Stations (BSs) of the multiple RATs, the network capabilities of the corresponding RATs.

15. The method according to claim 13, wherein the sending the network capabilities of the multiple RATs to the terminal comprises:

sending the network capabilities to the terminal in at least one of broadcast or signaling form.

16. A terminal, which uses multiple Radio Access Technologies (RATs) for communication, the terminal comprising:

a receiver, configured to receive network capabilities of the multiple RATs;

a processor, configured to select at least two RATs from the multiple RATs for a service of the terminal according to the network capabilities received by the receiving unit; and

a transmitter, configured to perform communication of the service by using the at least two RATs selected by the selection unit,

wherein the processor is further configured to;

acquire a location information of the terminal and a predicted route of the location information from a network device, and calculate a network condition according to the location information and a change of the location information, and predict a change state of the network condition,

wherein when the terminal is in a moving state, in order to select at least two RATs from the multiple RATs for a service of the terminal according to the network capabilities received by the receiving unit, the processor is further configured to;

select the at least two RATs for the service according to the network capabilities, a service requirement of the service, a characteristic of the terminal, the network condition of the terminal and the change state of the network condition;

wherein the selecting at least two RATs from the multiple RATs for a service of the terminal according to the network capabilities comprises;

making statistics on energy consumption rates of the multiple RATs; and

selecting the at least two RATs from the multiple RATs according to the network capabilities and the energy consumption rates;

wherein the energy consumption rate comprises;

energy consumption rate at radio frequency and intermediate frequency and energy consumption rate by digital signal processing.

17. The terminal according to claim 16, wherein the multiple RATs are sent by the network device, and the receiver is configured to:

receive a broadcast message sent by the network device, the broadcast message comprising the network capabilities of the multiple RATs.

18. The terminal according to claim 16, wherein the receiver is configured to:

receive the network capabilities, sent by Base Stations (BSs) of more than two RATs through broadcast or signaling, of the corresponding RATs.